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#pretend theres a square for sweet voice#we foicking forgor#rtvs#hlvrai#half life vr but the ai is self aware#gordon feetman#benrey#dr coomer#tommy coolatta#dr bubby#wayneradiotv
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Gordon says from the river to the sea Palestine will be free
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Don't forget your daily click 😇
#hlvrai#my art#gordon feetman#hlvrai gordon#pls tell me the links worked#palestine art#pixel art#finally got over my nerves and made some palestine art#ignore the glasses. i completely forgot that square glasses were an option#still a beginner but im really enjoying pixel art so far. colours r so fun#be nice pls#half life vr but the ai is self aware#free palestine
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no good posts from chalko today. only vibstar ribber.
#ahhhhh yeah sure i'll put it in the vr tag#vib ribbon#homestar runner#ok now that THATS out of the way#not too happy with homestars eyes here?? couldnt make the vib ribbon eyes work correctly so i jsut did the square thingies#i want to make a gooder post soon. but who knows when!!!!
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I hate that I managed to get behind on my finances again.
I had to pawn my Switch a few months back. It was kind of a desperation thing, I'd gotten hit with a couple bills during my rent paycheck instead of my bill paycheck (ice soup anyone?)
I think the day I was supposed to make a payment by/pay it off is this week. This is after I got an extension, failed to meet that, then had to essentially make a plan to buy my switch back.
I've got a PS5 and my PC, so it's not like I've got nothing to play. I just really enjoyed having it. I'd said a few years ago that when I could afford a Switch I'd have "made it", at least to a point I wanted to be at. Then I had to pawn it to make it.
**siiiiiigh** It's just a "thing", and I can live without it, and to be fair I didn't play it as often as I should have (or did I?), it just sucks. Sentimental value and all that.
Sorry for the negative Nancy vent, I've more or less come to terms with it.
#I also pawned the games with it so if I ever get one again it's square one :/#I also pawned VR headset#alright there no more#vent#unrelated
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I drew the green gang brushes♡♡♡♡♡♡
Some little goofy silly bois >:]
#artists on tumblr#eddievr#juicyfruitsnacks#your narrator#honey bunches#the boys#vr#no no square#green gang
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No, no, don’t touch me there.
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Guys. Guys it's a square.
It's a square guys look it's a square.
#these are all just my personal headcanons#well no the vr-la one is just canon#I'm pretty sure kyana is also canonically ace iirc?#however bi/aro dani is the hill that I will die on.#I will die on this hill.#maybe arospec#but I will die on this hill#bi aro allo dani will live in my heart forever I don't care about canon this is My canon#rolling with difficulty#rwd#rwd headcanons#this is so stupid but I’m autistic and it’s a square guys it’s a square#the heir speaks
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Pussy Willow
My Wife brought some Pussy willow home to decorate for Easter.They made a great subject for my new 105mm macro and even newer Nikon R1C1 speedlight set-up.
I watched a few YouTube videos to get the hang of the basics I also read and re-read the manual and started making test shots. This was the one That I thought looked best. You can count the hairs and what’s more This shot was handheld at f/14…
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tatsumayo for the ship bingo?
o ma god. ever since reading romantic?date theyve never left my mind . they drive me AND each other insane. theyre so romantic its funny. theyre wives. theyre spouses and husbands .. everything to me
#tatsumi playing 4d chess to explain to his parents why hes flirting with his unitmate in hit ensemble square vr game SSVRSS#enstars#ensemble stars#no id#tatsumayo#piper ens posting
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i find it weird for a reason i cant place that of all the art mediums ive dipped into, 3D modeling has always been the hardest to get any grasp on. like, every 3D art program is so unintuitive and confusing, and you cant even just fuck around and find out with most of them.
