#This is what Let's Plays and Walkthroughs are for my friend.

[nerdalmighty]

hey! so, i just recently started playing baldur's gate 3 after seeing people put it all over my dash for months--and you're one of the people i've seen reblogging a lot of posts about it LOL. so if you don't mind me asking, i was wondering what kind of character do you/did you play as? and do you have any sort of backstory for your tav that you'd like to share?

Hoooooooooooooh my god thank you so much for asking. I have a friend who comes over to watch me play on Thursdays and I make a powerpoint every week to catch her up on what she missed - this week's powerpoint literally has slides about my Tav's background (more on those later). This is about to be long, I'm about to drop ALL my lore so buckle up! AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING UP WITH MY BG3 BRAIN WORMS!!!!! I'm glad they convinced you to play 😈

So to begin, I've been in my first ever dnd campaign with a group of friends for a little over a year now. I didn't know much about Baldur's Gate except that it was a dnd video game and that you could romance people. Me, being a Big Fan of Romance And Fantasy was like "okay well I'm in" and my friend actually let me start a game at his house. Through that, I met Shadowheart, Gale, and Astarion.

Backing up a bit to my character; I decided I'd put my character from my irl dnd campaign into the game since I already knew her whole deal. I get pretty overwhelmed with making decisions, ESPECIALLY with big open world games like bg3, so knowing who/what I wanted to be really helped me out.

In the campaign I'm in with friends, it's pirate themed, and I play a half-elf bard named Birdie Harp who's secretly half-siren (murder mermaid). To make a long story very short, she was born in the arctic and escaped her murderous pod during a coming-of-age trial where she also lost her siren abilities (hypnotizing voice, breathing underwater, etc).

I've watched a ton of Dimension 20 which is an actual play show on Dropout.tv (an "actual play" is where you watch other people run a campaign of dnd - like Critical Role, which a lot of people have at least heard of - HIGHLY recommend Dimension 20, as I find it incredibly funny and easier to get into than CR because of the episode lengths), and I knew that I really liked the silliness and theatricality of the bard class. I also loved the bards from The Owl House which helped influence my decision as well.

To be honest, Birdie is my first ever dnd character, so she's basically a self insert but with a MUCH more traumatic backstory than me (this IS dnd after all). As for the half-elf aspect, it was more of an "I want to be half mermaid, what's similar to that?" as opposed to a love for half-elves or something.

BACK TO BALDUR'S GATE - knowing I wanted Birdie to be in the game, I felt a lot less overwhelmed to come up with something entirely new - I knew a lot about the bard class having played one so I wanted to CONTINUE playing one (and I've learned even more since playing bg3!).

When I finally got my own game (I no longer play at my friend's house, but in the comfort of my own home), I recreated Birdie and started on my journey in earnest. I'm VERY MUCH someone who likes to be in control and know what to expect, so I've had guides and walkthroughs to help me the whole time - SUE ME! When it came to first meeting Shadowheart, Gale, and Astarion back at my friend's house, Gale actually immediately stole my heart - a kind, witty wizard who likes books and cats? Literally say less. I went home from that session with my friend fully thinking I'd be a Gale girlie until I really looked into the other options and saw The Vampire.

Blah blah blah, he's hot and funny, but he can also be incredibly soft, which really won me over in the end. So I've been romancing That Guy.

Through Acts 1 and 2, I wasn't all too sure about this version of Birdie's background - sure she COULD still be that half-siren from the arctic, but the game kept suggesting she was FROM Baldur's Gate. I LOVED the inclusion of the harpies in Act 1 and thought maybe that was a viable entry point for her backstory, but so far, she was kind of just... me? She was making the choices I wanted to make (and a few that I knew Astarion would like lmao), but she wasn't really her own entity apart from me except for her name. She also felt vastly different from that character I'd created for my friends over a year ago. For instance, my irl Birdie currently has a crush on a Gale-type character, but this Birdie is ass deep in Astarion (hey, sorry I said "ass deep in Astarion"). The thing I love about Baldur's Gate 3 is how you can really come up with your own backstories, since the in-game one for your Tav is so vague. It's totally fine to ignore tiny details in the game and mold them to your own headcanons for your Tav, but I was so unsure of what I wanted for this Birdie that I kind of internalized that she was from Baldur's Gate.

HEADS UP! The following has some spoilers for Act 3 and some side quests, so STOP reading if that's something you'd care to avoid (the last 3 paragraphs of this post are SAFE from spoilers):

When Act 3 finally rolled around (which is where I am currently, I only have the one playthrough so far because I become INCREDIBLY attached to things), I stumbled across the Water Queen's House in Baldur's Gate. Ah ha! Now this felt promising.

A temple dedicated to the Vengeful Sea Goddess, Umberlee, and her loyal Wave Servants to serve her. It's ocean themed, it has mermaid undertones, and their goddess is basically evil. Seems like the perfect place to FINALLY insert this version of Birdie. I wasn't 100% sure until I completed the Iron Throne mission and was faced with either handing a (mostly) innocent man over to the Wave Servants, or fighting to defend him.

Here are a few of the slides from this week's powerpoint that I mentioned all the way back at the start, starting with SOME background on the Wave Servants:

Ass and Shart are what I affectionately call Astarion and Shadowheart (Also I got this beautiful "Birdie" art on Pinterest which originated from someone named Dantrelium on Reddit):

Apologies for the small text here, but there are some more details about THIS Birdie here, which I literally made up/figured out earlier this week:

Essentially, this Birdie was born at the Water Queen's House as Kittiwake Crest - Kittiwakes are common arctic birds, which I thought would be a nice little homage to the original character she was based off of. She was raised by the collective of Wave Servants there, the main one being Flood Tide Allandra Grey who seems to be head honcho at the Wave Mother's House (in this reality, she is).

Since Umberlee is such a vengeful goddess, I imagine she asked her Wave Servants to commit unspeakable acts in her name, mainly drownings, which THEY see as merciful, but I think Birdie always saw as horrifying. Who were they to decide the fates of others? I also think that the Wave Servants themselves were abusive during her upbringing to keep her in line (but much like how Nocturne was a light in the darkness for Shadowheart, I don't think EVERY Wave Servant was evil). GOTTA have a classic tragic backstory.

Upon researching Umberlee, I learned that most of her servants are clerics, so in my mind, that means Birdie was raised to eventually become one, with her official title eventually going to be "Seawind Kittiwake Crest." Is she still half-siren/mermaid though? Not entirely sure. This IS a magical world though, so I'd be inclined to say yes, probably.

But when we first meet the Wave Servants, they're singing beautifully for their drowned sister, Holli. I think Birdie REALLY loved music and singing with her sisters and secretly trained herself in bard magic when she should have been learning to be a cleric. It's also a classic trait of bards to hide their pain through humor, so I often imagine the type of stupid things Birdie gets up to to bring herself joy (my favorite headcanon being when you meet Skittle the Rat in Wyrm's Rock prison - he's a rat merchant who speaks exclusively in puns. I think Birdie and Gale would excitedly throw puns back and forth with Skittle while Astarion and Shadowheart begrudgingly (and affectionately) roll their eyes in the background).

Another thing I love about the game is how you can string together your own ideas of how companions react to things between big cut scenes. For example, in my head, in my game, Astarion has really become a Big Softy thanks to how fucking Stupid (affectionate) Birdie acts in life and has drawn him out of his shell, but also runs a tag team scam with her where she plays her lute to distract people while he loots an entire place. Gale is Birdie's partner in crime when it comes to tomfoolery and loves to joke and fool around with her (so long as it goes easy on his knees). And Shadowheart is basically a sister figure who flip flops between sassing with Astarion and joining in on the fun. THEY'RE JUST THE BEST, OKAY? OF COURSE I'M GONNA WALK AROUND WITH A BUNCH OF IDIOTS. I LOVE THEM.

Anyway, back to Birdie's backstory: she always hated the atrocities that were asked of her, and she was looking for a way out, but was too scared to take that step and leave since the Wave Mother's House is all she's ever known. One night, while stepping out to quietly dip her toes in the water, the Mindflayers captured her, and that's where we start Act One, all the way up on the Nautiloid. She changed her name to Birdie to distance herself from her previous life, fully took up the bard class, and the rest is history.

Back to that dilemma with handing over that (mostly) innocent guy or fighting the Wave Servants: with encouragement from the party, they convince Birdie to face her traumatic upbringing and fight the Wave Servants once and for all. At this point in Act 3, she's basically helped every single person with their problems except her own. Here's another slide featuring Ass and Birdie:

That's right folks, Birdie faced her past! But the bad news is we don't get to see Astarion in this (audio from The Adventurous Adventures of One Direction):

(Video description - Astarion from Baldur's Gate 3 wearing the Wave Mother's Armor with the following audio:

Guard 1: Whoa, check it out.

Guard 2: Hubba hubba hubba.

Gaurd 1: Nice. I love dudes in skirts.

END VIDEO.) I don't want to tell you how many times I recorded that until I felt like I got it right lol. Also yes, I DID do a scum save where I handed the guy over ONCE just so I could see Ass in this outfit, but Birdie did canonically save Redhammer in my actual save file.

