In Media Rest - 2025-10-12
Not a huge amount going on this fortnight, but still some stuff to talk about.
Videogames
FALLSTRUKTUR
Carried on with this a bit further and pushed the WR down to a 36.52. I'm fairly confident a 35.xx is possible without major changes, but I've decided to take a break from it as I have a short holiday coming up and don't want to try grinding to a deadline.
1000xResist
Finished this today - also because I didn't want to leave it hanging while I was away. Really fantastic, by most metrics it's something of a walking simulator but it does so much with the how it presents its story and characters within the restrictive interaction available, genuinely breathtaking in places. As is becoming a bit of a habit of mine, I was holding up really well until a single line in the final chapter caught me off guard and made me cry. Still got a bit to explore with this, especially in the ending.
Marvel's Midnight Suns
This was a legit GOTY contender for me in that 2022/23 crossover period - really enjoyable tactical combat with fun characters and a good grasp of its genre conventions. Returning to it in 2025, with all the DLC and after a couple of years of mediocre big-budget ensemble pieces, it has a different pallor to it. The first 12 hours have felt astonishingly slow and the DLC characters are awkwardly sideloaded into the post-tutorial, but the party conversations have everything Veilguard lacked. Still never seen a game so disappointed with itself not containing some fuckin'. Horniest sexless game I've ever seen.
Lorn's Lure
I tried it out to see if it scratched the FALLSTRUKTUR itch, and tbh it doesn't so far. Only played the first level so far, but found it extremely dull and overly controlled for my tastes. I paid for it so I'll carry on a bit further, but it hasn't hooked me.
Music
Mass of the Fermenting Dregs - Live in Glasgow
Caught this gig on Friday - was exhausted on Saturday but that's just age. They had a pretty comprehensive merch table so I was able to get a physical of my favourite album - No New World. It's the album that got me into them, specifically due to this absolute banger AMV (just MV? I'm not up on the nomenclature) using Asahinagu over clips from Linda Linda Linda. That one YouTube recommendation has put me onto both a favourite film and favourite band at once - full on rewired my brain. The show itself was excellent - great flow, they didn't go too heavy, and the venue (a gorgeous repurposed church) had some comfortable booth seating to the sides, so while I didn't get any good pictures I was able to walk the next day. It was a young crowd which was fun, and I had some good chats trading Japanese music recs with people hanging around or waiting to buy merch before the show. Also, £20 a ticket, can't complain. Spent more on the train.