Jul 2018 Archive, part c

RUN, BOTH OF YOU, RUN! DON'T LET IT CATCH UP!

It's been a while since I've watched Doctor Who, but I know that it's hard to make a costume look like actual clothes. I've spent much fruitless time trying to figure out what makes the "patina of the real." Maybe I should eat more fruit.

I like the first one with the coattails billowing in the wind.

Also, both of you look very nice in your costumes.

I particularly liked the second running image - I guess that tells you what I think Doctor Who is about, right? ;)

hS

You both look very spot on, too. So, is there any reason you gave this cosplay or was it just because? Just curious.

Awesome job on the costumes and the playing of the characters. Those pics are a ton of fun. I think my favorite is the one where you're both looking around the wall.

~Neshomeh

Although I'm not sure it's very wise to disguise yourselves as canon characters...

(In all seriousness, looking great!)

((Ten years hence [or fifteen, or who knows how many?], when Ix and Charlotte are long retired from the PPC. Filled for prompt 2.))


Faolan slowly circled the young woman, pincushion in hand and a rather large collection of pins in her mouth.

"Hem looks even," she mumbled around the pins. "Alright, you want to go ahead and get dressed? I can finish this up for you tonight and you can come pick it up in the morning."

Maggie beamed and stepped off the footstool, twirling a little bit in her Cinderella ballgown. "Seriously, I can't thank you enough; you can work magic."

Faolan smiled and ducked her head, pulling pins out of her mouth and sticking them in the pincushion. "Something like that," she said as Maggie disappeared behind the changing screen.

Charlotte wandered in with her clipboard, tapping Faolan on the shoulder. "Just got another call," she said, passing the clipboard over. "We've got a couple who want to do Link and Zelda," she said. "Twilight Princess specifically—I put them down for Monday at eleven."

"Sounds good to me," Faolan said, leaning in briefly to rest her forehead against Charlotte's.

Charlotte smiled and kissed her briefly before pulling away. "I'm going to pop to the store," she said. "We're running low on sandwich bread."

"Bring me some of those little chocolate pastries?" Faolan asked, and Charlotte grinned.

"You got it," she said, disappearing out the door.

Maggie came around the screen, dressed again in her jeans and T-shirt with the gown draped over her arm. "So how long have you been doing the cosplay business?" she asked curiously. "It seems like an awful lot of work for just two people."

"Just a few years," Faolan said, passing Maggie a water bottle in exchange for the gown. She draped it over a dress form, smoothing out the skirts carefully. "We've kind of got it down to a system now."

"Good system," Maggie remarked, sitting on a nearby chair. She took a long gulp from her water bottle—it was starting to get warm in the fitting room, despite Faolan's best efforts at setting up fans—before shifting uncomfortably. "Can I ask you something... a little personal?"

"Is it about my face?" Faolan asked dryly, and Maggie's cheeks went pink.

"Well... actually, yeah," she said. "Do you mind me asking... how you got those scars?"

Faolan's voice was dry enough to match her smile. "I was mauled by a werewolf as a little kid," she said.

Maggie laughed. "Okay, no, seriously."

"Car accident," Faolan said automatically, and Maggie winced in sympathy.

"Tough luck. Nobody was...?"

"Killed? No, Ma and Da didn't even get hurt. Just me."

Maggie nodded, fingers tapping on her water bottle. "That's something, at least. The scars do look pretty badass, though," she added. "Though I like your werewolf story a lot better. That's pretty funny."

Faolan glanced down at her wrists, at the shiny pink scars that wrapped around them—the result of pulling on her chains once a month for nearly fifteen years.

"Yeah," she said, looking up at Maggie. "Certainly a lot more entertaining story to tell, at least. Is there anything else you wanted before you go? Shoes? I can do slippers to your size if you need them."

"Nah, I've already got a pair," Maggie said, grabbing her coat and slipping it on. "Thank you so much! I'll be back tomorrow. Three, right?"

