Another entry in the 'Eakin is agitated about life and taking it out on his followers in the form of blog posts' file. Which is a really long name for a file to have. But rather than just go dump a couple more hours into Child of Light on Steam (micro review: a pretty solid JRPG. The storybook-style constantly rhyming aesthetic alternates between charming and infuriatingly twee. Game play is a pleasant challenge so far on Hard difficulty. And I'm always happy to see more games ape the Grandia

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Celestia frowned. “Results and the process by which one achieves them are equally important things, Luna...

I wrote that, just a couple weeks ago in The Moon Glows Gently. I think that generally it's true.

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So, lots of stuff, obviously.

First, a special thanks to my partner in crime for letting me assume his identity for the last 24 hours. Apparently we confused several of you!

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So. Funny story.

So me and this other random schmuck were arguing over who would win in a fight: Rarity (if she were a serial killer) or Twilight (if she were in a timeloop). I know, ridiculous, right? It's clearly Rarity's to lose. But no, he had to be an obstinate freakin' fanboy...

Anyway, things got a little heated and there was some experimental unicorn magic involved... and experimental tequila recipes...

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Totally wrote it anyway.

Bo Burnham is a genius.

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I am not a patient man.

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So I got curious after stumbling onto Let It Go through a number of channels, so I decided to check out the full movie using completely legal channels you wouldn't download a car how dare you question my integrity?

Totally recommended, even for grown-ups. Especially if you have a sister.

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I got a beta key a week or so ago, and am a decent mediocre sometimes I win well, the point is that I play it. Come friend me! Eakin#1445 is the user tag associated with the dead-drop gmail account I set up exclusively for this purpose, after I learned my lesson getting a billion WoW spam messages when I was doing that.

Seriously, don't give Blizz your real email. Takes ten minutes to set up a duplicate Gmail account.

So one year and twenty-one stories ago today, I first published Hard Reset. Threw in an announcement at the end of Duel Nature, and figured that maybe if I was lucky it would get a few hundred views and maybe end up fourth, maybe third in the feature box.

The actual reception it got was somewhat more intense.

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