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The Struggle is over. That means we canât put of the Summer Homework of writing some essay. And what better topic is there than how flippinâ WEIRD this town is? Legit, Iâd be concerned if giant balls flew out of walls at me. #kingdomheartsII #retro #squareenix youtu.be/Uq_cWDwvqaI
Stepping into the new lands and while we have a new ally thatâs just LOADED with magic, we might as well use her arcane might to lay low all the battlefields we see. Then something about a crest for a temple? #finalfantasy #rpg #retro youtu.be/KXBjbTiFP20
After a few more armored skeleton legionnaires, itâs down to the next level, where now weâre facing off against massive hecking spiders! Now, again, I donât have a problem with spiders, but I do when they are at a size where they can bite off my head. #legendofgrimrock #indie #dungeoncrawler
whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing
We might not have been able to go to the beach, but at the least we can participate in the Struggle, a tournament where we take wiffle bats to one anotherâs faces! That is between spats of talking to this strange goth red head and bandage man. #kingdomheartsII #retro #squareenix
There are some new monsters to be had in here. But cause weâre in a new place, we ought to be getting a new tool for our troubles. And what better tool than one to open up new paths and blast open some skulls? #finalfantasy #rpg #retro youtu.be/ZPbU6zxBtrI
The further down we get, the more we level up. And that means that more and more skills get unlocked for the rag tag party! From higher Attack and Dodge to more Health! Listen, weâre still low level, alright? Gotta start somewhere. #legendofgrimrock #indie #dungeoncrawler youtu.be/SWFSKX4Tw3w
Finished Template for next sword. Needed to work with my hands for a bit. Zoom on camera broke for 2 years. Finally decided to fix. Don't know would most people use Lithium Grease on zoom gear tube, but most people aren't me. Current sword charity auction still going: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Shroom and Gloom is unironically one of my favorite indie deck builders and I can't explain why in a post
Itâs summer for the kids of Twilight Town, though time is running out for doing the real fun stuff. But visiting the beach requires munny which means part-time jobs! If you can do them between strong bendy monsters and dreams of another life. #kingdomheartsII #retro #squareenix youtu.be/IfIloS2YRBE
Before we dive into any REALLY heavy story driven Final Fantasy games, I wanted to do this fun, relatively easy and light on drama Final Fantasy. Which depending on who you ask is a fantastic game or the worst game in the series. #finalfantasy #rpg #retro
Legend of Grimrock is something Iâve been wanting to poke at for a while. So lets join this rag tag group of villains and earn their freedom from there pardoned prison! Wait that doesnât sound right⌠#legendofgrimrock #indie #dungeoncrawler youtu.be/QvJ8cHKaJvI
More Demon's Souls! (I can't think of anything else rn, haha) www.twitch.tv/kojuen
Did I mean for three simutaneous Let's Plays to end all at once? Nope, but it's a funny little happenstance.
Finally at the top of the tower, where Black Order soldiers and werewolves swarm and protect Pandoraâs Box. With it, they hope to control every monster that was released! And itâs our job to put them all back. That is if I can even get the animus to do it. #legendary #FPS #retro #mythology
The gates were spread through all of the mines and Old World, which meant some back tracking. Which also did let me get those final upgrades! Not that I really needed them for the final threat of the Old World. BEHOLD! VOLTBOT! #steamworlddig #metroidvania #indie youtu.be/V1VKAbn_ls0
We staved off the O.R.C. assault, made the potion and we can finally head home! But there is but one more challenge to face before we call this adventure over. One more boss, nastier than the rest of them. And the best way to finish a playthrough of Grounded. #grounded #multiplayer #survival
i constantly think about this post
Itâs time for the final assault now that weâve reached the tower. Which means pushing through all of the Black Orderâs forces. Which of course means werewolves, fire drakes, Tsuchigumo spiders and⌠minotaurs. Uuuugh⌠#legendary #FPS #retro #mythology youtu.be/4HAxa73RrYg
We finally have reached the bottom of the mines, the Old World, everything. And what awaits us there? We donât know yet! We have a few more hoops to jump through! Or in this case, some gates to open. #steamworlddig #metroidvania #indie youtu.be/tPIz_BKja6c
The final pieces of the Embiggening Potion are pulled together and a little bit of prep work is done. Weâve but one thing left to do and thatâs to make it the potion! Weâve also got one more tower defense to push through before anything else. #grounded #multiplayer #survival youtu.be/kM7Fc7Q-XDg
Time to mute any mention of Silksong and Hollow Knight until I can get my hands on it. Might be a while till I can get anytime with it, so here is hoping spoilers are minimal.