"Three o'clock," Faolan confirmed. "I'll send you an email tonight with the rest of your bill."

"Now, staaay."

"Omanyte!"

"Hahah! No, no, you stay. Go on, girl, staaay?"

"O-man-YTE!"

"Good girl!"

It was dark in the RC, and for the moment Peri preferred it that way - it was better than having to watch Nautilus overplay the caretaker role.

Just listening to the cooing was bad enough, given his headache.

"Some of us are still recovering. Can you please keep it down?" He hissed, trying not to add to his own pain.

"Oh! Sorry, Peri." The other man amended - given his color and height, it was hard to pick him out at the other end of the darkened RC, so he was stuck working from voice alone. Nautilus had lowered his volume, but it still felt like it wasn't enough.

"Now, see if you like eating this..." There was a pause.

"PLEH!" Something small and oddly shiny in the minimal lighting flew all the way across the response center - on Peri's arms.

"Gah!" he reacted, flinching, and the unsteadiness of the world around him suddenly grew worse. Quickly moving the pillow he was resting on to being on top of him, he closed his eyes and tried to focus on breathing.

It was supposed to have been a normal mission in the Pokémon continuum - a whole host of minis and other typos, a main character who was both barely a rounded personality and a textbook Black Hole Sue, and at one point an inexplicable My Little Pony cameo.

If Nautilus had wanted a pet, he should have kept one of the minis - but instead, they'd found an Omanyte, and the other agent refused to pass up the second-degree pun.

Back in the present, Peri removed the pillow once he felt like he'd regained some control - a sign that it was okay for Nautilus to approach, now.

"Sorry about all of that," he said quietly, as Peri peeled the rejected - seaweed? Really? - off his own dark skin.

"Probably should keep him in the bathroom or something..."

"If you're going to keep him, we'd need to fit an aquarium in here," Peri retorted.

"I'm not saying you can't keep him, just- I've heard stories."

Nautilus shrugged, grinning wryly.

"Hey, if it better reflects his natural habitat.."

"Have you even named her?" Peri sat all the way up now, looking over with suspicion.

"I was thinking it'd have to be a word we don't use normally, so - Curlicue?"

"Omanyte!"

Peri hit Nautilus with the pillow.

Rosie smiled. She was finally going to where she wanted to be. Maybe she could finally find Kiera again.

“Tell me,” said Clara, “why do you want to do this?”

Rosie shrugged. “You know why. It’s where I grew up. We have to do something!”

“There’s something more than that, isn’t there?”

Rosie quite often thought that Clara was far too perceptive. This was definitely one of those times.

“Maybe…” she said slowly. “What makes you think that?”


“Well, since you arrived you’ve been going on about it, all the time, for five years. There’s got to be something more, because from what I’ve heard it wasn’t exactly the best place ever.”

Rosie was silent.

“Come on! Spit it out!”

“Fine,” said Rosie sharply, trying to work out how best to phrase this. “The day before I arrived, I went to see this play with some friends. Thing is, it was technically illegal, and…” She tried not to think of Imogen. That memory was too painful. “There was a raid, and the government came, and my friend… her name was Kiera – her name is Kiera.”

Kiera wasn’t dead. At least, Rosie didn’t think she was, and she was determined not to.

“She… she wanted to help us escape… so she got herself caught instead. I’ve been feeling bad ever since.” Now she had begun, she might as well reveal the whole thing. “The person who told the government… was my other friend. Imogen.”

Clara nodded. “And now you want to save your friend?”

“If she’s still… still around to be saved. It’s been five years, but I’ve got to try. I know she would have done the same for me.”




Note: if you read my prompt from a month ago, then yes, this is the same Clara.

I have never laughed harder than when I first discovered Star War: The Third Gathers, The Backstroke of the West.

So here are some examples of translation humor.

Backstroke of the West, dubbed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq7WE6WiPoA

The Two Towers:

http://www.angelfire.com/rings/ttt-subtitles/

Startgate Atlantis:

https://users.livejournal.com/-phoon-/20913.html

Hello fellow newbie! I also have Asperger's as well, so I will usually make obscure references to tv shows or games.

