Cyberweek 2022 Day One: Cybersite

I thought long and hard about which of the show’s many sites I wanted to take a crack at, but in the end I kept coming back to R-Fair City. There’s a sense of fun in the atmosphere that I adore to no end. Also, unlike real life amusement parks, all the games have to be fair.

“R-Fair City” always stood out to me, since it was the pilot and had different (more fluid) animation that struck 6-year-old me as weird. I really like the (first?) one with Glowla and her whale/shark and “Eye of Rom” too, if you’re okay with talking about more than one episode!

(p.s. do you have any episodes to recommend with Jules in them? I had stopped watching cyberchase after season 4 or so because I just got “too old for it” and I only managed to binge-watch up to season 3 last semester 😅) thank you!!!

Ooh looks like this one’s gonna be a long post! Which is good because I love rambling

“R-Fair City” (S1 E3)

What I liked: Love the introduction of the theme-park themed Cybersite, theme parks are always great. Lucky is awesome. Love the plot and the way it teaches about probability assessments. 

What I disliked: I honestly can’t think of anything I disliked in this one

Overall Rating: 10/10 solid episode

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“The Eye of Rom” (S2 E7)

What I liked: First of all, let me just say I automatically love any episode that features in Cybersite Pyramidia because A) Binky the cat (why don’t we see her more often) and B) the friggin music tracks they use for Pyramidia visits is so EPIC. Other than that, I really loved some of the humor moments with Hacker and his bots, as well as the teaching of inverse operations (intro to inverse fuctions???) Oh yeah and the For Real segment for this episode was SUCH A HIT with me especially as a kid... I loved Bianca’s imagine as a secret agent so much, brings back memories...

What I disliked: Another instance where I can’t really think of anything I disliked. But I will question why they couldn’t make it easier and go around that color path maze (maybe the sand in that path was quicksand?), as well as how they were able to remember the path order cause I know I sure wouldn’t be able to remember that

Overall Rating: I’m gonna be biased and give it an 11/10 cause that Pyramidia music always gets me hyped

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"Whale of a Tale” (S2 E8)

What I liked: Glowla and Spout are both precious and we need them more often in the show. Also the lil kiss Glowla gives to Digit is SO PRECIOUS... and NGL I kinda ship them :3 Also really exciting plot with tense ending, I like

What I disliked: Matt and Inez getting eaten by Spout always frightened me a little when I watched this as a kid (and kinda still does as an adult) but that’s about it really. 

Overall Rating: 9/10 I guess? Minus points for getting eaten by Spout LMAO that shit still disturbs me a bit

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And now the Jules episodes! Unfortunately he only appears in like 5 of them total (IDK if you want me to do reviews of them but you’re welcome to request reviews of them if you like), he plays a pretty major role in all of them. No episodes where he just makes a background cameo though. 

S5 E7 “Crystal Clear” (Jules’s first appearance/intro as a character, obviously)

S6 E7 “Jimaya Jam”

S8 E1 “The Hacker’s Challenge”

S11 E1 “Watts of Halloween Trouble”

S12 E8 “Water Woes”

commission for @barbaras-mermaid-cove of Digit & Glowla from Cyberchase! quite the cute birdy couple ^^