Happy New Years, I Guess…

So, here we are at the end of 2025.

Text Play: Lufia and the Fortress of Doom (Taito, 1993, SNES) Issue #011: How It Always Seems To End

Bad news, folks. I’m going to have to officially abandon another run of this game, much as I would rather not.

A Little Messing About: December 15, 2025

Not sure how long I’ll leave this up.

An Early Christmas Post

Since I haven’t gotten anything out lately and I’m not sure if I’ll get anything up in time otherwise.

A Turkey Day Ramble

I’ve got a new audio bit out. Link below the jump.

Runaway Cart

You lost there, buddy?

A Dopey Looking Fat Man In A Red Tie

It was Founder’s Week at my day job, and one of the things we were supposed to do was a little cosplay sort of thing of the Founder.

Normal Voice!

 Normal Voice! NORMAL VOICE!

Talk Like A Chipmunk

Or: Fast Motion Speech

Never Quite So Easy

I know I keep saying I need to get on with doing all these things I’m always going on about doing, and I at least have some idea of what I need to do to make bits and pieces of them happen, if nothing else.

Technically A Podcast, Maybe?

As it happens, I’ve got a Soundcloud account that I’ve just been letting sit unused for ages now.

Sooner Than I Though

 Guess I should have checked my main email sooner than I did.

Can't Do A Damned Thing At The Moment

 There's a few reasons, but there's kind of a big one right now.

Old Farm Cat

Really should have been in bed awhile before writing this, but I haven't put anything up in awhile, and after a little picture sharing in a Discord server I'm in, I've got something.

Picture Post: Point Loma Cliffside

There were a few things we did the day we went to a place called Point Loma, but I didn't get many pictures, all things considered.

ART: Another Sunny Day, I Guess

I'm not entirely sure why I keep promoting my deviantArt page, but here we are.

Just Because: September 05, 2025

This is mostly a “why not?” post.

Not Exactly Final Fantasy Tonight

Just in case anyone's wondering where my gaming content has been lately.

A Long Overdue Vacation

I mentioned this in a previous post, so I may as well get on with it.

An Unfortunate Lesson

Hopefully, I've learned something from recent experiences on Bluesky.

Last Bit Of Writing From My Oldest Laptop

This may be the last bit of writing I post from the very first laptop I ever had.

A Quick Note On Where I’ve Been

It’s some bad news, I’m afraid.

Picture Post: Seagull Dukat

I've only got a couple of these this year, and I'm starting off with an inside joke from a Discord server I'm in.

PICTURE POST: Lake Alvin, July 2025

Had a change of plans come up recently, so I spent a couple hours at another local state park.

Don't Need A Topic

This is as much to remind myself as anything.

Text Play: Lufia and the Fortress of Doom (Taito, 1993, SNES) Issue #010: Medan, Sorry...

No summoners here, either, I'm afraid.

Text Play: Lufia and the Fortress of Doom (Taito, 1993, SNES) Issue #009: On Our Way Again

Took me awhile to get back to this, but here I am again.

I did a little more grinding along the way back to the tower, albeit inadvertently. I got one last level for the hero on the way to the Northwest Tower to go after the Apprentice there, so I went back to Grenoble to heal up and save my game. When I got back to the tower, I got a little lost and almost died again, but along the way, I realized I must have done a little grinding there, too, because a lot of the treasure chests were empty. After using two of my three revive potions and another trip to and from town and Lufia gaining a level and a spell along the way, I finally got back to the top of the tower and beat the guy at the top.

The strategy for taking this Apprentice out is to use the hero's Drain spell to bring his defense down and then wail away with melee attacks and use the healing spell and/or items you've got as needed.

Once he goes down, he tells us that this Artea fellow we're looking for is in a village of elves that only other elves can find and get into called Elfrea. Hey, this is a SNES game from the early 90s, I think we can cut them some slack on the naming convention here. Anyway, the place we're looking for is on an island surrounded by three other islands, and we've gotta cross the desert south of Grenoble to even get started on our way there.

