Play it Forward | South of Midnight: Ep1

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 beowuuf: I have been intrigued about this game after seeing 5 seconds worth of skipped youtube adverts, but am otherwise unspoiled 
 terribleplan: Pif! Pif! Pif! Pif!
 beowuuf: 
   LoadingReadyRun: im so exciiiiited~~
 beowuuf: <hype intensifies>
  TXC2: Hello Everybody
 beowuuf:  txc2
  TXC2: hi beowuuf
 beowuuf:    
  TXC2: CONTACT
 GasCityGaming: So excite! Game is so good!
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 BusTed: 
 beowuuf: Great waiting screen / vibe space
Mathwyn: Ben it forward?
Mathwyn: Play it Ben?
 beowuuf: Play it benwise?
  TXC2: so we have a crow, a cat on the chair and a couple of fighting rabbits (or hares)?
GeorgePlaysMagic: I’ve been heavily debating buying this game, I’ve heard nothing but positive reviews
Mathwyn: @beowuuf Ben it benwise
 beowuuf: @Mathwyn 
 Molladia: Not sure if i've heard about or know anything about this one
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 beowuuf: @TXC2 they're maybe just exicitedly talking about how well andor links up to rogue one
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 beowuuf: 
 beowuuf: play!
  TXC2: Here we GO!
 southern_woodsman: This has been such a fun game. I really hope you enjoy it
 GasCityGaming:   
 beowuuf: morning ben!
  TXC2: Hello Ben
Shadowsoflife: o/
 baltimore_667083: hi Ben!
 beowuuf: star wars was earlier this year right?
Mathwyn: Nice lumberjack cosplay Ben!
  TXC2: beowuuf  nope 
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 GasCityGaming: It's FANTASTIC!
 beowuuf: @TXC2 oh no....
 GasCityGaming: Sound design deserves so many awards
 Chaotically_Random: @Mathwyn Ben
Mathwyn: I have never heard of this game before!
 Chaotically_Random: Ben's cosplaying Earl Sinclair from Dinosaurs get it right
 frameshifty: oh good luck for me to be working from home for the start of a new PiF!
 GasCityGaming: Took me about 10 or 11 hours
 anclag: Hi Ben! Hi chat!
  TXC2: hello anclag  welcome
  TXC2 is running a 1050
Mathwyn: Yuuup
 RandomTrivia: Hi friends!  I have no idea what this game is but the art looks cool
  TXC2: hello RandomTrivia  welcome
Mathwyn: My 3060 has a rough time
 RandomTrivia: Oh gods yes, optimizing has gone out the window now that brute force is an available method
 GasCityGaming: 3070 starting to show some stutters even
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 public_key_reveal_party: I mean, optimization is rough and the variance on PC makes it harder, but like, the biggest thing is management needs to be like "hey let's bother to spend time and resources on this"
EvilBadman: Oh yeah that's gonna run Stardew so good 
 Akaiatana: $9.80 is a good deal.
 Molladia: Can see SO many Minecraft chunks with that bad boy.
Pteraspidomorphi: I might finally jump to AMD next time myself
 RandomTrivia: THE BABIES
TotallyNotaBeholder: Future Pets!
 Chaotically_Random: I am thinking of getting a Steam Deck, thoughts chat and Ben?
Pteraspidomorphi: My computer literally just cold rebooted 30 mins ago and I think it's the nvidia driver I installed yesterday
 public_key_reveal_party: NVIDIA got super complacent when AMD was not competing in the high end GPU market
EvilBadman: Steam Deck is great for clearing your backlog :x
 BusTed: Magical
CrossXhunteR: I’ve like using my steam deck for streaming
 Chaotically_Random: I was wanting a Switch 2, but getting one in the states might be really hard XD
 Chaotically_Random: but a Steam Deck is the same price..... and easier to get
 schordash: ben-ben pif!!   
TotallyNotaBeholder: I look forward to getting a switch 2 in about 2-3 years for my kid
 otakubox0: there was that new Fromsoft game going to Switch2  which is interesting
 Chaotically_Random: But BITE BOY
 public_key_reveal_party: Switch optimization for 3rd party games is done by warlocks, for Pokemon it is done by joe the intern on his first day
 BlueMechanic: Yeah, Mariokart is fine and all, but I'm willing to hold out for reviews of the Donkey Kong game
Volus_dude: switch 2 is cheaper to buy from france than sweden. swedes pay a lot more for the same device.
tehThane: Pokemon releases have definitely been less exciting in recent years
  TXC2: they'll put Palworld on Switch2 right? 
Didero: I was looking forward to this and then I almost forgot... Good evening!
 beowuuf: waiiting for the meta evolutions 
  TXC2: hello Didero  welcome
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DoodlestheGreat: They existed.
 Critterbot: They... sure were pokemon games.
BrookJustBones: I want so much new Snap
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 beowuuf:  didero
 Didero:  Thanks beowuuf !
 beowuuf: np 
Mathwyn: Whomst? Usmst!
EvilBadman: Az and I just ran through this. I think you're really gonna dig it. 
 BrowneePointz: more than that, the character designs really REALLY look like Studio Laika
 RandomTrivia: Rip in pieces being awake in the morning
  TXC2: Ben is a glutton for the clopen punishment
CrossXhunteR: peacing out because I still plan on playing this game. maybe when I’m off work for a week next month
 iris_of_ether:   
 Akaiatana: You streamed until 9 PM and then had to go bury Jacob's body overnight. Rough.
 GhostValv: oh no
 SnackPak_: baby needs attention
 BusTed: aw
CrossXhunteR: I woke up at 4am yesterday and today because my cat started horking
 RandomTrivia: DA BABY
 lightfut: Oh cat
 public_key_reveal_party: @akaiatana I missed stream last night and am concerned now haha
  TXC2: oh it's like a cute version of what my apena does 
 RandomTrivia: Normal cat stuff
 RandomTrivia: Last night was brutal to watch
 BusTed: 
 ScrapyardGhostTrain: Elite teams need to be fixed.
 iris_of_ether: 
 GapFiller: YIKES
 BusTed: rough
  TXC2: good lord Ben
 GhostValv: oof
Chesul: You didn't just destroy him, you Demoralized him.
PorpoisesUnknown: how are you doing this afternoon Mr. Ulmer?
 iris_of_ether: !!!!!
 iris_of_ether: Yessssssss
 BusTed: 
Mathwyn: Good doggo
 BusTed: 
 iris_of_ether: I was in for part of it, I'll go watch thevod!
 public_key_reveal_party: Pupper's first murder 
BrookJustBones: Just to watch him die?
 gualdhar: Wait, no hour long Ben podcast?
 RandomTrivia: Oh no this game is pretty
TheAinMAP: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/AmusedCredulousBearPraiseIt-kNZz-fpr38Q8jBRN
Mathwyn: Its the curse of Let's Nope
 Molladia: Ben did you end up buying "Flock Together" at games con or elsewhere?
itsaysTRUENO: the variable framerate style stuff in this game looks sooooo cool i love it
 public_key_reveal_party: This game does look awesome, and I might end up bailing on this pif until I have played it myself
 beowuuf: let's go!
 HadesLeprechaun: this game is *excellent*
 NightValien28: this game is so dang good
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 BrowneePointz: cuz they h’ain’t right
ShadowAce0: did you watch the claymation intro? it is so good
 public_key_reveal_party: F
  TXC2: what is this accent? is it Georgian? is it Haitian? is it Cajun?  who knows?! 
 BrowneePointz: this is Cajun or creole
 iris_of_ether: This has big Deadlands energy; I need to play
 GapFiller: TXC2 its Mid Atlantic Southern
 public_key_reveal_party: To be fair, we happy few did have an awesome astetic, it just was kinda in a very low-mid game
 BrowneePointz: 100%
Saunabath: You can banish the evil Heinz and remove the bain of Big Ketchup
TheAinMAP: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/HardCautiousKoupreyGrammarKing-5qX7AgKezEPN9VVj
 Didero: ur FACE looks good
 GasCityGaming: LOVE the art style
 Didero: boomgottem
 BrowneePointz: that particular accent is 100% a bayou accent
 RandomTrivia: Somebody took the time to animate every one of those leaves visible through the window
 Didero: Time to loot your own home
 BusTed: Surely
itsaysTRUENO: Less Than 182
 BlueMechanic: Say it is so
 BrowneePointz: the font is blink
Saunabath: for sure
 dumbo3k: surely if it was a Blink-182 parody, then the name would be Wink-812
 beowuuf: who knew adding one person gives you 630 more blinking
  TXC2: kumutopa ?
 GapFiller: okay but what abt the other posters Ben
 BusTed: that was a giant diploma
 Shurtal: More than Carl is better than Less Than Jake
Mathwyn: Just needs a kitchen knife and a grudge
EvilBadman: @Shurtal I hear they're awesome live
 RandomTrivia: That sentence was DENSE with backstory
 Chaotically_Random: Ghost Dad?!
 Akaiatana: Regurgitating for your kid is so normal, squawk
 TheExactSame: mausoleum? swanky
 Shurtal: nha, just makng up an in universe band
 BrowneePointz: oh yea if I may make one suggestion Ben, you can set sprint to toggle and I highly recommend it
 dumbo3k: Turn Around, Don't Drown, is a helluva thing for the radio to say
itsaysTRUENO: the characters look like theyre carved from wood it rules
 BrowneePointz: yep they look like studio Laika dolls
 public_key_reveal_party: This game is so charming already
 BrowneePointz: I really REALLY enjoyed this game and I’m excited for Ben
 Didero: Stop talking, start leaving!
 GasCityGaming: yeah, so was I, love their relationship
 MarkovDescendant: It's a realistic dynamic
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  TXC2: Jolene has a whole ass church? no wonder Dolly was worried
NoxStryx: If you like the this games themes you should check out "Old Gods of Appalachia" which is both a story based podcast and a TTRPG
 RandomTrivia: More than one storm is blowing right now...
devilcultivator: is no one worried pastor jolene will take their man just because she can!?
fiftymcnasty: coat? for what
 Didero: Clifford?
 BusTed: very tall dog
 GDwarble: Tall, bipedal, dog
 Didero: OR it's a spoiled dog!
 SnackPak_: yikes
 Chaotically_Random: I thought your dog was Remy
 BusTed: definitely got some chops
 public_key_reveal_party: To be fair, it is probably 1000 degrees and 10000 humidity in this storm
 UltraVioletVodoo: last hurricane i was in i spent extreamly drunk and playing football in the rain
  TXC2: this is the deep south, the rain water is probably hotter then most showers
 gualdhar: Why the fuck are we still here! That waters gonna burst any second!
 A_Dub888: Hello frands, I see this family has no issues whatsoever
  TXC2: hello A_Dub888  welcome
prince_infidel: Girl got a 5 foot vertical
 Mischievous_Catgeist: howdy everyone
 Chaotically_Random: Please, that gives me so much anxiety the BIG one terrifies my
  TXC2: hello Mischievous_Catgeist  welcome
 RandomTrivia: Doggos!
 BrowneePointz: look I’m not into rednecks usually, but Beaux? 100% would
EvilBadman: hilariously that jump doesn't clear the fences
itsaysTRUENO: the detail that they routinely ride it out at the church rather than fully evac is some real stuff
NoxStryx: Something about the character art reminds me of Brink
 A_Dub888: oh yeaaaah
 RandomTrivia: OMG I love what the artstyle does for the dogs
 GhostValv: KKona
TheAinMAP:  
 RandomTrivia: THEY SO GOOD
Pazy160: Beaux seems like a cool dude, too bad were never going to see him after the hurricane.
devilcultivator: NEW LORE
 RandomTrivia: 
 A_Dub888: @randomtrivia YOU SO GOOD
flouncy_magooo: So happy that this is the next PiF choice. I feel like the game flew a bit under everyone's radar and deserves more love.
 public_key_reveal_party: This is also an accurate depiction of anywhere in rural America when there is any form of storm
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 RandomTrivia: @A_Dub888 Did you kill Jacqui and take her spirit?
