Final Fantasy VI is very good. I can recognize it’s quality and it’s pretty memorable for me, but it doesn’t quite hit Peak Final Fantasy to me. FF8 is an ostensibly worse game, but it’s just my flavor of off the wall that I love it.
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That makes sense tbh, I feel like 8 was the preamble before they started to get real weird. Really hope we get a remake one day, imma see if there are some good rebalance romhacks
i wrote about Being a Guy Online
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Solidarity on the “want to do everything” bit a bit there.
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I super feel that way about not having a Specific Thing that I do that defines my identity. I envy people who can commit to a certain creative endeavor like art or writing or music. Though I’d argue you’re not Just A Guy you’re a Really Cool Guy and you do a lot of great stuff and you bring out the best in the people around you.
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The Xenoblade Catgirl is how you’ve been etched into my brain for awhile now
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absolutely felt and cosigned as a fellow ADHDer with diverse interests/hobbies
fwiw your standout identity to me is as a community organiser and moderator (something I think you are excellent at) and professional hype man for your friends
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Also right up there with everyone re: a multitude of interests, hobbies, and endeavors.
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Ive semi started doing this in the morning since ive started my days with 1cc attempts at shmups, and ive come to think about ways to have more time for a morning game sesh.
This has mostly just materialized in me not viewing posts on my phone in the morning since i can look at posts later in the day.
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Just wanted to pitch in with my agreement that I feel like I’m not just one particular sorta person in regards to passions. Makes it all the more painful dealing with the fact that having one particular type of work of mine have such a big following leads to me feeling like some people just see me as that alone, and expect me to just spend my time being up to doing more of just that.
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and here’s the full list now that it’s all done
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The only thing it has less of - and the only reason it’s not my favorite game ever - is Rosalina.
every game needs more Rosalina tbh
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i legit dropped that mario rabbids sequel when i found out that it had rabbid rosalina playable but not rosalina herself. just straight up gave the game away. never been more disgusted
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Meant to reply to this but I kept forgetting/ when i tried to on discord I managed to erase my own message by accident instead sdjf;sd
(also sorry in advance if this sounds incoherent, i wish i had my other draft of what I wrote up instead aaaa)
I think I get what you mean about lacking identity in your creative works.
Even though I’m an artist myself, I don’t do art for money. I used to for a bit, but it was never my main source of income. I felt awkward taking money after a while because I wasn’t hurting for it too bad. I really only put my ko-fi up on my profile because I hope it normalizes people tipping other creatives instead.
I barely can finish pieces most days, I can count on one hand the number of finished works I’ve ever posted in the last two years.
Even then I still want to create. I WANT to make something, even though it’s kind of difficult now. That Want is so great I still haven’t stopped picking up my pen, even though I think what i end up making looks kind of bad.
Your post kind of reminds me of a conversation I had with a close artist friend, she questioned if she would still be an artist even if she didn’t need it for work. If she had a lot of money to spend, would she still draw. I never really believed in that idea that you can only truly create when you’re down on your luck in life (financially, physically, etc) I told her that simply wanting to make something is enough to keep doing it.
idk if all that made sense but dsjf;ds your post made me Think a lot since i’ve read it lol
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There was a video essay going around earlier this year that made a similar argument, re: “backlog” is an unhelpful framing and turns the hobby into a chore. I wish I could remember the other points that were made - it was a little bit one of those essays that could’ve been a much more concisely laid out listicle
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is it this one?
but yes, I’ve thrown out using a backlog—if you follow me on Backloggery, all my unplayed games are None—and instead try to follow my inspirations more when choosing games. I don’t want my hobby to be a chore!
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good post, big agree.
however in “unrelated” news I now have a strong desire to clean out a chocolate store
(this isn’t a metaphor, I’m hungy and I like chocolate lmao)
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Yup, this one! It is a solid video essay, but suffers for the video essay runtime curse and the whole “video essays are difficult to “reread” without burning a half hour”.
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