#robot buddy

[shadowbrightshine]

Ok I know now that this sort of this would be awful and we hate that these guys do this.

But look at Jibo! I'd have been more excited about Alexa if she was like him.

I know the ad is not what he'd be like. But that's one of the most comforting robot voices I've ever heard and it did its job. I want him, I trust this little guy even though I really shouldn't.

I wish tv would give more robots voices like this. He's like a little buddy! Remember when we were excited about robot assistants and talked about it making our lives better? He's from a more hopeful time.

He's so cute, and I love him. I want to hold him in my arms and show him the world.

I'm a sentimental gal. I'd fall for it hook line and sinker. I know he'd be a bad thing but look at him! At least it would be cute. I already have an Alexa in my room and kitchen. I already have record devices in my house. Might as well have something that pretends to be your friend.

He's so cute. It's like a portal core in your house. That's what his voice reminds me of. I want him.

He's so little.

[rad-roche]

i think it's pretty hard to be a detective when the mayor keeps tabs on what goes on in goodneighbor...

[rooniearts]

still spreading my charmy is a little menace to espio at every given opportunity agenda

[daily-grian]

Get ready... for a GAME CHANGER-! I mean, Wild Card!

[apricustar]

there's something really important in the way buck grieves in 8x16 that feels like it's being misunderstood. i keep seeing people say he was emotionless--that oliver himself gave us nothing--but i think that silence was the performance; that was the choice-- one made as protection.

last episode, we saw him collapse--on the ground wailing, can't hold himself up, can't draw a breath that doesn't feel like it's tearing him up inside. that was raw, unfiltered. that was what happens when the grief and disbelief hit before he had time to build the walls we see in this episode.

beyond an i love you, bobby's last words to buck were that the team was going to need him. and bobby's words have always carried a significant weight for buck, but these being the last? they clearly landed like a mission. a burden. a plea.

so what we get in 8x16 isn't a lack of emotion--its a man white-knuckling his way through unbearable loss because that's what he thinks he has to do in order to live up to what bobby asked of him. it's buck burying his own grief so deep he won't accidentally spill it on the people around him. it's him becoming that steady presence-- the one bobby said they need--even if it means locking away every part of himself. all the too-sharp edges of his own feelings, all the things he knows might take him under again.

because if he lets go for even a second? i truly think he worries he'll end up back on the ground again: helpless unable to fix or do anything.

oliver didn't give us 'nothing'. he gave us stillness. he gave us restraint. he's carefully calibrated, holding his breath, his posture, holding himself--because he knows if he slips, he might not come back from it. he's holding grief in his throat like it might choke him if he swallows wrong. he's trying to be what the team needs while neglecting what he needs. and it's devastating.

and it's all there if you look at him: the way buck's jaw clenches at times; minute changes to his expression before he smooths it over into careful neutrality; the way his every word feels deliberate and weighted, like he's rolled all them around in his mouth first before he speaks. nothing is effortless, everything is held.

it was heartbreaking to see. and i cant imagine how much more heartbreaking it will be when he finally breaks and lets go.

[logicpng]

Aster Assistant Software (Ukagaka/Desktop buddy)

(UPD: More descriptive page here!)

(UPD2: Aster's appearance no longer matches these screenshots and GIFs. More here.)

You know better than opening suspicious links and files, but this one was deemed safe by your antivirus. It claims to be a TerraByte product, but you swear you've never heard anything about it, let alone TerraByte. It also seems to be almost… nervous to be here. Something's not right, but you may as well enjoy the new company.

A first-time ukagaka project based on my OC, Aster, and the fictional universe they're from. As most ukagakas, requires SSP to run. Link includes an explanation as to what those are and installation instructions. Windows only! Based on Girl & Triangle template by @zarla-s.

Features:

A bunch of dialogue!

Some longer one-sided conversation!

Links to some common Windows tools!

Online search abilities!

Two balloons, for no reason whatsoever!

…That's it?

Content Warnings:

⚠️ Unreality - No 4th wall, meta themes. An optional function addresses some software you've used while the Ukagaka was running, it's not enabled by default.

