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Good afternoon (or goodnight!). Bored again, but listening to a new Japanese song on repeat and gonna make some fanart of characters that I’ve wanted to draw for a while. Was going to game later on my Xbox, but there is apparently an outage that isn’t letting people log into their accounts and access games. Don’t know when that outage will get resolved. I honestly think it’s awful when everything can only be accessed and played with an online connection, even when the game in question is offline.
“Woah-shi! It’s a double Yoshi explo-shi!” - Yoshi’s Woolly World ad, 2015
If you’re curious, the character in my PFP is Flaky from Happy Tree Friends.
So since it was my day off today I thought I'd do a bit of gaming today. Turned on my Series X only to discover there is an outage going on currently. So I guess that mean I will be catching up on TV shows for now. Found out there's a new season of That 90's Show up on Netflix so I figure I'd start with that.
RetiredPush Square Moderator and all around retro gamer.
@OctolingKing13 castlevania collection exists on switch. It’s got all the classics. Go in release order but they’re not necessarily connected to each other so skipping one or two entries is fine.
Minecraft is something I’ve delved into at least when it was new, but I didn’t have a lot of money back in 2011-ish so I got the mobile version demo which was pretty garbage before all the updates. Trust me, if you play the earliest unmodified version of the iOS Minecraft, you are going to suffer. Or not.
Bizarrely enough, I’ve actually did dip my feet into Minecraft clones! Forager comes to mind. It’s on all platforms you can imagine so you can’t miss it. The story around its dev is incredibly sweet. I’ve not only beat forager but I’ve 100%ed it too and poured around 89 hours in it. Not sure if that’s a lot by the standards of the Minecraft-like games although I do wish my phone would stop replacing “Minecraft” with “Mincemeat”. That’s really annoying.
My favorite thing about the soundtrack (and honestly the game as a whole) is how it sells you on the feel that you really are on your own. When you discover a boss, it’s a huge “oh snap!” moment for sure.
OMG. Lost my TV remote and it's driving me nuts. I retraced my steps looked under the furniture nothing. Now I have a tv that I can't turn off, adjust the volume or even change the channel. If I can't find it by Saturday I guess I will be going tv shopping.
RetiredPush Square Moderator and all around retro gamer.
@WaveBoy As long as I can't get a replacement remote. My OCD won't allow me to get a universal remote if that makes sense at all. I did universal remote in the past and yeah it just bugs the hell out of me. I would sooner get a new tv then a universal remote.
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Hello again! Almost night where I am, so good night or good morning wherever you live! Hope you have been up to fun stuff. I’ll just be talking about random things and going on a dumb rant.
There is this rhythm game I play that added a new song today and I tried to full combo, but the annoying song chart had extremely bad tap registration even when I tapped on the screen, so I kept trying to restart the song until I got it but I never did, so I quit out of the game before I got even more angry. Rhythm games are fun, but this one in particular is only fun if you know how to successfully play it, and it gets super annoying if you play it on a higher difficulty and faster speed. I actually prefer to play the game that way and have gotten used to it, but I think either my skills are deteriorating, or the fast speed is making it hard for the game to register the taps I make on the screen, or a combination of both, but even on slow speed the taps sometimes don’t register either.
I was thinking about drawing after my failed gaming session, but it’s too late for me to be doing that, plus I plan on using acrylic and some pens so that would not fit for a nighttime art session. I hate having to clean up huge art messes before bed haha, so I’ll just be watching my brother play Smash Ultimate with his friends until I fall asleep. I need to get back to playing that again soon, but I’m also trying to decide what game to play next on my Xbox since I haven’t touched it in a few days after completing the Perfect Dark prequel.
“Woah-shi! It’s a double Yoshi explo-shi!” - Yoshi’s Woolly World ad, 2015
If you’re curious, the character in my PFP is Flaky from Happy Tree Friends.
@Pastellioli top of the morning to ye old mate, although it is 11 am as of the time I typing this. Irregardless, best of mornings to you.
Are you ranting about Miku again? I’d like to know. Curious, curious.
I, too, am struggling to pick something to play again on the Green and White box. I’ve been really contemplating a simple casual speedy replay of GTA IV, or getting all achievements in Warriors Orochi 3. Whatever winds up fitting my fancy. I got a promotion today though so life is really good right now.
Like it says in the book, we are blessed… and we are cursed.
