Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
I went and did something dumb, because a half-demon(?) roving artist of incomprehensible magnitude snuck up and bit me.
And I really don't know/care about the format specifically, because the idea is fun and I wanted to try it.
And now we will ALL suffer the consequences of my combination lack of common sense, critical thinking, and personal filter.
Granted, that's what happened with LAST year's coulda-been-a-sketchpad, because I got a little lost in too many festive variations and not enough commitment to finishing the bit... and the bit also kinda drove off a cliff and I don't know if I was ready to jump the whole way down.
BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT.
The point is to do something fun. And I'm having fun.
No one can stop me. Not even me.
EXCEPT maybe me. I could stop me by being lazy and noncommittal after the excitable afterglow wears off properly. That'd show me a thing or two. Or... EIGHT?!
I barely did the ONE. And arguably not to full completion.
How is it possible to overachieve AT underachievement?
It's okay, I'm equally bad at all the social medias anyway, oops!
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And thus Crimbus was saved. By me. From me. For me. By me.
You're ALL welcome. Especially the ones who never had to know it.
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It doesn't have to be a snowman! ... ... ... oh-kay, byyyyeeee~!
I went and did something dumb, because a half-demon(?) roving artist of incomprehensible magnitude snuck up and bit me.
And I really don't know/care about the format specifically, because the idea is fun and I wanted to try it.
And now we will ALL suffer the consequences of my combination lack of common sense, critical thinking, and personal filter.
Granted, that's what happened with LAST year's coulda-been-a-sketchpad, because I got a little lost in too many festive variations and not enough commitment to finishing the bit... and the bit also kinda drove off a cliff and I don't know if I was ready to jump the whole way down.
BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT.
The point is to do something fun. And I'm having fun.
No one can stop me. Not even me.
EXCEPT maybe me. I could stop me by being lazy and noncommittal after the excitable afterglow wears off properly. That'd show me a thing or two. Or... EIGHT?!
I barely did the ONE. And arguably not to full completion.
How is it possible to overachieve AT underachievement?
It's okay, I'm equally bad at all the social medias anyway, oops!
twitter.com/yuugijoou
bsky.app/profile/yuugijoou.bsky.social
threads.com/yuugijoou
discord.gg/bKT9pRW
And thus Crimbus was saved. By me. From me. For me. By me.
You're ALL welcome. Especially the ones who never had to know it.
---
It doesn't have to be a snowman! ... ... ... oh-kay, byyyyeeee~!
![[(After) Valentines 2024] Time Lapse Sketchpad Heart to Heart: Abreast of Old Trends](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d3YhIKuUN78/mqdefault.jpg "[(After) Valentines 2024] Time Lapse Sketchpad Heart to Heart: Abreast of Old Trends
Or is this more of a love-hate relationship?
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Rated M for I need an adult? One besides me, I mean. Clear conflict of interest here!
This is a tough one... because these are definitely both facets of my own personality... ... ... so. I seem to... tolerate myself? Despite all kinds of horrendous things done in my own name... to myself... for... ... ... fun?
... ... ...this is gonna take a bit to properly unravel, I guess.
Well, if theres one thing I apparently cant let go, its a low-quality rendition of an old garbage-tier meme that everyones already gone and forgotten about anyway.
Case in point, the heart shaped boob challenge which... yeah.Thats about as mature as it sounds. Yep.
Thing is, my most prominent reaction is more or less... umm... thats not the most OBVIOUS method of bringing a heart shape into the equation. Especially since the similarities to peaches is long overdone anyway.
And thats really the butt of the whole joke... sorry of the observation wasnt especially deep.
But now its out of my head, and I can close the books on this deranged holiday once again. For another year, at least. My unfortunate mind virus is now passed on to you!
Tag, no tag-backs!
... ... ...this was all an elaborate, totally transparent excuse for me to play with myself, wasnt it?
If nothing else, isnt that the TRUE meaning of Valentines Day?
...its not?
... ... ...dang.")