#even with blockbench which was the easiest so far. i still was staring at youtube tutorials going. WHY?#is it just the inevitable way that 3D modeling has to be because of the facts of the medium? is there not easier ways?#i mean every other thing ive tried so far has honestly been... easy? ish? enough?#at least the basics of them if nothing else#i wanna say crocheting might be another option for 'what the fuck even is this medium' but honestly. i was fun#even if i did only ever make like 4 things that fit in my palm and they were. 3 squares and a heart#the 3d part of 3d modeling isnt even like. an issue. ive messed with clay before and even made little things out of paper and cardboard#it truly is just. the interface and keybinds and shit. aough#i wish it was like... have you ever played vr art games? where you can draw in a 3D space around you? i wish it was like that yknow#there was one 3d art program ive messed with in the past that was kinda like that but i dont remember the name and it also felt...#idk. its hard to describe. it was a weird one#i just want to 3D model so i can make my OCs </3#my post
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we need a dj leah fic
i know nothing about dj-ing so this is all y'all get lmao
hobbies II l.williamson
"lee? baby i'm home!" you called out, kicking off your shoes and shrugging off your jacket at the door. though when you received no response you frowned, walking further into your home.
"babe? leah?" you continued to call out, popping your head into the bedroom and the living room but finding no trace of the blonde. her car was in your driveway and unless you'd missed something you weren't aware of her having an event or plans tonight.
"oh here you are." you sighed in relief finally finding her in the kitchen. "baby?" you called out, dropping your bag on the counter. "lee?" you called again, the girl bopping her head focused on something else, headphones covering her ears.
you paused for a moment eyes falling to the sliver of her abs visible where her shirt had ridden up, waistband of her boxers poking out from her pants as her tanned and toned arms flexed while she messed about with whatever was in front of her.
"leah!" you yelled louder, smacking your hand on the counter a few times as your girlfriend finally glanced up, flinching a little in shock at the sight of you stood there. "hi gorgeous, didn't hear you come in." she pulled her headphones down to her ears with a smile.
"missed you." she attached to you right away with a soft smile, attacking your face with kisses before finally rewarding you with a real one, tugging you around the counter to where she previously stood.
"yeah no wonder you didn't hear me. what the hell is all this?" you frowned seeing her messing about with her laptop and some sort of board full of buttons. "dj pad." leah gave you a toothy grin, wrapping you in a hug, your head resting against her chest as you stared down at her latest hobby.
"oh leah." you sighed as she let you go, tenderly kissing the side of your head. "what?" she smiled, ducking down to kiss you properly, sending your head into a spin as her tongue swiped your bottom lip but you forced yourself to pull away.
"you always do this!" you pulled yourself up to sit on the counter beside her laptop. "do what!" leah frowned, crossing her arms with a raised eyebrow sent your way.
"you invest in some sort of hobby, do it for a week or two and then it joins your graveyard of dead interests and you move onto something else. then the cycle repeats!" you shook your head knowingly.
"i do not!" leah scoffed in offence as you now raised an eyebrow at her, jumping down from the counter. "come with me my love, let's go on a little house tour." you smiled holding our your hand, leah pulling off her headphones with a roll of her eyes and leaving them by the dj pad as her slender fingers interlocked with yours.
"example one; the hoverboard." you gestured to the item sitting abandoned in the corner of the living room, untouched for years now. "babe everyone bought those during lock down!" leah defended as you hummed.
"example two; the indoor golf set." you kicked the box sat with her trainers. "i still use that." leah protested as you fixed her with a firm look. "you've used it like four times if you're lucky."
"example three; the knitting!" leah followed you into her study as you yanked open one of her desk drawers and pointed to the abandoned bundle of wool and needles. "excuse me? i made you a blanket and that blanket was made with love." leah scowled as you shut the drawer.
"a baby blanket maybe it was like four poorly finished squares lee it could cover my ankles if i'm lucky." you chuckled moving to the large wall to wall bookshelf as leah scoffed. "psychology!" you continued, waving to the five or six huge textbooks your girlfriend was yet to even touch let alone crack open.
"hey i could still read those, that doesn't count."
"but will you? signs point to no." you sighed with a shake of your head, ignoring your girlfriends hand swatting at your bum with an unimpressed huff at your tone.
"the VR goggles?"
"they gave me a headache!"
"the drumming pads?"
"okay those were an impulse buy."
"gardening? the veggie patch?"
"our garden is immaculate!"
"yes it is, because i'm the one who looks after it and actually keeps it alive baby. the video camera?"
"hey i made the cutest video with that last year, it isn't my fault i lost the charger."