@Yousef- I am ranting about the Miku rhythm game. I just got really annoyed with it last night and really wanted to blow off some steam with it… I think I strive for perfection in that game though and have gotten used to it, which is very bad but I really don’t know how to quit doing so. I play the localized version of it, but if I am being honest it’s sort of the inferior version of the original, mostly because it has less content and content from the Japanese version isn’t added until a year later and how the localization team sometimes aren’t the greatest with communication…
I don’t think they released a schedule for the songs and events for July in the game, which is a bit surprising to me because they often announce song and event schedules shortly before the next month starts. They often have mystery songs for each month, and they were supposed to release one in May, didn’t do so and delayed it to June, which also didn’t happen and there is no word on the song they announced or a reason why they kept delaying it. I can remember they were supposed to release a song in the English version in November last year but delayed it by a month, which is fine, but I don’t think they ever told people publicly it was delayed. I wish to play the Japanese version since a lot of my favorite songs are playable there, but I don’t have a second phone that I can set to Japan to play it. Sorry if I come off as really whiny here…I’m still somewhat frustrated with not being able to full combo that song last night, which is probably very stupid for me to do. I think maybe I should take a break from the game for a few days if it makes me this unreasonably annoyed.
However, I am feeling somewhat better after watching my brother play Smash with his friends. Lots of funny but vulgar banter. I was laughing so hard when I kept seeing him and his two friends get repeatedly destroyed by one of his friends playing as Sephiroth. I probably am going to play the game offline possibly and maybe try online, but I need to get back into the swing of things with it since I’ve gotten to used to the Xbox button layout.
@Yousef- Congrats on the promotion! Sorry if I am writing a little later, I fell back asleep.
I really love Vocaloid. I think I actually started I fall in love with it maybe back in 2015 or so, though my love for it was really strong back in 2018. I absolutely love the way the artists I listen to make them sound, and there are now a ton of similar vocal synth programs to it. I enjoy so many characters for it! My most favorite ones are probably Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin and Len, MEIKO, KAITO, KAFU, GUMI, Kasane Teto, Adachi Rei and Zundamon, mostly because I like their character designs and how song producers get them to sound in songs I listen to. Zundamon is probably my most favorite, since a ton of songs using her voice are very silly, positive, upbeat and goofy, and it’s music that I definitely need to hear to improve my mood and self-esteem. Coincidentally, the game is supposed to add a song featuring her vocals next month, and I am pretty excited for that!
I do wish the localization team for the rhythm game did do a somewhat better job with the game, but some people are speculating that they will announce a song schedule today, since I think the game will have an Anime Expo event today. I hope so, since one of my most listened to Vocaloid artists is supposed to have a song of his finally added to the game. I had to wait a year for it…I think all it takes right now for me is just patience! I am feeling better, so I might go and play Smash soon after cleaning up a bit.
@Pastellioli thank you and no worries! Some shut eye is pretty important!
I begun my vocaloid journey around a similar point. I kept strictly associating vocaloid with being a game series (despite it not being strictly one) so I needed a game to engage with it and ps4 helped me do just that! Project DIVA X was my jam! I hope it comes to other platforms! It’s been almost ten years so I’m confident it’ll feel fresh again in my brain.
That’s really cool the game helped your mood and confidence like that. It is amazing when games do that.
I’d also mean towards Len and Rin being my favs. What can I say? They’re totally cute and adorable! Can’t get enough! I am forever in love with everything cute so they are infectious in that regard. Kafu, Gumi, Meiko, Adachi are great as well. Good picks! Zundamon too.
I do hope the team gets better. Vocaloid is in this awkward position where it’s simultaneously niche and non-niche. So you can only hope for better localization.
@Yousef- I have been wanting to play the Project DIVA games for a while, and there is one on the Switch, so maybe I could get it at one point, though I suck at playing rhythm games with controllers lol.
Vocaloid is popular but also does seem somewhat niche too, can agree. I do think around 2017 a well-known Vocaloid producer did this song called Sand Planet that I believe was supposed to represent the current state of the Vocaloid community and song producers, with I think the sandy location in its music video supposed to represent how empty it has become over time. To add, I think Miku has these followers with her, and gradually over time they leave her in the music video, and I can sort of see that as being a representation of Vocaloid producers leaving to do other things with their careers, like quitting or making songs that they sing by themselves without Vocaloids. To add the guy who made the song actually hasn’t done a Vocaloid song in 7 years, though he is still thriving and is making lots of good music still. The rhythm game I play has brought back a few more dormant song producers back though, so that makes me really happy.