Hey there! I'm Twistey, a 1-year-bie who also has Asperger's and can't stop cranking out ideas. Just, just imagine me as a thumbs up sticking out of a huge pile of ideas. X'D I also have a lot of fandoms, currently exploring what I call the Holy Duality (which is Wolfenstein 3D and Lichtspeer) as well as delving into the world of bad Doom wads.

So, what do you intend to do here? What kinds of badfic do you wish to spork, and using what methods? Do you have any agent ideas? I'm pretty good at reviewing character bios and other short overviews like that, so I can help if you wish! :D

Now, for your newbie gift. Let's see. How about this cool sword made of stained glass pieces fused together? It has no special powers, but it's made from a stained glass window that I broke in a fit of rage. *holds up bandaged hand* See? (It's a long story.)

Anyway, it's nice to meet you. I hope you have a great time here! Welcome to the PPC!

-Twistey

Have cup of endless tea! Be careful to put it back up on it's feet quickly if you knock it over unless you want to flood the entire room.
Also, feel free to join the PPC Lounge, our Discord server. Here's an invite.

Have this plasma pistol, straight from the wastelands of Fallout! Although, quick warning... someone thought it funny to change the plasma it shoots from green to a nasty shade of bleen.

Also, have a pack of Small Energy Cells to fuel it with!

Have one of my own shed feathers and a replica Smash Ball that doesn't break when you hit it too much! Perfect for playing catch, but don't let it float out of reach!

I hope you enjoy this bag of black-hole chocolates.

Well, I can tell you that I’m not a potted plant or a sentient hydrogen molecule!

Have a stone with some mysterious properties, although I don’t know what they are yet. Handle with caution!

Have a link to a Spanish-language blog about a bootleg DVD of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban where the creators of said bootleg decided to simply recycle to the English subtitles from a different movie.

https://akusoft.livejournal.com/62138.html

I am also autistic, and glad to have you here! ;)

While we don't really have fandoms in common (I have knowledge of a few SCP entries, but apart from certain memes and side stories I don't recall much), I look forward to what you may write. :>

Welcome to the Board! Here, have some chocolate cupcakes and enjoy your stay!

Hello, and welcome aBoard! For your newbie gift, take this plate of freshly-made SPaGhetti!

If you haven't yet read them, may I point you towards the Original Series and the Constitution? They're pretty much the only required reading around these parts. Another useful resource you might use is the Wiki; if you have any questions, just look here before asking. We like it when newbies do the research. ;)

And don't feel weird about finding the PPC through TV Tropes! That's how a lot of newbies these days are finding us—heck, that's how I found it, four and... *checks calendar* a half years ago? Yikes, how time flies.

Hope you decide to stick around!

*Eats snowball*
YUM!
*Fires snow cannon*

(Warning: Massive amounts of silly in this vicinity).

I mean, I have “snow” in my username. You can’t leave me out! *starts bombarding everyone in sight with snowballs*

We're melting right now down here in France. Snow please!

"Snowballs! Get your fresh snowballs here! One for 10 pence, a dozen for £1! No returns, no refunds!"

Nevermind, good to see you aBoard!

You had time to read any missions while skating and DJing?

Oh, and here, have some extra-bouncy juggling balls, just in case you want to up the challenge :p

I... haven't officially said hi. Take a cup of Klah! or Mjød, but that's your funeral...

I'm one of the more amateur member's of the PPC's technical... loose association of people who do stuff with computers or whatever. I'm a 40k fan, and just generally a fan of weird SF/Fantasy and nonsense. And other stuff. Lots of stuff.

Take this Aperture Science Companion Cube with you. Make sure to take good care of it. It will most assuredly never attempt to stab you in the back.
Also, have a link to the discord server.

I notice you seem to have forgotten to share with us what fandoms you might be a part of. Care to share?

