Rob-otron 2084 @RobF@mastodon.social

Bother that cat.

I would not be a teenager again for all the money in the world though. Nooooo way.

They're able to unload in my general direction, which is really important to me and I don't have to tiptoe around anything in response. Saves so much hassle.

The only big problem is finding the time together to talk uninterrupted. That's not so easy in here! We've been trying to get long enough for a few days now. Frustrating, but not really too much either of us can do about it so it is what it is.

We got there in the end and I think they know we've got their backs now.

Had to do parenty stuff with the eldest earlier - very glad we fostered a sort of "look, no bullshit here" sort of thing together from early on because it's made having Teenage Talks a whole lot easier for me when I can just get straight to the talking about things.

I cadged it in the sale on PS4 a few weeks back but it's less than a fiver on Steam right now and well worth a punt if you like silly twin stick arcade games.

I also really like how a lot of the stat boosts aren't slight. Stuff like "equip this for an extra 150%" or "this is 300x as powerful" or whatever. Makes tooling up with different loadouts way more playful.

Oh, and the special weapon drone you can get is called Liam for seemingly no other reason than it's funny.

Give me a killer android with a gavel-gun (presumably all the better for hitting people with) and a long wig though and that's me away.

I never 'got' the fuss over HM either so you know.

Spent a lot of tonight playing Jydge. Really enjoyed myself with it - it's sort of a (drastically) less obnoxious Hotline Miami-esque twin sticker.

Not being big on 10Tons stuff normally, was quite pleasantly surprised to find myself having a ball. The silliness and commitment to replacing the letter U with Y definitely, definitely helped. As did it not swimming in some sort of edgy toilet like HM bores the shit out of me with. Give me 2000ad-ish over that anyday.

Loved the cyclops too. It's got a really neat b movie/Who vibe to it.

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Tonight's tat film: Contamination - I think this is the first time watching this, didn't ring any bells anyway. Good opening half hour, fun rubber monster stuff for the last fifteen minutes and kinda lost its way for everything in-between.

Not enough gore to be a good splatterfest but an enjoyable piece of almost-50's b-movie SF with enough exploding innards to not be entirely cheese. Enjoyable in its own tatty way.

Lumines Remastered is fabulous but I'd forgotten just how long games take.

Admittedly, I could have done with this about 30 years ago but hey ho.

I know there's going to be a point where I use this time to make and write stuff but for now, it's still such a novelty after decades of living with my own head that I just enjoy leaning into the peace it buys me.

I've read and watched so much this year, much more than I've managed in so long and it's great. I'd forgotten there ever was this sort of rest possible.

I have anti-anxiety meds to help with the head pain and it's a fucking revelation that brains can actually wind the fuck down for a bit.

It's like ah, so this is what someone else's head must feel like.

I think my favourite sensation ever is that bit where the pills conspire to work together for a bit and I can feel the pain and stress gradually winding down a tad.

Honestly, it's better than ice cream.