I've become particularly fascinated with the mechanics of a certain game. So much so that I went looking to find it myself. To my surprise, it was not hosted on Steam, Itch.io, or any other big company launcher. No, it was hosted on B.Y.O.N.D., or Build Your Own Net Dream.

In a game old enough to buy alcohol, activity is far and between. Many active servers in the game (Yes it's by servers) are run by small groups that require some form of assurance that you won't blow up the ship upon spawn. Very very fair.

But being as I'm intimidated very quickly by anything even remotely 'role playing', to the point of turning off all my electronics in fear, the ask that some servers have for only HRP or 'High Role Play' is very frightening. I can be accused of low quality role playing for not voicing actions enough? What a strangeness. As someone whose last role play attempt in earnest and not fear was when he was 13 on deviantart* and it lasted all of five exchanges, I'm how you say, rusty. Big expectations out of the gate are sure to result in failure and an even bigger fear of trying again.

I've thankfully found some much lower stakes server options in Goonstation, a group whose name has always been about the henchman type. Though I haven't attempted a round yet and have mostly been reading wikis that have yet to tell me what button to push to activate something, it feels leaps and bounds better than it expressing the request that I pretend to fully immerse myself in a little 2d guy who is just gonna get sucked out into space.

*I was a part of a more casual rp group once that was basically just a bunch of people pretending to be adults in a harvest moon (I have never played that game) type setting. I played a priest with a big ol cross earring. It was really earnest at the time.

Road Yogurt Eulogy by palabomeno

Longer post coming soon.

Lots of articles about nasty drinks lately huh

The Enchanted Sacred Rubber Tree Sapling

I found an excuse for me to just play Minecraft for two days and get really mad

Starbucks hates Starbucks

This article was weirdly hard for me to get through and I don't know why. I hope it's at least funny.

The 5 Legendary Snapples

I really wanted to get this article out by today and I was rapidly starting to fall into some sort of black hole so I cut it short for now. This is going somewhere though. This is merely a prequel to Snapple Madness.

I haven't even gotten into it. There is so much lore. There is too much lore.

Walmart Deli Hell

Thanks Lucas for another banger! Man, these foods look HORRIBLE.

Check 'em out! Decorate your posts! No more having to use COOKIE NUM NUM as the only food-related thread icon!

Every year I make it a point to try to play horror games in October, since I rarely have the stomach for them otherwise.

This morning, the idea came to me: this year I will play as many horror games for Nintendo consoles as I can. This is mainly an excuse to finally play Eternal Darkness, but maybe I'll find some other stuff too.

I will catalogue my journey and take suggestions here!

My list

Horror

• Eternal Darkness
  
• Nanashi no Game
  
• Sweet Home
  

Creepy Gaming

• Majora's Mask
  
• Metroid Prime
  
• Maniac Mansion
  

Hi, it's Nick. I started giving blood at the end of last year. Three times now! I have become very cold and nauseated every time. I have become addicted to the Blood Snacks:tm:

Please find attached my map of places that my blood has gone. They're very far from me.

The enduring campfire tales of the Sonic fandom

Pretty simple. I got recommended Sonic.exe on my YouTube front page again so I wrote about it. Takes a quick internet history tour.

I've been on a roll lately, huh. It's nice to be back into writing again.