Play it Forward || Split Fiction Ep 3

 PharaohBender27: Ahoy-hoy! 
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Hello! This will be interesting, I'm only halfway through episode 2
 Thefluffiestguineapig: !next
  LRRbot: Next scheduled stream: Play it Forward (After conquering It Takes Two, Paul and Heather are moving on to Split Fiction! Game: Split Fiction) at Sat 09:00 AM PDT (4s from now).
 PharaohBender27: Oh, so close!
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Damnit, I consistently get under 5 seconds before
 PharaohBender27:  !
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 realbadatthis_: where we droppin'?
 PharaohBender27: Right, that's where we left off 
 TheAinMAP: 
 RandomTrivia: Hi friends!  It's dreamwork time!
 BrowneePointz: wait I missed episode 2
 BrowneePointz: wut
 PharaohBender27: 
 BrowneePointz: my temporal schedule is so messed up this week
 Thefluffiestguineapig: @BrowneePointz What even is time
 Creideiki_SE: But the geographical one is spot on, leading you to be at the right place at the wrong time?
 PharaohBender27: @BrowneePointz Long story short, we went through Zoe's fantasy world where she got to turn into a fairy or a tree and Mio got to turn into an ape or a sort of alien otter, and now we're in a Halo-style dropship
DideRobot: LRR: Heather and Paul continue with Ep 3 of their Play it forward of Split Fiction! https://twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun (has image) | https://kind.social/@LoadingReadyRun/114722186694895373
 PharaohBender27: Also we had some sidestories by Mio that were . . . rather explosion-heavy
 PharaohBender27: Chill Challenge - like the time Dr. Cool did that segment during a LRL a few years back? 
 tdapenguin: heyya mods, i have a link about a house hippo i'd like to share -- is that okay?
 TheAinMAP:   
   Anubis169: if it's not offensive or anything, sure 
 PharaohBender27: Spliction!
 TheAinMAP: Hello  
 baltimore_667083: boil it! mash it! stick it in a stew!
   Anubis169: Joke's on us, Paul and Heather are in different rooms 
 Thefluffiestguineapig:   Ahoy-hoy
 BusTed: The 't' is the blade
 tdapenguin: @Anubis169 thanks. it is appropriate
   Anubis169: post away
 tdapenguin: here is a link to a house hippo at a zoo: https://www.instagram.com/p/DLAuXeaPrPs/?img_index=1
 PharaohBender27: @tdapenguin What an odd-looking house hippo 
  mtvcdm: The ship then also jumped
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Perfect house hippo <#
 Thefluffiestguineapig: 
 tdapenguin: @PharaohBender27 it's so rare to actually see them in the daytime
 RandomTrivia: From the finale
 baltimore_667083: in a groundhog New York minute
 adept_nekomancer: Maybe the ground will glitch out and you'll find the subocean
 PharaohBender27: Yeah, despite my username I haven't seen any of the newer Futurama content. Frankly I mostly hang onto this handle for the sake of continuity.
 tdapenguin: excellent transition!
 tdapenguin: @PharaohBender27 continuity of handle is v valid
 TheAinMAP:  
 tdapenguin: still falling!!
 RandomTrivia: Wheeeeeee!
  TXC2: Hello Everybody
  mtvcdm: Also, the guy who made the plagiarism machine now knows that we know he's got a plagiarism machine and he wasn't happy about it.
 tdapenguin: @Thefluffiestguineapig 
  TXC2: would have been here 20 mins ago, but internet/ computer decided to be shitty 
 RandomTrivia: *donk*
 PharaohBender27: @TXC2 Ooof, sorry to hear that
 TheAinMAP:  
 BusTed: 
 tdapenguin: @TXC2 you've mostly missed us falling.
 RandomTrivia: Ah, there's the convenient sky island with a pond
  TXC2: PharaohBender27  thanks 
  TXC2: tdapenguin  indeed
 adept_nekomancer: Unleash the techno-pirhanas!
 RandomTrivia: Laser grids, however....
  TXC2: cyber-sharks
  mtvcdm: Sharks are any genre you want them to be
 Creideiki_SE: It's the friggin' laser beams on their heads.
 tdapenguin:     
  mtvcdm: Deliberately not answering
  TXC2: Mio 30000% dodging that question
 RandomTrivia: "You and me are unpacking this right now, dammit"
 PharaohBender27: @BrowneePointz Oh, right - also, big evil boss got to talk to our protags and tried to tempt Mio with an offer
 Didero: OH good, I'm not that late. Good evening!
  TXC2: is there a way to get JUST the cutscenes to be louder please?
 KaleidoscopeMind: that's where the imposters are though
  TXC2: hello Didero  welcome
 adept_nekomancer: Healthy to vent?  Seems sus.
 RandomTrivia: Either hugging it out or stabbing it out
 Didero: @TXC2 The camera is in a good position, but it doesn't help that they're blocking the subtitles either
 TheAinMAP: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/CleanSweetWaffleFeelsBadMan-Oq2WmASP3q0PVZES
  TXC2: ah America, where being sick can bankrupt a whole family 
 tdapenguin: @Didero we have determined that there aren't pirhanas in scifi. and that if you are wearing fancy armor, you can fall into water at terminal velocity and totally quip right afterwards
  TXC2: Didero  indeed, kinda no win situation 
 Didero: @tdapenguin Important lessons. Thanks!
 tdapenguin: @Didero there may have been plot developments, but someone else will have to update you! 
 RandomTrivia: Wow, no concept of personal space 
 TheAinMAP: Green goo = bad.
 RandomTrivia: The swan dive into the pool 
 KaleidoscopeMind: 
 TheAinMAP: 
 PharaohBender27: 
 KaleidoscopeMind: i love when chat shares a braincell
 tdapenguin: @KaleidoscopeMind   your turn!
