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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 25/09/2026

Was planning to skip this one but then. Well. Thought I'd get to see a final goodbye to Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime. 'Til all are one.

Photo of Nemesis Prime and Transparent Purpke Megatron from the Yolopark Transformers toyline along with a cinema ticket for The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 18/09/2026

All right, time to see if that Wiley Coyote finally gets his hands on that nefarious Roadrunner! I got a good feeling that this time... he may!

photo of a cinema ticket for COYOTE VS ACME

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 15/09/2026

Got my Aussie PAX 3-Day pass in the same week as my Steam controller. Coincidence? Or... Providence...?

a photo of a Penny Arcade Expo 2026 3-day pass along with the Steam controller

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 23/08/2026

I will also admit to brute-forcing a couple of characters' whereabouts when they're the only ones I hadn't figured out yet and just tried putting them in EVERY unused room, but that didn't happen to me nearly as often as it does in other games of this ilk! What a great time. Little sad it's over.

Screenshot of THE INCIDENT AT GALLEY HOUSE 100% Steam Achievement Unlocked. Last achievement unlocked: "TYPE HE-L-P"

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 08/08/2026

HAPPY BANDCAMP FRIDAY! how has your bandcamp friday been have you been visited by the bandcamp friday fairy and have they compelled you to purchase the albums of artists you love and have the entirety of the monies go directly to them?

A screenshot of my purchases for Bandcamp Friday in August 2026:

"Perma" by Bershy
"Colony VI" by Laura Shigihara
"Himawari Party" by Laura Shigihara
"Stardust through the Window" by Laura Shigihara
"Everything's Alright" by Laura Shigihara
Hollow Knight: Silksong (Original Soundtrack) by Christopher Larkin
"4U" by Bershy
"Say Fire" by Bershy
Masters of the Universe (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Daniel Pemberton
Terminator The Second (Original Score) by The Protomen

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 01/08/2026

oooh and I got a free pin when I presented my ticket at the door! that was a nice little bonus: love me random plastic tat

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 01/08/2026

all right time to check out the spoode4 manz and ooooooooh are we back baby? is the mcu BACK to WOW and THRILL us once again??? mayhaps we shall see

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 05/07/2026

Well, I finally did it. After moving to country 35+ years ago, I finally did the thing. I took photos of both the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 12/06/2026

Time for some daylight horror cinema-going experience! Boy after the Week I am continuing to be Having do I get the feeling that my brain is just not going to enjoy this. But gotta support the homies! And crush the space movie as an amusing side objective!

A cinema ticket for the horror film OBSESSION at Tea Tree Plaza Hoyts

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 31/05/2026

Heck yeah! Big fan of James Roberts writing on the TF comics in general! If there were any pages I'd use to try and convince people to read the comics it'd be these two - which me and my voice actor friends use all the time as a vocal warm up and character exercise.

Comic page from TRANSFORMERS 22 (2011). Megatron is chained up, Optimus Prime is speaking to him.

Optimus: "Okay Megatron. No more small talk. You're going to tell me why you surrendered."

Megatron: "You seem rattled. Perhaps you--"

O: "Shut up, I don't have time to spar. This is the last time we speak."

M: "Ah, so I am going to be killed..."

O: "The decision's not yet been taken. That's why I'm here- To find out why you gave yourself up."

M: "...Except that's not quite what you want to know, is it? Rephrase the question, Prime. Rephrase it and I'll answer it."

O: "It's all because of you. Four million years. 4,000 MILLENIA of conflict. Innocent worlds DISFIGURED in pursuit of a demented ideology. Galactic conquest as... as some sort of PALLIATIVE for a crippling inferiority complex."

M: "Rephrase the question."

O: "Billions of lives RUINED. Our race on the very brink of extinction."

M: "Rephrase the QUESTION."

O: "Do you-"

M: "Do I WHAT, Prime? Do I WHAT?"

O: "-do you feel even the SLIGHTEST remorse?"

M: "No."

O: "The misery-the suffering-and you regret NOTHING?"

M: "Only that I didn't do MORE while I had the chance."

O: "All those you killed..."

M: "Not enough. Not NEARLY enough."

Comic page from TRANSFORMERS 22 (2011). Megatron is chained up, Optimus Prime is speaking to him.

