Puppergeist || Rhythm Café

Lysander_salamander: !next
  LRRbot: Next scheduled stream: Rhythm Cafe (Heather and Ian continue their never-ending quest to play ALL THE RHYTHM GAMES! Game: Puppergeist) at Sun 04:00 PM PDT (7m from now).
Lysander_salamander: oh, lucky
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DideRobot: LRR: It's Rhythm Café and its ghost pups in Puppergeist! https://twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun (has image) | https://kind.social/@LoadingReadyRun/117464397667963438
 e_bloc:   
 TehAmelie: 
Lysander_salamander: hello everyone!
 IanAllenBird: o/
 VorlonScout: Happy birthday, Heather! 
Lysander_salamander: Will there be betting on horse-races?
 BusTed: 🎂 🎂 🎂
 e_bloc: its converting to a rhythm bistro
 FuzzRaTheBarelyLiving: Never can tell when there'll be a giant, flaming space rock
 IanAllenBird: you'll be half-DB-meme by then
 e_bloc: pumpkin spice rhythm game
 RatherLargeToad: Cafe of Theseus
 IanAllenBird: lmao
 Dog_of_Myth: 
 e_bloc: CPU's haunted
 Dog_of_Myth: Always has been
iarethel0ser: Gun: Extreme troubleshooting.
wedge_x: no Ian is right
 e_bloc: wait Ian do you think 'trouble shooting' is literal
 IanAllenBird: self-fulfilling a little to name your computer old yeller
Lysander_salamander: A degaussing gun
 ArdCollider: printer gun, server gun, NAS gun, etc.
GanixU: Happy Birthday Heather!!    
 ArdCollider: if you have one holstered to the side of everything, you never have to worry about ADHD
 BusTed: I think that's a ghostbuster
 CaptainSpam: Yeah, maybe we should just call Egon to sort this out.
 IanAllenBird: : OO
hyalopterous: Wooden cutting boards are more bacterial resistant
 Dog_of_Myth: 
wedge_x: “Undercooked pork by Gus Trikanosis”
 e_bloc: most soaps will remove ectoplasm
 calculated_uncertainties: 100 100 1 1
adept_nekomancer: They make a gourd meal.
siciliandefense21: I did a dumb thing today. I spent over $260 on books in about 30 minutes
 Molladia: Chat, I've gathered the word isn't "Kombucha", But I dont know what the correct word they're saying is.
Lysander_salamander: hell yeah
 kumatsu: god, I went to an izakaya in LA last week and it's going to live rent-free in my head
 kumatsu: had beef tongue yakitori for the first time in years 
Earthenone: its what we come to the cafe for
  Juliamon: oh good, late from dinner and haven't missed gameplay
 RatherLargeToad: Let’s Yum
hyalopterous: Food is great, I would literally die without food
 IanAllenBird: @Molladia kabocha I think
Lysander_salamander: it's a bit weird how in usa quail eggs are posed as some fancy thing, and everywhere else on the planet quail eggs are in everything
 Strebenherz: Howdy y'all.
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 TehAmelie: i've never seen quail eggs >_>
 IanAllenBird: oh no
Lysander_salamander: worse would be getting all the stuff you wanted, and then waking up and not having it.
 e_bloc: the dreams where I am foreign are the best I've ever had
 RatherLargeToad: 
 CaptainSpam: It is MANDATORY  that you like this game.
Lysander_salamander: saddest wettest witch
 TehAmelie: poltergeist means basically noisy ghost. so we're just a doggy ghost?
 e_bloc: 
Lysander_salamander: suddenly a chess-themed stream
adept_nekomancer: "Who's a good ghost?"
 RatherLargeToad: All Dogs Go to Hell
Lysander_salamander: eugh
  Juliamon: well, she's not a dog
 e_bloc: cerebus is cute
 TehAmelie: witches can't go to hell
 e_bloc: *cerberus ...I always do that
Earthenone: is this a wanderful life?
Lysander_salamander: the constantly sobbing protagonist.