 Didero: @TXC2 Hmm, I don't know if it's possible, but they could maybe cut the facecam in two, and put Paul in the far left corner and Heather in the far right. That way they don't block subtitles
 TheAinMAP: 
  TXC2: Didero  probably a lot more work then it's worth sadly
 KaleidoscopeMind: i guess we are venting
 Didero: @TXC2 I recall them doing that before, but I can't remember the occasion
 tdapenguin: @Didero would it be possible to not have the faces on top of the game? i know it would shrink the gameplay, but we could rad things
 tdapenguin: *read
 Chesul: Nah, just americans.
 BusTed: looting and polluting is not the way
 KaleidoscopeMind: Keyguns, like keyblades
 TheAinMAP: It's kind of a way to have more explosions.
  mtvcdm: I mean, the guy who's trying to steal people's ideas with a VR machine is pretty Captain Planet
 Thefluffiestguineapig: I never thought of Captain Planet as stereotypical science fiction
 Thefluffiestguineapig: @mtvcdm That's true
 RandomTrivia: 
 adept_nekomancer: @Thefluffiestguineapig I mean, I used to think of Captain Planet villains as fiction, but then... *gestures at 2025*
  TXC2: ^
 Thefluffiestguineapig: I am surprised this is less Gundam feeling
 RandomTrivia: Mostly gun, not very much dam
 RandomTrivia: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/FrigidCrazyTroutNerfBlueBlaster-DdM41sTfts91Tt8F
 Thefluffiestguineapig: @adept_nekomancer Right, but I guess my point is that the thing they keep talking about is how sci-fi is all grim dark and fantasy is happier or something (at least that's part of what I've gotten out of this) and that fantasy people do too much world building and things, but for me then lean into the grim dark stereotypes more
  TXC2: "Gunavation" sounds like a term from that game LRR did an advert for
 PharaohBender27: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/GracefulGrotesquePassionfruitSeemsGood-qQ8qynq37FCoCp12
 Thefluffiestguineapig: That's just a battlebot
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Like why not lean into Asimov here?
 RandomTrivia: Suddenly, a Destiny boss 
 Thefluffiestguineapig: @RandomTrivia This feels weirdly complicated for how little instruction they give you
 RandomTrivia: @Thefluffiestguineapig So, a Destiny boss 
 tdapenguin: @Thefluffiestguineapig personally i feel that that depends very mch on the specific stories within each genre that are being consumed. and to some extent, how the reader feels about the elelemnts. (fr example, i can find some v messed up fairytale-based fantasy stories encredibly cathartic and thus comforting ---- but also, like, if someone was asking for a comfy read, i wouldn't rec those)
 Didero: Can you not just shoot the robot to hurt the robot?
 RandomTrivia: Oh there's a DPS phase and everything, this is literally a Destiny boss  I was kidding
 adept_nekomancer: @Thefluffiestguineapig That's fair.  There has be a "there's not enough story in your sci-fi action"/"there's not enough villainy in your fantasy"  theme going on.
 RandomTrivia:  
 Didero: @RandomTrivia I don't play Destiny, but this doesn't seem very Destiny-specific, just a puzzle-ish bossfight
 TheAinMAP: 
 Thefluffiestguineapig: @adept_nekomancer For me there's been a lot of them talking at each other about the points people think fans of these two genres make at each other without making them actually reflected in the stories
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 TheDevil_Risen: how was the fall out of the transport?
 PharaohBender27: @TheDevil_Risen Lot of screaming, but we survived
  TXC2: TheDevil_Risen  good, we only died a few times on the way down
 PharaohBender27: We Portal now!
 TheDevil_Risen: nice, thanks Pharaoh and TXC
 TheDevil_Risen: i see that hehe
 tdapenguin: @adept_nekomancer and i think an importnat thing to remeber is that this is person's escape-from-reality-writing, so adressingin  those genre-oversimplications wasn't the point of the work
 Thefluffiestguineapig: "Engaging bios" sounds like something from the warhammer we have at home
 tdapenguin: @Thefluffiestguineapig please engage the BIOS before turning on your computer
 adept_nekomancer: @tdapenguin Yeah.  I mean, one of the stories was about an overly-zealous, heavily-armed parking robot.
 Thefluffiestguineapig: @tdapenguin For me this is a bigger meta commentary at the writing of the game as a whole, not the characters. It seems an odd choice
 BusTed: I appreciate the variety of co-op mechanics that they put together
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Boiling acid that's bright green seems like death
 tdapenguin: @Thefluffiestguineapig ah, i getcha now. yeah, i see the point
 TheAinMAP:   
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Rolling homing death bombs also probably death
  mtvcdm: Why do the bowling ball bombs get aiming
 Thefluffiestguineapig: @mtvcdm Because now we are thinking with portals
 adept_nekomancer: Humans: 1;  Mechs: more than 0; lasers: a lot
 BusTed: There's always just a little bit of pvp
  TXC2: ah yes, the disks from Sky Sanctuary zone from Sonic  
 tdapenguin: @adept_nekomancer i do like a ridiculous story. i am not a penguin with complex takes.... (i say while regretfully acknowledging that this chat is not the place for exchanging complex essays re storytelling)
 TheAinMAP: Beyblades?
 RandomTrivia: *DONK*
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Is this the return of the Roombas from the parking levels? Are they now beyblade roombas?
 Didero: @TXC2 Could be Mio played that as a kid
  mtvcdm: Let it rip!
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Laser beyblade roombas?
 Thefluffiestguineapig: @mtvcdm If you love it etc etc
 TheDevil_Risen: beyblades!
 tdapenguin: @Thefluffiestguineapig truely the future we've earnt
  TXC2: Didero  we can only hope
 RandomTrivia:  the little *oof* sound
 tdapenguin: bayblade monorail?
