So, I’ve been back on Mastodon for about a week now, and while it’s been very nice to see folks that I haven’t since my departure, it’s overall… well I suppose ‘to be determined?’ Being gone from social media for so long has been really really good for me, but on the opposing side, it’s placed me in a nebulous state of what/how to interact there now. A lot of little things I’ve forgotten about social media have resurfaced – most of which can be summed up into basically ‘general negativity.’ Some folks I’ve tried to interact with that I used to only to be brushed off tends to have me lean more towards reconsidering this return. I do understand it though, I have been gone a very long time.
That’s not to say it’s all been doom and gloom. Folks/friends have general been pretty happy to see me come back, and there’s still a lot of positive/feel good posts happening throughout. It’s just… different I suppose and I guess that’s just social media in general? It might have always been there, and I didn’t notice as much (I know I contributed as well to it). Something to continue to ponder, but I’ve got enough going on to not either dwell on it and/or force myself to utilize if the feeling isn’t right. Time will tell, but in the mean time the folks & friends that I have been able to reconnect with have been for the most part a joy.
Switching subjects, recently Konami released ‘Castlevania: Dominus Collection’ for I believe all major platforms. This collection contains the three Nintendo DS games: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Portrait of Ruin, and Order of Ecclesia. Order of Ecclesia being my absolute favorite Castlevania game of all time. I’ve played the latter two back on the Nintendo DS, but being able to play them on modern hardware and on a big screen has always been a dream of mine. I picked it up for Switch, and for the most part, just played it in handheld mode. That all changed last night when instead of playing Final Fantasy XIV, I took the night off from that and played Order of Ecclesia docked.
This was just sheer joy, and a dream come true. One area of note when I did this is the music was stellar!! The sound effects sounded a lot better too, but that music was so gosh darn wonderful to hear. The visuals are crisp, clear, and being able to see both of the DS’s screens together like that has been very well done. I can’t recommend this trilogy enough for anyone curious about theses – they’re so worth it. I picked Ecclesia first because it’s my favorite, but once I’ve completed it, will move on to Portrait of Ruin, and then Dawn of Sorrow. This is in reverse order of how they were originally released, but they’re not connected (Dawn of Sorrow and Portrait of Ruin are sequels to other Castlevania’s though), so there’s no loss there.
Oh, one last tidbit since I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned it; posts here are usually scheduled at 10:00am Eastern Time every weekday unless I have nothing for that day or something got delayed. Occasionally a post will be retrostamped if it’s coming but a little later in the day. Every now and then something else will get posted (like this one!) but the standard 10:00 are usually the scheduled ones.
Until next time, take care y’all, and have a wonderful Tuesday evening!