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Had a sudden desire to listen to old goth rock / post-punk / synthpop while programming the other day and now I can't stop listening to this:

Continuing Valkyrie Profile (1999, PSX) today at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

Finishing out Chapter 1 and going into Ch. 2 this session. (And I did some reading on the game's systems yesterday, hopefully I understand them better now.)

It's hot

maybe not 808° (just a bit over 100 where I am in Oregon) but you get the idea

I'm starting a game of Valkyrie Profile (1999, PSX) on stream today over at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

Back to JRPGs after a short break. I'm not sure what to think of this game yet - it looks interesting, and I have the sequel to play after. I hope it isn't too difficult.

new Jamie Bissmire on Molecular in case anybody needs some #techno this morning

It's super sweet. Loopy. I really love a lot of the old Bandulu & Infonet stuff so I'm excited to see a new Bissmire release.

I really enjoyed Q1 Dimension Of The Machine,

The levels were big, detailed, and well thought-out. Played it on hard and it never felt unfair, I always had the tools (weapons, ammo, cover, etc) to handle the encounters. When it did get spicy it was satisfying not frustrating.

It was also very beautiful. Texturing, lighting, architecture, really fantastic. Good Stuff all around. Glad I (finally) picked it up.

#streaming Quake 1 Dimension Of The Machine right now over at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

This is the map pack/mod that was released for Quake's 25th anniversary in 2021. I haven't played it before, this is my first time through, so I expect it to be impressive / a struggle.

#streaming Deus Ex: Invisible War (2003, PC) today at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. Part 4; Alex explores Antarctica (and hopefully finishes the game).

#streaming Deus Ex: Invisible War (2003, PC) today at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. Part 3; Alex continues her adventure in Cairo and beyond.

Suddenly wanted to hear this again tonight. I have a repress of it on an otherwise electro record (Bionic Breaks compiled by Boris Dlugosch). Really lovely disco track.

#streaming Deus Ex: Invisible War (2003, PC) this afternoon at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. Today Alex explores lower (and upper) Seattle.

#streaming Deus Ex: Invisible War (2003, PC) today at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. First session, starting the game from the beginning.

I'm starting a playthrough of the Func Map Jam 6 map pack for Quake today over at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

I'm running it with the mod I've been writing as a test of sorts. So there will be some funky movement.

and that's Deus Ex finished. Was a good time.

I really enjoyed the gameplay, the surprising number of ways the player can solve different situations.

The story... not really my cup of tea. I like a lot of the elements it was playing with but not so much in that particular combination.

Still: very fun to play. Easy to get in a groove with it. I look forward to playing it again with a different approach, different restrictions and skills.

#streaming Deus Ex (2000, PC) this afternoon at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. Part 8; JC enters Area 51. (I'll finish the game today hopefully).

Toot edited to add: unfortunately there's an audio error in this transmission, a bad cable (or patchbay) dropped the left channel of game sound. I've switched to local audio capture ("desktop audio") for future broadcasts.

#streaming Deus Ex (2000, PC) this morning at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. Part 7: JC travels to California to rescue Gary Savage's daughter.