Hello hello! I often feel like I don't deserve to shake the tip jar for all the creative stuff I do because I already have a full time job. *But* I feel like I've been putting so much of myself into this stuff on my weekends off that I can be a little more selfish and start doing that. So I'll be slapping my ko-fi link at the end of these newsletters now. Hope that's alright with y'all. :) With that said: let's see what's good! ## Interesting Stuff ### [Retro Game Corps on the RGSP](https://youtu.be/7pKTNIAZyGM) I got one of these and I love them! I've brought them up before when making [[A Quick Guide on Retro Handheld Emulators]], but Russ of Retro Game Corps just put out a video explaining the pros (and some cons) to the device that explains it in better detail than I could. Check it out! ### [Earthbound Battle Backgrounds](https://www.gjtorikian.com/Earthbound-Battle-Backgrounds-JS/) For some reason I was reminded of this website that generates Earthbound battle backgrounds! It still works! Sadly the Android live wallpaper doesn't anymore, or I would have definitely grabbed it again. It's cute! ## Planted this Week ### [[Thoughts on Dome Keeper]] This is a very cute and good Infiniminer-type game crossed with a tower defense. I'm super into it so I wrote some quick thoughts, despite being burnt out on writing lately, so check it and the game out! ## Media Corner Besides *Dome Keeper*, I finally finished *Rise of the Ronin*. It was fine! The worst of the Team Ninja games so far, but that still led to me putting 60 hours into it and giving it like a 7 or 8 out of 10 lol. Besides that, just been bouncing between *Nioh 2* and *Wo Long*. They are my cocomelon, and will give me something to do with my hands until *Visions of Mana* and *Gundam Breaker 4* come out...on the same day...whyyyyyy... I sat my sister down to watch *The First Slam Dunk* since I knew she wouldn't otherwise. That's my third time watching it, and it's easily one of the best movies I've ever seen in my life. Definitely give it a look if you haven't. On the music front, Asian Kung-Fu Generation just dropped a collection of singles called...*Single Collection*. Very cool. I also got a vinyl of the *FLCL* singles that were all compiled by the Pillows, so that'll be fun to listen to. ## Signing Off Hoping this upcoming week is a little easier for me. And I hope yours is too! Thanks for reading! Hit the ko-fi link below if you like what I've been putting out! https://ko-fi.com/barquq