#IT'S THE WORST MULTIPLAYER GAME EVER MADE

[emile-hides]

I need everyone to be a super homie to me and give $2 to the Dokapon Kingdom King of Dokapon plushie campaign because I need I NEED this man to be real

[flynnriderishot]

hi love! could you write something about chris being mean (in a joking manner) to the reader always, but only because he doesn’t know how to deal with his real feeling of liking her, then one day, when hes being very mean and ignoring her, he angry confesses.

i hope i explained well, ly!

angry confessions - c.s

a/n: hear me out, okay? i read your request once and ran with it and when i came back to read it again i realized that i may have went a little off your original idea. i’m so sorry 😭 i hope you like it !

chris walked from his bedroom, his blue eyes almost immediately landing on your figure.

yours and chris’ relationship was weird. for starters: you didn’t have one.

you were extremely close with his brothers, doing nearly everything together, but you and chris never really had much of a connection.

he wouldn’t admit it out loud, but watching you and matt or even you and nick made his heart clench in jealousy. he knew that your relationship with them was completely platonic, but it rubbed him the wrong way to see you with anyone but him.

of course, he didn’t plan on telling you that. he couldn’t grasp the thought of having feelings for you. it scared him halfway to death.

you were sat on the couch with matt and nick, the three of you playing some random multiplayer game on your phones.

chris made his way to the kitchen to grab a drink, his footsteps alerting everyone of his presence.

“he’s alive.” nick spoke up.

“shut up.” chris scoffed, opening his pepsi before moving to sit with you guys.

just before he sat down, his hand lifts to playfully swat at the back of your head.

“what the fuck?!” you shouted, standing up as your eyes never once left your phone screen.

matt began to shout out in excitement, “oh! oh! i won!”

“bullshit.”

“why’d you do that?” you turn towards chris, frustration clear in your voice.

“sorry.” he shrugged, knowing there wasn’t much he could do about your loss but at least he had your attention.

you weren’t mad. you were used to chris’ odd behavior towards you. you didn’t know why, but you never questioned it.

you just assumed that’s how he treated every girl he knew.

hell, you’ve seen the way he’d jokingly make fun of madi. while he was a little less aggressive towards her, you thought that maybe it was because she was a lot more sensitive than you.

•••

“what the hell are you doing here?”

you perked up at the sound of his voice, “nick and i are hanging out.”

“again? that’s like the fourth time this week.”

he seemed annoyed at the thought you hanging out with his brother again.

“we’re going to a party. you can come with us if you want?” you suggested, not wanting him to feel left out.

chris furrowed his brows, “no, i’m good. last thing i want to do is be around you.”

your face fell. what the hell is his problem?

before you could respond and question his hostility, nick comes running down stairs,

“you ready to go?”

“yeah, let’s go.” you stood up from your seat, quickly exiting the house with an oblivious nick in tow.

as chris watched you and nick leave, he couldn’t help but silently scold himself.

“what the hell is wrong with me?”

“well for starters, you’re talking to yourself. that might be a sign that you have some problems…”

chris slowly turned towards matt, “shut the fuck up.”

•••

being sober had its perks.

the first being that you wouldn’t be drunk off your ass and wake up with the absolute worst headache ever. but it also meant that you wouldn’t accidentally catch yourself doing anything out of your usual character.

like nick, who was currently conversing with two people you could have sworn he despised.

now, you would have stopped him but you were currently caught up in a conversation with one of the few non intoxicated people at this party.

he was cute, he was nice and (so far) it seemed like his intentions were pure.

so why did you feel so weird speaking to him?

luckily and unlucky for you, your question was about to be answered.

•••

“hurry up!”

chris ignored matt’s words, slamming the passenger door shut as he ran towards the front door of the house that held you, his older brother and apparently his competition.

it took less than a minute for him to find nick. the elder triplet stood out regardless of where he was or what he was doing. so once he found him chris immediately pushed through the group of people that surrounded him and demanded that he went to go meet matt back at the car.

nick gave no protests, commenting how everyone there was lame, much to chris’ luck.

finding you was a little harder but thanks to the video of one of his mutual followers, he was able to find the vase from the video in the house he was in.

despite his mood, chris’ eyes softened slightly at the sight of your bright smile until he realized it wasn’t him that you were smiling at.

approaching you, he didn’t dare give a glance at the boy in front of you,

“we’re leaving. let’s go.”

“woah. what?” you turned in confusion, your y/e/c landing on him. “chris, what are you doing here?”

“let’s go.”

he seemed desperate to leave. you didn’t know why he showed up but you couldn’t help but be concerned.

“okay. let me find nick.”

“he’s in the car.” he said, “let’s go.”

“okay! can you relax?”

“yeah, dude. chill.”

chris’ jaw clenched, “don’t fucking talk to me.”

“chris—”

“can we leave?”

“yes, okay. go.” you ushered him away, quickly turning to the guy you were previously speaking to, “i’m so sorry.”

•••

“are you good?” you asked chris the second you exited the loud house.

“no, i’m not. why were you talking to him?”

“i was making a friend, chris.” you chuckled awkwardly.

“a friend? didn’t seem like that to me. i mean, you’re in the back of someone’s instagram story laughing your ass off like he’s the funniest person alive. what’s that about?”

you’ve never been so confused in your life. just a few hours ago, he was telling you how he wanted nothing to do with you. and now he was getting upset because you were talking to someone? it made no sense.

“chris—“

“i don’t want talking to him anymore.”

“excuse me?”

it seemed as though chris realized how ridiculous his request was but didn’t speak on it.

“where do you get off on telling me what to do? who the hell do you think you are?”

he didn’t say anything.

“you didn’t give a shit about me or what i had going on literally four hours ago and now you suddenly care? why?”

“because—” he stopped himself.

“because? because what, chris? please enlighten me. because gods knows i deserve to understand your reasoning for treating me like shit for the last two years i’ve known you!”

“because i love you!”

you let out a breath, “what?”

“because- because i don’t want to see you with anyone else. because i want to be the person you’re happy with and the person you hate and the person you think about every second of everyday.” he rambled out, “because that’s what you are for me and god, yn, it’s so frustrating having to see you everyday and not have single idea how to tell you how i feel.”

chris was nearly shouting at this point, but he didn’t care. he was finally getting everything off his chest.

“i treated you like shit because having you simply look at me, even if it was in anger or disgust was the highlight of my day. i’ll admit it wasn’t the best idea i’ve ever had but i didn’t care because at least i had your attention.”

“why didn’t you say anything before?“ was the first thing you asked when he finished.

“i didn’t think you’d care.” he scoffed, “i’ve heard your conversations with nick about your celebrity crushes, i know i’m not your type.”

you couldn’t stop the chuckle that fell from you lips, “thats a celebrity crush, chris. i’m never going to meet or see any of those people ever. that means nothing to me.”

he watched you step closer to him.

