Last week, Nintendo had an Indie World Showcase. It's like a Direct but primarily for indie games from developers all around the world. A lot of cool games were shown (Have a Nice Death, Pepper Grinder, and Oni, to name a few) but the one that really grabbed my attention was this weird looking game that was released on the same day. Once Upon a Jester. It's about these two friends, Sok and Jester, and their quest to win a chance to perform at the kingdom's Royal Theatrical Spectacle. This, however, is a ruse so they can steal the Royal Diamond! A game where two idiots perform improv theatre so they can steal a big jewel? Sign me up!
The game itself was really fun! The developers, Bonte Avond, recorded most of the dialogue in one take. It definitely shows. But this is by no means a criticism. In fact, the way the dialogue is recorded makes the improv in the game feel much more authentic. Plus it's really funny to see what they came up with. The gameplay is pretty simple, with the player needing to complete quicktime events during the performance to get a good score. The main goal with each performance is to get 5 bouquets from the audience, with a total of fifteen in each town you perform in. If can't get five in one performance, no worries. You can keep trying as long as you need. The plot isn't going anywhere. Also, since the developers are primarily musicians, the music slaps. As someone who spent all of high school and college doing theatre, I can't recommend this game enough.
This isn't so much a review as much me wanting to talk about this really charming game. If you have a Switch or Steam and an appreciation for theatre, then Once Upon a Jester may be for you.
Oh, also Corpse Husband has a cameo in the game. It's hilarious.
Going live again tonight!
Stream schedule this week:
Tuesday: Paper Mario at 7:30 pm (CT)
Thursday: Paper Mario at 7:30 pm (CT)
We’re about halfway through the game so we should be done soon!
My wife and I got a new bed, courtesy of her aunts. It’s a king sized hybrid memory foam/spring bed and it’s only a little over a year old. I have not slept this comfortably in a long time. 🛌😴👍
Tonight: Paper Mario at 7:30 pm (CT)
Thursday: Paper Mario at 7:30 pm (CT)
I think in the next couple of weeks I might start streaming on Wednesdays again. Just to mix it up a little. I like being able to finish a game before I start a new one but I also like to do one offs occasionally. We’ll see. Anyway, we’re nearing the end of Paper Mario so I’m gonna start thi king about what I’m gonna play next. Should be exciting!
Stream schedule!!!!!!
Tonight: Spongebob and the Cosmic Shake
Thursday: More of the same.
However, the time’s gonna be a bit different. Tonight, I’m gonna start streaming at 8:00 pm (CT) instead of 7:30. Just something I wanna try out. Also, I might stream my reaction to tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct. We’ll see! See you tonight!
Seasonal anime watchlist: Fall 2022
Ordinarily I would’ve made this post a lot sooner but I’m still kinda figuring out things. Anyway, I’m gonna try and post one of these once I figure out what I’m watching each season.
Mondays: Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War (Sub)
Tuesdays: Chainsaw Man
Wednesdays: Mob Psycho 100 season 3, Do It Yourself
Fridays: Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War (Dub) (Yes, I’m watching both. That’s how I watched it in high school too. Subbed at the beginning of the week and dubbed on the weekend.)
Saturdays: Spy X Family, Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun! Season 3, Bluelock, Bocchi the Rock!
I will be binging part 3 of Jojo’s Bizzare Adventure: Stone Ocean when it comes out next month and I want to check out Romantic Killer too. I think that’s everything. May check out some other shows once the season’s finished.
So I mentioned it a few times before but I stream sometimes. I used to stream pretty regularly up until this August. I started to feel burnt out and decided to take a hiatus. On Tuesday, the 29th, I will officially be coming out of hiatus. I will be playing Paper Mario (N64) on twitch.tv/stillwill76 at 7:30 pm (CT). Part of the reason for my burnout was trying to keep up with every new big game that came out that I was interested in, so I’ll be playing some older games on my channel for a bit. I don’t think I’ll post here everytime I’m about to stream but I will post when I start a new playthrough of something. I stream every Tuesday and Thursday at 7:30 pm (CT) so if you just sit back, relax and watch me be okay at video games be sure to tune in. I can promise it’ll a pretty chill time. :)
It’s a bit smaller this time but that’s okay. I’m gonna try and catch up on all the dubs I want to watch.
Continuing series from the previous season:
That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime Season 3 (Crunchyroll)
Mission: Yozakura Family (Hulu)
Spice & Wolf: The Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf (Crunchyroll) (Started watching this in the middle of the previous season and forgot to add it to my previous watchlist post.)
New shows for this season:
Red Cat Ramen or Ramen Akaneko (Crunchyroll)
My Deer Friend Nokotan (Crunchyroll) (Favorite of the season)
The Elusive Samurai (Crunchyroll)
Other anime I’ve been watching:
Daily Lives of High School Boys (Crunchyroll) (Just finished. It was very stupid and funny.)
The Apothecary Diaries (Crunchyroll)
And will this be the season my wife and I finally finish Summer Time Rendering?!? Maybe! Once we finish Apothecary Diaries.
I will try to update this if we add any shows to our list. I won’t include any of the dubs I’m gonna check out because that should be it’s own post.
every time i see a clip or a fanart of ichigo and asauchi-hollow-zangetsu, I want to see a friendship montage of them riding bikes and singing karaoke and sharing a banana split. let them have a little fun. i am not sure if asauchi-hollow-zangetsu is even capable of opening his mouth and it would honestly be even funnier if he can't. chad and orihime can be there, too.
Reads too much manga. Loves Bleach, One Piece, Pokémon, Kingdom Hearts, and more. Big Nintendo fan. He/him. ASD/ADHD. Ace/demi.
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