very direct evidence that video game piracy is important in the preservation of video games
don't talk to me or my son ever again
Or I can stream some Terraria tonight and sleep in tomorrow cause they changed my temp job start day to "sometime next week." I hate this.
I may stream some more Terraria again tomorrow after this temp job. I just got the itch now, though it'll likely be much more casual of a playthrough. Taking my time, smaller world, all that noise.
With how life is right now, youâd think New York looked like this in real life. I mean, not the soldiers, but the ruined buildings and mythological monsters. The exploding transformers though, thatâs just par for New York. #legendary #FPS #retro #mythology youtu.be/-KVD5BSO33s
In a game thatâs already dripping with fun movement, itâs high time they gave us the best kind of easy movements. Thatâs right, the DOUBLE JUMP! Sure we might take a fatal hit for it, but itâs worth it! #steamworlddig #metroidvania #indie youtu.be/FQPWq3ro2Vs
With Tully in tow, he can help us get back to our normal size! Buuuuut we also said that we were going to fight all the bosses in the game. And that includes the fiends that are hiding themselves in the villainous lair of Moldorc! #grounded #multiplayer #survival youtu.be/GaY-UUXVxLw
For legal reasons, the shelf tipping is a joke. Not the Holiday isle at the local Walmart. That's just BS.
I agree with you on principle. However corpos gonna corpo and I'm already seeing December holiday stuff having their own entire AISLE at stores already, s'cuse me while I go shelf tipping at the local Walmart.
Your social circle sapphic needs to be informed of this
Remember folks who do NSFW art commissions and are unfortunately beholden to Paypal: List your artwork as 'digital goods' or 'digital commission' in your invoices. They don't gotta know shit. Ain't their business. Mailman doesn't ask what you got sent in the mail, neither should Paypal.
AND WE'RE BACK UP THIS TIME WITH NO OTHER BIRTHDAY PROBLEMS RIGHT COMPUTER???? www.twitch.tv/gm_darius youtube.com/live/nE7CP1r...
GPU is forcing an update when I was streaming and the fact that the screens are black (not off, just black) is not reassuring..
Eggs on plate and starting Terraria in about 15 minutes. twitch.tv/gm_darius youtube.com/live/nE7CP1r...
You know, at some point you just gotta cut and run and let the giant tentacled monster take out the government building. Oh itâs above the Orderâs base? Well thatâs a design problem yaâll should have thought of! #legendary #FPS #retro #mythology youtu.be/TWM_C19lQw4
It's not that I didn't know the company when I applied. I did. But now there are like 4 other companies I applied to with this job position name in a 5 mile radius and they side stepped answering, of all things, what is their company name.
Job offer I turned down that I applied to months ago that texted me with no mention of their company, address, location, but only had a JOB location, when I told them another, closer job offered me a position: Really strange and kinda shady you're turning us down now. Oh, *I'M" the shady one here??
Well, we had to use the Fall Dampeners for SOMETHING I suppose. I should be grateful that itâs not a pool of lava at the bottom, but at least that would have made my demise all the faster. Now I actually get to dodge all the painful things! Most of the time. #steamworlddig #metroidvania #indie
There is not much more under this terrible place. A couple more spiders, a lab, a weird glitch and a MASSIVE problem with OBS later though, and we find the way to the next boss: The almighty and terrible MANT! Part man, part mantis, all MURDER! #grounded #multiplayer #survival youtu.be/iTRxatKJgXA
Look, I'm gonna have hope that some great group of heroes slew a tyrant. Or his heart (I know, I'm surprised he has one too) decided "ya know, fuck this" and quit.
That primal desire to buy something cause you might have a new job, but not being sure what to buy cause your birthday is in 3 days and the celebration for it isn't for 12 days and you don't wanna buy yourself something someone is probably going to get you.