"do i need to continue baby or are you seeing the pattern now?" you challenged with a smile, swinging leahs hand back and forth which was still linked with yours.
"okay maybe i can be a little bit impulsive. but life is too short not to enjoy simple pleasures babe, even just for a moment." using your interlocked hands she tugged your body into hers, hands cupping your cheeks as her thumb pulled down your bottom lip before it snapped back up with a small pop.
"did you learn that in one of your self help books?" you grinned right as she leaned in to kiss you, head flicking back to the bookshelf. "shut up, but i'm getting pretty good! come." with that she lead you out of the office and back to the kitchen.
"leah!" you laughed as she effortlessly picked you up by the waist and sat you back on the counter. "listen." she carefully slid her headphones over your ears, pecking your lips a few times and focusing back on the dj pad.
your lips curled into a smile as you adjusted her headphones, wincing a little as a loud beat sounded in your ears, and you tried not to laugh at how your girlfriends eyebrows furrowed together as she pushed and prodded at the different buttons.
"see? not too bad eh!" leah stopped after a few minutes and you tugged the headphones down. "wait that was it?" you frowned, leahs mouth dropping into a small o at your words. "that was like someone beat boxing without a sense of rhythm. babe that was so bad!" you laughed honestly, covering your smile with your hand.
"baby!" leah whined, smacking your leg and crossing her arms. "what? do you want me to lie?" you grinned as she pulled her headphones off you with a huff. "don't quit your day job for the ibiza circuit just yet sweets, you're no fred again." you continued to tease as you patted her shoulder.
"hey it's really hard okay! these stupid programs i downloaded are no help either." leah pouted with another huff. you held up a finger for her to wait, lifting your hips to pull your phone out of your back pocket.
"here baby, one more for your bookshelf."
"how to dj for idiots and dummies."
"cheeky girl." leah tutted, slotting herself in between your legs as her hands slid up and down your legs which wrapped around her waist. "have you figured out your dj name yet?" you grinned, getting your words out in between the lingeringly soft kisses the taller blonde was leaving on your lips.
"no, got any suggestions?" leah chuckled, closing her eyes as your mouth pulled away from hers and focused on her neck, her hands gripping your hips and pulling your body closer into hers as you inhaled the intoxicating scent of her favorite perfume.
"i think dj hold the mayo williamson will do numbers in ticket sales."
"oh really? think i might need a tour manager love."
"aren't you lucky, you've got the best in the business right in front of you."
"mmm i haven't done any gigs yet gorgeous, afraid i can't pay you."
"oh don't you worry williamson, i think we can work some sort of arrangement out."
#leah williamson x reader#woso x reader#woso#woso blurbs#engwnt#leah williamson#woso imagine#woso fanfics
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୨⋆ ࣪ ₊ BEST INTEREST (VR.1) 02Z ⋆ ࣪ ₊ ୧
▌▍ ֙⋆ ་ ᳝ ◝ iNTRO TO Y/N’s DiARY. Being the younger sister of the infamous lee heeseung came along with some more cons than pros. his annoying behaviors, your friends talking about him 24/7, being referred to as “Heeseung’s sister” more than your own name, and his three best friends. so what do you do about it? Get a diary of course! and in between those pages of her writing about her older brother and school life, there were three pages that were never going to see the light of day.
🎀💭 ࣪ ✸ PAiRiNGS ⌁ musician!jay x fem reader : soccer captian!jake x fem reader : barista!sunghoon x fem reader.
FEATURiNG ˖ 𓏲࣪ 🥛 YUNJiN (lesserafim) KEEHO (p1harmony) TAERAE (zerobaseone) TAEHYUN (txt) . . . more to be added
YN’s WARNiNGS ! › ✸ cursing, kys/kms jokes, more to be added
GENRE ♡✦ ˖ 🏹🧸 SOCiAL MEDiA AU, WRiTTEN (some chapters) SLiCE OF LiFE, ROMANCE, ANGST.
( THANK YOU TO @yswon FOR THE HEADER ! )
☁️𖥻 ִ ۫ ּ ﹗💐❙❘❙ “missing entry” this special chapter isn’t unlocked until the last chapter ;) will be mentioned in early chapters tho.