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itsaysTRUENO: magical americana has some huge potential
 Molladia: This is gorgeous. It reminds me of A Wolf Among Us.
  TXC2: RandomTrivia  it's cute you think Jacqui can be killed
 quasi79fu: BEn this game is very very good...it does sooo welll with Southern Lore
 RandomTrivia: TXC2 Valid point
 A_Dub888: @randomtrivia I mean, I haven’t told anyone they’re loved aggressively
 BrowneePointz: Fun thing here Ben, 3 black characters in the first 10 minutes and they ALL Look DIFFERENT with DIFFERENT HAIR!
Genie_M: Oh I like gizzard stew
 Mischievous_Catgeist: omg just noticed the Dolphin shirt and the old hurricane joke is if a Dolphin comes knocking on your door during a hurricane dont let them in
 cmdrzellgaudis: I have family in Louisiana at the coast and they act like all of these characters regarding hurricanes
EvilBadman: (seeing this scene for the second time) Oh. Oh!
TheAinMAP: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/NicePlausibleToadWTRuck-NeQN--y8pdhCzqXC
 BrowneePointz: the amount of amazing representation in this? *chef’s kiss*
 Molladia: House please dont get washed away
 BusTed: stop breaking shit
 RandomTrivia: Wow, crockery is NOT safe around Hazel
 beowuuf:   
 Andymonium: house > boat
 RandomTrivia: OH SHIT
EvilBadman: @Molladia great jorb
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 SnackPak_: that was quick
TotallyNotaBeholder: It's okay, she's in the house boat
 Chaotically_Random: Girl just goes breaking all the stuff
 Akaiatana: Not the spider figurine!!!
 BusTed: heheh... mobile home
 RandomTrivia: "the mobile home" 
 lightfut: Home girl got over that fence so easily
TheAinMAP: 
Mathwyn: She can move though damn
 beowuuf: lulled us in to false sense of security with dead dad, then took mum
  TXC2: it's a houseboat now
 Trahas: its definitely a mobile home now
 Andymonium: ohhh I have EXCELLENT news :3
 quasi79fu: the soundtrack of this game..Oh man ...Just wait
 BrowneePointz: oh yea I think we missed the launch content warning
 quasi79fu: It gettts sooo goood
 BrowneePointz: The soundtrack for this is incredible. Do not look it up before you finish the game because it will spoil the game.
 RandomTrivia: Yeah this bodes very well for the rest of the game's soundtrack
EvilBadman: oh thing that honks is the song lyrics don't show up on captions
 HadesLeprechaun: oooooh yeah, should be soundtrack of year nominee for sure
  TXC2: MAGIC POWERS!
 BusTed: in-universe respawn
 GasCityGaming: yeah, sound design overall deserves all the awards
 Andymonium: we love a diegetic respawn
 RandomTrivia: Oh boy, diegetic game mechanics!
 NoxStryx: Man, the survival rate of cups in this game is VERY low so far
 Didero: Or it turns out she's been dead the whole game 
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 quasi79fu: that ol time southern jazzzz
 HadesLeprechaun: and these hurricane effects are *chefs kiss*
 Molladia: Her jump looks like a Kingdom hearts jump
 Trahas: oh this game has the AAA squeeze throu7gh
 QuixoticScrivener: loading screened
Pazy160: The music tells me this is a fun moment and we should be happy.
 Chaotically_Random: This reminds me of Monkey Island music a little bit
itsaysTRUENO: everything about this is surreal af
 RandomTrivia: Carefully concealed loading screens are an artform all to themselves
 Didero: At least the loading screen is just a squeeze-through, instead of a whole elevator ride 
 LurkerSpine: Lara Crofting
 Dalrint: Horizon Zero Dawning.
Genie_M: Not painted yellow?
 BrowneePointz: yea you did
 BrowneePointz: you did it a looooot in sly 1 and 3
prince_infidel: Assasin Creeding?
  TXC2: Assassins-credding
Omnipotrevor: Getting a little infamous vibe myself
 Friskycharizard: I love the character design
 A_Dub888: wait, “Prospero” and we’re in a storm…. is this a revenge plot?
 GasCityGaming: I did the EXACT same thing lol
 quasi79fu: where were you going BEn? LOL
Omnipotrevor: No Gravity Rush?
 BusTed: hey what
 RandomTrivia: UHHHHH
 beowuuf: the what???
 SnackPak_: 
 A_Dub888: Que?
 RandomTrivia: Great start
itsaysTRUENO: lore explanations for game mechanics are yummy yummy
 Andymonium: Totally Normal™
 Dalrint: Did you play the Jak and Daxters?
 GapFiller: only saw four legs
 dumbo3k: Looked mroe Antlike than spiderlike
 protojman: nah that was like...a cricket...or something...
TheAinMAP: 
 RandomTrivia: Get it out of the way, I guess
  TXC2: GIANT ENEMY CRAB!
 Chaotically_Random: As long as there is no Creepy Dolls I am GREAT
Mathwyn: How you doing Ben, nice and calm?
 Didero: Now all we know is a haunted doll to complete the trifecta
 quasi79fu: mon cherie welcome to the south lol
 BrowneePointz: did we miss the content warning that splashes up at the start?
 Didero: *need
 iris_of_ether: She broke the spider statue...
 beowuuf: @BrowneePointz yup
 Critterbot: Man, Crash Bandicoot, Jak and Daxster, Ratchet and Clank, I was all over those games back in the day.
TotallyNotaBeholder: Correct reaction though
  TXC2: Hazel is aware that voices don't carry in storms right? 
Saunabath: I'm getting a lot of Alan Wake Down South vibes
 BusTed: lard lad donuts
 Dalrint: Simpsons reference!
devilcultivator: hell yeah dark cloud 1
 GasCityGaming: yes!
 Gaz_L: now remember, follow Tommy or you'll get game over 
 protojman: i always wanted to go back and play Jak and Daxter
DoomBringerIL: can barely hear ben over the storm lol
 GasCityGaming: my friends and I were obsessed
 Gaz_L: (this part reminds me a lot of TLOU1's opening)
 BrowneePointz: so yea for chat there is a general cw for incredibly heavy themes and trauma/grief. the game gives you a CW when you launch it but I THINK we missed it. Ben probably saw it though
Omnipotrevor: I joked before, but I really do with Gravity Rush got more love
 MarkovDescendant: NOW you know it's Louisiana, a Nutria just ran by.
TheAinMAP: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/SillyHumbleWheelFunRun-xwgylQa6_h9nuu2i
 A_Dub888: @txc2 Her mom got swept away in a flash flood, her priorities might not be in a row
 Chaotically_Random: Grave Yard in New Orleans, goona get ghosts
  TXC2: A_Dub888  fair
 Dalrint: @Omnipotrevor Such great games
 quasi79fu: ye most people mistake butrias for beavers
 Wolfstrike_NL: Nice linebreak, "If you're up there, keep her"  - "safe"
 BrowneePointz: they look like a Muskrat, but HUGE
 quasi79fu: nutrias i mean
  TXC2: wow it's Skelators wife 
DoomBringerIL: that woman needs sleep ASAP
 Andymonium: and of course the big mansion is totally fine during a cat 5
DoomBringerIL: those dark circles
TotallyNotaBeholder: That woman needs a couple bites to eat
itsaysTRUENO: she wandering into the resident evil 7 family by accident
 Gaz_L: gam gam!
 quasi79fu: hurricane lamp
 beowuuf: i broke your mug, sorry
EvilBadman: @beowuuf That was great gram
 Trahas: @beowuuf probably other grandma
 beowuuf: @EvilBadman ah 
DoomBringerIL: nana is in on it?
 Gaz_L: also, p sure that one was the other side of the family. this is her dad's mom
DoomBringerIL: nana is sus
itsaysTRUENO: serial experiments hazel
 RandomTrivia: If I could have one "useless" superpower, it would be to be able to have distant thunder reinforce what I say on demand
 googoltudoris: hooray, you inherited the family witchcraft!
 BrowneePointz: yea this is Dad’s Mom. Hazel is Mixed and that’s awesome
 RandomTrivia: Hazel was VERY stressed, to be fair
 Gaz_L: babe wake up new lore dropped
 HadesLeprechaun: Dead Space
 Andymonium: ooo and it's so lacey
 Akaiatana: I mean, you just ran through a hurricane and parkoured a bridge. Passing out is expected
 Dalrint: I honestly love this mechanic and wish more games would use it
 ArcOfTheConclave: Crazy Taxi Arrow!
 BrowneePointz: it whispers every time you hit it btw
 GDwarble: I remember this part of Psychonauts
EvilBadman: _hazel_
 Chaotically_Random: BEEG PIG
 quasi79fu: hello Roux
 BrowneePointz: which is kinda funny
 Gaz_L: tbh, Clair Obscur could use this
 Molladia: Dat's a big pig
 Gaz_L: if they're so set on no minimap
Saunabath: Detective Vision
 A_Dub888: Ben, YOU’RE a button
 googoltudoris: casting clairvoyance
BrookJustBones: you're cute as a button, boom roasted
 Gaz_L: cute as a button more like 
 ArcOfTheConclave: @A_Dub888 Ben is only as cute as one
 googoltudoris: 10/10 would boop button nose
 RandomTrivia: It's very difficult to do a good surreal dream sequence that doesn't feel like a clunky lore-dump. This feels like a good one so far.
 Angnor33: Yeah, mom watched us die.
EvilBadman: You'd take a boop on the nose?
 RandomTrivia: Uh
 quasi79fu: hahahhahaha
 Trahas: shoes off means mama is dead
DoomBringerIL: ok so ma is dead?
 Andymonium: Spider: COnfirmed
 Gaz_L: el spidro gigante
 BlueMechanic: maybe it's a friendly giant spider
DoomBringerIL: will we ever see her?
itsaysTRUENO: this house scares me ngl
 beowuuf: oh shoot!
 RandomTrivia: BIRD
 beowuuf: OvO frand!
DoomBringerIL: what a hoot
  TXC2: all Owls are magical
 GDwarble: Suddenly we're in Labyrinth
 BrowneePointz: plantation mansion are spooky
 Chaotically_Random: Old Houses in New Orleans Totally Haunted!
 Gaz_L: i like her Lisa Frank-esque tank top
 A_Dub888: FIVE! is right out!
TotallyNotaBeholder: 1,2,5! 3 Sir
 Didero: That's not passive-aggressive, that's just mean
 googoltudoris: i think that's more just agressive-aggressive
itsaysTRUENO: @BrowneePointz yeah its the big roman columns that are so ominous
  TXC2: house maybe be haunted, but it's fine ghosts can't hurt the living
 Gaz_L: tea, earl grey, hot
 GasCityGaming: I sometimes do a little honey in tea
Pteraspidomorphi: Yes, honey is the strat
 Mischievous_Catgeist: i am very southern i want alot of sugar and if its summer ice
 Didero: She searched for 24 years
 Didero: Or 14
 Andymonium: Grandma Sus: Confirmed
 BrowneePointz: stigma BALLS
itsaysTRUENO: secret passage, check
  TXC2: in before Grandma ISN'T magical, but wants to be
 MarkovDescendant: Servant's Passages
BrookJustBones: Goal for the next moonbase
 richard_ermen: I like the music.
