Spicy or Spooky?

Is it nosleep or is it spicy? Figure it the hell out

I like posting on the blog about the Wayback Machine and other things on the Internet Archive. Unfortunately, you have probably noticed I tend to pick this topic up and then put it right back down for months. This is because I get easily overwhelmed by how much content there is, and it also gets kinda depressing fast for me.

If you wanna help me out, show me stuff on the Internet Archive that you find entertaining, and maybe I'll even write about it, and if I write about it I'll be sure to mention you. Thanks!!

About the Pack

I heard you about the stuff the last server was lacking, and I think I've got it this time.

• For passive creative players, hostile Overworld mobs now only spawn in deep caves (40y and below), meaning you can hang out outside all that you want.
• Alex's Caves, Boatload, Create Jetpack, Create: Steam 'n' Rails, Exposure, Upgrade Aquatic, and YUNG's Cool Shit give you the means and reason to travel.
• Aether, Bumblezone, Twilight Forest and The Undergarden are prime locations for dimension hoppers looking for a challenge or a change of scenery.
• Express yourself with Customizable Player Models and Joy of Painting. Finally, Villagers and the End are gone, putting an end to "I got Mending Elytra, I'm done."

Prerequisites

• Prism Launcher for your OS
• Eggcraft: Create and Explore, the modpack that Eggcraft runs on
• Java
• A Patreon pledge of at least $1, if I don't know you personally

How to Play

• Open Prism Launcher. If it asks you for a Java version, select 17.
• Create a new instance. Select Minecraft version 1.20.1. Under Import (left side), select the Eggcraft: Create and Explore zip.
• Some mods might not automatically install. Prism Launcher should give you a link to download them. Download them to your default Downloads folder; Prism Launcher will automatically recognize it and copy it to your instance's folder.
• Follow the Server Info thread from here if you don't know how to connect to Eggcraft.

I don't really know where else to put this but I want to share. I've always been enamored by all the crud that comes with PC games, especially kids games. Documents, icons, the images on the side of the installation wizard (I think there's a term for those?)

I'll start this out with an example:

Dinosaur Adventure 3-D Help

I realized I had a copy of this help page and that it was nowhere else on the internet, so I've archived it here.

I also recently ripped the midi music from 3D Dinosaur Adventure; I still need to go through it (duplicate files, gonna have to convert them to be listenable, etc)

I also have the help document for 3D Dinosaur Adventure (and its attached program, Art-A-Saurus, which I haven't gotten around to trying out) but it's a .HLP file and I couldn't find a Linux converter, only Windows ones. I might give it another go if there's interest

And if you can think of any PC games you'd like me to dig through, I'd have fun with that

This is for an upcoming blog post.

Ever notice how many video game enemies are scary flying heads?

Can you think of any that freaked you out? Do you have any personal anecdotes? I think I'm on to something here.

So, I've always liked mashups. One of my favorite examples in this "genre" is the Mouth series of albums by Neil Cicierega. For a long time I've wanted to make my own music mashups, but music creating/editing programs stress me out and I have historically burned out and gotten frustrated with them very quickly.

Not so for videos, however. Recently I saw this video on YouTube that really touched and inspired me, posted by an animator I enjoy the work of, and it got me thinking...hey, this is like a collage. A video collage. And I can make collages, and videos!

ADHD being what it is, though, I didn't really pursue this train of thought as something that I was going to do...until my girlfriend posted his video. I finally processed that I could make this kind of thing too, and make it my own, stupid way.

All that is to explain the backstory of that I've somehow gotten myself into the project of making a video collage for (hopefully) every song in the Mouth albums.

I plan on using this thread to post the videos that I make, with their "artist statements" attached, since YouTube descriptions don't feel like quite the right place to put those. I've made a few already, so I'll write about those first, then any more that I make after, hopefully until I finish the project, but who knows how long (and how many focus shifts) that will take.

Latest Nintendo Switch 2 leaks suggest relatively unchanged design, but massively improved specs

Quote:Of these images, 10 are 3D model renders. They show what looks like a beefed-up version of the Nintendo Switch, with a significantly larger display and a large kickstand similar to that of the Nintendo Switch OLED. There are also some clear differences in the area where the controllers attach to the system, which now appears to be much more recessed.