  TXC2: tdapenguin  still better then cars for the environment 
 Thefluffiestguineapig: The reverse "OH SHIT I'm a genius" of our normal "I'm a genius OH SHIT"
  mtvcdm: This is a Gang Beasts level
 Didero: yay side story
 Thefluffiestguineapig: @TXC2 Cue one of the QWERPLINE quotes I use most often that no one gets why I use the name "It's a game of inches Alex"
 TheDevil_Risen: nice americian ninja ing
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Will there be boats?
  TXC2: Thefluffiestguineapig  
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Combat kites?
 Didero: Surely they can do the Kite Run in 12 parsecs
 Thefluffiestguineapig: We bioshock infinite now
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Colombia I guess
 tdapenguin: "based on a true story"
 Creideiki_SE: Good thing they have nothing pressing going on in the main story or the real world, so they can take their time.
 tdapenguin: with all the accuracy that implyes
  mtvcdm: You know, as all kids do
 RandomTrivia: Bahahahaha
 TheDevil_Risen: F o7
 BusTed: inverted controls 
 Didero: I'd consider going up instead of down 
 PharaohBender27: @Thefluffiestguineapig I was more thinking the wingsuit challenges in Just Cause 3 
  TXC2: we superman 64 now 
 PharaohBender27: @TXC2 
  QuixoticScrivener: is inverted not cool anymore?
 CaptainSpam: Because inverted controls are the best controls. 
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 adept_nekomancer: You spread your arms out like wings, you therefore fly like a plane. 
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 tdapenguin: @adept_nekomancer fantasy!
 PharaohBender27: Oh this is 100% like those Just Cause 3 wingsuit challenges
  TXC2: invented controls are fine when you are EXPECTING them
 adept_nekomancer: @tdapenguin Oh -- I was answering the "why inverted controls" question. 
 TheDevil_Risen: pretend you a missle, you aim for where you want to be not where you are
 tdapenguin: @adept_nekomancer i was being silly.
 tdapenguin: @adept_nekomancer but that does make sense
  mtvcdm: The rings do not like you
 BusTed: horsepucky
 RandomTrivia: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/ColdAmericanCheetahFloof-7yeMdDPGu0Ttrca9
 PharaohBender27: OK TXC2's Superman 64 comparison might have been appropriate after all 
 Didero: Kinda curious how that cutscene looks when Mio wins
  mtvcdm: Rader probably *doesn't* know about kites honestly
TeacherSeanTV:    
Ignatiuspants: so ... is the narrative here that Zoe wrote about people becoming kites, except instead of doing anything kites do, they gain speed by flying through rings?
 TheDevil_Risen: OMG
 RandomTrivia: BAHAHAHA
 TheDevil_Risen: its a straight up rip of FF7
 RandomTrivia: That robot got outplaye
 RandomTrivia: *outplayed
 tdapenguin: @Didero gotta start doing a 'play it backwards', where we get all the other cut-scenes
 TheDevil_Risen: the spit take was real 
 tdapenguin: @Ignatiuspants rings are magnetic launchers and kites are metal?
 TheDevil_Risen: 
  TXC2: one problem!
 adept_nekomancer: 
 Didero: Maybe if one player dies, they respawn at the start, so the other needs to get back?
 TheDevil_Risen: hi Jacob!
  mtvcdm: Hi Jacob
 tdapenguin: hi jacob!!!!!!
 PharaohBender27: Ohai Jacob
  TXC2: hello Jacob
 TheDevil_Risen: you missed the FF7 saw bot
 Didero: Hi Jacob!
 tdapenguin: jacob having fun
 RandomTrivia: Oh hello Jacob
 RandomTrivia: There's something very satisfying about watching a robot get absolutely styled on https://i.imgur.com/WJNsAaB.gif
 TheDevil_Risen: https://img.game8.co/3242901/22ac3571828cc21f59b2eb6cb4ab4d74.jpeg/show straight up had one of these
  mtvcdm: Oh, Jacob, if *this* is neat to you, you should see some of the other stuff
 RandomTrivia: Oh no 
Ignatiuspants: hey it's Jacob!
 KaleidoscopeMind: does jacob know about the pig dimension
 tdapenguin: @mtvcdm it does seem like something he'd enjoy
  mtvcdm: Oh yes, Jacob, have you heard of the pigs?
 tdapenguin: now everything is calm and peacful
Invitare: the negotiations were short
 Didero: @tdapenguin Because Jacob left? 
  mtvcdm: The negotiations were brief and full of insults
 tdapenguin: @Didero hahha, oops, delay timing. on my screen, that was when paul was drinking his coffee, just before jacob left.
 RandomTrivia: Ah yes, that was clearly a relay, not just decorative 
 tdapenguin: @mtvcdm ah, so, the way i typically negotiate with gravity
 tdapenguin: (i usually lose in those scenarios, fwiw)
 PharaohBender27: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/TrustworthyRamshackleMinkSoBayed-5tcZXr-AjIQ9lWRG
 aceofmuffins: You can't destroy all the boxes if they keep making more.
 Thefluffiestguineapig: This seems like hell to do remote
 Didero throws his mouse out the window
 aceofmuffins: @Thefluffiestguineapig It is super forgiving, and it worked well remote for me.
 Thefluffiestguineapig: @aceofmuffins Does it require voice chat if you do remote?
 aceofmuffins: IDK I just used Discord
FireSpectreZero: Hello  
  TXC2: hello FireSpectreZero  welcome
 TheAinMAP: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/ObservantFunFalconCmonBruh-b3CS4iOP47tZn-9l
 RandomTrivia: Paul! Don't say that out loud!
  TXC2: never tempt the universe
FireSpectreZero: Top things to never say: "I think it's dead!"
  TXC2: in the real world it's all sweet right now 
  TXC2: *sweat
 aceofmuffins: To stop cyber squirrels climbing up
FireSpectreZero: @TXC2 Haha is it hot in your area too?
