its not important + don't want that to come off as showboaty/making shit about me, just figured i ought to say given i did the whole "hey im doing A Thing!" song and dance.

Arcade Archives 2 Evil Night confirmed

source: me. i was there.

Y'know, I added the 'unaided' qualifier because I thought "I know OHP enough to know he can cite examples of pigs in planes or cyber-enhanced pigs from at least four different arcade games, maybe more".

I did not account for this example
and am printing "Decon Theed, VGM Expert" lanyards post haste

Aye, wasn't all that long ago I last spoke to him (well, chatted via his little server); about a week, tops? Maybe a week and a couple of days? It doesn't feel real.

Exactly what he said- or at least, part pf what he said. And you're totally right- he was right, too. It's something I'm trying to really take to heart.

(Still won't catch me referring to myself as an "expert" until pigs fly unaided, though 😉)

Funnily enough, one of the thoughts I had was "shit, has Dan heard?"

But yes; it's shit news all around.

i handle death related grief well, ironically. or as well as one can. i can still function, i can still enjoy things, i keep level. but its still shit, of course. still hurts. obvs everyone knows that so that's not a directed admonishment, just thinking out loud.

and frankly i need shit like that because this is now the second christmas in my lifetime that will have the spectre of death and grief and loss hanging over it and, y'know what, it was shit the first time 'round, could really have done without a repeat of it.

I'd only known Nik for about... just a little under ten or so years? I never got to meet him in person, though I'd hoped to. But he was a stand up gent, very kind and encouraging, made me feel welcome in his company.

I can't even imagine the pain people who knew him longer must be going through.