“a simple ‘i like you’ would have done you wonders. you didn’t have to make matt drive thirty minutes to tell me how you feel.”

he inhaled sharply, his words caught up in his throat as your hand made contact with his cheek.

“if it makes you feel any better…i’m glad you told me how you feel.”

“yeah?”

you nodded, a breathy chuckle leaving your lips, “yeah.”

his eyes darted back and forth between yours, while you focused on his lips.

“can i kiss you, chris?”

“please.”

[shootingstarsandsilvermoons]

Video Game Related Asks for Gaymers!

Platform of choice when gaming?

Top 5 games of all time.

Favorite boss?

Best game soundtrack (full album or single track)?

Most memorable gaming moment?

First game you ever played?

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Favorite game genre?

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Coolest enemy/boss design?

Worst game you’ve ever played?

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Single player, multiplayer, or both?

Do you play mobile games?

A game you started, but never finished.

A game that you wish you could play for the first time again.

A game that made you cry.

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Do you watch any other gamers?

Do you typically choose to play a male or female character (when asked to pick)?

If you could live in one of the games you’ve played, which one would it be?

Favorite environment in a game?

Least favorite environmental hazard (e.g. poison swamp, fire/lava, etc.)

A popular game that you just can’t get into.

Do you still buy physical games?

Favorite childhood game?

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If you could only play one game for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Have you ever rage quit a game? If so, what game and what caused the rage quit?

Most embarrassing gaming moment.

Funniest gaming moment.

Do you own any gaming themed memorabilia? (e.g. collector’s editions, posters, prop replicas, statues, clothing, etc.)

Hottest video game character?

Kill, Fuck, Marry (choose three characters)

An unpopular gaming opinion you have.

What’s something you want to see in the future of gaming?

Best game cover art.

[minuy600]

A Near-Full Tier List Of 70s Atari 2600 Games

With only a couple games left to go and me needing to 'git gud' in one of them, it's only logical that it's time to wrap things up with a good old fashioned tier list!

Note: Some of my opinions have changed over time, so if some of the ordering doesn't make sense to you if you've read earlier reviews, that's why.

Football, Slot Racers and Superman will be added to the list if I can either find a second player (first 2) or a cartridge of the game (last one).

We got 28 games to go over here. F tier to A tier in that order. No S cuz there's zero games that really fit that bill. Let's rock.

F Tier

#28 Space War (11/40)

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Who thought porting a game from 1962 was a good idea on a console that already had surperior alternatives of the genre? The singleplayer was the worst gaming experience i've ever had. It's not even in space, dangit! Disastrous release.

#27 Slot Machine (11/40)

The title doesn't lie, this sure is a slot machine. And that is all it is. How does one manage to have less value than Basic Math, I wonder? Should've given more memory to Casino, Atari...

#26 Hunt & Score (10/40)

Awful controls, lacking visuals, horrendous noises and it's much, much, much cheaper to buy a copy of a real memory match game anyway. The (second) worst of the worst, even amongst several weak 1978 releases that held no value as soon as better games came out.

#25 Miniature Golf (11/40)

What am I even looking at? You move a square and that determines the angle of another square bouncing around, which is as tedious as it sounds. Squares squares square. Ourgh, I hate it. If only it had more holes so I could hate it even more.

D Tier

#24 Basic Math (12/40)

Woof, okay. As a random math problem generator with funny sound effects, it... functions. That's all I can say about it. It's a blank screen if you remove the numbers. This is my lowest of the low bars for what is somewhat passable in some regards and what isn't.

#23 Hangman (14/40)

Impressive selection of words due to being the first game with expanded memory. Now why you would spend your bucks on this when a piece of paper is something almost everyone has, I wouldn't know. Nobody wants to play Hangman alone.

#22 Street Racer (18/40)

Even more boring than Indy 500. Every mode plays the same as each other with very mild changes. Number Munchers is as good as it gets, and that's only because it's over sooner.

#21 Code Breaker (14/40)

Graphically almost as bad as flippin' Basic Math, made worse by how confusingly it plays it's cards and the fact that half the screen estate ain't being used while playing Nim. Below all the rubbish, Nim managed to curve out a tiny place in my heart due to it's alright AI.

#20 Flag Capture (16/40)

Better than Code Breaker due to being a more justified release. Otherwise, forgettable. So much so, that i'm out of things to say.

#19 Home Run (16/40)

A kinda ass way to play baseball, however props must be given for hardly having a point of reference at this point. It completely trumps the RCA Studio II version and it seems to be fairly close to the version by Epoch in Japan. Major positive is that it's a lot faster than it's contemperaries.

C Tier

#18 Outlaw (20/40)

Based on a revolutionary arcade title with a proper microprocessor. I find this one very dull. At least it has some minor things going for it like being able to deconstruct the obstacles in your way. Well done Outlaw, you did the bare minimum.

#17 Indy 500 (21/40)

Extremely mid racing. Single players are gonna be done with it in 3 seconds flat as the time trialing is not fun at all. Multiplayer is oooooookay. Decent engine noises for the time.

#16 Brain Games (18/20)

Errrrhhh, I may have been slightly too harsh earlier. Visually it's kinda gross, however you could argue that the collection of brain teasers here ain't too awful. I had a modicrum of fun with some of 'em.

#15 Star Ship (22/40)

The most striking game of the launch lineup for attempting first person well before a game could do it for realsies. I can appreciate it as an art form, as a game though? I'm good.

#14 Sky Diver (21/40)

At least it doesn't fuckin' squeal at ya at all times like in the arcade. However, unlike that version, it's pretty much multiplayer-only and the thrill of seeking a high score got almost completely butchered as a result. Satisfactory port, nothing more.

#13 Human Cannonball (20/40)

Has some personality in the form of the guy you shoot out of the cannon, and I found myself somewhat immersed by the smart way the game's visuals came to be. Otherwise, dull as dishwater.

#12 Basketball (21/40)

The first proper attempt at a realistic ball sports title. It tries a 3D perspective and for competitive play, I can see a decent time being had here. The repetition and lack of modes very much hurt it unfortunately.

#11 Blackjack (23/40)

An entirely functional and sorta addicting take on the card game of old. Gets completely trounced by Casino which is essentially an enhanced version of this.

#10 Bowling (24/40)

Falls under the same kinda umbrella as Basketball. Don't mind this one. It has good visuals (a multicolor sprite!) and a goofy dance when you clear all the pins. Kinda wears thin once you know where to stand however.

#9 Video Chess (23/40)

The best AI of the console put into a cart that could barely handle it. Sluggish movement, long loading times and hard-to-discern visuals make it a hard sell now. However, back THEN, this fuckin' kicked ass for the common man. It gets a formal handshake from me.

