RIP to a real Website.

While not my actual real last post, emotionally my "final cohost post" was written days earlier. It's mirrored over here, which brings me to the fact that there is a mirror. While the cohost page may stay up, redirecting to the Internet Archives's Wayback Machine, I have my favorite posts archived over here.

I'm not going to dwell here on what a tragedy(It's a HUGE tragedy) and loss it is that cohost couldn't survive. Instead I'm going to highlight some things I did there that I enjoy. Allow me to recommend a few posts.

Pleasant and Useful

• Using CSS to make Discord Better, is probably one of the more useful things I put on that site. Just don't blame me if you get yourself banned!
• Getting Feedback is Hard and it's not because your Friends Hate You, a write-up talking about fighting RSD style impulses and understanding why your friends might not be giving you as much feedback as you'd expect.
• Engage with Media but don't Overthink it!!, a super bare bones guide to being a more active participate in the media you enjoy.
• Swiss Format is Sick, about how Swiss is great for running online tournaments and any online TO should at least try it once.

Some fun ones also include.

• 10 Games to get to Know Me, which is exactly what it says on the tin.
• So you wanna display a Fuchsia pixel in the middle of a Screen?, which is a casual deep dive into the absurdity of display technologies.
• You can also check out the Wrestling tag, if you're that kind of freak.

Me, Being a Hater

• Hate, a post about how much I despise Steam Trading Cards that borders on free verse poetry.
• Achievements are one of the Worst Things in Gaming that Didn't Have to Be, a post about why I think Achievements were one of the big Unforced Errors of modern gaming.
• Stop Implementing Coyote Time, a half(... More like quarter. Maybe an EIGHTH joking) joking post about why I hate how we force every game to have generous "Coyote Time" and how it leads to a weird airjumping arms race that is worse than the problem it was trying to solve.

I've also added a Links and Friends section. If I know you and your work and you have a 88x31 icon, feel free to hit me up in all the normal places. Speaking of places to find me, besides the usual stuff linked on my sidebar (which I will eventually have to update), here are a few new places you can find me.

• Bluesky
• Pillowfort
• Dreamwidth
• Mastodon

We'll see which ones of these actually ends up working for me. Anyways, until next time...

I'll be honest, this year I hadn't played much new I haven't already written about so this year is going to go a little different. I'm going to talk about a BUNCH of stuff.

I Guess I Didn't Talk about Elden Ring

It was great? What do you want from me? What could I possibly say? Like it was a Fromsoft Souls game not named Dark Souls II of course I loved it. I guess I could say it has some of my favorite lore? I feel like it and Bloodborne do the best having their lore feel more forward and vi...

I figure some of you here would like this, as a lot of the my fellow cohosters are also filled with that post internet boom disillusionment.

My webspace is old. Like, really old. I have files on my webserver that were put there before some of my younger friends were were even born. No lie!

A set of coppermine php gallery files from 2003 to host my old art. Thanks to a close friend, who has always helped provide me with space on her various servers and VMs, I have had file continuity fo...

MY HISTORY WITH FIGHTING GAMES, THE FGC, AND HOW MY FIRST LOVE, GUILTY GEAR, HELPED ME GET THROUGH THE PANDEMIC

For the last few years I’ve been doing a year in summery of every game I’ve played. That’s a bit difficult to do now, since I’ve been writing up about games as I play them. It also is a problem that I haven’t been playing many game. In fact, I’ve been playing mostly just one.

I wanted to review Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2 earlier in the year but, like is the case with any good fighting g...