I hear that. I actually had to look up his health problems and at least one involves lack of ability to pump blood back to his heart. And all I could think was "He has one?"
We get ourselves nice lore dumps. About Pandoraâs Box, the Orders, Vivian, and even get a new weapon to try out! Good thing too cause while weâre probably really save at the base, what we got from the Black Orderâs base says âHA! No youâre not!â #legendary #FPS #retro #mythology youtu.be/AEAR4IrdtQM
The latest of these upgrades makes me VERY happy! I mean, itâs a melee weapon and a ranged weapon at the same time! Hell of an upgrade there, uncle! Could have just given me this thing and Iâd have been happy from the start! #steamworlddig #metroidvania #indie youtu.be/vyab-36FlfQ
Weâve put in enough time crafting things. Now itâs time to find Dr. Tully and see if he will be able to get us big again! But to find him, we have to head into the area under the shed, filled with spiders, darkness and just being generally creepy! #grounded #multiplayer #survival
Trying to get into the Black Orderâs base is more and more of a pain. But at least they donât have any control over the beasts like they seem to want to. I mean, how are they gonna control the rampaging GRIFFON for one? #legendary #FPS #retro #mythology youtu.be/3rwXhQ46fYY
Ah yes. The most advanced technology that a steambot can possibly hope for. A stick of dynamite. Well, I suppose itâll get the job done! Even if there is going to be a ton of collateral damage. #steamworlddig #metroidvania #indie youtu.be/Mg1O09TU38g
Today I do a whole lot of duplication. Not just cause of trinkets that would be SUPER nice to have for both Link and myself, but also cause weâd much rather not try to hunt Black Widow spiders a good 10 times for some poison. #grounded #multiplayer #survival youtu.be/IK9ZX0eL3RM
With the Golem dead we can get the Box and bring it to the Orderâs home base. While research is going on, we decide itâs time to raid LeFeyâs base under some Cathedral. And there, we find some other, new, tougher monsters! #legendary #FPS #retro #mythology youtu.be/Kt4ZOyJpl74
With all this gear weâve got, it should be an easy time heading further down. I mean, our pick is sharp, weâve a drill for the hard rocks, and more armor than we needed for the mines. What more could we need? #steamworlddig #metroidvania #indie youtu.be/k4tB7ndS1OA
After bullying one of the bosses for a little bit longer of a time than we thought we were going to, itâs off to the Fire Ant Hill, where we attempt to placate the queen there with something that no monarch can resist. Food. #grounded #multiplayer #survival youtu.be/D3pwMNYCxaw
Charity Home Invasion. Link to Auction: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Obviously, weâre not going to fight the ten story tall creature made of streets, buildings and cars with guns. Weâve gotta finish powering up these EMP devices! And the Nari are NOT making it easy on me! #legendary #FPS #retro #mythology youtu.be/FK5kvo5BkZU
Another dig, another puzzle, another upgrade! The deeper we dig, the greater the loot and of course, the more loot we turn in, the more we get the eye of some of the other steambots of the world. Namely, Biff. #steamworlddig #metroidvania #indie youtu.be/FdhzGxU9eOA
Just a couple more MIX.Rs to finish off, then itâs back to the Haze Lab to get our reward. Then what else is there to do but face off against the might Mantis Boss, hiding away in the potted plant? What a fight that should be with gear weâll TOTALLY use. #grounded #multiplayer #survival
theres this one drawing of napkin in my art folder and idk what its for or when its from but i fucking love it
The Black Order wants us dead, and while the Council of 98 doesnât trust me, theyâre willing to let me help them fight the monsters. Which is good, cause Iâm gonna need all the help I can get against some of these things! #legendary #FPS #retro #mythology youtu.be/tEVVVVbFDe8
Further down we go, upgrading the pickaxe, the lights and soon ourselves with the ability to jump like weâre trying to fly to the moon! Okay, maybe not THAT far, but it gets us to some nice loot spots! #steamworlddig #metroidvania #indie youtu.be/lQR53p6jkV0
To face off against another boss, we have to do these MIX.R defenses. Which is fine by me! Theyâre pretty fun, depending on what insects youâre going to face off against. Plus weâve only a few left to engage in the first place. #grounded #multiplayer #survival youtu.be/whYA9RKzh2s
And no, I'm not skipping them IN the Let's Play. I'm skipping them and recyling the footage of the cutscenes from the Beginner start. I just REALLY did not want to sit through the several hours of cutscenes again, man....
