Recent Obsessions Part 2
Friday July 26, 2024
Some time has passed since the last one, so here’s the next info dump on the bullshit I’ve been into.
Anteater
Fuck this game. Of all the games played on my Astro City, I think this is the most annoying one. Annoying, but extremely addicting. If I’m watching someone else play it is impossible to not call next. This game is ugly as shit, the sound effects are jarring, every life lost feels unfair, and yet I can’t stop playing it.
"You need to be retarded to play this game."
- Sky
I’ll try to briefly summarize the game. You move your tongue around the tunnels to eat ants and worms. Worms can pass through your tongue, but an ant touching your tongue kills you. Worms can only be eaten from behind. You complete the level by eating all the pink dots ant larva. Bonus points are calculated by multiplying ants eaten times worms eaten, then multiplying that by 10. I’m not going to write up a detailed review here, mostly because none of my reviews are very detailed, but also because it doesn’t matter if the game is good or not. You should try it.
Some other games I’ve been playing on the Astro that deserve a mention:
- Donkey Kong 3
- Mr. Do!
- Galaga
By the way, I’m still playing Stepmania!
Television
Like, the album is called Television. I hardly watch TV. I found it on the discover section of Bandcamp, and it is currently my go to “doing anything on the computer” soundtrack. I feel like it gives me super powers when drawing.
(It does not.)
I also put it on while playing arcade games in the garage. I feel like it fits the atmosphere well. I guess you could say this about any music that you like, but for me, music like this is great when I need to focus on something. Like learning how to play Ken, for example. Wait a second… I pretty much said the same thing in the last post. Doesn’t matter. I’d say “Eliot” is probably my favorite track on the album.
The artist, nobonoko, has 2 other albums that I really like, but Television gets the spotlight because that’s the one that I found first. The other two are Swamp and PLNR. They are both just as good and are always in the rotation. I will be exploring the rest of his discography for sure.
Drawing / Graphic Design
I’ve been drawing a lot more than usual recently thanks to Art Fight. Since it’s only a month long, it gives me the push to actually finish drawings instead of letting WIPs rot in my documents folder. I have been spoiled by awesome Naomi art and will miss it dearly when Art Fight is over. I guess I am offically an “OC person” now, but at least I’m not a furry.
I have a bunch more stickers planned, but I want to run out of the current stock before getting new ones printed. I’ve been working on a “maerk City” logo vector in the style of the Versus City logo. I’m not sure what I’m going to do with it once it’s finished, but I’m having a good time making it. I love Inkscape. It feels like I’m in a creative groove that I have been out of for a while. It brings me back to when I was in highschool and a ton of my free time was spent making stuff in Photoshop.
I also plan on making my own Mr. Do! marquee for the Astro, since that is easily the most played game on that cab. Shout out to my girlfriend, AKA Mrs. Do!