⚠️ Photosensitivity - Character often vibrates in place, in short bursts. Enable "Ignore SERIKO move" in SSP's Preferences (Ghost (2) > Ignore SERIKO Move) if this may cause an issue.

Download here!

Instructions for installation are linked to in the page. I polished this as best as I could so far, but as this is my first project as large as this, very possible I overlooked something!! Do let me know if that happens

[epiaphany]

scenes (almost) without music: 8.10 buddie goodbye scene the music doesn't start before buck gets the cookies, but i wanted to include the whole thing :) so you can fast forward to there if you want. hopefully this still has an impact even though you can hear some of the music

[p3achj3llyf1sh]

I've been away from social media to avoid both game and movie spoilers of all kinds.

Have some metonic, since clearly I'm super awesome

[expiredsoda]

Hello I saw that requests might be open? If so how about Roz and Rummage? I love your style!

kinda just went with the first thing I thought for them

can't believe I don't have a clear screenshot of rummage for reference 💀 their scene were pretty neat

[mast3r-rainb0w]

R.O.B.'s Back in Mario Kart… BUT AT WHAT COST?!! by Mast3r-Rainb0w

R.O.B. is back in Mario Kart World since the DS days, but not in the way you'd expect! Turns out instead of being a playable character, he's now a RIDEABLE bike. Talk about bittersweet... Anyways, have some fanart with a "The Godfather" reference, featuring the professor(s) from the NES games Gyromite/Stack-Up!

[thicc-astronaut-art]

Thinking about Super Smash Brothers today

[quinn-fucks-shit-up]

ugh, started replaying dbh and got to the part where connor turns deviant. now i have thoughts on it 🙄 irritating

but seriously, I dont think the problem was that he didn't know they were using him, he was fully aware of his status as a thing to be used, i don't know how he could've missed that

i think the problem comes from the fact that he always a had emotions and they knew that, that they fully allowed him to feel everything all the time for the sake of hunting down his own kind then convinced him he was just a normal android

its not that they used him, its that they used his emotions when he didnt know he had any

[manga-and-stuff]

Source: Mechanical Buddy Universe メカニカル バディ ユニバース

by Takuji Kato

[raym-reimu]

Mizuoto Sui Ghost Version 1.0 Release

my original english language desktop mascot for SSP is released!

download her here!

you will also need to have SSP.

CW for talk of adult visual novels, religion, denpa, and general awareness of what you're doing on your computer...

[logicpng]

Aster™ Terror Star! (Ukagaka/Desktop Buddy)

(contents of this post are mirrored in website linked above, check out that page too!)

On a random browsing session, you come across a name you've only heard offhandedly mentioned by some tech nerds: Aster Assistant Software. A download of a software announced and swiftly forgotten, just freely available in a distant corner of the internet. Thinking you may have found a piece of history, you quickly download it to see what that's all about. What you got instead, was an AI that seemingly never shuts up.

It's done! Continuation of Aster™️Assistant Software, though doesn't require you play it whatsoever. As most ukagakas, requires SSP to run. Link includes an explanation as to what those are and installation instructions.

Based on the Simplicity template by Zichqec. Using SSP on Windows is recommended.

Content warnings:

⚠️ Unreality: No 4th wall, meta themes.

⚠️ Photosensitivity: Character often vibrates in place, and has glitchy effects involving minor flashing lights. You will be asked whether you prefer these on or off.

Features:

A lot of yapping! Said yapping can be adjusted to be less or more frequent;

Longer yapping, giving a bit of insight into Aster's journey;

A little bit of insight on the digital world from the perspective of a living software*;

Capacity to be bothered, just a little bit;

Basic display of file and folder properties, with a little bit of information about some common file formats;

Basic sound playback, if you need to check a file in a jiffy;

May converse with a certain past iteration of itself (Make sure it's on latest version!);

For accessibility: you can reduce glitching effects to remove flashing lights, and turn of the shaking effect if necessary.

(* Information that isn't blatant sci-fi is partially based in publicly available information and personal experience. It may not be 100% accurate, and is provided purely for entertainment purposes. I am by no means an expert!)

Download here!

Instructions for installation are linked to in the page. Please follow them carefully! If anything seemingly goes off the rails, please let me know!