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I've played through Final Fantasy VII exactly once. It was about 15 years ago, and I absolutely loved it. A few years after that, I started itching to play it again, but never got around to it. Then there started to be rumors of a remake, so I decided to wait. Then I started listening … Continue reading Returning to Midgar: FF7 and the Materia Lockdown Challenge
Inktober2018 completely snuck up on me. I didn't plan anything, I hadn't reviewed the prompts... it was just suddenly there. For anyone unfamiliar, Inktober is a push to get people out and drawing in ink. There are prompts for each day, and artists are encouraged to create and share drawings daily. I participated last year … Continue reading The start of Inktober
A few weeks ago, I started a Nuzlocke Challenge run of Pokémon Gold over on my Twitch channel, inspired by Daniel K's Pokemon Blue Nuzlocke Challenge. For the unfamiliar, the Nuzlocke Challenge is a self-imposed rule set to make Pokémon games harder, with three main rules: In a normal Pokémon playthrough, when a member of … Continue reading In Honor of Boog Boog: The first casualty of my Nuzlocke Run
One of our favorite things to do in the summer is to get out on the water in either kayaks or on paddle boards. Normally this means a lazy float down a river (often with some inflatable rafts along for the ride), but today we decided we'd rather go out to a lake instead. We … Continue reading Kayaking is great (without boat stunts)
I've been using an iPad Pro with an Apple Pencil for digital art for about the past two years, first a 9.7" one and then the slightly bigger and slightly newer 10.5". Combined with the right app, the iPad+Pencil feels great for drawing and is a wonderfully mobile option for being able to create digital … Continue reading iPad ProTection
