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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.

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.

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.