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there's a new power_of_heavy_metal Q3 defrag video. fresh as of this morning.

#quake3 #q3df

Morning sounds

this appears to be Moatun 7 re-releasing a 2014 album by Ishq and Metamatics. This version is missing a number of remixes that were on the original.

Anyway it's really good.

Valkyrie Profile is hard if you don't know what to do ahead of time. Lezard's tower was a brutal spike in difficulty.

Got through it with help from chat after 3 hours and needed to stop for the day. Will continue the game and move into Chapter 5 on Thursday (hopefully).

#streaming Valkyrie Profile (2000, PSX) again today at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. Starting in a few minutes.

The goal this time: defeat Lezard Valeth, finish chapter 4.

I'm #streaming Valkyrie Profile (1999, PSX) today at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. Starting (and hopefully completing) chapter 4 this session. Will be live in a couple minutes.

I'm #streaming Valkyrie Profile (1999, PSX) today at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. Starting in a few minutes.

Finishing chapter 3 and moving into ch. 4 this session.

#streaming Valkyrie Profile (1999, PSX) right now at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

I'm currently in chapter 2, going into chapter 3 soon. Still kinda learning the game.

I have a copy of Heaven Is Waiting but I don't have this release (Seduction), I definitely need to pick it up.

For some reason programming always makes me itch for goth rock. (And coincidentally the Quake FlyMove / SlideMove function I was tinkering with is called "DanceMove" in the code.)

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.

Smooth upgrade to Debian 12.6 today (done the usual way, a simple apt update && apt upgrade). Cheers and thanks to the Debian team.

Did have to reboot though (for the new kernel), that always makes me anxious.

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.