  TXC2: FireSpectreZero  27c with 80%+ humidity 
 KaleidoscopeMind: cyber sequirrity
FireSpectreZero: @TXC2 oof. Similar here. Went shopping and came home drenched
 RandomTrivia: 
 Marvoleath: originally the word "funk" meant "the smell of an intercourse"
Alex_Frostfire: This game looks kinda sweet.
FireSpectreZero: "And the deadly shafts will have two different colored symbols to be shot to close." "Ok sir. But why exactly? Wouldn't buttons be cheaper?"
  mtvcdm: The fun thing about writing fiction is you don't have to worry about your characters' budget
  mtvcdm: Pour resources into gun-based buttons and you can just skip to the part where you have them
Ignatiuspants: I know if money were no object, I'd want a bunch of switches that can only be activated by specific colors of guns
 Mazrae: this game looks so good
 RandomTrivia: Welp
 TheAinMAP: 
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Shark, I'm a shark, suck my diiiiick I'm a shark!!!
 RandomTrivia: *bonk*
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Twitch, I'm baffled by the things you think are worthy of a "are you sure about this message" as opposed to just letting me send ti
 RandomTrivia: Good question. Next question!
 PharaohBender27: 
 RandomTrivia: Mmm, that is not a happy robot
 Didero: @Thefluffiestguineapig Please confine yourself to these pre-approved phrases 
 PharaohBender27: @Thefluffiestguineapig Let me guess, it didn't like the word "dick"? 
 Didero: "mech balloons"?
 Thefluffiestguineapig: @Didero Right, none of which have any sexual content at all. It's previously objected to the words "ball gag" and other things. It continued to object no matter how many i's I added so eventually I just sent it
  TXC2: Thefluffiestguineapig  interesting, 'cause that didn't ask me to approve it or not
 kdefinition: 99 Green Mechballoons
 PharaohBender27: @Thefluffiestguineapig I once got that pop-up for mentioning the name of actor Alan Cumming
 TheAinMAP:  
 Thefluffiestguineapig: @TXC2 They have also removed the button to "report this as not offensive" because I suspect the realized this feature was not working but rather than changing it they just took away the button to change it
 Thefluffiestguineapig: @PharaohBender27 -.-
 measureofhope: I have no idea what's going on here, but it looks like you might want to look into getting a smaller or more manageable breed.
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Paul beat me to the joke
  TXC2: Thefluffiestguineapig  sounds like twitch
 PharaohBender27: 
Invitare: you aren't in the woods
 PharaohBender27: UM
  mtvcdm: The woods are the other one of you
  TXC2: there are no woods in Sci-fi 
 Thefluffiestguineapig: @TXC2 Especially because it has had this exact phrase have this issue, I sent this message during a W+P and it got mad then to. Sigh, I'll stop ranting now
Alex_Frostfire: I didn't realize we were fighting Metal Gear.
 Thefluffiestguineapig: @TXC2 Unless it's neon woods
 Didero: If only there were launch panels nearby 
 Thefluffiestguineapig: @Alex_Frostfire We are cyber ninjas and no matter how hard we try we continue to be not cool, similar to Ridan (forget how to spell his name because I don't care about him)
 aceofmuffins: This is one of those bosses where you go to opposite sides then swap sides trying to meet up.
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Why are there random flipping panels on the floor?
 Thefluffiestguineapig: I mean the little green ones that flip then blow up, why have them be autonomous and blow up but also flip?
 TheDevil_Risen:   
 Didero: Is this about parking tickets again?
 Thefluffiestguineapig: @Didero Maybe her dad being poisoned by factory work?
 Didero: @Thefluffiestguineapig Didn't he have his own garage?
 RandomTrivia: !plan
  LRRbot: Translator's note: Keikaku means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.
 Didero: This game has some good screams
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 TheAinMAP: 
 Marvoleath: there was a ladder in the smushy zone
  mtvcdm: money
Alex_Frostfire: This is why some games smear things with yellow paint. 
  mtvcdm: Again: money
 RandomTrivia: Nah, it's probably fine
 RandomTrivia: There surely can't be *another* boss fight
Traion: Mio hasn't hit the explosion quota yet. She needed to write more to fit more explosions in
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Is it some kind of simulation to keep people occupied so they don't know they aren't in real life?
 Thefluffiestguineapig: That old chestnut?
 PharaohBender27: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/EasyCrazyBubbleteaTheTarFu-79AvIgLMsnUollSJ
 RandomTrivia: That seems fishy
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Cat toys?
 RandomTrivia: Oh shit are they red herrings?
 RandomTrivia: Are they LITERAL red herrings?!
 Didero: Are we going to fight the Ice King again?
 Thefluffiestguineapig: @RandomTrivia Holy shit you're right
 NightValien28: because its a catwalk
 aceofmuffins: Are they from it takes 2?
 RandomTrivia: 
 KaleidoscopeMind: pigs part 2: now you're fish
 Thefluffiestguineapig: It is cats!!!
 quasi79fu: favorite side story
 Marvoleath: Giant fish-factory? Are we in Indika?
  TXC2: !break
  LRRbot: Remember chat, break time for the streamer means break time for YOU, so unclench, get up, stretch, walk about a bit, and maybe refresh your drink, take your meds, or go to the toilet if you need to.  Don't forget to wash your hands!
 PharaohBender27: Twitch, why is it taking you to minutes to finish publishing a short clip?
