Rajel Aran

@rajelaran

Galactic Nostalgia Hunter. she/her/flesh Halfway between the black and gray is no place for a life to waste away I'll take the road with all the stakes ~ TWRP - Starlight Brigade

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Rajel Aran@rajelaran· Jul 1

awww yeah finally got a pristine copy of Sasha's Airdrawndagger time to replace my janky rip from 20 years ago

A shrinkwrapped CD jewel case containing the album Airdrawndagger by Sasha. There is a sticker on the upper left corner of the shrinkwrapped declaring it "the most highly anticipated album of the decade" and "STAGGERINGLY GREAT" attributed to DJ Magazine.
and then in smaller text bellow that is printed "personal access to exclusive website inside"

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· Jun 26

A modified Matrix poster featuring Neo, Trinity, Morpheus, and Cypher, with the text "i took the red pill and grew boobs"

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· Jun 25

so FiXT had a sale lol

A stack of shrinkwrapped CDs and one Minidisc.
The CDs are: End Of An Empire and Wish Upon A Blackstar by Celldweller, Sunset Neon's Starlight, Antisleep 1 through 4 bu Blue Stahli, Scandroid's self-titled album, and Dreams of Darkness, Visions of Light also by Scandroid.
The Minidisc is The Darkness And The Light by Scandroid.

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· Jun 25

Data and Lore standing in one of the many hallways of the Enterprise D.
Data (on the left) is looking at Lore, as Lore is speaking with his finger upraised.

The implication is that the text in whatever image this is postage in response to can logically be read two ways, with each character reading it one way or the other. Lore typically represents the unintended, more humorous reading.

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· Jun 18

lol I forgot to post this for yesterday's Questionable Content comic

An advisor dialogue box from Sim City with the text "You cannot cut funding! You will regret this!!" and a grayscale Portrait of Drunk Yelling Liz instead of the original guy from Sim City

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· Jun 17

new phone who dis

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· Jun 16

This is what Commodore is competing with. Android Go, and it's reflashable to LineageOS if you want more flexibility or privacy. $500 for a "digital detox" flip phone feels like a scam.

An amazon listing for the Unifone S22 Rugged Flip Phone, priced at 150 US dollars.
it's a dark grey color with a stylish angular design and also has a secondary screen on the front of the flip lid.

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· Jun 15

OH GOD WHY If I hadn't taken Russian in high school this probably wouldn't bother me so much.

A screenshot from the opening in-game cinematic.
The player is in a helicopter near the open door. There is another helicopter visible in the upper right corner of the screen.
In the lower left is another soldier holding a gun, and the text
"Katorga, Sea of Okhostk
USMC Reconnaissance Mission
Codename: Spartan"
but all the Ns and Rs have been flipped to their Cyrillic letters that don't actually sound like N and R because Soviet Thematic Elements

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· Jun 15

Oh god I just slapped in an xbox360 game I own but have never played, and I forgot that we actually played action games at 30FPS, once upon a time. This is painful😭 also so is the spelling for anyone who knows a little Cyrillic lol I have a feeling this Raven shooter will be a Taster's Choice.

The title screen for the Xbox 360 fps "Singularity" spelled with the backwards R of the Cyrillic alphabet.
The left side of the image is dominated by the title, and above it an island with a beam of light shooting into the sky, forming a ring-shaped cloud with a glowing center. The right side of the image is filled with a large stone or metal statue hand sticking up out of the water, gripping a scythe

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· Jun 13

Deep Space Nine: The Fallen I'd buy it immediately on release. bonus: gay LCARS colors for my favorite plain and simple gay tailor

A screenshot of the PC game Star Trek - Deep Space Nine: The Fallen.
Garak stands in front of some of the station's computer consoles, half enveloped in shadow.
His dialogue at the top of the screen says "It would seem Constable Odo has stumbled upon a most perplexing murder mystery!" next to a Garak character portrait and wrapped on the top and left by purple and pink LCARS design

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· May 30

here we goooooo

A photo of a still frame from the opening credits to the film Iron Lung.
On screen is the text "based on the game Iron Lung by David Szymanski“ in a glowing green LED segment styled typeface.

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· May 28

One of my favorites!

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· May 28

Rain.

An oblique angle shot of an Autozam AZ-1 in red, with the camera positioned toward the rear of the car pointing toward the front, vertically positioned along the line between door and window.
The weather outside virtual Tokyo is stormy, and you can see a multitude of water drops collecting and beading realistically off the car, with the environment reflected in the polished paint and windows of the car.

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· May 28

Sunrise.

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· May 24

An image resembling a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode title shot.
The title of the proposed episode is "I, Zathras"

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· May 21

dang FH6 is purty

A Honda NSX-R GT with a custom blue/purple chroma-shift paint job is parked facing away at an oblique angle to the camera on a beach outside Tokyo at sunset, with pink-highlighted clouds visible above the mountains to the right of the image. The femme driver is silhouetted at the front of the vehicle.
This is a screenshot from Forza Horizon 6, and the graphics are rather realistic.

A Honda NSX-R GT with a custom blue/purple chroma-shift paint job is parked facing away at an oblique angle to the camera on a beach outside Tokyo in late afternoon, with fluffy bright clouds visible above the mountains to the right of the image. The femme driver is silhouetted at the front of the vehicle, as it casts long shadows on the sand. The angle of the sun highlights the purplish color of the vehicle paint.
This is a screenshot from Forza Horizon 6, and the graphics are rather realistic.