 Didero: "Hazel: [efforts]"
 quasi79fu: sticks or magic weacing hooks?
 RandomTrivia: @TXC2 She surely comes from plantation owners, so she probably doesn't have what you could call the local magic
 A_Dub888: STUFF
 Andymonium: time to crochet the supernatural
 Invitare: meaty
 beowuuf: oh oh
 googoltudoris: spooky crochet time!
 tyrsredritehand: Weaving fate?
  TXC2: RandomTrivia  yeah that's what I'm thinking as well
 Carlioo: Oops, I accidentally gross up the house?
 Didero: What's 'stigma'?
 Angnor33: Last of Us Crossover...
 Mischievous_Catgeist: giant knitting needles
TotallyNotaBeholder: Knit1 Purl 2
Chesul: And that's why you don't just play around with magical objects.
 gualdhar: time to get stabby
 Andymonium: GOOD noises honestly
Saunabath: Dual wielding climbing picks. Twice more climbing than Lara Croft
 A_Dub888: Weaver of War
 tyrsredritehand: We are Arachnie
  TXC2: I am reading too much into thinking these hooks are involved in cotton picking in some way?
 BrowneePointz: They’re weaving hooks chat
 RandomTrivia: If it was about cotton picking, they would be scythes
 richard_ermen: Oh, we suddenly fighting a Tzeentch hexery?
 HadesLeprechaun: little Okami action
itsaysTRUENO: the intro said the hooks weave the past and exorcise the pain of spirits
 googoltudoris: gotta deburr the cotton of reality
 quasi79fu: ye weabing hooks
 richard_ermen: Grandma now on the hooks?
 otakubox0: the storybook transition is sick
 Mischievous_Catgeist: bunny page showed up and my bunbun woke up from his nap XD
devilcultivator: i hope we get to play in the 2d story book
 RandomTrivia: Well, well, well...
 Andymonium: i love that the chapters open with a storybook recap, for when you put the game down and pick it up later and forgor
itsaysTRUENO: spirit magic to heal historical traumas... that's some goof stuff
itsaysTRUENO: good*
 quasi79fu: oh you will learan alot
Shadowsoflife: the folk LORE
 Molladia: How did she happen to name them the same name that grandma used for the strands.
 BrowneePointz: yea this particular genre is called Southern Gothic
 HadesLeprechaun: yeah I've learned a lot about southern folklore through this
 quasi79fu: its very accurate in its lore tooo
 GapFiller: yeh Fauklner ect
 BrowneePointz: southern folklore mixed with mysticism and a dash of horror
 iris_of_ether: Social Studies or History, I've had both
  TXC2: Humanities is what we called in the UK
 googoltudoris: i grew up in cotton country and can tell you a fair bit
itsaysTRUENO: US history is VERY different in the north US vs the southern US
 Mischievous_Catgeist: had texas history, american history and world history
 LurkerSpine: In my school (in the USA) we had to learn the Canadian provinces/territories
 dumbo3k: Most Americans can't point to states on a map
tycoonbosh: Most Americans can't post to most states on a map...
 A_Dub888: My schools used Humanities, History, and Social Studies at some point
Chesul: To be fair, the US doesn't do other countries geography really, so turnabout is fair.
 quasi79fu: brer fox and rabbit
 cmdrzellgaudis: I lived in both the Deep South and Michigan and US history is very different between the two haha
tycoonbosh: Jinx dumbo3k
 cobthegreat: it was the same in the states with Canada just a quick over view
  TXC2: I did history for school, and all we covered was 5 different wars all in the 20th century 
 GapFiller: dumbo3k tycoonbosh the standard joke there ofc being most Americans cant point to a map when they see it
 googoltudoris: i was lucky enough to go to school in a rich district, so we got things like actual sex ed, evolution, and "maybe america isn't always perfect"
 gualdhar: yeah, learning your state's history is a big part of US curriculum, including some indigenous history but not enough
 richard_ermen: History is often a very political issue for the nations. Comparing the way history is being taught between North and South US is trippy.
 GapFiller: TXC2 oh for a bit of decolonial history eh
 GapFiller: even just a bit on the Mau Mau wdve been nice
 tyrsredritehand: In middle school in TX we had world geography, but that was basically a setup to understanding the ancient world.
 BrowneePointz: did we? or Mayhaps we  can merely see beyond the veil now
TheAinMAP: 
 richard_ermen: Classic "WORLD" history, when you teach the greeks only xD
 raulghoulia: miss your home stream, hope youre having fun
 Didero: I've sadly forgotten most of the history I was taught in school
  TXC2: GapFiller  oh indeed, especially given the other subject we had was "history of racism of UK" 
EvilBadman: Narnia? Somewhere Adam mumbles "Tumnas"
 cmdrzellgaudis: ooo Brer Rabbit classic trickster hero of the south
 ContingentCat: "world history" aka ancient greece and Egypt
 Invitare: that's just the Classics
 Gaz_L: here in the UK we did a lot of Rome, Vikings and then like, maybe WW2
 richard_ermen: Did that subtitle just say "landing effort"?
 Invitare: hell yes
sephsays: UK had a lot more Romans and Vikings than greeks, so maybe the Greeks should have invaded us too at some point
 Molladia: I learned a lot about Aboriginal lore/history at school, does Canada cover it's native people?
 quasi79fu: haints
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 ContingentCat: oh yeah a lot of time spent on WW2
 GapFiller: TXC2 as a Britih POC even half a word abt Windrush wdnt have gone amiss
 cmdrzellgaudis: This animation style is exceptional
 richard_ermen: Aww Yeah, we gonna Kratos on his ass!
 MarkovDescendant: I was happy with our 7th grade Social Studies in Louisiana was state history. Learned a lot about a more localized history. Obviously very whitewashed but our teacher did try to include stuff he wasn't supposed to.
 Gaz_L: I only learned about the Suffrage movement from doing my own research during history class cuz i'd finish my assigned work early
 Gaz_L: bob and... weave you say?
  TXC2: GapFiller  this was mostly on the 70's and how much of shit Enoch Powel was 
 quasi79fu: bob and weave with wecing hooks lol
 Molladia: Can you lock on?
Bruceski: I grew up in New Mexico and the local history we learned was a mix of "this is from the revolt where the oppressed Native Americans attacked the terrible Conquistadors" and "this if from the revolt where the oppressed Native Americans attacked... um, moving on."
 quasi79fu: to me this game is a mixture of game one of them being a slight souls like at time
 Andymonium: yih, that's perfect dodge
EvilBadman: Yeah that's a perfect
 HadesLeprechaun: there is a perfect dodge, it's more important later
 BrowneePointz: eh it’s more old school 3d action platformer @quasi79fu
 BrowneePointz: ye like dmc and GoW
 Angnor33: Follow the bunnies!
 Gaz_L: it reminds me of Psychonauts, weirdly
 HadesLeprechaun: yeah I'd call it action adventure
EvilBadman: It doesn't get /too/ crazy in the combat, but you'll get abilites
Cannonfodder79: action adventure rpg souls like storyteller
 quasi79fu: lasssie fell down the welll Timmmy
 BrowneePointz: modern 3d adventure platformer/action-adventure
 GapFiller: movement looks too fluid to be a Souslike
TotallyNotaBeholder: What's wrong Lassie?  Did Timmy fall down the well?  Did you push him in again?
 Gaz_L: second one is real good
Pteraspidomorphi: The second one is good too!
 BrowneePointz: it’s So Good
 HadesLeprechaun: 2nd one is as good if not better than first imo
 BrowneePointz: the second one is even better
 Didero: Psychonauts 2 is excellent. Though you also kind of need to play/watch the VR game that takes place between the two games
 googoltudoris: timmy comes trotting up to the house, starts barking
EvilBadman: Well, ya got game pass 
 richard_ermen: Psychonauts 1 was wild!
 BrowneePointz: it’s also an incredibly poignant game about mental health
 quasi79fu: you have the insanity of a manateee
Bruceski: @TotallyNotaBeholder I've had a pet. Lassie totally learned that when Timmy's in danger she ends up with treats.
DoomBringerIL: we ever do a Cybepunk 2077 run? now that it's actually playable? @LoadingReadyRun
 Gaz_L: ask me about LOOM
 RandomTrivia: Looming in the distance
 Didero: They should really release Psychonauts Rhombus On Ruin on non-VR devices, it's important story-wise
Pteraspidomorphi: They were insanely creative for ten years, got bought by Microsoft and now I have no idea what they've been up to
 Mischievous_Catgeist: spining wheel?
TotallyNotaBeholder: We're gonna make such a cool blanket by the end of this game
 BrowneePointz: I think if someone plays Cyberpunk on the office computer Graham personally will beat them up
Omnipotrevor: I've got a PSVR2 now, but I think Rhombus of Ruin is only playable on VR1, which is lame
 quasi79fu: on down the Underground railroad?
 Didero: @Omnipotrevor That does sound dumb
 Didero: New Lore
Pteraspidomorphi: Hardware specific compatibility is often an issue with VR games
 Didero: How does she attach it to her back?
DoomBringerIL: how dare u
DoomBringerIL: lol
TotallyNotaBeholder: @Bruceski There's a story from 1908 about a dog that got rewarded for rescuing a kid and getting a steak, then putting kids in danger to rescue them and getting more steak
 RandomTrivia: @Didero Magic
 richard_ermen: That's perfectly okay. Not everyone has to like everything.
prince_infidel: I was same on Edgerunners
 Molladia: I really didn't like the show.
 Gaz_L: Cyberpunk is a perfectly 8/10 game now
 Didero: Floofs!
BrookJustBones: I'm more waiting for Kathleen to do Metaphor refantazio when her book is done
 Andymonium: honestly even as someone who's a long-time cyberpunk fan, edgerunners was Fine™, and that's okay
 Gaz_L: it's a Good Video Game, no more, no less
 Andymonium: FLOOFS
 RandomTrivia: FLOOFS 
EvilBadman: Floofs of cotton. :x
  TXC2: no clumps of floofs ?
 googoltudoris: IT'S SO FLOOFY
 RandomTrivia: I'm always keeping an eye out for floofs
 quasi79fu: itssss sooo Flufffffy
 GapFiller: cant remember arent CD Projekt Red working on something original rn
 Didero: 10 floofs! Can you immediately buy a new upgrade then, or do you also needto be allowed to buy an upgrade?
 GapFiller: not juct Witcher 4
 quasi79fu: water bad
 richard_ermen: We...we can't swim?
 Andymonium: assassin's creed 1 rules
 GapFiller: cant drown unless yr jump in
 GhostValv: have to test the waters so to speak
 richard_ermen: That feels...wrong to me in modern times.
 Andymonium: (the water is toxic b/c hurricane)
 lightfut: But who has the TIME
 GasCityGaming: Started it last night, is VERY good so far
 GapFiller: how dyr know if yr have Super Drowning Skills unless yr go in the water eh
DoomBringerIL: FLOOFS... it's like the devs ran out of words for mechanics
TotallyNotaBeholder: The character can swim, but the water is poisonous, probably
 Gaz_L: supposedly E33 is only about 30ish
 BrowneePointz: so I found out late those lantern markings are lore collectibles, so don’t forget to interact with them!
  TXC2: richard_ermen  a shockingly large number of Americans can't swim
 Didero: I mean, even in toxic water you don't die instantly
 otakubox0: yeah I was recommended Clair by a friend and the first thing on my mind to ask was "but how long is it" lol
 quasi79fu: there is lore aabout the water indeed
fiftymcnasty: Yeah a lot of bad stuff can get in the water after a big flood
 richard_ermen: As someone born and raised near the ocean, that feels unfathomable to me.