![[Gameplay Only] Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition 5. Glow in the Dark Swamp](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dHlNK3WN7q8/mqdefault.jpg "[Gameplay Only] Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition 5. Glow in the Dark Swamp
Curiously, Juju is STILL with us. And a couple of grandpas. ;3
If you NEED senseless chatter and a puppet show, theres that version as well:
https://youtube.com/live/-IEHS5ai1qI
(the gameplay resolution will suffer a bit for it, are you sure?)
Originally ALSO streamed at:
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Stay up to date on what nonsense Im doing:
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...or, yknow, just harass me if Im doing something you dont like, whatever.")
![[Gameplay Only] Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Update of Date Up to Date?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/e24MiQWRSK4/mqdefault.jpg "[Gameplay Only] Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Update of Date Up to Date?
But does it fix any of the weird things Ive personally discovered?! The world may never know...
If you NEED some mindless chatter on the sidebar, theres that version as well:
https://youtube.com/live/ALa4l2lktcM
(unfortunately, due to the nature of streaming, the resolution is a bit lower...)
Originally ALSO streamed at:
https://twitch.tv/yuugijoou/
Stay up to date on what nonsense Im doing:
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...or, yknow, just harass me if Im doing something you dont like, whatever.")
![[Stream Archive] Splatoon Raiders 3. Chill Island Vibes, Pinch of Salt and Spice](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eCV52eUD7qQ/mqdefault.jpg "[Stream Archive] Splatoon Raiders 3. Chill Island Vibes, Pinch of Salt and Spice
Something that I can unwind with but not end up staying up all night to. IN THEORY.
If you need LESS chatter, theres that version as well:
https://youtu.be/pNRkD-PhBLg
(the gameplay resolution will be higher at least?!)
Originally ALSO streamed at:
https://twitch.tv/yuugijoou/
Stay up to date on what nonsense Im doing:
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https://discord.gg/bKT9pRW
...or, yknow, just harass me if Im doing something you dont like, whatever.")
![[Gameplay Only] Fire Emblem: Three Houses 13. Throwing Yourself into Your Work](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/f1UTA5ZPH8M/mqdefault.jpg "[Gameplay Only] Fire Emblem: Three Houses 13. Throwing Yourself into Your Work
Probably the healthiest possible reaction to a bad turn of events...
You didnt (necessarily) miss anything... but experimental format episode 12.5 wherein all the quasi-academia social links grinding happened in a safely quarantined quiet afternoon of silence and fishing and such occurred here:
https://youtu.be/B7DBMVgbUkA
(yknow, in case you feel like you REALLY missed out as I tried shoving every lost item into every student and/or occasionally save scummed some bad interactions where time blocks are at stake)
If you crave saucy puppet action to explain how badly I can get lost in menus, theres that version as well:
https://youtube.com/live/McfzNV-9Uio
Originally ALSO streamed at:
https://twitch.tv/yuugijoou/
Stay up to date on what nonsense Im doing:
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https://discord.gg/bKT9pRW
...or, yknow, just harass me if Im doing something you dont like, whatever.")
![[VTuber] Star Fox Lylat VTuber Phenomenon](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/f54FMP_og6w/mqdefault.jpg "[VTuber] Star Fox Lylat VTuber Phenomenon
How could this possibly go wrong?!
And it only took about half the time it did to beat ONE boss on Silksong!
If for some reason, youre satisfied with a NON-Lylat VTuber phenomenon getting in the way, I suppose theres also that option:
https://youtube.com/live/J4-LFQGHI6I
Originally ALSO streamed at:
https://twitch.tv/yuugijoou/
Stay up to date on what nonsense Im doing:
https://twitter.com/yuugijoou
https://discord.gg/bKT9pRW
...or, yknow, just harass me if Im doing something you dont like, whatever.")
![[VTuber] Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition 8. Somewhere, Beyond the Sea](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fcj3bCM4bHc/mqdefault.jpg "[VTuber] Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition 8. Somewhere, Beyond the Sea
Somewhere, waiting for me. (But were probably going to be here awhile yet. ;3)
If you need LESS chatter, theres that version as well:
https://youtu.be/yeXXeoTyh3U
(the gameplay resolution will be higher at least?!)
