This Stupid Ass Fucking Dance He Does Is Making Me Laugh My Ass Off

i think the near-extinction of people making fun, deep and/or unique interactive text-based browser games, projects and stories is catastrophic to the internet. i'm talking pre-itch.io era, nothing against it.

there are a lot of fun ones listed here and here but for the most part, they were made years ago and are now a dying breed. i get why. there's no money in it. factoring in the cost of web hosting and servers, it probably costs money. it's just sad that it's a dying art form.

anyway, here's some of my favorite browser-based interactive projects and games, if you're into that kind of thing. 90% of them are on the lists that i linked above.

A Better World - create an alternate history timeline

Alter Ego - abandonware birth-to-death life simulator game

Seedship - text-based game about colonizing a new planet

Sandboxels or ThisIsSand - free-falling sand physics games

Little Alchemy 2 - combine various elements to make new ones

Infinite Craft - kind of the same as Little Alchemy

ZenGM - simulate sports

Tamajoji - browser-based tamagotchi

IFDB - interactive fiction database (text adventure games)

Written Realms - more text adventure games with a user interface

The Cafe & Diner - mystery game

The New Campaign Trail - US presidential campaign game

Money Simulator - simulate financial decisions

Genesis - text-based adventure/fantasy game

Level 13 - text-based science fiction adventure game

Miniconomy - player driven economy game

Checkbox Olympics - games involving clicking checkboxes

BrantSteele.net - game show and Hunger Games simulators

Murder Games - fight to the death simulator by Orteil

Cookie Clicker - different but felt weird not including it. by Orteil.

if you're ever thinking about making a niche project that only a select number of individuals will be nerdy enough to enjoy, keep in mind i've been playing some of these games off and on for 20~ years (Alter Ego, for example). quite literally a lifetime of replayability.

This is my big post for Trigun Fanfic Appreciation Week! I tried to stick to fics and authors I haven't already seen recommended and authors with under 5 fics if I'm recommending everything they've written (that said, you should definitely go read everything procrastinatingbookworm has written. I might do a post just for them.)

These are not described because I would have never gotten the post out if I tried but i've included ratings. These are all vashwood or gen.

everything by https://archiveofourown.org/users/molotovhappyhour/ (fics range from M-E, 18k-39k)

fool in the moon - arahir https://archiveofourown.org/works/44723611 (M, 8k)

Eat Your Young - ghosttopiary https://archiveofourown.org/works/46011964 (E, 3k)

Console - Latenightsgunfights https://archiveofourown.org/works/47289991 (E, 2k)

lazarus wept - Bioliminescent https://archiveofourown.org/works/47065492 (M, 9k)

Running on Empty - kae hunter https://archiveofourown.org/works/47611201 (the burger fic. T, 8k)

thirty pieces of silver - littleghost https://archiveofourown.org/works/46136608 (T, 14k)

she was there (she remembers) - beesinspades https://archiveofourown.org/works/48083725 (G, 3k)

God knows I know I’ve thrown away those graces - Obtenebratia https://archiveofourown.org/works/47040193 (E, 5k)

Sundew - TruckThat https://archiveofourown.org/works/47999755 (E, 5k)

for where else could i go? Who else could i love but you? - succubused https://archiveofourown.org/works/49819246 (M, 6k)

something in between, stuck down underneath - fleurmatisse https://archiveofourown.org/works/49604497 (G, 1k)

let it run like water out of mud - Hymn https://archiveofourown.org/works/50476291 (E, 1k)

Salt and Breath - plumtoad https://archiveofourown.org/works/50313310 (highly recommend everything by ren but this will always be my favorite, E, 6k)

dream a little dream - crocodile https://archiveofourown.org/works/49020724 (E, 7k)

sunshower - crocodile https://archiveofourown.org/works/48205390 (E, 14k)

Take Me To The Pilot - Moonsheen https://archiveofourown.org/works/50110762 (M, 4k)

babe, i’m gonna leave you - littleghost https://archiveofourown.org/works/49165369 (E, 7k)

everything but wiredneuron (https://archiveofourown.org/users/wiredneuron/) (E, 2k - 3k)

break beneath the weight - spinoffprotagonist https://archiveofourown.org/works/51082207 (M, 2k)

the lost pleias - riverenne https://archiveofourown.org/works/52413721 (T, 24k)

Ascension Day - farseersfool https://archiveofourown.org/works/52149649 (E, 26k)

darlin’, it finds a way to live in you - amaiyo https://archiveofourown.org/works/53049775 (E, 15k)

At the Top of the World - Insomniac_with_dreams https://archiveofourown.org/works/51455023 (E, 35k)

tokens - cardama https://archiveofourown.org/works/50281510 (E, 6k)