NOTE ! the maknae line will not be in this smau (they will make some appearances) due to me already having a series planned for them, just wanted to say this before ppl ask me where are sunwonki :) 🤍🌷
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THE THREE NOTES <🤍> (READ IF YOU’D LIKE)
these chapters will be released as the story goes on
( 🎸) read abt jay? (⚽️) read abt jake? (☕️) read abt sunghoon
01 | yn enthusiast 02 | hee lovers
01 | DEAR DIARY “pretty girl”
02 | DEAR DIARY pick me!
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04 | DEAR DIARY heeseung is a lewser
05 | DEAR DIARY square one.
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Bandai Globally Announces Tamagotchi Uni!
The big announcement is finally here, and Bandai has not disappointed! Bandai has officially globally announced the Tamagotchi Uni! Uni stands for Unique, Unite, and Universal. This Tamagotchi is packed with new features, and for the first time ever, features Wi-Fi connectivity to connect to the all-new Tamaverse.
Let’s talk software.
The Tamagotchi Uni is truly global, as you boot the device you’ll be asked which language you would like to use. Supporting the global release, languages supported are English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Japanese all one on device!
First, on the Tamagotchi Uni you will raise a Uni Tama that’s one-of-a-kind, inside and out! A UniTama is a Tamagotchi character you can rate to be completely unique. There are unique personalities that your UniTama can have, including shy, energetic, chill, and spoiled.
Next are favorite things, you can place items in your room, and if your UniTama likes them, playtime might be more fun! The animations are just adorable. Fashion & Furniture, you can style your Tamagotchi with the cutest accessories. Arrange your very own room to give your unique Tamagotchi character a beautiful home, truly unique!
There’s even a crafts feature! Gather DIY instructions and materials to create accessories in your favorite colors. You obtain these instructions and materials using the Tama Walk feature.
The Tama Walk feature uses the built-in pedometer similar to the Tamagotchi Smart. Your Tamagotchi will be able to collect craft materials and instructions through a walk. Several images show that you can walk in several different locations and collect items, you’ll find a bunch in just a 20-minute walk!
Tamagotchi Uni is all about uniting. There are many ways to connect and play with friends! Raise your UniTama’s together. When using the connect features, a Wi-Fi symbol will appear in the upper left-hand corner of the Tamagotchi Uni.
First, you can play by connecting Tamagotchi Uni devices together, and your friends Tamagotchi will be added to the built-in friends list.
Second, you’ll be able to exchange items, you can gift items you’ve purchased, or DIY items you’ve made through the crafting feature.
Third, you can craft together. Trade materials and make items together.
Lastly, propose, we’re so excited to see that marriage is back! If your friends UniTama says yes, your Tamagotchi character can get married. Some exclusive Tamagotchi characters are born through the Connect feature.
Universal, for the first time you can link up to the world with Wi-Fi! This enables users to download items, and meet Tamagotchi characters from around the world in the Tamaverse.
The Tamaverse is a virtual space available on the Tamagotchi Uni, some features require a Wi-Fi connection. The animation when your Tamagotchi enters the Tamaverse is just adorable and futuristic, how cute is the Tamagotchi egg VR headset?
You can interact with unique Tamagotchi Uni Tama characters from around the world in the Tamagotchi world’s meta verse, the Tamaverse. Jump into the Tamaverse with your own Tamagotchi character you raised.
Using built-in Wi-Fi, Uni can connect to an online environment called the Tamaverse. There are several locations to visit in the Tamaverse, and Bandai even has a map posted on their website:
Entrance - At the entrance you’ll meet Tamagotchi characters from around the world! Pay attention to how they greet you: you’ll see various languages.
Tama Square - Separated into three different areas.
Tama Party - The partner of your dreams exists somewhere around the globe! Approach any UniTama that catches your eye. This is the dating feature where you can find a partner.
Tama Travel - Choose a tour to go on a globetrotting adventure! Make memories that’ll last a lifetime. Pictured are a vacation to the Egyptian pyramids, and a boat ride with a whale jumping out of the water. This feature reminds us of the travel feature on TamaTown!
Tama Fashion - Sample global fashion! Register your Tamagotchi character’s outfit and share it with the world.
