marfGH: Volume 0 Expanded Edition - Out Now! (+ Volume 2 and beyond news) mariteaux 2026-09-19 | marfGH: Volume 0 Expanded Edition - Out Now! (+ Volume 2 and beyond news)
The Most Dangerous Easter Egg Hunt (Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Part 6) mariteaux 2025-06-18 | I promise, we will make some actual progress this time.Games played:Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Actually Frankly Tonight Instead of Jak Ive Decided to Play (Tony Hawks Pro Skater 4) mariteaux 2025-06-18 | Your free will is an illusion.Games played:Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 (PS1)Fantavision (PS2)Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Beating Greg Heffley With a Stick in the Arctic (Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Part 5) mariteaux 2025-06-11 | And back to your regularly scheduled Jakening!Games played:Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Twenty-Six (??????????????????????????) mariteaux 2025-06-04 | A novel thing to stream: getting older.Intro song: youtube.com/live/NwWqfUalG0YOutro song: Styles of Beyond - SubcultureQuakePSX: github.com/fgsfdsfgs/quakepsxGames played:Quake (PS1, unofficial port)Baby Universe (PS1)Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (PS1, early beta)Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (PS1, early beta)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Eco Politics (Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Part 4) mariteaux 2025-05-28 | Seriously, who didn't tell me the ground pounce could break scout fly boxes? (Answer: probably everyone did.)Games played:Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Zoomer Going Zoomies (Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Part 3) mariteaux 2025-05-21 | Kurt Cobain IS alive and well and will be joining us this stream! Just trust me on this.Intro song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTsLECF5L7cStories on mari.somnol: http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net/writing/storiesDocBook setup: http://github.com/mariteaux/marfs-docbook-xsltGames played:Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Ghibli Hills and Caffeine (Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Part 2) mariteaux 2025-05-14 | I'm not going in circles, YOU'RE going in circles.Intro song: Soul Coughing - CirclesGames played:Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
The Reverend Horton Heat - Psychobilly Freakout (GH2 94% 201,746) mariteaux 2025-05-09 | I initially recorded this video with handcam on a whim for some friends, but honestly, it's fun enough to watch (and 60FPS!) that I'll make it public. I am so garbage at this game with guitar still, but this chart is ungodly amounts of fun and every time I play it, I seem to get better at it, so I'm okay with that. Seriously, this is my new power song.Still working through the GH2 set on RetroAchievements! Add me there, let's get those Internet points together, baby: retroachievements.org/user/mariteaux
I Wish I Was an Ottsel (Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Part 1) mariteaux 2025-05-07 | As a recently unemployed man, I could use a vacation.Intro music: Jak and Daxter OST - Sandover VillageGames played:Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Internet Juice Machine (The RetroAchievements Special!) mariteaux 2025-04-30 | The beatings will continue until number goes up.Games played:Guitar Hero II (PS2)Namcomuseum Vol. 1 (PS1)Potentially others?http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Up Your Arsenal (Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando, Part 7) mariteaux 2025-04-23 | The final frontier?Games played:Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Ommmmmmmmmmmm (Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando, Part 6.5) mariteaux 2025-04-16 | Breaking into corporate with your new genetics major cat GF, how romantic.Failed original intro: youtube.com/watch?v=lfBxtpdR2aAmarf's RetroAchievements: retroachievements.org/user/mariteauxGames played:Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
The Memberberries Stream (Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando, Part 5) mariteaux 2025-04-09 | *cracks open an alcoholic Monster* I'm so lonely.Intro song: Quarashi - Dive InGames played:Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