B Tier

#8 Air Sea Battle (28/40)

A fine introduction to the Atari 2600's library. I think it's sorta boring and the AI is hardly a contest, but the multiplayer is still enjoyable enough and it's audiovisually one of the better launch games.

#7 Casino (22/40)

How I gave this a lower score than Blackjack, I have no idea. You can play the same exact game again here with improved visuals, or dive into a couple variaties of poker, of which I actually really like Poker Solitaire. Good package!

#6 Backgammon (27/40)

Graphically one of the most impressive games on 2600 so far. Gameplay-wise, yeah it's Backgammon and Acey Deucy alright. This game thought me the ropes and i'm thankful for it. I would almost call this a worthy substitute for buying the real thing. Almost.

#5 Canyon Bomber (26/40)

Very solid ports of two middling arcade games, Canyon Bomber and Destroyer. It only made sense as they were essentially two peas in a pod from the getgo. Tired of Air-Sea Battle and in the need of something you can also play competently alone? This one's for you.

#4 Breakout (25/40)

I WILL get back to this one. I promise. The Atari 2600+ is coming in in 2 weeks and will allow me to play it with an actual paddle controller for the first time. Playing with a controller does not do it justice. It's Pong for the score hunters. 8 modes with 4 variations each is only rivalled by those coming up ahead on the list.

A Tier

#3 Surround (27/40)

Doesn't have the quirky ASMRy noises from arcade Dominos, otherwise this is an extremely solid competitive pre-Snake Snakelike. Very replayable because it allows you to doodle around freely, too.

#2 Combat (31/40)

The quintessential pack-in for the 2600 in it's early years. I don't like that it lacks a singleplayer mode completely- the multiplayer is still a hoot on occasion though. Even contains some funny glitches if you're into that sorta thing.

#1 Video Olympics (33/40)

Pong remains a classic that's still good for the occasional bout. This is that, but with a TON of other modes to invite a pal over for. The single player is destined to play one mode, however the AI is competent enough to keep that fresh for a little bit too. Easily the definitive way to play gaming's granddaddy.

Soon, Video Olympics shall be rivalled or even dethroned. The 2600's hayday is about to kick into high gear. And with that, I mean a couple weeks as I wait for my new old console to arrive in the mail. See ya then, you goofy video game crash instigator.

[mdogatinlayothree]

How I imagine different Sonic characters would play Minecraft

Sonic:

Speedrunner, he speedruns everything that is possible to speedrun. He has 172 worlds and all of them have less than half an hour of play time. On multiplayer, he blows out two totems per session.

Shadow:

Refuses to play on Creative mode because it's 'cheating'. Will strip mine for about four hours at a time, build a giant deepslate fortress, and call it a starter base.

Espio:

Terrible at PVP despite having a worrying number of hours on Hypixel. Great at parkour, makes extremely pointless and convoluted redstone contraptions in Creative mode. Has a glass house filled with jeb_ sheep.

Silver:

Plays a bootleg version of pocket edition that still has the nether reactor core, only five hotbar slots, days that last twelve hours, diamonds on all y levels, and 1x1 dark oak trees.

Tails:

Built redstone so bad that he accidentally pioneered a whole new generation of redstone techniques (see: Mumbo). Once he masters these, he will be unstoppable.

Cream:

Makes flower gardens, bee houses, pretty castles, and brutally violent mob farms.

Vector:

u/ChaotixCrocV: Minecraft Bedrock Edition is the worst game ever made. Even worse than Sonic 06.

↑•↓ +69420

Charmy:

His entire creative world is filled with rainbow beacons, towers, and dangling mobs. For some reason, amidst the chaos, there is a rather impressive floating island build that he shows to every living (or dead) thing that enters the room.

Knuckles:

He plays Minecraft on a twelve year old HP laptop with a render distance of three chunks, but claims it's just for the "fog aesthetic" and not because his PC is permanently broken. For some reason, he's really good at renovating witch huts.

Amy:

Can kill anything and everything with anything and everything. Builds pixel art and map art.

Blaze:

Can build beautiful organic structures of any mythical creature you like, and create huge towns surrounding them. Exclusively plays on Creative mode with shaders and 32-bit texture packs.

Eggman:

Eggfker69 was slain by a baby zombie

Eggfker69 was slain by a baby zombie

Eggfker69 was shot by a skeleton

Eggfker69 blew up

Eggfker69 tried to swim in lava

Eggfker69 was slain by a baby zombie

Eggfker69 left the game

[shigayokagayama]

maybe a weird question, but do you have any recommendations for non-mob psycho media? I’ve been in search of something that hits similarly/is as well made and I trust your judgement o wise one. I’m not super picky, so recs of any kind would be appreciated :)

im like the worst person to take media recommendations from because you have to tie me down to watch something new and then i get obsessed with it forever, in terms of things ive seen recently that hit the same tumblr is NOT lying dungeon meshi is really good and if you start watching now you're gonna be watching at the part where it starts getting crazy

other stuff ive been into (gets progressively less mob psycho and generally more depressing like the further down we go bc i tend to get into really, really sad shit):

-i <3 deltarune but everyone has already played that. deltarune good. if you havent played deltarune play deltarune. genuinely like it more than undertale. also if the last chapter of deltarune is just the confession arc i called it and deserve a million dollars

-same w spiderverse. listen usually i dont care about superhero stuff but god these movies are good and i really hope they stick the landing.

-everything everywhere all at once continues to be one of my favorite movies ever

-rainworld (video game, very difficult but skurry's playthroughs do a good job summarizing the plot and general vibe of each route if you wanna watch those. i watched my friend play survivor ages ago and ive been playing through survivor with a friend on multiplayer and decided to watch some playthroughs to get a feel for the map and GOD DAMN the story of this game. rivulet route almost made me cry.) fair warning this is animal death the video game.

-severance (live action tv show, general plot is some sort of dystopian future where they invent a surgery where you can seperate your work self from your normal self so you clock into work and then black out until your shift is over. except your work self is just stuck at work forever. only 9 episodes but very, VERY good)

-i actually really enjoyed the scott pilgrim comics and the anime i wish anyone ever could be normal about them. id definitely suggest comics (if you can handle the 2000s humor) then anime. also basically everyone knows this but fair warning that starting out the main character is in his early 20s dating a 17 year old, it is explicitly treated as a shitty thing by the narrative and theres nothing explicit and its made very clear that he has 0 feelings for her whatsoever and is just using her as an ego boost but if youre sensitive to that stuff i might skip this one

-lots of webcomics about animals. i read so many webcomics about animals its like. my main media intake. this is part of the reason that i dont understand complaints about the art style my favorite webcomic looks like this

its called doe of deadwood and ill think about it until the day i die. others im currently reading (since this one wrapped a while ago) are "what lurks beneath" (cat cult on an island) "waves always crash" (cat cult on the beach) "i didnt know" (cat cult in a barn), toufati sawa (hyena trying to avenge her clan) and africa (leopard trying to survive the harshening world with her cubs) warning for animal death with all of these and general abuse warning for all those cat cult ones bc. cults.

