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Cake day: July 16th, 2023

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  • I grew up on Gundam Wing. It’s quite the ride now that I’m older and see a lot of the politics at play. And in much the same vein I loved Gundam 00.

    But Iron-Blooded Orphans might be the best/most accessible series in the franchise.

    Witch from Mercury hits hard at the end of the first season which is a good thing and a staple of the franchise.

    Unicorn is bright and shiny. I watched it twice and that’s all I can remember.

    Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket is probably the most succinct and existential series with 6 episodes and a build up to reveal how fucking horrible war is.

    I dunno, you kind of just gotta jump in and get dirty. The themes vary from series to series but the main timeline, called Universal Century (UC.) is almost always focused on the human aspect.

    Gundam is about space battles and politics and giant robots… Until it is about the stress and rigors of war. Not sleeping because you see the people you’ve killed. Overcoming the horror of losing friends, mentors, and loved ones to the fighting.

    But again there are a bunch of series, each one is basically it’s own self contained narrative that requires little in the way of prior knowledge. If you see something that interests you just jump in and watch it. I’m currently gearing up to watch the second Gundam Thunderbolt movie. The first one was pretty damn intense and I needed a three week cool down period.

    On a more general anime note, I highly recommend the Apothecary Diaries.








  • I feel the need to copy my comment from another post with a similar message:

    An insurance CEO was shot to death this morning, it’s a start.

    To be less callous, he looked like a cute man, and his family is obviously devastated. Police say they have no suspect and no motive yet… But it was an assassination not random violence, I think we know the motivation. It’s pretty sad overall, but surely it’s also sad that someone was driven to this point by the company he was an exec of.


  • I broke my shoulder and couldn’t do shit for about 4 weeks. I spent that entire time playing Civ 6, freshly released at the time, with the steam controller. It was the best thing in the world for civ. I played that game with one hand 90% of the time since my shoulder would fight me after 5 minutes with 2 hands. And the steam controller made it possible in a way my Xbox controller never has and never will.

    I lost it in my move 2 years ago and hope I find it again some day because I still run into games about once a month where I think this needs a steam controller. Like playing point and click adventures on the TV with my partner.