Leon's Microblog – August 2024

Just achieved counterstop in Balatro… epic

This explains alot

Looking up a Kirby BGM to see what its name actually is… Turns out the reason it's called both "Fatal Blooms in Moonlight" and "Moonstruck Blossom" is because it was localised differently in two different Miiverse developer posts? https://web.archive.org/web/20171018135910/https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAACAADRUqGDpvDNhg https://web.archive.org/web/20170829071939/https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAACAABnUYoNFWtB9g

New​ blog post! https://fairysvoice.net/blog/How_to_Play_Pochi_&_Nyaa-_Forms/ It's a how-to guide for playing Pochi & Nyaa, explaining what sort of shapes are best to make and why, containing most of the know-how I've picked up from playing it for 2 years. Give it a read if you want to try the game!

The game's called Soldam because it's soldam that you hear anyone talk about it

The White King, 1 minute before battle: "This day is mine. My plans are immaculate. Every likely stratagem and attack has been accounted for. The only possibility I haven't considered is if the Black King's army has the exact same number of units as us, in the exact same formatio

As a child, I unilaterally decided that cockatoos sound exactly like what pterodactyls would sound like if they were still around. And to this day I stand by it.

The reason all videogames have secret shmup final bosses is because shmups are the "power metal" of game genres. Bombastic yet approachable, able to be dropped in anywhere for a flashy climax. Sometimes they literally play power metal over it for a double-layer effect.

LEON'S GUIDE TO 2024 INTERNET JARGON TERM​ MEANING "Sickos" Nerds Copyright 2024 Leon Enterprises LLC "Hope this helps!" –Leon

Late at night, all alone, going beast mode on Etymonline

Imagining a world where Netrunner came out first and all trading card games were asymmetric by default. Imagining a world where red, white, blue, black and green in MTG each had completely different decks, game rules and win conditions.

Look, it's very simple. In the absence of Romhacking Dot Net, you can just put the hacks in itch dot io, which will have no dire consequences whatsoever

The one constant impression I have about Netrunner is that, whenever I talk or think about the mechanics and in-game terminology, I always go down on my knees and tearfully thank divine providence that it isn't Another Goddamn Fricking High Fantasy Game.

When a crow caws during flight, it stops flapping its wings for like 0.8 seconds so it can caw, and I think that's cute.

Ten Million Views Video Idea: horror videogame events that "crash the game" tested to see whether they actually raised SIGSEGV or simply just called exit(1);

Reading Wikipedia

Oh ho ho ho… perhaps it is actually YOU, dear player, who is the real monkey around here…

"Think of the most specific image that comes to your mind whenever you hear the phrase "just over there". Really try and visualise it." *places hands on your shoulders* "That's where I'll wait for you. That place. Just over there."

FINALLY GOT MAD ENOUGH AT EXTREMELY MILD VLC UX ISSUES THAT I SWITCHED TO "Media Player Classic - Home Cinema", WHICH SOUNDS LIKE THE FAKEST APP NAME EVER BUT INEXPLICABLY CONTAINS 100% OF THE VLC FUNCTIONALITY I ACTUALLY WANT