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 e_bloc: can you imagine how impossible it must be to stop a dog with three heads from eating literally everything
adept_nekomancer: And now I'm 100% expecting a sword called "Excalibark"
 TehAmelie: Calibone ex Calibark
Lysander_salamander: how peculiar
Lysander_salamander: how cute
Lysander_salamander: I had heard Osaka shows up in the Yatsuba& series
SaxPython: Inside of you are 3 dogs.
SaxPython:   
 Dog_of_Myth: That's a good dog.
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Lysander_salamander: I like that she's wearing safety orange
 Ivannorr: You are not a dog? Would you like to be?
 RatherLargeToad: Claire dog Lunne
Lysander_salamander: gosh I hope so
Lysander_salamander: though is she more blue-green?
Lysander_salamander: Show us your ears...
 e_bloc: oh no we don't know we're a dog
 RatherLargeToad: bring the duck
 Dog_of_Myth: 
adept_nekomancer: welp...
 Dog_of_Myth: IAN
 e_bloc: alright she knows mage hand
 Bruceski: Spooky spectral spectacle, are coming to your town...
 ContingentCat: Aww  poor ghost dog it's probably been so long since he got good pets
 Strebenherz: d'aww
  Juliamon: Rhythm Heaven-style tutorial
Lysander_salamander: the goodest of boys
 e_bloc: petting was heavier than you thought wasn't it
 IanAllenBird: whoa
Lysander_salamander: seems fair
 Dog_of_Myth: Guilty as charged
Lysander_salamander: aw
Lysander_salamander: how tragic
 PhorrestGaze: is lunne secretly a dog?
 ContingentCat: Which pets?
 e_bloc: claire:  willing to learn witchcraft to pet a dog.  lunne:  won't get a manicure to pet a dog
 TehAmelie: i've seen dogs trying to pet each other human style. their paws aren't good for it but they don't scratch
 MAPBoardgames: Dogs have owners. Cats have staff.
adept_nekomancer: Are we in dog purgatory?
 Strebenherz: HEATHER
 Molladia: Happy Birthday Heather
 e_bloc: first we have to explain pastrama
 MAPBoardgames: If all dogs go to heaven, how do you explain hell hounds?
 ContingentCat: Aw darn just got to play with all these dogs gee shucks
iarethel0ser: Oops I accidentally sent the dog into orbit.
 TehAmelie: i was thinking extra pockets
Lysander_salamander: wallet and keys
 MAPBoardgames: Imagine if mundane IRL activities had unskippable tutorials.
 TehAmelie: one time i managed to play fetch with a dog until he got bored
 e_bloc: if the dog is so familiar we should be able to describe them better
 Bruceski: "Sorry Claire, you're in the wrong place. Turns out your pup really DID go to a farm upstate."
jubale1: i'm anticipating an undertale style redemption game
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 Firnsarwen: Hip hip hooray!
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 Bruceski: The doggosphere
adept_nekomancer: Three dogmensions
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  SmithKurosaki: The Bus. IS. Coming
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 e_bloc: let me look at the most recent theorems about dog stacking efficiency
jubale1: Ian look up the human pyramid world record.  totally 3 dimensions and absurd.
 Dog_of_Myth: 
 e_bloc: 4900 dogs can be arranged as either a square of side 70 or a square pyramid of side 24
 Vinewood_OG: Speaking of Pyramid schemes
SaxPython: And this is why dogs chase their tails. They long for a return to the dog spin
jubale1: this head duck toss confuses me
 TehAmelie: this is now how i would have pictured playing stickball with a dog
 Vinewood_OG: Zoom meetings are just a hate seance
 ContingentCat: Just don't think too much about how the dog's throwing
adept_nekomancer: But only a ghost ball
Lysander_salamander: cute
wedge_x: waiting for Fido to bust out a jai alai ball and just wipe us out
Lysander_salamander: wait
 LordZarano: Is this the glorious land of "no take, only throw"?
 ContingentCat: 
 e_bloc: we must return to earth and kill every master of these dogs to make them hapy
Earthenone: she misses red oni?
 e_bloc: *happy
jubale1: what a depressing idea.  all dogs may go to heaven but they are miserable there.
wedge_x: all Homestuck go to heaven
SaxPython:   
 SymphonySolstice: hand holding??