In the meantime, have this recharger rifle from the Mojave Wasteland! Don't worry about silly things like feeding it ammo, its microfusion breeder can feed it indefinitely! (Or, well, up until it breaks...)

And oh, you read my mission involving THAT old cringewreck of mine? X'D Nice! I'm happy to see that people still appreciate our older stuff. I've currently got four spinoffs with published content (the Galeforces mission is from the first one I came up with) if you wanna check thosse out, and other people I'd recommend are Herr Wozzeck's Florestan and Eusabius and Voyd's Valon and Kala (though the latter is no longer active, they had a good run while they were still here).

Have one of my own shed feathers and a complimentary kit of Spikes!

I really appreciate your gifts and your hospitality. It means a lot to me.

Also, I forgot to ask this earlier, but does unfinished badfic (2 or 3 chapters) pose a threat to the integrity of a continuum?

Welcome to the Board! Here, have some chocolate cookies and enjoy your stay!

Please accept this pot of black-hole coffee.

Have a packet of sweets which may or may not have magical properties. I promise they’re not poisonous... I think!

Have a laspistol and a half-kilo of "old frog food."

Welcome, Skater! I'm Twistey, a one-year-bie who has too many ideas and loves cheese. I'll be on here pretty much daily until the end of summer, so if you have anything to ask me, I'll be happy to answer. I kinda specialize in analyzing character bios and other short, overarching-idea things, so I'd love to hear any agent ideas you have!

So, what other fandoms are you a part of? Do you have any original works? What do you plan to do here? I'd love to hear more about you!

And for your newbie present? I haven't given any of these items out in a while, so here's a bundle of Wolfenstein 3D-related stuff: a replica Spear of Destiny, a Very Flat Flamethrower, a replica "Call Apogee Say 'Aardwolf'" sign, a few blue bricks, some shiny blue metal, and what used to be a stained glass window. Why so many things, you ask? I highly encourage you to combine them into something. Be creative! Make something for your virtual self or for your agents. :D

Anyway, nice to meet you! I hope you have a great time here, and welcome to the PPC!

-Twistey

I was linked to one of those websites that send you through a hundred redirects, as if I had clicked a virus ad. Does anyone know anything about this?

Hello, and welcome aBoard! For your newbie gift, take this plate of freshly-made SPaGhetti!

Since you already know about the Wiki and the Original Series, I'll just point you to the Constitution. :)

As for writing on the Wiki, we don't put pages for different continua unless there's been a mission or two done there. Not really much sense in trying to catalogue every work of fiction when you really only need references to the ones you might come across while reading missions, yeah?

If you see pages that are in need of expanding, though, feel free to fill them out. The only thing off-limits, really, are other people's agent pages.

(Also, if you want some awesome spinoffs to read: Neshomeh's stuff is my favorite. Supernumerary and Ilraen, and Derik and Gall are great pairs.)

One entry...

Video Games: Persona Series.

...And I'm cheating. Atlus make excellent JRPGs, with a difficulty you just don't see as often today, bewitching plot, killer soundtracks, and come on, characters fighting with the power of Character Development has to count for something.

The two first entries are more like classical RPGs, while the later ones follow the protagonist along a school year, meaning time management for several factors, most important being proper bonding with the rest of the cast, taking place along the usual dungeon crawling and bosses fights, who went through several mutations at the occasion.

Titles are all across the PS line, although I recommend taking later versions of the games if you want to test them: the fact Atlus tries for constant improvement means older versions don't age so well when several comfort features of the later games aren't there.

Most recent entry is Persona 5 on PS4 and 3, and I think this one gets to be JRPG of the Decade. Just try this series people.

Well, I've got a real juicy game to show you- Eternal Card Game, by Dire Wolf Digital, the same minds that brought you Pokemon Trading Card Game Online and The Elder Scrolls: Legends.

It's a digital TCG that has all of the polish of Hearthstone, but all of the mechanical intricacy of Magic- which it should have, since the dev team includes Magic pros like Luis Scott-Vargas and Patrick Chapin. Needless to say, they know what they're doing. And it's also generous (the game gives you tons and tons of cards just for playing the game, so if you're fine with grinding, you don't have to pay a cent)!