 ArcOfTheConclave: stay out of that Daaaark Wata
itsaysTRUENO: dark souls font FLOOFS RETRIEVED
 googoltudoris: turns out if you're poor and don't have access to a pool or swim instructors...
  TXC2: richard_ermen  lot of American is not by an ocean though 
 Didero: Here in The Netherlands, learning to swim is basically part of the school curriculum
EvilBadman: This game is very "hit the nav button" and go the other way
 GapFiller: TXC2 richard_ermen phunny tangential anecdote: one of my old college lecturers was talkin abt how when they first moved to Britain they were shocked at how few people knew how to swim
 GasCityGaming: a lore note says that the water is toxic from the flooding.
DoomBringerIL: wasn't stalker 2 longer than BG3 which is like a HUGE rpg?
 quasi79fu: think about it...A storm just passed through the area..who knows what chemicals and other things might be in that water
 quasi79fu: Would you want to swim in it?
 RandomTrivia: Be sure to go all the wrong ways first
 Andymonium: RIP
 Andymonium: \o/
 Gaz_L: we skyrimmed too hard
 RandomTrivia: OH NO
  TXC2: DoomBringerIL  no, not quite
 quasi79fu: what have you done LOL
 RandomTrivia: That was close
DoomBringerIL: quicksave now
BrookJustBones: Welcome to watch and play
 Andymonium: excellent save, alex would be proud
EvilBadman: I have gotton geometry stuck more than a couple times. The auto save is generous
 GapFiller: TXC2 richard_ermen their exact words which have stayed w/ me were: "how can you live on an island and not know howto swim!?"
 brainbosh: Flood waters are always toxic, dont go into flooded areas lol
 tyrsredritehand: Strong underground railroad messaging.
 Gaz_L: i assume other people have pointed out the Shakespeare reference there already?
  TXC2: GapFiller  "I never got around to it"
 HadesLeprechaun: I have yet to get *stuck* stuck in this game, but there are a fair amount of clunky surfaces/platforms/corners in this game, so gotta be a bit careful
 richard_ermen: @TXC2 True, true. It just feels weird seeing how many people live at least near some body of water but I can see what you mean. @GapFiller Huh. That's...well. Huh.
 RandomTrivia: Love this method of saying "hey, you can go this way/get there"
 quasi79fu: sometimes you dont always get what you want..Try though and you get what you neeed
 GapFiller: TXC2 richard_ermen yeh one reason thats always stayed w/ me as patent bullshit was thinking what does living on an island havta do w/ being able to swim
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devilcultivator: maybe the '84 senors can help
 HadesLeprechaun: yeah this game telegraphs floofs fairly well
TotallyNotaBeholder: The Oldest Human Pyramid
 Andymonium: can 84 seniors beat up a gorilla...
 Angnor33: Just pile up the bodies of seniors and climb the mound...
 anclag: maybe after double jump? if double jump is a thing?
 Invitare: most of the Greatest Generation are already gone aren;t they?
 richard_ermen: "The Greatest Generation"? You mean the generation that self-named themselves for defeating...what was it, the Hun or the Nazis?
  TXC2: the greatest Gen = people born in 1966?
 iris_of_ether: 
EvilBadman: @richard_ermen You cannot be serious
 dumbo3k: In the future, we are all equally broke!
 anclag: or maybe we find a pogo stick
 Andymonium: the drop spindles!
 Andymonium: (i had to look those up my first time)
 Gaz_L: we are Princess Zelda
 RandomTrivia: Echoes of Wisdom, Deep South Edition
 richard_ermen: @EvilBadman I find all "generation" naming logic absurd, so yeah xD
 Greyah: Your first spell: conjure table.
EvilBadman: @richard_ermen they were the gen that lived through depression and ww2
 anclag: Use it to conjure tables in front of enemies, causing them to bump their shins and fall over
 HadesLeprechaun: you ran into it before it was solid
 Gaz_L: gotta wait for it to solidify
sephsays: @Greyah Look, right, "conjure table" was amazing in that Zelda game recently
 richard_ermen: @EvilBadman Thank you. Still a bizarre name.
 Didero: Don't telefrag yourself 
 gualdhar: Reminds me of Zelda's duplication trick
Chesul: Hey, Summon Table was super powerful in that one Zelda game.
 GapFiller: richard_ermen EvilBadman turns out generations dont map easily enough to label like that
 Greyah: To be fair, the wizard in Trine couldn't throw a fireball to save his life, and was an excellent wizard because all he did was summon boxes.
 GapFiller: its almost like those kinda lbaels are useless
 quasi79fu: at least he found his floof
Pteraspidomorphi: Boxes were so OP in the first Trine
 richard_ermen: But Nerds like labels!
 richard_ermen: And labels allow you to assign numbers and stuff!
  TXC2: if DnD has taught me anything, it's that the most powerful thing you can do sometimes is to summon a 1foot cube of water, so a whole ass table can be very useful
 neisan2112: What up nerds, missed the start, hows the game so far?
 UltraVioletVodoo: summon box inside that man
 RandomTrivia: Containers, steps, obstacles/terrain
TotallyNotaBeholder: Summon box for chest high walls
 RandomTrivia: Boxes are so versatile
tycoonbosh: Regarding telefragging, I was wondering this morning why Unreal didn't make a Moba shooter or battle royale
 richard_ermen: I can imagine several situations in rpgs where I would have murdered for the ability to summon a table xD
  TXC2: !box
  LRRbot: In the box is: Yorri
 quasi79fu: dont put baby in the box
 Gaz_L: dropping crates on heads is a pro strat in MGS 5
 richard_ermen: Can you summon a table on the Haints head?
 iris_of_ether: There are builds in Divinity Original Sin for "boxers" yes
devilcultivator: it completely defeated Quiet and she's one of the greatest snipers to ever live
beckett_brass: I have no idea what to do right now, so I figured I'd hang out here. What's up?
  TXC2: hello beckett_brass  welcome
 beowuuf: @beckett_brass  enjoy the weave times
 richard_ermen: We're watching Ben defeat generational trauma in the form of witch gothic southern abominations.
 Andymonium: yeah the more tricks you get the better combat feels, to me
beckett_brass: Pretty good. I should probably start searching for jobs soon, but not right now.
Saunabath: Time to box is the old video game quality measurement
beckett_brass: @beowuuf I am an uncultured swine; what is the weave times?
Omnipotrevor: Is this a Strand type game?
 GapFiller: beckett_brass Cotton!
 quasi79fu: death stranding
 beowuuf: @beckett_brass we weave the tapestry of the world with our weaving hooks, it's fun times so far
beckett_brass: @beowuuf Oh, cool.
 HadesLeprechaun: they are
 Gaz_L: yep
BrookJustBones: Yes
 quasi79fu: ye
fiftymcnasty: yeah
 UltraVioletVodoo: yes
 Andymonium: yup
Omnipotrevor: Yes, it looks wild
 richard_ermen: Death Stranding 2 releases this year, doesn'T it?
 Andymonium: correct
EvilBadman: It comes out THIS YEAR
 quasi79fu: Trailer looked more like MEtal gear then death stranding
 Angnor33: DS2: Strand Harder
 quasi79fu: LOL
fiftymcnasty: Yeah its a good game
BrookJustBones: We all just watched Paul
EvilBadman: I played it
 UltraVioletVodoo: it was good
beckett_brass: @quasi79fu Metal Gear Stranding
fiftymcnasty: Its full of Kojima weirdness but very good
 Gaz_L: is this... art?
 HadesLeprechaun: I appreciated it for being something pretty different!
EvilBadman: just looked it up. death Stranding 2 is next month
 TheExactSame: you're understanding of the game is complete
 beowuuf: kojima was kojimaing during it, but it was fun
 richard_ermen: Its fun and it works but its also Kohima being straight up his own ass.
 GapFiller: cant remember where exactly did the Norman Reedus and the Funky Fetus thing come from again
 vinewood_og: I didn't make it very far through drunken mailman simulator unfortunately
  TXC2: if you have to ask if something is art, then it is
 Andymonium: do you want to understand what's happening? don't play death stranding. do you want to Experience Vibes™? death stranding might be for you
Omnipotrevor: Apparently Kojima is also just making a new Metal Gear spiritual successor too.
 richard_ermen: Kojima desperately needs an editor. He reportedly hated the awesome english translation of MGS 1 because it made the game make sense.
EvilBadman: Death Stranding soundtrack is amazing
Omnipotrevor: Or rather, Sony is forcing him to make a 'metal gear' for them.
 RandomTrivia: @vinewood_og Wait when did Adam Jensen appear in Death Stranding? 
 GapFiller: who wdve thought Kojima cd do The Postman better than Kevin Costner
 Didero: I feel like you don't need magic powers to move a sheet of metal
EvilBadman: @GapFiller Shame tom Petty wasn't around
devilcultivator: exactly
  TXC2: depends on the size of the metal
 GapFiller: !box
  LRRbot: In the box is: pain
 Andymonium: sheet metal's sharp! rusty sheet metal is a proper hazard. magic that ish
 Gaz_L: if you were a Jedi, would you ever get up to get the remote?
 Didero: I don't buy boxes anyway
 Akaiatana: It depends on the box topper
cutaos: sheet metal edges sharp as fuck always mind moving
beckett_brass: Depends on the details of the box I could summon. Can I control every detail?
 Didero: Unless there's Lego in 'em
Chesul: That depends, if I can only summon A box then probably.
 cobthegreat: what if the store has a nicer box then me though
 Greyah: Combat magic is old and busted, mundane utility magic is where it's at.
 Foxmar320: If you could just summon a box everyone would call you up when it was time to move
 quasi79fu: now im imagining Darth Vader force choking a tv remote for some reason
 Andymonium: windmill slam mage hand
  TXC2: shape water
Bruceski: mending
beckett_brass: I mean, in the DND game I'm running the wizard in the party has thrown me off with unique uses of non-damaging magic.
 Gaz_L: i prefer to wait for Boxnard's reviews of new boxes before i make a decision
 A_Dub888: !card fireball
  LRRbot: Fireball [XR] | Sorcery | This spell costs {1} more to cast for each target beyond the first. / Fireball deals X damage divided evenly, rounded down, among any number of targets.
devilcultivator: you can do alot of game breaking stuff with minor illusion
 Mischievous_Catgeist: shoe box only
 GapFiller: Gaz_L phunny story there was a moment in the Old Legends EU where a bunch of characters talked abt that and one person said theyd use The Force to scratch their back (the bit in the middle yr cant reach w/ hands) all the time
 UltraVioletVodoo: is it only the same box? can i use the box as an inventory
 Andymonium: wait i'm wrong: find familiar is the best
 Foxmar320: Im thinking you can summon whatever kind of box you want
 Andymonium: get a friend who can ALSO fetch you the remote
 quasi79fu: Get over hereeeee
 Gaz_L: @GapFiller wasn't that Face Loran?
Saunabath: If "summon a box" is a spell in a video game, does it count towards the games "Start to Crate" metric?
 Molladia: I just want a cantrip that cleans.
 GapFiller: Gaz_L IT WAS!
 Greyah: One of my favorite spells in Pathfinder summons a hot spring that heals you if you chill in it for an hour.
 RandomTrivia: Depending on how strict/loose the definition of "box" is, you could argue for shipping containers
 tyrsredritehand: Color spray messes up all enemies at early levels.
 GapFiller: eyyy somebody else remembers Wraith Squadron
 Angnor33: Russel!
beckett_brass: Find Familiar+Dragon Breath is currently a go to damaging spell for the party's wizard, and neither of those are evocation.
 beowuuf: clean shit heat shit cool shit
 dumbo3k: Prestidigitation also lets you flavor food!
beckett_brass: @tyrsredritehand Oh yeah!
