Shame 'bout the destination

…So this is what I’m doing with my time. Lyrics:

On the first day of Christmas, Kenshiro gave to me… A Hokuto Hyakurestu Ken!

On the second day of Christmas, Kenshiro gave to me… Two bladed YoYos and a Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken!

On the third day of Christmas, Kenshiro gave to me… Three Rasho, Two bladed YoYos and a Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken!

On the fourth day of Christmas, Kenshiro gave to me… Four Hokuto Brothers, Three Rasho, Two bladed YoYos and a Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken!

On the fifth day of Christmas Kenshiro gave to me… Five Goshasei! Four Hokuto Brothers, Three Rasho, Two bladed YoYos and a Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken!

On the sixth day of Christmas, Kenshiro gave to me… Six Nanto Masters, Five Goshasei! Four Hokuto Brothers, Three Rasho, Two bladed YoYos and a Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken!

On the seventh day of Christmas, Kenshiro gave to me… Seven North Stars, Six Nanto Masters, Five Goshasei! Four Hokuto Brothers, Three Rasho, Two bladed YoYos and a Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken!

On the eighth day of Christmas, Kenshiro gave to me… Eight Crying Warriors, Seven North Stars, Six Nanto Masters, Five Goshasei! Four Hokuto Brothers, Three Rasho, Two bladed YoYos and a Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken!

On the ninth day of Christmas, Kenshiro gave to me… Nine Tubs of Hair Gel, Eight Crying Warriors, Seven North Stars, Six Nanto Masters, Five Goshasei! Four Hokuto Brothers, Three Rasho, Two bladed YoYos and a Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken!

On the tenth day of Christmas, Kenshiro gave to me… Ten Wise Old Men, Nine Tubs of Hair Gel, Eight Crying Warriors, Seven North Stars, Six Nanto Masters, Five Goshasei! Four Hokuto Brothers, Three Rasho, Two bladed YoYos and a Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken!

On the eleventh day of Christmas, Kenshiro gave to me… Eleven Memorable Techniques, Ten Wise Old Men, Nine Tubs of Hair Gel, Eight Crying Warriors, Seven North Stars, Six Nanto Masters, Five Goshasei! Four Hokuto Brothers, Three Rasho, Two bladed YoYos and a Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken!

And every time I play fallout lately I think about how there are explicitly rabid animals that bite and attack you but you don't get sick. EXCEPT FOR THAT ONE RAIDER IN THE BASEMENT OF THAT SCHOOL

I kind of wish there was more illness/disease story telling and representation because like. 1 - imagine the super bacteria that's developed and 2 - everything is fucking filthy. A source of clean water is worth someone's weight in caps. 3 - antibiotics exist still and can be crafted but they're just. So fucking generic that it feels a little irresponsible since you can't just take random antibiotics for funsies for whatever you think you have and expect positive results.

Also what different immune systems look like, like vault dweller vs average wastelander.

Vault 81 kind of starts exploring a little of this idea but was really underwhelming in scope at least imo.

In many regards this is a huge boon for Ghouls and Super Mutants, something that -was- acknowledged at the time but has been slowly phased out in the shift from an isometric RPG (which can just text-bomb you with a Wikipedia page's worth of text) to a first-person roleplaying game to the modern FPS iteration. Ghouls don't seem to be -especially- resistant of disease compared to anyone else, -but- are extremely resilient to radiation. You know what can't survive flashes of high radiation or constant exposure to moderate doses? A lot of other things! Meanwhile Super Mutants had "resistance slash immunity to disease and radiation" as one of their selling points: Still somehow managed to get sick? Nothing a few hours bathing an Elephant's Foot's glow won't fix!

it's SO interesting!

My first time going through the main story, I sided with the settlers because I (for some reason?? not sure why) expected it to be easier than if you sided with the raiders, like I expected there to be extra hoops you'd have to jump through as a raider and this was uh. Quite a while ago now, before the nuka world on tour patch.

I'm levelling a 2nd character to explore all the new stuff added since and I plan on siding with the Raiders this time, I find a lot of their dialogue interesting too, or at least more interesting than the settlers.

76 definitely has some interesting writing going on! I think the game gets a little thrown out or disregarded since it's an mmo and the launch was. Interesting. But there's SO MUCH to dig through and so many interesting little stories!

Going around Appalachia you really get the impression that the Raiders are... not quite as they're titled, hence "Crater" being a more apt faction name, but also not entirely inaccurate either. They engage in agriculture, as well as have something of a seafood industry with Ohio River Adventures. They have mechanical specialists and doctors, coming up a few times in the Foundation 'Raider Thief' quests and whatnot. When you aren't on their list there's an encounter where a pair will just... treat you to some freshly caught Radstag, prepared how you so choose even.

They also. Uh. Put heads on pikes. Run protection rackets on farms and mug travelers, when they aren't doing worse. Occasionally resolve petty disputes quite violently and irreversibly.

It comes together in an interesting way. You can see why much of Foundation sees them as a blight that needs to be brought to heel at best and driven from Appalachia at worst. But you can also see why much of Crater sees Foundation as "Us but with better PR and the opportunities to play the part": Crater had to settle in the middle of toxic valley, Foundation set up near a lake and pristine forest. Crater is in a constant battle to maintain their purifiers and scavenge adequate medical supplies, Foundation sits on spare parts and equipment that in some cases they haven't even needed to use yet. Each has members who're native to Appalachia that farm and hunt and build, but one's called "Raiders" and the other "Settlers".

Gunshot, Hop, Javelin Mint, Perfume, Satiate Shrink, Sleepy, Stun

Assimilated abilities from Brave Fencer Musashi (1998, Squaresoft, PS1) Dumped textures, reassembled.

Either by Tetsuya Nomura, or Koji Matsuoka (likely the latter, but I can't find much of his art to compare; if you ask me these sort of resemble the work of Akihiko Yoshida, but he's not credited anywhere for the game, so it must not be). If they're by someone else, I'd like to know.

B.O., Firefly, Bowl, Sublime, Fence, Map, Clone, D-Kick, Hurl, Steel

Assimilated abilities from Brave Fencer Musashi (1998, Squaresoft, PS1) Dumped textures, reassembled.

Either by Tetsuya Nomura, or Koji Matsuoka (likely the latter, but I can’t find much of his art to compare; if you ask me these sort of resemble the work of Akihiko Yoshida, but he’s not credited anywhere for the game, so it must not be). If they’re by someone else, I’d like to know.

Toxin, Rip-Off, Acid, Depress, Antidote, 3-Way, Homing, Grenade

Assimilated abilities from Brave Fencer Musashi (1998, Squaresoft, PS1) Dumped textures, reassembled.

Hello everyone! After some interest from fans over time, I am now releasing some of my Ecco the Dolphin fanart over at Inprnt! More images to come in the future as well as original artwork. :D

https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/atolm/