I was wondering this very thing. As some fossils were preserved whole, as others were not. I believe though, the whole ones, or even the ones that captured large contiguous chunks of tail could disprove this. Not sure, just was having a guess.

*Not due to soft tissue being found but more so signs of trapped decay of some sort.

I did some hoping, and some seriously long looks at the list. Thank you for these! I was gunna toss you some back if you don’t mind. I realized none of them are JP, but they are all vis-novels.

Mediterranea Inferno Giallo, Homo, Death Game Pumpkin Eater Kinetic, Vomit Fest, Trauma Grotesque Beauty Ito, Dream Realm, Monster We Know the Devil Counter-Culture, Queer, Great OST

Idk if you would like any of these, but they’ve all been nice games to “play.” Some are less interactive than others.

Of course, I completely understand. Mourn well, take care of yourself and remember they always live on in our hearts and our stories!

Retrievers are god’s gift to this world. They’re just some kind of love, and I am sorry you lost yours tonight. Sounds like she loved you so much, she wanted to stay with you as long as she could. I bet you she was a sweet bug the whole way through. It’s really special you got to spend all the time with her. Got me tearing up over here. I hope you’ve got someone/thing/folks to look out for you. I hope you get a chance to mourn like the dead deserve. I hope you find happiness in the little things you loved the most about her. Allow yourself space to honor your emotions. My gal likes to think they’re just waiting for us, and I can tell you I’ve had moments where I’ve felt like the little buggers are still around.

It’s kind of funny, at least in my own experience. Which I believe I read somewhere was quite common. The friends that I have made and kept around, tend to be neurodivergent as well. I am not saying it has to be exclusively neurodivergent folks. I am saying I know a lotta silly, loveable weirdos. I’ve got nothing on the last part.

Oh my god, you guys are killing me.

I don’t think it was social media. To be honest with you, this is the worst thing I have ever said. Seriously! I swear to god, it was once the “normies” got on the internet. I think “normies” are socialized to be cruel, and they took that cruelty to the internet. I loved it when it was for the freaks and the geeks. It was the best of the best!

It took my favorite activity (reading) and turned it into a social one. An educational one too! It was amazing. There’s still bits out here. I mean look at us. But there’s a lot of trash on these sites too. Just filter, enjoy your echo chamber, and be open to people entering it with opposite opinions. In fact, be open to opinions all over the place, even in person. Just saying, I use this as reprieve. I don’t need to work myself up, I want to chill and cool down with it.

I wish I knew it ever stopped. You can put some space between you and your pain, but I think once in love always in love. Best I can say is that love isn’t finite, and you can always go and find some more to share.

Oh, that’s really cute! I never thought about it, but it’d be a really fun game to play in Japanese. I have met my fair share of games East/West that load up on Proton and then close. I tend to return them, unless I know someone in my family wants to play them as well. I am the only one on Linux, tbh.

*No worries! I play pretty much exclusively pixel/text based games. I am not hurting. I can also emulate consoles, so I figure I am winning. I love desktops though. They’re just hard to move, and I like to travel light nowadays.

Idk, because there are games that were Western ports without any Japanese in them. But also I don’t really care, because what I want to play are now probably all considered “retro” games and I just emulate them instead. That works fine.

I am not a major gamer anymore. I play whatever I want to, when it catches my interest. But I pretty much play simple stuff. When I want to play games with “fancy graphics” it tends to be Japanese based. I like the stylized higher-end graphics of Japanese games over other countries. Even Chinese based ones. There is just a nice beauty to them. I don’t know studios like that anymore, which is why I didn’t go through the list. But equally, it really isn’t important to me personally - so I don’t have recall on them. I just know I tried a series of different Japanese games that I had both in my library already, as well as have purchased over the past couple of years. I have had consistent crash issues. I don’t think Japanese studios care that much about computer ports. I can’t even run Elin on my damn computer. I don’t care, because there are many games out there. I can also emulate many of the games I am interested in. The money doesn’t go to the developer, but I can’t help that if it is impossible for me to play it.

The biggest intention I had in saying what I said - is that I wanted people to know it’s not all roses. Even using Wine to emulate wonderful programs that I loved on Windows, Black Ink for example (my most used Steam product) is absolutely abysmal on Linux. I gave up, and switched to Krita. 10/10 would rather use Black Ink. I can dual boot, but Windows is a CREEP. I would rather lose accessibility to items, than continue to work in the Microsoft environment. I just hate when people show only the good sides of things, especially social media content/influencers, when in actuality there are issues which must be addressed and in turn stop the casual user from utilizing something they want to. I am sure there are hoops someone can jump to gain whatever they want. I will jump those hoops for exceptional things. Most things, I will lay to rest. This, I laid to rest. I have had issues with Square Enix games. I do not play their new stuff, so that could be it. Also, just because something is Deck Verified doesn’t mean it’ll work outside of there. Even when checking Proton.db.

This isn’t some “Wuhan flu” stuff. This is me bringing my valid experience while using one of the most commonly sold graphics cards. Just to let others know that while things are great, they’re not perfect.

I remember I bought some tapes a hundred years ago from some sweet asshole (they exist) at some so and such. I used the codes for Bandcamp, and never touched those damn tapes. I swore I would try to curb any of that mindless “quaint” spending. I have, but in general I just wish we had less stuff on this planet as a whole. I love paper. So damn much. It’s my favorite thing to draw on. I make sure what I am using is explicitly used, instead of gathered. If you’re using your tape-y, tapes - then it’s working out. People used tape-y, tapes all the time back in the day. You’re not weird, you’re just a person who enjoys what they like and like I said at one point what you liked was the norm. Or actually, if you have ADHD - you are weird, cause we all are. So I take that back!

I don’t do studios like that anymore but I will say that I have had trouble. Also, as someone who is Japanese, I am not out here trying to bash Japanese games specifically. I just know that I have explicitly had issues repeatedly with Japanese games. Which is why I want to warn people. Because I am not going to go out of my way to play them. I know there are other people who are migrating who are in the same boat. I hate when people say “Oh, everything is peachy” because it’s not. There are issues, and people should be aware of them.

Nah, I would love you forever if I saw that. Dark black circular sunglasses and an umbrella hat. You’d be the best! Push mower, even better. I wear bandanas, because I can store them easily and they protect my scalp. While I haven’t had an issue, I’ve seen what’s happened to my partner in the sun and I don’t feel like risking it. I know you can get stuff online, my gals gotten hats that way. They always come funny, all rolled up and what not. She’s more into stuff that me. I can’t even tell you how you get stuff regular after being folded up like that.

Yeah, get ones that are scrub-esq. I don’t wear them, but my gal used to all the time and gals were jealous of her pockets.

Ty, and thanks for making this in general!

What a little cutie! Who’s the off-screen buddy?

Idk what a Pi Zero 1 could play, but that sounds well enough for a good time.

I can’t imagine playing any VisNovels would be difficult, as those I have played from time to time. I am pretty much talking games which require graphics cards. The only Japanese title I have not had trouble with to be honest is Soul Hackers 2. Which people panned, so I don’t think people are clamoring to play it. I have had issues playing games from other countries of origin, but have consistently had issues playing Japanese games to the point of noting it. I just emulate instead.

What psych-horror VNs do you play? I love horror and like VNs.