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FTF Free Talk Friday - October 02, 2026
Welcome to the Free Talk Friday post. This is a place where you can talk about dumb off-topic (or on-topic) bullshit with other Zaibatsu fans.
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u/MaelstromTear Dub Sympathizer 4d ago edited 3d ago
I've been doing a personal project cataloguing weapons in the 1860-1930 kind of range. I started it when we did a MOTW game in that region but now I'm just having fun. Right now just pistols and revolvers, but that's still a lot of stuff. Rifles are gonna be a crapshow... But it has been really interesting! A lot of weird variations until somebody comes along and makes "the" gun that everybody else copies. Sure, John Browning's M1911 was one of those but he already had a lot of the important points down with the FN Browning in 1903. My personal favorite so far is the Mauser C78, the "zig-zag" revolver for its funky cylinder design (thus the name) and unique break action. This one tilts up, which maybe helped with getting spent cartridges out. Our GM wants to do a Metal Gear of the Week kind of thing but we have to agree to a time era. Once we get that, I'm totally going full SIGINT for that.
Hey, please look at these books I made! That's The Demon in Shadow and The Demons of Bone and Blood. We follow Max and Ayun, a human and demon respectively, who bump into each other while on different paths. Ayun's looking for her missing employers, and Max is just looking for a place to go. So he assists her and finds that the task is much more than he bargained. It's got action, heisei-era romance and attempts at humor. Plus, some amazing artwork all light novel style! Speaking of artwork, I have the latest character portrait from the wonderful 5-ish. We've had Max and Mags, now it's Max...imus! Maximus Bosch, the first human/demon child! Ignore the fake arm. Actually, don't. It being shiny is its whole shtick. Make you think he uses that for fighting when he just has that half-demon strength! I've also got her cooking up something fun for the 'ween, so looking forward to that.
Yo, that Ace Combat. I've only played up to Mission 3 before getting some breather. Fantastic so far. And I got AC0 as well though it's really weird that you can only launch it through a secondary menu on Steam. I know licensing junk and all that. I know how much I'm relying on the hard-brake since it doesn't have it. The first time you go up against "real" enemies I was struggling. Not to evade, but to friggin' get in. Not sure if that was the intent, maybe. I also thought that my head was buzzing from all the flying, but it's just a storm going over us. FUN.
Bang Dream Our Notes is here. And at the same time, the original game Girls Band Party is celebrating their 8.5th anniversary and seemingly going strong. But like most mobile games with that lifespan, there's a lot of aging and creaking. Our Notes updates a lot of the menu guff and focuses on new bands. Three of which already got anime series, but two actually new ones. I've only gone through those aformentioned three stories, and I'm mixed. MyGO has some melodrama, but is still compelling enough. Ave Mujica is a freakin' soap opera in bost the best and worst way. Up to and including, parental abuse/neglect, poverty, Dissociative Identity Disorder, some weird cousin incest in there and of course, angst. There were some serious stories in the original GBP bands, but not to this level. Maybe I just like Hello Happy World more because they're goofy. (And if we're going by one of the Ganso shorts, HHW would fix EVERYTHING. Too powerful.) If you're into it, cool. But I much preferred Mewtype's story about online toxicity.
But who cares about the talky bits! This is a ryhthm game! How's that part? Well if you've played Holodream, it's taking a lot from that. Which to be fair, feels like it borrowed a lot from GBP. The notes are no longer usually trapped to one section, the hold notes don't need you to jump off at the end (which is actually tripping me up more) and "GOOD" notes no longer drop your combo. Sounds easier, but man some of these charts. There's some devious mixes of holds and swipes in some songs, and I feel like maybe it's being early days but the difficulty ratings sometimes feel off. I had a few MyGo and millsage songs that kicked my butt and needed to make a team of recovery units just to survive. Which I guess means I'm playing with the mechanics?
MyGO is... Fine. I'd called it punk pop but I haven't really loved any of their songs. There's like four songs in a row where Tomori has a spoken word at the front and that's neat maybe... Once. Twice. I don't want every song to become Day for Decision. I don't ANY song to be Day for Decision. Rot in hell, Johnny Sea! Got sidetracked. Ave Mujica is well performed but the gothic metal isn't my scene. The Lada Gaga cover, of all things, was neat until the challenge mission made you play it 20 times. Mewtype's vary in genre which is fun and I really dig Arale's voice. My only hate against millsage is that the charts have been awful and that hatred bleeds into not wanting to hear these songs. Ikka Dumb Rock is the last one and the one I'm most interested in because they could be the HHW goofballs of the game. They also have a cover of AiNA the End's Dandadan song which while can't compare to her amazing vocals is still fun to play. Outside of a few cover songs to 'buy' with in-game currency and the ones that unlock from stories, I have played everything at least on Hard. Some Expert which has been interesting. Not fair to compare it to GBP's like 700-something songs, but still. You're either gonna like it or play the four songs you like unilt you're sick. Who's got the Love Live label? Can we get them in here for a crossover? I just want some Takaramonos or Mermaid Fes! And only learning later that there was an attempt at an all-guys Bang Dream and it had a ska band... Damn you!
Finished West Wing season 2. There are a few episodes in the last half that are the best hours of television. 17 People is a bottle episode with like, 8 people and it shines. Two Cathedrals as well. Go watch it.