-i like warrior cats. do not read warrior cats. its not very good and youll get stuck here forever.

-pathologic but the actual game and not just people describing the game please watch someone play the actual game summaries skip so much of the meat of the story and the characters. or play the game if you can bear learning to strategically quicksave. fair warning there is a lot of racism depicted against indigenous people in these games and while the framing of it generally aires on the side of "racism bad" there are a lot of kinda shitty tropes that come with it.

-listen bojack horseman is one of my shows it is the polar opposite of mob psycho in like every way and i would never in a million years recommend it if you want something that hits like mob psycho but if we're asking for just things i enjoy this is one of them. heavy cw for drug usage and abuse with this one. might want to give "does the dog die" a look for this one bc people are not joking about how heavy this show is

-same with hospice. hospice is a concept album about a hospice worker and a patient and has had more of an influence on me than any other piece of media ever bc i found it at the exact perfect time in my life for it to be relevant to my circumstances and now its like part of my identity. heavy cw for abuse also

-speaking of concept albums hey have you listened to tyler the creator he has several. WOLF especially i really like because the plot is actually like. kinda intricate. he also says the f slur a lot in WOLF but hes bisexual so diversity win?

-succession good. tw for like. everything though. probably "does the dog die" this one.

-hey have you ever watched david lynch's 1972 film "eraserhead"

[olderthannetfic]

Some months ago I sent you an anon about purely online friendships and if they last and you confirmed my suspicion that they rarely do. I now see this happening with another friend as they've faded out of being active in a fandom community we bonded over and it's depressing as fuck.

Also, I swear this keeps happening to me that I introduce online friends to things and those things end up contributing to those people moving on to greener pastures... Introduced best friend to a game I love, they got super into its fandom and completely replaced me with new friends they made there. Invited the person from the first paragraph to a fandom server and they started dating one of the members. These days they're frequently hanging out with that person in DMs and multiplayer gaming and occasional IRL visits and hardly ever talk to me anymore.

I know it's not anyone's fault but it's so hard not to feel like I'm just not enough for people, or to be left behind because a different (romantic) relationship is more important.

I'm gonna go wallow some more and then try to reconnect. Sigh. I'm so tired.

--

Oh man, that feeling is the worst.

[luigiblood]

Some thoughts about Nintendo Switch Online retro games since last time

This is essentially going to be not much of a post but I guess I could talk about a few things about its future since with all the updates that we got since last time.

We'll talk about UI code, Pokémon, NES, Fire Emblem and N64.

UI code upgrade

Literally the next day since my last post about it, on March 16th, Nintendo added new NES, SNES and GB titles. Under the hood, they did do a massive change to the user interface programming, bringing pretty much every NSO app to the latest user interface codebase that GB and GBA NSO had.

That said it brings absolutely no visible changes, NERD has just made sure to bring everything up-to-date. This is just more stable and probably easier to program and manage UI code.

Pokémon Stadium 1 & 2

On April 12th, Nintendo released Pokémon Stadium to NSO + Expansion Pack, and with no Transfer Pak support.

Of course, what did I even expect since there's no old mainline Pokémon titles yet (if ever?).

My opinion about Pokémon on NSO is that it will get stuck to only spinoffs. My worst case realistic scenario (aside from no rerelease) is Pokémon Company selling the old gens at $15 piecemeal (yes, $5 more than on 3DS Virtual Console).

Personally I expect Pokémon Company to be very strict about Pokémon management, and those games are highly abusable with glitches, honestly and are kind of region locked, too to some extent especially between japanese and international players, but they still bothered to rerelease them and supporting them with a way to transfer your Pokémons out of the games. It's also abusable if you supported the Transfer Pak in Pokémon Stadium titles since they also work like extra boxes for your Pokémons and those support save states, which was explicitly removed out of the 3DS Virtual Console release...

They did also release Pokémon Stadium 2 this week, also without Transfer Pak support.

I did look at the emulator really quick and did find that they added new functions for Lua script hacking for the games, and it does kinda look like they rebuilt the entire thing from a new version at least.

I'll speak more about N64 emulation later.

Mystery Tower

Fast forwarding a bit, on June 6th, Nintendo added more NES, SNES and GB titles. One of them was Mystery Tower by Namco.

This bothered me, because I knew what this game was, but the title did absolutely not sound right. Turns out this title is actually brand new, they had this title in their collection, the original title was "BABEL" which is interesting since this means it is a first case of title change hacks on NSO. That said I did eventually find out that Japan also had a title change to "The Tower of Babel", which was also done in collections, but also the Wii U Virtual Console release!

Anyway please try this puzzle game, just keep in mind the direction and how you can turn around stuff based on how you face it.

Fire Emblem

On June 23rd, Nintendo released Fire Emblem for the GBA NSO app. But Japan also had Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, the actual first GBA Fire Emblem title, as we only started to get these games since the second GBA title.

I'll refer to them as FE6 (The Binding Blade) and FE7 (Fire Emblem) from now on.

This update was interesting for a couple reasons.

It just so happens that the japanese version of FE7 can link to FE6's completed save files to unlock a couple things in the game.

So now, when you go into multiplayer, after the first player selects FE7, the second player is allowed to select either FE7, or FE6 for "Link Cleared Save Data" (official english text). Another player can simply share their save files to another player.

This also means that the GBA app now has the ability to load different games for each player depending on the choice of the first player who serves as the host.

(This screenshot is me messing around with the functionality.)

However this is not the only noteworthy thing to happen, because it wouldn't feel fair for a single player to not being able to transfer their own FE6 saves to FE7. Well, they did actually implement a hack for single player too!

They actually reimplemented the linking process inside the emulator just to avoid emulating a second GBA for it, and it would seamlessly transfer the save data just fine.

If you're wondering about what it unlocks, a quick read made me figure out that it skips Lyn's story, and add new scenes to the epilogue and other small additions as well. Those new epilogue scenes are available in the US version by default, but not in the EU versions for some reason. They can also be accessed in the JP version without a save transfer by finishing the game 9 to 11 times (what the heck).

This functionality working as it is really cool, honestly, and it makes a process less painful to do like it was back then, and it did make me feel confident in the transfer of data between games like with Golden Sun & Golden Sun: The Lost Age or the Zelda Oracle games... speaking of...

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages/Seasons

Those two games ended up randomly coming at the end of July this year. They are known for being two parts of a fuller story if you link each of them from whatever order you start them with.