I remember it being quite a long trip from last time I tried this, but that's been awhile. I'll probably have to have a look at what I did before to see what I did to get through all this. Hopefully, I'll have the next issue of this run up in less time than it took me to get to this one out. Until then, stay safe, have fun, keep gaming, and DFTBA!

No Kings Every Day

I'm sure by now there's been a good deal of coverage of the recent demonstrations over the admin here in the good old USA.

Text Play: Lufia and the Fortress of Doom (Taito, 1993, SNES) Issue #008: Actually Did Keep Keep Grinding

It went a little better this time around.

PICTURE POST: A Late Spring Visit To Lake Vermillion

This is one of those trips that really could have started or ended with the Red Green Show theme, if not both.

Text Play: Lufia and the Fortress of Doom (Taito, 1993, SNES) Issue #007: Should've Kept Grinding

I just couldn't be satisfied with that, though.

Springtime Fun Outdoors

I'd kind of like to get back to some of that now that I think I've got my vehicle issues taken care of.

A “Marshmallow Man” Post

This may be like the scene from the end of the 1984 Ghostbusters movie.

A Little Filler For The End Of May

This won't be much of a post, I'm afraid.

A “Just Because” Post

I should do these more often.

Text Play: Lufia and the Fortress of Doom (Taito, 1993, SNES) Issue #006: Where To, Again...?

Oh yeah, that small town in France...

A Spring List

For Internet stuff I want to get done, anyway.

Text Play: Lufia and the Fortress of Doom (Taito, 1993, SNES) Issue #005: o/~ Save Big Money... o/~

o/~ Save Big Money At Lorbinia o/~

Text Play: Lufia and the Fortress of Doom (Taito, 1993, SNES) Issue #004: Started Off As Grinding

But then finally advanced the plot a bit.

Dry And Windy

But the wind is normal for this time of year, I guess.

Text Play: Lufia and the Fortress of Doom (Taito, 1993, SNES) Issue #003: Star Treckin'

o/~ Dumbly going forward 'cuz I can't find reverse... o/~

Maybe Not The Best Idea

I'd thought I might do a followup to my last JMT video the night I wrote this, but then thought better of it.

Text Play: Lufia and the Fortress of Doom (Taito, 1993, SNES) Issue #002: Stumbling About

And not knowing when to quit while I'm at it. But at least I did manage to advance the plot a little bit.

Doctor Stuff, Part Two

So the set of doctor appointments I was talking about in the previous one of these went about the way I'd expected.

Doctor Stuff, Part One

In spite of all the things I've had going on lately, I guess I'm doing alright.

Text Play: Lufia and the Fortress of Doom (Taito, 1993, SNES) Issue #001: Men In Tights

I was going to open this with the same joke I made the last time I did this, but calling the Alekian knights sissies seems in poor taste somehow now.

Text Play: Lufia and the Fortress of Doom (Taito, 1993, SNES) Issue #000: Take Two, Maybe...?

It's been a dozen years since I had a go at this game, and in spite of not having touched it in that long, I remember it being a pretty good game.

A Little Fiddling With Consoles

So I did make a little time to goof around with some of my gaming consoles a bit here.

Another Art Post

Just to have a post that’s about something other than how I’ve been lately.

A Slow Month

This last month or so really hasn't gone the way I had hoped it would.

A Rough Week

I've had kind of a rough week or so since my last post.

Coming Back Around

I've been feeling well enough to do more of this stuff again lately.

Picture Post: Last of the Big Tackle Boxes, Part Two

It took me longer than I had hoped to get to this, but I'm getting to it eventually.

Just Getting On With Things

There are so many I could apply that to.

Off To A Great Start

And by “great” I mean terrible.

First Post Of 2025

Would have been nice to come up with a better title than that, but the way things have been going lately, I'll take what I can get.