And honestly, that's BASICALLY it for now! My most recent save was after that battle, so I need to figure out if Birdie's going to go back with her party to confront the rest of (or most of) the Wave Servants, or if this chapter of her life is closed.

In an ideal world I'd LOVE to make one of those artsy gif edits of my Tav like this and this, but PS5s make it hard to download clips without uploading them to YouTube first which I don't really want to do.

Thank you SO MUCH for this ask, I had a blast writing it!! Sorry it's so long, I just love this game so much and LOVE talking about it. Please feel free to ask more questions OR chat with me about YOUR Tav! I'd love to hear all about them :)

[techturd]

Do you know what this is? Probably not. But if you follow me and enjoy retro gaming, you REALLY should know about it.

I see all of these new micro consoles, and retro re-imaginings of game consoles and I think to myself "Why?" WHY would you spend a decent chunk of your hard-earned money on some proprietary crap hardware that can only play games for that specific system?? Or even worse, pre-loaded titles and you can't download / add your own to the system!? Yet, people think it's great and that seems to be a very popular way to play their old favorites vs. emulation which requires a "certain degree of tech savvy" (and might be frowned upon from a legal perspective).

So, let me tell you about the Mad Catz M.O.J.O (and I don't think the acronym actually means anything). This came out around the same time as the nVidia Shield and the Ouya - seemingly a "me too" product from a company that is notorious for oddly shaped 3rd party game controllers that you would never personally use, instead reserved exclusively for your visiting friends and / or younger siblings. It's an Android micro console with a quad-core 1.8 GHz nVidia Tegra 4 processor, 2 GB of RAM, 16GB of onboard storage (expandable via SD card), running Android 4.2.2. Nothing amazing here from a hardware perspective - but here's the thing most people overlook - it's running STOCK Android - which means all the bloatware crap that is typically installed on your regular consumer devices, smartphones, etc. isn't consuming critical hardware resources - so you have most of the power available to run what you need. Additionally, you get a GREAT controller (which is surprising given my previous comment about the friend / sibling thing) that is a very familiar format for any retro-age system, but also has the ability to work as a mouse - so basically, the same layout as an Xbox 360 controller + 5 additional programmable buttons which come in very handy if you are emulating. It is super comfortable and well-built - my only negative feedback is that it's a bit on the "clicky" side - not the best for environments where you need to be quiet, otherwise very solid.

Alright now that we've covered the hardware - what can it run? Basically any system from N64 on down will run at full speed (even PSP titles). It can even run an older version of the Dreamcast emulator, Reicast, which actually performs quite well from an FPS standpoint, but the emulation is a bit glitchy. Obviously, Retroarch is the way to go for emulation of most older game systems, but I also run DOSbox and a few standalone emulators which seem to perform better vs. their RetroArch Core equivalents (list below). I won't get into all of the setup / emulation guide nonsense, you can find plenty of walkthroughs on YouTube and elsewhere - but I will tell you from experience - Android is WAY easier to setup for emulation vs. Windows or another OS. And since this is stock Android, there is very little in the way of restrictions to the file system, etc. to manage your setup.

I saved the best for last - and this is truly why you should really check out the M.O.J.O. even if you are remotely curious. Yes, it was discontinued years ago (2019, I think). It has not been getting updates - but even so, it continues to run great, and is extremely reliable and consistent for retro emulation. These sell on eBay, regularly for around $60 BRAND NEW with the controller included. You absolutely can't beat that for a fantastic emulator-ready setup that will play anything from the 90s without skipping a beat. And additional controllers are readily available, new, on eBay as well.

Here's a list of the systems / emulators I run on my setup:

Arcade / MAME4droid (0.139u1) 1.16.5 or FinalBurn Alpha / aFBA 0.2.97.35 (aFBA is better for Neo Geo and CPS2 titles bc it provides GPU-driven hardware acceleration vs. MAME which is CPU only)

NES / FCEUmm (Retroarch)

Game Boy / Emux GB (Retroarch)

SNES / SNES9X (Retroarch)

Game Boy Advance / mGBA (Retroarch)

Genesis / PicoDrive (Retroarch)

Sega CD / PicoDrive (Retroarch)

32X / PicoDrive (Retroarch)

TurboGrafx 16 / Mednafen-Beetle PCE (Retroarch)

Playstation / ePSXe 2.0.16

N64 / Mupen64 Plus AE 2.4.4

Dreamcast / Reicast r7 (newer versions won't run)

PSP / PPSSPP 1.15.4

MS-DOS / DOSBox Turbo + DOSBox Manager

I found an extremely user friendly Front End called Gamesome (image attached). Unfortunately it is no longer listed on Google Play, but you can find the APK posted on the internet to download and install. If you don't want to mess with that, another great, similar Front End that is available via Google Play is called DIG.

If you are someone who enjoys emulation and retro-gaming like me, the M.O.J.O. is a great system and investment that won't disappoint. If you decide to go this route and have questions, DM me and I'll try to help you if I can.

Cheers - Techturd

[tinyozlion]

Parsing Gundam Wing: 

A Field Guide to a Classic Anime

So, you’re watching Gundam Wing.

Maybe you’re seeing it for the first time, maybe you’re returning to it as a fan of yore, maybe, like me, you’re trying to introduce it to a friend. Perhaps you are watching the English dub, or with English subtitles– doesn’t matter. There’s only one script for both. You’re trying to make it through the first episode, and oh baby, oh baby– What is this pacing? Who are these people? Why do they talk like that? What the fuck is a battle seed? Yes, the robots are cool, but the rest seems like a cursed soap opera. You are understandably hesitant to continue.

 This is normal. 

Take my hand. Shh, shh, come to my arms. You are safe now. I’m here to help. Welcome, brave explorer, to a classic 90's anime that once took America by storm. It’s very good. No, really, I promise, it’s very good.

Now, I can’t promise that you’ll love it! If the Space Opera And Ethics Course With Hot People and Robot Fights genre isn't for you, that's fine, take some hummus and go in peace my friend.

But the rest of you… we are brothers now.

Gundam Wing was lightning in a bottle when it first came out in North America, but even if that particular explosive debut will never come again, I think there’s still a wealth of enjoyment to be had for new fans– especially if like me you love stories that have a lot of depth, a lot of crunch, a lot of rewatch value, a lot of iterative shipping possibilities.

I realize that we live in an era of total media saturation; the notion of investing time in ANYTHING new these days is a tough sell. There are infinitely many things to watch, read, play, listen to-- so how do you justify getting into something that’s kinda old and a little janky? With some parts that haven’t aged as well as others? Something that maybe takes a bit of extra participation to get into?

...As a spoonful of medicine to help ease the media-fatigue, let me share with you something that I've found true in my life: rough edges invite you to participate in creation.

Stories that invite (or demand, or beg) you to participate in them have their own unique value, completely distinct from the value of those that satisfy you immediately; they will reward you for investing in them your time, your creativity, your curiosity.

And I think this is one of those stories! I genuinely want more people to play in this sandbox with me! So, here I am, making a blog about it.

--This is my guidebook to getting into Gundam Wing. It is intended to be a sort of companion, a primer-- maybe a walkthrough? An invitation? to this complex and juicy series.

This won't be a fan wiki-- those already exist, thank goodness, and people can check those out for themselves-- rather, I'd like to make this a repository of context and insight, and to fill in those troublesome missing pieces in the show that are big stumbling blocks to understanding what's going on!

I want to give you what I didn’t have when I started this series back in anno domini two-thousand-and-naught:

All the damn information.

Naturally, there will be more drawings, memes, crabs, very stupid gifs, and probably some crying throughout. And you have my word that I will try and present this in a comprehensive, inclusive, character-agnostic way.

...That said, I am not stealthy! I cannot possibly disguise the fact that I’ve given exponentially more thought to certain characters than to others. You will almost certainly be able to tell when you’ve encountered my Blorbos, my Special Interests--

(Shh, Tinylion! Back in your teapot!)

--But! Look into my eyes. Here is an Absolute, Unwavering Truth about me:

I love, or at least love something about, Every. Single. Character in Gundam Wing. and I will do my absolute damndest to give them each their due diligence, because they're worth it, and so are you.

Thank you for coming, I hope you enjoy whatever you find here ♥

~ Wesley, and to a lesser extent, TinyLion

[dave2olkat]

Some plot ideas I have for Gold Pilot (The Davesolkat Time Loop Rebellion AU):

The MAGE ~ATH code, aka, the thing that causes the time loop, can send either someone's mind or a physical item to the next iteration. At the start of the fic, it's about the 21th Loop

Sollux on Loop #1 got helmed. That's the loop were Karkat was executed a la Sufferer.

It is unclear how long it took Sollux #1 to develop the code to do that, could be days, could be centuries, but he ends up sending his conscience back in time for Loops 2 and 3. It. Was not nice.

