Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

I got my hallway back!

@socketwench - I remember when Dark Crystal came out, it was meant to be "puppetries big break" in movies, so that it would be taken seriously. It still ended up being a kids movie.

I think Labyrinth is another attempt at that, but they aimed a little lower. Instead of trying to be a high art piece, they aimed at adults and kids to make a mainstream fantasy movie, and it failed to make it big when neither audience was really into it.

I don't remember Labyrinth being popular until it came out on home video.

@socketwench - One of the big things with me is that I have a very high "bullshit meter" when it comes to movies. It usually quiets down with Sci-Fi, but Fantasy will make it go off constantly.

I'm not sure why, but Labyrinth is one of the few movies where it stays pretty quiet. I think it's because it starts pretty grounded and gets wierder as time goes on, instead of diving you into the fantasy straight up.

@socketwench - I will watch it for Sarah's outfit.

One more piece of immersion for retrogaming both in Retroarch and EmuVR! Atari now makes a full on Wireless Atari Joystick, so as a "I Got The Job" present, I picked one up. And it works great, but even better, it comes with an adapter I can use on my 45+ year old Atari 2600!

My NES Controller does double duty as a TurboGrafx controller, and my Genesis one also acts as a controller for the 3DO. I just realized while packing I have a PSX Classic controller, which should work better for PS1 games than the DualShock, since it's missing the analog segment. I'd still use the PS2 controller for PS2 games.....

Starry Stare

I got my office back! All the office boxes are put away.

@Tooden - About six months too late, but I'll allow it. :) Thanks!

Fifty years on this planet, twenty six as a woman, I've never had a friendship bracelet. ❤

Our non profit had a holiday party at this barn loft, and let me tell you...I want to live in this barn loft forever and ever.

Things are looking pretty bleak moving forward. They've decided we're the problem needing fixing.

https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=news&sc=news_columns&id=336897&title=transmissions%3A_gender_outlaws_once_more

I recently heard this on a Nintendo annoucnement earlier today. I forgot how lovely this sounded. A song totally wasted on Tetris.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnohlkr9K1I

@Nuki - Nah, the glasses are totally decoration. I wear glasses in meat-space and I decided I wanted them in world.

I made someone laugh in world the other day when I took them off and stuck my finger through them.

Question for the Fighting Gamers in the PS1 and PS2 era.

I was playing the PS1 version of Street Fighter Alpha last night in VR, and I use an old PS2 DualShock controller. I've never liked the PS1/2 controller for fighting games cause the D-Pad is too tight, and the individual directional buttons hurt my thumb after a while.

What was your controller of choice for fighting games? Preferably D-Pads of the PS1 and PS2 era. I personally always preferred the SNES controller, but never found a good PS1/2 era controller.

In celebration of the new job, I've relit the hearth

I really was on the verge of taking boxes into storage Wednesday.

I have half a mind to keep all my toys packed, wait until Christmas Day, and have THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER unpacking BOXES AND BOXES OF TOYS.