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Cake day: July 4th, 2023

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  • I went outside of my usual wheelhouse and tried playing some of the Wario games for the gameboy advance. Finished Warioware in one afternoon (very fun short little collection of mini games) and currently on Wario Land 4. It’s a platformer with light puzzle elements, and I’m quite surprised at how much I’ve been enjoying it, as I usually don’t mesh with platformers.

    In a way, it reminds me of one of the later Commander Keen games, but with much better level design and variety in gameplay.

    It’s a polished and quirky little game, and its handheld roots lend itself to short sessions, which has been all I have time for.

    I think I’ll be investigating the earlier entries after I complete it. Certainly recommend it if you have access to a handheld emulator!








  • Thief: The Dark Project.

    It’s everything I could ever want.

    • Excellent story perfectly meshed with the gameplay.
    • A strange high-technology medieval world.
    • Incredible level design combined with realistic roughly drawn maps, forcing you to take in your surroundings and build your own map.
    • Variety of gameplay, ranging from infiltrating a rich baron’s mansion to rob them blind, to delving into ancient crypts filled with odd creatures and an alien culture for some adventurous tomb raiding, to some of the most terrifying pants filling survival horror I’ve yet encountered.

    It is, in my opinion, perfection.












  • True, forgot about them! Only issue with Lems (or at least their boots) is their construction doesn’t lend itself super well to resole-ing (though neither do Vivo’s, really), though I have heard of cobblers doing it by grinding down the existing sole and gluing on a replacement.

    The Jim Green Barefoot African Ranger is constructed like a traditional boot, so is easily resoled by any cobbler, but I had to send mine back since they weren’t wide enough for me (they seem to be on the more narrow end of ‘barefoot’ style boots).

    But for how affordable lems are, they’re a solid choice and have way more cushion than vivos.


  • After trying Barefoot style shoes (which usually have much wider than normal toeboxes) I can never go back.

    Vivobarefoot shoes are expensive, but pretty high quality and have a great toebox.

    Freet are more affordable and often made of recycled material, but some of their designs can be slightly odd looking. They hold up well though, very nice quality from the reviews I’ve seen. They’re made in the UK, I believe.

    Splay shoes offer what is essentially wide toebox vans.

    There’s tons more though. I’d recommend Anya’s Reviews to narrow down what suits you best, she’s pretty legit in her info from what I’ve seen.