 PharaohBender27: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/HorribleKnottyVampireVoHiYo-7PkLNuGkz4ATgv82
  TXC2: as long as you make the clip, lrrbot can still pick it up, no matter how long it takes
 Didero: @PharaohBender27 Because it's gotta check if you're not using one of the Illegal Phrases 
 PharaohBender27: Yeah, but I still like to post my clips in chat
  TXC2: fair enough
 Marvoleath: sometimes you can copy the link before it 'finishes'
 Marvoleath: I often got stuck when making the clip but the share link worked fine
 PharaohBender27: Huh, I hadn't thought of that
  TXC2: and we're back
  TXC2: Heather doing that science
  mtvcdm: Snow on Halloween? Oh that makes for awful trick or treating
 PharaohBender27: Man that's a JRPG-sized moon there
 Thefluffiestguineapig: This is one of those games where the science is necessary every single level
 Didero: Did seh go on vacation to Norway once?
 TheAinMAP: That moon is huge.
 tdapenguin: @mtvcdm it makes for costumes that have to fit over snowsuits, too
  mtvcdm: My last year trick or treating was cut short due to sleet
  TXC2: what shape is this planet that it's shadow is like that on the moon?
 PharaohBender27: I guess Zoe only hated that *one* cat
 PharaohBender27: 
 Didero: Maybe Zoe isn't very good at astronomy
 tdapenguin: paul, i think that means tehre are giant fires/explosions/etc on the moon?
 Didero: Snails!
 Didero: Moles in hats!
 quasi79fu: time for sillinesss
 TheAinMAP: 
  TXC2: tdapenguin  or the earth is hollow in parts
 tdapenguin: quote pls
 aceofmuffins: slugs and snails and cat tails
 tdapenguin: @TXC2 oooh, i had 't thought of that!!!! (how terrifying)
 Didero: In the game all about cooperation, I don't think splitting up is smart, no 
 aceofmuffins: wasted a bunch of time at the moon market playing with things
  TXC2: !addquote (Paul) [now] It's like the old saying: goes together like cats and snails.
  LRRbot: New quote #9335: "It's like the old saying: goes together like cats and snails." —Paul [2025-06-21]
 tdapenguin: @TXC2 thanks!
  TXC2: Hi Heather
 tdapenguin: hi! having a good time!
 PharaohBender27: Pretty good 
 tdapenguin: thanks for y'all playing
 aceofmuffins: YOu can cover more ground
 tdapenguin: fire hazard?
 Didero: Zoe is used to pain by now 
Bruceski: Cats and snails and highlight reel fails, that's what streamers are made of.
 Marvoleath: you do look like a firefly though
 tdapenguin: @Bruceski  such sweet music 
 PharaohBender27: Going to try Marvoleath's idea
 PharaohBender27: https://clips.twitch.tv/create/FilthyArbitraryPuffinBCWarrior-qw_bnMh5RGTdFFvw
 Thefluffiestguineapig: YEET
 Marvoleath: @PharaohBender27 have to be the link without "create" in it, it should be at the bottom
 PharaohBender27: @Marvoleath Oh, see that link doesn't show up until it has finished publishing
 tdapenguin: @PharaohBender27 that just directd me to the twitch mainpage
 PharaohBender27: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/FilthyArbitraryPuffinBCWarrior-qw_bnMh5RGTdFFvw
 tdapenguin: @PharaohBender27 patience is hard
 TheAinMAP: 
 PharaohBender27: @tdapenguin It was me doing a science, and clearly it didn't work out
 RandomTrivia: So RUDE!
 Marvoleath: @PharaohBender27 ah, it sometimes did for me. You could maybe try replacing the "create" with "loadingreadyrun/clip/" not sure if and how it would work
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Heather, don't you probably need those for something?
  TXC2: so what magic helium are these balloons filled with?
 tdapenguin: @PharaohBender27    (I was being serious when i said that patience is hard)
 RandomTrivia: Just a little (fun) guy!
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Uuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhh
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Welp
 PharaohBender27: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/ViscousCleanDonutSMOrc-N6Uaorev2auSWEqu
 RandomTrivia: BAHAHAHAHA
 tdapenguin: yisssssss
 Thefluffiestguineapig: YES
 RandomTrivia: I think this character is already completely unravelling...
  TXC2: this is reminding me of the circus in balder's gate 3
 tdapenguin: wait, are al the yarn balls people?
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Wait, that's a philosophical weird question
 PharaohBender27: @TXC2 But can you turn into a wheel of cheese?
 Thefluffiestguineapig: This is very Willy Wonka
  TXC2: PharaohBender27 sure hope so
 RandomTrivia: Uh oh 
 Didero: Every time I look away for one second and look back, something else bizarre is going on
 RandomTrivia: 
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Are you deflating?
 RandomTrivia: 
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Nope
 RandomTrivia: KITTY!
 tdapenguin: @Didero isn't it delightful?
 Didero: @tdapenguin It is! 
 Thefluffiestguineapig: I love this so much
 RandomTrivia: The widdle pawprints are so cute!
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Baba Yaga house?
 Didero: I like the mole witches
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Uuuuuuhhhhh
 RandomTrivia: That house has too many eyes...
 Thefluffiestguineapig: I don't like the weird window eyes
 calculated_uncertainties: 1 100 1
  TXC2: RandomTrivia  in that it has any number of eyes?
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Intersecting in space
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Yelling at cats does not work
 RandomTrivia: TXC2 Precisely
 Didero: The witches are moles
 Didero: I think
 RandomTrivia: Aww, I thought we were about to find a cool out-of-bounds skip
 RandomTrivia: #
 Thefluffiestguineapig: @TXC2 Also that they protrude?
  TXC2: witches are cats, owls, frogs or possums
  TXC2: Thefluffiestguineapig  yes
 RandomTrivia: The cat went in a box... a tale as old as time
 RandomTrivia: 
  TXC2: give a hoot, fly a book
 RandomTrivia: 
 aceofmuffins: The wand is good too
 TheAinMAP: 
 PharaohBender27: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/AssiduousSourKiwiSpicyBoy-OG5ALPott7V3Yqn2
 RandomTrivia: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/ShortYawningJuicePraiseIt-EQvUhYBRNhV82g7A
 aceofmuffins: My game got softlocked on this bit and had to restart the checkpoint.