A 1992 Honda NSX-R with a purple/blue chroma shift paint job is parked in a lot inside a marked space, facing toward the camera at an oblique angle. It is daytime and the femme driver is standing next to the vehicle across from the camera looking at her phone.
It is a screen shot from Forza Horizon 6, though the graphics are quite realistic.

A 1992 Honda NSX-R with a purple/blue chroma shift paint job is parked in a lot inside a marked space. It is facing away from the camera. The focus is currently on the back end of the vehicle showing the realistic lighting on rear plastics, and the license plate with the number "PPC604"

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· May 17

Well that's certainly an interesting name for a cow 😜 #enigmaheart

A screenshot from the Enigma Heart demo, Zalia is having a conversation with a villager who asks for her help retrieving a cow.
The dialogue text from Zalia reads "Dog... the Cow."

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· May 11

fucking seriously.

a block of text from UPS tracking that says "your package is being processed for submission to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)"

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· May 7

(yoinked from fb)

An image of a communication display on Deep Space 9 with the video feed displaying Lynn Thigpen as The Chief from the PBS kids TV show "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego". At the top of the image, text reads "Attention Bajoran Workers", and at the bottom reads, "Carmen Sandiego has been spotted in the Denorios belt".

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· May 7

Snurple! I kept the original eject lever, the contrast looks nice. Undecided on whether to keep the new power/reset buttons or switch back but they don't look horrible.

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· May 4

This brings the current total of purpled consoles to 3, I have shells for 3 more. Here's the Dreamcast with applicable PC dome case badges lol

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· May 4

I purpled it

A sony PS One that has had its shell replaced with a translucent dark purple shell

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· May 1

And the 1-bit version for the REALLY OLD macs that may have been online 😄

A 1-bit dithered monochrome image on a black background with text and hand-drawn graphics. The text reads: "You have been visited by the Cyber Elf and her friend Sir Chomps-a-Lot" from the top center down toward the right, and "Happy Marchintosh 2026" in the lower left corner, with the poster's bluesky and mastodon handles in the lower right corner. @rajelaran.cyberelf.space for bluesky, and @rajelaran@oldbytes.space for mastodon.
The graphics on the left depict a bust of an elf with dark medium-long hair with an ear poking through, she is wearing dark wrap-around glasses and smiling slightly.
Near the center of the image is a magnified view of Sir Chomps-a-Lot, which is a disembodied fanged jaw and mandible sprite the creator originally drew and animated for a Game Boy-themed game jam.
Next to the social media handles are small icons representing a butterfly and elephant, representing bluesky and mastodon respectively.

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· May 1

oh I forgot to post my #Globaltalk greetings card from MARCHintosh lol

A 4-color grayscale image on a black background with text and hand-drawn graphics. The text reads: "You have been visited by the Cyber Elf and her friend Sir Chomps-a-Lot" from the top center down toward the right, and "Happy Marchintosh 2026" in the lower left corner, with the poster's bluesky and mastodon handles in the lower right corner. @rajelaran.cyberelf.space for bluesky, and @rajelaran@oldbytes.space for mastodon.
The graphics on the left depict a bust of an elf with dark medium-long hair with an ear poking through, she is wearing dark wrap-around glasses and smiling slightly.
Near the center of the image is a magnified view of Sir Chomps-a-Lot, which is a disembodied fanged jaw and mandible sprite the creator originally drew and animated for a Game Boy-themed game jam.
Next to the social media handles are small icons representing a butterfly and elephant, representing bluesky and mastodon respectively.

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· Apr 28

That's a credits roll on Dirge of Cerberus: FF7 (US)! Definitely a Taster's Choice game (h/t @barleybap.bsky.social for the term) Lots of charm, and more than its share of Jank. It *could* have been a good shooter, but Square wasn't in the shooter business in 2006 and it shows lol

A starry background with glowing blue orbs descending, and the text "Director Takayoshi Nakazato"

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· Apr 20

No new pictures. Where are you mentally?

Pearl from Steven Universe facing down and to the left, eyes and mouth wide in a panicked expression.
frantic dialogue text is scattered about the image in all caps and various sizes.

From top to bottom it reads:
I'm not a citizen Steven jesus fuck
The fuck was I supposed to tell the DMV
Fuck the police Steven
Fuck the police
I'm gonna drink juice
I put on pants for this
I'm literally a criminal on a galactic scale I don't give a fuck about the earth police
Yeah so maybe I have a type and maybe that's tall and thick with pink hair fuck off

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· Apr 19

Spear of Destiny SHOULD have creeped me out as a kid, but with my cult upbringing, touching the Spear and then being able to see the demonic plane and shooting demonic beings just made sense lol The first to really creep me out was Silent Hill 3, which definitely primed my love of liminal horror.

a screenshot of Silent Hill 3. The protagonist Heather is standing in front of a store counter, on which is a box of bread. the dialogue subtitle text says "It's bread."

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· Apr 7

girl-in-her-40s breakfast

A set of ten pills, most of which are various vitamin and fiber supplements and two spironolactone tablets.
There is a bottle of milk chocolate Ensure nutritional beverage behind them to provide more vitamins, calories, and protein

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· Apr 4

Unexpectedly it's time to sneak around as this little cat dude for a bit #Taster'sChoice

A game screenshot with the camera centered on Cait Sith, the current player character. He's standing on a catwalk outside a pipe opening and is surrounded by railing and pipes of various sizes.
Cait is a short bipedal cat with tuxedo-like markings, wearing white gloves and brown shoes along with a red cape tied around his neck

Rajel Aran@rajelaran· Apr 4

hmm, this isn't how I remember Link To The Past starting out