So now he just sends this grub database instead! It keeps all the information without the ugly memories, yay

Young Sollux gets it everytime at age 13 and he updates and works on it through his life until he inevitably fails, gets helmed, and has to send the file back to himself, cue: starting the loop again.

A huge part of each iteration is "how do ii keep my friiend2 from kiilliing eachother help" because he's discovered that he needs ALL of them to maybe successfully save Karkat and the rebellion.

How does Sollux achieve this? Simple, by Sim Date mechanics. Sollux basically has a walkthrough on what to do to become super good friends (or more? Lmao) with basically everyone

This accidentally turns Sollux into the conciliatory quadrant town two-wheel device every. Goddamn time.

It's mainly because while he's like that with everyone he doesn't really ACTUALLY have pale feelings for any of them, so yeah, he's developed a reputation as a heartbreaker (diamond breaker?) And a player. Which he isn't! But yeah, everyone thinks he is.

In Time Loop #21, when Dave starts working on his ship with Sollux, this information is told to him my multiple people like "yeah Sol is basically a huge slut, watch out and don't develop feelings"

Somehow the fact that that's only for CONCILIATORY quadrants doesn't click on his human head so yeah, he just assume his guy Captor has. Slept with everyone in his friend group, yeah

When Captor starts "flirting" with Dave (he's not, he's genuinely just like that chill lmao) Dave just goes "aight looks like he wants to sleep with me too"

It takes Dave about a couple of months of basically living with him on a ship to finally say "you know what? Screw it, I'll do it, let's sleep together"

And Sollux, who is NOT that kind of guy actually just says "okay? My hot human captain who'2 s/2ort of my best friiend riight now want2 to have 2ex wiith me? 2hould ii go for iit?"

A week later, Sollux decides to do it because why not? Yeah he's got the most embarrassing GENUINE pale crush on Dave, but he doesn't do quadrants because he's a Human so yeah, fuck it, let's do this instead

Captor is a bit of a freak. Mainly in the "ii kind of always have feeliing2 for people in TWO quadrant2 regardle22 of what ii do, 2o yeah, that'2 also why ii don't do quadrants, ii'm genuinely not wiired like the re2t of y'all, iim weiird"

Incidentally, that's why he worked sooo well with Karkat, but Sollux fucked that up so yeah, might as well derive some sort of happiness from being Dave's fwb

It's kind of a Time Loop Rule that Sollux set for himself that he has to stay away from Karkat. You know, so he can stay objective and SAVE him!

Karkat always inevitably ends up with Dave Strider in most iterations anyway, they're sort of soulmates

Sollux is meant to stay alone and doomed

When Dave learns about all of this he's all like "what the FUCK captor how did you hide all of this from me, also fuck you man, fate doesn't exist and plays no parts on the actions of this guy"

They kiss and make up, they're kind of dating now? They're both cowards and will not. Ever ask the other one out because that's cringe.

Dave STILL is in love with Karkat though, so yeah, he helps Sollux on his quest to save their favorite person alive literally (Karkat protection squad amirite)

It becomes a problem because Karkat is literally the most wanted guy in the entire fucking empire

"can you maybe not try to dismantle the empire for a moment and let us keep you safe?" "NO."

Dave says "you know what? Fuck it we're his new bodyguards, between my amazing ninja skills and your insane psionics nothing could get through to hurt him, right?"

Karkat is not happy about it because he still sort of hates Captor (Dave helped them make up but. It's still an issue that Sollux, you know, slept with him and fucked off to not be seen in like, an entire fucking sweep)

Karkat is trying to do his rebellion leader thing but he has to deal with this two idiots who won't just admit they're dating lmao

I'm not certain how the three of them finally get together but it's probably because Karkat. Had enough of these shenanigans.

[enden-agolor]

Have you ever played a game Called Undertale?

I actually played it the week it came out. I remember playing Undertale, then going back to school the next day and telling my friends at lunch about how they HAVE to play the game, or at least watch a walkthrough. Let's just say the game is in my top 10 favorite video games of all time and I have a ton of merch and still actively listen to the soundtrack to this day. Same with Deltarune. Played it the day it came out and I loved it. I love everything Toby does (except the homestuck stuff he did.. i never was into homestuck). Even the music tracks he does for Pokemon. Scarlet/Violet is like the one Pokemon game I haven't played but the music he worked on in it slaps so hard and I listen to it 👉👈 Undertale/Deltarune though is incredibly inspiring to me and helped me figure out a lot more with what I wanted to do with my oc story. I love it so much and the games mean the world to me.

[yunarim]

. . . loading : real-life otome simulator ☆ - chapter 1

❤︎ prologue ❤︎ tags : female reader, reader is yuu, extrovert reader, second-year reader, sfw, fluff, chapter 6 spoilers ❤︎ author's note : english isn't my first language, please make sure to point out mistakes if any! :) you can read this work on ao3 ^^!

. . . loading 1st chapter : 35% (in which she just knows she needs an additional rest because sleepless gaming nights aren’t so helpful after all)

 Yuu didn’t know whether Ortho talked to his brother in a serious, more persuasive way, or was it just “Yeah, fine, sure, just don’t let her enter any further” answer from Idia, but the girl managed it right to the Ignihyde. 

Ortho even was there with her for some time. They laughed together as she described characters, but then he said he needs to check his brother, and left her with a cup of hot tea. What an angel he is.

Yuu grabbed headphones and looked around, checking if there was someone in the lobby, but hell no - no way an Ignihyde student will willingly go out of his room. At any rate, an exciting feeling boiled up in her, and she proceeded to download fresh out of the oven game. 

Oh, so the prologue starts with a main heroine’s voiceover. She sounds so mature and mysterious! Still kinda familiar, though… Yuu thought she looked through all of the details beforehand, and even the name of the voice actress lingered in her memory, she still couldn’t get where she heard her for the first time. Even so, there was no time left thinking about this. Her 2D boys and girls are waiting, after all!

Yuu chuckled at the main plot features. Main heroine strongly resembles Yuu herself. The way she speaks, the way she befriends everybody… The way she got transmigrated into the magic world, being absolutely magicless herself. Yuu saw many manhwas with similar situations and almost could claim she were an isekai excerpt at this rate, but it was much more ironical to read something like that now .

“Oh, so it has two story modes, I see… I guess I need to clear each of them in order to unlock the true route, then.” She mumbled to herself, already clicking on a cute girl profile, choosing her as her first ever route to play.

The game has started.

───◌┈┈───♡⃝───┈┈◌───

Lilia didn’t interrogate her, as usual, instead, the smile of amusement stretched on his cute face all the time she excused herself and headed straight to the Ignihyde dorm. Ah, the sense of the blooming soon-to-be-friendship with a totally shut-in dorm leader lingered in the air, which only bat fae himself could feel.

Today was the exception, though, and Lilia appeared in front of her, hanging out of the ceiling at the exit of the school building. 

“Oh my, Lilia!! Give me a second, I’m out of my breath… I told you not to do this little prank of yours with me!!”

“Don’t you worry, Yuu, hehe~ It’s just I’m worried about your appearance.”

“Eh?” Yuu genuinely blinked in incomprehension.

“I bet you can win over Ignihyde dorm leader’s eye bags at this rate. Come here, I have something from Rook.”

Lilia, still hanging out of the ceiling, applied some BB cream on the girl's skin, smiling proudly after seeing her looking not so tired anymore.

“I’m not in the right position giving you advice on this matter, given I’m the gamer myself, but I’m not human, unlike you. Pulling all-nighter is critical for your health!”

“Okay, dad, I understand.” She chuckled, leaning over, and tried to hug Lilia in this position of his. “I’ll sleep properly today… It’s just I had to finish the last chapter of the remaining route and I can unlock the last, true one!”

“Yeah yeah, as you say! Alright, take care!”

After arriving at Ignihyde she pulled on her headphones as usual, already entering the game and continuing her walkthrough.

It was the last, best-friend troupe route. It was considerably hard to play since this character was voiced by Neige and Yuu cringed at times, but really appreciated all the amount of hard work he has done. 

Alright, the tricky last choice comes! The heroine is known to be quite ambitious, yet she still has to maintain the image of an exemplary student who never disobeys her beloved sister. At first she suspects Neige’s character to be a delinquent (Yuu actually genuinely laughed at the image of Neige behaving in a Deuce way, but quickly collected herself), but he proves wrong, suggesting the main heroine to fly off the cage she is believed to be trapped in. Heroine isn’t sure whether she should let her heart decide or think about her sister who was left out in the heroine's original world. Debating with her ideals, she meets her crucial moment in this route, and Yuu is here to solve this problem.

“What’s with this Makoto Niijima* kind of experience even…” Yuu mumbles to herself, getting a lot of resemblance. “But well if I’m getting her character right, then…”

Yuu decided.

  ╰► Explain that you can’t do it

╰► Forget about your previous life and risk it all

  Sudden increasing trust stat gave her the thought that she did everything right. And she actually did - with that tricky situation Yuu managed to gain understanding from Neige’s character and he agreed to wait until the heroine’s heart is ready. It seemed actually ridiculous, but still cute and interesting enough to get her bursting into tears at beautiful CG andー

  “No, what the hell is this choice?!”