 TehAmelie: i just noticed Lunne's horn looks like a submarine
 Dog_of_Myth: That sounds rad Ian.
 e_bloc: 
jubale1: package arrived airmail.  opens to find a pair of arms.
 farley_f: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/ProtectiveCharmingMangoDancingBanana-b28BkOx9igR8OZpp
 e_bloc: oh this is going to end like hereditary isnt it
Spritz_T: those shades
 ContingentCat: Yes it's the children's fault
 farley_f: Daves Dog and Car Park - Bring your Dog or maybe your Ride
 BusTed: 
 IanAllenBird: uhoh
 ContingentCat: Oh no
 TehAmelie: @farley_f jet skis are welcome
 Dog_of_Myth: 
SaxPython: It beats the alternatives
 ArdCollider: it's human dog bed hours, Ian. https://weareplufl.com/products/plufl-the-dog-bed-for-humans
 e_bloc: keep talking about computer guns and AI will identify you as a threat
 e_bloc: 
 TehAmelie: i wouldn't take a dog on a jet ski really. those are staggeringly dangerous
 Dog_of_Myth: 
Spritz_T: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/CoyResourcefulTriangleVoteNay-fZoAoqoMsIUTPbp_
adept_nekomancer: Dog catholicism is a heck of a thing.
 ContingentCat: You never got baptized Fido
wedge_x: Ian
 e_bloc: Fido is so well-adjusted
 Vinewood_OG: This makes me ask if there is a dog purgatory.
 e_bloc: future roommates
 ContingentCat: Or moreeeee~
Korolan subscribed at Tier 1. They've subscribed for 76 months!
 Korolan: Ghost Pubbies!
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 TehAmelie: not JUST rommates!
 IanAllenBird: they were roommates.....
 Dog_of_Myth: 
 SymphonySolstice: and they were roommates....
 e_bloc: I said future roommates
 ContingentCat: Yup they're lesbians get the uhaul
 e_bloc: they're *hell spiders*
adept_nekomancer: Why do the cats end up in dog purgatory?  Shouldn't they end up in some kind of, I dunno... kitty valhalla?
 SymphonySolstice: we just had a crapshot about this, we need to invite them to D&D
 Vinewood_OG: I mean... Ghostbuster .exe is very helpful
 MAPBoardgames: kittyspiders? or spiderkitties?
 MAPBoardgames: More spipers than expected for sure.
adept_nekomancer: Game is adorable
 ContingentCat: This game is so cute
 SymphonySolstice: I had a bunny named Cookie, can confirm, did not like talking to anyone
 e_bloc: brother you don't even have legs
SaxPython: How does having a dog chipped affect their afterlife
 Dog_of_Myth: !break
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 farley_f: !phrasing
  LRRbot: You heard them.
 ContingentCat: I'm not allowed, my cat is on me
 farley_f: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/BoringSparklyDumplingsRalpherZ-_tA395DnkHp8cHDc
 e_bloc: @ContingentCat so you're saying your ability to get up is contingent upon your cat?  makes sense now
 ContingentCat: @e_bloc bingo lol
 farley_f: kittys are great anchors
SaxPython:  
jubale1: carry okay
 farley_f: New Crapshot idea
 ArdCollider: Ian, you know at least one claustrophobic introvert.
 farley_f: or hell new LRL bit
 SquareDotCube: the only song on the list is John Cage's 4' 33"
ZhenghuaYang: Hi there, this is Z, team lead at Serenity Forge, developer of Puppergeist. Thank you so much for checking out the game, I hope you're enjoying it!!
jubale1: !lrrbot
ZhenghuaYang:   
 TehAmelie: hi!
ZhenghuaYang: So glad to hear!
