Fata Morgana.
Listen, whether you like Visual Novels or not doesn’t matter. But Fata Morgana is just somehow…perfect. Everything is resolved and I don’t feel any need to complain about any aspect of it. It was an experience to play a game that left me with no questions afterwards. It was just a really good story.
Thank you for this post! With the prices of meat skyrocketing we are considering more vegetarian meals but we’ve been struggling with carb-heaviness. Hopefully I can find something good in these cookbooks that can make up for it.
No bonus points - Air fryer potatoes with oil on it to make it nice and crispy
Yes bonus points - black bean burgers. It’s breadcrumbs, warmed black beans that got cooled down, and an egg to make it stick together. That’s healthy.
Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rails.
Genshin Impact successfully had my attention for over five hundred days. It’s a regularly updated game that can be played entirely F2P, and I love that concept. Anyone who claims that you have to whale to get good at the game is wrong. You just have to play the game and ignore that some Youtubers and Twitch Streamers seem to believe that fake big numbers are the only way to improve in that game. In reality, I’ve watched streamers ignore that, and instead opt to play with their favorite romantic pairing or favorite character because they just enjoy the game more that way.
Honkai Star Rails seems to be a similar concept, however it faces a dilemma where it is a turn-based game and as a result the battle mechanics, so far, have to be more carefully considered. For example, I run a defense-healer-single attack-AOE attack team. So far, I tend to die if I don’t do that. The gameplay is more simplistic than Genshin Impact, but the battles are stronger and tend to take longer. Bright side: because it was recently launched you get a bunch of free pulls! Yeah!
I love visual novels but I’m so bad at playing them. I keep buying them because I love to support the industry, but they tend to be hours and hours long so I don’t finish them, aha.
The last one I played through a route on was “Life After Magic” which is a pretty relatable queer VN about a Sailor Moon expy who dropped out of high school and ended up in a dead-end job, having to reunite with her friends / potential love interests. I’d like to finish this one because I know you can date the villain in one route.
Sally’s Baking Addiction - really enjoy the pumpkin bread. might make it again once pumpkin is in season once more. Budget Bytes Many of the recipes are adaptable to Southern Ontario prices. Add a few dollars for estimation and you’re golden. Cooking On a Bootstrap - I really like the concept of it, but I haven’t quite made any recipes just yet.
Definitely not dissing pancake mix. That there is the holy baking mix. My mother likes to make them in cupcakes cups in the microwave and eat them later.
(I will however insist that the specific brand of canned peas that pop up where I live are really gross)
Also, won’t lie, it is fascinating to meet another person who eats raw noodles out of the box. I thought that was just me!!!
The black beans sound yummy and so does that fried rice. Thank you for commenting with your recipes!
I recommend “211.ca” (seems to have a states equivalent but I’m not sure of the website url) for Canadian people as a general resource. I was previously facing homelessness and while I ended up solving my issues with a message on a roommate app, I ended up coming up with an entire plan through the 211 website in the scenario I ended up on the streets. Homeless shelters, soup kitchens, places I can get first/last months rent loans, so forth.
There’s even a section dedicated to LGBTQ resources.
Oh, sounds a little bit like me.
I am genderqueer/nonbinary. Specifically, my gender identity tends to fluctuate between agender and female. I am “comfortable living life as a woman”, but I often look at more androgynous folk and wonder: “Could that’ve been me, if I made a few different life choices?”
I can’t confirm what your identity is for sure. But I can say that there’s at least one other big person (I’m rather overweight, which tends to affect my dysphoria because there’s no hiding these curves 🤷) that experiences something similar, if you want to explore looking up nonbinary identity.
The House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. It wasn’t scary per say but I had an interesting experience where I had a manic episode reading it, barely slept, and got absolutely obsessed with the idea of it as I read it.
10/10 loved the immersion aspect.
Oh I didn’t know about this book! I was aware “The Healthy Back Kitchen” was getting released, but not this one. Seems to have some sensible suggestions based on the article—I never even considered getting my disabled mother an egg slicer so she can cut up small fruits without cutting herself.
Thank you for this article, I’ll definitely look into this book.
I mean you aren’t wrong! Hahaa.
Just got a few books from my local library that I’m excited to start. I’m starting off with “Focused Forward: Navigating the Storms of Adult ADHD” by James M. Ochoa which I picked out because it was the smallest book in the ADHD category, ha.
I also got a book on Linux/Unix, Diabetes, a workbook for Bipolar, a healthy snack book, and an organization book. Not too too sure if I’ll be able to finish it all by the time they’re due, but its a nice varied selection.
Ooh I didn’t know there was a database for interactive fiction! Thank you!
Oh that sounds like a lot of fun! I didn’t care too much for the building aspect of Minecraft, but I did enjoy the adventures.
Genshin Impact.
Listen. I understand that the entire thing was hyped up upon release. It was, after all, a gamechanger for mobile gacha games. We went from turn-based games to things like Honkai Star Rail and Tower of Fantasy and of course, Genshin Impact. Honkai Impact 3rd existed, but it wasn’t quite the same as these ones.
However. Despite the hype, there was a problem that made me reluctant to play it.
I really suck at gacha games. Every gacha game before then I would drop within what, 6 days? I love the characters, love the story, hate the game.
So imagine my surprise when I logged into my settings the other day and found out that oh, It’s now been over 500 days logged, lmao. I’ve taken breaks from it once in a while, but I haven’t quit it yet. What have I become?
Wait, what? Is that why everyone’s recommending steam deck games? I assumed Steam Deck verified games required something like, an okay GPU. Its actually the voltage? That definitely makes my life easier, lmfao.
I have never heard of MUDs before—fascinating, that IS something I’d like to explore.
2102/6001 so far.
RIP /r/IllegallySmolCats.
Fetishes are fun, while reconsidering your morals is not.
It isn’t even exclusive to us. Many times, when someone is “in the mood”, they just go for what they’re in the mood for without thinking about it in the moment. They can look at all the erotica they want, and then experience self-hating guilt afterwards for a good five minutes, and then repeat the same thing next Tuesday.