Taking back land and ideals, those which came before prejudice.
Friday, May 29, 2026
I loved this game so much. The OST is absolutely amazing. I still remembered most of in spite of not hearing it for probably at least 35 years. So good.
I was lucky? to have a recently divorced and remarried dad who was irresponsible with his inheritance money. I didn't know anyone else with a Nintendo (PowerPad, bra), old Atari (both at mom's), and a Sega Master system (at dad's). Hell, don't think I knew anyone with a Sega at all (this was pre-Genesis). I remember playing this with the whole family happily watching in the living room on his big screen tv. It was easily one of my favorite things along with watching the Cats and gratuitously violent action movies with my dad. Probably my first speed-running game as I think dad bought the Sega before before my Nintendo/Mario.
Making a visual collage of all of my favorite childhood games, some of the inspirations so far. I started collecting the covers and realized, ho-ly shit, there are like 30-40 of them. And those are just my favorites. I thought there would be like 10-15. I guess if you start playing at like 4 yrs old, on multiple platforms and mediums they add up quickly, especially if you add in Arcade games (which I played a lot). I haven't even got to the mid-late 90s yet - I just realized these are just like the first 10 year of gaming and I'm still adding them.
Need more angry law nerds. Using the law to catch and expose the murderers, thieves and con artists stealing from the poor is necessary and hot (I'm a law nerd, don't judge me).
Also, good luck with getting corrupt politicians to stop the gravy train that feeds them. Republicans/ maga, KKK, nazis, Zionists, ethnofascists, whatever they want to call themselves, are whiny grifters and quivering cowards who use individual backwards beliefs strategically tied to religion as a crutch and a shield to hoard as much money, land, resources and power to lord over others as they can before the ride ends, and the women march to DC with their axes, scythes, and sickles*. Democrats, while holding hands with their friends across the aisle as they break the law, still publicly waffle on prosecuting war crimes and white collar criminals because privately, if given the chance under the "right" circumstances, they'll be one. Or already are one. Their main concern that keeps them up at night is just really, really needing you to think they're not a bad person. I'll never fall for that shit again. The anger here is great, it's just far too late for the law to catch up to. We had 4 years to prepare for this firestorm, but the self-centered and lazy democrats decided to throw dry thatch on the floor to cover the blood, piss, shit and cum left behind instead of cleaning it up and funding the fire department, while blaming the burning people who told them it was their fucking job to clean up.
Put ALL of the war criminals, profiteers, and white collar criminals in jail, at least try them in a court of law. "But that would probably mean every living current and former administration in the US and UK and includes probably millions of people all over the globe??!!" Yes, yes it does. Try the rest posthumously. We can start at 1948. What is it you think they want to do to us now, even if we're law abiding citizens, who simply refuse go along with and funding their rape and pillaging? I think that en masse they'll probably settle with putting us in jail or shipping us off to some black site that thinks it's still an independent country, but I don't think that is their first choice. I think they want to be reassured they'll never deal with us again. Never forget, Palestine was/is a testing ground, that train won't stop until WE stop it. These people aren't just going to give up their grifts because it's illegal or out in the open. It's not just people in the streets, it's lawyers and judges in the court, it's the actual journalists 24/7 on their beat.
Get it together and start listening to (actual) leftists** in your life who haven't given up on you yet even though they have probably never been wrong about a single thing you've called them a dumbass or radical for.
*Which was not spontaneous, by the way, it was organized. The lesson isn't that revolution can't be organized, it's that it MUST be organic and not be a day planner appt co-opted by those who stand to benefit either way. Just be mindful of who is doing the speaking for you and doing the organizing, how and why.
**not liberals, liberals cannot be leftist. That is an oxymoron. That would mean they'd have to stand for pesky things like universal human rights, which they are fundamentally against as capitalists.
There is a wonderful thing happening in Boards of Canada world. I hope 4/20 is the day [AGAIN]. I also hope there aren't mass suicides of those who were holding out until after this album drops, 'cause if we know anything about the Sandison brothers, they're going to give us what we need and what we deserve. Realism and hope in the face of despair, always.
At this time, all I can say is:
Create. Organize. Know who your people are. Stay alert. Stay informed. Don't ignore or get caught up in destructive personal shit or matters that have nothing to do with you. Question and hold your people accountable. Question and hold yourself accountable first. Don't be beyond reproach. Ask yourself: Am I helping or hindering? If you're not helping, stay the fuck out of it, and find an appropriate way to help. Contrarians are only useful if they're knowledgeable and wise, aware when they've lost an argument and adjust in a dignified way. They're not useful just because someone decided they are good at arguing. In fact, giving too much credit and attention to idiots, or the uh, misguided (I'm trying, man), who simply use debating as a way to elevate themselves by oppressing others can be dangerous to a movement or org if they have an ounce of charisma. Don't waste a lot of your time on those pretending to give a shit just to make themselves feel relevant. Just keep in mind, you may not have the particular set of tools needed for that particular person, but most people can be persuaded or pushed in the right direction with unimpeachable facts, logic, and appealing to reason. Offer new or refreshed ideas and possibilities. And love and understanding, which take many forms.
Remember, this is not about short-term gratification or satisfaction, it is all to save us from ourselves in the long-term out of necessity, not only because it's right and just. We have no rights without human rights.
Be grateful for and engage with art in the worst and most oppressive of times. Be thankful BoC has not given up either. Don't feel guilty that (dark) whimsy, is still enjoyable. Necessary, even.
Which is probably why I've spent the last 4-5 months finally getting back to Korean Movies and television after about 6 years. Korean culture is filled with wonderful dark whimsy which is why their content so addictive.
https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/ ← This was supposed to be this → https://bocpages.org/wiki/2026_Promo_Campaign
I will add the Discord servers once I can get back into my fucking account and check out the community. I left FB and am barely on IG, and I won't vouch for a community if I don't know anything about them (there are lots of great/useful entities who have communities filled with professional pickmes and shitheads). I love this band immensely, but I don't think I'd be considered a Boardhead or whatever they call themselves. If they call themselves anything at all. Nothing has made that more clear than the events of the last two weeks. No disrespect intended at all, I just have no idea what the fuck they're casually talking about on the Reddit most of the time, but it's fun to read (mostly).
We already have cameras in our phones and laptops in our homes, cars and public spaces. I don't understand why you would ever voluntarily put up more surveillance devices in and around your home, your fucking "safe space" and then give access to external parties that have every reason to use it for profit and control. That is insane to me.
"I say that like those are three different things."
