^^^ she is thinking about the same games that she gets into at the same time every year again…

(For the video game asks) 1, 3, 19!

a game that had a lasting impression on you

i'll say it until i die probably, but transistor. not only is it visually and musically striking, but the storyline is so good. [spoilers] not only that, but the final scene where boxer pleads for red to not impale herself with the transistor only for her to do it, uh, kind of saved my life during a really rough time

3. a game that's so bad it's good

disclaimer: i have never played it, but i am obsessed with night cry. nothing about it is promising. sgf's playthrough was the hysterical life boat that dragged me through another summer depressive episode

19. favorite indie game that you played recently

i haven't had a whole lot of time to play games lately, but i did start another bastion playthrough. and it's a loose definition of "recently", but i did enjoy playing yearwalk again

I think going on a Yearwalk would probably fix me

Jus fer th hell of it gonna do a Yearwalk. Found an old Christian church gonna do it to

5 Ways To Get Your Fitness On In The New Year

The holidays are nearing their end and you may be thinking that after a couple of months of over-indulgence, how are you going to fit back into your non-winter clothes? I think most of us can relate but here is something to remember, it is never too early to start working on that summer body.

I know many of us make New Year's resolutions and swear this is the year we are going to get committed and stay committed to a health and fitness routine. I think if there is ever a time to commit to your fitness, it is early winter because we tend to be less active this time of year, eat more, and gain more weight.

The days are shorter, the weather may be challenging depending on your location, and the food temptations are ridiculous. Not to mention game day Sundays, Mondays, and Thursdays with all of the gatherings with snacks and drinks. But you can get fit and stay fit in the winter, despite what seems like the worst time of year to achieve your fitness goals.

The first thing to remember is nothing has changed. You are still you whether you have gained a few extra pounds or not. You can indulge but just do it in moderation. And most importantly, remember that a bad day, or even a bad week does not undo all of your progress, so no matter what, just get back at it.

Your fitness journey may need to start indoors, either at a gym or at home and that is okay too. This is not an advertisement for Peloton, but I use my Peloton tread, bike, or the Peloton app daily for my fitness needs. I say make whatever you have available work for you.

5 Ways To Get Your Fitness On Now and In The New Year

Walking and Hiking

I am fortunate enough to live close to many trails, so walking and hiking is always an option for me. On days when it gets dark early or it is too cold out, I choose to walk on my treadmill. Find your favorite place to walk or hike, bring a friend, or just pop in your earbuds and enjoy the scenery in solitude.

Treadmill

Running is exhilarating. My treadmill is my bestie and my happy place. Whether you choose to speed walk, jog, or take a run, the treadmill is a great place to work on your conditioning.

Cycling

If you are like me and have knee issues, cycling is a great way to build cardio fitness and leg strength without the traumatic impact that running can have on the body. Cycling is a great option for low-impact exercise to take either indoors or outdoors.

Strength Training

Strength training is very important as we age. Our bones need it. Our bodies need it. Strength training burns a lot of calories and builds muscle while strengthening bones and reducing the risk of osteoarthritis.

Pilates and Yoga

Doing pilates and yoga is a way to work on flexibility and strength while minimizing impact on the body. Pilates and yoga moves are easily performed indoors and are great companions to your endurance exercises.

I have given you some options to help get you started on your fitness recovery or journey but there are so many more that I did not mention. What is your favorite way to move your body and exercise? Please share!

GLOSON-SIRENS

12 months. 12 players. 

YearWalkers MC will begin on 1 January 2022.

I’m trying out Mental Canvas, I’m still practicing though

Church Grim!Jaskier

Protector of cemeteries, often taking the form of a big black dog. Church Grims are supposedly created when a creature is the first to be buried under a newly built church‘s floor, forced to lead the dead through the veil and protect the cemetery against any desecrators. Often, to spare honest folk the agony of serving for all eternity, an animal is buried alive under the church. Another variant of the tale says a human heart gets cut out and put in a dead animal‘s chest, and the carcass then gets buried, thus creating the cursed guardian.

