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Pulled a Saltburn =)

Internet Archive is how I do it, but like...idk if that's what I am supposed to say.

I've never had that problem myself either. I took a break there for quite some time with my gaming but I did grow up with it, and I have returned to it. I can't think of a time when I have played a game - even a story based one, and liked it and haven't returned to it at least once more. I think I've noticed though, I am kind of a gaming minority. I think the funniest thing I can say about games is that back when I played with a big rowdy group of guys a game would last however long it lasted because the guys would fight and swap for whoever was controlling the character and we'd play that shit into the ground regardless of how long a game was. The last system I had was a PS2, so idk but I knew a lot of complaints started coming out PS3 era. Snap even was a game that we played like crazy. I had a friend who had a N64, and Pokemon was so hot! And we'd all just sit there and see if we could do "perfect" runs even though it was pretty much the same game over and over again.

Speaking of trends, I mean I guess these things have always existed but I think the PS3 began the genre my girlfriend lovingly describes as "penis games" which have hyper-masculine protagonist smashing the shit out of everything with dynamic lighting. I don't mean to offend anyone with this, but the trend is still here (I am just guessing it's Unreal graphics). I know it existed before the PS3, but it really took off then and was part of what actually turned me off of gaming as a whole.

Thank god! I know a lot of gamers still hug their consoles, but I haven't had one since ninety dickety two, and I figured at least I could watch the pretty game if I couldn't play it. Because I am not about to grab a console for one game =P!

Thank you by the by! It was super sweet to pass this along =)

***Oooo, looks like Nausicaa-ZoE!

It's quite funny that Strange Scaffolding seems to embrace uncertainty with er...uncertainty. As in, they keep things explicitly contract based in order to keep people from expending too much time and energy into a singular project. I've always thought of contract work as something rockier due to taxes, benefits, etc. I think though, they're just ahead of the curb and if they're successful enough more power to them. Clearly something is a bit amiss though, if the head of the place can't afford a ticket to GDC. I do like however, that they showed up to socialize regardless. Which is pretty much the main reason to show up to one of these anyways.

I also remember when people would constantly say that games were too short. I didn't play them at the time, but there was a period when everyone was complaining about waiting for a long time for games - paying a lot for a game, and then finishing it in 5-7 hours and never playing it again.

No worries, as you can see I love seas of text. I'm a conversationalist, and some of my best moments have been just sitting and talking with folks of all kinds. So eh, I'm loving it =)!

My grandfather he did calligraphy. It was something he picked up in the military, and he kept it with him always. He actually journaled regularly, He told me to pick up the habit, and it's actually why I do it. I don't know if he'd agree with my chaotic manner, but I think he'd be happy that I do it at all. I never looked at his journals, because I think looking at people's personal stuff is rude unless you've got explicit permission. I have heard though, from my mother after his passing that they were practically like records.

Many moons ago I went to school with a bunch of Brazilians and I thank god for their awesomeness! A lot of folk I knew explicitly used pencil sharpeners. They were on the walls of every school I saw. Electric ones in every office. I didn't even know you could pull out a knife and sharpen them, although if you really think about it - of course you can! The Brazilians kept their pencils in tin cases (something I absolutely love to do nowadays), and sharpened them with box-cutters and it gave me that "aha!" moment and made my life! I like that you cut to the chase, and remove the plastic element. I think I might lean into that too, as I am always trying to think of ways to be a more sustainable individual.

Yeah, apologies! I don't take a lot of pictures anymore, because I think phones are creepy fucks. My mother is getting older and she can't/won't learn new things. She loves Apple, and I can't get her to migrate to anything else so I keep a very old (It's pretty much an Iphone 5) phone around to stay in touch with her. I just don't agree with any mega-corporations privacy policies, and so I just decided to pretty much not use my phone unless I am talking/texting with someone I love. It's nice because I never pull the sucker out in public. It's bad because I have stopped visually recording my life in many ways. Yet, I still can't justify an external camera because I just don't think I'd use it enough to keep it. I'm a little mama (as in, I am short and tiny) so when I go into nature, I am not looking to carry something around that can leave me vulnerable. Which kinda scratches that off the list as well. I know most hikers are nice, but that's er...most of them, not all. Eh! People pick victims they know they can take advantage of, and I think a sizeable pre-teen could take me so eh =P!

Quite nice! Hahaha! My secret was that I wanted something I could balance on one knee and be able to draw on without much fuss. I've got a new pad of paper, I think I should start considering making a new guy to take around. You've got me having the itch for it =)! I always cover my things in fabric, because I like to pick out beautiful patterns and utilize them. I also like the soft texture when you grab it. The geeky little stealthy individual in me also likes that people can't really identify what they hey I am holding right off the bat. I really like your design by the by! Looking at that spine "wow-ed" me! It's ingenious! The way I allowed for less/more depth is by sewing a "travel" piece of cloth between the two boards I had. That way if I wanted to add a bit more paper, I could and it had some give, but otherwise the front overlapped the back by just a bit. Not too much, because paper isn't the thickest but I am sure you get the idea!

