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It's Tricky @aclevertrick.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Have you ever gotten married, managed not to cry during the ceremony, and then watched Look Back (2024) the next day and had all those emotions hit at once? haha yeah me either

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It's Tricky @aclevertrick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

So it turns out I'm getting married to my best friend today, wow. It's starting to hit.

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On the Shoulders of Giants @osgpod.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The episode of CARS DON'T FLY on FAST FIVE (2011) is also on its way to the private feed! We are on all cylinders for this one, y'all, and we got @aclevertrick.bsky.social to come talk about CAR BOLAS with us! ko-fi.com/osgpod

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It's Tricky @aclevertrick.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

ZP is at its best when it's being le Carré instead of disco lite, but it really frontloads the latter in a way I almost bounced off of.

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It's Tricky @aclevertrick.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

ngl, it's time: we need Pendulum 2

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On the Shoulders of Giants @osgpod.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

An Astronaut and her two ADHD Kids explore the meaning behind Walter Goggin's home decorating, check out the VOD of us showing off the Power Armor in '76, Mountain Mama www.twitch.tv/videos/26963...

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On the Shoulders of Giants @osgpod.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Hey, pilots--happy Monday! Just a few things to look forward to this week: On Thursday, Alice, Brian, and Tricky will be hosting a little get-together over at twitch.tv/osg_pod to check out SUPER ROBOT WARS Y! Then, on Cyberpunk Sunday, Brian is going to jam some Cowboy Bebop PS2 English Patch!

SRW Y Title Card featuring a bunch of gundams i genuinely don't recognize.

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It's Tricky @aclevertrick.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Thanks for having me on! Always fun to chat about robots and speculate wildly about where GQuuuuuuX is going to go next.

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It's Tricky @aclevertrick.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

It's hard to believe that the day is here, but tonight I'll be halfway across the country living with my bestie.

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It's Tricky @aclevertrick.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Perhaps a 1.0.1.3 if you really want to keep the 1.0.1 naming convention, but yeah that's wild.

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It's Tricky @aclevertrick.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

GUNHED is truly a movie of all time

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It's Tricky @aclevertrick.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Ah yes, Zeorymer of the Heavens. I remember running into it through Super Robot Taisen J and finding it really funny that this brutally overpowered mecha had a completely unnecessary secret upgraded form you could unlock if you essentially never used it.

"What now, Zeorymer of the Heavens?"

Zeorymer causes an explosion visible from space while Masaki laughs.

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It's Tricky @aclevertrick.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Anyways, all that to say, it's a really fun game. It's got some jank, it's got some balance issues, but it really is one of (if not the) best Wuxia games I've played. I liked it a lot before the updates and, after all the post-launch support, it's truly one of my favorite RPGs.

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It's Tricky @aclevertrick.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

So it all ultimately culminates in Yuwen Yi, bringing together myriad techniques and allies, defeating Helian Fubi who has an unmatched technique but is completely alone. Also, it's a dramatic duel in the middle of an enemy army against his masked father figure. Classic stuff, always hits.

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It's Tricky @aclevertrick.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Dunking on Fulongzi in Buddha's Hollow, almost incidentally, feels more narratively appropriate to the Yuwen Yi who is on this path of realization that everyone focusing on who has what technique is thinking about things completely backwards. The martial artist makes the technique, not the opposite.

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It's Tricky @aclevertrick.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

The Yuan/Ning war and the duel with Helian Fubi felt like a much more dramatic capstone than the mountaintop duel, though I appreciate you get to do both on the new route. The new route gives you access to so many legendary techniques that the original focus on the Wind & Cloud Method wouldn't fit.

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It's Tricky @aclevertrick.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

The plot highlights for me were brokering peace between the Snowlocks and the Wuxian Sect, which was still appropriately messy given the hundred year history between them, and the ongoing machinations of Li Yuanxing in the background to rally everyone behind Yuwen Yi.

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It's Tricky @aclevertrick.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

You essentially have to actively choose not to pursue all of the side quests and instead progress the main quest. It takes away from the Romancing Saga influences, but I do think that the stronger narrative and the more interesting mechanics that the updates brought in make up for it.

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It's Tricky @aclevertrick.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

The Nanjiang and Echoes of Ash & Dust content is definitely a big step up in storytelling, though also in presenting a much more straightforward narrative experience. The original game made it very easy to miss scenes and side content, but almost everything is signposted in the new stuff.

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It's Tricky @aclevertrick.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

I wrapped up my run through the alternate story path and I was really impressed with it. I'm sure it would play out differently if you hadn't collected every possible companion and done the good endings to side content, because everything pays off in ways that the original climax didn't manage.

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It's Tricky @aclevertrick.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

it was in the sequel that the studio won't let us see, probably due to some tax scheme

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It's Tricky @aclevertrick.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I'm looking forward to finishing the rest of the run so I can give some final thoughts on the new experience, but it's been a much more fulfilling game than the original release -- which I already liked. Sometimes you just gotta hit 'em with the Tai Chi Sword and show them who's boss.

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It's Tricky @aclevertrick.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

The highlight of the update so far has been the alternate Nanjiang plotline you unlock by fighting a golden scorpion, which at least two different people point you at. It adds a ton to the Wuxian cult, who were underbaked, and there's a ton of party member interaction which feels rewarding.

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It's Tricky @aclevertrick.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

They've added a lot more signposting since release, it seems, though the way that some early characters snowball into unlocking later characters mean you may well accidentally lock yourself out of some really interesting plotlines -- Di Zui's additions to the Badlands Raiders plot is easy to miss.

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It's Tricky @aclevertrick.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

It's a very Romancing Saga sort of game, full of plotlines and scenes that are easy to miss and weird, interlocking subsystems that see Yuwen Yi going from a hapless caravan guard to an unrivaled master faster than anyone can believe. It's the sort of game that scratches a very particular itch.

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It's Tricky @aclevertrick.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

So I've been traveling for the holidays and, as one does, going back through my backlog to find some laptop-friendly entertainment. I'd heard Wandering Sword had gotten some pretty significant additions after its initial release in 2023 and, mid-NG+, I'd definitely agree with that.

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Wandering Sword is a Chinese martial-arts RPG where you play a young swordsman caught up in a feud and nearly dies. Escaping the event puts you on the path of pursuing the highest form of martial arts...

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It's Tricky @aclevertrick.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I thought it was an interesting look into the context of Heaven Will Be Mine, for sure, but also on writing and creating in general. And the giant robots, of course.

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It's Tricky @aclevertrick.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I found myself with some extra time to kill while the internet/cell service/etc was out over the last day and a half (thanks windstorm) and ended up working my way through a bit more of the @osgpod.bsky.social backlog. The interview with Aevee Bee was a really great listen, big recommend there.

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