The Ego's NestAvatar, veteran of the subtitle wars2019-05-08T01:14:47ZAvatar_exADVhttp://avatar.mee.nu/atom.xmlLooked down, and a month went by2019-05-08T01:14:47ZStill having plenty fun in Azur, in GBF, and in GFL; each one wears on me in turn but rotating over to the others keeps me from burning out. Weirdly, playing gacha games seems to cost me a lot less than conventional gaming does (though I would not try this stunt with FGO!) Decided a periodic update would be easier than the daily "nothing much happened" minutia, but then of course the trick is remembering to do the update. GFL's Deep Dive event went well (need to make at least one more good run at the ranking map; my first...Avatar_exADVhttp://avatar.mee.nu//looked_down_and_a_month_went_byGaming journal 4/42019-04-04T04:02:58ZQuiet week in Granblue. Finished with the current event and clearing up some miscellaneous tasks - the pile of fate episodes really stacked up with all the leveling I did over the anniversary event. Probably won't have anything significant going on until the guild war event next week, though it's a good time to work on some random raids. Azur's on maintenance tonight - adding in submarines. Because, of course, they didn't have enough lolis with the Japanese destroyers running around in literal kindergarten uniforms. Oy vey. I've got a pretty thick callus on that from all the years I've...Avatar_exADVhttp://avatar.mee.nu//gaming_journal_44Gaming journal 4/22019-04-02T03:46:33ZGFL has a maintenance tonight, so I'll worry about it when I wake up tomorrow. Had fun in Azur Lane instead. No notable ship drops, but I did clear 10-1 and got a win on 10-2. The boss fleet didn't have any trouble, but the clearing fleet took a pounding - no casualties but the vanguard was mostly under 20% HP and burning. Seriously thinking about dropping one of my fleet carriers and bringing Unicorn along (though she's just a little under 100 still...) In Granblue, I finished up the full uncap of my first Nibelung Horn (axe weapon, big...Avatar_exADVhttp://avatar.mee.nu//gaming_journal_42Gaming journal 4/12019-04-01T03:23:47ZGranblue's April Fools' was... I hate to say "disappointing" because they put some work into it, but the new stuff was limited to a couple of costumes and a series of "puzzles" done in conjunction with an escape room company. Not my cuppa, but eh, it's easy enough to look up the response and scoop up the loot. Did get one of Alexiel's axes to drop, so that's good for the earth weapon grid. Azur Lane has a very quiet sort of 4/1, with not much beyond a two-page back-to-the-future comic and a pixel-art login page. They announced the release...Avatar_exADVhttp://avatar.mee.nu//gaming_journal_41Gaming journal 3/312019-03-31T03:26:34ZThe month-long Granblue anniversary event finally petered out, and we have a new event - a comedy with the Lowain brothers and Tyre. These events do a great job of taking what would be some fairly one-dimensional characters and putting extra flesh on them - Tyre didn't previously get much beyond "I'm way too serious and have the hots for Vira the uncomfortably yandere!" As for Lowain, he runs away with the show as usual; I enjoy the performance so much that I forgave his VA, Minoru Shiraishi, for all that pain and effort subtitling those Haruhi and Lucky Star...Avatar_exADVhttp://avatar.mee.nu//gaming_journal_331Gaming journal 3/302019-03-30T02:32:55ZI've been terrible about posting - things are going fairly well, but boring enough I haven't been worried about sharing. Might as well post and talk about how the games have been going lately... GBF - nothing much today, just a couple of trains (MM HL, Metatron). Got around to crafting an Unsigned Kanehige. The 100-draw-plus-frenzy event netted me absolutely nothing new, though I got some uncap stuff (Kaguya, Rose Queen, and a Disparia). Should be fun with the comedy event kicking off tomorrow, and god only knows what 4/1 has to offer - last year they made a completely...Avatar_exADVhttp://avatar.mee.nu//gaming_journal_330Aria stuff has arrived2018-09-05T02:08:27ZBig box of happy was left at my door, and thankfully ignored by my neighbors until I arrived home. Came with a good bit of extra goodies, some of which I intend to pass on to a certain Aria fan who will remain quackless. Watched an episode and was smiling like a loon the whole time. Genuinely quite happy with the world. Also, I actually made it to a baseball game over the weekend, and the Astros won, so that was pretty nice...Avatar_exADVhttp://avatar.mee.nu//aria_stuff_has_arrivedBeen gaming2018-08-20T13:13:59ZSeveral gacha games, though they're doing well about getting away from the "gacha" and including a game