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I'm gonna chalk this up to being an oversight/screw up on my part (don't quite remember- my bad!) I have a few Doom 2 discs lying around- TL;DR, it looks like I scanned the best looking jewel case/ disc set which still had the front insert, not the ones which came with the box. Here's the more in-depth OCD triggering part, since I figure it'd be welcome here, lol- At the top are discs/jewel cases missing the front inserts, containing Doom2 1.666 and DoomSW 1.666, DOS-only. The one on the right shipped with the Doom 2 box I scanned. To my eye these are totally identical, though the one on the right has a "Made in Canada" sticker on the back- can't verify that was originally there, since I picked these up second hand. The middle and bottom sets both have Doom2 95 1.9, and while the contents of both discs are the same, the print on the disc for the bottom is far inferior (easier to tell in person.) The middle one seems to be the one I scanned before. Here's the part that's bugging me now- the last four digits on the previously scanned back-insert are 70252, which matches the disc- but the front insert reads 10723, which matches the bottom disc/back-insert, which makes me wonder if that's actually the correct front-insert. *exhale and shrug*

Everyone's new stuff looks awesome! @kwc Fantastic work on those crates and techwalls! I haven't been up to much of anything Doom related for a bit, and probably won't be for a while, unfortunately. Here's a few (unfinished?) textures from October though- I didn't pay much attention to the spacing on the panel one, so it'd likely be a pain to actually use. (earthy-stoney material made out of dead sunflower photos lol) Funny enough, I found these ugly SKIN2-edit tentacles I did 12ish years ago- though they might work better as hanging sprites.

I've had a Cougar Revenger ST (96 g) for a little over a year now and still like it pretty well. Before that I used a Cougar 550m- which I also liked, but found slightly less comfortable. Build quality on both are decent, but they still feel substantially more cheap and plastic-y than most anything I've seen from Razer.

I played through about a third of it- the inventory system and combat are both a little clunky, but the environments are incredibly immersive and the dialogue's frequently charming. The gravity-grabbity gloves actually work pretty well once you get the hang of them. Not that anyone asked, but I probably had a bit more fun with Doom VFR, just because running up to a hell knight and SSG-blasting it in the face is actually awesome in VR.

This is my son Shoshomo, and I've never been more proud in my life.

Throwing it out there that opposing totalitarianism and zealotry in general is better than opposing fascism solely.

Sticking my hand in this pot of potentially boiling water to point out that the P90 was specifically designed as a compact personal defense firearm.

I'm astonished at how uncharitable and antisocial people have become nowadays. I went to a number of different houses last night asking for candy, and was turned away or outright threatened every single time. I understand that we're in the middle of a pandemic, and that I'm a bit older than the average trick-or-treater, but I put quite a lot of effort into my police officer costume, and that should count for something at least.

Uh, yay? Can't really say I like Biden that much better tbh. Worrying less about my access to healthcare will be a major relief, though. For the love of fuck let's have some half-decent candidates on the table next time around.

I accidentally made a smacking sound with my mouth and thought "oh, this is probably a good idea."

Mostly reiterating what I said in the "Opinions on Social Media" thread, but- my biggest resentments with Twitter are that most of the people I knew who stayed on it were seemingly radicalized into nonsense positions over the past few years, the "discourses" I enjoyed engaging with have grown stupid and vicious, and trying to wade through all the noise for decent content always leaves me feeling like a lunatic afterwards. Kind of wish I hadn't started using it again, but I've found a few decent Doom/Quake mods and podcasts through it at least.

Finally played through Blood- started out with Fresh Supply, but switched over to Raze after experiencing a few script-breaks making areas inescapable. Generally had a decent time (once I learned to avoid getting instagibbed by swinging doors.) I think it's the only one of the old Build games in which the humor didn't fall completely flat on me. Also played through Epochs of Enmity- an excellent new episode for Quake https://www.quaddicted.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=797 And picked up a game called Post Void, which is my current obsession. It's a short roguelike fps, and might be the most 'fun' I've had with a game in years. Super cheap on Steam right now too. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1285670/Post_Void/

Maybe a Chuchu from Zelda, especially the ones from Breath of the Wild- you could probably use them as a substitute for egg. scratch that I'll bet one of these from Riven would actually be surprisingly good.

I sort-of remember the death of Princess Diana of Wales (I would've been 5) and the impeachment of Bill Clinton. There are probably a few other things that I vaguely remember from the news but haven't actually associated with their respective events- drawing a blank right now though. Side note- this is pretty dumb, but I recall being extremely anxious over the impending Y2K phenomenon because it conjured images of Descent for me, lol.

muahahaha or the one whose hair might peel off like a sticker