Plus, it's not lacking in the story department, either, with four campaigns to play through so far and tons of lore to dig into!

So, with that all out of the way to perhaps get you hooked, I have some links to share with you:

First off, the link to the normal website for the game is over here.

However, if you can bear with me for a moment... one of the things this game offers so you can get more free in-game stuff (ranging from packs, to premium cards, to special exclusive avatars) is an invite system- the one who gives the invite gets free stuff, and the invitee gets free stuff, too! So, here's my invite link for if you're interested in that deal. (If you're not, but you're still interested in the game itself, there's still the first link.)

And finally, no TCG is complete without Johnnies brewing rogue decks, and one of the flagship Johnnies of Eternal is LocoPojo, the mastermind behind plenty of the crazy jank in this game- ranging from insane ramp decks, to hilarious surprise Piercing Grief rushes. Even when I'm not playing the game myself, this guy's videos and Twitch streams are just too fun to watch.

Or: So, I only found out about Young Wizards because I was on the Sentient Vehicles page on TvTropes to read more about Siddeley, saw the mention of sentient taxi cabs in SYWTBAW and thought "Hmm... I'll check it out."

That was 2011. Over the course of a year, I proceeded to check out all of the books available by that date (the old print versions, of course). The idea of being able to talk to anything really appealed to me, especially when it came to abstract beings and inanimate objects. =P

2012, I found the fandom on tumblr (because someone had registered the peridexis URL at the time - I think a spambot has it now, though), and everything sort of exploded. Through Young Wizards, I put more value into empathy, friendships, and Psychology.

You can say it made me who I am. :V

So, check out the books online, and maybe you'll learn something new about the world around you too, not just another realm of fiction.

Do I have plugs? Oh boy...

Okay, so, in no particular order:

Pern - Did you love late Discworld? Are you tired of grimdark nonsense crowding up your shelf, and do you really just want to read some classically optimistic Sci-Fi/Fantasy? Do you want to read something that is just straight up weird and a bit outside your traditional Sci-Fi/Fantasy? Pick up Pern. It's fantastic and amazing. In particular, pick up the Harper Hall trilogy, and then The White Dragon. Those books are perhaps the most beloved of the Pern series, and they're also just... fantastic. Especially Harper Hall. This is a book about people who love music written by someone who clearly shares that love, and wow does it show. Unfortunately, you have to read Dragonflight and Dragonquest first, which... aren't as good? Okay, Dragonquest is pretty good, but Dragonflight is... not. At least, not at first. By the end, it's excellent, but the beginning is weak, if not actually bad, and you can tell it's some of McCaffrey's earliest work. There are also issues with... okay, I'm not doing any of my rants right now. Not even the Dragonseye rant that's actually about Pern being awesome. Another time.

Discworld - okay, I mentioned late Discworld above, so... right. Excuse me for a moment...

Grabs Megaphone

IF YOU HAVE NOT YET AT LEAST ATTEMPTED TO GO READ DISCWORLD, YOU SHOULD GO READ DISCWORLD.

Sorry, but I had to make that eminently clear. If that's all you need, pick one of Guards! Guards!, Wyrd Sisters, Mort, or Going Postal to start with (or any number of others, but those are the classic starting points. Go. Now, really! I mean it!

It's sort of hard to understate Discworld's influence. The series is utterly brilliant, and Pratchett has inspired more people than I can count. Also, he's a direct influence on us. As in, the PPC. Pratchett's in the blood of this place, and that's reason enough to read him. And on top of that... I mean, I said utterly brilliant, I'm not sure that's even enough. It's smart, funny, poignant, and just a delight in every sense of the word. I'm sorry if I'm going on a bit, but it's just that good.

Amon Amarth - Not a book, but a band. If you like Metal, Amon Amarth does viking metal. It's kinda cheesy. It's also sorta awesome.

