I've once heard that the demoscene is one big family. Well, here's what happens when that family gets together for Christmas.
Jori Kemppi
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Hi. You may know me as Jobe, from the demoscene. Vegan, straight edge, he/him.
You've promised this before, but maybe this time you won't reinstall WhatsApp, and maybe six months from now when you get the invite to the midsummer family reunion, you'll finally have the good common sense to stay home.
The reunion is finally over. On your way home, you promise that you're skipping Christmas next year. You do enjoy the company of your brothers and sisters, but you can hang out with them any time without inviting racist uncles or fragile-egoed cousins to ruin everyone's fun. You also uninstall WhatsApp, which you're only using to have a group chat with your extended family, which turns into a mini-Christmas every two weeks.
You start opening presents. Every time a gift is unwrapped, your cousin scoffs and tells everyone how much that gift sucks. You tell him to give it a rest. Your cousin then flies completely off the handle. He tells everyone about his killer left hook, and that if you have a problem with him, you have a problem with his hands, and the two of you should go outside and handle that problem like men, you absolute wimp.
Mom serves rutabaga casserole. Your uncle starts regaling everyone with the made-up story of how the wokes want to ban using breadcrumbs on casserole because breadcrumbs are white, and how they want to force you to use nonpareils instead because they're LGBTQ+ colored. You roll your eyes. Your uncle notices that, then singles you out and starts berating you for your hysterical behavior.
There was a discussion elsewhere about what to do if you end up in possession of unreleased works created by a demoscener who has passed on.
Trying to speculate on anyone's intentions post-mortem is a bit ghoulish. However, if those intentions have not been voiced, that speculation may be hard to avoid.
So, as of now, here are my intentions. Hopefully none of this will be relevant any time soon!
Some day, someone will show up at their first demoparty, and this video will have been the first time they heard about the demoscene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsKWfqOlG7I
And I hope they'll have one of the best weekends of their life thus far.
MosesOnDope.EXE (Badger Badger Demoscene version)
How the hell do you make a medley of music from Liverpool and not include a single song by Carcass #eurovision
Revision DemopartyThe world has dimmed for us.
It is with sadness, and his loved ones in our hearts, that we say goodbye to our friend and fellow main orga - acryd.
And just like the magic he worked at the light desk, he may not have been the loud-and-about center of attention, but made Easter feel and look the way it did for more than 25 years.
We miss you, Ben. You are leaving a big gap as a team mate, but even more so as a friend.
If you want to share memories or want to leave condolences for his family, please use either https://www.pouet.net/topic.php?which=12469 or tell us here.
Octopath Traveler II is a stellar example of its genre. A story that meshes together more coherently than its predecessor, in a world full of nooks and crannies to explore, in the context of what's simply a well designed party-based RPG that would be fun to play even if you stripped away everything else but the fights and the party management. A strong candidate for my personal GOTY.