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419 - PSP, GBA, INKING.

Added 2026-02-09 17:00:18 +0000 UTC

YAHOO! It’s Monday again, which means I get to once more spam my poor subscriber bros with completely useless information, collect likes and occasional comments. I must have done something really good in my previous life to deserve this marvelous existence. Well, in any case—let’s do this!

FIRST THINGS FIRST! Check out this latest AI slop. Not gonna lie—when I see people upload stuff like this to my Discord server, it kind of makes me want to drop everything and go back to working on Star Channel right away. Unfortunately, I can’t do that, of course, because I’m a responsible indie game dev and plan to have only one unfinished game in my portfolio: Magic Shop -_- P.S. Check the attachment to this post for the full version of this wonderful AI slop Star Channel 34 poster.

PSP. I’m playing Riviera: The Promised Land and really loving it so far. I decided to go with the PSP version (even though the GBA one looks really good on my RG35), because according to Google Gemini, the PSP version has like 50+ extra CGs. Is that true? No idea—but FOMO is real. Oh, and there was also a funny moment where one of the characters was supposed to read an ancient spell or something, but it was just Russian letters.

IRONY. According to Google Gemini (again), the Western version of the game is actually less censored visuals, so I’m playing the US rom, with Japanese audio and English text. It hurts my brain sometimes, because the text often differs greatly from what’s actually being said. The localizers basically rewrote the main character into an asshole—but since every line is voiced on PSP, I mostly just ignore what’s written on the screen and have a good time. ^_^

BEST RACING GAME ON GBA. I conducted some very serious research (watched multiple “Best GBA Racers” videos on YouTube) and found the best racing game on the GBA—IMHO. I tried around 20 different ones, including the ones considered THE BEST EVER, and none of them really clicked. Then I booted up Moto Racer Advance and instantly fell in love with it. It looks great, plays wonderfully, every track feels like a little road trip to another country, and when you unlock a new thingy, fully animated cheerleaders perform a little dance for you. What a great game. ^_^

BEFORE I FORGET. The Android version of The Mating Season is still not available. Xaljio usually handles all the APK repacks for me, but he’s been really busy with some IRL stuff and hasn’t been able to do it yet. It should be ready soon, though.

YOU THOUGHT I WAS DONE? Fun fact: the main reason I wanted an RG35 so badly was so I could play The Urbz on it. I’m not even exaggerating—this game is, for me, the absolute best on the console. I don’t even know what to compare it to… GTA: San Andreas for PS2, maybe? I could talk about this game for literal hours and still not be done, but I’m worried I might actually start bleeding subscribers soon if I don’t dial down this retro-gaming weirdness a bit. P.S. In The Urbz you can become friends with Lex Luthor! XD

HAS SOMEBODY ALREADY THOUGHT OF THAT? A funny idea crossed my mind: what if video game book clubs were a thing? Like a game gets chosen—like NFS: Underground, Jak II, or FFX—and everybody has a week to boot it up, play it, refresh the nostalgia, and discuss it later. It sounds like a fun thing to do to me, but maybe 5 years in the future or something. For now, I am way too busy with work -_-

"SPEAKING OF WHICH... Here is a list of things that took up the majority of my work time last week: writing, coding, inking, falling asleep behind my desk and doing some more writing :) In all seriousness, I am keeping busy but don't have anything that I would be willing to show off at the moment. Still on the skater girl stuff. It gets on my nerves a bit that it takes so long to wrap up her story, but if I start cutting corners now I know I'll hate myself later, so it is what it is. Thank you for your faith in me and allowing me to continue to do my thing in peace, bros. You are literally the best T_T

- Aka -