Megatron: "Understand this: so long as you stand in my way-so long as ANYBODY stand in my way-I will respond by killing. Murder on an INDUSTRIAL scale. Because, in the final analysis, I would happily wade across a river of corpses, chest-deep in rust and grease and engine oil just to crush the spark of the last Autobot standing. And I would do so not simply as a means to an end, no. I'd do it, Prime, because it would give me PLEASURE."

O: "You talk about killing... If I put a bullet between your eyes right now, the rest of the galaxy would stand up and APPLAUD."

M: "And yet you stand there and keep TALKING."

O: "This isn't about me."

M: "Of COURSE it's about you. It's ALWAYS been about you. You're the most VENERATED Cybertronian who has EVER lived. Hero, patroit, icon-and it's all thanks to ME. Without this war, you'd just be another Autobot. Another wasted spark who left no trace. Another NOBODY. And that's why, deep down, you're GLAD for this war. What's a few million fatalities if it secures your legacy, eh?"

O: "I know what you're doing. You're trying to GOAD me. You're trying to get a REACTION. You want me to lash out at you. You want me to HURT you."

A panel beat.

O: "Be careful what you wish for."

And Optimus throws the switch to SHOCK MEGATRON'S HARDENED COPPER NIPPLES

Optimus: "

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 07/05/2026

this is what harlan ellison would have wanted

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 06/05/2026

Play the Detective Grimoire games.

iconic Burger King branding with custom text "THAT LITTLE GIRL IS TOO STUPID FOR MY BEARD TO BE SO SMART" followed by the tagline "oh that doesn't make sense does it?"

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 29/04/2026

aw shit there's free food too? score! Glad I didn't leave just yet ha!

mini chicken burger - a slider, I think they're called?

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 29/04/2026

Doesn't help that I more or less came here straight after work. Well. With a minor detour. At the very least: I treated myself to ramen and I got a nice little glass of shiraz from attending and that's not nothing!

a bowl of spicy chicken ramen topped with roasted seaweed and a bottle of grape Calpis in the background

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 16/04/2026

Perfectly functional website~🎵 It's a website that's functional perfectfully~🎶

Previous Bluesky post with the error message "The server appears to be experiencing issues. Please try again in a few moments."

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 01/04/2026

Welp, time to get myself Mario'd! Now am I expecting this to be a good movie? No. Am I expecting this to be a fun time? eh. Am I expecting this to be nearly two hours of clapping like a seal every time The Keys are jangled in my face? Absolutely. And in the end, isn't that what the cinema is about?

Palace Nova Cinema ticket for THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE (2026)

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 27/03/2026

About to see the second best movie featuring a plethora of beavers (mayhaps even... a hundred?) in recent memory - and doing it the best way possible.

Palace Nova movie ticket for the animated Pixar movie HOPPERS (2026) with a tall can of Sapporo premium beer

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 24/03/2026

Welp, time to see what this movie's all up ons and, more importantly: if it's worth buying a LEGO set for.

ExiMax ticket for PROJECT HAIL MARY at the Palace Nova Eastend cinemas

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 14/03/2026

It is 2012, I have purchased Bravely Default for my portable gaming system. It is 2026, I have purchased Bravely Default for my portable gaming system.

A Nintendo 3DS case for the video game Bravely Default, next to a Steam Deck showing the title screen for the video game Bravely Default

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 08/03/2026

Loved the unfolding mystery of the light doom that has affected the towns you deliver to. Jammed to the radio stations and their smooth tunes as I navigated a winter storm. HATED the secrets requiring fiddly driving physics to reach that reminded me of MASS EFFECT's Mako. Overall: great time!

Screenshot of EASY DELIVERY CO. 100% Steam Achievement Unlocked. Last achievement unlocked: "snowcats"

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 08/03/2026

Why does the game turn into a speedrun boom shoot in one chapter? Thing is though: I was never bored. Even when I questioned some of the half-baked gameplay design, they never stuck around long enough to annoy me (game's pretty short) and I was having fun with the silly plot and characters!

Screenshot of SERVICE WITH A SHOTGUN 100% Steam Achievement Unlocked. Last achievement unlocked: "sluuuuurp"

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 08/03/2026

Add in the multiple characters you can play as (Falconer FTW, Radical in close second for when I just want the game to play itself), the utterly broken and/or fun combo of balls to find, (Nuclear Bomb x Maggot is very silly) and a city builder? AND New Game+? There is a lot of game to love!

