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Part Time Catgirl
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38 years old
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November 10, 1987
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Lether, apparently...
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  1. In Topic: The USA Politics Thread

    16 November 2025 - 10:59 AM

    View PostMacros, on 15 November 2025 - 11:12 PM, said:

    Southpark arent holding back

    Shit the trump and Vance faces are creepy


    Satan out here feeling like sloppy seconds, huh?
  2. In Topic: The game I'm playing is...

    15 November 2025 - 08:11 PM

    It's an issue of preservation, unfortunately. I will always play something I can obtain legitimately via those means but companies just don't make some stuff available.
  3. In Topic: The game I'm playing is...

    15 November 2025 - 08:54 AM

    View Posttiam, on 12 November 2025 - 07:51 AM, said:

    View PostMaark Abbott, on 26 September 2025 - 07:48 AM, said:

    View Postpolishgenius, on 25 September 2025 - 07:01 PM, said:

    I think I might end up liking Silksong even more than HK, though only replays will tell - it's so rewarding, and once you get past a certain point you get way more customisation and ways to engage with the difficulty than the first game ever gave you. But it does take a lot of blood sweat and tears to get to that point, and there is one questionable decision in the game's structure that is definitely gonna put a lot of fans off.


    Like, I don't think it's actually more difficult than HK, but the ways to mitigate the difficulty are harder to find than the difficulty which you just run face-first into.


    It's very, very satisfying though. Hornet moves like a dream.


    I actually played HK very close to the release date (started roughly in April) and the difference in the early game is very pronounced - it reminds me to some degree of Metroid Prime 2 which is noticeably harder than Prime 1 (given it expects players to know what they are doing already), but at the same time the difficulty curve in Prime 2 is more of a steady incline with a couple of spikes here and there (the infamous one is the Boost Guardian, although he's never given me any issue personally). The comparison is not great, I'll admit, but it's the best I have. A lot of the issue with Silksong is that because the opening is so very punishing, it felt like exploration was discouraged (a common thing in romhacks to gate players out of areas the developer doesn't want them in yet is to just make it horrible to go to that area), and so I never felt like I could go off of the beaten path without being slapped for it. For some context, the first part of HK I found sweaty was the Mantis Lords - but I still got past them first try, then went straight into Deepnest. With no upgrades. Because I didn't find that city place until after I had the monarch wings and the crystal dash.

    It does bring back the dialogue around difficulty options, I guess - whilst I'm not interested in Clair Obscura, seeing that it has a mode that makes it at least accessible to play for people who don't really care about parry based gameplay is neat. I would have liked it if Silksong had done that but in its current state it was the least fun I have had in a game in a very, very long time, and given that HK was as good as it was it's a very bitter aftertaste left by that. Maybe I'd try it again if the developers made it more reasonable on the early game difficulty, but in its current state? No chance.

    Anyway, on my end I'm in my retro PS2 horror era. About to starty on the second Fatal Frame game. The first was neat, if janky as heck, so I'm looking forward to the second.


    Can I ask what you use to play PS2 games please? Theres a few old games I want to revisit.

    Not long completed Lies of P. Wasn't sold at first, played like an odd Bloodborne clone but it actually ended up being a decent game. I enjoyed the lore and apparently there is a sequel pending based on further fables which could be good. I would recommend it and it was the free game with PlayStation a few months back so you may already have it


    Without anything that'll get the server in bother, Papa Charlie Sierra Xray (two). Runs well and easily. And then the games I usually go to Victor India Mike Mike Sierra.
  4. In Topic: The USA Politics Thread

    14 November 2025 - 11:55 AM

    Well... At least now we know what me means by 'big beautiful Bill'

    ahahahahahahahahahahaha
  5. In Topic: The USA Politics Thread

    13 November 2025 - 12:29 PM

    Diddler Donnie named in the Epstein emails / files, surprising exactly no one.

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    Tsundoku 

    09 Nov 2025 - 19:40
    happy #38 dude
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    Tsundoku 

    10 Nov 2024 - 10:16
    happy #37, here's hoping for a better 2025. faint hope though given recent events
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    Tsundoku 

    10 Nov 2023 - 09:39
    happy 36th Maate
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    Tsundoku 

    09 Nov 2022 - 21:28
    35 mate, you young whipper-snapper. Hope things are going better for you. Stay warm.
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    Tsundoku 

    09 Nov 2021 - 20:42
    and again Maate. Light at the end of the tunnel?
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    Tsundoku 

    10 Nov 2020 - 07:49
    Another year, and quite the shitty one at that, but at least the back end of it might have some promise. Happy birthday
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    Tsundoku 

    10 Nov 2019 - 00:37
    Has it been a year? Yeesh. Happy birthday again. At least you're back reading.
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    Maark Abbott 

    09 Nov 2018 - 18:52
    Thanks ^^ I'll read a sugary manga. Madoka looks promising...
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    Tsundoku 

    09 Nov 2018 - 18:45
    happy birthday Maarky Maark. I hope you get a book that revives your urge to read. Bonus points if it isn't grimdark ;)
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    Maark Abbott 

    12 Jan 2017 - 07:17
    It's true. Mu tends to be my profile picture in most places. Her or Mai. Gotta maintain the harem, after all.
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    The Lord of Moon's Spawn 

    11 Jan 2017 - 16:41
    And just so you know, I'm just trying to irritate you by spelling ya name with one A. :p
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    The Lord of Moon's Spawn 

    11 Jan 2017 - 16:37
    Konichiwa, Mark-chan :)
    Sorry for the late reply; lol, I'm nor even sure why I made this account. So yeah. But Hail Hydra, ya know. Haha.
    Also, belief it or not, I kinda imagined you'd have a BB avatar, after I'd seen your cover image. Nice to see I'm not always wrong. :p
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    Maark Abbott 

    10 Jan 2017 - 06:39
    Sosuke-tan! Kon'nichiwa!
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    The Lord of Moon's Spawn 

    08 Jan 2017 - 23:41
    Aizen here. (Lol.)
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    Maark Abbott 

    23 Nov 2015 - 07:28
    No chance.
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