Pastelbat @pastelbat@awoo.space

Tired: Evangelion is a Jesus metaphor
Wired: Hey Duggee is a Jesus metaphor

https://www.polygon.com/2021/1/7/22214717/capcom-vs-snk-an-oral-history

This is a very cool look into the development of Capcom vs SNK 1 & 2. I only played a bit of 2, but it was a strikingly stylish game with nothing else quite like it.

"'Ostensible', which descends from the Latin word 'ostendere' ('to show'), suggests a discrepancy between a declared or implied aim or reason and the true one."

..So what you're telling me here is that Romans thought lying was moé

Finally made a pun so bad to get a partner to groan and make a face of despairing disappointment for a good 5 seconds

Hawoo

A bizarre bit of trivia I will always treasure is when a colony of leafcutter ants escaped inside the Millennium Dome

https://www.tes.com/news/leafcutter-ant-invasion-millennium-dome?amp

istg anytime someone posts a problem on r/adhd there will be 3 people piping up to say they've had that problem, and it's actually the best thing that ever happened to them

(There's Slay the Spire filling a lot of that time too, I just tend to assume most people into such things have already heard of it)

Recently been spending a lot of time with turn-based roguelites. Griftlands is very good. Renowned Explorers is surprisingly deep. Both have multifaceted gameplay that goes indepth into non-combat options, which is cool.

Griftlands has an excellent snail mom-friend and a lot of emergent "that rando you bought a drink for/beat up earlier is suddenly really important" character stuff

Renowned Explorers has a luchador lady delivering crushing verbal putdowns on passing sheep

Both are good

I spent the whole of the Omega/Moxley match wondering why the guy with Kenny Omega was wearing a rose on his lapel

And then Jon Moxley pushed him and it exploded like they were in Utena

Wrestling is anime, okay

*flop* Mrrnggh

https://youtu.be/w_H0UhZUUt0?t=457

I love that The Dark Order can be the biggest scary heel faction in AEW's main show and also an adorable family of dorks on the sidelines

The day after I posted this Kenny Omega said "My dad could beat up your dad" to John Moxley

I don't know how much more meta you can get than that, really

Rebel Dad:

Jon Moxley is the sound the universe makes if you play every Bruce Springsteen song at the same time, and the platonic avatar of "my dad is tougher than your dad" playground arguments.

BBQ Dad:

Billy Gunn was first slated to be introduced as a new neighbour in the fabled 'lost season' of King of the Hill. Throws excruciating parties.

Dino Dad:

Luchasaurus is the wrestling incarnation of those Youtube videos about a bear raising orphaned puppies (only the bear is a dinosaur). The patron saint of "Never talk to me or my son (or my other son) ever again".

Should the Three Dads ever ride out together as a tag team, the jokes that would ensue would rip apart time and space.

rewatching Babylon 5, realising how much it influenced the Imperial Radch books by Anne Leckie

I have a whole lot of fondness for both, so seeing the influences and parallels is cool

Listening to The Devil And The Dark Water at the moment, is good book

Also picked up The Return Of The Obra Dinn

Guess I'm on a 'spoopy tallship mysteries' vibe with my media atm

It's a good vibe though

Not sure why I've become so socially isolated online as well as off this year. Drifted away from here a lot because I don't really feel.. Connected, I guess. I don't really know how to fix that.

If you have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome I've found this pdf is a really good resource: https://www.ehlers-danlos.com/pdf/2018-annual-conference/P-Chopra-2018Baltimore-Management-of-Chronic-Pain-in-EDS-S.pdf #eds #ehlersdanlos