Free Talk Friday - October 02, 2026

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Weeks without doing programming: 1. Aaaaand we’re back to this. I feel like I have an excuse though, I had a pretty bad panic attack in the middle of the week and I still have not quite recovered from it. 

I actually found some more youtubers that I like. MajinPhil and SimplySnaps both do a lot of Zelda related stuff, including randomizers and challenge runs and I just really like watching 3D Zelda randos. So I spent way too much time this week watching them. 

In terms of games, I finished Armored Core Project Phantasma and started Master of Arena. I somehow made it all the way to the end of AC1 and Project Phantasma without knowing that the bumpers let you strafe left and right. I only found out at the last boss of Phantasma. Oops. I think Phantasma is an overall better game than AC1. I like the missions a lot more and they’re a lot more cinematic with in-game cutscenes, friendly ACs that help during the missions, and just better variety in those missions. Though the game really feels more like a DLC than a standalone game. It was like half the length of AC1. Even with the Arena it was way shorter. 

Haven’t gotten too far in Master of Arena. The missions seem like what you would expect from AC1 and Phantasma. The Arena though already seems a lot more fleshed out. The enemy ACs have actual gimmicks and unique AI to each of them. My favorite so far was “Frog Man”. Which was a quadruped build that just kept jumping around trying to melee me. It was really stupid because it was so fast that he could outrun my turning speed and dodge my shots before they reached him but I had enough travel speed that he couldn’t actually catch up to me to hit me. There was also “Noble”, who did not move at all and just shot you with the heaviest and most powerful weapons possible. But he was a lightweight build so he was easy to take down. Definitely way more fun than fighting someone who can just out-tank and out-damage you no matter what. (Looking at you Pickle.) Especially now that I know you can actually strafe. 

And finally my second screen game for the past while has been Borderlands 2. Finally trying out that Metal Storm Axton build I wanted. It’s really friggin fun, especially paired with a Torgue AR since he gets boosts to his grenade damage. I don’t think it's quite as fun as Zer0 or Krieg but it's still a good time.