I am worried I’ll feel stressed by constantly being in a countdown timer.

I still need to play this one.

You’re welcome. :))

Officially endorsed or promoted by the original company or developers. In this case, this artwork was published in an artbook called Beauty & Strangeness that can be found on the official Katawa Shoujo website.

How could I forget!

Hi Laszlo. :))

I finally rolled credits on Mario Kart World! I was slowly progressing through the Grand Prix tracks by three starring the 150cc cups. I managed to find a great Peach build and plowed through four cups last night. Apparently a recent update was implemented for marking and tracking free roam collectibles so I’ll probably start working on that now that I’m done with the “main campaign.”

I agree about games overstaying their welcome nowadays. A lot of bloatware, meaningless chores, and boring traversal. It’s pretty rare to encounter a 40+ hour game that’s engaging for its entirety.

Playing with a friend makes it easier because you can milk them for an extra life hahaha.

Yep! Internet Archive has a great catalogue for those interested in browsing and downloading old magazine issues for free.

The price is a bit steep but it goes towards critical archival work so I can forgive them for it, especially in this economy.

Yeah. The spoiler tool is a little janky.

I haven’t read that book in so long, I can’t clearly remember what happens but I do remember it left me feeling rather hopeless.

I am currently reading Legends of Localization Book 1: The Legend of Zelda by Clyde Mandelin as part of a readalong with a friend. It focuses on the first entry in the TLOZ series and I’ve found it really interesting so far. I hesitate on reading fanmade gaming history books cause I don’t trust the information will be accurate or well-written but so far, so good.

I’ve just started another book (haven’t even finished the prologue yet) with another friend called Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite by Jake Bernstein. This book got on my radar after I found out the Laundromat film is based on it. I suspect to get mad at rich people’s audacity by the end of it.

I remember learning about that Kowloon city from playing the game Stray, whose setting is heavily inspired by it. While not a book, it might be something you’d be interested in if you haven’t already played it.

I never finished the Long Walk (had to return a borrowed copy before I was finished). The concept is interesting and hits a personal note as I was forced to walk for long distances throughout my childhood, sometimes to a traumatizing extent.

Apparently there was a screening of the film that required viewers to walk on treadmills at 3mph for the entire length of the movie and if they stopped, they were removed from the theater.

It took me a long time to get through it as well. I feel like the book didn’t need to be as lengthy as it was. I didn’t find a whole lot really happens in the grand scheme of things and there is a notorious taboo scene that made no sense whatsoever plot wise but I guess he just really wanted to write that scene lmao.

I feel like Fahrenheit 451 and 1984 go hand-in-hand if you haven’t read it already.

I really loved Babel. There is one character that does a quick 180 that I could see being too abrupt but sometimes people are just like that. The book spoke to me most on the level of despair and apathy and hopelessness in the face of a society that is keen on subjugation.

I thought people might be interested in trade deals in the past but I understand if I shouldn’t have posted here since the main goal of this community is for current deals. I can delete it if it’s not welcome.

I’m hoping for something new, old Pokemon and Animal Crossing ports, and Luigi’s Mansion release for the GCN classic library.

Same developer and publisher.