kasdeyareminder that Archipelago exists and is absolutely incredible:
it lets you create “multiplayer games” where you and your friend play two completely different singleplayer games and find items for each other in your games
for example I could be playing Doom ‘93 and instead of getting the super-shotgun and a soulsphere, I might find the PokeFlute and some rare candies for my friend playing Pokemon
and then they might be exploring a cave and find the BFG and the red key for E1M4
I can’t believe that something like this can exist. and there are a surprising number of supported games too
tempest