I was going to play Beginner Mode in KH2, buuuuut honestly it was feeling TOO easy. So I played through the tutorial again to do Normal Difficulty. It's amazing how short the damned tutorial is when you're skipping the 3 hours of freakin' cutscenes and dialog.
I'd vote Roadtrip if only cause I feel like that'd be a good vibe game with all the side stuff that it has. SO much side stuff. Otherwise, I vote FF9 for that classic Final Fantasy feel.
I donât know exactly where Iâm suppose to be in what city, to get to the subway, we have to go through this warehouse where a bunch of werewolves are making it there hunting ground. Their prey? Bacon. #legendary #FPS #retro #mythology youtu.be/S3LHfnjqMjQ
Letâs delve into something a little more relaxing. A game of deserts, bots and digging for profit. Olâ Rusty here could probably use a little elbow grease with his upgrades as he collects Trashium. #steamworlddig #metroidvania #indie youtu.be/LfRnQThjDB8
With a new weapon for Link and more exploration under our belts, we head up get that MIX.R we failed before and jump on in to the nearly demolished lab under the Stump. Itâs a lot of jumping, but we find some good stuff inside, including another boss summon recipe! #grounded #multiplayer #survival
I got a birfday coming up and I'm running a poll with a couple options on what I'll play the Sunday before I grow a year older and deeper in debt. www.youtube.com/post/UgkxRvb...
I'm amused by the RobinHood stock trading app's name. Robin Hood. The guy who's said to rob from the rich and give to the needy. Feel like the company should be removing money from the rich and dropping it out of a blimp in a large city or something.
I woke up today, started to work and my boyfriend pointed out that my tablet was bent. It works, but I don't know how long. Through brilliant people that encouraged (bullied xD) me I created a throne and put a tablet on there...any bit will help to the bigger goal! throne.com/kunstgebilde thank you!
I first played this game for a few minutes back somewhere in 2008-09 and while the premise seemed neat, I didnât get too far. But come on! Opening Pandoraâs Box and releasing monsters of myth on modern era!? #legendary #FPS #retro #mythology youtu.be/MwRZ8kwmGtY
The computer turns out to be far more friendly than we thought! To the point that it even tells us to change the path of the station to impact the planet! Sounds like a plan, and nothing is gonna stand in our wa-- OH HI SA-X! #metroid #gba #metroidvania #retro youtu.be/mqGeZYZiBoY
Itâs a bit annoying, getting the recipe from where you summon the boss only to have to run back and MAKE the boss summon, but I suppose that adds to the whole exploration thing. But now Link is looking at his next weapon upgrade! #grounded #multiplayer #survival youtu.be/mazpnyA_EEM
Join me for my Ted Talk: Homophobes Have No Friends! Charity Auction Link: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Itâs the final push to help Namine, defeat the Organizaion and get our memories back! And when I say âget our memories backâ, I mean sequel-bait so hard that Iâm not even 100% sure I remember liking the franchise anymore. #kingdomhearts #chainofmemories #retro #arpg #squareenix youtu.be/VZCrXVbj1o4
While looking for a way back to the main part of the station after a HECK of a boss, we find we have to detour through a rather sketchy area, avoid being blown up, and do a little DRAGON SLAYING! #metroid #gba #metroidvania #retro youtu.be/iaINCDn0SSs
With the realization we have more access to these labs with the Assistant Manager ID, itâs to the Haze Lab to find some more things. But after that, itâs to the Bin, where if youâll recall, has a little bit of a wasp infestation to take care of⌠#grounded #multiplayer #survival youtu.be/6gqcCPAXzWI
Didn't get around to sharing last nights YT releases, so I'm gonna do that now.
Good gods, I forgot how long the Twilight Town tutorial was. I'm only JUST getting into the Gummi ship after nearly 5 hours and am just SO tired.
