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LadyMarth01

@LadyMarth01@mstdn.games

Video and board game collector, occasional player. Amateur film buff. Dabbler in guitars and synths. :verified_trans:

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LadyMarth01, to music
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Album of the Day 246: First Band On The Moon by The Cardigans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEf9DvfKpp0&list=PLI6kLIhBBwmTus5482Q5VTu6AwnpSPBcX&index=1

1996 indie pop/rock album from Jönköping, Sweden. A fairly strong lounge influence and lyrics that darkly contrast the upbeat music make this a pretty interesting album. "Lovefool" is the big hit, and "Step On Me" is also plenty popular, but the album's got plenty of other good ones, including a great Black Sabbath cover.

My picks: "Your New Cuckoo," "Heartbreaker," "Iron Man"

LadyMarth01, to random
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So a couple of weeks ago my local hobby shop started some renovations. Store's still open, but there's no in-store gaming until near the end of May.

Then this morning, the part of the plaza the hobby shop is in caught fire. Thankfully, the store only suffered smoke and water damage, but they're still going to have to shut down for a week or two.

The universe must really not want me playing games there. 😞

LadyMarth01, to music
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Album of the Day 245: The Old City - OST by Atrium Carceri

https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/the-old-city-ost

2015 dark ambient OST from Stockholm, Sweden. The game itself may be a "walking simulator" that's too philosophical for its own good, but the soundtrack is wonderfully moody and atmospheric.

My picks: "Leviathan," "Childhood I," "Dark End"

OffTheBooks, to gaming
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What game, of any scale and genre, most deserved to become a massive franchise, but didn’t.

You can’t say Chrono Trigger.

LadyMarth01,
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@OffTheBooks Prey (2006)

Prey 2 was effectively cancelled because Bethesda tried to force Human Head Studios into a buyout. Still upset about that.

LadyMarth01, to music
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Album of the Day 244: Respect My Art by Organ Freeman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9K4m7Sb0jU&list=OLAK5uy_likw4ufA4WpeW7hENb6CipE34szdQRdD4&index=1

2017 jazz fusion album from Los Angeles, California. Drums/guitar/organ trio (and some session musicians) with one fantastic name, and some great song titles to match. Pretty funky stuff.

My picks: "Long Live the King," "Don't Eat Your Fingers," "E.T. AF"

stina_marie, to Meme
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Happy Sunday!

@horror

LadyMarth01,
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@stina_marie I remember this episode of The X-Files. 😆

LadyMarth01, to mtg
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Got an Outlaws of Thunder Junction bundle, and my promo card came out of the box like this. Pretty neat.

A promo foil copy of "The Key to the Vault," a Magic: The Gathering card. The card had some sort of production flaw that resulted in a speckled finish.

LadyMarth01, to music
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Album of the Day 243: Roxy Music by Roxy Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWNsZPXq7Sw&list=OLAK5uy_m5vZOIyTyPnIf8SHpXGDTKkN32m6i46JQ&index=1

1972 art rock/glam rock album from London, England. Eclectic pop rock, for the most part. It's pretty front loaded, but the incredible strength of the front half makes up for the weakness of the back half. "If There Is Something" is definitely one of my all-time favorite songs.

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My picks: "Ladytron," "If There Is Something," "Chance Meeting"

LadyMarth01, to music
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Album of the Day 242: Particles EP by M.O.O.N.

https://m-o-o-n.bandcamp.com/album/particles-ep

2012 house EP from Lisbon, Portugal. A solid EP that runs longer than you'd think for such a short track list. "Plus Four" is such an odd track that I can't help but find captivating.

lashman, to steam
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Vigor got a store page

"Outlive the apocalypse! Dive into intense Encounters and extract the most valuable spoils the Outlands have to offer! Loot, shoot, and build to become the absolute Outlander and explore the landscape of a post-war Norway in Vigor."

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2818260

LadyMarth01,
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@lashman My first response was, "Doesn't Bohemia already have DayZ? They're competing with themselves?" But I guess this is more of a match-based Escape from Tarkov competitor than DayZ's persistent survival.

LadyMarth01, to music
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Album of the Day 241: Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54W8kktFE_o&list=PLHTo__bpnlYVFUoh6h0FgewYE6_7VSCki&index=1

1975 prog rock album. Pink Floyd's best album. Sorry Dark Side of the Moon, you're a great one, too, but this is a perfect album.

I know I usually dig for the less obvious albums, but I felt lazy this time. 😆

LadyMarth01,
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@Mollarom I love Animals. I think I might prefer it over The Wall. But it's certainly not their best album.

LadyMarth01, to music
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Album of the Day 240: #1 Record by Big Star

https://bigstar.bandcamp.com/album/1-record

1972 power pop/folk pop album from Memphis, Tennessee. An album that at times is rocking out power pop, and at other times is jangly acoustic folk ballads, yet the two don't seem at odds with each other somehow. Some great harmonies throughout the entire album. Also has "In The Street," famously covered by Cheap Trick for That '70s Show.

My picks: "Feel," "In The Street," "Thirteen"

BGStatsApp, to boardgames
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Last week our friends brought out a lot of New to us games to play!