Tama Arena - Work together with or compete against other Tamagotchi characters in limited-time game events! Keep a lookout for the latest event info!
You can also enter download codes to download items and Tamauniverse areas! Download codes can be found on product packages, in campaigns, events, and more! This reminds us of the codes we used to enter into the Tamagotchi Connection series. The input code can be entered and items will then be downloaded.
For the first time ever, your Tamagotchi will receive software updates. Updates offer more ways to play! Events are held in the Tamaverse’s Tama Arena, and you may see something interesting at the Area Gate!
Catch up on the latest Tamagotchi Uni News with the Info feature. Renew Info to see what’s happening! You might even get some surprises!
As if that was not enough, the Tamagotchi Uni also features some of your favorite classic features, with some changes. Including feeding your Tamagotchi food and snacks. Using the toilet and bath, the Tama Mall and Arcade where you can earn Gotchi points and spend them.
The sitter is back when you’re busy! Make sure to get back home before 6:00PM before the sitter leaves.
Lastly, the Tama Social is back! Your Tamagotchi might post to socials! Posted pictures can be sent to your smartphone. This is exciting because you’ll finally be able to get the photos off of your Tamagotchi and onto your phone and of course post them!
There are some new characters and returning characters! 21 popular and new Tamagotchi adult characters that appear in the Tamagotchi Uni device and are waiting for you to meet them. Characters include Mametchi, Kuchipatchi, Mimitchi, Memetchi, Shykutchi, Bigsmile, Hypertchi, Picohutchi, Woopatchi, Bubbletchi, Unimarutchi, Weeptchi, Kikitchi, Simagurutchi, Sebiretchi, Neliatchi, Momotchi, Milktchi, and Gozarutchi. There are two secret characters which Bandai is only display the silhouette of, can you guess who they are?
Bandai has also posted a video explaining all of the Tamagotchi Uni features:
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Let’s talk hardware.
The Tamagotchi Uni features a watch strap so that you can wear it on your wrist like a watch, or you can play with Tamagotchi Uni outside of the strap like a traditional Tamagotchi. Available in two different shell colors that are both very vibrant, unique, and feature a translucent back.
The Tamagotchi Uni uses a built-in lithium polymer battery that is rechargeable using the included USB-C cable. Long gone are the days of needing to use AAA batteries.
The pink shell features a pink Tamagotchi Uni body where the wavy design around the screen is green and blue. It also features blue translucent buttons, back, and buckles on the strap.
The purple shell features a purple Tamagotchi Uni body where the wavy design around the screen is green and pink. It also features pink translucent buttons, back, and buckles on the strap.
The Tamagotchi Uni you purchase anywhere around the globe will be the same device, but the packaging will differ. The packaging in Japan resembles the Tamagotchi Smart packaging, and the packaging outside of Japan resembles the Tamagotchi On & Pix packaging. Content in the boxes includes the Tamagotchi Uni (which includes the strap), a USB-C charging cable, and instruction manual.
Let’s talk release.
The Tamagotchi Uni will be released on July 15th, 2023 globally in countries including the United States, Canada, Mexico, UK, France, Spain, Italy, South Korea, Japan, and possibly more. Preoders are now globally available from many retailers. In the United States you’ll find them on Premium Bandai USA, and Amazon for MSRP of $59.99.
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To get the word out, Bandai has partnered with both Charli D’Amelio, a global active influencer with over 150 million followers on TikTok and Kemio, a charismatic video creator with a huge following among young people and active globally.
Both have officially been appointed as Tamagotchi’s “Tama Family” ambassadors. They’re also both featured in the new Tamagotchi Unit promotional videos, and commercials. What is the Tama Family? A Tamagotchi fan who loves Tamagotchi. Once you start raising Tamagotchi, you will join the Tama Family.
This is huge news. The Tamagotchi Uni is packed with new features, new connectivity, and being released globally this summer! Preorders are now available globally with a MSRP of $59.99 USD and official release date of July 15th, 2023 globally!
Be sure to check out the Tamagotchi Uni, and place a preorder with your preferred retailer!
