Hey y'all,
Hard to believe it's been another month since I last posted here! Somehow we're already entering the final quarter of year.
For a week or so here in the Seattle we had some awful wildfire smoke that kept us trapped indoors, but thankfully the weather has turned around since then and things are starting to feel a bit like fall. Time to break out the knitwear, a Nintendo DS, and a lengthy JRPG.
But enough about the weather - what else has been going on?
News
- September is the start of BITSY FEST which will be hosted by Museum of Screens. The event will include a game jam and a virtual exhibit to celebrate bitsy's 7th anniversary! I think it's going to be super cool. :)
- Also next month: WITH THE LAST MOONBEAM, my GBA game, will be shown at The Delaware Contemporary's ARTCADE exhibit. If you happen to be in the Wilmington area, you should check it out! (And if not, you can always download the game from itch.io - or play in your browser!)
Reading
- Did you know that Marina Kittaka recently started a newsletter called Night Berries? I've been enjoying it, especially this post she wrote about what goes into making art that's weird and funny. If that sounds interesting, I recommend checking it out!
- For fiction reading, I’m working my way through a re-read of Gene Wolfe’s The Book of the New Sun. I’m following along with the first season of Shelved By Genre and I’m finding the discussion and analysis is really enriching this read-through of the series. (They even commissioned an audio drama adaptation of the play from the second book.)
Playing
- I’ve been playing Cave Noire when I need something quick to distract me while rocking one of the babies.
- Meanwhile over on cohost I’ve been soliciting name suggestions for my team in Pokémon Red. There have been some fun ones!
- And I also recently picked back up a moribund save file of Final Fantasy 6 that I abandoned a while ago when a battle stumped me. Now - with a little help from GameFAQs! - I’m unstuck, so maybe I’ll get back some momentum on continuing that game.
Thanks as always for reading my rambling thoughts, but now it’s your turn, because I have a question for you:
What’s your favorite piece of media (book, movie, game, whatever) to return to in the fall? Let me know in the comments!
Well, that's all for now - until next time, stay well! <3
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