Notices by Gwen The Red Moss (gwendolyn@eldritch.cafe), page 2

Well fuck. Just a note. Searching "lesbian vibe" on Amazon doesn't bring up any clothing results.

My suggestions are going to be fun for the foreseeable future.

On a totally unrelated note TIL Amazon sells strap-ons.

@mrdiamondj Oh. My. God. Thank you! This has been the first time I've heard a negative opinion about it! (I'm admittedly very behind on the podcast, so if you said something there, I'll get to it)

I have felt like I was taking crazy pills. Everywhere I go, all I ever get is praise for TotK, and it's had me just scratching my head wondering "what am I missing?!"

Like, there's a ton of really neat things in it. There's a lot of stuff to like, but EVERYTHING feels so goddamn fiddly. In BOTW you could get your little dopamine hits here and there. Find a random korok? Hell yeah! Little mini puzzles, hidden treasure chests, there were all kinds of little things that were super simple spread between the bigger puzzles.

I don't feel like spending an hour on a fiddly physics puzzle where I end up rocket launching the damn korok over the horizon instead of over to his buddy on the other ridge. Sure I'm going to laugh my ass off as he Team Rockets into the sun, but after it's done. I'm down tons of mats, and have gained nothing in the game.

Fell off Xenoblade 3 and TotK again and ended up going back to Xenoblade X.

One day I'll finally beat XC3. Until then, I'll probably beat XCX another two times.

And maybe someday I'll actually get into TotK. BOTW was my crack when I got it. I have to force myself to go back to TotK.

@cmrv Oof. That doesn't fill me with apprehension at all :P

I think my main problem is that mechanically I'm just not having fun. There's something with how they've got things set up that I just feel so restricted by the classes and shit.

The world is more open and connected than 2, but it can also be unfun levels of maze-like.

Like, I like it a lot more than 2, which I kind of hated a bit on every level. 1 and X had me both mechanically, and with their stories and worlds. 3... I like the stories and the world is pretty good... But actually playing it is meh.

Kid went "Who's He-Man?" and I got to describe He-Man to my kid as "male She-Ra", and my day is made.

@mrdiamondj The whole thing is actually up on Youtube.

And... from what I can tell... it appears to be an official channel.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJV1h9xQ7Hx-MSngXeq-sRbelh5zCVRNI

As a fan of big robots, I've wanted to get into Gundam for a long time now, but none of the series have really gripped me in a way that made me go "This. I love this".

Recently I watched Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury... and then immediately began rewatching it.

This is it. This is my show. You can't have it. Mine.

It's not perfect, and I would have liked a little more story outside of the school setting, but I love the characters, their stories, and it has some of the coolest mech fights I've ever seen animated.

#Gundam #Anime

@spinning_bird @NaClKnight I'm glad you brought up the bit about identifying with the character.

I've been questioning myself about why I feel this way and was trying to process why despite being into gals, I wasn't a fan of fanservice. Like, sure I like what I see, but not like this, and I think you nailed it. I can't help but put myself in her place and i guess there's like a feeling of second hand violation.

@NaClKnight @spinning_bird

Not sure if that was just for them, or if I was being queried as well, but I'll answer. Personally, I don't think that distinction would matter. I'd still be annoyed. To me, it's about intent and who wants me to see it.

In those shots, it's like a third party (the dev) is pointing up her skirt, elbowing you and goin' 😏

Whether it was more obvious or not, I'd still find it annoying.

I think the problem is the 4th wall. Sexuality is fine, but it should make sense in the absence of the 4th wall.

@NaClKnight Yeah. Bayonetta's "sexiness" exists within the game world. She owns it. It feels more like the character's choice than a Jessica Rabbit's "I'm just drawn this way".

Yeah. I agree. To each their own. It just served as a poor introduction to the character and story to me.

To contrast, my first exposure to Bayonetta was starting a bike with her middle finger and the Afterburner theme playing, and discussions about dodge offset. I was like... Oh! These fans love cheese and mechanics! I'm home!

I think I'll give it a shot.

@NaClKnight It probably sounds weird coming from someone who's a fan of Bayonetta, but fanservice-y shit just turns me off.

Knowing nothing about the game all I saw was a blindfolded girl in upskirt shot after upskirt shot.

To be clear, I wasn't seeking it out, so it was just whatever kind of crap crossed my timeline. Horny art and guys defending why her attire was necessary. Kinda put me off.

Hrm.
I've avoided Nier: Automata because of the fanbase/fanart, but I just got curious and actually looked up a short video and... it kind of looks like what I wish Bayonetta 3 had been.

Anyone have any experience with it? How open is this? Hub based? JRPG styled? Level based with larger stages?

#Gaming #VideoGames

Y'know. I hate venting online. Like... I don't want to be fishing for sympathy, and I don't want people to just go "Oh, it's that Negative Nelly over there. Remember when she used to talk about games? I think I'm gonna unfollow"

I just need a space that I can vent, that I feel like I can just be secure in going off for like a day with all of the shit that's bothering me. I don't need pats on the back, or "there there"s. I just need a place that there's at least the chance of people hearing me, without also being a place where people want to hear other things.

I dunno. Maybe I've been burned too many times by people who loved what I've said, until I had a bad day, and then because THEY can't even take a moment of discomfort, label me as some kind of negative whiny complainer.

Like... fuck! I have emotions. We all have emotions. Why is there this weird discomfort/taboo about experiencing negative emotions in public?

No wonder people feel so fucking alone.

(I'm all over in this toot. Obviously not collected, and my point it scattered. Take from it what you will, or whatever. Thanks for witnessing the fact that I shouted something into the void.)

If nobody pisses themselves right next to a toilet in The Sims movie then... something... that... is a negative reaction.

To the podcasters/Youtubers/whateverthefuckers who think it's great fun to add ASMR to your stuff, my misophonia hopes you stub your toe really hard.

@HauntedOwlbear Hrm. That's unfortunate. I wish there was a way I could opt-in to hearing from them. How else am I going to know if there's cool people to talk to from that instance to follow them?

I understand why it's done. Just disappointed.

TIL that I'm getting replies to some of my toots that I'm not even seeing. What's up with that?

I'm so much of a hoarder that even after I've decided I want my game to behave in a completely different way, and I have no need for entire pages of code... rather than erase it, I comment it out because "I spent a lot of time on that, and maybe I'll need it later".

So my crap is full of commented out code.

and I can hear you cringing. I can hear the people in the back going "Uh... version control? Backups? Save to a different file?"

To those people I would reply simply that I am an idiot and do none of those things.

(Am going to start doing these things)

@doot I love the plausible deniability this creates. Nobody will know for sure if I love baby raccoons.