 Gaz_L: i just listened to the new unabridged audiobook version of the Wraith Squadron books
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 beowuuf: more life one person cheftidigitation
 richard_ermen: Those darn kids!
 Gaz_L: (mildly bugs me that Marc Thompson decided to make Face be William Shatner)
 beowuuf: *like
itsaysTRUENO: the game did a good job preparing us not to question the story validity of a box-based platforming puzzle
 quasi79fu: haahahahahahah
 UltraVioletVodoo: boss fight
 QuixoticScrivener: implying we are going to meet her?
 Andymonium: this is Fine™
 Greyah: Seems perfectly safe.
beckett_brass: I don't like the sounds of that.
 beowuuf: we need a double jump to get more away
astrosmasher: and here, our adventure ends
 quasi79fu: and Hazel just turned around and stopped looking for her mom LOL
 Andymonium: the wake-up laser, superb
devilcultivator: writing a letter to ghost saying don't use spirit writing to contact me figure out how to mystically operate this complicated radio box...is a choice
 Andymonium: the regular awful, not the special awful
 Gaz_L: noise boiz
 quasi79fu: do a dive
Chesul: Goyf Noises?
 richard_ermen: These guys are trying to ghost us soooo hard.
  TXC2: Goist noises gahuvan
 quasi79fu: water looks fine
beckett_brass: Ah yes, because it's normal to hear ghosts make terrible skincrawling moans.
itsaysTRUENO: the low hanging fog rules
 tyrsredritehand: Thalasophilia?
 GapFiller: as an Albertan Ben didyr ever imagine that being a moment in yr life?
EvilBadman: that's me an Mountains
 QuixoticScrivener: do rivers help, or just lakes?
 iris_of_ether: Yeah, even on the plane I had to tell a friend that Lake Michigan was legitimately just a really big lake, not ocean
 Gaz_L: nah, it's that you have to let any of the abilities resolve or it gets undone
 A_Dub888: Albeacha
 iris_of_ether: Vegas is so so dry
 Gaz_L: it bonked into you so it rolled back
 GapFiller: Vegas is the literal desert!
 Andymonium: love that lopporit, Lootingway
Chesul: But Ben, what about the multiple times a year you drive a bus to Vegas?
beckett_brass: *when story shows up* nope, not yet. I want to find secrets!
 quasi79fu: yum peah cobbler
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 Gaz_L: or from your home office chair in a couple weeks!
  TXC2: hello raiders !
 GapFiller: right yeh DB Express
beckett_brass: @Wendan82 Hello. Welcome to weaving and peach cobbler.
 beowuuf: 
 RandomTrivia: Welcome raiders! 
Wendan82: Hello! I hope everyone is well!
Omnipotrevor: You're telling me you don't adjust the AC to match the awful environment of a desert bus?
 GapFiller: doing any driving for DB Express Ben?
 GapFiller: !dbexpress
 lamina5432: I forgot to say hi afternoon Peops
 quasi79fu: oh Ben have you played Midnight Walk?
 A_Dub888: (Who wants to tell her that’s just a Ouija Board we got her at <local toy store>)
  TXC2: hello lamina5432  welcome
EvilBadman: https://desertbus.org/express2025/info/team
itsaysTRUENO: Ben must return to the sea to restore his mana
 GapFiller: other Ben
EvilBadman: It's May 23rd
 iris_of_ether: ! Enjoy the band!
 Gaz_L: not this weekend but next i think?
 GapFiller: other other Ben (no not that one)
Wendan82: @beckett_brass Thank you very kindly!
Chesul: Yep, not this friday, but next.
 Molladia: Speaking of bands, I sent you a recommendation on BluSky
EvilBadman: (I should know :P)
 Gaz_L: lol that's like me with wrestling tickets
beckett_brass: What? Tickets not being horrendously expensive? What parallel universe have I walked into!?
 RandomTrivia: Hmm, my tea is empty, I should refill
 iris_of_ether: Sick. I got to see a metal band on Sunday for imminently reasonable prices
 neisan2112: Those are the best, once you get to arenas prices are nuutts
 NoxStryx: But not youve told 225 new people about beach bunny possibly making new fans
 NoxStryx: And driving up ticket prices
 GapFiller: guessing Canadas anti scalping laws aint that great eh
 Gaz_L: got one for AEW Forbidden Door and nearly crapped myself at floor seats being like 400 quid
 neisan2112: Then there was me at the start of the year trying to buy Kendrick tickets 
 RandomTrivia: 
 Akaiatana: Sting did music for this game?
 anclag: Like The Beth’s? Sold!
 NoxStryx: @gapfiller canada laws dont help in seattle
 lamina5432: games have been having banger soundtracks in the last few years
 Gaz_L: mind bullets!
beckett_brass: I do like this music
  TXC2: thought that last one was gonna be a see-saw
 Andymonium: like if the only good thing about this game were the music i'd still love it - the fact that the whole game is great is just bonus
 richard_ermen: You is gonna teleke-knee-this!
 quasi79fu: BEhold my Floof
 RandomTrivia: 
beckett_brass: I mean, we kind of already did, it's just a matter of whether we could use it as telekinesis.
 Gaz_L: good ol rock
 RandomTrivia: Deathwarp strat, a classic
  TXC2: have we spent any of those floofs yet?
 Gaz_L: nothing beats rock
 GapFiller: good ole reliable rock
 NoxStryx: Was not expecting album covers to be that pink
 quasi79fu: rock rock rock..Galazy quest
beckett_brass: It's not the way out, is it?
 NoxStryx: Added to my bandcamp wishlist to check put later
 quasi79fu: botttle treees
 neisan2112: Where is this game set? Louisiana? Mississippi?
 RandomTrivia: That hand was very Terry Gilliam
 Greyah: Always love it when you get to meet the narrator in a game.
 GasCityGaming: we learn later
EvilBadman: it's South of Midnight 
 quasi79fu: keeep spitirs away
  TXC2: weaver of Prospero? oh no are we gonna be attacked by wolves and fall to Tzeetch?
 Molladia: She's getting Catfished
 Andymonium: usually spirit wards
Shadowsoflife: on the bayou
beckett_brass: In One Piece? I didn't know we had that anime here.
 HadesLeprechaun: Chickesaw County they said, which is a real city in Mississippi
 NoxStryx: I mostly listen to metal but i'll give anything a fare shake
 ekplayscards: i have no idea what this game is but it's gorgeous
 Andymonium: the yuckiest boi!
 RandomTrivia: Ewww
 HadesLeprechaun: but it could still be not-real in the context of the game
devilcultivator: i was about to commit the greatest fan fiction sin writing an author self-insert so i could meet the main character of the fantasy realism story
beckett_brass: Dat is disgusting...wonder if I should write it down to throw in my DND game.
 RandomTrivia: Oh sweet, we get to "hey you dropped this"
itsaysTRUENO: you got the gravity gun, so here's some red barrels
  TXC2: hit the Lava Haints in their lava taints
 QuixoticScrivener: Lol, the town in the game is named Prospero and the games opens with a hurricane. Someone read The Tempest.
 HadesLeprechaun: I found the 'target larva to grab bug and throw it back' too difficult once combat got a bit more hectic and ended up giving up entirely on that particular mechanic
 quasi79fu: there abouts
 jacqui_lantern234: hey ya heccin nerds!!! reminder that i love you all beyond measure!!! 
 quasi79fu: alot of games came out  its hard to remember
EvilBadman: Beginning of April
 GapFiller: 3 April came out per a quic ksearch
  TXC2: hello jacqui_lantern234  welcome
 HadesLeprechaun: you can just kill them, yeah
 Andymonium: i do like that you can just push them if you line it up right
 RandomTrivia: jacqui_lantern234 Hey friend! 
beckett_brass: @jacqui_lantern234 As does God!
Bruceski: I've been playing a bunch of Blue Prince so every time I see the title "South of Midnight" I keep trying to decipher it as a clue.
Shadowsoflife: Hey @jacqui_lantern234 o/
itsaysTRUENO: those light rays good lord
beckett_brass: @jacqui_lantern234 Also, hello. Welcome to weaving.
 jacqui_lantern234: ITS BEN~
 RandomTrivia: Soon enough we'll even have interjections from Remy to complete the experience
 Didero: What did the ground ever do to you?
 QuixoticScrivener: need a way to remove vines?
 jacqui_lantern234: wanna REALLY make it a classic time?! heres a deep cut, you should eat some black licorice 
 neisan2112: 👋 what up? @jacqui_lantern234
beckett_brass: @Didero Nothing; it's just that it's beneath me.
 RandomTrivia: 
 jacqui_lantern234: 
 RandomTrivia: 
 Andymonium: :3
 neisan2112:  
 jacqui_lantern234: 
 GasCityGaming: Man late night KOTOR streams, peak memories right there
 RandomTrivia: Let's gooooo!
 Andymonium: asked and answered
  TXC2: DOUBLE JUMP O'CLOCK!
 iris_of_ether: We support whatever you want to do without burnout 
 RandomTrivia: ^
 neisan2112: Oh yeeeee
Omnipotrevor: Are you trying to make me feel old
beckett_brass: Ah yes, double jump: the most common physically impossible action you can perform in a game.
EvilBadman: Ancient graphical error
 RandomTrivia: The name Cameron Stormbringer lives rent-free in my head from however long ago that was
  TXC2: we got people here who are close on to 12 years of subs 
 jacqui_lantern234: i think i started following ben in mid 2019, i think
JoannaTastic subscribed at Tier 1. They've subscribed for 75 months!
 JoannaTastic: Oh wow yeah that is kind of a long time huh
itsaysTRUENO: betrayed by the gamer brain xD
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 neisan2112: KOTOR and absurd Pokemon hacks
 Trahas: If you do start home streaming again, are you considering doing stream pals with Serge and Adam again as well?
 jacqui_lantern234: AYO PogChamo
 jacqui_lantern234: 
 Andymonium: oh daaaang
 jacqui_lantern234: that was 9 years ago 
 A_Dub888: killing Space Racists to eliminate Space Racism
 Gaz_L: my favourite explanation of double jump is from the Ultimate Spider-Man video game: "To double jump, jump then jump again. Sure it defies the laws of physics, but so do most things i do!"
beckett_brass: @Gaz_L I like that description, lol
Omnipotrevor: That was basically a year ago or so, right?
 richard_ermen: Has it really been so long? It feels like just yesterday.
 A_Dub888: my conception of time got all wonky after March 2020
  TXC2: ^
 QuixoticScrivener: so a Fire Emblem: Awakening long play is possible…
 Gaz_L: 2016, that was 2 years ago right?
EvilBadman: Yeah after playing like open world games all year, this is blissfully streamlined
  TXC2: 2021 straight did not happen
 lamina5432: what time is that it's 2019 right
 Greyah: I like the sound the double jump makes.
 GapFiller: it feels in a general sense a lot has happend in the past decade but in a way where it doesnt feel like much time has past if that makes sense
arinotgrandetho: sup
beckett_brass: @GapFiller Yep
 HadesLeprechaun: they are musical, and change depending on what zone you're in
  TXC2: hello arinotgrandetho  welcome
 Andymonium: yeah I think the objective-marker power whispers hazel's name?
EvilBadman: Do you hear the Hazel's on the nav, or is it in the wrong ear
beckett_brass: @arinotgrandetho Hello. Welcome to a musical game.