  Huh.

Yuu quickly wiped her tears, afraid of showing her emotional side, and tore off headphones, looking back.

“I mean, what??? You’ve been playing the fool just to do something actually smart in the end and it works??? What for were the previous dumbass options then?!”

Yuu blinked once. Twice. She couldn’t even register that Idia appeared right in front of her, lamenting over her choice, so she forgot she had a otome-related business to discuss with him. Tips of his hair were blazing with an orange shade on them, hence Yuu got a sneaking suspicion he was furious. Once her attention shifted to this amazingly beautiful iridescent hair, she stared at him for a moment, until finally regained herself.

“Uhm, hello, Idia?..”

Ignihyde's dorm leader appeared out of nowhere, reminding her of Lilia suddenly, but in any case - it was unexpected. Idia looked as if he was grumbling about something extremely serious, and for a second she felt an urge to ask if everything was alright.

When his breath hitched with incessant whining, she dared to speak up.

“I assume you chose the second option?..”

“You bet I am! I mean, the task was playing dumb, and I did just that. Why pull out a smart kid card so suddenly… I don’t get it.”

Yuu mentally chuckled at his commentary. She was amused at his indignation. Though all of the “I hate otome games” popped out in her head. 

“Ugh, first of all, I don’t think we’ve met properly, right?” She stood up, and Idia suddenly jumped on the spot from the realization that he was talking to a stranger. Well, not to a stranger exactly, but similar. 

“I’m Yuu. It’s nice meeting you, Idia.”

“Erghhh, I know your name, no need for an introduction or whatsoever…” Idia mumbled to himself, his voice began to dissolve into near-total silence to the point she needed to concentrate on him talking. “You were doing just fine gaming, why are you playing extrovert all of sudden…”

“I’m always being extroverted, but alright. Actually, it’s quite funny that you chose the second option, lol. You truly didn’t get the main heroine’s character, huh.”

Now that seemed to startle Idia for a second. He can admit he’s bad at finding out how feelings work (especially romantical ones - they could be compared to the dark forest submerged in a dark maze), but her statement has awoken something indescribable in him. 

  ✎﹏﹏ ⌜ Would you like to turn on competitive mode? ⌝

  YES NO

  ➩ . . . Proceeding to react accordingly to your choice. Countdown before starting: 3… 2… 1…

  “Huh? Why would I even try to analyze something that useless?” Idia hushed, completely forgetting he’s staring at the girl like she was stating nonsense. 

“Maybe for the reason that it actually helps you during your walkthrough, nah?” Yuu fends his argument away in a light manner, but Idia didn’t seem any pleased.

“The main heroine doesn’t even have logical reasoning, she lacks common sense and she’s dense af. Why would I, again?”

“But I assume you didn’t even reach this ending yet, heh? You look like you’ve been for a bunch of reloading due to the wrong choices. Correct me if I’m wrong on that one.” Yuu chuckled softly, drawing her knuckle to her lips to hide a smile.

“Oh Great Seven, watch this normie trying to touch the inner core of mine. Good luck to you on that, then.”

“I’m right, though. I know I am.”

“Never in my life thought that Ortho was begging for such a normie to be able to use our lobby PC, geez. To think that would be you, even…”

“No, I actually have to reciprocate to that one. To be completely frank, I thought you would hate this game. Uh, to be more exact…”

Yuu cleared her throat, drawing all of Idia's attention to her. He frowned and crossed his arms over his chest before she continued. 

“ Otome games are out of my league. I don't want to waste my time on them… Since I’m in a good mood today, I’m taking criticism regarding my intonation. I believe I did well. So?”

Frightened look came across Idia’s face for a second before it switched with pure anger, but she still found it quite amusing, considering she was planning to get the exact same reaction from him. 

“Hey, you!!”

“It’s Yuu, thank you very much. Yes?”

“U-ugh, nevermind… Was it Azul who told you?..” suddenly the cocky tone of his faded away, leaving a place for stuttering, and she’d be lying if she said it wasn’t cute at some rate.

“Not exactly, but close. Anyway, what’s the matter with such a sudden change of heart?”

“Like a normie like you would actually u-understand,” Idia pulled on the hood, pulling the strings down, trying to hide from the girl, now almost physically feeling her determination and nearly fainting due to talking to an extrovert. Extremely popular extrovert magicless girl out of people! He could manage talking to Azul, but being confronted by a girl, never talking to one irl? Never!! 

Still, she was standing in front of him, waiting for an answer. He could give a try, considering she was playing after all, but it was otome which caught her attention, although he saw boys playing other dating-sims in their freetime, too, what made her different from them then? Does she even know Star Rouge at least? Yes, she may be from another world, but it’s impossible to skip this legendary totally OP five-star game, right? But then again, what ifー

“Ugh, listen, I’m sorry if I was impolite or hurt your feelings, I was just curious?..” Yuu tried to sound not offensive in any rate, but she was still curious as hell. 

“Have you looked through characters’ profiles?” Idia spoke so suddenly and silently that the girl took a few steps closer to actually hear what he said, causing Idia to step back accordingly. 

“Yeah, I spent two weeks on simping on teasers,” Yuu chuckled softly, but Idia heard quite a bit of highly specialized slang from her, peeping out of his hood for a moment. Normies usually don’t speak in that way. “Why?”

“D-do you know the main heroine’s voice actor?..”

“You mean Kim MinjiU** ? Yeah, I definitely heard this name, but I can’t remember where… Is something the matter?”

“And there I was, thinking you could consider you not so normie I thought you were at first…” Idia took off his hood, to which Yuu smiled gently, ignoring his words. “She’s a Gakemo leader. But of course you don’t know what a girlboss she isー”

“OH MY GOD HOW COULD I FORGET!” Yuu exclaimed suddenly, her voice reaching almost a desperate scream level, and Idia considered hiding in his hood again, but was so stunned at her behavior that he couldn’t think properly at the moment, continuing staring at her. “I’m jamming to their last release, but I forgot the leader’s name… You’re right, sorry I didn’t recognize her at first. Geez, it’s so embarrassing. Gakemo songs are quite similar to my favorite group songs in my world.” 

She was smiling sheepishly, while Idia tried to process what the hell happened just now. His inner demons were fighting with each other, debate unfolded, reminiscent of a battlefield, where Idia was trying to decide whether she was considered normie or not. 

“So she’s the reason you’re playing?” Yuu continued her attempts in restoring the conversation and getting it back on track, finally remembering her plan.

“Y-yeah,” Idia answered, seeing the monitor turning off behind her back. “A-and what’s the reason you are playing?”

He thought it was Neige at first. They had a thrilling discussion, after all, it would be just as logical for her to play for simping. He had no interest in romancing all characters, all that matters is his bias’ words regarding true route. In an interview, she said that she was incredibly happy to play in a new role. Moreover, the voicelines of the heroine were very emotionally different from those she voiced in other routes.

That could play for Yuu simping over Neige as well, right? He’s new to this whole games industry, it was normal for everyone to appreciate his work? Or so Idia thought.

“I just happen to like otome games,” she shrugged. “I like the characters and the story, too.” 

“It's dumb as hell though…” Idia mumbled, noticing Yuu frowning. 

“The hell? The game is top-tier, it’s impossible not to notice. Have you ever read the reviews? No one has unlocked the true ending yet, and it’s so fucking thrilling. It’s such a challenge!! And you think it’s dumb?” 

“MinjiU is slaying all by herself, though,” Idia regained his confidence once more, his smile sly.

Yuu got startled for a moment, feeling rage overwhelming her, but what was the reason? It was just his opinion, he could think whatever he wanted to, she had no right to prevent him from it. And yet…

Something irked her.

“Never took you as someone who turns down the challenge.”

“Huh?!” He frowned at her. “Who said I’m turning it down?”

“I will be the one who reaches 100% clear first-try true route, obvi~” Yuu grinned. 

“Ha, says someone who never used presents for characters for unlocking extra secret CG.”

“Ugh how did you!ー” Yuu paused and bit her lip. She didn’t notice him watching her playing, for how long has he been doing it? Was it just today? If it was, then she opened her in-game inventory just once by accident, how could he manage to get this that quickly…

“Classic normie behavior spotted, lol!” Idia folded his hands, laughing at her. 

“Call me normie once again, and I’ll!..”

“What? Don’t know how to fight back, normie ?”

“Shut the fuck up, you won’t handle my top-tier references, you can cry about it. Oh to be you, not knowing my world games masterpieces.”

They continued bickering, completely forgetting what was the reason in the first place. Yuu didn't seem to realized she forgot to save the game, when the lights went off in the entire dorm just for a half of a minute, but this case got all Yuu and Idia’s attention. 

Great, stuck with a normie girl in a complete darkness, what a flop era of mine, Idia thought, revealing his tablet and tapping really fast, his focused face was illuminated by the bluish glow from the tablet. Yuu heard a mechanical sound, followed by another bluish glow in an opposite way of the lobby, so she guessed it was Ortho who floated into the room.