I CRASH 100 TIMES IN ULTRA-VIOLENT MARIO KART (Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando, Part 4) mariteaux 2025-04-02 | No, I really don't ever get tired of talking.Intro song: OK Go - Unrequited Orchestra of LocomotionGames played:Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando (PS2)Sega Rally Championship (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Our Lawyers Said to Change the Name of This Stream (Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando, Part 3) mariteaux 2025-03-26 | Now with 100% less sperging about how YPbPr works!marfGH repo: http://github.com/mariteaux/marfghIntro song: Remy Zero - ProblemGames played:Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Advertiser Friendly (Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando, Part 2) mariteaux 2025-03-19 | I sure hope no big strong advertiser boys want to take advantage of my discussions of weighty topics,,,,Games played:Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Bogon Bozos (Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando, Part 1) mariteaux 2025-03-12 | Hey Ratchet, you sound different. Head cold? Or it could be that THIS GAME SUPPORTS PROGRESSIVE SCAN HOLY SHIT.Games played:Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Singing to Me in My Sleep (Amplitude, FreQuency, and Rock Band) mariteaux 2025-03-05 | Hey! I can stream this game on hardware with a real DualShock and everything! SPAZTIK FOUR BAR ON STREAM LET'S GO????Intro song: Toxic Doom - Scavengers (a remix of Dieselboy's remix of Styles of Beyond's "Subculture" done in Amplitude by me)Games played:Amplitude (PS2)FreQuency (PS2)Rock Band Track Pack Vol. 1 (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Chocolate and Kittens (Pac-Man World 3, Part 4) mariteaux 2025-02-26 | Let's go make Erwin beg for my meat.Games played:Pac-Man World 3 (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
This is Fine (Pac-Man World 3, Part 3) mariteaux 2025-02-19 | There's a screechin' in my right ear, chat is talking about flavored Kleenex, and my paws are sore. This is fine.Intro song: Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man FeverGames played:Pac-Man World 3 (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
My Hardest GH2 Custom to Date (Rob Hubbard - Monty on the Run Theme) mariteaux 2025-02-17 | Still banging away at charts and retexture stuff for marfGH, slowly but surely...I'm roughly averaging a chart every ten days or so, which is great. We're on track for a summer release.Most of my customs are of pretty playable but I feel fairly fun songs. Chordy indie rock, some solos here and there, but nothing particularly punishing. The GH2 engine is already difficult enough to play on without me throwing plate patterns at anyone, and those just don't show up in the songs I wanna play anyway.This, though! I've had the idea of charting more game and computer music for a while now (maybe doing a whole marfGH volume in the future of them), and this one's a stone cold CLASSIC. This is the theme to a highly regarded Commodore 64 platformer called Monty on the Run (natch), and the guy who wrote it, Rob Hubbard, is a legend of SID music. Seriously, none of that is news to anyone who actively follows the SID scene like I don't. That said, legends are legends for a reason. Patterns as fast as the ones at the end of this song probably shouldn't be possible on the SID, and it's catchy as all get out to boot. (If you remember which meme used this song to pretty amazing effect, you get a pinned comment.)I was able to pull stems out of this one. sidplay lets you mute each of the emulated SID's three channels, and I captured 'em separately and then did some light editing to produce a "guitar" part and a "bass" part. I charted the initial pass of that solo drunk in a call with friends, and I've just been making sure it's as accurate as I can make it since. With this many unique parts to the song, reductions took a while, and everything was almost eaten last minute by a weird FeedBack glitch that Moonscraper helped fix, at the cost of having to redo the fretmapping and Face-Off phrases. Messy business, charting for this game.I think my Retribution rechart is a lot harder in spots, but this is more consistently fast and crazy, so I'm calling it harder. Looks like a lot of fun though. I could probably pull out a pretty damn good run of this one on controller, but definitely not on guitar. I'll be very curious to try it myself either tonight or tomorrow.This one will appear on the Volume 0 reissue, along with nine other new songs. Gotta give you a reason to redownload that thing after Volume 1 comes out, yeah?http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Pac-Shaming (Pac-Man World 3, Part 2) mariteaux 2025-02-12 | Pac-Man better get two cakes and a happy ending after this is all done.Intro song: "Weird Al" Yankovic - Pac-ManGames played:Pac-Man World 3 (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Its My World and Im Going to Eat It (Pac-Man World 3, Part 1) mariteaux 2025-02-05 | Warning: they gave Pac-Man a Voice. If you do not like Pac-Man having a Voice, steer clear of this stream.Intro song: Power Pill - Pac-ManGames played:Pac-Man World 3 (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
The Show Must Go On (Rock Band Track Pack Vol. 1) mariteaux 2025-01-29 | Did you miss me?Games played:Rock Band Track Pack Vol. 1 (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