 RandomTrivia: Ah, same braincell PharaohBender27 
 Didero: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/HomelyBoxyChimpanzeePicoMause-hFU1PVKgCZARnRKB
 Didero: That clip processed remarkably quickly
 RandomTrivia: Aww, the cat is a silly doofus... I love them
  TXC2: Moustacshroom
 RandomTrivia: Is that stand the real life Witch Hat Atelier? 
 Genie_M: It's quick though
  TXC2: 'cause digging the ground and planting is so easy on the back and knees though 
 Genie_M: This is Ecco 3D
 RandomTrivia: Insufficiently understood science and all that
 tdapenguin: pretty sure we could have just walked thru the spaces between the curlicues in the gate
 Didero: @tdapenguin Where's your sense of adventure?
 TheAinMAP: 
 tdapenguin: @Didero climbing thru gates /is/ adventurous!
 Didero: Love Mio's outfit
 tdapenguin: look, magic clothing?
  mtvcdm: And then, oh right, toxin
  TXC2: it has a draw string at the top holding it tight
 RandomTrivia: Hologram cats?
 Marvoleath: leg warmers are a thing
 tdapenguin: probaby cyberghostcats
 PharaohBender27: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/AttractiveSparklyWatercressBatChest-rhy5mFHiRMQxPUhl
 RandomTrivia: 
Invitare: the cats in your machine are just knocking over the firewall
 tdapenguin: @TXC2 sounds too tight to be comfy. but i suppose that's fashion in a nutshell
 RandomTrivia: That was cheeky
 tdapenguin: @Invitare and then sitting on the fallen wall
  TXC2: tdapenguin  maybe you get used to it, I don't know
 RandomTrivia: 
  mtvcdm: 
 TheDevil_Risen: 
 TheAinMAP: 
 RandomTrivia: Wheeee!
 Didero: "I don't recall writing this" is VERY worrying
 RandomTrivia: *splat*
 tdapenguin: @TXC2 point. i guess if you get used to it, you keep wearing the style and if you dislike the style, you do something else.... much like clothing styles in general..
 tdapenguin: @Didero  , i'm sure
 tdapenguin: is there much of a slope or are we sliding via magictech
 RandomTrivia: Oh no, Paul go squish
 TheAinMAP: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/ObedientSwissChipmunkCoolCat-qaWQVhdufH8DvAkY
 RandomTrivia: 
 tdapenguin: 
 TheDevil_Risen: hahahaha
 PharaohBender27: Aaaand goodbye shins
 TheDevil_Risen: it turned into a platformer
  mtvcdm: This is more Contra
 RandomTrivia: Good, we found out
 TheAinMAP: 
just__fitz: How is the writing in this game so far? A lot of reviews said it was real rough
 RandomTrivia: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/PlausibleBrightBarracudaSaltBae-GsCPUf8gfyZQahNm
 RandomTrivia: A lot of this has been VERY rude timing requirements
 PharaohBender27: @just__fitz It . . . does rely a bit much on "Oh gee, these two are such total opposites, how will they ever get along?" tropes
 RandomTrivia: Ooooh
 Thefluffiestguineapig: This is extremely rude timing as this goes on
 Didero: They're yellow, not green
just__fitz: @PharaohBender27 Yeah the besties and second wind mentioned that, I ended up not picking it up after
Alex_Frostfire: I think that was supposed to be yellow.
 Didero: The gameplay seems very fun though
 TheDevil_Risen: @Alex_Frostfire yeah
 RandomTrivia: The bullet spread is quite something
just__fitz: ED-209??
 RandomTrivia: 
 TheAinMAP: 
 Genie_M: Is this in any way playable solo?
 Marvoleath: @Genie_M nope, 2 player only
just__fitz: @Genie_M Get two one handed controllers and just be like TNG Data in the chess episode
 Marvoleath: 1 game is enough to play online with 2 though
 Genie_M: I've seen 1p2h speedruns, I'll probably not try that 😁
  TXC2: Genie_M  that's gotta be...disorientating 
 Genie_M: Really spectacular GDQ stuff
Invitare: there are no roses or cats in sci-fi
 Thefluffiestguineapig: @Invitare Yup, nothing like Stray exists
  TXC2:  there
 PharaohBender27: 
 RandomTrivia: Oh that's horrifying
Alex_Frostfire: Yeah, this is Contra.
Ignatiuspants: Metal Gear is back!
 RandomTrivia: Oh good - if it has a healthbar, it can be killed!
  TXC2: metal gear contra
 RandomTrivia: That pesky third dimension
 Didero: That's because Mio only writes two-dimensional stories kappa
 RandomTrivia: Ewww
 RandomTrivia: Thank goodness the checkpointing continues to be very forgiving
  TXC2: Robot seems very sick
 Didero: Generous of thegame to respawn you haflway up
Invitare: the rare second person camera
  mtvcdm: And now the old OG Battletoads boss fight
 RandomTrivia: AND an auto-scroller
 RandomTrivia: Wow, this boss is really ticking all the boxes
 TheDevil_Risen: i think you need to dps the boss too
  mtvcdm: Like, writing and all aside, it's clear the devs have worked from a starting point of 'what would be fun', which is always a good place to start from.
 Marvoleath: yea, one person hits the color-coded barrier, the other the boss
 Didero: @TheDevil_Risen Oh, that's why the obstacles were color-coded: One focusses forward, the other back
 RandomTrivia: A brief trip via Touhou, and now back to 2d space
  mtvcdm: 'This kicks butt, let's do it' is always a good place for a videogame to go.
