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At long last and with absolutely no demand whatsoever, I have created a comm for

polyshipweek !

This has been such a fun event to run these last few years, and I thought it would be nice to bring it here too.

catgiri

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Current Mood: ecstatic
Current Music: Kawaii Kawaii - PiKi

stepnix

Re-sharing an old Cohost post here while I get ready to rehost it on my Neocities. Hope you enjoy!
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Current Mood: energetic
Current Location: Goldcrown
Current Music: Swan Lake

quailfence

Finished Pentiment and. God I love it. It takes place in 1500s Barvaria and is about an artist, Andreas Maler, who stays in the small town of Tassing after he finishes his apprenticeship and ends up solving a murder while he's there. There are so many things I like about it - the artstyle, which mimics medieval art is gorgeous. I also really like how it uses different fonts to represent different characters - most get a simply handwriting script, learned characters get a slightly neater one, characters associated with printers have stamped/printed text, etc. You can also see the scripts being written out as they go, with mistakes that are then erased and fixed (you can also set the text to appear instantly or be in simpler fonts in the accessibility menu, if it bothers you. There's also a text to speech option as well). Another thing I really like is the diversity of the game. While there isn't much in terms of race, etc, as one might expect from a small Bavarian town, there is a bit - several disabled and gay characters, a visiting priest from Ethiopia, a Romani man, and a Jewish family, all of whom are written in a well-rounded, thoughtful way. In addition to this diversity of identity, there is also a great deal of diversity of opinion and class position - peasants and townsfolk with a variety of opinions on each other and whether they should fight for a better life, mothers and nuns with varying degrees of contentment about their lives, etc.

A huge part of the game is discovering hidden truths that have been buried over, and related to that, the idea that knowledge is power, and that you should therefore be careful with what you know. I can't really get into details without spoilers, but a lot of the game focuses on uncovering information, and then deciding what to do with that, which can have profound effects on people's lives. The game also uses these themes, especially in the third act, to reflect on how we remember the past, and how we can judge people back then and find them strange based on our own beliefs and lives, when in reality they were just people

Overall it's a great game that I highly recommend, definitely one I want to replay

tinkaton

Well. How time gets away from you!

I've got no excuse for not updating for this long except that I didn't feel like it lmao. Nothing super exciting has really been going on and I've been using most of my free time to do other things. (The renovation at work creeps ever closer to being done, and I did have fun at the anime convention I went to last month, though I was too lazy to do a write up of all the merch I got like I normally would. I did get multiple compliments on the Faye Valentine shirt that I wore haha.) I want to try to update more and get back to checking my reading list though!! I hope everyone's been doing well since I last checked in.

A few things I've been reading/watching/etc. lately...

➤ I started playing Metaphor: ReFantazio a while ago! It's slow going as I am a slow gamer but I'm currently at the 4th (?) dungeon, the one on the mustari island. I'm enjoying it so far! ( + )

➤ I started reading the Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint Webtoon because I saw the print volumes in the library system so I was like, sure I'll see what all the fuss is about. I only read volumes 1-6 (though I think volume 7 is out in English already?) but I'm enjoying it! ( + )

➤ I forget if I mentioned this before but Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan YA book series got an anime adaptation that aired on Netflix recently, which is the wildest thing that's ever happened. I LOVED the Leviathan books when I read them so of course I had to watch the anime immediately. ( + )

➤ Did I ever talk about the absolute disappointment that was The Old Guard 2? ( + )

➤ Yes, I watched Kpop Demon Hunters. Yes, I loved Kpop Demon Hunters. Yes, I've listened to the album a hundred times. It's a pretty standard plot, but the animation is gorgeousss, Sony Animation knocked it out of the park again, the characters are fun, the music slaps, and it's just an all-around good time. The only unrealistic part about it is a boy group putting out consistent bangers sjdhfkjsdfs but I guess having demonic powers helps.

Has anyone being using Focus Friend by Hank Green lmao? It's a productivity timer app for your phone, you set a time limit to not look at your phone and your little bean avatar knits socks while it's running. Then you use the socks to buy items to decorate your bean guy's room. Everyone at work started using it so I was like okay fine I'll try it lol. Haven't gotten enough socks yet to buy any decorations but it did keep me from playing on my phone while I should've been working a couple times so I guess that's good!

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