Does anyone else feel like Nintendo gave up on being innovative in favor of manufacturing The Big PSP? At this point I'm only looking forward to this so that I can turn my Switch into a RetroArch machine.

Disney Edited 'Inside Out 2' to Make Riley 'Less Gay'

Quote:Disney reportedly made notes to make Riley seem “less gay,” per a September 16 report by IGN, based on conversations with ten former Pixar employees. Depicting Riley’s relationship with older girl Val seem platonic was “a big thing throughout” the process of making Inside Out 2, like editing lighting and tone to be less romantic, per one source who claimed that leadership was “uncomfortable” with what IGN refers to as “queer themes.”

Inside Out 2 Was the Hit Pixar Needed, but the Laid-Off Employees Who Crunched on It Are Still Hurting

Quote:But multiple sources say that Disney leadership internally put a large part of the blame for Lightyear’s financial failure on a same-sex kiss in the film, which was briefly removed then reinstated after an internal staff uproar. In a joint statement to Walt Disney Company leadership, LGBTQ workers and allies at Pixar said leadership was censoring “overtly gay affection” at a time where employees were also protesting the company’s response to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

Quote:The apparent hesitance to touch on LGBTQ themes storylines in particular affected Inside Out 2’s development, according to several of our sources. Multiple people recall hearing about continuous notes to make Riley, the main character of both Inside Out movies, come across as “less gay,” leading to numerous edits that ramped up around September 2023 after the resolution of the WGA strike. Sources describe rumors that there was special care put into making the relationship between Riley and Val, a supporting character introduced in Inside Out 2, seem as platonic as possible, even requiring edits to the lighting and tone of certain scenes to remove any trace of “romantic chemistry.” One source describes it as "just doing a lot of extra work to make sure that no one would potentially see them as not straight."

This is hysterical because the gayness in this film was so radioactive I actually thought they were doing it on purpose. Swing and a miss

Second article has more details about company layoffs, but damn it's a depressing read

do you do crafts? maybe you should. it's fun!

here is a thread where you can post any crafts you've made! what constitutes a craft? literally anything. post WIPs, finished projects, ideas, discussion, comments, whatever you want.

(i am also making this thread on the homebrew deviants forums because fuck it why not. forum friendship!)

let me start...

we've started plushmaking for the first time in over 10 years! we're starting how we did back when we were kids, with socks as a primary material. our supplies are pretty limited at the moment, but once we move to our new place and get settled in, we should be able to start thrifting and getting primarily vintage supplies. feely is even going to give us a sewing machine!

here are our two plushes we've made so far:

[image description: a blue, quadrupedal plush made out of blue socks, rainbow striped fabric for the ears, and buttons for the eyes and nose. its eye buttons are round, and are each yellow and red, and its nose button is a giant pink heart. it has a red thread smile, and looks pretty smug. it is also lopsided, and the head is messily attached.]

neither of these guys have names yet, but this is our system's plush. he is a little weirdo! everyone keeps calling him a bat. his ears are a diff fabric due to us uh. cutting the head badly. and don't ask me what his back legs look like. we might give him a tail eventually!

okay, well. as it turns out, i'm a lot less skilled at plushmaking than bit. plural skill difference continues to be a thing, especially with something we haven't done in 10 years. even so- we made this guy for como, and como loves it. it helps that we aren't distressed at all by lumpy or "misshapen" plushes- we just want to make little guys, and it's fun no matter what. the construction's pretty solid, too! i learned a lot.

i really want to make more of these. like, a lot of these. i'll probably wait until after our move on the second to do so, but man! we're cookin!

these things are also stimmy as fuck. seriously, best plush to aggressively squeeze- and they love it. they really do.

Boar's Head recalls 7 million more pounds of deli meats tied to listeria outbreak

Quote:The new recall includes 71 products made between May 10 and July 29 under the Boar's Head and Old Country brand names. It follows an earlier recall of more than 200,000 pounds of sliced deli poultry and meat. The new items include meat intended to be sliced at delis as well as some packaged meat and poultry products sold in stores.

They include liverwurst, ham, beef salami, bologna and other products made at the firm's Jarratt, Va., plant.

Full product list

I also learned that the USDA maintains an updated list of currently-active recalls.

Please stay safe!!!