Long Goodbyes - ChenamaReel https://archiveofourown.org/works/54364954 (E, 17k)

on all fours, willingly damned - writerforlife https://archiveofourown.org/works/50840407 (M, 2k)

YOU ARE HERE; or, How to Get Lost in the Desert Without Really Dying - fathomfive https://archiveofourown.org/works/48146164  (T, 16k)

Whiskey and kisses for everyone - amphetamine_keen https://archiveofourown.org/works/47403235 (E, 7k)

*Takes you by the shoulders* I ADORE character profiles and character trivia and likes and dislikes sections. I love knowing this ruthless, heartless, cruel man of a character has a childish dislike for mandarin oranges. I believe in the inherent beauty of all characters, no matter the background or moral stance, being made fundamentally human by assigning them insignificant culinary preferences. I stand by the supremacy of humanizing villains by giving them relatable tastes and trivial interests and ordinary hobbies. I treasure the hidden reminders that everyone is inherently human even when everything else we know about a character might suggest the contrary.

its really telling where you learned about lapis lazuli. put yours in the tags

I think if Naomi just fucked Beyond he would have apologized for the murders and got normaler. Or maybe it would have the opposite affect and Naomi would catch his mental illness through intercourse. I dunno. I just think they deserved to fuck at least once. Before Beyond’s dick burnt off in the fire..

Low-level Dungeons & Dragons adventure where one of those big goofy skywhale things has died and crash-landed in the middle of town, and what initially appears to be a simple cleanup assignment abruptly takes a combat-heavy turn when the party gets to find out what feeds on skywhalefalls.

The Assorted TYPE-MOON Experience (as of 7/20/24)

Here is a link to Fate/stay night with the Ultimate Patch.

Here is a link to Fate/Hollow Ataraxia with the Ultimate Patch and the Fate/Extra sub-series.

Here is a link to various other TYPE-MOON games and manga/novels such as Kara no Kyoukai, Tsukihime, Melty Blood, and more Fate.

Some things to note:

ALL GAMES ARE PC GAMES EXCEPT THE FATE/EXTRA SERIES, WHICH IS PLAYED ON THE PSP

– Kara no Kyoukai: the Garden of sinners, Tsukihime, and Fate are all part of the same metaseries penned by Kinoko Nasu (Witch on the Holy Night is as well, but it is not included in this collection since only the enhanced version is translated which can be bought on current generation consoles and PC)

– Fate/stay night Ultimate Patch has many settings to customize your experience of the game, please play around with them and set them to your liking, but some of my recommendations are **Display > Quality > High (x2.0) [higher resolutions not included due to much larger file sizes with diminishing returns] **Language > English ReTrans (2nd beta) **Patch > [ANY] Content > [Choose "Classic" for a first playthrough if you want a more faithful experience or "Mixed" for a faithful experience with some Vita additions, but might be best for a second playthrough] **Patch > Censorship > check "Show mature content" + "Show Ecchi & Hentai + Fan-made Demosaic" for the full eroge experience or keep "Show mature content" unchecked for the all-ages experience **Patch > Movie Playback Options > check Display subtitles in movies + Movie Quality > High **Patch > Route Lock > Automatic **Patch > Title menu style > Automatic

– Fate/Hollow Ataraxia Ultimate Patch has many settings to customize your experience of the game, please play around with them and set them to your liking, but some of my recommendations are **Display > Quality > High (x2.0) [higher resolutions not included due to much larger file sizes with diminishing returns] **Patch > Censor > check "Decensor H content" for the full eroge experience or keep "Censor H content" checked for the all-ages experience **Patch > Vita Additions > uncheck "Play Vita OP in-game" and "Vita Ending Credits" to see the original versions of each for a first playthrough **Patch>Movies>check Display subtitles in movies

– Fate/Extra + Perfect Patch + CCC includes Fate/Extra, Fate/Extra Perfect Patch+ (the same game as Fate/Extra but patched to include subtitles for all Japanese voice lines, fixes some of the original translation to better match Fate canon, and bug fixes), and Fate/Extra CCC (a sequel to Fate/Extra that takes place during that game)

– Tsukihime series goes Tsukihime > Tsukihime PLUS-DISC (contains Alliance of Illusionary Eyes) > Kagetsu Tohya

– Melty Blood is a series of fighting games featuring the cast of Tsukihime (ReACT is an expansion for the original Melty Blood)

Many more games are available for purchase on PC and current generation consoles such as Witch on the Holy Night, Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon-, Melty Blood: Type Lumina, the Fate/Extella series, Fate/Samurai Remnant, and upcoming games such as Fate/stay night REMASTERED, and Fate/Extra Record