And that's where my disappointment came in to remind me of the terrible reality that is Nintendo Switch Online.

It is doable for two players to share their save files to each other through multiplayer, but if you wanna do the games yourself on your own in single player, you'll have to input the password you get from the other game.

That is kinda sad considering it's the first player who selects the save file from the other player, it could have been very easy to setup in a way that's easy to use without needing to implement any specific user interface, but that didn't quite happen.

I hope they'll bother for Golden Sun considering the tiers of password this game can have with Golden Sun: The Lost Age, but I am starting to think if the game does offer a way to transfer without needing any additional work, they wouldn't do it. In the case of Fire Emblem, this way of save transfer was the only way to do it.

I did not mention much about this, but Oracle of Ages/Seasons are also known for having exclusive content if you play those games on a Game Boy Advance. After looking into it though, it does not seem like we're missing much, but it's kinda sad that they're not really in their most definitive way to play them.

Pokémon Trading Card Game

Two weeks after those last two games, Pokémon Trading Card Game and Pokémon Stadium 2 were released.

The cool thing about this game, is that they emulated the infrared communications.

At least, Card Pop does work, for sure, which does require emulation of the IR communcation... or does it?

Upon a quick inspection of the emulator code, I found out that the emulator does indeed patch the game ROM's functions, and thanks to the disassembled Pokémon Trading Card Game offering me a lot of information, I found out that they absolutely don't emulate the IR communications at all and outright replace the IR functions to point to a invalid 0xDD opcode (opcodes are small commands that CPU executes)... which probably points to a function in the emulator to specifically manage this. Ain't that funny? In any case though, they do at least let all IR communications work just fine, and that's what matters.

(For the nerds who wants to look this up, the emulator keeps SHA1 hashes of the ROM you can easily search for, then points to a struct of 100 bytes original to compare, 100 bytes to patch, address, size, and something else I don't get.)

I ended up looking this up as someone pointed me to this video:

It turns out in the original game, one of the cards, the Phantom Venusaur, is impossible to obtain due to a mistake in the calculations of the odds, on which this video explains very well in detail.

This is the reason that motivated me to look at how the emulator might patch the game, and see if they fixed this issue: They did not fix this problem, I see no patch for any of the relevant code for this.

So, NERD, if you're reading this, look at 06:5D92, you can definitely fix this in one way or another.

N64 emulation

So... the Pokémon Stadium 2 release at least updated the emulator in some way, because they added new functions for the Lua scripting for N64 game hacks, and some of the UI engine stuff got shuffled around.

Then I tried some of the games, to see if some things got fixed:

F-Zero X did NOT get its framerate drop fixed.

Goldeneye's Dam level has texture tiling fixed. Interesting.

Since I noticed this last thing, it was pointed to Graslu00 who knows the game in and out and already compared the emulation of the game on NSO and Xbox... to a disappointing degree.

Here's his thread about the fixes... or rather the lack of: https://twitter.com/Graslu00/status/1688994099477528576

The update did also some additional fixes to Pokémon Stadium 1, though I don't really know much about it other than it relates to rendering and soft reset in some way.

Unfortunately the N64 emulator is still not up to snuff, but I think the most annoying thing is still the controls. The default controls suck, let us change them in the emulator, per game! Offer also better stick emulation!

It still pains me to rely on the Switch OS remap feature, it's not good for this, it messes too much with some of the macros, it sucks!

It annoys me when I see the text "Change Control Method" in the emulator files too, you guys clearly thought about it! Why isn't it a feature after months with nothing?

Future releases

There's still a couple N64 games left that were explicitly announced for 2023, such as 1080° Snowboarding, Excitebike 64 and Mario Party 3.

That said Japan also had plans for release of Harvest Moon 64 (which I see no reason why we can't get it now that Harvest Moon SNES got released since), but also Goldeneye 007, on which Japan has it on the highest age rating (CERO Z).

Considering how the plans are going and how lazy everything is (sorry devs, I'm sure you guys know already, but most of the results of this just don't impress me and don't fill me with confidence aside from GB/GBA somehow), I just think N64 NSO will randomly get a 18+ rating and put every N64 game under parental control bullshit out of nowhere with no warning for Japan.

Also, where's the alternate languages for NES and SNES games?

[eldritch-spouse]

If the boys were in a game, wich role would they be (like healer/tank/dps lol)?

[I don't know much of this terminology because I don't dig most multiplayer games, so I'm going to generalize here. Basically, let me clown a little.]

Breg: Worst sidekick character ever, constantly getting hit but resilient as fuck.

Fasma: The glitched NPC that keeps running into walls.

Patches: Save point. Gives you lore and potions every now and then.

Morell: Melee tank, fine unless provoked.

Gallon: Oddly overpriced shopkeeper.

Santi: Slutty bard, you can deploy him to distract enemies.

Grimbly: Annoying NPC with 3896356631 side quests.

Vinnel: You have to beat him at a myriad of dangerous games to unlock special weapons.

Nebul: Resident Evil 4 merchant.

Sybastian: Appears as a barrier when you can't access certain zones because you haven't made enough progress. Different form every time.

Fank-e: Insists on breaking the 4th wall, obnoxious fuck that adds literally nothing.

Ludwig: Appears everywhere with seemingly no explanation, always doing odd jobs.

Mervin: Rival, determined to thwart you, makes an ass of himself everytime.

Obie: Feed him and you'll get a random item in return.

Belo: The annoying little character that keeps reminding you of unfinished goals and chastises you in the game over screen.

Krulu: Final boss, broken mechanics, insanely unfair, puts Elden Ring bosses to shame.

[inukag-archive]

Can you help point this wayward soul toward fics where the characters are involved with online accounts including, but not limited to, OnlyFans and stuff?? Thank you!!

Hello Hello Hello Nonnie!

OnlyFans/streaming is a very niche NSFW type, so to give you as many options as possible we also expanded this list to include online relationships and phone/video sex.

As always if any of our followers have suggestions please add them in the notes!

[Digital Sex Work Specific]

Members Only by @anisaanisa (E)

Working during a pandemic was hard enough, harder when you’re on the front line. If Kagome was so essential, why couldn’t she pay her rent at the end of the month?

Kagome tries to make ends meet juggling two jobs, an OnlyFans account and a cute coworker that just won’t quit living in her head rent-free.

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Cam You See Me? (Series) by @keizfanfiction (E)

Inuyasha has a secret part-time job and Kagome has a shameless addiction. One day the pretty office worker confronts the hot male nurse when he’s sitting by himself in the mailroom, and then a discovery is made that might change their tentative relationship for the better.

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Pennies and Dimes by @witchygirl99 (M)

The story of Kagome Higurashi: talking off clients, surviving her bachelor's degree, and having a secret Not-Friends-with-Benefits arrangement with the most attractive jerk ever. Who she definitely isn't falling in love with. Not even a little.