Doom (1993) - In my opinion, both the first id Software game and the first FPS that stands the test of time. Sorry Twisty. Go grab a copy of GZDoom so you can rebind the keyboard controls to something sane if you want to play it now, but the fact that that's all it takes to make the game feel pretty much modern is impressive, especially compared to its forebears, and even to some of its contemporaries (lookin' at you, System Shock).

By the way, I have a fully-working Apple IIgs at home, and that was the system that id's very earliest games ran on, before they even WERE id Software. So when my data transfer cables and such come in, I intend to try a hand a reviewing some of those.

NetHack - The DevTeam thinks of everything. NetHack is the oldest roguelike still in active development. Depending on how you count it, Nethack either begin development in 1981 (one year after Rogue's release), or in 1987. Either way, it's old, deep, complicated, and extremely absorbing. Also really really really hard. But still, if you want to get a feel for what a real Roguelike is like, this is the game to try. Well, this or Angband, being as they are the primary endpoints of the two oldest branches of the Roguelike family tree. Plus, both games are totally free.

The Zachtronics Game - For while it comes in many incarnations, there is only one Zachtronics game. If you like puzzles, get one (probably SpaceChem or Opus Magnum). If you're a programmer... ho boy. Zachtronics game us basically crack for programmers.

Homestuck...'s Soundtrack - Don't read Homestuck. Really, don't. Sure, it's alright, but it's not worth the investment it'll take. Especially after Act 5 Part 2, at which point what little degree of good pacing the comic had up to that point goes to hell and the whole thing ends with the most anticlimactic final battle I've ever seen.

But if there's one thing that is actually completely great about Homestuck, no compromises or asterisks, it's the soundtrack. "Sburban Jungle." "Explore." "Descend." "Savior of the Waking World." All of "Cascade." "Black." "Midnight Crew (Acapella)." "Unite/Synchronization." And that's just off the top of my head. It's one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard, and I've heard some pretty bangin' soundracks.

The Irresponsible Captain Tylor - It wouldn't be a Thoth recommendation list without SOMETHING obscure. So here you go. a mid-90s anime that parodies Space Operas and just... oh my god this show is funny. I'm not even kidding. It's one of the funniest things I've seen. Seriously, go watch it.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - I'm not sure I have to post this one, but just in case... Well, it's H2G2. It's brilliant. Douglas Adams is a comic genius, and so long as you don't watch the awful movie, it really shows here. If you don't know what H2G2 is, I'll be glad to explain, but only if someone asks. I'm really assuming everyone knows and just putting this here to hedge my bets.

Snow Crash - if Cyberpunk is the house Neuromancer built, than Snow Crash did a lot of work on the house afterwards. This is one of the foundational texts of Cyberpunk and Post-Cyberpunk, and it's a heck of a lot more readable than Neuromancer. And more fun. And more technologically accurate. And just... it's good, okay? Well, good if you like Stephenson. You'll see what I mean if you read it.

2112 - Rush's Magnum Opus, 2112 is a great album start to finish, and is absolutely required listening for anyone who likes prog rock. Or anyone else for that matter. How many albums have their entire first half dedicated to seven-part rock opera detailing a story set in the distant sci-fi future? It's awesome!

1974 - Now's my chance to plug someone REALLY obscure. 1974 (not to be confused with The 1974) is a local band. As in, local to my state. I stumbled across them selling their albums in a tiny booth at a Con, shrugged, said, "what they hell, I like Prog Rock," and bought a copy of "1974 & The Death of The Herald," which the band recommended as the first one to pick up.

And that was arguably the best purchase I made at that con. We'll get to the other thing I bought fighting for that title next on this list, but I have listened to that album waaay too many times. It's stupidly good. Better than anything by just some random local band has any right to be. And it's another prog-rock sci-fi rock opera! (man, I love those things)... I think it's about... human clones revolting? Or not? And there's a galactic war that ended? Maybe? It's... really confusing. I'll have to ask the band when I see them again.