Screenshot of BALL X PIT 100% Steam Achievement Unlocked. Last achievement unlocked: "Gravity's Rainbow"

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 08/03/2026

The fact that I've solved all (?) the mysteries the game has to offer (some of the puzzles are nicely noodle-y what lean on the fourth wall) and I'm still playing (well, idle-ing) speaks to the compelling quality of "numbers must continue to go up"ness of the gameplay loop. Floor 10k awaits!

Screenshot of HORRIPILANT 100% Steam Achievement Unlocked. Last achievement unlocked: "Temporary Boost"

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 02/03/2026

And of course, for the inaugural game to play on my Steam Deck, I decide to try out an untested 7th generation classic (?) CLIVE BARKER'S JERICHO and holy shit it works oh no. oh no do I have to play the game now?

photo of the Steam Deck running CLIVE BARKER'S JERICHO, much to my consternation

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 02/03/2026

That my Steam Deck arrived on the same dat as theeeeeese must be some kind of portent. I still can't believe we're getting a new STAR CONTROL game in the future (now renamed to the FREE STARS series). God, I'm old.

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 02/03/2026

oh I'm about to become incredibly insufferable. now. more.

A Steam Deck OLED still fresh in packaging

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 08/02/2026

The continuing adventures of the LEGO USS Enterprise D's construction... continues... Bag 12 down, which means I'll be finished with the main body by next week! And more importantly: Geordi is here!

LEGO USS Enterprise D partway built: 12 out of 30 bags have been constructed. Most of the main body, the stand, and part of the warp nacelles are built.

LEGO USS Enterprise D partway built: 12 out of 30 bags have been constructed. Front view showing the main deflector.

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 01/02/2026

Another weekend and I've put in another couple of bags into the construction of the LEGO USS Enterprise D! I finished bag 8 but opened bag 9 once I saw there was another minifig inside and lo! There he is! The man himself: Commander William T Riker!

LEGO USS Enterprise D partway built: 8 out of 30 bags have been constructed

LEGO William T Riker holding his iconic trombone and its stand

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 26/01/2026

All right bag four down and while I'd have liked to get bag five out of the way I think I'll put the build on pause for now - my back and shoulders hurt from sitting on the ground so long, which sure is an awful thing to have to deal with, woof.

Partially built LEGO USS Enterprise D with a display line-up for the crew in front once it's completed. Currently there is Wesley Crusher and Dr. Beverly Crusher.

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 26/01/2026

I'm up to bag four now and have finally unlocked another minifig! And it's, disappointed sigh, Wesley...

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 25/01/2026

Looks like they've split up and hidden the minifigures in different bags so it might be a while before I get the entire Enterprise D crew together, boo. Still, here's Dr. Beverly Crusher!

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 25/01/2026

Gonna be building while catching up with episodes of Starfleet Academy and got started with some inspiring words from Holly Hunter

The first bag of the LEGO USS Enterprise D, held up to a monitor screen showing the second episode of STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY with the subtitle "until you've woven something greater than you ever imagined"

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 25/01/2026

Oh there are two instruction manuals? TWO of them??? I'm in danger.

The building instructions for the LEGO USS Enterprise D. There are two manuals.

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 25/01/2026

I already put together the gift-with-purchase shuttlepod that came with the Enterprise-D a couple of weeks ago, and honestly LEGO should sell this as a separate set at some point: it is remarkably accurate for such a small build and very cute too!

Box for the Gift-With-Purchase LEGO model of the Onizuka shuttlepod featuring the Ensign Ro Laren minifigure

Completed build of the Gift-With-Purchase LEGO model of the Onizuka shuttlepod featuring the Ensign Ro Laren minifigure

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 25/01/2026

Welp. It's the long weekend. Time to start putting this together methinks!

Box for the LEGO model for the USS Enterprise D

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 02/01/2026

Hmmm. Does this imply that I'm going to be running into a lot more bougie people than the norm, or am I myself destined to become bougie? Either way: troubling.

Miriam-Webster's "Your 2026 Word" GIF paused at 7 seconds. My word is bougie.