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Love In the Time of COVID-19 by TheMondayChild (E)

One of Inuyasha’s tenants finds a very interesting way of supporting herself after being furloughed. He goes from being only a fan to being more than a landlord when she calls upon him to perform some maintenance.

[Online Relationships]

Massive Multiplayer Shenanigans (Series) by @clearwillow (E)

Modern college AU. InuKag and MirSan pairings. There's something to be said for anonymity in MMORPGs. A story about a game that's less about the game and more its players.

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The Sound of His Voice by @splendentgoddess (E)

All she knows about him is he’s single, and shyer than he publicly lets on. They flirt openly on the air, but it’s all just an act...or is it? Kagome would love to meet DJ Ash in real life, to date him, or hell, even to just jump into bed with him. Kami, the sound of his voice does things to her. But he’s afraid it would ruin what they have if they ever met in person. What secret is he hiding?

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You've Got Mail by @witchygirl99 (T)

One email can change everything. Two people in a world of unloving careers and deathly essays come together. There's a reason these two were meant to talk. Some would call it fate. They would call it annoyance. Really? It's called love.

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Miscommunication by Disenchanter (M)

Inuyasha's not a 'one-girl' type of guy, so he leaps at the chance to get any pretty woman's number. Too bad he couldn't read his latest conquest's so he ended up texting a secluded author facing her worst enemy—writers block.

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Quarantine Series by @superpixie42 (E)

Starting a new relationship can be hard when you have to host all your dates via webchat because of Covid-19 quarantine regulations.

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The Right Wrong Number by @neutronstarchild (E)

A drunk Kagome texts her ex-bf Bankotsu a bikini picture of herself and Sango from a poolside bar at 2am, because he’s a cheating asshole and doesn’t know what he’s goddamned missing. But Kagome made a critical mistake: she hit a 6 instead of an 8, and the grumpy half-demon who received the text has some opinions about the lateness and the content. His resultant picture starts a sexy chain reaction, leaving both their lives changed.

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Sexy Baby by KrissMe (M)

[COMPLETE] School girl by day, pornstar by night. After Kagome gets involved in the adult entertainment business at a young age to make ends meet, can she open her heart to someone who might actually love her. Does he even see it when he is just as promiscuous as she? And what about her perverted teacher who would do anything to have her?

[x-i-l-verify]

Trick or treat!

One good turn deserves another!

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If you want a rec... hm, well, it's not a "rec" per se, but I'm sure you see me posting a lot about it, so I figured I'd explain what the Dream SMP is just for clarity's sake. ^^;

So, to quote tumblr user existentialterror: "The Dream SMP is a private multiplayer Minecraft server. A bunch of Twitch/Youtube streamers roleplayed on it regularly from 2020-2022. It grew a 'plot' based on improv which later became somewhat scripted in advance. There are arcs, seasons, worldbuilding, and factions."

I personally describe it to people as this strange, unholy mix of Game of Thrones, Homestuck, and Loony Tunes, but it manages to still be compelling somehow despite all its many flaws (the story could have seriously benefited from having whatever the Minecraft RP version of a Dungeon Master is, that's all I'll say about it). It's also the single most nuanced and fascinating study of morality and perspective I've ever seen in a fictional medium (one that was absolutely wasted on its target audience because a lot of people - especially younger people - aren't capable at looking at stories through an objective lens anymore), because the DSMP has no single main protagonist. Every character is the "main character," and their story intertwines and intersects with the other characters', creating a vast web of character conflicts and interactions. A character can be the flawed hero of their own story, and a despicable villain from another character's POV. A silly little guy to one character, and the worst person imaginable to another. Basically, "Villain" by Stella Jang is the DSMP theme song. And I think that's neat!

Characters include:

A violent anarchist pigman who somehow manages to be the most open-minded and based character in the entire series.

A sentient slime monster who pretends to be human by saying things like "I have so many bones! I have like 300 bones in me like everyone else!" and "Hello, fellow meat brother!"

An anthro fox who suffers from prophetic nightmares and serious daddy issues.

A sweet, silly demon who spends half the series being a chaotic menace and the other half either being mind-controlled into a cult leader or being traumatized by what he did under the influence of said mind control.

A former king who spends most of the story sleeping to escape from the crushing disappointment of reality and who reshapes his dreams into what he wants reality to be courtesy of a deity he befriends while there.

And many more

Also the fandom is full of very talented animators. :D Here are just a few of the super cool animations they've made over the years. (Links because the rest of the videos are unavailable outside of YT dangit)

Requiem | Fundy Lore [DSMP animatic]

Tightrope | GeorgeNotFound Lore [DSMP animatic]

Folding Chair | BadBoyHalo Lore [DSMP animatic]

The Search | Season 2 Lore Recap [DSMP animation]

Put “trick-or-treat” in my inbox and I’ll give you either a) a meme or two related to a fandom you’re interested in (if I don’t know you as well I’ll go random/miscellaneous) or b) a random book/movie/game rec. Feel free to specify, or to ask for both!

[littleblackbooksims]

Now that Early Access is back, albeit in probably a worse state than ever. What’s a “reasonable amount of time” 2 weeks? A month? 3 months? A year? *Eye roll*Who knows how long the early access windows will drag on for.

Which honestly we are a little relieved about because we don’t want to start nitpicking every single creator, we generally do like early access as a concept except for those that abuse it, and we’d like to focus on the worst offenders. But we digress. Creators let’s chat for a bit, because the past few days have been a whole mess but….We do hope this whole fiasco was a bit of a wake up call for creators.

You guys need to be preparing when chaos strikes again. It’s not a matter of if but when TS5 is coming, EA might sell, it’s best to be ready. So please creators don’t end up caught off guard like you did this time.

Let’s starts here; you are not owed access to create content for a corporation’s intellectual property ever and more importantly forever. What you have with EA is a gift. No one believes us when we say this but everyone wants to go on about how greedy EA is but their monetization of UGC guidelines is one of the the fairest in the business. It is incredibly rare for developers to not only allow it, but to encourage it and foster it within their community with collabs, features and integrations within the game. Ofcourse there are games like SL, IMVU and few others but those are the exception not the rule. Even other EA games don’t have it as easy as us. EA could’ve completely permanently revoked early access and modders would’ve had no recourse. That is just how IP law works, mods are derivative works, selling them in any form or fashion is exceedingly generous by legal standards. They don’t have to do this. Y’all have been taking this for granted.

Tomorrow isn’t promised today. How much longer realistically will TS4 last?

If you look at modders throughout the multiple iterations of the game there are very few that stuck with it from franchise to franchise. We aren’t sure as to why, perhaps the modders grew bored, found they didn’t have as much passion for the sequel as they did whatever version they were modding for. Who knows but TS4 creators will likely run into similar roadblocks.