I have a poor technique when drawing. I wish I didn't. I even trained not to, my hand just NEEDS to touch the paper, I am not sure if it's for stabilization, or what. It's kind of how I have always worked (I have been drawing since I was a tiny little bean) and it's how I am the most comfortable. It drives my partner crazy, because she uses those old masters style of pencil holding (where you hold it by the end) and never touches the paper outside of setting it. So she'll be really loose on the hold, and here I am like a little gremlin hunched over (I know it's bad for the back, but I love feeling "captivated" and this is a part of the process, I am totally going to have a hunch when I am an old lady =P!) and choking the pencil. I feel sort of like a printer, that is jumping all over the place in one area and printing out bits of an image line by line. But damned if that doesn't bite me in the ass if I smudge. I know smarter folks use a piece of paper as a barrier between, but I guess I am not smarter folks because I never seem to learn my lesson =P! I just integrate oopsies into my drawings like tattoo artist do cover ups. I stare at those beautifully thin and gliding pen tips (with that liquidy ink) and I run in terror of them. Just because I have such a messy technique =P! I have trouble controlling them, and a cheap and fat ballpoint does me better than a loose and quick tip because there's still a bit of grip. The friction gives you time to sort of think of where you're going next, and I need that thinking power honestly. I think it might literally be the difference between a second (I just mimed it), but it really does make a difference to me.

Which is quite funny, because digitally I use nibs for art =P! But everything glides digitally, so there it's more so a matter of point.

I have never heard of Zettelkasten, no lie! I think index cards for journaling is quite awesome though! I had thought about it after hearing about my grandfather's passing because they were trying to figure out what to do with his scores of journals. I wondered if there were a process you could follow that could be both neat and compact and that was the system I came up with. I am so apprehensive of digital records for a multitude of reasons. I think it'd clearly be the winner here, but I think it loses both privacy and comfort. I am going to read more about this technique you use, it sounds really interesting. I know this is going to sound psychotic, but when I am done with one of my notebooks, I cannibalize it with a knife until it's little bits and then toss it. Which, probably isn't the best solution for keeping records. Especially because I fill them with not only my feelings but ideas and comments. In a perfect world I'd set them on fire, but it seems dangerous nowadays to do so. I see it as sort of a letting go process, but I should probably look into ways to keep the ideas | records separate from the | raw stuff =P!

My friend who bu-jos by the by indexes everything. She's so freakin' brilliant she blows my mind on the regular.

I am in flux, I am old stuff and new stuff all the same. There is an artist I once heard who described herself as "I never knew I was old, until I went to the doctors and they told me I was." I think I might always be that way. I'm a firecracker by birth, and I think even if I am hobbling around in a rambler or something I will probably still be one. I come from some proud people, and I think there's just a little warrior spirit in my bones. Catch is I see myself slowing down, health issues tackled like they aimed to maim and the hair is no longer a pure beautiful raven black like it used to be =P!

People have always fascinated me, so I have taken in all kinds of interests (media I suppose is what I am talking about here generally) and tucked them away into folds of myself. I like it because most things that I like tend to have a reason, as in a story that I can associate them with that typically ties to a person. I figure that way even if they're out of your life (for whatever reason) you can always bring them with you. And personally, I think appreciation of one's spirit is perhaps the highest compliment you can send to someone =P! Even if they don't know it. That is to say, Harvey is one of those things, but I really do enjoy the flick and I hope (guys?) do as well =)!

Oh yeah, no okay so umm goofabout talk here on the television thing. My partner NEEDS television in her life, I need television away from my life. As in, I cannot think with it in the room, or at least that's sort of how it's been for me. I have gotten used to it, but it still sort of hurts to be honest. I think there's an evil curse that actual televisions cast into the air. I know it sounds woo-woo but they just change the dynamic of a room. I actually welcome them in hospitals and what not, even if it's garbage on because I don't really mess with my phone so instead I just kind of sit around doing nothing for however long it takes (which sometimes can be hours). I tried to get her to meet me on this, but realized she just NEEDS a television in order to function. I really wish I were joking, but it's just how it is for her. So I've invited them back into my life. But also, even when I didn't have one I like media, just in a way that I can control it. So if a buddy recommends something, or if it's something that I am interested in I will watch it. I had a friend (we've gone different ways just because of life) who was a stand-up comedian. He loved, loved, loved Bojack Horseman, so I gave it a go. To be honest it's pretty freakin' depressing and destructive and not totally my bag. There is a character on it who is eternally upbeat but is also a bit of an airhead. I sadly identify about ten folds with his existence and told my friend as such, because he told me he identified with Bojack. While I love positivity, I do recognize that toxic positivity not only ostracizes but also kills. So I think it's good to see the positives but also hold space for others (and all the emotions). Cause otherwise positivity can run everyone and everything out of the room.

