i use backloggd too so i might forget to log smth here!

12.12.2024: been playing MARVEL RIVALS (steam) with some friends the past day or two. honestly, i was a big overwatch fan for the year or so after overwatch came out before it quickly devolved into a hub for the most toxic gamers i've encountered. i've really missed that early phase of overwatch and playing with my friends--so even though i don't care about marvel, playing this has been a lot of fun and i'll enjoy it until people get toxic about it again.

12.5.2024: beat SHADOW GENERATIONS (steam). guys, this game rocks. it's not "good for a sonic game" it's just good. shadow's writing is the best it's been in a game since 06, the level design is super satisfying for both boost fans and inertia fans and the hub world is a treat to explore. i do NOT like the controls of doom morph however.

11.12.2024: i haven't beaten it but i've been playing a lot of SSX 3 (PS2, emulated) these days. it's great on my deck to sink a little bit of spare time into. super satisfying trick mechanic and a fun 00s soundtrack. i love the sandbox element of just getting to breeze down the mountain without needing to do races or anything too.

11.3.2024: finished MISERICORDE VOLUME 1 (steam). i really loved this, the music was amazing. feels less the murder mystery it claims to be, but slice of life following nuns in the aftermath of one of their sisters' murder in the 1400s is an interesting enough premise for me to have felt totally enthralled by it. excited for the rest of it, hopefully it doesn't take too long for the other volumes to come out.

*** also, i've been spending time in WEBFISHING and YUME NIKKI ONLINE again and it's fun to imagine i might cross paths with anyone who checks out my website.

10.25.2024: started and finished YOUR WINGS, MY WINGS (itch.io). y2k futurism yuri kinetic novel. the art is lovely in its ms paint impressionism with crayons vibe, and the music is also really nice. read it with my cup of morning coffee while i clicked through my work emails, and that felt like a suitable way to spend the morning.

*** also read and finished RAMIEL (itch.io), an interactive fiction piece about plurality, being trans, and body dysphoria+dysmorphia. another short read, but a really great use of interactive fiction by the creator to notate these feelings and put them somewhere. this is a piece that can't be anything other than deeply personal to its author, so i commend them for that.

10.23.2024: started and finished CHIRK (itch.io). interesting free kinetic novel. writing is beautiful but feels unedited and sort of sloppy in its presentation. good if you like stories about dead-end suburbia and lonely kinds of love. drippy halogenic bleakness.

10.22.2024: started and finished MOUTHWASHING (steam). i liked this for its narrative more than its gameplay. capitalism horror driving bad people to do even worse things. a game that will make you feel disgusted to play.

10.10.2024: finished the SILENT HILL 2 REMAKE (steam). loved this so so so much. since i'm backfilling this i talked about it more in my microblog and won't bother encapsulating my thoughts here again. but this was so good from start to finish.