 Gaz_L: oh right i forgot about Ben's hearing
 quasi79fu: Hazzzeeellll
Abavus subscribed at Tier 1. They've subscribed for 92 months!
 Abavus: Something something 19-dickety-two
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 A_Dub888: JAYYYSIN
 Andymonium: oh heck yeah
EvilBadman: OIh right!
beckett_brass: Heart pieces
 quasi79fu: brer fox
 neisan2112: Ben, I still remember one of the first home streams of yours was the end of the Pokemon Emerald randomizer that ended with Rayquaza as I think it was a Bidoof.
EvilBadman: If you want to be obsessive, the pause menu shows the number of floofs/filaments in a level
 neisan2112: That I watched
 Abavus: Video games should be doing more accessibility settings, not less 
 NoxStryx: Don't want to infect the others at the office with Mono
beckett_brass: @Abavus I second this
 HadesLeprechaun: Ben reading chat and not watching the cutscene smh
 GapFiller: glide nothin we can basically fly
 Greyah: I love, love, love it when a game just tells you how much stuff there is to collect and when you're done.
itsaysTRUENO: man, seeing a heron flying in-person is a great experience
  TXC2: we a full on air bender now
 Abavus: Apparently the new Doom went HARD on accessibility
EvilBadman: they sure did abavus
  TXC2: meanwhile in the noosphere
 Gaz_L: Doomguy hates demons, not people with different needs
beckett_brass: Very carefully
 quasi79fu: yooohoooo
EvilBadman: Last of Us 2 set a high standard for accessibility features
beckett_brass: Yoohoo? Someone offering chocolate milk?
 MarkovDescendant: Because we Vet Techs know we are helping them. Even if that means ending their pain. It is hard but rewarding.
 GapFiller: Nicole confirmed not a big softie eh Ben
 BusTed: floof get
 HadesLeprechaun: with the glide, now we schmoovin
 BusTed: ugh
 RandomTrivia: oh no
 ContingentCat: yeah humans can be bad
 GhostValv: oof
 RandomTrivia: People suck
beckett_brass: "People are horrible" Yep, checks out.
 quasi79fu: hahahaaha
  TXC2: Hell is other people
 quasi79fu: turtles
 RandomTrivia: Careful, those are sharp! 
 MarkovDescendant: "If you really loved animals, you'd do this for free. My pet will die because you won't help me."
 quasi79fu: gator
 TreeVor84: I dated a vet tech, and yeah it's amazing what they have to deal with.
 quasi79fu: hello?
beckett_brass: @quasi79fu hello
 neisan2112: Woah
EvilBadman: You sure do
itsaysTRUENO: Princess of Prospero, you might call it
 Akaiatana: Is that you, gourd?
 HadesLeprechaun: look up at tree
 quasi79fu: not a pumpkin
fiftymcnasty: peaches
 RandomTrivia: @Akaiatana Underrated joke right here
  TXC2: we about to meet a giant woman?
 UltraVioletVodoo: i think those are giant peaches
 A_Dub888: @txc2 A GIANT WOMAN!!?
 RandomTrivia: Wat
 quasi79fu: there he is ...favorite charcater
 Andymonium: THE BOY
 xVoxtric: yo it's Frampt
 RandomTrivia: Oh ok it's a literal catfish
TheAinMAP: Look up, gamer.
 quasi79fu: hahahhaha
  TXC2: CHOSEN UNDEAD!
 BusTed: deuces
 beowuuf: @TXC2 is that the new time-to-crate for the 21st century?
 RandomTrivia: Amazing
 GapFiller: 
 neisan2112: Ayyy Catfish
 RandomTrivia:  the full "NOPE"
 quasi79fu: Catfeeeeesh
  TXC2: beowuuf  should be !
 quasi79fu: weavy thing
 beowuuf: we dark souls now
 RandomTrivia: Hot damn this world is gorgeous
 Critterbot: Really loving the stop-motiony animation.
AlsoSopranoCat: Oh Ben, this soundtrack slaps, you're gonna love it
beckett_brass: None of us really know anything.
 quasi79fu: thingies
 jacqui_lantern234: yeah, ben, this weird fish is disappointed 
 Greyah: I love this fish.
 RandomTrivia: Oh THIS is the narrator!
 neisan2112: Love this fish
 quasi79fu: Feeeesh is best
 RandomTrivia: The accent just landed for me
 Invitare: dog?
 A_Dub888: @neisan2112 love you (platonic)
 quasi79fu: allligator snappper
 JusticeJuice: Why fish scales look sewn together?
 quasi79fu: magic bottle
 Didero: Oh, that staff had a strap, that's how it stays attached to her
 quasi79fu: aint healthy for a feeesh to be in a treee LOL
 Andymonium: right??
 Andymonium: it's so good
 A_Dub888: Dammit, now I want grits
 neisan2112: He's not wrong though, catfish and grits sounds great
tehThane: stop motion for the more fantasy creatures is such a nice choice
 Didero: I think the stop-motion may also be to save on animation effort, and I don't mean that disparagingly
 RandomTrivia: And the stop-motion stuff fits so well into the world
 GapFiller: IS THAT A GIANT PEACH!?
beckett_brass: Whoever made the artwork in this was and is incredible!
 quasi79fu: yes giant peach
138 raiders from steve_boots have joined!
 UltraVioletVodoo: grits are delicious as long as they made right
SowwyAweei: Hellooooo
  TXC2: hello Radiers
Archangel_Finix: BOOTS RAID
 MarkovDescendant: I can't stand grits. The texture just feels wrong.
 RandomTrivia: Welcome raiders! 
steve_boots: Eyyyyyy
SEGFALT_: 👢 RAID
 gualdhar: grits are a vehicle for butter and carbs
beckett_brass: @steve_boots Hello. Welcome to helping a catfish
 neisan2112: They have to be made well, they can easily be really bad tho
 beowuuf: 
 A_Dub888: @gapfiller oh crap, is a rhino going to eat Hazel’s mom?
fiftymcnasty: yeah go get some good shrimp and grits
Cath_nip: BRINGING THE BOOTY
AkaArris: Hello 👋
Shadowsoflife: Raider o/
  TXC2: it's like biscuits and gravy, looks bad, eats good
EvilBadman: You gotta get grits with a protein or some butter/cheese
prince_infidel: Grits are great. But it's really what you have with grits
leftymclefterson: [STEVE BOOTS HELL MARCH.flac]
 QuixoticScrivener: I love grits but I always make a mess cooking them.
 ShaneLeeAtk: TXC2, you are not wrong
 quasi79fu: Shrimp n grits is another tradition in the south
TheAinMAP: !uptime
  LRRbot: The stream has been live for 1:49:57.
 RandomTrivia: (It's been almost 2 hours, Ben)
 Greyah: What even is grits?
beckett_brass: The only grits I've had is instant grits.
 MarkovDescendant: Without taking a break?
beckett_brass: @Greyah Think porridge, but way better
BrookJustBones: You can go over, LRRMTG can wait
 A_Dub888: ME WANT GRITS
  TXC2: grits is like a dinner porridge
 quasi79fu: i did
 QuixoticScrivener: grits with preserves are great
Omnipotrevor: Or like Cream of Wheat, if you've ever had that.
 spethycakes: now I'm craving cheesy grits
tergonis: maximum spin is the correct tire swing use
beckett_brass: @spethycakes Oh, that sounds delicious.
 ShaneLeeAtk: Ever had polenta?
 GapFiller:  how close to LRRMtG can yr run eh Ben
itsaysTRUENO: the peach is identified with the state of Georgia so maybe that's where we're at
 tyrsredritehand: Grits with preserves or butter for breakfast. Grits with sausage or shrimp for lunch and dinner.
 quasi79fu: the fiddle
 GapFiller:  !?
 schordash: i've also only swung on horizontal tire swings, not vertical * O *
EvilBadman: If I weren't terribly busy while you were in Seattle, I'd find a spot for grits. It's not /the south/ but there's good places here
 quasi79fu: booohag
EvilBadman: also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodoo_(spirituality)#Bottle_tree
 Invitare: Estus?
BrookJustBones: Are those real animals?
 RandomTrivia: Friend shapes!
 MarkovDescendant: Norris, you're a nocturnal nutria.
 quasi79fu: nutrias are real
 Invitare: was his brother's name "Custard"?
itsaysTRUENO: air force lookin jacket, maybe he served
 HadesLeprechaun: weeeell
 BusTed: 🤔
 quasi79fu: sigh
 NoxStryx: @brookjustbones nutria are real and invasive in the southern US. The government once sponsored Nutria cookbooks to try and get people to kill them off
devilcultivator: they also have orange teeth
  TXC2: Nutria sounds like a thing from a Final Fantasy game 
 quasi79fu: the song
 NoxStryx: Originally from south america
TotallyNotaBeholder: They're starting to show up on the US west coast too, invasive species invades
 otakubox0: the vocal tracks are a vibe
 HadesLeprechaun: @quasi79fu yeeeaaah
 tyrsredritehand: In New Orleans you can still turn in nutria tails for bounties. But it doesn't pay well.
 NoxStryx: They are basically orange toothed tailless beavers
 NoxStryx: Well not tailless, rat tailed
EvilBadman: It'll do its thing when it needs to
EvilBadman: 
 schordash: i sadly have to shove off, but i'm looking forward to watching the rest later! thanks for starting this game for us to see! ^ O ^ 
beckett_brass: @schordash Have a good day
 quasi79fu: hahaahaha
  TXC2: so long schordash  stay safe
itsaysTRUENO: droped in the drink
 NoxStryx: @evilbadman that is a very appalachian magic outlook on gameplay
 quasi79fu: yup
TotallyNotaBeholder: Solutions without plumbing
prince_infidel: Yep
 UltraVioletVodoo: yepp
 quasi79fu: welcome to the deeep south Ben
 NoxStryx: Poop in the swamp, not like anything lives in that water
beckett_brass: Oof. 3 days is rough
 Critterbot: Floaters in the swamp, yeesh.
 Invitare: Apparently Nutria are all over Europe. UK managed to get rid of them in 1989 though
 quasi79fu: dont pet that
 gualdhar: that dog will take your hand off
 BusTed: that is an alligator snapping turtle
 MarkovDescendant: Chickasaw county? Must be Mississippi
 quasi79fu: those turtles are mean
EvilBadman: 2000 for that shack? Gentrification hits us all
 quasi79fu: ye
 KilrenKrae: I belive that particular dog can eff you up
 quasi79fu: bite fingers offf
itsaysTRUENO: your fingers are like paper to them
 NoxStryx: @invitare being an island makes it easier to keep things out
 Greyah: The name Snapper is there for a good reason.
 Invitare: @NoxStryx Hasn't helped Ireland. Or us with Grey Squirrels
 BusTed: 
beckett_brass: Oh? Toy?
 xVoxtric: 
 Didero: These people left a LOT of stuff behind
 quasi79fu: music in this just is perfection
BrookJustBones: Sinners is amazing
 neisan2112: Yeeeeeesssss
 quasi79fu: Omg sinners is suppposed to be soooo gooood
 BlueMechanic: that also had very good music
itsaysTRUENO: if i wanna see a sinner i just look in the mirror
 neisan2112: Absolute BANGER
steve_boots: Excellent horror movie, excellent historical drama, excellent musical
beckett_brass: @itsaysTRUENO lol same
steve_boots: It's three good movies
prince_infidel: Sinners is so good. Please people see it if you haven't
 quasi79fu: Ye what sinners is about is big spoiler
 lightfut: Yeah they flexed the cinematography so much in a couple spots
 neisan2112: I've been listening to the soundtrack, and some of one artist mentioned in it
leftymclefterson: smoke/stack LIGHTNING.  Sinners is such a great movie
  TXC2: Ryan Coogler loves filming Michael B Jordan so much he cast him in a movie twice
 QuixoticScrivener: I’m sure orphan black made that tech possible.
beckett_brass: I'll consider it once it gets to streaming services.
