This month’s update is going to be a quick one since the next blog post is going to be my comprehensive retrospective of 2021 as a whole. Still, I want to leave you with something interesting to chew on and maybe share a story that may strike a chord with some.

I have recommended Defunctland a few times already here on my site, and for good reason. The content they do in regards to theme parks is astounding, and a much more balanced view on the whole circus that is the entire industry. For those of you who are new here, I do have an interest in theme parks on a very personal level. The long and short of it is that as a child, I personally never got to experience them as I wanted to due to circumstances out of my control. As I grew up over the years, I made a vow to return to them one day and do all the things I wasn’t able to as a kid. And as you can imagine, the entire process was much different than what I had expected it to be. The “mystery and magic” of my first experiences were gone, only to be replaced with the cynicism that comes with age. And ironically, I kind of miss the days where I wasn’t able to do everything I wanted to do as a kid, since I still had a sense of wonder and amazement of the entire experience. The above video by Defunctland shows the intricate science behind the harsh reality that plagues all theme parks today; and that’s waiting in line. If you never thought in your life, you would watch something so intricately detailed on the science of standing around for something; you’re in luck! As always, I recommend you check out their other videos on various topics as well, since it’s always usually well done and often times a good look into the absurdity that is the theme park entertainment business.

For my 2021 retrospective, I’m going to add some new content this year by looking back at games I find worth mentioning. The three games are going to fall into categories of “best new game, most unique, and most disappointing” in that order. Although there’s an entire month left before 2021 comes to a close, there’s a really good chance that Atery Gear Fusion (JP) is going to be my best gacha game for this year. I was thinking about doing a community video on the game sometime in December, but the holiday month is rather busy and I may save that content for a video next year in January. None the less if you haven’t visited my community tab on my YouTube channel (I highly suggest you do so by the way), it’s definitely been my jam for the last few weeks. The EN community for the game is steadily growing in terms of content and translation work ever since the JP release, so if you’ve been on the fence playing this game up until this point, now is a good time to jump in while the server opening goodies are still up for grabs. The above video and channel respectively (TimaeuSS) are a wealth of good information on the game and I’ve been following all of his content up until this point so far. As a bonus, I’m going to include some BANGING tracks from the game, since it has an excellent high energy techno / dub step soundtrack very similar to Tekken. The full OST can be found in the Artery Gear Fusion JP discord.

Short and sweet for this update, I’ll see you all next time for the very lengthy 2021 retrospective! Take care of yourselves until then.