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Creator Spotlight: @scottlava
Scott Campbell has illustrated numerous children’s books, including SKULLS!, Sleepy the Goodnight Buddy, and Zombie In Love. He was author/illustrator of the much-loved HUG MACHINE. He enjoyed a long career in video games, where he art directed the critically acclaimed game Psychonauts and Brutal Legend for Double Fine Productions. Great Showdowns is his ongoing online series. Scott’s work has appeared in galleries and publications around the world. You can see more of his work at ScottC.com.
Check out our interview with Scott below!
How did you get your start in art, and more specifically, with Great Showdowns?
I went to art school in San Francisco and have been painting, making comics, and designing video games ever since with Double Fine Productions. The Great Showdowns began at the first Crazy 4 Cult exhibition at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles back in 2007, an exhibition of artwork inspired by the cult classics of cinema. The first 10 little paintings were intended to be snack-sized pieces for people to easily collect. They began with perhaps the most iconic of wild west showdowns from A Fistful of Dollars with Clint Eastwood. I pulled some of my favorite moments from films like Ghostbusters, Predator, Exorcist, and Planet of the Apes and placed them all in simple little dust-colored squares as if they were in the dirt streets of a wild west town. They began as good versus evil but grew to all kinds of showdowns between people and objects and often moments of great love between people. I started a tumblr for them a few years later, and I have been posting them ever since. We have published three Great Showdown books and have had 3 solo exhibitions along with worldwide scavenger hunts. There are over a thousand of them up on the site by now, and i do not plan on stopping any time soon.
Which 3 famous artists (dead or alive) would you invite to your dinner party?
I would like to gather Jim Henson, Walt Disney, and Richard Scarry together for dinner and chats. They have all created my favorite and most joyful worlds. I think we would have some of the most delightful chats.
What is a medium that you have always been intrigued by but would never use yourself?
I love collage, but every time I try it, I get frustrated and just quit. Someday I will get into it when my kids are old enough to really mess around with various mediums. I plan to have boxes of textiles and magazines for them to just annihilate.
What does your work set up look like?
Oh, it’s just a table with an old mug for water and an old plate for my watercolors and not much else. I share a studio with a bunch of very inspiring people who make wonderful things, from fabricated creatures to VR experiences and films. I have probably the simplest little area in the space. I do have an old oak flat file that I love to look at.
Advice you would give to an aspiring creator?
The biggest thing I would push upon everyone would be to not fret about one’s visual style. The style will grow and present itself as you experiment with mediums and expose yourself to various cultural delights. Just have fun and try all kinds of things.
What is one interaction you had from a fan of yours that has stuck with you over the years?
I gave a game design presentation many years back on a game I had art directed at the time called Brutal Legend at a game conference in Leeds. The game followed a roadie to the age of metal in the land of metal, with demons and chrome volcanoes and hot rods growing from the ground, and rivers of happy and cheering fans. After the talk, I spoke with someone whose work I had seen in earlier portfolio reviews at the conference. She was very shy but incredibly talented. She came up to me after the talk feeling pretty emotional and inspired to the point of tears and sobbing. It was probably the most extreme reaction I have ever gotten from someone, and it touched me deep down in my guts. That’s why we make things! To bring on the tears!
From video games, to illustrations, and children's books, you've worked on many projects. What was the most challenging, yet rewarding one?
Video games take an enormous amount of work over a long period of time and rely on the skills and talent of many like-minded people. It is sometimes difficult to corral such an effort, but it is incredibly rewarding to see it all come together to create such epic worlds. That said, though, children’s books are very enjoyable in a cozy way. It’s just me right there working on a world and all the pressure is on me. I cannot rely on all the talented people around me to make it look great.
Who on Tumblr inspires you and why?
I love perusing old fashion and film blogs and artists like Bob Jinx and Neil Sanders and collections like Its Colossal.
Thanks for stopping by, Scott! Be sure to check out the Great Showdowns over at @scottlava!
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Why is Side Order in the same menu as the hub areas, even though it is extremely different from any hub area? I understand that the opening cutscene makes it seem like Neo3 is going to Inkopolis Square, so using the Train Station would make sense that first time, but after that?
There's literally an entire empty slot next to the Train Station button in the menu that they could have put it. Are you telling me I need to get on a train to get into the VR Memverse?
