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Back to #streaming Cosmic Star Heroine (PC, 2017) tonight at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. Starting chapter 7.

I loved Cyberpunk Review when it was active and updating. It introduced me to a lot of movies I would likely not have heard of otherwise. Some I sought out (Cypher, Avalon, One Point O), some I put on a list to avoid.

Really cool resource (it's still useful!). Now it's a relic of an older internet & seems to be available only through archives.

was reminded of this great old website tonight, the Cyberpunk Review. I believe it went inactive and was sold off (or the domain was scooped up) in the mid 2010s; I wonder where the author is now.

I'm #streaming Cosmic Star Heroine (PC, 2017) tonight at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

going into the Gehenna neighborhood on Planet Araenu (so I'm in chapter 4 I think).

I'm starting a game of Cosmic Star Heroine (PC, 2017) tonight over at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

Cosmic Star Heroine is a 2D RPG made by Zeboyd Games that seems to draw inspiration from Chrono Trigger & Phantasy Star. I'm hoping it'll be lighthearted (and slightly cheesy) fun.

I'm playing some Quake 1 on twitch tonight at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. Will continue my playthrough of Map-Center's Retrojam 1. (I played about a third of this jam back in December).

I finished Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria today. It was really good (and pretty challenging).

The graphics, particularly the background art, were fantastic. It looks well beyond what I expected the Playstation 2 could do. Music was great as well, it always felt fitting, and there was greater variety than in VP1. (Definitely some bangers on the soundtrack, good battle themes).

The gameplay, the battle system, was deep and complex. It succeeds at translating VP1 from a line to a plane, essentially, adding obstacles and height variation to battlefields. It was difficult to learn and satisfying to play.

Story was fun, the fact that the game had a traditional linear narrative (unlike VP1) made it much easier to relate to, to become invested, to keep playing. I enjoyed the resolution of it, love that we end by beating up Lezard.

Valkyrie Profile 2 has been on my backlog for a long time (a decade or so). I tried to play it once years ago and bounced off it. Now, finally, I'm relieved to have completed it. I'd like to play it again someday; I'm sure there's a lot of stuff - animations, skills, weapons, and at least one dungeon - that I haven't seen.

I'm #streaming Valkyrie Profile 2 (Playstation 2, 2006) this afternoon at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

Today I ascend The Tower of Lezard Valeth (and hopefully finish the game).

also I had forgotten that modern computers (even consumer stuff) are little space heaters. I have a hand-me-down Vega 64 GPU and it was trying to burn itself up running Mankind Divided.

the version of Wine in Debian 12 stable's packages seems to run both Deus Ex Human Revolution and Deus Ex Mankind Divided fine. (Both downloaded from GOG).

Spent the afternoon installing and testing (playing), works great so far.

I'm #streaming Valkyrie Profile 2 (Playstation 2, 2006) at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

Today: the hall of Valhalla and the end of chapter 5.

#streaming Valkyrie Profile 2 (Playstation 2, 2006) today at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

I'm in chapter 5, in Asgard, about to start exploring Yggdrasil. (Feeling very under-level for this area).

playing E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy (PC, 2011) again today over at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

I'm near the end of my 2nd playthrough, doing the commander's path this time.

three-hour video on the Serial Experiments Lain Playstation 1 game:

seems well-researched and arranged to me. (3 hours is intense though, I watched it in smaller chunks).

I'm adjusting player acceleration code for a first person game today (working on my Quake mod) and:

changing accel values, testing, then changing them again, over and over, has finally gotten to me & started making me motion sick. Oof.

I should probably break this up and not try to do it all at once.

the Valkyrie Profile games are hard. I thought I was doing well playing through VP2 but damn the Ravine Caverns and Bifrost bridge were challenging.

I'm picking up Valkyrie Profile 2 (Playstation 2, 2006) again today at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

Going into chapter 5 and the Forest Of Spirits today. I might be under-level for the area.

playing E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy (PC, 2011) on stream today at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

I'm at the end of the mentor path, fighting through temple HQ. I hope to finish the game today (and unlock new game+).

continuing Valkyrie Profile 2 (Playstation 2, 2006) today at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

I suspect a major difficulty spike is about to happen so this may turn into an XP grinding stream. EDIT: turned out to be a major story progress stream! A series of tough boss fights, no level grinding necessary.

found this while looking for (and failing to find) Micro-Dotz by Troubleshooter on youtube

picking up and #streaming E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy (PC, 2011) again at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

I'm in mission 6 Noctis Labyrinth. I could be stuck there for a while.

#streaming Valkyrie Profile 2 (Playstation 2, 2006) today at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

Will try to finish Palace of the Dragon after some item/XP grinding. (this might be the end of chapter 3? not sure). Edit: this was the end of chapter 3!

Playing E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy tonight I managed to complete mission 4 Electric Sheep and mission 5 Monolith but then got super-stuck on m6 Noctis Labyrinth. There's a real difficulty jump between 5 and 6, I think.

Will need further research and a plan to tackle mission 6.

Divine Cybermancy is very weird.

#streaming E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy (PC, 2011) again tonight at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

Will do some reading in the library (archives?) and then move on to mission 4 Electric Sheep.