Ack, I typed out a reply on my phone, then never sent it and lost it lol. These are all available on FEUniverse, which I saw SmithrunHills link.

Anyways, for me The Morrow’s Golden Country is peak. I’ve beat it once and I’m another sitting away from beating it again.

I remember playing some of Vision Quest years ago and liking it, but I never got far. It’s an older project than TMGC, but rightfully a community pillar.

I got someways into Cerulean Crescent and liked what I was seeing, but also stalled out.

Embrace of the Fog was a neat little thing in that it was a roguelike/lite (I don’t remember the difference), but the start was a little too underpowered with slow progression so I haven’t returned.

I will probably return to all of these at some time, I did appreciate them.

This year has been about Fire Emblem for me. Played through a romhack or two from the GBA era and played through Radiant Dawn, the Wii entry, with a randomizer that was really fun.

Lol yeah…

Fire Emblem romhacks are really good, and it’s like retro gaming with modern community-favorite features. I haven’t played too deeply into many of them, but I completed The Morrow’s Golden Country and loved it, and am running through it again after some time.

I think they did something like “Our next SM Lieutenant” and it was the body on the base of Abaddon.

In my situation, there’s enough space to sit with the water hitting part of me, and have the phone to the side or away from it in general, often water hitting my back if standing. The shower curtain is open enough to ventilate, and I don’t think it’s hot enough to steam badly. I wouldn’t do it in an enclosed standing shower, only bath/shower combos, and the one at home has the seat for comfort.

I’m on my phone lol, got a sittable shower so I just enjoy the heat and browse or read.

I’ve been thinking about your definition, and while it does get me to consider what I’m getting out of my time sinks, I think it’s ultimately narrowing a definition to the point of uselessness. Asking what someone’s hobbies are would end up with a very narrow range of answers when someone might be extremely active doing things like camping, sports, trainspotting, salsa dancing.

I was going to type more but I’m late for work lol I don’t think it added too much

They aren’t taking the time to install it, it has way less downloads compared to similarly endorsed mods.

I’ve been listening to Bloc Party. A lot. Like 3-4 years ago I rediscovered Intimacy and Weekend in the City as my favorites by them and listened to them so much since that they’ve run their course, but now I’m on FOUR and Silent Alarm and while I don’t think they’re as strong they’re still enough for me to listen to them while working out, sadboy that I am.

FOUR, from 2013, has an optimism for the future in some of its songs, like Kettling or Children of the Future, which I kind of find quaint.

You know, if his current gig of declaring himself interim pope doesn’t work out, I have an idea…

The whole situation with Oblivion Remastered feels so strange to me. If I had to guess, Bethsoft has very little marketing budget for this game, being a remaster, so they’re doing a marketing by leaks strategy. But even then the leaks are like “It could launch any day now!” And that seems like such a quick turnaround for an unannounced game, though it may have to go through platform related stuff before actually selling. Fire Emblem Engage had something similar happen, but it didn’t really sell well at all.

Not really relevant to your post, but the Remaster has been on my mind.

GOOD post

My college town Walmart stopped offering cheese only pizza rolls, bagel bites, etc. I only ever eat that kind .

I was a mess yesterday. Still kind of am, but like manageable messy. Life goes on.

I was looking at my old list and there was a 10/10 that stood out to me - Kyousougiga (2013) - because I barely remembered it. I gave it a watch, it was quite good but not a masterpiece imo. I really like family-oriented stories and stories that are a little overwhelming, so I can see where I was coming from a decade ago, but it didn’t quite move me this time.

1. 3-gatsu no Lion (March Comes in Like a Lion)
2. Ping Pong the Animation
3. Revolutionary Girl Utena

I have a type. I’ve got a few 10/10 that I juggle around 2 and 3, but 1 is still 3-gatsu.

I’ve found that cheating in singleplayer games is a pretty good way to keep me from bouncing off them. Especially stuff that’s sandboxy, mods and cheat starts sustain me.