 Didero: Yeah, the game's premise allows for a lot of wackiness
 RandomTrivia:  
 tdapenguin: @mtvcdm yeah. the fun factor of this game is enough to overcome the rough writing, for me
 TheDevil_Risen:  
 RandomTrivia: OH SHIT
 tdapenguin: @Didero wacky is my fav
 RandomTrivia: That was BRUTAL
  TXC2: pop!
 PharaohBender27: DECAPITATION
 TheAinMAP: 
 tdapenguin: turtle is done
splatty1: decaffeinated
 tdapenguin: nice!
 tdapenguin: trigger discipline, pls?
 TheDevil_Risen: cowboy bebop
 Didero: To infinity, and not a step further!
 tdapenguin: just the first infinity, no more!
 RandomTrivia: Zoomy!
Invitare: oh hey you just beat another boss without the level ending
 RandomTrivia: *SPLAT*
  TXC2: to Alpha null doesn't have quite the same ring to it
 RandomTrivia: Blades of smoothie-fication seem very rude
Bruceski: So now it's Battle Angel Alita
 TheAinMAP: Off to the side story.
 RandomTrivia: Oh this is a cool style
 Didero: Zoe draws too?
 Genie_M: This is adorable
 RandomTrivia:  And the deliberate campy voice acting as well
 RandomTrivia: Love this so much
 TheDevil_Risen: it's a good day for fishing!
 TheAinMAP:  
  TXC2: Nunchuks, made from real nuns
 TheAinMAP: !birb
  LRRbot: Wark, wark!
 RandomTrivia: BAHAHAHA
 RandomTrivia: *splat*
 PharaohBender27: 🐴
 TheAinMAP: A drawn horse.
 aceofmuffins: Nice horse face
  mtvcdm: This is amazing
 RandomTrivia: Clearly she's never played Skyrim
 RandomTrivia: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/AbrasiveAbnegateAxeDatBoi-I9Px3Fa24hqkwNv6
 PharaohBender27: ^
 Marvoleath: Pratchett's dwarf ponies beg to differ
 RandomTrivia: RUDE
 RandomTrivia: 
Alex_Frostfire: I am grinning so much.
  TXC2: Skyrim goats!
 PharaohBender27:  
 RandomTrivia: This is absolutely adorable
 Hugh_Munculus:  
  mtvcdm: Why is the VR machine depicting us in a notebook
Alex_Frostfire: Okay, the loop was 100% a Sonic the Hedgehog reference.
Invitare: accurate goat physics
 omdorastrix: Good reference for sonic's 30th anniverssary
 RandomTrivia: !yay
  LRRbot: Yaaaaaaaay...
Ignatiuspants: I love this! more games need sketchbook levels
  TXC2: so it was Zoe who played Sonic
 measureofhope: The goat animations are my favourite thing
 RandomTrivia: 
Caldurin: You are eaten by a grue
 TheAinMAP:  
 TheAinMAP: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/TangentialHeadstrongFennelBabyRage-Bj8s97bhbztfkJ4A
Invitare: incredible archer reflexes
  mtvcdm: time for crab!
 Mangledpixel:   
 PharaohBender27: And we just shot the prince in the knees
 spethycakes: 
 Hugh_Munculus: 
 Marvoleath: 
 PharaohBender27: 
 TheAinMAP: 
 NotCainNorAbel:   
 RandomTrivia: I'm sure it has a weak spot somewhere
 RandomTrivia: 
  TXC2: 
 TheDevil_Risen:  
 spethycakes: 
 TheAinMAP: Crab's using bubble beam.
 PharaohBender27: 🦆
 Mangledpixel: the dreaded Moby Duck
 RandomTrivia: 
 RandomTrivia: I love it so much
  mtvcdm: Giant Enemy Duck
 RandomTrivia: It's the derpiest thing 
 TheAinMAP: 
 Genie_M: Wow
Ignatiuspants: whoa... 3D!
 RandomTrivia: This game has no right to be this cool
 BusTed: Don't ask how the roll maneuver works while he's on your back
Invitare: Princes enter a torpor when tired up and carried around on someone's back
 RandomTrivia: @BusTed It's an ablative prince
  mtvcdm: I want these devs to get to make all the games they want
  TXC2: I wonder if this is rendered in normal 3d, then has this pencil filter put on top ?
Alex_Frostfire: Greatly appreciate that the character animations here are *not* smooth.
 RandomTrivia: D'awwww
Alex_Frostfire: Like it's intentionally at a lower frame rate.
 PharaohBender27: 
 RandomTrivia: 
 Genie_M: This was awesome
 RandomTrivia: Ah, back to the smoothie-fying blades
 Thefluffiestguineapig: @Invitare Similar to a ferret when hung by their scruff
 Thefluffiestguineapig: @Alex_Frostfire Similar to a flip book kind of animation you do by hand
Alex_Frostfire: Yeah, exactly!
 BusTed: tumblers of a lock
 BusTed: 
 TheAinMAP: 
mistborn_wit subscribed at Tier 1. They've subscribed for 83 months!
  LRRbot:  Thanks for subscribing, mistborn_wit! (Today's storm count: 7)
 TheAinMAP: Teamwork!
 PharaohBender27: Is there such as thing as "casually forbidden"? 
  TXC2: rivals are starting to turn to friends
 Thefluffiestguineapig: I would prefer to not be liquidated if possible
 Marvoleath: shoot wrong color = negative points
 Genie_M: Headshot own colors
 Marvoleath: it seems
 Genie_M: Headshots count 50
 aceofmuffins: 3 stars on that is hard so I never bothered
 Genie_M: By my count 1000 points is all 20 headshots
Invitare: oh it's Parasite Queen from Metroid Prime
  TXC2: oh no it undulates
 TheAinMAP: That's the source?
 PharaohBender27: Looks more like a giant larvae to me
mendokusai_jamesdean: Is it the race from Mass Effect 3
 Genie_M: Rachni?
