tuesday again

[graveexcitement]

my brother (who is 14) and i have been in a stalemate for the last few days; i want to get him to play zero escape, and he wants to get me to play (more) ace attorney. (i played the first two AA games last year.) hopefully, we're both going to get what we want, by alternating which games we play. or at least that's what i suggested. today we started by playing the first case of the third Ace Attorney game, Trials and Tribulations. which, you know... tutorial case, so not all that interesting, but it was neat to play as Mia.

and hopefully tomorrow (or the next time we decide to play a story-based game, as opposed to like, smash ultimate) i can get him started on the first zero escape game. he's a danganronpa fan (like me; this is also why i got into ze, because lots of DR people seemed to be into it) so i think he'll enjoy it.

tomorrow i have an eye doctor's appointment at 10, so i have to get up early (for me; since i'm on vacation, i tend to get up at 12 at the earliest, and more often later than that.) & then on thursday, dentist appointment. maybe i can finally get my permanent crown seated...?

school starts for me in one (1) week. this semester i'm taking 4 classes: Japanese (my fourth semester), American Literature, World Literature, & a 'class' that actually means i'll be helping edit my community college's literary magazine.

...though... now i'm looking at my degree plan again and maybe i only need one of those lit classes?? heck. well, i should probably meet with an adviser IRL to make sure i'm set to graduate anyways, i'll just... have to make sure i do that early enough to drop one if i need to. (though if the workload isn't too big, it might be worth taking it anyways.)

in any case, if all goes well at the end of this semester i'll have my associate's in creative writing. and after that... well... i don't know. change is scary, and so are big life decisions.

Comments

[casualbird]

trials and tribulations is THE best ace attorney game and like, probably in the top five games i've ever played? top three, even? it's so good i hope you love it.

but hey, you're on your school's literary magazine? i am too! i'm loving it so far, it's all so much fun and our group works really well together. (i mean, like, it's five really sweet agreeable people, me, and my boyfriend so)

have so much fun!

[graveexcitement]

oh nice, then i will def be looking forward to playing more trials & tribulations! :0

nice!! i have no idea who else will be working with me on our literary magazine, but i at least know the prof. i’m looking forward to it though! in my senior yr of high school my creative writing class also put together a lit magazine, and that was fun. of course, we had like 20 ppl in that class, whereas this one will probably have, 3 or 4, lmao. hope you have fun with yours!

[casualbird]

i hope it goes really well, and that you have just as much fun as i do! i meant that as a response to the lit magazine, but i suppose that it applies to both!

[graveexcitement]

thanks! :D

[shadaras]

That agreement you have with your brother sounds like an excellent compromise; I hope it works well!

I haven't heard of Zero Escape before; I'm guessing that it's a kinda visual novel style game, with the comparison to DR?

CC literary magazines are really fun! When I was at CC, I was part of theirs for most quarters, and we had a surprising number of consistent people; it was like, ~15 folk and a good 5-7 consistent people in it.

[graveexcitement]

yep — the Zero Escape games are more or less visual novels, but each game also has a number of ‘escape the room’ sections where you have to solve a variety of puzzles to escape whatever room you’ve been trapped in. there’s a fairly large overlap in the ZE and DR fandoms, probably because both series are Japanese visual novels featuring a fair amount of murder. the first Zero Escape game is 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors (my favorite of the ZE trilogy.)

nice! last time i checked, my lit magazine ‘class’ only had like 2-3 other people in it, but that was a few weeks ago, so we might have more by the time school actually starts... who knows, haha.

[shadaras]

Escape the room as key interactive bits sounds pretty fun. :) Visual novel isn't a genre I tend to play, but it's one I enjoy hearing people talk about.

Probably there'll be at least another one or two people, right? I hope it's fun regardless of how many people end up being in the class, though!

[graveexcitement]

yeah, the escape the room bits are fun! visual novel isn’t my favorite genre but i do like it.

probably! it’s funny, at this community college with some classes you can register only a few days before the semester starts and still not need to worry about classes being full — way different from my one year at university, haha! (there, it feels like you can refresh the page .5 seconds after registration opens and half your picks are full already...)

[shadaras]

Ahhh yeah, there is that. I think it depends a little on school size, not just CC/uni, but the different cultures also definitely influence it too.

[graveexcitement]

oh yeah, for sure — the uni i was at was super big, and idk how big my CC is but i know it’s not as big as the uni, haha.

[typerare]

"a 'class' that actually means i'll be helping edit my community college's literary magazine"

oh man, i did something pretty much identical in college and it was fantastic. i hope you have as much fun and learn as much as i did!

best of luck for your final semester! 🍀🍀🍀

[graveexcitement]

nice, i’m def looking forward to it! thank you!!

[storme]

Trials and Tribulations is, I think, the best of the AA games. It ties everything together so well and has such wonderful interpersonal moments.

ZE and DR are also both excellent. :D

[graveexcitement]

nice, i’ve heard trials & tribulations is great so i’m definitely looking forward to what it has in store!

i’ve been a big DR fan for several years and i’ve gotten into ZE in the last few months — big fan of both! :D

[storme]

Fun story: one of my old friends and I sat in a cafe many years ago in London where he told me all about this new Japanese game he loved, sort of 'a cross between Battle Royale and Phoenix Wright'. He wanted to do a translated Let's Play and had cleared it with the forum mods, but wasn't sure if anyone would care.

I'd read it, I said, and Oren said, yeah, maybe I will, then.

And he did, and posted it up on SomethingAwful, and then that Let's Play EXPLODED in popularity and is likely what prompted the English releases. My relationship with DR is therefore both fannish (I've cosplayed from it a few times, own all the games, played them all, own merch) and oddly maternal-feeling. I was there, man. I was there. :D

[graveexcitement]

wow, you knew oren? that’s fantastic — i first got into DR in 2013 when the somethingawful LP was all the rage on tumblr, so the first game i entirely experienced through that LP. i still go back to look at it sometimes, because it’s a convenient transcript for the first game, haha. nice!!

[storme]

I still know Oren pretty well -- we went to a DR cafe in Akihabara together last year, even. :D He's still a Spike/Chunsoft superfan, and a lovely guy.

[graveexcitement]

nice!! the DR cafe sounds fun :D

[orangerful]

I like how Japanese is in that mix. Do you just like Japanese or are you hoping to use that ? Do you have enough credits for a certificate in that?

[graveexcitement]

i mostly just like japanese, and right now i don’t have enough credits for a certificate or anything but if i continue taking japanese classes at a four-year university, then i might be able to get something out of it

but as for whether i’ll actually be able to use it for something, i don’t know! i’d love to be fluent enough to read it decently, at least (i tend to prioritize reading over listening/speaking.)