The following two weekly updates are going to be on the brief side since I also have a monthly update dropping soon back-to-back. That doesn’t mean the content is going to be on the thin side however, and I hope you agree with a flashback video from EmpLemon on the value of “useless” items. Since a lot of my refugees from YouTube are gacha gamers themselves, the video is going to hit particularly hard. For my normies that only visit the site, it’s probably going to hit even harder ironically later on (18:02) in the video. I go into a lengthy philosophical perspective in the audio blog should you choose to indulge me.
I’ve had my website for several years at this point. I find it ironic that I can buy an incredibly detailed and well-made vtuber commercial license off the shelf from Etsy, while commissioning an artist for a single picture commercial license is near impossible. I think EmpLemon’s video that I linked earlier is a testament on how “worth” is so subjective in the world that it sometimes makes things hard to grasp at a logical level. I go into detail on this in the audio blog but making a “mascot” character for my website was quoted in the thousands (!!!) of dollars from various artists I’ve had the (displeasure) of reaching out to. They’re not all bad (artists) by any stretch of the imagination, but some of them won’t work with certain themes or motifs either on principal. All in all, it’s crazy to say the least.
Artist source from Otherworld Mercenary Corps
Oddly enough the kusoge game from a couple of weeks back I talked about; I’m still playing! It’s actively being developed and still not really worth spending that much on, but I’m surprised I’ve hanged on for a bit longer than usual. A lot of updates have happened since, and if you need another game to play on the side - I do recommend it in that context. Click the link below the image to head to the store page.
Artist is Fyk0
Closing out the update with a lovely commission piece for a vtuber Milla Noire from Fyk0. Thought I would link it since I went down the rabbit hole on all related subjects this update. Hope you have a nice rest of the week and see you for the monthly!