Atomic Robo - This is a comic book series about a sentient robot powered by nuclear power created by Nicola Tesla in the 1930s, that takes place all over time and space following Robo on his adventures. It also includes the line "When you return to you unobservable but empirically determined dimension of origin... tell them Carl Sagan sent you." (in The Shadow From Beyond Time, a good adventure to start with, and one of the best ones period so far) If that doesn't sell it, I don't know what will. It also has a spinoff called "Real Science Adventures", which shows adventures set in the same universe that don't involve Robo.

Did I mention that the writing's by the guy who did 8-bit Theater? It is. And that's great. Also, the comic's philosophy: "No Angst, No Cheesecake, No Reboots, No Filler, The Main Robot Punches A Different Robot (or Maybe a Monster)." That should tell you what sort of fun this comic is.

Because my favorite musical (and current obsession) is Hamilton.

Embarrassingly enough, I only got into this one earlier this year. I dunno why, I guess I wasn't that interested... but then I finally took a listen and it all just clicked. I love the combination of clever lyrics and awesome music, and being a bit of a history buff doesn't hurt.

But don't take my word for it, I'll link to someone who can explain how good it is better than I can: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6sziLDcwSRQ

The more people I can get interested in this the better!

E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy is one of the strangest games I've ever played. If you fail to hack a system, such as other players, the system hacks you and turns you on your allies. At high levels you get a revolver that can take down attack helicopters. Notifications in the upper left corner constantly tell you that "you gain brouzouf" and "my legs are OK." It has 32 player co-op.

It can be purchased on Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/9170/EYE_Divine_Cybermancy/

Well, I'm going to plug some more obscure indie games that I love, in order to get them spread around.

Lichtspeer, also known as "the only ancient Germanic future lightning action game you need in 2016", is a humorous, wave-based action game where the main mechanic is a cool-looking light spear that the player throws at things. It takes place in an "ancient Germanic future" that looks a little bit 80s, full of enemies such as Hipster Ice Giants, Penguin Vikings, and Das Skater Walrus. Now, why are you up against these things? For the glory of the Lichtgods, of course! (And the Lichtgods are bored. That's the real reason.)

Watch the trailer, purchase, etc. at http://lichtspeer.com/! (Warning: Trailer contains flashing lights.)

I may have discovered Lovers In A Dangerous Spacetime just a few days ago, but man, it's cool! If you're into the "cooperate to pilot a spaceship" genre, or if you're like me and are just addicted to quirky futuristic games with glowing neon colors up against a dark background, this game is for you! This game can be played by up to 4 players working together to rescue stranded animals and fight constellations that have come to life through the power of something called Anti-Love. The more animals you help, the more you get to upgrade your ship to fight those glowing monsters! What's not to love?

Learn more here: http://www.loversinadangerousspacetime.com/

*Gasp* I see a pattern here! Can't get enough of those neon colors on a black background, but maybe rhythm games and (hey, like Undertale) bullet hell are more your thing? What about Just Shapes And Beats? This game can also be played by up to four players, and has a variety of game modes, ranging from Casual Mode, to a Story Mode that'll surprisingly tug on your heartstrings, to Party Mode, where the game plays itself! It's all about the music in this game, and thankfully it's not all dubstep.

Learn more at http://www.justshapesandbeats.com/

So yeah, these are three good titles with a common aesthetic, ordered (if I have it right) from most obscure to least obscure, as well as from "I love it and I will protect it forever" to "I'd love it more if I could tolerate the cranked-up bass better." Check 'em out. I'll send more plugs up this way as soon as I evaluate more games.

-Twistey

Generally speaking, we don't make more than one separate thread on the Board in succession if we can help it. The typical result of this is that other more important posts may be pushed off the front page by accident or otherwise obscured when people look through it for the most recent conversations. If you wish to talk about another topic immediately after you've made a post, there's always the option to reply to your previous post with "OT: [other topic you want to discuss]" or something. It's not that hard, really!