 RatherLargeToad: 
 Dog_of_Myth: 
SaxPython: Ain't no Howlback girl
 TehAmelie: awoo has been called
wedge_x: The awoo player
 SymphonySolstice: 
SaxPython:  
 TehAmelie: in doggy heaven, the moon howls back
 maclaglen: i awoo
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SaxPython: I think this is what actually happens in Rhythm Heaven
wedge_x: Two ghost puppies and a microphone
 gualdhar: we want to play with Cookie exactly as long as it takes to get through this chapter, then we'll forget Cookie exists
SaxPython: @wedge_x  
 Dog_of_Myth: Oh noooo
 e_bloc: it seems odd to use the word 'owners' when dogs can talk back
 TehAmelie: the M word is even weirder imo
 e_bloc: like my dog is just my direct report
 gualdhar: SCRIB DOON
 e_bloc: cookie got put on a puppy improvement plan
 SymphonySolstice: did she isekai her own dog
  Juliamon: sure sounds like it
 e_bloc: the cookie abides
 RatherLargeToad: This is a serious medical condition
SaxPython: 
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 e_bloc: if you really want to have fun, write a message with soap
 Dog_of_Myth: 
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 Dog_of_Myth: I remember that one
 ArdCollider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_NrfJNNGi4
 ContingentCat: Need to prove it's not cake
SaxPython: Lol
bbblehh: Did not like how that was only in my left ear
 SquareDotCube: so you defeat the Ate Your Toast Guy by placing a toast shaped bar of soap somewhere unattended.
 cmdrzellgaudis: Why is Ian speaking in a Scottish accent?
 ArdCollider: soap whittling definitely not acceptable Desert Bus bit, by night four that's dicey
 e_bloc: yeah I guess that's also a rhythm game
 Strebenherz: COOKIE NO
UtilityPunk: Shots fired 
 TehAmelie: take that, czar family
 Strebenherz: Well known final fantasy boss, cookie the dog
 Strebenherz: I legitimately appreciate the funny voice Ian because DAMN this is sad
 Scy_Anide: Baby
durketh: holy  this is sad
 farley_f: holy hell this game is rated F for Feelings
 Strebenherz: kindly don't stop with the funny voice because it is helping offset the "holy crap feels"
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UtilityPunk: Kingdom hearts crossover
 Scy_Anide: Gotta earn your sleeves
 farley_f: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/ObeseCredulousEggTheRinger-oY3pNu--U-GwhXGc
BananaF4p: 
ZhenghuaYang: Fun fact, the dogs in this game are actually designed based on real dogs of the dev team, pets who are no longer with us 
 Strebenherz: @ZhenghuaYang oh damn
 ArdCollider: Ian, you're pandering to Wedge but he had to go do somethng. 
Earthenone: blue oni stood up to red oni?
Earthenone: we are a witch in the afterlife, i think we are in prime position to mess things up very badly
 RatherLargeToad: “I need to find my dog and then return home to my alchemist father”
 Strebenherz: i stg if it turns out the demon is her pup or something
SaxPython: 
 e_bloc: 
ZhenghuaYang: Another fun dev fact, the song of this level is composed by Kan Gao, the creator of To the Moon 
 Strebenherz: i never finished it i need to get back to it
ZhenghuaYang: We're launching the demo of the final episode of the To the Moon series tomorrow actually! 
 Strebenherz: wait to the moon was a series of games?
MaxLSilver: @Strebenherz Yes. I only played the first two; don't know if they made more after that.
 Strebenherz: oh dang okay
cuttlefishman: devilish
 Vinewood_OG: "Playable," raves Ian Horner
ZhenghuaYang: Another fun dev fact, this level's music is composed by Kawai Sprite, the composer of Friday Night Funkin. If you're into rhythm games you might recognize the name! 
KWardJenx: 50
 IanAllenBird: whoops
 CaptainSpam: Was it... MURDERRRRRR?
 Strebenherz: YOU KILLED MUFASA
 Strebenherz: this is going to be another heartbreaker scene isn't it
SaxPython: 
 farley_f: insert that meme here - you know the one
 RatherLargeToad: “Ed…Ward…”
 ContingentCat: Big brother...
 Strebenherz: i'm sure the death god of the dogs is okay with necromancers.  probably.
 e_bloc: 
loufghyslaufey: IAN. ...Why?