TS5 may not be as lenient, they may not allow creators to set their own pricing, or they have their own version of Patreon that takes a much larger cut. NSFW mods and CC may not be allowed. The franchise may not even make it past TS5. How long with TS5 last? It may be beyond your skill set to mod for, you may not even enjoy playing it or modding for it. Maybe your fans won’t follow you over. Maybe it won’t have your aesthetic. What if it doesn’t support mods? Or atleast the type of mods and CC we are so accustomed to seeing in the game, now that there are rumors of it being multiplayer. If it’s multiplayer what does this mean for mods that include adult content, drugs etc since you might end up playing with a 12 year old?? What if it implodes like Simcity did and a once beloved franchise ceases to exist. What if instead of that help article EA just announced TS5 release for 2023 and people just decided it made no sense to keep paying for TS4 cc.

EA is looking to sell. Will their next owner be as lenient on creators? Will they let creators sell mods at all? EA has overseen this community since the TS1, a new owner may not understand the community and culture of community, The Sims. One of the names that got thrown around early on when word of looking for a seller broker was Nintendo. Do you guys know how litigious and non supportive of mods Nintendo is? This isn’t to scare you guys it’s just to say there are so many different variables to show that how it’s been does not mean it will always be this way.

These are all serious questions creators need to ask themselves, and it’s been smooth sailing, but it doesn’t mean it will always be. As the other day proved the rug can be pulled out from under you at anytime. Contingency plans need to be put in place, it’s time to diversify. It doesn’t mean you have to do anything that will take significant time away from modding, but gain experience in other areas that if tomorrow, you lost all your Patrons or EA got bought by a company with an asshole CEO you had somewhere else to go. Another path you have a few hours a week in that you could dive in full time. An escape hatch. Make sure you have an emergency fund, right now when times are good save money, make a nest egg, lots of apps will do this automatically for you in very small incremental amounts like digit and acorn.

Because relying on a huge corporation’s intellectual property as your sole source of income is asking for heartache. The community might not be as sympathetic in 1-3 years when the modding community is inevitably thrown into disarray by EAs TS5 plans. Because unlike this time you guys had a sneak preview of what was to come. So please look out for yourself because no one else will. At the end of the day not your Patrons and certainly not EA will make sure your rent is paid.

By all means ride the gravy train as long as you can but be prepared if the wheels fall off.

[fictionobsession]

Jailbreak

Pairing: None

Word Count: 806 (is just little)

Warnings: none!

A/N: this is a between-game blurb for the multiplayer campaign I'm doing with @elfinbloodbag and @tripleyeeet so this is really for them - hope y'all like it <3

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Pippin was mid-sneak, trying to take some potions out from under the nose of the injured tiefling, when Boone poked her head through the door of the prison.

“Hey, Pip, a moment please?” The whisper-yell wasn't quite enough to get the attention of the surrounding Grove inhabitants, of course, but Pippin cringed anyway. Pippin stepped back onto a squeaky board. Stupid old shack, what's wrong with dirt floors for godssake.

Luckily, the tiefling was too out of it to acknowledge such a tiny sound, and Pippin quickly made her way to the Druid's makeshift prison, making sure no one was watching as she slipped inside. Boone was standing in front of a cage, hands on hips, staring into the face of a goblin woman. Goblins have genders, right? Surely. Probably. Should probably learn some more about goblin culture. Do they have a culture? Everyone's got a culture I'm certain. Silly question.

“They've got 'er locked up.” Boone gestured to the goblin.

“What'd she do?”

Boone shrugged and looked up as Virru strolled casually into the room. “Best I can tell, she's just in here on account of being a goblin, and may have been with that crew we just...handled.”

“But, well, that's technically not a crime, is it? If she didn't hurt anybody?” Pippin asked, more thinking out loud than actually wanting an answer. She looked over at Boone, who let out a rather impressive yawn.

“She did say she'd get us into the goblin camp. Trouble-free. Jailbreak?”

Virru nodded. Pippin looked between them, already pulling out her lockpicking tools. “Never done a jailbreak before.”

Boone raised an eyebrow. Pippin's cheeks turned pink, suddenly very focused on the lock. “Well, never for someone other than myself anyway.” She rolled her shoulders and stuck her tongue between her teeth. The lock gave a final click, and the door swung open. The goblin, Sazza, she said her name was, sauntered out. Boone quickly pulled her weapon and aimed it at the escapee.

“I ain't gon do nothin'. Toldya I'd get ya in the camp, so I will. The Priestess will want to meet you. Put that down.”

Boone lowered her weapon – slightly. Virru leaned against the wall, watching. “So, not to be the voice of logic, but, now what?”

Pippin blinked at her, expression blank. Boone groaned, throwing her head back. “Nobody ever thinks things through.” She shot a glare at Pippin.

“Hey! I didn't do it this time! You said 'jailbreak' and I jail..broke? Anyway, I did what we all agreed on! I figured you had a plan!”

Boone grabbed the goblin by the elbow and started to lead her out of the prison area, only to be immediately stopped by the nearest tiefling. She turned Sazza around and went directly back into the room where Virru and Pippin were barely containing giggles.

When Virru was certain she could hold it together long enough to speak, she grinned up at Boone. “What exactly made you think that was going to work?”

“Was worth a try. Why go through all the effort of making an elaborate plan if you can just walk through the front door?”

“Well, we obviously can't walk through the front door, so what do we do? Pip, you have any ideas?”

Pippin shook her head and plopped to the floor. The others quickly joined her on the ground, regretting their lack of planning, and trying to figure out how exactly they were going to escape with the goblin.

They snacked on some food they had snagged from the Grove trader, not thinking or caring to share with their charge. Several suggestions were made and shot down for various reasons. The party's varying talents were quite useful most of the time, unless it came to things like sneaking or successfully lying. Boone was the worst at sneaking, and Pippin couldn't lie to save her life – literally.

virru narrowed her eyes at Sazza. “Does anyone have a scroll of disguise self?”

It was the first idea that had made any sense. The group all dug through their bags, coming up short on any scrolls or items that could help disguise the goblin.

They sat for what felt like ages, until Boone started pacing and Pippin started rooting through chests and crates looking for anything interesting. Pippin wandered around, finding a spot to jump down to a little area with bright orange mushrooms.

She noticed a glinting light just around the corner. “Hey guys? I think there's something back here.”

Virru was the first one to join her, with Boone following close behind. Virru squinted, trying to figure out what the shiny area was. “You know, that kind of looks like... a door? Why would there be a door back here?”

They shared a look, Boone striding forward to be the first through the door.