Anyway, I'd like to give a hand to a game I've recently downloaded called Rodeo Stampede, which comes to us from the same publishers who released Crossy Road and has a similar mechanic except much faster paced and more geared towards property management on the side. It's a quirky and surprisingly addictive endless runner that I'd highly recommend, if only because of SO many visual puns as unlockables and the occasional pop culture reference (and yes, Pop Vulture is indeed a thing in this game XD). They've even got dinosaurs in one of the unlockable worlds, and mythical creatures (including DRAGONS) in another!

Read more about it here: https://www.player.one/rodeo-stampede-crossy-road-publisher-lassos-fun-twist-endless-runner-games-541949

Please accept this bag of black-hole chocolates.

*ahem* sorry, here have a freshly buttered bun and a bottle of ketchup... You never know when you'll need sustenance here.

Read any of our wonderful missions and spin-offs?

I say that like I'm about to advertise my own don't I? Shame I've never got past a Prelude...

It's so wonderful to see so many new faces here! New faces, new ideas, even some returning faces! Ahh! Anyway, I'm Twistey. I've been on this Board for 1 year now, and I come up with a lot of ideas. I'm good at judging short things like bios and general overviews, so if you have any agent ideas, I'd love to see them!

So, what do you intend to do here? What type of badfic do you want to spork, and using what methods? Again, any agent ideas? I'm also especially looking for people who would be willing to create animated missions with which to spork badfics in video format, fangames with which to spork badfics in fangame format, and/or mods with which to spork badfics in mod format, so if you do programming or animation, let me know.

Anyway, as for your newbie gift, here's that talking bass fish that you can put on your wall, as well as a kit to hack it with anything you wish. If you wish to give this virtual gift to your agents, they could hook it up to the console (resulting in a beeping fish), or if you want it, you could put Amazon Alexa in it. Just humor.

Anyway, it's nice to meet you! Hope you have a great time on the Board, and welcome to the PPC!

-Twistey

Aside from one of my own shed feathers, have a replica of the Falchion (no relation to my self-insert agent) and a chibi Shadow Heartless plushie!

I’m running out of gifts, but have a fire-proof snowball (see a few threads down) on the condition that you don’t throw it at me.

As for being a Suethor, I never published it but I have a fifty-page Warriors fic filled with ridiculously overdone angst. So there’s nothing to worry about!

Have a suit of mildly holy Imperial Guard flak armor and a link to recursively translated Star Wars episode II:

https://imgur.com/a/EyuJM

Hello, and welcome aBoard! For your newbie gift, take this plate of freshly-made SPaGhetti!

...wow, I think I need to make another batch to keep up with the sudden influx. Anyway, hope you like it here!

Hello, I'm Skater! I, too, am new to the Board. Welcome, Anima!

I see that you've written badfic before. My recommendation is: Don't sweat it. Me AND SkarmorySilver have both been Suethors before, and those are just the ones I know off the top of my head! This is a pretty accepting community that's always in need of new blood from what I've seen, so enjoy your stay!

Here, have a lucky 32-sided die from the Gravity Falls continuum, empowered with Ever-Convenient Protagonist Luck™ from the Yu-Gi-Oh! continuum. You'll need it against the endless onslaught of Sues!

Welcome newbie! Here, have some chocolate and enjoy your stay! And don't worry, we don't bite... much.

Have this vintage Wattz 1000 Laser Pistol from the wastes of Fallout, complete with a pack of Small Energy Cells for fueling it with! It's not as powerful as the AEP7, but it's still plenty powerful enough to fry some Sues.

If you like chocolate, have a welcome gift of chocolate bark! And I can't say I've seen fics written by Giratina, but I can think of one off the top of my head that shipped Giratina with Arceus.

Feel free to plug any of the smaller fandom canons in the Love thread below! :>

Seriously, three so fast... wow. We're lucky to have so much new blood. Welcome aboard, take a cup of klah, and don't mind ghe screaming. Feel free to list your more obscure fandoms, someone might know them.