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My cat attacks their ice cubes.

I haven't seen anyone talking about this and just wanted to make a quick post on here.

Akihiro Miwa recently passed away peacefully june 20th, and was not only a drag queen and a queer icon, but also the japanese voice of Arceus in the movie Arceus and the jewel of life, as well as the witch from Howl's moving castle and Moro from Princess Mononoke.

The big things I like about it, and this extends to other games from what ive seen, are that even though it's a bio-horror game it also has a lot of Gothic horror elements. Haunted castles and mansions but the ghosts are fucked up mutants. But it's also the best parts of a cheesy action movie, with over the top scenarios and one liners. 9 especially felt like it did a good job balancing the story, the horror and the action cheese. Switching between characters who are designed around surviving vs. Shredding enemies was a great idea.

I also like how video game-y they feel? Like, I can see how they're in conversation with other video games. Metroid Dread borrowed the idea of 'zones' where an unkillable enemy roams and the game design forces you to pass through it, for example. Weak points on bosses are big glowing pustules or eyes like Zelda, blockages thay require finding three gems or rotating sliding puzzles. Toy-like.