Obligatory Halloween themed October content!? You bet your butt its here, and this month I’m going to break one of the founding rules I had on the site. I’ve actually done it before, I’m just emphasizing it at the beginning of this update for the sake of showmanship!
Let’s travel back in time briefly to 2017. When I created this site (and subsequently the YouTube channel), I made it my personal mission to talk about a variety of weird things out there that interested me as well as promoting small time content creators. Fast forward to today, it’s really hard enough to find obscure content that’s interesting, let alone hamstringing myself with the requirement of only using lessor known creators. What this all boils down to is that I’m going to try and actively start posting any interesting content I find regardless of popularity. It just makes it easier for me to bring you entertaining content, and more importantly just more of it. I’ll start adopting this philosophy too on the YouTube channel eventually, hopefully kickstarting it off next year.
So we begin our journey this month with the story of the penguin and his anime waifu. The video explains all the finer details of this extremely bizarre event, but for those of you who need the written synopsis quickly - you can read the wiki about it here. I remember this story in bits and pieces when it went live in 2017. It’s funny now looking back at how unusual it was since all the details have been fleshed out over time and we can see the legacy it left in its wake. I have no words to expand upon the story other than it’s cute, i’s weird, and it’s oddly family friendly; something of a rarity on this site. More importantly however is that the channel the video is linked to is hilarious as it is interesting, so please check out the other content there if you like just strange things from the internet alongside well done commentary.
Moving onto the spookier side of the update, I am a firm believer that truth is always stranger than fiction. The video linked above is from a YouTube channel that specializes in bizarre and “creepy” stories all rooted in folklore and urban legends. Although not every detail can be fact checked nor every experience can be validated; there is at least some ounce of truth in the mix to allow for reexamination of the details. The funny thing about “historically accurate” accounts is that history can be accurate in its “lies”; since historians only care about accuracy in how something was perceived by record. For example, if everyone 5 years ago all agreed that they saw something flying in the sky at 7:00PM in their part of the world, then it is historically accurate to say that all folks at 7:00PM that day saw something in the sky. What that thing is, is largely irrelevant; only the fact that everyone saw something in the sky at that time is important (historically speaking). In any case if you found the story in the video particularly interesting, there is more information on this site here which will collaborate all the things mentioned.
For gaming content this month, I’m going to fall back onto the more mainstream stuff since the end of the year brings in a lot of heavy hitters. Now I’m a little embarrassed to say at this point in time; I don’t own the Nintendo Switch. As a matter of fact, I’ve been holding out in getting a Nintendo Switch for quite a while now; specifically due to the fact that I stubbornly made a promise to myself back in 2018 that I wouldn’t get the original model of the console. The reason being was because I knew that Nintendo always had a history of having mini revisions to their handheld consoles over the years. I was really hoping by 2021 that a “pro” or updated version would be out by now. Sadly this turned out not to be the case, but a somewhat impressive looking “OLED” model is due out in October and I’ve decided I’ve waited too long on the sidelines now not to pick this one up. Metroid Dread is right in my crosshairs for October 8th’s release date, coincidentally launching the same time with the OLED switch model. It goes without saying that I have an extremely large back library of games to play on the Switch once I get Metroid and Shin Megami Tensei V out of my system in November. I find it funny as a self proclaimed hardcore PC gamer for the last 10 years; the recent 3 for me have mostly been focused on mobile and handheld devices. Such is life I guess.
For the mobile gaming folks out there that visit the site, I always want to remind you to check out the community tab over on my YouTube channel. I post more frequent updates on stuff related to mobile gaming over there so you don’t have to wait an entire month just to see if I’m up to anything else. As far as October 2021 goes, I’m still waiting for a bunch of stuff later in the year to possibly drop, as well as the above games from SHIFT UP to be released; whenever they choose to do so. Project EVE is obviously the highlight of this year since it got an official updated trailer that made the buzz around the major news outlets. NIKKE The Goddess of Victory still looks absolutely amazing and still a giant enigma on when it might possibly be released.
Artist LUMINYU
There is no update officially without something lewd, and for this month it’s got to be scary and sexy. For those of you who remember The Ring, apparently erotic Sadako is a thing. Also to note, Sadako in the original novel series and Japanese movie adaptation was an adult, and not a child named Samara Morgan in the English versions. Explaining supernatural lewd stuff for the supernatural lawyers and police of course! If you want more spooky monster girls in general, you also might want to pay a visit to the True Monster Girl Reddit located here. And that my dear friends end’s this month’s update. Hopefully if all things go well, I’ll be the owner of a New Nintendo Switch OLED by next month and I’ll see you with more strange things around the web. Until then, take care as always!