Originally ALSO streamed at:
https://twitch.tv/yuugijoou/
Stay up to date on what nonsense Im doing:
https://twitter.com/yuugijoou
https://discord.gg/bKT9pRW
...or, yknow, just harass me if Im doing something you dont like, whatever.")
![[Gameplay Only] Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition 7. Seas the Day](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fgTv0YvDT4o/mqdefault.jpg "[Gameplay Only] Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition 7. Seas the Day
Leave it to bird lady!
If you NEED the puppet show chatter, theres that version as well:
https://youtube.com/live/_SB49HjT8Mo
(remember if you click that: you chose this, to occupy some larger than necessary part of the stream and reduce the quality thereof! ;3)
Originally ALSO streamed at:
https://twitch.tv/yuugijoou/
Stay up to date on what nonsense Im doing:
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https://discord.gg/bKT9pRW
...or, yknow, just harass me if Im doing something you dont like, whatever.")
![[Super Game Boy] Donkey Kong #3. Geometry Ensues](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fkxJsC7qdfo/mqdefault.jpg "[Super Game Boy] Donkey Kong #3. Geometry Ensues
Or it could be a football... but it definitely has huge fangs!
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(dont worry, this world is nearly over with, and these obtuse and obscure references can stop)
For extra funsies, hows about playing the thing WITHOUT the parts that ostensibly make it Super and not just Game Boy?
To get down to just the pixels and utterly defeat any purpose to playing it like this at all, try here:
https://youtu.be/Q6PNlhHvUJQ
While Im being up-front about my failings... apparently I managed to get the capture a bit off in the audio department. Specifically the timing.
Alas, my ages-old foe. All the way back to my FIRST upload series of the NES Castlevania to more recent adventures with Advance Wars Re-Boot-Camp (and the original Advance Wars!)... I will always find a way to incur the wrath of this technical devil.
As with the more recent incidence, its not EXTREMELY notable per se... but it DOES get progressively worse and distracting over time.
This game is mercifully slow-paced and contemplative as it is, so the effect is... I want to say relatively minimal. I still want to acknowledge and non-apologize for not scrapping the whole project immediately over it.
Big City
I dont really feel the need to dig deep into these stages at the moment, because theyre pretty strongly coded with the good ol design sense of ye olde Nintendo, much as the opening formation of World 1-1 essentially teaches you 90% of what it takes to play Super Mario Bros.
In that spirit, the more imminently important bits of information are the carefully strung-along constant influx of new game mechanics that will gradually begin to interact and coalesce into a richer tapestry of true full-on puzzle platformer complexity.
To wit: we are introduced to... um... THESE... thingies! Little powerup icons in the form of double-headed horizontal and vertical lines. Not line segments or even rays, but honest-to-goodness LINES! ... ... ...no one?
Like the geometric LINES they truly are, they represent an infinitely-expansive linear asset: platforms for the horizontal and ladders for the vertical. You can use these to navigate entirely new bespoke paths through the stage! ...but only for a limited time!
When the increasingly urgent-sounding jingle ends and the effect is dispelled, its important to note that there are some unspoken caveats to this process:
You can reset the effects timer by picking up another of these linear aids.
Platforms and ladders will dissolve in real time when their effect ends, starting from the point of origin and expanding outward from there. (In the same, but opposite, fashion as they were generated, in fact!)
All of these icons will regenerate when the effect ends. This allows you to try again and again, in case you messed up somewhere along the way during the process of using them. Puzzle!
You may have noticed that THIS rendition of Mario is quite the one-hit wonder. No, not his acrobatics, I mean in his durability! Nearly anything hostile or hazardous in the environment will terminate the poor plumber and/or carpenter in a single hit!