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High Existence and ZeroSpace: The First Shadow and NINA May Be Massive, Immersive Drug Trips
The blurb in last Friday's video from TFS sounded familiar, but I couldn't place it. I found a lot of sites quoting The Alchemist about the universe conspiring to give you what you truly want (which is similar and it's probably what I was thinking of when this blurb registered as familiar), but I couldn't find this exact quote:
Well...not at first, anyway. I decided to stick every word I could make out here ^ into my search bar...and I found where the blurb comes from:
This blog post is quite literally the only source I could find for it, and the whole damn thing is directly lifted.
Right off the bat, the site fucking jump-scared me:
And it doesn't end there. Let's dive in, because this rabbit hole is a trip unto itself...no MDMA required.
1. The Fucking Website...#1 (HighExistence.com)
High Existence is a sort of drug-induced-spiritual-trip centered self-help site.
It's got blog posts and podcasts and all that jazz. Here are some of the highlights:
Wow! That was...a lot. A lot of words from the word show, too:
Wholeness, heroes, ancient aliens, prisons of politeness, and the fucking Shire, too, I guess. Why not?
(An Aside: I've included the VR in here too because of the sheer similarities between Henry's experience with the Shadow in VR, El's experience in NINA, and The First Shadow in general.)
Like fuck it, why not keep going, these posts date back to at least 2017:
And don't let me start in on that Creel boy and Faust...
[Jason voice] "[Eddie] made a deal with the devil and now he has his powers!" (Also we get it, one of them is neurotic and the other is psychotic. I've been saying this since like...forever)
Of course, all that insanity aside, the Russian base arc has just...an insane amount of ST4 and TFS stuff packed into it in general:
(And this isn't even all of it. I know others [cough] Stav Heroesbyler [cough] have covered it even more...but bro it is THERE)
But most importantly for the NINA arc:
Three things: Dialogue doubling (there's the one I showed, plus a) Robin yelling "Wipeout!" at Steve which has the pipeline -> "Wipeout!" at Rink-O-Mania -> 002-005 bullying El in a very similar manner and b) Steve's "that's amazing" line about the water fountain -> "This is amazing!" not only from Alice irt the Creel house but also from Mike irt Will's painting on their way to save El from NINA. Again, these are just a few of MANY instances), makeup doubling with the bloodshot eyes, and my beloved: set/prop doubling.
I love that beautiful framing on the nearly-identical square clocks. I have so much to say about that clock, but specifically:
The clocks being set 9 minutes apart, which happens to be the exact length of time from the end of Vecna's voiceover in 4.07 to the start of the fight sequence in 4.07 (aka the length of One's frozen-clock monologue).
Not only that, but the clock isn't even right. It says it's 3:55, but it's definitely not 3:55 AM (see: movie theater scene) but it's also not 3:55 PM:
(And why do we have a clock in an elevator anyway? That's the real question. That thang only exists to deliver subtext, baby! It exists to connect the two scenes further!)
Anyway, as you all likely noticed, this site mostly deals in psychedelics, stimulants, and empathogens.
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Hell, you could even pull One's bit on the ecosystem into it, since he's describing connections between beings that are being disturbed/destroyed by humanity.
Anyway, the site tends to center specifically on DMT and MDMA...so let's talk about those:
MDMA & DMT
An aside: Interesting to me that psychosis here can be counteracted with sedatives. Makes me wonder if whatever happened in 1979 could have been halted if they'd just tranq'd One. Hm.
First off: Did I read that right? Piggy-backing? Damn, son. 4.09, The Piggyback, is pictured in that paragraph. So is Brenner's candy bit with the children -> "candy flipping" vs LSD use in Brenner's lab.
Second: Ah, how nice. Intravenous/injectable. Just like how El is constantly being shot up with...something...to enter NINA.
Now, nearly all psychedelics can induce psychosis, but especially so if they're combined with other psychoactive substances and/or if the user has a history of psychosis (either themselves or in their family).
However, MDMA specifically has been posited as a treatment for PTSD and retrograde/traumagenic amnesia:
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Like...wow. Okay, I guess!
tl;dr: One seems to have been tripping fucking balls during the monologue. Literally every fucking version of him. El likely is as well. Funny how that works. Was any of that real? [smash cut to the way blood pours down the walls and the dead children dance around in the VR version of NINA] And either way, Henry in TFS isn't far behind with his hallucinogenic moments.