“Oi, Ortho, what happened?” 

“My sensors indicate that the freshmen in the system room caused a short circuit. One minute, I'll restore the lighting.” With that being said, Ortho closed his eyes, then suddenly the whole lobby was being illuminated again. Yuu blinked twice, trying to get used to the light. “All done!”

“Thank you,” Idia smiled. 

“Hello again, Ortho,” she smiled as well but then finally noticed her PC was shut. “Oh shit.”

“Is there a problem, Yuu?” Ortho floated to her, and then looked at the monitor too. “Oh…”

“I forgot to save my walkthrough… Shit, there was like, a lot of time spent on this route…”

“ Go cry about it or what did you say?” Idia went back into a mode where he freely mocked her, ignoring the upsetting state she was in. 

“Big brother, it’s bad to talk that way to Yuu! But I don’t believe there’s a way to restore the data, I’m sorry, prefect…”

“I’ll manage I guess… It’s just.. Ugh, I feel like a fool after saying I’ll reach the true ending first. What am I supposed to do now?”

Idia proceeded to go back to his room, when Ortho suddenly did something similar to clapping his hands and smiling, then grabbed his brother’s hood and tagged him back despite his complaints.

“I know the way out, Yuu!”

“Alright?..” Yuu glanced back at Idia, turning pink. “Does it have something to do with your brother?”

“Yes!” Ortho, despite his small body, was built quite strong, being able to grab her and his brother at once to get closer to each other. “Just finish the last route together!”

Silence. This is it. This is where Idia dies.

“I’M NOT GOING TOー” “I’m sorry, Ortho,” Yuu interrupted him, ignoring Idia turning absolutely crimson at this point. “Idia seems to lowkey being not so fond of the plot and the characters, while I am. I also don’t think your brother really supports this idea either.”

“YES, SHE’S RIGHT, ORTHO, LISTEN TO ANOTHER EXTROVERT HERE.” Idia protested, but still couldn’t make a move, Ortho’s grip on his arm became even stronger.

“It would be such a great experience for my brother to make a friend here in NRC! You seem to have similar interests, too. Oh, I’m sorry if I’m being pushy, I didn’t intend to… But I just think you'll benefit from this too, Yuu.”

Yuu looked at his pure big eyes, filled with a genuine hope, and couldn’t stand against them, raising hands in surrender.

“Alright, alright… I’m doing it just for you, though.”

“Thank you so much!!” Ortho hugged her, turning at his brother, still holding the girl in his hands. “Brother, will you agree, please?..”

“I didn’t add you puppy eyes function, just how the hell..”

“Hehehe,” Ortho laughed. “Don’t worry about my brother’s decision. Well, see you tomorrow, Yuu?”

“Yeah, it’s getting late already. Will you bring your computer here in the lobby by tomorrow, I presume?”

“Why, no!”

This when she and Idia knew it won’t end well.

“Since the computer didn’t save your gaming data for something I think was approximately 5-6 hours, you’ll be playing on my brother’s computer. In his room!”

What the actual fuck she didn’t really subscribed to?

“ORTHO WHAT THEー”

“Okay bye-bye see you tomorrow!!”

Yuu didn’t remember how she got in the Mirror Chamber, but well, she guessed it was another confidant rank she had to max out, speaking Idia’s language. He knew the true choice based on her walkthrough now, after all, it’ll help him to adjust to her gaming pace quite fast.  What could go wrong, really?

Yuu thought she heard Idia screaming in desperation in Ignihyde, but decided to return to Ramshackle in peace, thinking whether she should bring some small gift as a partially uninvited guest to Idia’s room tomorrow.

 Meanwhile Ortho somewhere in Ignihyde: being happy his little light trick was a huge success.

© yushiiae 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝. 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭, 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲, 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐲, 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧.

[dustinsacramentocruz]

My First Official Recommended Character from Smiling Critters

"Hiya! I'm Laughy Noobie, are you ready for the party started?" "Hihihi! You know what is calls for? A PARTY! *Giggles*" "Get ready to get yourself Excitements" "You always Realized of Everythings that you Want it!" "Time for Excited that you ever seen, Time to Light it UP!" "You don't have to be standing somewhere by yourself as Alone" "Come on! Let's get you something else that you need!" "Just don't leave behind, I don't wanna lose more friends" "You know that I am Alone, for not having anything is none" "*Sigh* Huh...?" "*Screaming*" "*Crying*"

Aliases: Noobie Gender: Male Pendant: Balloon Scent: Flax

Description: A trustful friendly Laughy Noobie. As a Party guy, his making a Celebration, Decoration and Creation to everyone else that makes it Happy joy. For inclusion trouble, his always finding out from Everyone and Anything, having Important, Problems even Matters that what things happening. Noobie absolutely always know what to do, for own Destiny, Harmony full of life a Reality, feelings that things of Happiness, Funniest and Cheeriness. For more info of making things him to do of Creating, Musical, even a Laugher. Having giving everybody a Joyful, Tons of Fun and Excitement hugs. For being Technology Engineer either! For excited having fun to play making Games, Machines, even some Projects! Laughy Noobie is not an ordinary a Critter, he's actually a Human Person like a Player. Everybody Appreciate of him for a Guarantee of future from him. Because of this lonely kid, could make a biggest difference.

Noobie. It's excited to explore form every towns he goes, of "Paradise City"! He's living that town anyways, he's explore of any Business, Shop Marts, even Foods travel, his always finding out of anyone got Sad, Scared, Nervous and Painful. Noobie will do it to know! He's giving them a Sweet treat, of Kind and Happiness! Noobie is living of his own Professor without his Family, actually his Parents it's... absolutely... gone... He was Afraid, still standing on his room, not doing anything of thinking of his Family, but that's okay! He's still going of his future, long away of own City! Noobie's color is Navy, he's loves it that he wants making himself as a Laugher! that is anything of he's History.

When the whole crew of Smiling Critters has discover of the world of Paradise City, by they went to the secret Gateway Portal. They walkthrough ahead to see of every buildings and the whole town. After everyone didn't know it what they saw that is Smiling Critters, When Laughy Noobie check way to see of what's goin' on and that's why Laughy Noobie and the whole crew of Smiling Critters they seen each other after they meet.

Poppy Playtime © Mob Entertainment

[poselyssgeekos]

RESIDENT EVIL OPINION 4

RE1remake - RE2remake - RE3remake

RE CODE VERONICA X

‼️SPOILERS AHEAD‼️

- Quite goofy since it was done in 2000 right after RE3:Nemesis

- Love that we play Claire!

- Steve is as annoying as I was told…

- The game doesn’t really have music, you only hear it during intense fight sequences, cinematic or the save room (love the save room music 🫶)

- why did Claire send a email to Leon so someone could come get her??? Like, lore wise, how would she know that send an email to, LEON? Like once they separate she immediately goes back to searching for Chris, so how do they even keep in touch during the months in between RE2 and code Veronica???

- The map in this game is SO ANNOYING, it’s really hard to figure out what the rooms are sometimes, and the colour scheme is not the best….

- The Steve sequence has no real purpose 💀…HE has no real purpose

- I play with a friend on her ps4, and to me it’s really challenging to play it on the ps4 with the controls, so she plays, and I help

- Love how goofy the antagonists feel (Wesker and Alfred)

- hm the INCEST??? Why did they feel like that was necessary?

- Alfred having a split personality disorder… he dresses up like his sister and becomes her sometimes while she was in her coma, like he loves his sister so much he… ???uncontiously??? Becomes her…

- Enemies are cool ig, just regular resident evil enemies…

- The Tyrant boss fight on the plane was SO DIFFICULT it took at least 10 fucking attempts

-talking about planes… how the fuck does the 17 year old know how to drive a cargo plane?

- The Antarctic part is hell, we had to go and find a walkthrough….

- Nevermind the Chris part is worse 🗿

- Please Capcom I beg you, do a remake!!! You can make some things better!! Please!!!

- Too many rooms that don’t really have a purpose other than give you ammo or plants, with too many objects to collect to be able to move forward in the game

- AleXIa???

- Chris’s hair is BAD in the cinematics that are supposed to look better than the in game models and “low” cinematics

- actually Chris doesn’t really look like Chris…

- Alexia looks like some jenovah wanna be during her first phase

- Alexia obviously has to still look like a woman after mutating…. 💀

- I wasn’t the one playing but it sure looked a bit annoying

-They had the opportunity for Wesker and Chris to have to unwillingly work together against Alexia… and they didn’t

- they could also have made Chris and Claire fight Alexia together but obviously they didn’t

- once Chris arrives Claire becomes the damsel in distress 💀 like come on she went through Raccoon City

- you play Chris a bit more than Claire

- Like it was supposed to be HER game

- And you play her just ONCE more after Chris arrives and it’s 2 seconds, then she cries about Steve and then Chris has to save her AGAIN

- also he’s the one who fights Alexia…

- I mean at the beginning of the game I felt that she was “badass” and independent, so reminiscent of her in raccoon City kinda

- And, again, once Chris arrives….like we french people say, MISKINE! Like her energy completely changes, the man arrives let’s let him do everything 💀

- it’s so weird when the game before this one was re3: nemesis, with Jill as the main protagonist trough out the whole game AND Girlbossing her way through the game… Claire deserves to girlboss too…..