[1/?] Creature!Jaskier Au

REVIEW: SWEDISH SLUDGERS GLOSON EMBODY MARA ON NEW EP

Halmstad, Sweden sludge post-metal band, Gloson, have released EP, Mara, which came out today (April 5), and was released via label, Black Lion Records. It’s only two tracks but at almost eight minutes each the title of EP is most justified. Gloson are Anders Persson, guitarist and vocalist; Christian Larsson, guitarist, vocalist and drums; Kristoffer Bruhn, bassist and backing vocalist and Samuel Envik, drummer. Artists they like, they find inspiring, are Neurosis, Cult Of Luna, Kongh, ISIS, Abandon, Walk Through Fire, *shels, Terra Tenebrosa, Amebix and many more. Going back, to the summer of 2012 in Sweden, the four-piece came together with one mission in mind, creating dark music with a flickering flame of light. Eschewing political and religious themes, the band turned within to their own lives and issues. First came their 2014 release, digital EP, Yearwalker. The EP was well-received, with it rereleased in a LP format come the following year by Catatonic State from Sweden and Art of Propaganda from Germany.  Then came the song writing for the debut full-length that took place. The 2017 album, Grimen, was preceded by its first single, “Cringe”, in late 2016, and proved to be many strides forward. When asked the meaning behind the title of today’s EP, Christian was able to provide the following; indeed, it eschewing political and religious themes: “A “Mara” is the mythical/folklore personification of a nightmare – hence that very word. The Swedish word for nightmare is “Mardröm”,” he said.  “And, as such, the EP deals with exactly that; nightmares.” They released the official music video for “Usurper” last Monday (March 25), everyone’s first taste of said, new EP courtesy of Black Lion Records. 

Christian also did the mixing and mastering on the Mara EP, Sophy Fredriksson the artwork you see up top and Ogino Design design and layout. Opening track, “Usurper”, rings in eerily.  Then sliding and slamming in with that wall of guitar, biting bass and climatic drumming. The vocals, screaming of desolation and anger, are equally crushing.  Slow, clomping feet of the sasquatch through bog or mire.  Then the menacingly cleaner vocal emphasis lets you focus on the profound, philosophical lyrics of, “Is this the world we were given, is this the world we would flee/Ravens randomly strike through the shadow, ‘til the end they’re striking through me/Is this the world we were given, upon this world we will see/Whatever my world has forbidden, is forever what I will be.” Then comes the vocal fadeout as the guitar, sedate at first, builds up before going headlong back into that crushing instrumentation.  It then searches for new territory to dominate, vocals a spoken word intermission, like a feral dog or lone wolf.  The guitar becomes higher register, rather than grinding low in the dirt, like the height of howling despair.  The closing minute or so ups the ante in that respect.  The crashing drum is given a little room to breathe, brooding and moody on those toms.  The song fades into jarring perpetuity.  Indeed, out onwards into space like the aforementioned visuals.  A signal sent into posterity. Closing track, “Equinox”, drags descending and despondently.  Doomy. Mighty in its victory but a secret loser.  The guitars then spaced out as the vocal creepily gets under your skin.  Then the vocals full on bellow, hoarse and powerful. The guitars ring out and reverberate, rattling in the skull.  Contrast of spaced out guitar atmospherics and chugging elsewhere arresting and multifaceted. A middle section searches elsewhere as lead guitar, melodic and pained, finds that light at the end of the tunnel that couldn’t be found elsewhere.  This drama’s ramped up as the drums hit with cacophony and urgency, cymbals ringing out. This repeats as frustration builds and tears swell.  Though, however, light is sought and darkness seems extinguished.  At least for a little while.   Solace is wanted desperately, but intense guitar takes hold and darkness is actually only ever really around the corner. “Cascade of shifting lights and colours, all of a sudden, vanished” confirming this, darkness subsuming light and positivity.  The arrangement is pared back, quiet noodling on the guitar like some sort of low level anxiety.  Building up to breakdown, feeling and hearing nothing.  Release through death, suicide or waking from a seeming living nightmare? It’s really difficult to pick one track from these two we have, here.  One is impossibly dark and the other equally so, just with a seeming, if not happy, but better resolution.  What you’ve basically got is a story told by two equally sizeable tracks, one act one and the other act two.  “Usurper” is really one to pour over lyrically, so much thought crammed in.  “Equinox”, is equally weighty and profound, just in less words.  Basically, you can’t have one without the sequel other. Gloson are something to behold, something to shake you from your reverie of complacency when contending with most of the rubbish you come across in today’s musical mess.  It’s progressive, it tells a story.  However, both tracks are self-contained enough to stand on their own. It’s that one’s The Hobbit and the other is The Lord Of The Rings.  It would feel wrong to have an overall preference choosing one.  Gloson’s Mara EP can be bought on iTunes, here. Also visit their Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes and website pages to keep tabs on Gloson.

yearwalk / theodore almsten

the watchers are watching, but who are watching the watchers?

Si è finalmente spento il cielo sul quadrivio e le nuvole grigie sono tornate a coprire le strade dai raggi caldi del sole. Negli uffici non c'è più bisogno dell'aria condizionata e gli Impiegati indossano le giacche quando sostano nella piazza. In azienda c'è odore di soddisfazione e cambiamento, consapevoli che ogni giorno è un giorno in più lontani dall'era della persecuzione e della schiavitù. Non più formicaio, ora alveare.

Sept. 1st - Year walk

the universe blinked its eye and someone crossed all barriers that are known as time and space

I doodled the dream character

@avoiided, @fractal-fourcube 

Chaster? Church Gaster? Gaster Grim? Gram?