Teto really is nostalgic, even though I only became a Vocaloid fan in 2015. I love her UTAU and SynthV voice a ton. The UTAU one is maybe one of my favorites, since she sounds very robotic and cute. I really like how Sasuke Haraguchi uses her voice in his songs.
Got really bad razor burns on my arm and leg. They hurt so badly…gonna play Smash later and see if I’m still rusty or not and maybe play a few online matches.
Tried to play my rhythm game again but the tap registering was so bad and I couldn’t fully complete a session because I got so frustrated again. I thought it was just the screen protector that was ruining my taps so I tried to remove the screen and regret it now since my screen protector now has an ugly crack on one side. It was a really bad idea that crossed my mind and I tried to do it xd. Oh well. Think I need to take a break from it.
@Pastellioli I hope you don’t get any infections from those razor burns. Can be nasty.
Hope you complete your session.
Today we’re on a road trip to Saudi. We’ll back to Kuwait after a day. Sunday is gonna be a break since it’s a new year in the Hijri Calendar (Muslim calendar) so we’re having fun this weekend me and my old man.
Like it says in the book, we are blessed… and we are cursed.
@Yousef- The razor burns hurt less now and they don’t look infected by any means, but there were some raised bumps on my arm. I had to put hydrogen peroxide on my arm and it helped a lot. I don’t have any cream to put on before shaving though to prevent burns. I rarely get razor burns though.
I did play Smash yesterday and it was really fun! I’m just trying to find an online match I can play for a little. There unfortunately isn’t a lot of public arenas I can join, but I found one and I’m waiting for the battle to end. I really want to do 4 player Smash and found one, though it’s only three of us right now.
Road trips sound fun, and I hope you are having a good time. I never go on road trips with my family because we don’t have time.
EDIT: I’m having a blast playing Smash. I joined an arena but with the intention to play more seriously but it was more chill one but I’m still enjoying it! Everyone there is fun and friendly and I haven’t played an online game in a while. I almost never play Smash online since I know I’ll have my butt kicked lol.
Between the Fourth of July and errands, this past week has been busy. I did get to see Inside Out 2 with my friend and loved the movie. Also, been playing Moto Racer 4 on PC, and doing the daily challenge in Disney Speedstorm and tried a few of the Rare games on NSO recently.
@Sunsy I do love both the original and it’s remake a lot, though I think what made people hate it was it being more censored. I also think what had to do with the hatred toward the remake was the fact that it was supposed to be fully uncensored initially and adding in new scenes and material, which was the original entire selling point of it, but Rare was forced to censor it, though the censoring is only used for the language and some suggestive material in the game. The original did have some censorship, but it was only used f-words. It didn’t bother me really, since I found the censoring to be very minor, plus I had the N64 version. I do think the original does some things better than the remake (like having their characters look more expressive and lively as well as having a more cartoony look that fits its tone and characters far more) but I think the remake is more playable with its controls. I think one of the most important aspects of a game is if it controls well, and if it doesn’t I’ll likely have a bad time with it or might even drop it, and Bad Fur Day is so hard to get back to with how janky it is. However, I still love both versions a ton and feel that they, as well as the Banjo games, were super unique, and I think it’s hard to find newer platformers from other companies that replicate the same feelings those games gave off. I am sad that Rare is never going to go back to making platformers, given the developers of those games have left since then and the company has said they don’t want to revisit their old IPs.
There was a now offline multiplayer mode that I think I would have had a blast with had I played Rare’s games earlier. Since it was offline, I honestly didn’t have much fun with the multiplayer in Live and Reloaded, since me and the squirrel army I played on always kept losing to the teddy bear army. They always seemed to be overpowered or better for some reason no matter how hard I tried, and when I played on the teddy bears, they literally kept winning, and I was playing on the easiest difficulty they had. There is a system link that still works for the multiplayer, but I don’t know anyone nearby that owns the game or has an Xbox besides my brother, but he isn’t interested in playing Rare’s games unlike me.
Conker’s removal from the DS remake of Diddy Kong Racing was actually more of a Microsoft thing and had to do with rights, so you are right about that. I am sure if he was still included in there, his appearance would have likely not have been based on his “mature” persona in Bad Fur Day. I really do hope an official release of DKR does happen since Microsoft is allowing Rare’s games and characters to appear on Nintendo consoles more now. I think the game would control better if I was using an actual controller instead of my phone screen.