That's how I always am. Seem fine playing a game or streaming, but gods help me, when the camera is off the brain does its thing. Few people get that it's a mask.
Hey, you know whatâs more fun than a boss fight that takes way too long the beat cause they trounce you after 10 minutes of fighting them? A boss fight that moves and combos super fast in a janky card game system! Welp, time to cheat! #kingdomhearts #chainofmemories #retro #arpg #squareenix
Now that water doesnât hold Samus back, itâs time to leave the aquatic zone only come BACK to the aquatic zone, cause Iâve just finished off like 3 bosses in the span of an hour and donât feel like doing another one just yet. #metroid #gba #metroidvania #retro youtu.be/q5W73ilEUAU
There are a lot of detours I take while weâre on the way to the Stump Lab. And not all of it was even profitable. But once we finally get to the Stump Lab and find the entrance we find that weâre suppose to go and hit a switch in ANOTHER labâŚ. Uuuuugh. #grounded #multiplayer #survival
Still rather friendless, Sora delves into the first world we were in for KH1, Destiny Islands! Man, this brings back some fond memories of the series. Where I was oblivious to anything beyond the first game. And a rather imposing boss too! #kingdomhearts #chainofmemories #retro #arpg #squareenix
Iâve come a long way as a kid, and now, Nightmare doesnât fill me with dread because of what it is. Rather now it does so cause of the mechanics needed to beat it. And the fact that itâs probably whatâs killed me the most in this game by far. #metroid #gba #metroidvania #retro youtu.be/Xc6S5923UVQ
I might have over obsessed about getting this ONE SCAB.B in particular, but when youâre buzzing by it every single time, Youâd probably go a little mad with the alert popping up too! But afterwards, itâs back to the stump! #grounded #multiplayer #survival youtu.be/fK0a7LJbXEM
"And no, you can't sleep with them." GOOD.
OKAY, I WAS GONNA ANNOUNCE MY 3.0 DEBUT TO BE ON 11/10/25 HOWEVER, CHAT WANTS ME TO DELAY IT TO 11/11 SO I CAN SHARE MY BIRTHDAY WITH SKYRIM. IF THIS POST GETS TOO... 111 BEFORE 10AM EST ON 8/19, I'LL DO IT.
Now that weâve got around that road block of a boss, why not? Lets fight him again! This time with some new moves. And then after saying hello to Riku, Sora is a dick and alienates himself from all his friends. Cause Namine wants that, right? #kingdomhearts #chainofmemories #retro #arpg #squareenix
The previous boss from last time drives me a little hopping mad, but itâs not too much of a problem to deal with. The one thatâs choking the reactor though is a real thorn in my side. #metroid #gba #metroidvania #retro youtu.be/PmbCseuppzY
Itâs been a LONG time coming, but we might be ready to take on the spider boss, the Broodmother! A massive, spiky spider that is a little stingy on material drops. So what else is there to do beside bop her several more times!? #grounded #multiplayer #survival youtu.be/GB9sI7AnWI4
Despite being Wizards, Intelligence is their dump stat.
I'm predicting Ween's last moments with this image. Except it wouldn't be purple flames coming out the back.
Ohh how the turns have tabled momther
I find that going from 1080 to 720 myself was a waaaaay smoother ride for recording, so I can only imagine it's way better for streaming too. Still, godspeed to the OBS wiping, good sir o7
Sora is introduced to another of Organization XIII, Vexen. An ice cold master of ice and a shield. And he is a PAIN. Iâm really going to have to beat the next World Card out of him! Speaking of, I wonder what worlds we even have leftâŚ. #kingdomhearts #chainofmemories #retro #arpg #squareenix
Itâs back from exploring to see what is possibly hiding up in the Observation Labs at the top of the station. Then itâs time for one of the most essential upgrades to my arsenal! Gonna need it with all this dread going on⌠#metroid #gba #metroidvania #retro youtu.be/oSTrjRWoCic
Iâm not good at finding things on a good day. So when you send me out to look for something when there are other things to be found, thatâs a recipe for disaster. Or at least one for me finding everything BUT the thing Iâm looking for. #grounded #multiplayer #survival youtu.be/8fhgWY7XRoI