things that make it an ARPG:

• isometric
• ties to christianity (gargoyles, white/black as good/evil, the mon-fri work week)
• lose progress when you die

things that make it earthbound:

• protagonist wears baseball cap
• the stakes of your success are never quite clear
• features a SICK STUNT COURSE at the end (confirm this)

tired: metroidbrainia
wired: tony hawk’s gifted and talented program

maybe you think I’ve lost it, suggesting that we advertise our new bullet hell roguelite via the California DMV, but consider that a) there are 34 million licensed drivers who are committed to interacting with the organization and b) the governor of California is a HUGE loser who loves money

one thing I'm discovering and grateful for about Octobug when using it across multiple blogs is that when something breaks with it, as long as there's a site that builds and updates when I write words into it, I'm just like "that's okay". I know that the YouTube embed code breaks the frame. I know that I haven't backported the whole thing where headlines can safely have markdown in them. I still haven't integrated WebMentions or whatever. that's okay

was following behind a car with license plate “80058” for a while and the whole time I kept thinking “BOOSB”

I don’t listen to a lot of Japanese Citypop but I do feel like there’s a good chance it would be what I’d listen to while I was having a nervous breakdown for some reason

upon recent reflection I have realized that I have become reliant on one response to almost every customer service interaction, many interactions at work, and probably some in my personal life: after receiving something from someone, I will say “perfect”. I don’t know where I picked this up but now that I am aware of it I am working very hard to discard it and I’m sorry to anyone I may have said it to after being handed a small plastic cup of water on an airplane or my own credit card after purchasing a chicken caesar wrap

end the curse, wizard, I beg of you