My partner had to go do some errands, so I am waiting for her to come back before we go on our little adventure. I'm glad I got this time to respond to you =)! I will look into how to join this instance (?yet again, is it called that? Idk?) and report back! Be well!

Get out! I was thinking lately that I wish they would (re)release all of their games again so I can finally play the damn game with the bird-dog. A long time ago, a friend showed me a trailer for that game before it came out. I missed it, and maybe with them releasing a new game they might consider putting the old ones up for funding? I don't care how awful the controls or the ai is, their games blow my mind, just like you said =)! Thanks for the heads up! I wonder if it'll end up being an Playstation exclusive, or if they'll open the channels up a bit more?

or the meat and beer, for those who partake =P

I think in general people's attention spans wax and wane. I will say I think there's a series of things you can do that can help put on a presentation, even if you're "bad" at it. I think practice makes perfect. You don't have to be a parrot, but you should be familiar with whatever you want to present. The Sims had it right when the little person talks in front of the mirror to be more charismatic. I mean, you don't have to do that, but a kind person forgives a sea of "umms" and most people are not kind. I got some great advice a hundred years back to basically write your speech, hit it until it sounds natural, and then put it in an outline. Have cheater notes so to speak, where you can lead yourself conversationally. Use that, then when you have a handle of that knock it down to just bullet points. By that point you'll pretty much own your presentation, which gives you an air of authority, which is the entire point of a presenter typically. It's how I cheat the system, and I've given presentations on a large and small scale before (not often, but have done so in the past). I absolutely dreaded it at first and even dropped out of school because I didn't want to take a speech class (no lie). The wonderful human mentioned above helped guide me to the finish line, and I am so terribly thankful for that. Time, talking to every kind of human under the sun made pretty much everything better. That's why I said the last bit on the bottom.

I am not a quick person, I wish I were. Witty people kill me, because they're so quick. It takes time for me to mull things over in my head, to respond. Even medicated, it's just an uphill battle unfortunately. I can't play the crowd, and I wish I could. Pretty much the only way I have learned to "cheat the system" is to approach situations where I need to be authoritative like above. But likewise you've gotta say the "right" things. By that I mean if you're going to ask for audience participation, you've got to do so in a fun and succinct way. People don't tend to like cringey introspective questions unless it's done in a fun and stupid way. Of course this whole damn thing is cause of comic. I just always try to impart this knowledge I've gotten because most people will have to give a presentation at some point and this advice I got saved my life. So I try to keep the spirit alive by passing it on =)

Ooo, last one of the night. I am excited because of the past "this movie is pretty bad and kind of goes nowhere but I still love it" kind of horror movies I've watched The Black Phone is one of them. I don't really know what kind of setup they're going for here, as I think the first one was based off a short story and I am not sure if there's a corresponding short for this one. Likewise the last one ended in a perfectly cliche kind of way that makes you feel all warm and tingly. I'll still give it a go though, when it's out. Just probably not rushing to see this. Shrugs.

ooo, this is a good read. It's got my brain firing way too late in the night. Yawn! This person has to let their wifey migrate even if it's an uphill battle. Cause a) she wants to and b) she is clearly open to doing her own research which is like...Linux 101. I get what's going on here though, it's like a call to action for developers as a whole to be more aware of accessibility needs. I get it. I see the hell that they've been through, and all the duct-tape they need in order to get a semi-functional system to work for them. To be honest most legally blind folks I have met (and know what systems they're using) tend to use windows. It's really good for accessibility and you can blow everything up 700xs to make things much more readable. I get not agreeing with their practices as they seem to be constantly jumping off the rails of what I myself would be comfortable using. I think having something you can use at all trumps having nothing you can use because you're not the "intended" user. I think it kind of shows how accessibility tends to come with finances and really the only place I have ever seen it baked in that was made for the people is via the Government (and even then, that was more of a state-based thing over a federal setup). People will for sure grumble down on me saying something about this, but this might be a point where AI could help? I'm not sure, but it might be able to fill the gap well enough that someone can string things together to frankenstein better support or squash some usability bugs. Idk. I feel this person's frustrations, I just wish I had a better idea for solutions if they want to stick on Linux. Lord knows what is going on the Mac side, because I find their software heinously unfriendly, but I don't really use it much because of that.