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I Need a New Fidget Toy
Jun. 23rd, 2024 09:54 amI noticed that I've worried and worn the left thumbstick on my controller to the point where it has no little bumps or texture remaining, AND it's starting to tear. Unfortunately I love soft silicone and rubbery textures, and will rub and poke them endlessly when I have them in my hands. Shopping for replacements is a bit overwhelming as everyone and their grandmother makes replacement pads, but I think a pair from Kontrol Freek might do the trick. When did I start using the thumbstick instead of the d-pad, anyway? Hm.
This came up while playing Okami, which is an amazing game and one I really wanted to play when it came out, but I didn't own a console. I eventually bought a used PS2 on eBay at some point, and a copy of Katamari Damacy, but I kind of forgot about Okami until it went on sale last year on Steam and Fox bought it for me. He had it and played through it several times and wanted to share that. So far I'm enjoying the hell out of it, but I got to Kaguya's digging mini-game and I am just filled with white-hot rage. When I do manage to get a Waterspout to shoot her up to a block, SHE JUST SITS ON IT. WHY ARE YOU JUST SITTING THERE GET UP AND WALK OMG KAGUYA. If you want me to help you dig up your whatever-it-is down here you've got to work with me and stop being ... YOU. So I'm off farming belief and demon fangs to upgrade my number of ink pots and to get a golden ink pot, which is supposed to replenish ink at a much faster rate. Because I get the feeling I'm going to be using a lot more brush techniques on this one than any of the previous mini-games.
I think when she is just sitting on the waterspout, I might be able to use Galestorm to blow her off onto a solid block, as long as she doesn't just turn around and walk back into the pool, which would likely have me putting my head through the wall out of sheer frustration. This one goes right to the top of my "Most Annoying Mini-Games Designed By Satan Himself," along with Hyper Light Drifter's soccer game.
In my IRL-farming-simulation, AKA my garden, I've got some food worked into the pumpkin and pepper beds, and the tomatoes that gave up the proverbial ghost in the heat are ready to be hoed under. The cherry tomatoes are still going strong, and I have another pattypan squash ready to be harvested. At this point I have enough of those little squashes that my next round of lunch prep may be curried squash and basmati rice. I should also save some seeds from that squash - it was a volunteer and it's turned out to be a vigorous, productive little plant.
This came up while playing Okami, which is an amazing game and one I really wanted to play when it came out, but I didn't own a console. I eventually bought a used PS2 on eBay at some point, and a copy of Katamari Damacy, but I kind of forgot about Okami until it went on sale last year on Steam and Fox bought it for me. He had it and played through it several times and wanted to share that. So far I'm enjoying the hell out of it, but I got to Kaguya's digging mini-game and I am just filled with white-hot rage. When I do manage to get a Waterspout to shoot her up to a block, SHE JUST SITS ON IT. WHY ARE YOU JUST SITTING THERE GET UP AND WALK OMG KAGUYA. If you want me to help you dig up your whatever-it-is down here you've got to work with me and stop being ... YOU. So I'm off farming belief and demon fangs to upgrade my number of ink pots and to get a golden ink pot, which is supposed to replenish ink at a much faster rate. Because I get the feeling I'm going to be using a lot more brush techniques on this one than any of the previous mini-games.
I think when she is just sitting on the waterspout, I might be able to use Galestorm to blow her off onto a solid block, as long as she doesn't just turn around and walk back into the pool, which would likely have me putting my head through the wall out of sheer frustration. This one goes right to the top of my "Most Annoying Mini-Games Designed By Satan Himself," along with Hyper Light Drifter's soccer game.
In my IRL-farming-simulation, AKA my garden, I've got some food worked into the pumpkin and pepper beds, and the tomatoes that gave up the proverbial ghost in the heat are ready to be hoed under. The cherry tomatoes are still going strong, and I have another pattypan squash ready to be harvested. At this point I have enough of those little squashes that my next round of lunch prep may be curried squash and basmati rice. I should also save some seeds from that squash - it was a volunteer and it's turned out to be a vigorous, productive little plant.
