Hello and welcome to What Else is On?, a collection of things from elsewhere on the web that I’ve been enjoying in the past month. PUT THIS ON First off, here’s a track to throw on and vibe out to while you catch up on the below. This month, it’s…I’m Not So Sure, the first track off the album Earfood by the Roy Hargrove Quintet, … Continue reading What Else Is On? June 5th, 2022
Almost exactly a month ago (I’m a day late writing this), I started a new project. Since May 1st, 2022, I’ve been building a fan/archival website dedicated to the video game series Boktai. Aside from a bootstrapped portfolio website that I made as part of a college course, this is the first website I’ve ever built from top to bottom in HTML almost entirely on … Continue reading The Boktai Database
Last year, I played Final Fantasy VII for the first time, and it quickly became one of my favorite games of the year, and probably one of my favorites of all time. These things happen slowly, and as a result of many small moments added together, but one moment in particular stands out in my personal FF7 journey from “interest” to “love.” I was just … Continue reading The Moment I Fell in Love With Final Fantasy VII
Happy May Day, and welcome to What Else is On?, a collection of things from elsewhere on the web that I’ve been enjoying in the past month. Solidarity forever! Enjoy! PUT THIS ON First off, here’s a track to throw on and vibe out to while you catch up on the below. This month, it’s…the entirety of Takako Mamiya‘s album, Love Trip. READ THIS 📚 … Continue reading What Else Is On? May 1st, 2022
Well, it’s here. It’s real. The Analogue Pocket exists. And it’s a really nice way to play Game Boy games. The Pocket is the latest in a line of high-quality video game hardware releases from Analogue, a company that specializes in hyper-accurate hardware emulation via FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Arrays). I don’t know what that means either, but it sounds clever, and I’m told it matters … Continue reading Analogue Pocket Review: I Love the Fancy Game Boy
The other night, I was playing Pokémon Crystal in bed, when I came upon a Raticate. Looking upon his angry, buck-toothed visage, I began to wonder what this creature might look like absent its most defining feature. Thereupon, I took to Adobe Photoshop and created the grim vision you see before you now. Bereft of its enamel weapons, it yawps endlessly into the void. Its … Continue reading For Your Consideration: Raticate With No Teeth
When you first boot up Pokémon Legends: Arceus, the game has you choose your starting character from a small pool of generic presets. This has been true of almost all mainline Pokémon games going back to the first choice between “Boy” and “Girl” in Pokémon Crystal. Even the more recent releases have chosen not to implement a more robust, custom character creator that one might … Continue reading Please Let Me Change My Trainer Photo in Pokémon Legends: Arceus
What Else is On? is a collection of things from elsewhere on the web that I’ve been enjoying. PUT THIS ON First off, here’s a track to throw on and vibe out to while you catch up on the below. This month, it’s…Midnight Rendezvous by Casiopea READ THIS 📚 USPS Decides Electric Trucks Are Good, Actually [Motherboard]Enjoy some good news from Aaron Gordon about the … Continue reading What Else is On? April 3rd, 2022
My birthday was last week (March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day, I do accept PayPal), but it wasn’t the only occasion worth celebrating, as it very nearly coincided with the release of TUNIC, which finally came to PC and Xbox on March 16th. I’ve been following this game since the start of its development 7 years ago. I remember when it was called Secret Legend, and … Continue reading TUNIC: GOOD
At the beginning of this year, I made a post about all the things I wanted to do in 2022. Not resolutions, per se, but a list of things that I’ve been wanting to try out for a while, or otherwise wanted to get to. Sort of a fancy to-do list. One of the items on that list was to purchase a film camera and … Continue reading Jumping Headfirst into Film Photography
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