MARFGH. ON REAL HARDWARE. WITH A GUITAR. (marfs GH2 Customs!) mariteaux 2025-01-01 | I'm the paradox deity vessel.Games played:Guitar Hero II (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Lets Give This Another Try (Vib-Ribbon Customs, Part 2) mariteaux 2024-12-26 | No alcohol here, officer!Games played:Vib-Ribbon (PS1)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Fuck It We Binky (Vib-Ribbon Customs) mariteaux 2024-12-25 | We return back to the well of awful songs the Somnolians have sent me that I'm playing blind! It's the only Christmas tradition I've got.Intro song: Laugh and Beats - Laugh and Beats (Vib-Ribbon soundtrack)Games played:Vib-Ribbon (PS1)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
The Demos Live On (Custom PS2 Demo Discs) mariteaux 2024-12-18 | You like demo discs? How about brand new, custom demo discs from your friend mariteaux?Games played:(All games are early builds of their final counterparts)Yabasic (PS2)FreQuency (PS2)Amplitude (PS2)Guitar Hero II (PS2)Neopets: The Darkest Faerie (PS2)Pitfall: The Lost Expedition (PS2)Okami (PS2)Smash TV (Arcade, Midway Arcade Treasures for PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
I Imagine This is What Hells Like (Diarrhea Dan and Other BBC Flash Games) mariteaux 2024-12-11 | Caby wanted me to play some insane looking old Flash games, and I agreed--but I do have an escape route. I always have an escape route.Games played:Various bad BBC Flash games (PC)Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (PS1)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
the good ol days (Minecraft Alpha) mariteaux 2024-12-04 | *cracks open Monster* That was a good game.Games played:Minecraft Alpha v1.1.2_01 (PC)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Going Commando (Ratchet and Clank, Part 5) mariteaux 2024-11-27 | Going back to where we started from. Perhaps in more ways than one.Games played:Ratchet and Clank (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Drek is Dreck (Ratchet and Clank, Part 4) mariteaux 2024-11-20 | Can Captain Qwark stop an alien cat and his robot boyfriend from saving the world? Which is the final planet that Chairman Drek is aiming at? Will we actually finish this game this time? All this, and more!Games played:Ratchet and Clank (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Are We There Yet? (Ratchet and Clank, Part 3) mariteaux 2024-11-13 | Jesus, this game is shorter than I remembered.Games played:Ratchet and Clank (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
In the Blackwater Swirling (Ratchet and Clank, Part 2) mariteaux 2024-11-06 | I wish I had a Suck Cannon in real life.Games played:Ratchet and Clank (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
The Dark Realm of Blue Magic (Quake: Blue Episode) mariteaux 2024-10-30 | For Halloween this year, let's get slimed by some spawns. Guh.Intro song: Rob Zombie - Living Dead GirlGames played:Quake: Blue Episode (PC)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Robotic Operating Buddy (Ratchet and Clank, Part 1) mariteaux 2024-10-23 | I just can't stay away from my middle school gaming habits these days.Intro song: Siestas - mtlxGames played:Ratchet and Clank (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
The Part Where He Kills You (Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves, Part 6) mariteaux 2024-10-16 | This is that part. OR IS IT?Games played:Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Limewire Episode (Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves, Part 5) mariteaux 2024-10-09 | Ironically, this is one of the few games I've streamed that I'm playing a legitimately bought copy of on real hardware.Games played:Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
MoriHime - Shooting Star (GH2 Custom) mariteaux 2024-10-08 | Long time no see, GH2 people!I've been getting the fuzzies for GH2 again for a couple months now, but my boy Connor dropped me some stems for a song he did for his virtual J-rock group MoriHime a few days ago, and you don't say no to free stems, do you?In short order, I charted it all up pretty quickly and dusted off my old chart demo disc to show it off in-engine. Normally, when I chart for GH2, something has to get tweaked, either the stage animations or the mix, but here? Pretty much perfect on the first shot. I can't describe how excited I was to see it in-engine. Seriously, every GH2 custom I get working is a little bit like Christmas--I can't 100% tell what it'll look like just from some text events and FeedBack note scrolls, so it's as much a surprise to me as it is to you.You won't be able to tell from this video, but (shoutout to Felipe who found a way to make this happen) I switched over my formerly very clunky MIDI pitches-based camera cut solution to a text event solution far closer to how Rock Band does its cuts, as I always intended but never 100% figured out. This means I