- Steve’s design after the mutation is uh… not the best design we’ve seen

- The ending??? Like my friend said “looks like the ending of a power rangers episode”

- My friend who is used to rating games gives it a 12/20

Notes: Oh! Here’s how we did btw, keep in mind I touched the controller for a few minutes, but kept cursing and getting angry because of my inability to play 💀 so my two friends took turns playing

[madxwonderland]

How did you get into this franchise/fandom? { for the mun }

canon questionare.

My freshman year of high school, I had a friend in my choir and gym class. I've always loved Alice in Wonderland and I had a cheshire cat wallet. She saw it and also knew I loved horror movies and was like "hey I know this game and you would LOVE it." So she gave me the breakdown and even brought the casebook that came with her copy of the game. If no one knows what that is I have it on Alice's blog here, it's a little booklet that came with the first Alice game that details Alice's time in the asylum.

ANYWAY, my friend let me borrow it to read and I became obsessed. She eventually let me borrow the game. The first one is kind of hard to beat and I've never actually beaten it. So I watched a walkthrough on youtube.

The second one came out not long after and my best friend, knowing how much I loved the first, got it for me for my birthday and I played and beat it. It just became an obsession. Alice is actually the very first canon character I've ever rped as. I started RPing her in like 2012 on fb of all places then eventually moved to twitter. I just love her and I love the world and I am still so upset that Asylum isn't happening. At least a remaster of the first would be nice.

[altairtalisman]

First Love Story Walkthrough Season 2 (Sou x Asahi)

Since quite a few of you guys reached out to me for a Sou x Asahi Season 2 walkthrough, with some of you forgetting that I’m not a robot and thus demanding for the walkthrough by typing ‘Sou x asahi season 2 walkthrough’ (I deleted a lot of those asks instead of posting them), I decided to scrounge up whatever motivation I have and to finally do this route’s walkthrough

Also turns out, only the Arata x Keiichi and the Shino x Asuka Season 2 routes have their CGs missing. It still annoys me though

Anyways, walkthrough is below the cut 

Chapter 1 Section 1

- What do you mean?

- Something simple (+20)

Chapter 1 Section 2

- Play it cool

- Get excited (+20)

Chapter 1 Section 3

- Are you in love with me again? (+20)

- It was a cinch

Chapter 1 Section 4

- Sit next to him (+20)

- Sit far away from him

Chapter 1 Section 5

- I lied

- You’re so slow (+20)

Chapter 1 Section 6

- You didn’t like it?

- I can’t (+20)

Chapter 1 Section 7

- Kiss him (+20)

- Touch him

Chapter 1 Section 8

- Let’s go somewhere else next time

- You don’t love me? (+20)

Chapter 1 Section 9 

- If I’m of any help (+20)

- I’m average

Chapter 1 Section 10

Happy Route + CG: 90 Favourable Impression

Normal Route: 50 Favourable Impression

Chapter 2 Section 1

- A refreshing place (+20)

- Somewhere with a lot of people

Chapter 2 Section 2

- It’s our special day (+20)

- Who cares

Chapter 2 Section 3

- Nothing (+20)

- Just some thinking

Chapter 2 Section 4

- I guess (+20)

- Not really

Chapter 2 Section 5

- Sorry

- Thanks (+20)

Chapter 2 Section 6 

- No

- Play dumb (+20)

Chapter 2 Section 7

- Really (+20)

- Change the subject

Chapter 2 Section 8

- Our relationship is out in the public? (+20)

- We stand out?

Chapter 2 Section 9

- Call his name (+20)

- Don’t call his name

Chapter 2 Section 10 

- How was the meeting (+20)

- Do you have plans?

Need 400 Trust to continue

Chapter 3 Section 1

- Say hi 

- Don’t say anything (+20)

Chapter 3 Section 2

- Morning

- Your hair is sticking up (+20)

Chapter 3 Section 3

- The rooftop (+20)

- Other side of the school building

Chapter 3 Section 4

- Ask if he doesn’t like it

- Tell him I’ve been trying hard (+20)

Chapter 3 Section 5

- Call him (+20)

- Text him 

Chapter 3 Section 6

- You’re not sad?

- I’m sad (+20)

Chapter 3 Section 7

- I wanna stay here (+20)

- Can’t come up with any place to go

Chapter 3 Section 8

- I miss you (+20)

- Can I go to your house?

Chapter 3 Section 9

- I’m coming (+20)

- It’s going to be okay

Chapter 3 Section 10

- Hold his hand

- Embrace him (+20)

Need 1000 Trust to continue

Chapter 4 Section 1

- Are you okay?

- You should sleep (+20)

Chapter 4 Section 2

- Slap Asahi on the back

- Pat Asahi’s head (+20)

Chapter 4 Section 3

- He’s my friend

- It’s important stuff (+20)

Chapter 4 Section 4

- Now is an exception

- Let’s forget about it (+20)

Chapter 4 Section 5

- I don’t mind it

- I’m not (+20)

Chapter 4 Section 6

- Don’t tease me

- I guess (+20)

Chapter 4 Section 7

- We’re seniors

- I’m an honour student (+20)

Chapter 4 Section 8

- I’m doing my best

- I’m being considerate (+20)

Chapter 4 Section 9

- No thanks

- I can’t (+20)

Chapter 4 Section 10

- Yes

- Stay silent (+20)

Need 1500 Trust to continue

Chapter 5 Section 1

- Respond with a smile (+20)

- Give a cold response

Chapter 5 Section 2

- Sure (+20)

- No thanks

Chapter 5 Section 3

- Me too

- Really? (+20)

Chapter 5 Section 4

- Nothing (+20)

- I’m sad

Chapter 5 Section 5

- Okay (+20)

- No

Chapter 5 Section 6

- We’re not

- Don’t say anything (+20)

Chapter 5 Section 7

- It’s already in my past

- I decided to forget because he matters to me (+20)

Chapter 5 Section 8

- Tell her (+20)

- Don’t tell her

Chapter 5 Section 9

- Leave

- Keep waiting (+20)

Chapter 5 Section 10

- Follow me (+20)

- Forget about going home

Need 2500 Trust to continue

Chapter 6 Section 1

- I heard you’re coming home today (+20)

- Because the storm is coming

Chapter 6 Section 2

- I don’t wanna go home

- Let’s talk (+20)

Chapter 6 Section 3

- That was a lie (+20)

- I wanted to believe that

Chapter 6 Section 4

- Wipe his tears (+20)

- Look away

Chapter 6 Section 5

- Ask

- Put my face closer (+20)

Chapter 6 Section 6

- I’m happy (+20)

- I’m horny

Chapter 6 Section 7

- Suggest to dry it

- I’ll dry it for you (+20)

Chapter 6 Section 8

- I thought you’re not coming home

- I’m glad you came home (+20)

Chapter 6 Section 9

- Kiss him

- Apologise (+20)

Chapter 6 Section 10

Happy Route + CG: 1100 Favourable Impression

Normal Route: 600 Favourable Impression

Need 4000 Trust to continue

Chapter 7 Section 1

- Kiss him (+20)

- Comb his hair

Chapter 7 Section 2

- I am

- I am not (+20)

Chapter 7 Section 3

- I want to show my determination (+20)

- I want to make things right

Chapter 7 Section 4

- That’s embarrassing

- That’s too cute (+20)

Chapter 7 Section 5

- I don’t want to make any more mistakes

- Because I have you with me (+20)

Chapter 7 Section 6

- We are

- We’re more than friends (+20)

Chapter 7 Section 7

- Please accept (+20)

- I’m sorry

Chapter 7 Section 8

- I’m relieved

- I was about to cry (+20)

Chapter 7 Section 9

- Do you regret something in the past?

- Why are you so kind to me? (+20)

Chapter 7 Section 10

- Me too

- I’m sorry (+20)

Need 5500 Trust to continue

Chapter 8 Section 1

- Kinda (+20)

- Not really

Chapter 8 Section 2

- A lot (+20)

- Not really

Chapter 8 Section 3

- I do

- Maybe I don’t (+20)

Chapter 8 Section 4

- Are you still upset? (+20)

- Are you still scared?

Chapter 8 Section 5

- How are you going to spend it?

- I wanna spend it with you (+20)

Chapter 8 Section 6

- I want to push myself

- I’m fine (+20)

Chapter 8 Section 7

- Spend time with you (+20)

- I was thinking about you

Chapter 8 Section 8

- Let’s do this again next year (+20)

- Are you sure?

Chapter 8 Section 9

- No (+20)

- I won’t let you sleep

Chapter 8 Section 10

- Yeah 

- I’m nervous (+20) 

Need 7500 Trust to continue

Chapter 9 Section 1

- That’s the plan

- How do you feel? (+20)

Chapter 9 Section 2

- Are you touched?

