Lady of the Land @Lady@cat.family

(i’m upset about the death of act structures for different reasons because i liked them in zelda but)

but act structures peaked with Dragon Age 2 and now people are like “you can go where you want and do what you want!!” but there’s no way of like, quantifying that into meaningful narrative progression because every quest has to stand on its own

like all of the good bioware games were just this formula right

honestly “this game is a number of acts, each with a number of quests, and the end state of the quests in the previous act influences the quests in the current act” is a really effective way of structuring a game to produce meaningful choices and also seems completely alien to contemporary open‐world game design

what was even the point then???

wait so they made a cuphead TV show and they DIDN'T animate it like oldschool mickey mouse?? somebody shared a clip on tumblr and this just looks like spongebob with a film grain filter

« The online environment is very appealing to the Socializer, as it provides near limitless potential for new relationships.[citation needed] »

also maybe the first time someone broke up with me and it wasn’t at all mutual? damn

december to late summer isn’t the longest relationship i’ve been in but when you consider that we did that TWICE…

does this mean that i wasn't over my ex all those previous months where i thought i was over my ex

does this mean that i am over my ex

am i… lonely?

i still haven't completed the pokédex; that will require catching at least one more shieldon

i can now report that the fanon thing which happens after you beat the game is entirely fanon

i did it i caught arceus

it took me like two days to catch the single shieldon i needed lol

#Ao3TagOfTheDay: I Deleted Nintendo's Timeline, Nintendo Had it in a Blender Anyways, I Turned off the Blender

another followup: some albums not released in 2022 which i nevertheless listened to a lot :—

• Is It Light Where You Are by Art School Girlfriend
• in defense of my own happiness (complete) by Joy Oladokun
• ☁️/:⁠cloud: by Janice Kwan

The GlitchCat #SundayPost offers news and updates from our corner of the fediverse to yours.

This update covers the past two weeks, since I didn’t bother with one last Sunday!!

§ Current Events :—

• It is Public Domain Day here in the United States, and there are some very cool things which are now unencumbered with copyright here!

§ From Our Users :—

• @Lady continued work on her shrine-xslt static site generator, giving it rudimentary support for generating Atom feeds.

• @Lady also published a playlist of her favourite songs released in 2022.

• @aescling came out to her family and, semi‐relatedly, is in the process of moving, so be tolerant of any disruptions on the sysadminning side of things here.

§ Holidays and Observances :—

• 🍻 05 January is Twelfnight. In the Catholic tradition, this is the night before Epiphany, but in the English tradition, it is a night of partying to close out Yule. Great time to use up any partying leftovers from the holiday season!

• 👼 06 January is Twelfday, if you need a day for eating your king cake 🍰.

when they write “[character] realized” but what they really mean is “i just realized”