[smash-64]

#5 Favorite Console Sony PlayStation 2

Strangely, it was a sports game for the PS2 that changed my life, quite literally. EA Sports Rugby has perhaps the worst graphics of any PS2 game. It’s also the only PS2 game I know of to not have analog support, although third party controllers can spoof the d-pad and face buttons to the joysticks. Despite all of that, I learned about rugby through this game, which got me interested in traveling abroad, meeting people from other countries, and trying new foods. After taking enough Spanish to consider myself fluent, I transferred that interest in world travel into a study abroad program, which was one of the greatest experiences I’ve ever had. A number of international trips I’ve taken have involved friends I probably wouldn’t have made had I not started the rolling snowball that was EA Sports Rugby.

Aside from that one game, I am also a slave to the PS2 era of Ace Combat games (04, 5, and Zero). Generally considered the best of the series and gravely in need of a remaster/re-release. 007 Nightfire was also a great game with probably the best multiplayer in the Bond franchise. 

[texasmadehustler]

1. What's your favorite game of all time?

2. What's a game you thought you'd like but actually hated?

3. What's a really popular game everyone seems to love but you don't like?

4. What's a game you didn't expect to enjoy but ended up liking?

5. What game have you spent the most number of hours on?

6. If you had to marry the last video game character you played, who would it be?

7. If you had to live in the world of the last game you played, what world would it be?

8. Have you ever had a crush on a video game character?

9. What was the first game you ever remember playing?

10. Have you ever pretended to be sick to get out of something so you could play a game?

11. What game did you last complete?

12. What game are you playing right now?

13. What game do you want to play next?

14. In your opinion, what is the best games console?

15. Are PC gamers really superior to console players?

16. What's your opinion on Fortnite?

17. Have you ever watched a Twitch stream?

18. Have you ever streamed yourself on Twitch or YouTube?

19. Have you ever used a walkthrough?

20. What's the best weapon you've ever used in a game?

21. Have you ever had to stop playing a game because it was too scary?

22. Has a game's storyline ever made you cry?

23. What's your favorite fighting class: warrior, mage, or rogue, and why?

24. What's your favorite game genre?

25. Do you prefer multiplayer games or to go solo?

26. Do you prefer co-op or player vs player?

27. What is the first console you ever owned?

28. What or who got you into video games in the first place?

29. What is the longest amount of time you have sat playing games non-stop?

30. If video games didn't exist anymore, what would you do?

31. What is your favorite song from a game?

32. Have you ever wanted to live in a world from a game? If so, which one and why?

33. Which video game character do you most wish you were like?

34. What's a game you've spent the most amount of money on?

35. If you could have one power of any video game character, who would it be?

36. Who do you usually choose as your fighter in Super Smash Brothers / Soul Calibur / Street Fighter, etc.?

37. XBOX or PlayStation? Choose one!

38. What are you hoping for at the next E3?

39. Who is your favorite villain from a video game and why?

40. What is your favorite game from your childhood?

41. Are there any games you're really bad at?

42. Have you ever seen somebody get really angry when they lose?

43. What's your favorite game series of all time?

44. What's more important: action or story?

45. Is there a game that is considered to be really bad but is your secret guilty pleasure?

46. If you could have any video game character as your best friend, who would it be?

47. If you could marry any game character, who would it be?

48. Would you rather have loads of time to play games but only be able to buy two games a year, or be able to buy loads of games but never have much time to play them?

49. In your opinion, what is the worst game of all time that you've played?

50. Would you give up video games for life and receive $500,000 in cash, or would you refuse the money?

[narrative-driven-off-a-cliff]

I just had the most miserable Don't Starve experience IN MY LIFE.

Okay so I'm a Wendy main in my first official multiplayer game ever with a Willow and Wolfgang, and the Willow has just shown me to a Pipspook. I complete that, no problem, no questions asked, and the Wolfgang says that we're setting up official base near King Pig. Ok, alright, we leave the forest, but then I spot another Pipspook and think "Hey, let's have another go. It'll probably be quick and I can use Abigail as a light source if it turns out to be hard."

The first mistake.

This Pipspook ended up being the worst in the HISTORY of Spooks - and keep in mind I've had Pips lead me to Angry Pig Tribes and the Killer Tentacle Sand biome. This buckarino Kept giving me the WORST directions, leading me left and right and left again when I really had to go down, and led me into so many spiders that Abigail was on halfway heart. I ended spending TWO DAYS on this five minute venture.

Additionally. I had only prepared for a one day expedition, so I had only enough grass for ONE NIGHT OF FIRES. Since I was in a forest biome with spider dens serving as a giant wall, guess who had to use her dead sister as a light source TWO DAYS IN A ROW??? And the whole time i was so hungry I lived off of seeds and MONSTER MEAT. I was desperate.

And then came the fateful night that I finished. Finally, i had my six fricking mourning glories and my days of shoving haphazard seeds into my mouth were over. I just neede to survive one more night under Abigail's gaze.

Now normally, Abby's light covers a good four by four radius or so, not the best but enough to make do. But tonight, likely from the spider bites harming her, she covered a two by two and I resided in her dim lights. But it was still livabke as long as nothing else happened.

And what do you know.

Something did.

Y'know the namesake of the game, the whole important thing that you are really not supposed to do?

Starve?

Yeah I started to do that.

And it was AWFUL. Suddenly my health was draining like a water bottle made out of fishnets. The fields that were previously rampant with monster meat were all black and tinged with the red pain of malnutrition. And my hotbar had nothing save for five petals and three spider sacs. All I could do was throw them down my throat, speed around so Abigail was lighting me even through her idle animations, and stare in dazed horror.

Then morning came like a long piece in Tetris.

I bounded around the forest, scanning for any trace berry, seed, or monster remain that could satisfy my humane needs. I burst through the forest doors, panting with the trace breaths I had, and what came towards me was a pack of frogs. In desperation, I riled up Abigail and shoved the dead legs of her prey into my throat. My sanity was depleting, my hunger was barely quenched, my health was worse than a typical Wes main's, reality was shattering before my very eyes, and in the end, what got me was a shadow demon headbutting my soul out of its miserable shell. That was the first hit i've ever taken from one of those nightmare fuel monsters, and it was my very last

No telltale hearts, no meat effigys, and the only touch stone was near base. No,not the temporary base. The new base that I was going to check out before I GOT MYSELF IN THIS WHOLE ORDEAL!!! So with no other options and a heavy heart, I logged off the game and logged onto Tumblr, where I share this tragedy with you tonight

This is the worst experience I have ever had on Don't Starve in the entire Four Days I have had this game and in all the twelve hours I have logged on it because I am HOOKED. Moral of the story?

1. Wendy Mains, know when to abandon a Pipspook.

2. Don't abandon your regular Don't Starve teammate until July 15th for a camping trip and a vacation to Alaska. Screw you, Andre.