Vol. 47 - Clearing the Backlog
wrote a whole bunch for you to peruse this lazy Sunday, including thoughts on the Switch 2, how to play JRPGs when you have ADHD, and more :D
It’s been a while! But I didn’t disappear. My Sundays just happen to have been pretty busy lately, lol. Plus I’ve been traveling for work a lot. But! I have lots of stuff to share, so let us get back into it.
Interesting Stuff
We Almost got VR Jumping Flash
Literally what the stupid thing was built for, but apparently they never got it off the ground. AAA Gaming continues its deluge of Ls.
Obsidian Wallpapers
Do you have the same level of parasocial obsession as I do with Obsidian? Then definitely grab these wallpapers
5 Great GBA RPGs with English Patches
A great list that some people might not know about. Some are obvious — I feel like we didn’t need Mother 3 on there, personally — but Oriental Blue is a great pull, and it’s nice to see Caravan Hearts get some love. It feels unfairly maligned to me. I might have to write about it some day!
Vert
A useful, frill-free file converter. Takes images, videos, and audio, with no ads or tracking, and it’s all open-source! Plus all processing other than video is done on your own device!
TypingPhonetic Drum Machine
You say boom chit boomboomb chit and it comes back to you as a drum sequencer. Neat!
Planted Recently
Thoughts on the Nintendo Switch 2
It’s fine!
Youth O Youth
An ode to Yokai-Watch 3 and the person I could have been.
An ADHD Guide to Playing Dragon Quest VIII
This was pretty fun to write lmfao.
Media Corner
Games
Playing:
Rune Factory - Guardians of Azuma
This game is like cocaine to me, I’m in deep and it’s bad
TV/Film
Music
Miitopia Original Soundtrack
Spyro Complete Soundtrack - Stewart Copeland
Float - buko boys
BEAUTIFUL CHAOS - KATSEYE
KPop Demon Hunters Soundtrack - TWICE
Radiant Revival - Jamie Paige & Hatsune Miku
Oscillaria ~ オシラリア - Natsukashii ~ 懐かしい
Status Update
Goin’ alright even tho also the world is burning obviously lmfao. Got to go to the Ninendo Store in San Francisco and it was really nice, even got to try the new Donkey Kong game that’s coming out a few weeks early. And I finally started writing my novel again, after reading On Writing by Stephen King and feeling embarrassed, lmfao. Can’t not be doin’ good when it’s my birthday month, yippie!!
Signing Off
I hope you’re doin’ well yourself! Have a good weekend, hit the ko-fi link below if you like and want to support this letter, and if you wanna hang out I'm on Bluesky!
https://ko-fi.com/barquq