To be honest, I didn't even know it was censored more. I just assumed it was mostly (keyword being mostly) uncut being on Xbox and Xbox having different standards than Nintendo, Nintendo at the time. IIRC, THQ published the PAL version since their logo was on any pic of the box I saw online. I'm guessing Nintendo of Europe didn't want to publish it.
I think I did try the multiplayer once, I remember it played like a third person shooter. It's been so long, and I think it was offline with bots.
Oh cool, I guessed correctly. I hope there's an official release, I wouldn't even mind some of the Rare GBC games showing up on NSO. The Donkey Kong Lands, even Conker's Pocket Tales, maybe the odd GBC port of Donkey Kong Country that I never played. It was pretty cool we got Killer Instinct awhile back, and came at a time I was on a fighting game kick.
@Sunsy Nice, I read your post detailing your experience at the Trolls event. Did you get to dance at the dance party that Poppy threw? I definitely would've went down the slide you mentioned as well. When it comes to playgrounds, slides were my favorite part when I was a little boy.
It does sound like it's a pretty good children's show. Glad I still have that Cinderella tape, it's still in tip-top condition as well. I'll be keeping it as a keepsake. I could put it on, but I'm kind of afraid of it being potentially caught up in my VCR, lol. (Plus I'm too lazy to get my VCR out of storage, lol.) I have a VHS of Snow White as well. Nice, that's cool. Similarly, I do have a DVD only copy of The Aristocats. I got that before I had a way to play blu-rays.
Lol, I did see Mulan on one of NL's news articles as well. Looks like early July is coming in a couple days so you'll get your chance pretty soon. Enjoy Inside Out 2 when you see it!
Haha, that's pretty cool you got that cheater achievement. I know a similar cheat code for The Sims, you'd type "rosebud" and you'd get an infinite amount of money to get stuff for your house. My dad used to play that a lot on his PC way back in the day.
Yeah... it is cool that you're given access to all these games at once, but it'd still be great if you could keep your favorites or something. I guess we'll see what they wanna do.
Me too, really glad that Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 made it to the GameCube so I could play them. Still have my GameCube copies of those games from way back when. I've not played Chu Chu Rocket and I don't think I've played too much of Crazy Taxi. On a side note, I think it was smart of Sega that they put Sonic Adventure 2 on the GameCube first, before making SADX. Since SA2 came out on the same year that the Dreamcast was discontinued. Kinda like how Mario Kart 8 made it from the Wii U to the Switch. I actually had no clue that SA2 was originally a Dreamcast game when I was a kid, I thought it was originally made for the GameCube, lol.
The whole place was amazing, I'm still thinking about it. Yes, I did get to dance with Poppy. The dance party she threw was playing the song "Can't Stop The Feeling" from the first movie. The slide was fun, haven't been down one since I was a kid. It was like a wavy slide. For me, I always liked the swings. Ngl, kid me use to pretend he was Fox McCloud on the Arwing while swinging, lol.
It is a good children's show, plus Sofia grew with the series. It went from Sofia learning to be a princess to Sofia going on adventures in the later seasons. That's cool, yeah I can't blame you on risking it. I once got my Pinocchio tape eaten by a VCR from being watched so much. At least you have one in storage, I don't even have one anymore. I remember my TV was an RF only TV, so the VCR was a way to hook up my N64 back in the day, lol. I have that Sonic the Hedgehog OVA on VHS somewhere.
And I did, plus I saw Inside Out 2 with my friend so I didn't have to go alone. Kind of cool since it's our first Disney movie we saw in theaters together. In all the years of being friends, we never saw a Disney movie in a theater until Inside Out 2.
Yup, ah the days of when cheats were programmed into the game. That reminds me, SimCity on Mac had a money code and if you used it too much the game would set a disaster onto your city. All you had to do was type "fund" while playing, and you get money, but if done too much, an earthquake happened. I wish cheats were still programmed in, they made for fun Easter eggs.
Yeah, I just wish that games could be bought too. I kind of miss the old virtual console style of buying games.
Indeed, I think Sonic Adventure 2 was the only Dreamcast commercial I saw back in 2001. It was very late in the system's life the game came out, but it also made the game special. Like the last Sonic game on Sega's own hardware. Then the port to GameCube happened and it just opened up the game to more people who didn't have a Dreamcast.
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