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Streaming video games again, starting the #quake1 Blue Monday jam map pack today. Will do a little SNES Shadowrun later.

Spinning up a stream again, will play through #quake1 speedmapping pack #217 and then continue yesterday's game of SNES Shadowrun.

I'm starting up a stream again today, going to play through #quake1 speedmapping pack #219 and then I think start a game of SNES Shadowrun.

I'm continuing #quake1 Func Map Jam 9 on #stream today. I have six or seven maps left in the pack after playing it for a bit on Monday.

MTT 287 / Saturation Point https://djcev.com/2022/08/mtt-287-saturation-point/

More bass and #electro, slowish, 90-100. Playing some favorites this week. This #djmix features tracks by 2 Live Crew, Adam Jay, Aux 88, Beat Dominator, Dynamix II, Gucci Crew II, Novamen, and more.

I'm starting the #quake1 func map jam 9 map pack on stream in a few minutes. I've played a little bit of FMJ9 already & it seemed more nasty/gory than usual for Quake, so viewer discretion is advised.

Completed Arcana today, the final chapter was much easier after I spent yesterday gaining levels. Beat it a bit quicker than I anticipated and so I spent around 90 minutes replaying Quake 1 Dimension Of The Past.

Will probably learn some form of the Arcana speedrun, that seems fun to me.

I'm playing SNES Arcana on stream again today, going to try and finish it. This could be a short or long broadcast depending on how many attempts it takes.

CW: Horror movie talk, Occult (2009), minor spoilers

Watched Occult (2009, dir. Koji Shiraishi) today. My second Shiraishi after seeing Noroi last year. Lovecraftian cosmic horror faux-documentary, like Noroi, but with a different scope. Felt more focused, with a smaller mystery and set of characters.

Occult is uneasy, it made me very anxious. Really great (and jarring) noise soundtrack by Hair Stylistics. I liked all the performances (Kiyoshi Kurosawa appears as himself in a pretty funny cameo). Sketchy (and in one place bad) CG effects. I liked it & would recommend it, although it did make me pretty uncomfortable (which I imagine was intentional).

Watching the #quakecon Quake Champions tourney, the two most recent lower bracket matches have been incredible. Raisy v Rapha, Chain v Vengeur.

Starting up #quake1 on stream again, this time playing the two Rubicon mods. XP grinding in SNES Arcana later.

MTT 286 / Per Square Inch https://djcev.com/2022/08/mtt-286-per-square-inch

August bass month continues with more CD bass, #electro , and a bit of techno. This #djmix features music by Aux 88, Bass 305, Beat Dominator, Model 500, Novamen, Techmaster P.E.B., and more.

the annual Quakecon Quake Champions tournament is on right now. First day of games. Strongsage vs. Toxjq up next:

Been watching the tourney instead of recording this week's mix...

Arcana for the SNES, an old dungeon crawling RPG, is like comically difficult. The game often takes away party members in story events mid-dungeon and then ramps up the difficulty. It's brutal, especially if you don't know it's about to happen.

I still love it though. Great music, fun artwork, combat is rewarding when you're not seriously outmatched.

Starting up Quake on stream again, doing the first Deathmatch Classics map pack tonight. Will play some SNES Arcana afterwards.

Found out today that Lasergum Records, Juno Lazermachine's label, ceased activities in March and set all their music to free download. I went through their catalog tonight and downloaded about 15 releases. Some good electro and IDM in there for anyone who wants to dig.

Coppertone Summer Jam 2 was really good! 22 maps all pretty high quality. I will say that several of the maps are very difficult on hard and/or nightmare, low amounts of health and ammo, particularly Mazu's map. Something to consider if you might play the mod.

Continuing #quake1 Coppertone Summer Jam 2 tonight & will play a bit of Arcana later at: https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

Continuing the #quake1 Coppertone Summer Jam 2 tonight. Will try to complete Mazu's map, then might switch to SNES Arcana.

Playing some latenight #quake1, Stream at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

Starting Coppertone Summer Jam 2, a very new mod. Most of the cool Quake 1 SP players on twitch have already finished it.

MTT 285 / Pump It Up Some https://djcev.com/2022/08/mtt-285-pump-it-up-some/

#electro , miami bass, techno-bass. Slower than last week but still heavy & tough. This #djmix features music by Aux 88 , Dynamix II, Hydraulix, JR10, Underground Resistance, and more.

Starting up #quake1 again on stream at https://twitch.tv/andreaen . Playing Smilecythe's January Jump Jam map Mana Vemputin for the second time.

I'm gonna play some more #quake1 on stream. Just the regular game, no mods. https://twitch.tv/andreaen . Will go through at least episode 1 and 2 tonight.

Finished Chapter 2 in Arcana today. I love the game but it can be really tough - there's a huge jump in difficulty between Chapter 2 and 3. I'll need to study some maps and think about my route before playing further.

I'm continuing the SNES dungeon crawl game Arcana today on #stream at https://twitch.tv/andreaen . Currently in chapter 2 of the game.

I played through most of the first January Jump Jam Quake 1 mod last night. Smilecythe's map Mana Vemputin stood out in particular, amazing map. Getting the gold key in its clocktower section was really difficult and super satisfying:

Going to play some more #quake1 on #stream today. I'll start with the jumpmod2 mod and go from there. https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

I swear playing this stuff, these electro-bass records, is a huge rush. I always get way into it mixing them.

Not my best performance but not one I'm too upset with either. I'd be happy with a performance like that in front of a crowd. Good enough.

MTT 284 / Rising Pressure https://djcev.com/2022/08/mtt-284-rising-pressure/

Fast and tough #electro and electro-bass music this week. This #djmix features music by Bombdogs, Darxid, Dynamix II, Exakt, Hydraulix, Keith Tucker, Supreme.ja, and more.

Playing some more #quake1 on stream tonight, going thru the deathmatch classics 3 map pack. Live at https://twitch.tv/andreaen .

I'm starting up the #quake1 mod / map pack Contract Revoked by Kell on stream at https://twitch.tv/andreaen . Will play for a few hours, see how far I get.