The Mind Of OverlordTomala
Hobbies

Making Progress

I’m thinking I might actually have two videos for October! I’m not sure if I’d be able to fire out all 3 Bayonetta videos by then, but two out of three ain’t bad. I’m thinking I’ll still release the third video, even if I don’t think it’ll be ready on time. I still need to calculate how much animation I’ll be putting into the third installment.

Not gonna lie… I’m half tempted to try and finish the rest of this particular SFM animation tomorrow, but I’ll leave that up to how awake I am and how nice the weather is. Who knows… maybe I can psych myself into doing some form of livestream. I keep meaning to, but it’s always one thing or another…

Open Threads

Mouthwords In Keyboard Form

Survived another day. Couldn’t work on my project until later in the evening, as it was another nice summer day (and I can’t really complain after being a winter wonderland up til recently). I plugged my laptop into the TV while waiting for a phone call, and as a result became immersed in the world of Okami in 4K! It was like watching a vibrant living work of art on full display. Then, when it finally cooled down a little I did get some facial animation taken care of in SFM. It wasn’t much, but if I can complete at least one task on a project that makes me a happy Overlord. I probably won’t have any pictures to share, at least for awhile. It wouldn’t look any different from other previously shared items.

All in an Overlord's day / Open Threads

Work & Chill

We had a surprise nice summer day today (aside from some late morning smoke from California), and it was nice enough that I didn’t get to work on any project. Instead I brought my gaming laptop outside and played a bit of AMID EVIL and Overload, it was a bit of a retro-esque evening. Now I’m just chilling on the bed with my linux surface pro, watching the sun slowly set on a somewhat decent summer day.

I might make up for the loss of animation over the weekend, or not… I’m not really at a point where I feel the need to cram.

Hobbies

SFM Diary: Platinum Posing

Got a couple things taken care of under SFM today. Animated and exported one scene, and posed another:

Next time I enter SFM it’ll be back to animating mouthwords on my character. I’m not sure if I’ll make much progress on it tomorrow; as I have a hair appointment tomorrow, the first one since COVID, and since I’m vaccinated I see no reason to put it off any longer. I’ll probably still wear a mask though; I kinda wanna see if it helps my nose against those annoying chemical aromas.

Having a sensitive nose sucks.

Gaming

This Weekend In Gaming: Platinum Edition

I figured after an unfabulous week I would play a couple of fabulous games, and VRChat (we’ll save that for another post). Yesterday I completed a few chapters in Bayonetta. I’m having to replay it again due to losing a save file somehow, but that just gives me a chance to knock some of the rust off of her moveset.

I also wanted to check back into NieR Automata now that it received a patch to fix certain plaguing the game since launch. As a result I can do proper OBS recordings now! I can definitely recommend the game now that it isn’t bound to 720p without additional modding, and I might even buy the DLC during a future sale. I should also make time to play both of these on the big screen, that way I can torture everyone in the house with Bayonetta’s finishing moves. 😛

Now that I have the OBS issues taken care of with NieR Automata — I’ll have to livestream it at somepoint, and also return to streaming Bayonetta. I’ve already begun on animating part 2 of the Bayonetta video series, and also the semi-secret holiday video. 😛 I’ll be returning to either of those tomorrow now that I’ve had a couple days of play.

Rants / Work

It Was A Friday The 13th Kinda Day

After today I’m longing for the weekend to start… I had no choice but to work by myself today; we’re experiencing a large COVID spike where I live, and a little over 20 of my co-workers are out sick with a few of them in critical condition (ER and ICU). Oddly enough, all of the people out sick with it are people who didn’t mask and didn’t vaccinate. I had to work alone today because these people refuse to take care of themselves, and have no qualms encouraging others to get just as sick as they are. We’ve already had a couple of local businesses close down temporarily due to spread among the staff, and the exponential increase in cases continues to wear on the few of us who are sane enough to take care of ourselves. It’s not like there’s a vaccine shortage, you could literally walk in and they’ll give you one without an appointment. Hell, some places are even offering money and in some cases even beer to get a fucking jab.

I WAS GOOD WHERE IS MY FUCKING BEER.

Entertainment

Guilty Pleasures: Scambaiting

A friend from work introduced me to the world of scambaiting, where people will deliberately waste a scammer’s time in one form or another. There’s just something entertaining about having someone connect unknowingly to a VM for god tier trolling.

I’ve already been well aware of all kinds of scams that are going around these days, but a lot of these kinds of videos do a good job of not just trolling the scammers, but provide in depth analysis of how these scammer groups operate. I praise these people for their art, education and dedication to both keeping people informed and saving potential victims by wasting their time.

I actually wouldn’t mind doing something like this; in fact I’ve done it a couple of times at work when they call up pretending to work for TehGoogle. THey must have been busy, they didn’t seem a tad interested in the fact that I lived in the State of Germany and consolidated three stores into one building. I’m not one to usually boast, but I’d say that’s pretty durn impressive.

Hobbies

Plotting Future Content

After careful consideration I’ve decided to start working on an animated short for a video project in December. I’ve already begun dressing a scene with scenery to match the season, and discussing the script with my video partner. It isn’t going to be big, but if you know me well enough you’ll know what to expect.

Gaming / Hobbies

Ok… I Did It.

I was showing the specs of the upcoming Steam Deck to a friend of mine the other day, when I happened to notice the pre-order date had been extended (despite ending in July according to the official site). I’ve been reading up on the hardware, and admire Valve’s dedication, and even working alongside AMD for this project. I decided since the actual money doesn’t go out until these are ready I said to myself “screw it!” I’ll get in line to pre-order one of these (512GB model for obvious reasons)! I know I would be able to utilize it accordingly, and it would be an absolute bonus if I got my hands on it before a holiday trip next year! It will be interesting to see how many units sell, and if it helps add to the Linux Gaming Marketshare.