And with that, I don't think I'll touch Oblivion ever again. What an absolute glitchfest of a game. . .

It only took me over 20 years, but I finally beat the original Deus Ex game from 2000.

I was a little underwhelmed, but I think it was mainly because I've played a lot of games that took inspiration from it and were successful from standing on its shoulders. (I felt the same way after watching Pulp Fiction for the first time nearly 15 years after it came out. . .)

As an aside, I was quite proud of myself for playing as a "pacifist". Except for three specific enemies, I used tranquilizer darts or a riot prod to knock everyone unconscious.

I will always laugh for a Boos Miller reference:

Several years of working retail has poisoned any cheer I have for the US holiday season. That said, I still wish everyone a splendid day and hope you’re okay wherever you are.

The fruits of my labor--a custom MST3K-themed Steam Deck boot movie:

My sister took this picture of me 20-ish years ago. The church my siblings and I grew up in was littered with jewels such as this.

This pretty much sums up my thoughts. . .

Messing with emulated Windows 95 and installing SimCity 2000 Special Edition. I had no idea the main executable for the 32-bit version had MST3K references in the metadata. Made my night.