BrookJustBones: I wish it kept the IMAX spot for longer than a week
EvilBadman: @TXC2 4 times
itsaysTRUENO: indie films like Dune 2
 gualdhar: I'd love to support it but I get too squeamish with horror
 lightfut: Mmmmmm big laser
  TXC2: EvilBadman  I meant twice in the same movie, but yes
 Didero: Thunderbolt? He's the hero dog the puppies from 101 Dalmations like to watch on the TV
 neisan2112: Yeah Coogler has had Michael B Jordan in all of his movies, outside of BP2
EvilBadman: @TXC2 Oh haha
beckett_brass: @gualdhar Yeah, I'm in a similar position. Weirdly, I can handle horror games but the last time I watched a horror movie I had difficulty completing it.
AlsoSopranoCat: I mean if Sinners is a spoiler for this next part then I know I won't enjoy it, I like happy endings
  TXC2: neisan2112  doesn't Jordan Cameo in that one as well?
 quasi79fu: Sinners has great moral depth about it  for a movie
EvilBadman: It's like how Let's Nope... 
 quasi79fu: It makes you think
  TXC2: there are different kinds of horror
 neisan2112: @txc2 Ah no clue havent seen it, but assumed since, you know
 richard_ermen: Nosferatu not scary....is a fascinating viewpoint.
 SymphonySolstice: grotesque vs horror then?
  TXC2: neisan2112  fair
itsaysTRUENO: "He's going there... and then he'll be there."
beckett_brass: I mean, I find mor recently that tends to be how horror works. It's really only scary if you're alone.
 A_Dub888: He’s going to be there, and then he’ll be there
 richard_ermen: I wonder if what the mainstream considers scary has changed so much with how inundated we are due to the general stresses of life and the world.
steve_boots: What's your early review of this game?
 Didero: hey their trauma was worth 5 floofs
steve_boots: I've heard great art, a bit repetitive gameplay
 NoxStryx: It didnt get a sequel
 quasi79fu: OH the song starts
  TXC2: richard_ermen  the reason why I don't watch horror in general 
 NoxStryx: It got a PREquel
 voltprime: Bottling up the pain 
devilcultivator: why did catfish's parents name him his species?
itsaysTRUENO: replacing my spoons with floofs
prince_infidel: My favorite part of the "then he'll be there" line is the dramatic pause & rising music
EvilBadman: Oh, uh, content warning. You're correcting some traumatic stuff throughout.
 A_Dub888: @noxstryx featuring one of their baddest motherfuckers
 quasi79fu: yeah game goes deep with its themes
 Didero: Termite hill?
 richard_ermen: @TXC2 I kinda get what you mean, but i find it fascinating nonetheless. I found Nosferatu to be a deeply scary movie because of what it says and it fascinates me how none of this hits apparently.
 NoxStryx: I hope does get another sequel. You guys need to find out why that guy hates people having 2 arms
 ShaneLeeAtk: That is a crawfish hole
 gualdhar: reminds me of that clip where Cori and Cam talk about Detroit Become Human not being about slavery
 quasi79fu: i hear frogs
  TXC2: the game STARTED with us arguing with our mum who then got carried away in a hurricane, game gonna be heavy yo
 tyrsredritehand: Those are going to be big mud bugs.
itsaysTRUENO: content warning: the history of the united states
TheAinMAP:  "You get a line, I'll get a pole. / We'll go fishing in a crawdad hole..." 
  TXC2: richard_ermen  fair enough
beckett_brass: @itsaysTRUENO content warning: the history of nearly any country that's been around for 100+ years
 NoxStryx: @itsaystrueno the content warning is coming from inside the country!
 quasi79fu: that wall was there for a reason Ben LOL
 LithelyUnshod: Love that this game uses haint blue instead of yellow
devilcultivator: malignant soured pain as opposed to benign sweet suffering
AlsoSopranoCat: no but seriously a bunch of family abuse situations in this
TheAinMAP: 
 GapFiller: eyyy projectile tennis time!
 beowuuf: we CAN now double jump the  away 
prince_infidel: What that mouth do?
 MAPBoardgames: Adventurers know smashing pots is valuable. You can Urn a lot!
  TXC2: yeap this like a nightmare I had last week, if these have loooooong tongues I'm out 
tehThane: i dont think that what you can reflect
AlsoSopranoCat: @MAPBoardgames Boo
 HadesLeprechaun: It has slow and fast ones iirc
 Didero: Ugh, heartbeat noises when you're low on health are annoying
Chesul: It did say "Large Projectile"
 RandomTrivia: Oh, it's Aghanim's Energy Tennis 
 MAPBoardgames: ZeldaLowHeartBeep dot Wav
beckett_brass: I mean, we nearly died, but we handled it just fine!
 MAPBoardgames: Nice shot!
  TXC2: Murderers!
 quasi79fu: benjy was probably on the spectrum like me
 RandomTrivia: Noooo
beckett_brass: I mean, stoning is a thing.
 GasCityGaming: Yeah, heads up, game does get HEAVY in some spots re:trauma
 A_Dub888: Hey God? we got some people to flood!
beckett_brass: Was a punishment described in the Bible
 MAPBoardgames: They bullseye'd it from off camera! I couldn't make that shot!
 dolphgrim: Hi, Ben! 😁
beckett_brass: @dolphgrim Hello. Welcome to trauma
  TXC2: nice is....debatable
devilcultivator: never seen bengy spelled with a "j"
 dolphgrim: Long time watcher, first time chatter. Humbled by the quality of work you do! 💙
beckett_brass: @dolphgrim Hey! Welcome to the stream
 quasi79fu: Benjy is short  for benjamin its a different way to spell it
 dolphgrim: 🥹
 beowuuf: 
 RandomTrivia: 
 A_Dub888: He’s just Ben
 RandomTrivia: After all, he's just Ben
 Didero: Jump back
  TXC2: all Ben, no jamin
electric_claire subscribed at Tier 1. They've subscribed for 102 months!
 electric_claire: Heya, Benbo!
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 RandomTrivia: A_Dub888 Let's go fellow beaincell sharer!
 RandomTrivia: *braincell
beckett_brass: Reminds me of a friend of mine. His name is officially Robert, but he insists on being called Bob (and has good reason for it)
prince_infidel: & you always mute mic 5?
 A_Dub888: @randomtrivia *high fives*
leftymclefterson: gambit catfish 
beckett_brass: You'll just get it back, right  ?
  TXC2: Health is for people who aren't gamers 
 MarkovDescendant: So those eviction notices proves this isn't Louisiana. We don't have counties, we have Parrishes.
tehThane: @MarkovDescendant the notices said chikasaw county which is in mississippi
beckett_brass: We going to have our first death soon?
 HadesLeprechaun: I appreciate that the game makes you WANT to use all your skills, and not just try to get by on one
 quasi79fu: oh gahd this one
beckett_brass: Oh dang...
 HadesLeprechaun: It's AOE for when you're surrounded, yeah
 quasi79fu: people can be cruel to people who are different
 BusTed: 🍑
beckett_brass: @quasi79fu Yep...
 dolphgrim: Biiig peach 🍑
  TXC2: PARKOUR!
 RandomTrivia: SICK
 Mischievous_Catgeist: not james but a giant peach
 MAPBoardgames: Prince of Persia, eat your heart out!
 neisan2112: I love how quickly you rack up new things you can do
 KilrenKrae: oh and the soundtrack
EvilBadman: Early in the game, but the games ~10-12 hours
 quasi79fu: i think the point is to get the skills out of the waya so they can tell more of the story
beckett_brass: Wise words
itsaysTRUENO: suffering is the enemy
 quasi79fu: isnt trauma a boss enemey
beckett_brass: Why do I have a feeling that the letter is a lie?
 GasCityGaming: Gotta do the dailies
  RayFK: Buddy it's a fucking hourly
 protojman: does seeing my therapist count as a weekly
  TXC2: Dailes? motherfucker I'm on hourlies 
 quasi79fu: i sorry if im being a party killler
EvilBadman: Dailies are meds, weeklies are therapy
 jacqui_lantern234: why do my dailies when i can do LITERALLY ANYTHING ELSE 
 lamina5432: I rolled a 1 to go on an errand today
 GasCityGaming: Is it just a DOT?
 quasi79fu: as im on spectrum communication is hard
beckett_brass: @quasi79fu I get you
EvilBadman: acountabilibuddies
 GasCityGaming: Also doing errands with friends can help
 jacqui_lantern234: jokes on you, i have no friends! 
 jacqui_lantern234: (this is a lie)
  TXC2: jacqui_lantern234  no that's me
beckett_brass: Dude! That's your brother!
 RandomTrivia: Awww
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  TXC2: aren't violin bows kinda fragile ?
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 quasi79fu: Hello Roux
 GasCityGaming: !uptime
  LRRbot: The stream has been live for 2:24:58.
arinotgrandetho: haints
beckett_brass: Ahem. I believe the correct course of action is RUN
EvilBadman: @quasi79fu shhhhh
beckett_brass: Big darkness shadow monster.
 quasi79fu: phantom of the opera music
 RandomTrivia: Oh so THAT'S a Stigma...
  TXC2: really tought she was going to throw that like a molotov
 Invitare: are the other bosses going to be called Bechamel, Veloute and Espagnole?
beckett_brass: And then we died
 dumbo3k: oops, there goes the no death run
 RandomTrivia: WHAT
 RandomTrivia: RUDE
beckett_brass: That was cool!
Genie_M: This is very Prince of Persia
 RandomTrivia: Oh that respawn is amazing
 jacqui_lantern234: SHE A SPIDERFOLK
 RandomTrivia: This game has an aesthetic and knows it
beckett_brass: I believe the term would be nightmare if it were
 Invitare: is THIS a dream? Not the talking fish?
 UltraVioletVodoo: this music is wonderful
 anclag: This suddenly feels very Ori like, big chase scene with no checkpoints
 quasi79fu: just keeep swimmmin
Kentosaurus: crash bandicoot vibes
EvilBadman: There's checkpoints, just don't dies 
 jacqui_lantern234: *makes Hog noise*
beckett_brass: There is a Bounded Field around the bottle tree, it seems
itsaysTRUENO: and instead of the weird floating mask, the culture is real
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 RandomTrivia: We've arrived somewhere with an air of tranquili-tree
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 protojman: ever crack a cold one on a tree
 Mischievous_Catgeist: 
  TXC2: SUB HYPE LETHAL
  TXC2:   
 quasi79fu: hahahaahah
TheAinMAP: 
 RandomTrivia: 
devilcultivator: that tree has a powerful thirst for trauma and you got a cold one to crack with it
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 lightfut: The movement in this game looks very fun
 KilrenKrae: Love the VA for the catfish
InconsiderateHat: I love this fish
 RandomTrivia: It's a magic talking fish, Ben, of course it can breathe air 
 quasi79fu: catfish can indeeed beathe air they are also known to walk on land at times
 A_Dub888: and exist outside of water
leftymclefterson: gambit catfish is so cozy, like a cheshire cat in the swamp 
 Critterbot: Catfish: Aaand she's leaving, *sigh*...
itsaysTRUENO: arent catfish nearly immortal, like they can live over 200 years or something?