- Did you fall in love with me again? (+20)

Chapter 9 Section 3

- To be accepted in my school of choice (+20)

- For your parents’ blessings

Chapter 9 Section 4

- Call out to them (+20)

- Don’t call out to them

Chapter 9 Section 5

- So-so

- Perfect (+20)

Chapter 9 Section 6

-  Shake his hand

- Hug him (+20)

Chapter 9 Section 7

- Talk to them (+20)

- Don’t talk to them

Chapter 9 Section 8

- Call him (+20)

- Text him

Chapter 9 Section 9

- You’re popular (+20)

- I have more than you

Chapter 9 Section 10

- Thanks (+20)

- Bummer

Happy End: 1650 Favourable Impression

Normal End: 1200 Favourable Impression and 9000 trust 

Chapter 10 Section 6 (Happy End)

Need 9500 trust to continue 

Chapter 10 Section 10 (Happy End)

Happy Route: 1800 Favourable Points

Normal Route: 1400 Favourable Points

[aero-sense]

I'm enamored by how games interpret stories (especially from other titles) and how I interpret those game mechanics, so I decided to start a series of my little observations/speculations on games I like. To start off is first game in the Atla trilogy series.

The first game in the series is a bit unique, taking place after Book 1 finale instead of adapting straight from the show. Its an original story, so I'm excited to play it.

I will be playing the PS2, DS, and PSP versions of the game. The PS2 version will be the main reference for my notes. The other versions will be denoted by brackets. The main posts will be divided by levels.

This is not meant to be a critical review or a detailed walkthrough. All I will do is point out little details I notice or like. I'm doing this for my own fun, not to be accurate.

Now to get into the game!

Waterbender Village:

The game starts off with some pretty backgrounds and snow. The particle system for this game is great. Love the character models and how expressive they are during cutscenes.

The title map says it's the Waterbender Village, but I think Waterbender Temple would have been a more interesting title. The people there refer it to be a peaceful training village.

The Northern Tribe does seem to exist, as the trader downtown references Zhao's invasion. It's suggested or assumed as the biggest city around. It's nice world building, changing the water tribes into several disperse settlements rather than just two large collectives.

Sokka in the cutscene and on lookout acts rather.... quiet and standoffish. It's suggested that he misses his father. If we're following the events of the Book 1 finale as well, you could assume he's mourning Yue too.

The most out of character detail is how player-controlled Aang starts off by fighting wolfs.... let's just assume he's playing with them.

So cute how Momo will cling to Aang while he walks around. If you shake him off or fight, he'll fly off and immediately come back again when you're done.

As Momo, you can shriek at the enemy and catch their attention? Funny if this is how he interacts with most living creatures.

You're given a lot of different items to wear to increase attributes. It would have been fun to see the gang accessorize this much in show.

Increasing certain attributes can increase the damage for certain characters in the following order: Agility for Aang, Strength for Sokka, Life (maximum health) for Katara, and Focus (chi) for Haru. It matches well for their respective traits.

This is the friendliest the Water Tribe has been portrayed. Aang befriended many of them. He sled with a fellow fisherman last week. Likewise, the people around the village know what Aang's up to for the day. Many of them give him space and ask how he's doing or how was his meditation. Overall, they're all comfortable with each other.

This portrayal of the Water Tribe really displays their strong community. A lot of the characters are named or titled, and have friendships with each other. Don't know someone? Form a search party anyway, with just as much concern you'd have for a family member. Half the town overhears a rumor about an old woman without supplies and ask if the avatar could check it out. It's sweet.

One of the reasons I chose the PS2 to focus my notes on is because of the voiced lines from the characters. It's a different atmosphere running around and overhearing small talk. Their voices give so much life to the world, between being happy, exhausted, distressed, and annoyed for implied reasons. The dialogue is great in this version, because it changes throughout quests and major plot progression.

Common dialogue of the village are people often lamenting about the cold, gory jokes about firebenders (hah), day to day life with hunting and friends, and how the war affected them for so long.

A plotline quest is we have to find a missing waterbender named Hiryu. What we know about Hiryu is he's well-liked around the village, one of their best hunters, and a bit of a storyteller. He's friends with quite a lot of people and a lot of them are concerned about him missing.

The marks leading to the tunnel looks like an animal crawling out, or sadly, a man dragged in.

Immediately when the Fire Nation attacks, the snow turns to soot.

It's sad seeing the destroyed village (especially with how much time I spent running around for quests ε=ε=┌(;￣▽￣)┘).

The soldiers, nonbenders with weapons, are stronger than the firebenders. It implies a lot, that having a well-trained nonbender is better than a couple of low-ranked benders and that bending doesn't throw the war in your favor...

The fire comets can hit the fire benders themselves... yeah I'm reiterating my previous comment.

[DS]

Very cute models, but so far the dialogue doesn't stand out much.

There's little animations for cut scenes and the like that are really cute (look at Sokka's face!).

Momo will eat your discarded items.

The icons are just the redrawn icons of the PSP character art.

[PSP]

Cute that both PSP and DS include the otter penguins. You can't attack them.

I really like the music outside of the village. It sounds like echos of the tundra with wind chimes mimicking the ice.

The character art is great by the way, it's very expressive and cute for the main characters.

In this version, Katara looks sad not to go penguin sledding and happily promises to go afterwards. If you talk to her again while doing other quests, she actually starts to get ready. I prefer this version the most. It's very fitting for her character.

Katara's waterbending master is referred as Pakku in this version.

HP is called honor points which is cute. The MP instead is called chi. Makes sense.

The dialogue for the PSP version is a little more pleasant and smooth compared to other versions. I wonder if the writers got more time to polish the writing.

[museaway]

😅 ✨ 🎶 📈 🧐 🙋‍♀️

oh!! you're so sweet to ask this many. tyvm. I'll do my best:

😅 What's a story or scene you've created that you're a smidge embarrassed exists?

That's an interesting question. I'll say none. Even if a story is not how I'd write it today, it's something I wrote and is part of the journey. I suppose what I'm embarrassed about is how long I've allowed my original works to languish while I mess around in fandom. My poor OCs. You'd never know I love them. But I suppose I'm also afraid of letting them go.

✨ Give you and your writing a compliment. Go on now. You know you deserve it. 😉

I'm glad you exist, little fics. Especially you, rare pair series.

🎶 Do you listen to music while you write? What song have you been playing on loop lately?

It's rare that I don't have music playing in the house. I feel unsettled without background noise. When I write, I listen to ambient stuff, otherwise I become distracted.

I haven't written to it (yet), but lately I've been listening to Endless Rain by X JAPAN when I work. It's very '80s (the video especially omg the hair, the hair, THE LACE GLOVES) & the chorus goes straight for my heart. (I'm almost sad I don't talk to my ex anymore. I think he'd love it.)

📈 How many fics do you have?

Visible on my main AO3, 197! 198 going up tomorrow, 199 when I bother to edit it. Several are removed from public view. A few more exist on a side account. Including SPN shorts not posted to AO3, there are probably another 50+. I just never got around to archiving them!

🧐 Do you spend much time researching for your stories?

Yes, I annoy myself. It's fun though! I once watched several hours of flight instruction so I could write one sentence, and I sat through hour-long 4k walkthroughs of the two Tokyo Disney parks to write a flashback.

🙋‍♀️ Do any irl people know you write fanfic?

They do! My IRL best friend reads them sometimes, even though she doesn't know the fandoms. She keeps asking me to write a sequel to the eruri tea shop AU. She has never heard of Attack on Titan.

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[idrellegames]

When I say I have never been this genuinely impressed when playing a game like yours, I absolutely mean it! My best friend and I have been been playing Wayfarer since the very beginning, and the way our runs have been completely different has baffled me! Take Aeran for example - I’m trying to romance him while my friend just wants to be best buddies. Somehow, I make Aeran way too stressed out (those approval dips hurt lol) while my best friend has incredibly high approval despite not trying very hard lol. I even switched up my play style (read: not being myself) to see what I was doing “wrong,” and I’m starting to see that Aeran is a very particular person to romance. That, coupled with the insane, spiraling branches of Ch. 1 and Ch. 2, it almost made me wanna give up pursing him haha. Hell, I wasn’t even aware there was a reconciliation scene, and I’ve replayed Ch. 2 seven times! I can see why he’s explicitly not considered an LI. Ah, at this point I probably should make a discord just so I can see the walkthroughs/paths for the game (I’m always surprised there’s more I haven’t seen yet) because listen I’ve replayed this game many, many times over, and although each time it’s fascinating to see where I land, I’m not exactly where I want to be at. In truth, I strongly believe this just goes to show the ingenuity of your beautiful craftsmanship. You are amazing and I’m delighted - no matter how frustrated and near in tears Aeran makes me - to be on this fascinating journey with you!

Thank you so much! I admit, I've been struggling to figure out how to reply to this ask, but I do want to say: thank you, from the bottom of my heart. 💕 It means so much to know how my game has impacted players, and that folks are going back to replay again and again and continue to discover new paths and new outcomes.