My favourites are Abducktion and The Shipwreck Arcana. Eerko's are The Shipwreck Arcana and Steampunk Rally!

Did you play any new games last week?

LadyMarth01,
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@BGStatsApp I love The Shipwreck Arcana! I feel like it's massively underappreciated. Fun little puzzle of a game, and the only board game I know of to support players dropping in and out.

auzzy, to music
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I've already received part of my haul from this month's Bandcamp Friday. Rather than wait until everything arrives, especially since one set of discs is tracking for mid-May, here's what I've got so far!

LadyMarth01,
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@auzzy Love what I've heard of Maserati. Really need to give the rest of their discography a listen. Been tempted to pick it up for a few Bandcamp Fridays now.

LadyMarth01, to music
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Album of the Day 239: What's Your Damage by Hot Tub Boys

https://eyewitnessrecords.bandcamp.com/album/whats-your-damage

2020 outsider house album. A solid toe-tapping, head-bobbing album. Usually warm and relaxed, although "Off My Face" is a bit more driven and aggressive than the rest of the album.

My picks: "Yikes," "Wingwingwing"

LadyMarth01, to music
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Album of the Day 238: Super Metroid: The Atmosphere of Zebes by Ryan Roth

https://dualryan.bandcamp.com/album/super-metroid-the-atmosphere-of-zebes

2022 ambient album from Toronto, Canada. Ryan Roth has done a number of official soundtracks, so this unofficial one fits the tone of something that would work just fine in a game. Environmental sounds are present in the tracks, from mechanical hum to rain and thunder, filling out the atmosphere.

My picks: "Opening," "Brinstar Red," "Maridia"

LadyMarth01, to music
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Album of the Day 237: Relativity 2 by Lemaitre

https://lemaitremusic.bandcamp.com/album/relativity-2

2012 electropop/French electro EP from Oslo, Norway. Here's a Norwegian band whose so inspired by French house that even their name is French. (Although the name is taken from the Belgian astronomer Georges Lemaître, who proposed the Big Bang theory.) Catchy stuff, though.

My picks: "Splitting Colors," "Steady State"

PaseoBaggage, to boardgames
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I'm tempted to back the Millennium Blades kickstarter for the new mini-expansion, but considering I've played the game one (1) time since I got the last expansion it would probably be a waste. And I heard the soundtrack add on has a single card included with it and I'm not a fan of that.

LadyMarth01,
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@PaseoBaggage Millennium Blades is a game that I'd love to try, but I don't think I'm willing to buy it myself to get the chance to try it. What are your thoughts on it?

LadyMarth01, to music
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Album of the Day 236: After the Gold Rush by Neil Young

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ppMcqsg0Sw&list=OLAK5uy_l61knFHCT9-JvA88E172MSuaGZupcQwSc&index=1

1970 folk rock/country rock album. The front half of this album has an incredible run of some of the best of Neil Young's work—not to say the back half is bad by any means. "Tell Me Why" might be my favorite Neil Young song overall.

My picks: "Tell Me Why," "Southern Man," "Don't Let It Bring You Down"

Sobtanian, to random
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Blow me, kobo have announced colour e-readers, finally.

BUT! I tried one from a different company earlier this year and it sucked. So I’m not sure how this will be different.

BUT! I love kobo and their devices are amazing so maybe this will be different.

LadyMarth01,
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@Sobtanian I have a Kobo Libra H2O that still works great and that I rarely use, yet I can't help but want a color screen to read comics on.

Not that I think upgrading would lead to me using it much more than I do currently. 😅

LadyMarth01,
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@Sobtanian @matt I'm glad to see advancement in the technology, but to be honest, I'll probably stick with physical comics for the most part. Not anywhere near as cheap, but then I'm not exactly an avid comic reader, making it less of a problem.

LadyMarth01, to music
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Album of the Day 235: Magic Machine by An Endless Sporadic

https://anendlesssporadic.bandcamp.com/album/magic-machine

2016 prog metal/prog rock album from Los Angeles, California. It's kind of a bizarre album, really, bouncing from one idea to the next. It could be jazz or funk or synthy prog—there's even a section that sounds like a MIDI march from a '90s game—then suddenly you'll find metal riffs interrupting it all. A fun, if odd album.

My picks: "Finding The Falls," "Sky Run," "Impulse II"

GamingWolf, to random
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Well that was weird. I think everyone got flushed offline from Steam. Log back in people.

LadyMarth01,
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@GamingWolf Steam server maintenance occurs every Tuesday at around 1-3 PM PDT/4-6 PM EDT, so it was probably just that.

LadyMarth01, to music
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Album of the Day 234: Endless Summer by Fennesz

https://fenneszemego.bandcamp.com/album/endless-summer

2001 glitch/ambient album from Vienna, Austria. To paraphrase a YouTube comment: it's not a sunny beach in audio form, but a low quality jpeg of a sunny beach interpreted by someone who's never been to a beach. I was caught off guard when I first heard "Before I Leave" and discovered Robot Science's "Alaska" had heavily sampled it.

My picks: "Endless Summer," "Caecilia," "Before I Leave"

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