The connection? Whatever the hell is going on in Hawkins Labs...and symptoms of drug use.
I was not expecting to get this much out of a single rabbit hole. But...that's life with this show, isn't it? And this is only Part 1.
2. The Fucking Website...#2 (Futurism.com)
The guy who made that original post that TFS lifted the blurb from (Jordan Lejuwaan) runs a couple different websites. The most interesting one is Futurism, which is basically an online version of the Weekly Watcher:
It won't let me filter by date, but it seems to have been founded in 2017, stemming from an infographic subreddit. (Now, it says it's a trustworthy news source, and maybe it is, but... Do your own assessment of that. I'm not your mother, yknow?)
Jordan Lejuwaan was also involved in something far more interesting irt Stranger Things...
3. Zero Space
Jordan co-founded an immersive, interactive theater experience called ZeroSpace back in 2018. As we all know, TFS was just in the beginning phase of its creation around this time.
So...This was like a brick to the skull:
"Alice in Wonderland" (don't get me started: rabbit fuckery, DRUGS!!!!!, clocks/being later, Alice Creel, Fringe connections (Through The Looking Glass and What Walter Found There being the episode about the pocket universe where 20 years passed in 5 days...and also wherein we find out about him hiding away an Observer child that he will later time travel with to save the world from the Observer takeover...erasing himself from time/the timeline by doing so...there is SO much) not to mention the "one pill makes you larger/smaller" vs teen El and baby El...it's too much to try and fit in this post), "ALIENS AND LASERS", "stretch the perceived reality of the sense", "art, actors and your own mind converge to prompt MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS" (which was a common complaint about TFS: it leaves people with more questions than answers).
("See you on the other side" being an in-show line from Henry in the lab to Patty in the void, but this image is ripped directly from the same promo video that the High Existence blurb appears in.)
Here's a little taste of what ZeroSpace is like, but I suggest going to the actual page to see it in action:
It's heavily heavily reminiscent of TFS, even just in the content warnings...
Not to mention the actual show content SFX:
However, the goal of TFS isn't to stretch our senses. We're just watching. We are not the volunteer seeing the other side.
For most of the show, that person is Henry (except the first 5 mins, when it's Cptn. Brenner and his crew literally experiencing the other side). Henry is doing the experiencing. He's the one breaking the fourth wall by picking at/breaking the sets, the one running through the audience and leaving out the theater doors (only to end up right back on stage just like El in the Rainbow Room in 4.05).
With each bit of info I find out adjacent to the play, the more convinced I am that this is some secret third boy's experience in a NINA-like simulation.
Overall—
a) TFS most likely isn't wholly real, and it seems very likely that it's the same kind of simulation as NINA.
b) El was probably drugged up with some kind of empathogenic psychedelic going into NINA, likely with the goal of setting her up to form emotional connections quickly and deeply only to rip that deep connection away in order to bolster her abilities.
c) NINA is not, then, wholly based in truth. Parts of NINA (staring at the bullying from 002-005) may have been generated from El's memories of the outside world.
d) With NINA and TFS seeming so similar, I wouldn't be shocked if parts of it are just one massive empathogen trip (staring at how quickly Henry and Patty bond, similarly to how quickly Henry and El bond in NINA).
e) Whoever is in NINA with teen El is also tripping balls, most likely, and may have gone off the rails in that regard. However, that's in a simulation...hard to assign guilt or blame for things done in a fictional/unreal world.
f) Whoever was with baby El in 1979 may have been in a similar situation "moving chess pieces"-style instead. Read: drugged in order to put him in a situation where he would bolster El's latent abilities...and it went wrong (see also: Walter Bishop's orchestrated/fake massacre meant to bolster Olivia's latent abilities.)
g) Richard Brenner having been the head of narcotics makes me question which Brenner we're seeing at any given time: Martin, or Richard?
#st nina project#st: tfs#henry creel#el hopper#non-consensual drug use#medical malpractice#ZeroSpace#High Existence
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