 TheAinMAP: 
 Marvoleath: Octodad?
  TXC2: octopus cowboy, he the fastest gun in the west, and the northwest and the north, and the northeast...you get the idea
 RandomTrivia: TXC2 
 TheAinMAP:    
 RandomTrivia: Let's get kraken, then
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Is he baptized?
 Thefluffiestguineapig: (Sorry, had to make the Let's Nope joke)
 Didero: It seems to all be just straight ahead
 Didero: Or occasionally down 
 aceofmuffins: Add thickeners to a sause as it it loose
 MrVirite: save our software?
 Didero: "Save Our Silicon"
 Geldaran: Save our Silicon
  TXC2: that's for the Ad Mech to decide Paul
 Geldaran: bah.. hands Didero the shared braincell.
 Thefluffiestguineapig: This is so aggressively Star Wars coded
 TheAinMAP:  --- 
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  LRRbot:  Thanks for subscribing, Avery316! (Today's storm count: 8)
 PharaohBender27: Wasn't it originally "Save Our Ship"?
Syntheticuh: i think it was chosen cause its the fastest to send out
 RandomTrivia: It's also incredibly distinctive in Morse
Syntheticuh: yeah
 frank_the_great: It's just the most recognizable things to message in morse code
 Didero: Wouldn't OSO be faster?
Alex_Frostfire: Trick off the waves!
 Mangledpixel: it's recognisable, easy to remember and perform, and doesn't show up often in regular words
LithelyUnshod: @Didero Dots are faster
 Thefluffiestguineapig: It means if you are close to a pipe or things and can bang out the SOS then it can potentially be detected as well
  TXC2: Didero  O is the dashes
 Didero: @LithelyUnshod Oh right, somehow I got my Morse confused
 TheDevil_Risen: free willy!
 RandomTrivia: Don't forget to not look back at the explosion
 TheDevil_Risen: release the Kraken!
 PharaohBender27: 
 BusTed:  
  TXC2: that would be the only kind of therapy that might work for me 
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Especially with them reaching out in unison
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Now it's all red surrounding them
  TXC2: ghost in the machine!
 PharaohBender27: Maybe it's the villain's id
 tdapenguin: loctated?
 Genie_M: This looks Control
 RandomTrivia: It's very Control
 Coloneljesus: THANK YOU I was also bothered by how they used "fail safe"
 tdapenguin: fully armed and operational
 RandomTrivia: "Just one more set of training data bro, just one more bro"
 TheAinMAP: Good guys known for telling everyone how they're the good guy.
 measureofhope: omg tech bros are the worst
Invitare: My Machine
 Didero: If this is based on their imagination, can't they imagine flying over to the Glitch?
  TXC2: yes the game is being anvilicous with the "genAI" bad track.... but "genAI" bad, game should drop anvils !
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Are they trying to fuse their minds?
 accountmadeforants: Tech bros love reinventing things that already exist. This guy's just trying to reinvent theft.
 RandomTrivia: I'll be honest, the phrase "and put an end to your insignificant uprising" is very Palpatine
  TXC2: accountmadeforants  "Disruption!"
 RandomTrivia: 
 RandomTrivia: BAHAHAHAHAD
 TheAinMAP: 
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Welp
 accountmadeforants: This is our hole
 RandomTrivia: Have fun in this hole
 TheDevil_Risen: F
 TheDevil_Risen: nice bug
 Hugh_Munculus: Thanks for the stream!
 Thefluffiestguineapig: o7
 RandomTrivia: This hole was made for BOTH of you!
Alex_Frostfire: Nice softlock.
 spethycakes: 
 Coloneljesus: ya broke it
 calculated_uncertainties: is that the glitch?
  TXC2: "yeap that's me, you might be wondering...."
 Marvoleath: I was about to say Paul can reset you by jumping down xD
  TXC2: thanks for streaming Paul and Heather
 RandomTrivia: You found *A* glitch 
 Thefluffiestguineapig: @TXC2 
 Coloneljesus: can't wait for the finale
 TheAinMAP: Ending on a fall again, kind of.
 PharaohBender27: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/RespectfulAmazonianSwordRickroll-0hTOL5vE6fb1XFGv
 TheDevil_Risen: Thanks!!
Ignatiuspants: bye!
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Thanks for the stream! That was very fun!
  TXC2: !next
  LRRbot: Next scheduled stream: Rhythm Cafe (Heather and Ian continue their never-ending quest to play ALL THE RHYTHM GAMES! Game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) at Sun 04:00 PM PDT (1d, 4:13 from now).
 spethycakes: Thanks for stream!
  TXC2: time is weird yes
 RandomTrivia: Ooooh
 RandomTrivia: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/TriumphantFineLardPogChamp-knO5cFlTHClorXTD
  TXC2: !events
  LRRbot: Want to know what's coming up? Check out https://loadingreadyrun.com/live for an interactive schedule, or http://lrr.cc/schedule for a Google Calendar version.
 RandomTrivia: Yessss, love Into the Breach
 RandomTrivia: Ah yes, an At K
 BusTed: That is a silly game
 Marvoleath: the afterlife
 TheAinMAP: 
 RandomTrivia: Thanks for the stream, Paul and Heather!  
 PharaohBender27: 
 TheAinMAP: Thank you for streaming.
 calculated_uncertainties:   
 Didero: Thanks for the stream!
  TXC2: !discord
  LRRbot: LRR has an official Discord server! And you don't even need to be subbed or anything! You can join here: https://discord.gg/lrr
  TXC2: !contact
  LRRbot: ALL of LRR's active and official points of contact can be found on the Master Contact List: https://lrr.cc/contact
  TXC2: Goodnight everybody
 Didero: Good night!
 Thefluffiestguineapig: Night TXC2 sleep well
 vinewood_og: 
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