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ok I'll skip my usual prefacing and excuses and instead cut straight to the chase: what I've been up to/media stuff.
Games
Still playing Coral Island, granted it's been off and on as I like to pace myself with these kinds of games. I also lost my previous save data due to an update, so I had to start from scratch. It sucked, but ultimately wasn't a huge deal since I hadn't gotten too far into it...maybe mid summer? And in my current save I'm further along!
Side Order, a DLC for Splatoon 3 dropped recently. It's a roguelike take on Splatoon that works really well. Although I've already beaten the main story, I still have to 100% it! I'm really looking forward to making my way through that. I never thought I'd have this much fun with a roguelike (that's typically my brother's wheelhouse) but since it is Splatoon, I suppose it makes sense that I would!
Also making my way through a playthrough of The Minish Cap. I played this game a lot as a kid, it's in my top three Zelda games easily. I'm running through it vanilla in preparation for running randomizers for fun! I've loved watching speedruns and randomizers of Zelda games for quite some time, so I guess it's about time I try it for myself (at least the randomizer half of that...I don't plan on timing myself!)
Shows
Ok. So I watched the first episode of Dungeon Meshi and loved it so much I stopped watching and put all that energy into reading the manga. So while I have devoured the manga (ha ha), I do need to watch the rest of the anime, huh? Well, good thing the anime has been super good. The english voice acting in particular is stellar!
Catching up on Bob's Burgers. I think my ideal way of watching a show is waiting for all or most of the episodes in a season are out so I can watch 1-3 in a sitting. I'm not one to binge (I've only done that with season 1 of The Promised Neverland) but I'm also not a huge fan of waiting a whole week for a new episode. I remember agonizing over waiting for the next ep of ATLA as a kid. Yeah...it's not exactly a feeling I'm fond of. It's nice to watch a few eps of Bob's before bed.
Percy Jackson Ok, this is a show I was initially very hype for, but somewhere along the way I got distracted and never picked back up. I have to pick it back up. I loved these books as a kid (still do!) and I really liked what the show was doing. It was different, but interesting! I wanna see where it goes so this is on my finish this!!!!!!! list.
Videos
I caught up with the vods of the the McElroys playing DK country just in time to keep up with their vods of DK Country 2!. Just three bros all playing the same game on the same controller.
I really like Batman/the Batverse so these two-parter videos ranking all of the Batman movies and their respective Batmans were really fun. Personally, Lego batman is my favorite depiction of the caped crusader....and Adam West's is just silly fun, I can't not enjoy it!
So I mentioned Minish Cap being one of my favorite Zelda games...well another one is Twilight Princess! And here's a really nice video on it and it's atmosphere! Honestly, I recommend all their videos, they're insightful and fun but this one in particular is my favorite :3
This one is a bit silly, because internet drama is silly...but I'll admit I'm intrigued by fibercraft drama and this channel is feeding me.
And finally, the KaiMei concert! ...which also fits in my next category!
Music
- IDKHOW (song recc: INFATUATION)
- Glass Beach (song recc: neon glow, rare animal)
- Jhariah (song recc: DEBT COLLECTOR)
- Newgrounds Death Rugby (song recc: The World Ends With You, Bears)
- Superorganism (song recc: World Wide Pop, crushed.zip)
- This SF-A2 Miki cover of Necry Talkie's song BLOOM
- This and this Circus-P song.
Other
Here's some misc non-media related stuff I'm working on!
I'm once again getting back into crocheting! I'm just making a simple little blanket for a friend, nothing huge. But it's a pleasant surprise each time how easily I fall right back into crocheting no matter how much time has passed since I last worked on anything.
Finally better organized my figure shelves. I previously had not proper way of storing all my boxes, so I kept them on the same shelf. Well now they are properly stored away and I got these cute little risers for my figures so no one is hidden behind another!
I built my first figure! The 2022 Racing Miku moderoid. There were some bumps (and two broken pieces during the building process) but other than that, not as hard as I anticipated! ...I...can't see myself doing something like this again, at least not at that level of difficulty, but it was a fun experience regardless!
Drawing, drawing drawing...as per usual! In the time I've been absent here, I've participated in a zine and a collab! and organized my own little collab in december! Some bad news is that I don't think I'll have as much time as I used to to participate in zines :^( But my hope is I still can participate in something every once in a while! Even if it's maybe only a once a year thing, I'll be satisfied!
Alright, that's my little wrap-up for this entry! Thank you so much for reading all of this! Cya later hopefully!