Posts by Lace Sabatons

The people yearn for an escape from social media. The time of forums is coming.

I usually go all out with decorations, but the year has been hectic so we're keeping it low key. Just a few outside decorations this year. My family has also been getting together to watch my partner Morrie play through a spooky game called "Sally Face" each evening. Later in the month we'll probably watch through a bunch of old movies that are vaguely horror or suspense. My sibling is on a Dario Argento kick, so I think we'll seek some of his stuff out this year.

I also like to do a craft each year. This year I'm working on a life size plywood skeleton decoration.

I try not to set those kinds of goals. For myself, I've found they don't tend to engender the kinds of behaviors or attitudes about myself that are helpful to me.

If I want to read more, rather than set a # of books as my goal, I'll make a point to set aside more time each day/week for reading.

If I want to read a different kind of book than I normally do (more nonfiction, for example), I'll make a point to include it in my book stack. I've got a standing rule that once I make my stack, I read the books in it one after another, without shuffling the order around at all.

That's what ends up working for me. I do like tracking the books I've already read though! I read about 40 in 2024. Mostly fiction, but I'm working more nonfiction in.

This forum software sure does have a boatload of features!

Got my very first smartphone last year, so I can finally share mine

edit: "insert attachment into post" does not look the way I expected, lmao

I got through most of the game before I met the great fairy. It's wayyyyy more fun once you're able to mix and match different accessories.

In the end I think my playthrough was pretty thorough. I'd have loved if there were some post-game challenges, à la most modern mario games. I know I'm playing a game made for children, and that's fine, but it's nice if there's *something* in there for me to struggle against.

This incarnation of Zelda Cavern had its impact on me, for sure. Those really active years of 2015~2016 were a time when I was disconnected from a lot of my traditional social outlets, and having people to chat with here was lovely.

Like you said, TSR and ToH loom large for me. I could talk about them forever, but I think I'll leave it at what you said.

Other boards that impacted me were "Warteen's Final Fantasy iii Message Board," which I actually just visited yesterday. It's still kicking around, haha. There was also a fan forum for the webcomic "Dominic Deegan" which I had some great times on.

I miss small communities. It's hard to keep them going, but they're so vital.

Ah dang, sorry you had to deal with that Kaynil. Glad you got your account back!

Survey submitted! I come off as a very grumpy fella in my answers.

This may or may not be true of me.

I'm actually kinda surprised how quickly I fell off of it. I fully intended to find all the shells and such, but the game just lost my interest after I beat it. Probably because I've got so many games I'm dividing my attention between this year.

Duly noted!

Thank you. The book mostly targets more experienced runners of TTRPGs, since the book is unlikely to reach anyone who isn't experienced with them. None the less, I do think it's a fairly accessible text.

You seem to be a bit more active online this past month! It has been nice seeing you around on twitter and on here.

It's always good to see music from earlier periods preserved via modern performance.

Haha, I definitely remember trying to validate my ego by picking hard difficulty levels myself!

These days I will also usually play through a game on normal, but I really appreciate games—like Hades for example—where the game ramps up the difficulty as you get better.