OrangeSky
@spacetalk
I write about space, in several places. Used to write about other stuff? But now pretty much it's space. I also talk about gaming here, though. Also politics, sadly and mostly unwillingly, but I do try to damp it down a bit
Getting increasingly tired of seeing stuff on my Bluesky timeline that is fully just this:
...this feels creepily similar to the Toronto Subway/LRT map Especially when you realize that they're building a line to cross the loop at the top there
And before you block me, the issue isn't the actual headline It's that readers don't get to find out the answer to the headline is "well...no" until they scroll all the way down past this fellow right here
Now that the fan-translated DS remake of SaGa 3 actually works on a 3DS (with CFW), I've been trying it out and it's honestly a hidden gem And I mean REALLY hidden, there's a grand total of one(1) FAQ on the game on the wholeass Internet, and it's mostly "this button is attack" stuff
Also they spend the entire goddamn game STRONGLY implying that Ayesha is a wholeass elf in hiding without outright saying it She basically does alchemy entirely by vibing & she's even spacier than the protag of Mana Khemia ...and just look at her, this anime lady is 100% Seelie Court by volume
Okay, finished Nod-Krai. And I mean FINISHED finished; not only did the quest content but did 100% exploration as well. That's because the game added a near-Ubisoft-level treasure/puzzle finder, so that you can pretty easily find everything in the region, with more coming into view over time.
It's not 1 to 1 obviously but I'm here chilling in what is clearly the Borean Tundra listening to what is also clearly Howling Fjords music Someone in Shanghai clearly spent a bunch of time playing wrath as a kid and is now making it everyone's concern OTOH, much worse things you could lift from
Some were good, some were meh, one was touching, and one would have actually been kind of a big spoiler if I hadn't already finished that chapter. But anyway they're pretty much all done, so I can finally move on and see who gets killed next without thinking "BUT WHAT ABOUT THE DINER!?"
In other news all that Hundred Line hype has finally gotten me to go back to Danganronpa 2, which I was on the third chapter of for like uhhhh three years? I got annoyed because you don't get enough hangout segments for the character plots to progress, then discovered something odd...
Also humanity cries out for another Mana Khemia, but that is a take so icy you gotta measure in Kelvin
Ah, okay, you haven't seen the meme. See below. It's about complaints about home ownership and family formation, which ignore how youth ain't getting paid squat. The point is that SOMEONE needs to pay you money to buy a house, start a family, or (in the case of NASA) land on the moon.
Work means that I didn't get to try much of the new Wuthering Waves patch, but did get the saved pulls out of the way. Lost the 50/50, but still had enough remaining rolls to get Augusta (big sword lady in the patch image below).
Gabi Walker-Aguilar (below) reopened her fire-damaged shop this year...on Juneteenth. Think this'll require better evidence of bigotry than calling a Canadian franchisor a "foreign corporate entity". (I have no idea if protest leader Nancy Hoy is bigoted, but it was Walker-Aguilar being quoted.)
So....Worldpay, maybe? Though Canada is on there and CAD doesn't seem affected.
Today's reminder that MasterCard has their earnings call next week and they really don't need this kind of headache
The fact that that shit makes me INTENSELY nostalgic for Honest Ed's is only partially relevant here I mean yes it is relevant but
Also: fine beard That's a high quality beard IMO, exactly the kind you need when the top's thinned out
Okay heck with it more politicsposting as I'm procrastinating on an article. So this is polling data from EKOS, the polling firm I mentioned earlier. TBH, I'm not really focused on the actual numbers, I'm more interested in the trend line, delta, whatever term you want to use.
...you literally just interviewed with Noah Smith on your substack The "Very Serious People" called, Professor, and the call is coming from inside the house