The curious exception is when hes carrying something (most frequently the stages exit key), which will most often simply bowl him over temporarily and cause him to drop what he was holding. (Beware, anything once he and his load are parted may once more prove imminently fatal!)
The most ever-present of these hazards is humble gravity. Something the demos of the late-breaking Part 0 of this series shows off, elegantly or otherwise, is the fact that a fall from excessive heights will cause him to collapse into a comically helpless heap on the floor. This flexes your survival rate from such things to about twice as far a fall as the original arcade Jumpman would find crushingly fatal.
There are limits, however, and falling from TOO great a height will cause him to fall on his head and expire in somewhat less comical slapstick. I mean... it was always there in the way Jumpman expressed the end of his short life in the arcade, were just playing up the angle faithfully.
You can tell when this is happening, because Marios apparently floaty descent will be accompanied by animation of him losing control of his descent and finding his poor noggin in extreme peril. Perhaps even time enough for the five stages of grief before impact?
You can actually turn certain less extreme cases of the non-fatal form of harmful fall into a chance for Mario to demonstrate his acrobatic tumbling skills (not seen in the demos!) by tucking and rolling to preserve his ambulatory agency, instead of said aforementioned crumpled heap state... but it definitely wont save you if youre well on your way to landing on your head. (Try not to do that!)
Every four stages culminates in a showdown with DK. The finale of each themed world is generally an actual battle to bonk the simian with handy local fixtures!")
![[Gameplay Only] Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition [Inter-Intermmission] 9.5. Seas the Day!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/g3QWz-MjT9E/mqdefault.jpg "[Gameplay Only] Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition [Inter-Intermmission] 9.5. Seas the Day!
BONUS! The two Intermissions, wherein I got interrupted about an hour in by important-ish stuffs got recombined into one difficult-to-swallow, but far more powerful dose! Arent you glad?!
This is a little experimental format change JUST for the fact that the game crawls to a complete stop outside of the JRPG antics the series is known for... THAT way I can spend my REAL time throwing saucy tea party puppet shows during appropriate moments and story content!
...in theory, anyway!
Fancy way of saying that Im just un-skipping the sidequests that I was otherwise rushing past when we were on and the hour was fast becoming late and I wanted to end stream on a high and bombastic ILL KILL YOU! note. (Thanks, Shoolk!)
But make sure you seize it some OTHER day, just to be sane and well-paced?
If you NEED the goober-y chatter, theres that versions as well, in their original, separated format:
Part 1: https://youtube.com/live/1o0FBeIrnaU
Part 2: https://youtube.com/live/qn2c8utoL54
Originally ALSO streamed at:
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Stay up to date on what nonsense Im doing:
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...or, yknow, just harass me if Im doing something you dont like, whatever.")
![[Archive] Splatoon 3 Feeling Fresh? Limping Across the Finish Line](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gzj351tQtHU/mqdefault.jpg "[Archive] Splatoon 3 Feeling Fresh? Limping Across the Finish Line
Gotta be Fresh before you can Sizzle!
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...wait, did I just invent a brand of personal hygiene products?
Oh, its just a couple more levels, thats fine. In FACT, I can just try some Ranked along the way, maybe Ill reach promotion threshold without much more difficulty than that!
... ... ...why must we always repeat the lies we have already told ourselves and been crushed by?
Obviously, the very LAST day of the season, when the next seasons major stage design layout overhauls have already gone into effect, is NOT the right time to try to make a big rankings push. But as with every season prior, I will always prioritize literally anything but, even with a fresh new calendar on which to seize the day.
Forget all that, kid. Go get some of those golden eggs. Synergize some paradigms that do NOT revolve around sweaty, fashion-obsessed youth culture. What do you say, fellow the youth?
Im going to TRY to be more consistent going forward with a) stream archives (which I have over a hundred of, easily), but also b) actual uniquely not-streamed content (which laughs heartily at how little the stream archive backlog has to its name)
...but... um... well see? (I sure hope we will, anyway... this habit of generally NOT-seeing has had me massively bummed out for longer than YouTube can actually remember.)")