 ContingentCat: 
 Strebenherz: WHELP
 IanAllenBird: if you fail double down
 e_bloc: Faster
 Dog_of_Myth: 
 e_bloc: Stronger
 Pixel_Quark: Necromancy is the solution to it's own problems. just bring them back to life harder
 ContingentCat: It'll cancel out
 gsyhiap: If at first you don't succeed, bus it up some more
 farley_f: deader
 Strebenherz: DAMMIT IAN XD
 Dog_of_Myth: 
 Pixel_Quark: if at first you kill your dog just bust it down harder
 ContingentCat: Omg
 e_bloc: I put him in a bowl of rice
loufghyslaufey: This isn't Scream Fortress 2! Featuring Magic Perscriptions like... "Kill Me, & I'll Come Back Stronger...!!"
 e_bloc: Again?
 ContingentCat: Again?
loufghyslaufey: @e_bloc Yes! Again!
 ContingentCat: Looking at my cat, understandable
loufghyslaufey: How believably... "geometrical!"...??
 e_bloc: I imagine she's familiar with ether
 ArdCollider: Claire’s going to go on to become an effective altruist.
ZhenghuaYang: So you're actually about to finish the game 
Earthenone: !patreon
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 Ashmantle: 
Earthenone: !pride
ZhenghuaYang: But thank you so much for checking out Puppergeist!
Earthenone: !prime
 NotCainNorAbel: 500
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  Juliamon: Even better, now it's a cliffhanger
SaxPython: 
ZhenghuaYang: Also by the way, I've been a fan of Jordynne (Sick1y)'s for many many years, really appreciate y'all taking the time, please say hi to her for me!  thank you!
 e_bloc:   
 Dog_of_Myth:   
 IanAllenBird:   
 ContingentCat: !dbcountdown
  LRRbot: Desert Bus for Hope will begin on Fri 23 Oct (5 days from now)
 Dog_of_Myth: !venga
  LRRbot: I feel the Venga Bus move under my feet, I feel the party tumbling down.
SaxPython: 
 Pixel_Quark: check the booty for the booty
  Juliamon: ah, you gave in and called it CTS
 ContingentCat: !ppr
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SaxPython:   
 LaconicLad: Yikes!  I didn't realize DB was in October this year.  I need to prepare.
loufghyslaufey: Wait. One last Rhythm... after, BUS?
 gsyhiap: Yep, close enough
Earthenone: will we pet the dog? find out in 21 days!
 Ashmantle: 
 IanAllenBird: o7
loufghyslaufey: One last... "Cafe?"
 ContingentCat: Thanks Heather and Ian
SaxPython: 
loufghyslaufey: Is it still PayPal?
 Strebenherz: oh snap happy birthday
 Vinewood_OG: UPDATE YOUR SHIPPING ADDRESS
ThanhtTheBoss: WAIT, WHAT'S hEATHER'S CHANNEL?
 ContingentCat: Happy birthday!
 n3ther: b-but I already... D:
  Juliamon: !homestream
  LRRbot: Crew homestreams: Adam: twitch.tv/seabats | Alex: twitch.tv/alexsteacy | Ben Ulmer: twitch.tv/bengineering | Cameron: twitch.tv/unarmedoracle | Cori and Ian: twitch.tv/tiltyhouse | Heather: twitch.tv/LunarJade | James: twitch.tv/James_LRR | Kathleen: twitch.tv/BraveNewFaves | Matt Wiggins: twitch.tv/wiggins | Nelson: twitch.tv/coachnelly | Serge: twitch.tv/sergeyager , twitch.tv/sergeafterdark | Wheeler: twitch.tv/benjamin_wheeler
 NotCainNorAbel: @Vinewood_OG but I didn't move
 farley_f: @ThanhtTheBoss twitch.tv/lunarjade
loufghyslaufey: Well how the heck would we know!? Its not like we've neen asking... constantly!
  Juliamon: oh, also new highlights went up today
 gsyhiap: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/ColorfulSourMonitorPupper-YTBxXjTXyqC3y2-u
 LordZarano: Wow $29 to $70 to renew a .house domain now, depending on registrar
  Juliamon: yikes, that's a steep jump
Earthenone: i guess even the .housing market isent safe from inflation
SaxPython: Eww. New behavior on mobile. After the Ads end I was kicked out of chat to the App main menu. I like to stick around in chat for a little bit. 
 TehAmelie: twitch has never liked offline chats 
 TehAmelie: anyway here's an old old gif that Cookie made me think of https://i.imgur.com/td3pVsG.gif
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