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 16/12/2025

"What was your biggest impact on the internet?" Oh. You know. Stuff.

A screenshot of Dan McNeely from the third game of the Trapped Trilogy (Escape) by Godlimations.

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 10/12/2025

Welp. This was a horrid discovery. A fly had apparently laid a whole bunch of eggs on our Cotsco chicken. Gross. Fortunately, the larvae are all dead and it was easy enough to cut around the offending section and. the rest of the chicken should still be good? Right? Gross.

a photograph of a bagged costco chicken with a pile of fly eggs/larvae on the breast meat, the white-yellowish granules standing out against the roasted brown chicken skin

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 05/12/2025

Finally got around to getting the Ace Attorney: Investigations Collection on Steam and god. I missed this. Squeezing out a simultaneous groan and a begrudgingly slow clap over a punny name well-realised. God, I love the localisation for these games so much.

Screenshot from the game ACE ATTORNEY: INVESTIGATIONS COLLECTION that shows an spiky-haired investigative reporter character named "Lloyd" saying "Tabby Lloyd, at your service!"

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 29/10/2025

opened the first booster pack and oh no i think im in trouble

a card from the Magic the Gathering X Final Fantasy collab: Buster Sword, one of the more expensive cards from this collection

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 29/10/2025

After 25+ years of clean living I fear I may have relapsed super hard

Several Magic the Gathering X Final Fantasy related sets: the bundle, the booster box, the Revival Trance Commander deck based on Terra from Final Fantasy 6, and the starter kit with two decks featuring Sephiroth and Cloud from Final Fantasy 7

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 12/10/2025

God, I sure hope so too, Sunrise.

photo of a television screen with a picture within picture showing Airforce One or Two and with the text "LIVE: TRUMP LEAVING SOON"

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 12/10/2025

Anyway, apart from pins and stickers from a variety of sources within PAX, the things I seemed to spend the most money/time on this year was... card games? oh no. oh this might be a relapse oh no

several card games gotten from PAX Australia 2025, including: Dolven Runes Gambit which is a two player card game based on the videogame Dolven coming out later 24 October 2025, Riftbound: a trading card game (TCG) based on the League of Legends universe with this being a trial deck based around the character of Jinx, and a con-exclusive Aladdin card from the Disney TCG Lorcana

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 12/10/2025

Instead I got dessert from Daniel's Donuts in Southern Cross Station, which also came recommended! 'Twas not a bad shout indeed!

Daniel's Donuts bag containing a delicious donut that, unfortunately, remains unseen (it was Bubblegum Spell)

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 12/10/2025

PAX Australia is done for another year. Lounging in my hotel room feeling a little sad about it. But not before I went out and had an awesome steak dinner at Yappari Steak under @veratan.bsky.social's recommendation. Oh lord. It was so good. Why is food in Melbourne SO GOOD how is this fair to meeee

a menu for Yappari Steak restaurant lying on top of a specials menu for items like "volcano karaage & chips" and "spicy steak"

a 200gm Yappari Steak (oyster blade) on a sizzling hot plate with a side dish set that consists of miso soup, salad, and rice (extra large in this case). A tray of condiments and sauces to put on the steak, including yuzu sauce, Japanese mayonnaise, and garlic soy sauce

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 11/10/2025

Hey @paxaus.bsky.social not sure if you can help or not but I've lost a very special pin in the shape of the Sarawak flag from my late father - possibly on the premises on the PAX showfloor (or at least I only noticed it was missing after visiting the floor and returning to my hotel room)

a pin in the shape of the Sarawak flag: yellow background with black and reg stripes and a yellow star, with gold highlights

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Edwyn "Omahdon" Tiong @edwyntiong.com · 09/10/2025

And for dinner? A vegan burger from Royal Stacks in Melbourne city proper and man oh man, I honestly could not tell this patty was not beef proper. It even has the kind of slight pink to the "meat" to seal the illusion, along with great mouthfeel and texture.

Royal Stacks platter with a Regina George (vegan) burger, a cup of potato gems, and a Blue Heaven milkshake

A Royal Stacks' Regina George Vegan burger, partially consumed, showing a cross section with the vegan bun, lettuce, shallot and gherkin sauce, vegan cheese, and vegan patty

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