Part of the game's design is to intentionally encourage players to let go of pre-planned results and destinations, and follow what makes sense for their MC's characterization. Invest in the roleplay--even if it means falling out with the character you wanted to romance or befriend. Sometimes the thing you think was right for your character isn't the path forward for them.

[skywolfmon]

HEY GUYS GUESS WHAT

I made my first ever Omori video :)) it’s a walkthrough, not a let’s play, but I’ve always wanted to do this to show my favorite game to my friends and the world, and also cause I like doing the voices lol

ENJOYYYY

[goshdangronpa]

Makoto naegi

For the ask thing? Here ya go! And please bear in mind that it's been a long while since I've experienced Trigger Happy Havoc, which I only encountered by watching a walkthrough that didn't do any of the free time events.

Favorite thing about them: He's not the smartest - both Byakuya and Junko probably has hive beat in terms of sheer intellect, and Kyoko could almost certainly solve the cases on her own. Even so, he's no idiot, and he succeeds by combining careful reason with a level of kindness and faith in his fellow human that none of those three can match. His decision to trust that Kyoko is lying for a reason is what ultimately exposes the mastermind and saves the survivors' lives. It's all too easy for mystery genre protagonists to set aside emotion for cold, hard logic - that's the impression I get from Kyoko (whom I like a lot, to be clear). Makoto won't play that way, and that's awesome.

Least favorite thing about them: playing Ultra Despair Girls taught me that a character can be a total normie and somehow make that a hilarious and fun personality to follow. Makoto can't even match his sister in that regard. Not that he needs to be quite like that, though. Saying my least fave thing about any DR character will still end in their favor.

Favorite quote: it's the most obvious pick, but as someone who'd never even heard of the games before watching THH's playthrough, I can't emphasize enough how much of a kick I got from him interrupting his classmates' lies and conjectures with the blunt and plainly rude "NO! THAT'S WRONG!" So friggin' funny. Makoto is nice, but he does not tolerate bullshit!

BroTP: Is it unusual to be a fan of Yasuhiro? I, for one, would enjoy a straight man/funny man duo between this overconfident yet easily spooked moron and his level-headed yet polite friend who pulls him out of jams.

OTP: I once followed a wonderful Tumblrite who was the world's foremost expert on Chihiro Fujisaki. He shipped her with Makoto and invented such a wonderful narrative for them, along with plenty of sweet art, that I was converted. They're so cute.

NoTP: I don't think much about ships, not enough to reject many with any intensity. Let me think ... every nice guy has their limits, and I can only imagine that Makoto would draw the line at the notion of dating Toko. She's a fantastic character in UDG, but such an unrepetantly irritating piece of work in THH. I like to think that he's skeptical, to say the least, of her ability to be a good partner toward Komaru when he first hears about them.

Random headcanon: this isn't the hairstyle he actually wants, he just can't figure out how to tell the barber what he wants done.

Unpopular opinion: what are the popular ones, anyway? Uhhh how about this. Blank-slate audience avatar characters get a lot of flack among writers and critics because they're usually just so functional (give the audience someone to relate to and follow) and boring (outshone by more colorful castmates). Makoto stands out in a franchise defined by titanic personalities just by taking everyone as they are, having the smarts to solve complex murder mysteries, and being a chill and friendly guy. He proves the value of the archetype and shows that characters of this stock can distinguish themselves.

Song I associate with them: https://youtu.be/AFfmNQbcucw (I had to resist putting Mark Morrison's "Return of the Mack")

Favorite picture of them: so good that I actually drew it myself

[mekorausada]

Review/Walkthrough of 'Sweetest Valentine' [Yuzuki route, all endings]

Warning: Spoilers Ahead.

Includes: Mild gore, depictions of blood, murder, suicide, animal death/abuse, abuse, yandere.

Link on itch.io: https://syllphana.itch.io/sweetest-valentine

Game Description on itch.io:

1 day later, and it'll be Valentine's Day.

You're playing as Aimi (name changeable) (I will be playing under the name 'Mekora') and, of course you're not going to miss out going on a date during the special day.  The problem is, you'll have to choose between your childhood friend or your crush who doesn't seem to like you back.

Unfortunately, that isn't the only problem you'll be facing. 

In your hometown, some people have gone missing without a word. Whether they are killed or kidnapped, nobody knows. You might want to be careful so that you don't become one of them.

Ending 1 (Bad Ending 1):

This is my first playthrough (played with a walkthrough by the way) which can be found on the itch.io). To begin his route, you have to choose him when the mc decides who to give her valentines gift to.

You bring him inside your home and give him your gift, a lemon cheesecake and confess. He apologizes to you and informs you that he already has a lover (which is corrupted). The game glitches out and he changes his answer to 'I love you too'. When the MC asks him on a date, he confesses that he's planning to run away from home tomorrow. He stays at the MC's home to make it up to her.

The next day, MC wakes up with her head and body stinging and Yuzuki is cooking curry. MC tells him that his cooking will turn out perfect and Yuzuki becomes quiet (the music also disappears lmao). To unlock this ending, you have to choose to help him. You offer to lend him a hand and he asks you to get an onion. He then grabs your hand and cuts it then holds your hand (The one not connected to you anymore) and thanks you for lending a hand.

This ending made me laugh more than it should've.

Ending 2 (Bad Ending 2):

The same things happen until the option to either help him or let him be. For this one, you have to choose to let him be.

Thankfully he does not chop our hand up this time. MC and Yuzuki skip school. MC ponders why Ichigo hasn't come to wake her up. It is revealed that Ichigo was waiting outside the whole time (I assume). He considers revealing to the MC that Yuzuki is... and the thought ends with him scheming.

Yuzuki and MC read a book similar to the story and talk about trusting people then it turns a bit...weird. Yuzuki seems to imply that MC is a monster who is innocent on the outside. MC asks him why he keeps insisting on that and the mood changes, Yuzuki tells MC that he knows what she did.

MC is confused but the scene ends with Yuzuki being cut off.

We are brought to Ichigo and Haruto (The boy who dropped a gift box with a dead bird inside). Turns out Haruto is looking for Yuzuki. Ichigo lets him on a little secret, revealing what happened the other day, intentionally leading him to probably go to the MC's house.

We're brought back to the MC again and she's extremely confused. She finds Yuzuki reading and acting odd and after a few calls, Yuzuki reverts from a silent, almost-off look to his normal behavior. He tells her she collapsed. She goes to her bed and to unlock this ending, you have to open the window yourself. Obviously, Yuzuki pushes her down (probably) or she jumps.

This was confusing.

Ending 3 (Bad Ending 3):

The same thing, just pick the opposite of your previous choices (not the first one, don't try to smartass me). You have to let him be.

Ichigo and the MC call and MC seem to be oddly pissed off? informing Ichigo to mind his own business and not be too cocky and that he's just her childhood best friend then throws her phone

Yuzuki and MC talk about why they love each other and when its Yuzuki's turn. He gives a very vague answer and then tells her that's what she wanted to hear.

This is where my brain clicks and realizes 'Hey, I think the MC is doing some Monika stuff. She's trying to manipulate the narrative'.

Yuzuki asks her if she's gonna continue doing this or if she's going to face the truth. You have to run away to unlock this ending. When you do, he reverts back and promises never to mention the truth ever again, letting the MC live in her lies.

This was really cool and answered alot of my questions but we still need to know what's up with Ichigo.

Ending 4 (Bad Ending 4):

The same thing, pick the opposite of your previous options.

In this, you face the truth. You face what you did exactly. You see what happened where Yuzuki rejects the MC and informs her that he has a lover. When Yuzuki said he will 'run away'. He was actually gonna go with his lover to Tokyo. The MC, in blind rage and obsession, kills Yuzuki.

You move on to Day 3 and it starts off with a flashback and it starts with Haruto. Then my brain clicks again, Haruto is Yuzuki's lover! Why he has a dead bird, remains unanswered for now. The whole scene gives us a little run-through of Haruto and Yuzuki's relationship.

Haruto goes to the MC's house. To unlock this ending, you have to take the knife. Haruto finds Yuzuki's dead body, after some back and forth between them, MC stabs Yuzuki. The police arrive and the MC stabs herself because of guilt from not stopping the MC, Ichigo kills himself.

This was...interesting. It answered all my questions except why Haruto has a fucking dead bird in the gift.

Ending 5 (Good Ending):

The same thing, pick the opposite of your choices. Leave the knife for this ending.

This time, without a weapon, the MC and Haruto are equal, in a battle with words as their only weapon and well...their fists I guess because Haruto hits the MC and ties her up, the MC gives up, knowing he's right. The police come, arrest the MC, and a few months (days?) later, someone visits the MC. It's Ichigo, surprise surprise. Ichigo tells her he'll wait for her

Thanks, mate.

Final Thoughts

This was..a ride. This was a whole ride with twists and turns and a lot of questions. (By the way, still waiting for the answer to the dead bird). I'm definitely gonna do Ichigo's endings and from this, I have no idea how it will go but I'm excited.