Rat Clowncar

Off today!
Tomorrow's plan is uh, no plan yet, but there will be a stream.
I'll let you know when I find something out about a thing.

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Today we're getting distracted in YAKUZA: LIKE A DRAGON.
I've got 2 ongoing sidequests, 2 more to come, and a bunch of part-time hero goals.
I've got a business to manage and employees to recruit.
I've got a sewer dungeon to crawl through!
What's a main story, anyway?
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Ichiban trying to get revenge for the murder of his first legitimate boss might have gone wrong.
Since now we have to defuse major gang warfare.
Or we can lean into the chaos, I dunno.
One thing's for sure - I hope I get to punch that Bleach Japan guy again soon.
More Yakuza 7.
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Still figuring out income generation in YAKUZA: LIKE A DRAGON.
I did get job switching and Part-Time Hero unlocked.
But in the process, I lost my skills at Can Collecting and found out I was terrible at almost everything else.
The sidequest struggle bus rolls on.
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We're back on the YAKUZA: LIKE A DRAGON train.
Did I ever mention that I'm terrible at the karaoke minigame?
I expect to find more minigames that I'm just hot trash at today.
Also deeper into Chapter 5 of the main story.
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Adachi's back, we've got work, and we have an incentivized bestiary.
We've also achieved full mastery of can collection.
Now we just have to spend countless hours in vocational school.
Here's more YAKUZA: LIKE A DRAGON.
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The continuation of YAKUZA: LIKE A DRAGON.
We just landed in Yokohama (in a manner of speaking).
We also started our misadventures in scavenging.
Now we get to find jobs, and maybe it won't take years to do so.
Like, you know, real life sometimes.
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We're hopping into the new stream game pit once again.
And we're fishing out YAKUZA: LIKE A DRAGON.
It's the first one with turn-based combat!
And believe it or not, but there's a lore reason for this.
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post a PERFECT album from the 90s that isn't nirvana or pearl jam or sound garden or Alice In Chains

[roughly 200 albums I could put here but right now I'm feeling this one]

Ichiban Kasuga from Yakuza/Like A Dragon.

Bloodstained is done, so I'm taking off today.
But I've got one more game to re-energized by.
Tomorrow, I start hanging out with this guy.

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We can swim now in BLOODSTAINED: RITUAL OF THE NIGHT.
I guess we should probably use this to run that map percentage up, eh?
If this leads to more item collection that's totally cool too.
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Ah, more BLOODSTAINED: RITUAL OF THE NIGHT.
I managed to grab some more traversal tech, so we get to make the most of this.
Also gonna see if we can't use our forged credentials in more complex ways.
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This weekend's game wound up being BLOODSTAINED: RITUAL OF THE NIGHT.
And that's gonna keep on going in just a second.
But first, how bad is the macaroni and cheese in this universe if it's THAT forgettable, lady?
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Given the last three weeks of video games either falling apart on me or vice versa as they get to an end point, it's not surprising that I have a mild crisis of video game faith right now.
That said, I've got an idea on how to find my next game.
Let's see if it works out.
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DARK LAW: MEANING OF DEATH is becoming a serious problem game.
As in, the mechanics of access will not stop getting in the way of actually trying to enjoy it.
So tonight we solve those problems with DIRTY FILTHY CHEATING.
Let's see some bad endings (and maybe a good one).
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Alright, so in DARK LAW: MEANING OF DEATH, I was perplexed by the game basically taking scenarios away from me before I could start them.
I reloaded the oldest save and figured it all out (and engaged in some underhanded level gains to catch up).
So let's go back to go forward.
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Magic Guild Owner from Dark Law - the spitting image of the Free Phone Credits Dude from NeuroDancer.

More of this here DARK LAW: MEANING OF DEATH business.
And we've got a character, the Magic Guild owner.
Obviously somebody at Sakata that worked on this played NeuroDancer.
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Almost back to the schedule I want for streams?
We're getting there.
Anyway, starting DARK LAW: MEANING OF DEATH today.
It's a 1997 Sakata SAS Super Famicom tactical RPG.
It's also a spiritual successor to their Famicom game with Data East, Dark Lord.
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Just woke up, what year is it?
1971?
And I gotta send a squad to rescue Big Boss from captivity?
It must be more Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops.
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More Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops.
And it's becoming apparent to me that revisiting old places can be risky for no good reason.
But we've gotta keep doing it, mostly because underhanded methods won't work for us.
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Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops continues!
I'm getting into the routine of kidnapping as many hostile combatants I possibly can so they can join our side.
And well, I can see how there might be some ethical problems with this.
But, uh, it doesn't matter.... I guess.
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Hello gamers, it's time to game.
Today I'm jumping into Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops.
It's set six years after MGS3 and has a lot of gameplay tech from that.
Although it's really just official fanfiction.
And that's cool, I liked Snake's Revenge after all.
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We're on the last floor in Wizardry Gaiden 2.
And it's totally messed up in the difficulty spike.
Multiple sub bosses all capable of turn 1 party wipes.
So...Shameless And Petty Cheating is back on the menu.
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Just when we thought we broke the Curse of the Ancient Emperor, a plot twist!
It's time for another night in the dungeons of Wizardry Gaiden II!
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We keep working our way downward in Wizardry Gaiden II.
We've survived mapping out an endless grid of warps, pits, and rotating floors.
We've picked up a key for making it past the 9th Floor.
We've even picked up some cool loot.
Let's get some more done.
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Rumors of my day of rest and time displacement were greatly exaggerated.
WIZARDRY GAIDEN 2 is back for a 5th night.
And we're riding chutes to get to where we need to go.
But also we've gotta remember to float over them in a few places today.
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The latest in Wizardry Gaiden II news.
Max Level Cleric Spells are unlocked, and with it, the ability to dump giant flaming meteors on everybody's heads.
Look forward to more of this, especially when dealing a repeatable boss encounter or two.
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We've got more WIZARDRY GAIDEN II.
And oh yeah, we got an elevator pathway unlocked.
So it's time to explore places we couldn't, or maybe shouldn't.
All while risking life and limb against new monsters.
But whatever, let's get that loot.
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One thing about Wizardry is that morality shifts are totally bogus.
First of all, there's no such thing as a "good" giant spider.
Second - wait what?
More Wizardry Gaiden II?
Yeah yeah, I'm getting to it.
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The Dungeon Crawl is here again!
WIZARDRY GAIDEN II: CURSE OF THE ANCIENT EMPEROR for the Game Boy is our return to the world of Wizardry.
And we've got our Dirtbag Dungeon Gang, reincarnated from the first game.
Even though Twitch doesn't like me calling them that.
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