these days. Granblue's still plenty of fun, though mostly with friends. It has a lot of the same systems as a more exploitative game (characters through expensive gacha, energy system), but the whole thing feels like it's run by a half-senile and indulgent grandparent; it hands out free rolls like candy (like "ten a day for a couple weeks at a time"), and the "forget the energy and keep playing" items rain from the sky; realistically your limit is physical exhaustion. Gameplay's classic-RPG...Avatar_exADVhttp://avatar.mee.nu//been_gamingLaid-Back Camp is maximum comfy2018-01-05T05:26:00ZI liked the antarctic show as well, but this one should top everything for lazy...Avatar_exADVhttp://avatar.mee.nu//laid-back_camp_is_maximum_comfyI made it through the big windy rainy thing2017-09-10T22:18:12ZBeen quiet lately, but not because of any trouble on this end. Here's a quick recap: -Dallas was way too far north to see any of the trouble (or even more than a little rain). My parents ended up with a few feet of water in their house, though. I spent the weekend before this one with some friends and family ripping out... just about everything they had downstairs. They're insured but the house probably won't be habitable for a while (though, miracle of miracles, the air conditioner kicked on after a few days to dry out). Doing demo work...Avatar_exADVhttp://avatar.mee.nu//i_made_it_through_the_big_windy_rainy_thingMiku Mikku'd2017-01-16T23:16:53ZLow posting is a symptom of happiness and games. Picked up the new Project Diva: Future Tone. Realized that if I put 15-16 hours of play into it, that will be just about enough to have played each song precisely one time. Holy -mackerel-. I thought that Project Diva F and F2 were each worthwhile at about $50 for 40 songs or so, and Diva X was a bit short with a bit less in the way of songs. Of course Future Tone is $60 (two $30 packs, with 120 and 100 songs), and a lot of the content is...Avatar_exADVhttp://avatar.mee.nu//miku_mikkudWhen Uncle Sugar isn't happy, ain't nobody happy2016-05-05T22:06:05ZBeen lazy about updating. Things going well, many fun games, much good anime, etc, etc. Steven is pessimistic about the long-term trajectory of the US economy, given the apparently-inevitable increase in debt. Fortunately the situation is better than what he's presenting, though for reasons that aren't terribly cheery in and of themselves. First, while his analysis isn't incorrect, it's looking at the US in a vacuum. But we're not in a vacuum - we're in a world with a significant number of other countries. And those countries have their own problems... including the same problem the US has with respect...Avatar_exADVhttp://avatar.mee.nu//when_uncle_sugar_isnt_happy_aint_nobody_happyIA, IA, visited Cthulhu2016-02-06T16:20:34ZLast weekend was PAX South. Hadn't been to one before, and I caught wind of several of my friends planning to attend, so I decided, what hey, it's San Antonio, that's a cheap trip; why not go? The convention was all right, though if I'd gone solo I probably wouldn't have been particularly impressed - the game rooms were predictably packed, the panels were not things I'm usually interested in, and a good chunk of the indy games in the exhibit hall were... way too indy (in the bad way). I did see a Marble Madness-inspired game I'm looking forward...Avatar_exADVhttp://avatar.mee.nu//ia_ia_visited_cthulhuComing up for air2015-10-30T02:26:31ZUneventful life is pretty good. Got down to Austin for the weekend to hang out with a couple of friends. Been playing MGS5 to distraction, started up Trails to the Sky (have owned it for ages, just never fired it up...) Next purchase is a PS4 for some Disgaea 5, I think, but I'll wait for the holiday bundles to see if we get a price drop. Anime lately? One Punch Man (more subtle than it lets on, heh), more Ushio and Tora, more Is the Order a Rabbit, the new Utawarerumono, and Sakurako. Komori-san Can't Decline isn't all that...Avatar_exADVhttp://avatar.mee.nu//coming_up_for_airMGS5 - a history request2015-09-08T15:25:50ZHelicopter blasting Ride of the Valkyries when it comes in for extraction? Heck yeah. (Technically it can do the same when it comes in to lay rockets on a position, but so far I've been working a little more quietly. Or more like, Big Boss views those outposts not as enemy positions but as being filled with potential recruits and hardware only awaiting pickup!) I have a couple of friends who are also greatly enjoying the game. However, they're a bit less into the military history than I am, and were asking me for a book recommendation regarding the Afghanistan...Avatar_exADVhttp://avatar.mee.nu//mgs5_-_a_history_request