You know. It’s not a relisten if I don’t listen to the “trailer” of an audio drama.
Nothing feels more like a friend than Zach Valenti going “a now concluded sci-fi audio fiction series. It’s… been a few years since our final episode aired”
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friend shaped half-fly/half-man
We sharing podcasts???? Hell yeah >:]
My top podcasts of the year
I’m sorry for getting overly emotional about this but, I have to get this out. I’m so confused and shocked on why the object community is turned into this. I know that Michael and Cary are going a path that they want to go through but, it’s insane how everyone is reacting. They want to pay their employees for their work.
They are trying to make money through the advertisements of their merchandise. They feel that they want to pay these people because of their hard work and their commitment to the show. I understand that the show is gone through major changes but it’s still the same show that we all remember. It’s just changed over the test of time. It’s changed because Michael and Cary wanted it to change. This is their plan for the show, they wanted this. The entire crew of Jacknjellify wanted this to happen.
This is the future of the show. Is it so wrong to want to pay your workers for the effort that they put in? I understand that not everyone is happy with this decision, not everyone can agree on everything. But is it truly wrong that they want to make money off of a show that they truly believe in and have passion for? Maybe in the past not everyone agreed on the idea of BFDI. But why right now is BFB getting the backlash that it’s getting now?
I’m not trying to hide this from anyone but, it’s hurting my soul. It hurts to see a community like this.
Wasn’t BFDI one of the founding members of this community?
Shouldn’t we have faith in Michael and Cary for what they’re doing?
I’m not going to fight against the choices that they’ve made. I’m going to support them no matter what.
I hope your remember that all this started somewhere. I hope you’re remember the Jacknjellify is making this content for us to enjoy. They’re not putting a price on it. They don’t expect you to support them, they just want you to enjoy their content.
They make these videos and don’t expect a penny back. They make these videos for us to enjoy. I’m sorry for making this whole speech about how I feel about the object community right now. I truly just needed to get it out, amongst this chaos I want you all to remember why they make these videos. I want you to remember that it takes time and effort and dedication to make these videos to go out into the public.
If channels like Animation Epic and JacknJellify have patreons and merch and need to make money to keep creating these shows, what’s wrong with advertising merch to further support the show?
I’m sorry for letting this all out. You may think differently than me and that’s OK, it’s just my two cents. It’s just my opinion.
I think Hades would be the best game of all time if there was a dress-up feature.
In this essay I will explain how dressing up Zagreus in stupid armor/ Nyx's dresses would be benef-
MI 1 + 2: Really just the first special edition I would love to just tweak. The art direction and some of the redesigns just have me preferring the older style compared to the new and improve version. And I feel even some of the most simple of movements are not very appealing to watch. (watching Guybrush use the rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle was not as satisfying as the original). Though I’d also say that trying to barter with Stan was kinda a hassle to me. Also give the voice lines and background ambience noises included in the original for the special edition. Please please please god please. I don’t think I have any gripes with Lechuck’s Revenge. These two games were great and it kept my attention and got me interested in the monkey island series, they’re great games and great introductions to games like them.
COMI: The more cartoony style done for the Curse was great and made it feel like a wonderful visually-interactive pirate adventure :). But, I do realize I wish we could have gotten a little more Elaine action and more of her involvement other than Guybrush having to save her. And also have a little more bonding time between Guy and Elaine towards the end. Without it, it makes the ending feel so rushed like, “I’ve saved you. Now I’m married to you.” It would have been nice to have a little back and forth banter between the bride and groom to be. Maybe a little more dialogue like when Guybrush proposed (and maybe have him try to sing and the barbers shut him up for something idk). Having that would make the ending a little less rushed than before
EMI: Oh dear. Really wasn’t a big fame of controls. Arrow keys and function keys were not fun to navigate with or for any item collecting. They were a pain.
The humor was kinda hit or miss depending on the joke or maybe a little reference towards a topical joke at the time. It kinda made me want to skip the dialogue sometimes, even though most of the dialogue is so fitting and great.
MORE GUYBRUSH AND ELAINE AS A HAPPY MARRIED COUPLE MOMENTS. Please please please. Playing Curse and then directly going into Escape feels like their relationship is now kinda on the rocks compared to the ending of Curse, where they seem very much happy and content with each other. Would want to have more cute plunder bunny moments for the soul.
and speaking of guybrush. I’m all for that goofy deep voice guybrush pulls off but it feels weird to have a happily married man and seeing him casually flirt with some of the other characters. Please more plunderbunny.
The randomization of certain tasks did lessen my enjoyment of the game. It made me go, “How the hell was I supposed to figure that out?” instead of making me feel proud to have understood the rules of the puzzle. Like the sushi boats, prosthetic order dial, and Boulder throwing.
Just a big no on the monkey kombat or at least modify it to instead do monkey noises you learn Australian slang to defeat Ozzy Mandrill. Just fix it to get rid of the tedium.
Could have gone through the series without the monkey head being a giant fighting robot and instead maybe just defeating Ozzy but then have him possessed but Lechuck to give him a role in the final battle. Also just put a big giant ‘x’ over the whole Charles L Charles thing, It didn’t make much sense to me. Just straight up Lechuck would be fun.
TOMI: Tales is great, there really isn’t Mapuche i have. The game is great and a nice neat story that combined a lot of what people love about the series. The characters, dialogue, humor, etc. All of that was there and combined to give us such an enjoyable game to a lot of people. I would like to change the controls on Tales but it’s mostly just for inspecting items and combining them for tasks. Maybe have it be like Curse and just drag it from one part to another part of your inventory. Also sometimes using the music to drag Guybrush along was a little uncomfortable. But really don’t think I have much to say other than more plunderbunny. I really don’t think you could have too much of that. You know?
Day Three: Something You Would Change
Monkey Island isn’t without its fair of flaws. Whether glaring issues or something small and trivial, there’s that one thing that if it were up to you, you would change. So pretend for a moment, you have that ability: What would be something in the series you would change?
[Audio clip of Malevolent ep. 10
(Arthur climbs down from the boulder.)
ARTHUR: Let’s check in, get a room, wash our clothes and shave, maybe. (In pleasure. Audibly smiling.) Oh. Then once we’re all put together and showered and have a meal and –
JOHN: Alright, Arthur.
ARTHUR: Sorry, sorry, just the prospect of having a proper rest is almost palpable.]
Huh, this feels familiar.....
ayo, vote for your favorite half-blood, or son? idk, this is so silly. you have one day!
this goes out specifically to the person who submitted this particular half-blood. i hope you know this is what I've done
Yippee, I've finally finished a podcast. What shall I do with my time??
Hmmm, a book? Hey you haven't finished the last of us you should do that... I have no idea what to start. A movie maybe?- *tries to stall while reaching for another podcast*
Hi! I'm Lerin | Any Pronouns! | A big nerd who makes like one post every something or other | probably trying to make fanart | afraid to post said fanart | Artsy | Write-y | Gamer
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