can author cuts directly in FeedBack (fast, easy) and not in Reaper's piano roll (obnoxious, eye-glazing). I'll need to port my existing charts over to this, but going forwards, much easier on myself.I've been debating the best way to announce my future plans for GH2, but this is what I've got for tonight: I still love this game, and I will do more with it. I will eventually finish up the marfGH discs, and all my other silly ideas. You will see those. I think it'd be a damn shame if all the work I've done and could be doing for easily my favorite game of all time went to waste because of some dumb shit that happened in a Discord server almost two years now. I'm not saying right now, but I'm saying by the end of 2025, there will be something big from me. I might still go into more detail in a video, but you'll have to give me a bit. I'm working full time now, and my time is a lot more precious to me as a result.The MoriHime stuff is fucking killer, and if you like your J-music, you can check out Connor's full tribute to Sonic Adventure's soundtrack over on his Bandcamp: http://morihime.bandcamp.com/album/morihimeAnd! Although I'm holding the full GH2 chart for a future marfGH, since this video is partially meant to promote his album (again, go listen to it, some phenomenal effort went into it), I've prepared a Clone Hero version of this chart which you can grab off my website: mariteaux.somnolescent.net/modding/guitar-hero/charts/morihime_-_shooting_star_ch.zipStay tuned, folks. If you're here twenty years after GH2 came out, you're probably in it for the long haul, and I thank you for that. Let's give this another try.
Kings in Zen (Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves, Part 4) mariteaux 2024-10-02 | Hey! You murdered my family, we murder lots of people who probably have family. We have a lot in common. You should join our team.Games played:Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Up From the Skies (Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves, Part 3) mariteaux 2024-09-25 | Bentley enters the gang into a dogfighting competition to get some mouse tail. I mean, to forward the plans to open the Cooper vault.Intro song: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium ArcadiumGames played:Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Guru Meditation (Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves, Part 2) mariteaux 2024-09-14 | All I can think of for a description is that I once read this awful fetish roleplay that ended with the kangaroo being invited to Outback Steakhouse. I don't recall how he reacted. Anyway, we're going to Australia.Games played:Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Geraldos Vault (Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves, Part 1) mariteaux 2024-09-07 | Time to stop putting it off. No more Madonna.Intro song: Sly 2 - Paris Overworld ThemeGames played:Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
The Return of Big Chunky, the Thicc Thigh Thot (??????????????????????????) mariteaux 2024-08-17 | I've been away for too long.Intro song: Soundgarden - Been Away Too LongGames played:Xevious (Atari 7800)Pole Position II (Atari 7800)Gran Turismo 2 (PlayStation)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
The Real DWI Simulator (Gran Turismo 2) mariteaux 2024-06-23 | I just drank a fifth of Kool-aid--dare me to drive?Games played:Gran Turismo 2 (PS1)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Going Down in Flames (Sly 2: Band of Thieves, Part 8) mariteaux 2024-05-20 | Tonight, Sly 2 gets finished! I've always wanted to fly around in a blimp.Games played:Sly 2: Band of Thieves (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Cock Contest (Sly 2: Band of Thieves, Part 7) mariteaux 2024-05-13 | Sly and gang partake in the Canadian Winter Games and prove that they just might not be the most honest competitors. Savannah may rejoin us.Games played:Sly 2: Band of Thieves (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
The Rolling, Driftless North (Sly 2: Band of Thieves, Part 6) mariteaux 2024-04-29 | A Canadian settler awakens from 150 years of frozen slumber to learn that China has bought up all the land first. Also, I speak to a real Canadian?????? [not clickbait]Games played:Sly 2: Band of Thieves (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Mysterious Towers of Pog (Sly 2: Band of Thieves, Part 5) mariteaux 2024-04-22 | Let more WW2 jokes commence!Intro song: Dan Auerbach - Because I ShouldGames played:Sly 2: Band of Thieves (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
Tonight, Theres Gonna Be a Jailbreak (Sly 2: Band of Thieves, Part 4) mariteaux 2024-04-15 | Tonight on Sly 2, Bentley drives a Bentley, Sly plays with the Contessa's ass, and Murray gets thrown in solitary confinement.Intro song: Jeff Tweedy - Laminated CatGames played:Sly 2: Band of Thieves (PS2)http://mariteaux.somnolescent.net