 Didero: *cocks bottle* "this river haunted"
 quasi79fu: in the wild yes
 quasi79fu: and some grow huge
 A_Dub888: @itsaystrueno not if I get hungry 
 Andymonium: catfish and gators are basically cryptids, i love it
 dolphgrim: Catfish and lobsters, I believe 🤔
 neisan2112: With the going through images of memories of trauma, this is reminding me of Spiritfarer
  TXC2: Lobsters have an upper limit on size because of the square/cube law
 neisan2112: Learning and helping people
devilcultivator: i'm a trained psychiatrist moname i went to medical school for 12 long years to learn how to listen
beckett_brass: Oh shit
 quasi79fu: its ok to cry...
leftymclefterson: oh god this got really heavy
  TXC2: Catfish here answering the bold question of "what if Ricardo Montalban was Cajun?"
  TXC2: Semgol ?
 neisan2112: Cain?
leftymclefterson: oh damn
 quasi79fu: HEre we go
 RandomTrivia: OH MY
 neisan2112: Ohh yes
 RandomTrivia: GAME GOOD
 SymphonySolstice: bust out the finest tunes my liege
leftymclefterson: 
 lamina5432: this is such a power move for the game
EvilBadman: (shakes fist) give me the lyrics on screen game!
 quasi79fu: its about to hit hard
leftymclefterson:  gooddamn
 GasCityGaming: yup, break out the tissues
 neisan2112: Oh god I can't be crying at work
 BusTed: bamboozled
 RandomTrivia: And the platforming gets easy to make sure you get the song uninterrupted... good game design
 quasi79fu: I say farewelll
 RandomTrivia: 
 Andymonium: game please, we're busy bieng Emotional
 quasi79fu: I took my hammer and toook it to helll
EvilBadman: "the beach is over there"
 Didero: Would be nice if they also subtitled the song
EvilBadman: @Didero My biggest complaint about this game
leftymclefterson: *Far from Any Road *
EvilBadman: Really, my only one
 dolphgrim: @evilbadman  💪🌳 😋
 BusTed: death warp strats
leftymclefterson: *Hidden in the branches Of the poison creosote*
 Dalrint: Speedrun strats
 Didero: speedrun strats
 HadesLeprechaun: it jumped you up a bit
EvilBadman: You ended up higher, lol
 HadesLeprechaun: get that red thing
 RandomTrivia: Did you Destiny 2 the map? Rub against the geometry in the right way?
 Dalrint: @Didero Jinx
 lamina5432: harmony time
leftymclefterson: damn, this gives me true detective vibes  
  TXC2: I wonder how long this song is and if it loops
EvilBadman: No, there ISN'T
Syntheticuh: sometimes a fantastic game comes out and it just gets overshadowed because an all timer is released right around it. like horizon and breath of the wild. but im thinking that happened again with this and expedition 33, cause this game rules and ive heard so little about it
 quasi79fu: no subtitles for song
beckett_brass: For so much accessibility, I'm surprised there isn't a subtitles option
devilcultivator: stop motion effects OFF!? what kind of monster would do that!?
EvilBadman: the one option that says stuff about "music" doesn't do it
 ScrapyardGhostTrain: That seems like an oversight.
 protojman: thanks for checking 
leftymclefterson: too many games, not enough time
EvilBadman: @devilcultivator people get motion sickness
 HadesLeprechaun: they're online though, at least!
 quasi79fu: but you hear it enough to learn the words becaues its a amazing song
Syntheticuh: this music is so good
 GasCityGaming: the fiddle!
 Andymonium: let's GO
 RandomTrivia: YES GET THAT FIDDLE IN THERE
 SymphonySolstice: bust out the fiddle
 quasi79fu: i cried in this part
 jacqui_lantern234: 😭
 Didero: Good music just elevates everything
devilcultivator: @EvilBadman oh sorry i did not know that could trigger motion sickness
 TheDevil_Risen: fiddle and banjo 
 GapFiller: Syntheticuh has Expedition 33 really had that much more press? these two games seem to have been of a muchness to my eyes
 RandomTrivia: This soundtrack has NO RIGHT to be this good
 jacqui_lantern234: gosh, this game is fuckin immaculate
 A_Dub888: Benjamin “Fiddle Fucked” Ulmer
EvilBadman: @devilcultivator the similar effect in spider-man 2 for one of miles' costumes got my partner real bad, this game didn't though
InconsiderateHat: And I'm gonna point out that the song HASN'T EVEN LOOPED YET, they recorded this much song!
 GapFiller: yeh that was my view too
 SymphonySolstice: I haven't heard anything about this game at all
EvilBadman: This, E33 and Blue Prince within a month is _wild_
 quasi79fu: blue prince was like that too
tehThane: new IP is really good
 GapFiller: EvilBadman banger moth for games
itsaysTRUENO: i think this game is more for people and less for "gamers"
 GapFiller: eye yup
 RandomTrivia: WAIT WHAT
LidofLoathing: wait, what? wow
 RandomTrivia: I had no idea
 A_Dub888: ayup
 GhostValv: honestly smaller games have been killing it recently.
 jacqui_lantern234: WAIT BACK THE FUCK UP
 iris_of_ether: Yup, true
 quasi79fu: love ya Benjy the treeee
beckett_brass: What system is this for?
 GasCityGaming: I love the , trauma creates stigmas not so subtle mental health and emotional intelligence subplot 
leftymclefterson: this game could be a series.  such a good story
 Angnor33: Yeah, the Mythic Spoiler thing came up before.  It's wild.
Syntheticuh: @GapFiller its possible it just missed my orbit but ive heard almost nothing on this while 33 is getting immense praise (rightfully so). but im glad ive seen this now cause i have to play it
EvilBadman: https://mythicspoiler.com/blue_prince.html
 A_Dub888: big reason I downloaded Blue Prince
 dolphgrim: What a cutie 🐟
EvilBadman: Of the three this is def the one that's easiest to watch another person and "get it"
 quasi79fu: Midnight walk is another game that isnt getting much talk as it should
 spethycakes: I really like the captions for the sounds ("[boisterous laugh]")
 quasi79fu: If you like clay animation and horror esque games check out MIdnight walk
EvilBadman: @quasi79fu YES. I need to play that too
 Dalrint: I wonder if this not releasing on playstation hurt it
beckett_brass: Yep, putting this on my wishlist
 GapFiller:  running around in a hurricane aint nothin but a big catfish splash thats worth reacting to
 TheDevil_Risen: ok i feel like i stepped into one heck of shroom trip 
complete_biscuit: i like that catfish
 jacqui_lantern234: WOOF THAT LINE 😭 "she never felt like she did enough" just attacked my lifepoints directly
 quasi79fu: Love that feeesh
 UltraVioletVodoo: i like his eyes
itsaysTRUENO: mmm more fabric metaphors
 Piratical_tendancies: llove those eyes
 spethycakes: he's almost quilted
 HadesLeprechaun: he's like a quilt, with an unusual eye
  TXC2: jacqui_lantern234  right?
devilcultivator: i'm actually much slimier please watch out
 HadesLeprechaun: also, for Ben and chat, there are like, more regular song versions of the songs, in addition to the boss version of the songs, on the OST and youtube
 quasi79fu: hahahahhahaha
 jacqui_lantern234: FUCK this game is so aesthetic!
itsaysTRUENO: hey the trailer
  TXC2: so we've ridden Linda to get to the milkman....wait wrong game
tycoonbosh: Gosh, I really didn't expect to feel things today.
DoodlestheGreat: Nice bumper sticker.
 quasi79fu: two toed Tom
EvilBadman: Yeah, just don't do the OST before ya beat it
 quasi79fu: gator snacks
 RandomTrivia: The fins up close look like needle-felt 
 HadesLeprechaun: yeah I've only been listening to the songs after I got to those points in the game, got like 1/2rd left
 GhostValv: oh I think I saw this part.
 HadesLeprechaun: *1/3rd
 A_Dub888: Tom’s a Symbiote?
 iris_of_ether: So good
 dumbo3k: noooooo
 RandomTrivia: Oof
Syntheticuh: naurrr
 HadesLeprechaun: good stopping point
 jacqui_lantern234: D: NOOO
 GapFiller: good place to cliffhanger
 spethycakes: This is so moving/enjoyable!!
itsaysTRUENO: cool game
EvilBadman: good spot to end, honestly
 quasi79fu: i gotta go anyways thanks for stream
 lamina5432: gnight
 jacqui_lantern234: MORE
 Angnor33: Oooor... 2 more hours?
 beowuuf: o7
 UltraVioletVodoo: this is a fantastic game
 Didero: Thanks for streaming this during European evenings, I'm glad I can watch this!
 neisan2112:   
 Angnor33: Good game.
beckett_brass: Alright. I may or may not be back later. Have a good day, yall. God loves you!
 beowuuf: thanks for streaming!
 RandomTrivia: Sweet merciful BUS this game is good
 SymphonySolstice: game Good
prince_infidel: Think you for this Ben
DoodlestheGreat: It's a fair spot to stop. We'll pick it up again Monday.
  TXC2: thanks for streaming Ben
 RandomTrivia: Prime Time on the Prime Meridian
  TXC2: Prime time for UK/EU
 cheezweazl:   
 UltraVioletVodoo: i deff cried a bit
 iris_of_ether: Thank you for the stream   
 HadesLeprechaun: oh I cried at the Benji song, lol
 dolphgrim: 😊😊 thanks again, Ben! Love this and can't wait to catch the VOD for the bits I missed
  TXC2: !patreon
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 SymphonySolstice: right in my honey nut feelios
 protojman: 
  TXC2: !ytmember
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  TXC2: !next
  LRRbot: Next scheduled stream: LRRMtG (Some form of 1-2 LoadingReadyRun crew members play some form of digital Magic: The Gathering. Game: Magic: The Gathering) at Thu 02:00 PM PDT (1:13 from now).
BrookJustBones: dragonstorm
 MarkovDescendant: Tarkir
 otakubox0: Tarkir Dragon Storm!
 HadesLeprechaun: tarkir
 lamina5432: dragons
 gualdhar: Tarkir Dragonstorm?
  TXC2: Durgensturm
 A_Dub888: Final Fanta- wait
 anclag: Cheers for the stream Ben, have a great day
Mai_Andra: Lorrwyn hype  
 HadesLeprechaun: Farkir Fragonstorm
 MarkovDescendant: They gonna show off the spoiler card on stream?
 RandomTrivia: FF has overshadowed everything by being touted as the "best-selling Magic set of all time" despite being unavailable everywhere because every store's allocations have been slashed
 jacqui_lantern234: whomst'd've?! 
 A_Dub888: to be fair, Funal Fantasy has dragons
 iris_of_ether:  
 GapFiller: eyyy  
 jacqui_lantern234:  FRIEND CORI
  TXC2: wild that FF is the best selling set of all time given how muh it;s looked for me so far 
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 jacqui_lantern234: its mid, as the kids call it 
 RandomTrivia: The Bar Cube concept is very cool
 jacqui_lantern234: @RandomTrivia YOURE VERY COOL
 GapFiller: Rhythm games are a malleable genre like card games
 cheezweazl:     
 RandomTrivia: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/AggressiveAbstemiousNigiriNerfBlueBlaster-hKDqVOIOEc5Wl17O
 dolphgrim:    
TheAinMAP: 
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 jacqui_lantern234: 72
 SymphonySolstice: thanks ben!
 cheezweazl:   
TheAinMAP: Thank you for streaming.
 beowuuf: 72+
 jacqui_lantern234: THANK BEB
 RandomTrivia: Thanks for the stream, Ben, looking forward to more!    
  TXC2: !discord
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 Didero: Bye!
 vinewood_og: 
  TXC2: !contact
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 GapFiller: thanks for streaming Ben  
  TXC2: Goodnight everybody
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