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kastelpls (かすっち) @highimpactsex.bsky.social · 3h

well, it’s my birthday again. i also watched Grizzly Man (2005), which was interesting too.

kastelpls (かすっち) @highimpactsex.bsky.social · 8h

i believe Blue is now on the list of movies where if you don’t take it seriously, i will personally have a vendetta on you.

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kastelpls (かすっち) @highimpactsex.bsky.social · 8h

each birthday, i cannot imagine how i have grown older than the queer writers and performers who passed away from HIV/AIDS.

it is infuriating, but this movie also made me sober. sober about being angry that my queer comrades should’ve lived longer and experienced more joy.

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kastelpls (かすっち) @highimpactsex.bsky.social · 8h

i watched Blue (1993), a movie as old as me.

it’s a movie that is just the color blue, but it’s also one of the most personal and powerful movies exploring HIV/AIDS i’ve ever seen.

i do not say it lightly when i say this movie is life-changing. i am turning 32 tomorrow.

it’s heartbreaking.

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kastelpls (かすっち) @highimpactsex.bsky.social · 12h

that director’s movies are just pretty good. i was surprised how he was able to reinvent the mythology of Rocky to explore issues of race and old age so powerfully.

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kastelpls (かすっち) @highimpactsex.bsky.social · 13h

i feel like Tongues Untied (1989) by Marlon Riggs is one of those important movies people should watch now, in this time and moment.

there’s so many movies i still don’t know that can affect my life, and i’m glad that there are.

it just means i need to watch more movies.

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Katherine Marie @kimikatherine.bsky.social · 16h

Very happy to announce the release of my second ever VN Affection/Adoration/Absolution!

Play it, tell your friends about it and all that jazz. It's really fucking good. I swear I won't make you wait as long for the next one

mismatched-wings.itch.io/affectionado...

Affection/Adoration/Absolution by Mismatched Wings

Longing for love in the cold

mismatched-wings.itch.io

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kastelpls (かすっち) @highimpactsex.bsky.social · 4d

you know my birthday is coming up because the School Days anime adaptation is going to be free to stream again bsky.app/profile/denf...

電ファミニコゲーマー @denfaminicogame.bsky.social · 4d

アニメ『School Days』全12話が10月16日19時よりニコ生で一挙無料放送へ。欲望にまみれた誠が迎える衝撃のクライマックスは今なお語り継がれる。放送ではギフト機能を通じて誠へのお祝い（呪い）も可能
https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/251011c

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kastelpls (かすっち) @highimpactsex.bsky.social · 18h

ifcomp 2025 is drawing to a close, so i've published my ifcomp 2025 reviews: ifdb.org/allreviews?i...

Reviews by Kastel

IFDB is a game catalog and recommendation engine for Interactive Fiction, also known as Text Adventures. IFDB is a collaborative, wiki-style community project. Members can contribute game listings, r...

ifdb.org

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kastelpls (かすっち) @highimpactsex.bsky.social · 2d

hiroshima mon amour may be the most open-ended essayistic movie i’ve seen that isn’t a proper essay film.

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kastelpls (かすっち) @highimpactsex.bsky.social · 2d

it’s the kind of movie i am sure the more people i talk to, the more i can actually explain why i find it nagging at my soul.

time to recommend people to watch it, i guess.

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kastelpls (かすっち) @highimpactsex.bsky.social · 2d

just watched Hiroshima mon amour (1959) and it’s a movie i have no idea if i liked but if i read any of the letterboxd reviews (positive or negative), i get irrationally angry from how much they didn’t understand what the movie is trying to do.

so i guess it’s a movie that really resonated with me.

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kastelpls (かすっち) @highimpactsex.bsky.social · 2d

if you like Spring Gothic, we’ve just accidentally watched a cishet marriage movie version of the visual novel.

it’s called Journey to Italy (1954) directed by Roberto Rosselini and it sparked the French New Wave. i had no idea this movie and the game were this similar.

please watch it, lmao.

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kastelpls (かすっち) @highimpactsex.bsky.social · 2d

i’ve been watching european movies again and thinking how i’m just a french new wave girl born in the wrong body and the wrong time.

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kastelpls (かすっち) @highimpactsex.bsky.social · 7d

［海外フリーゲーム］排除アートの入門ゲーム「Monuments to Guilt」紹介｜感想

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排除アート（英: exclusionary design/hostile architecture）を知らない人、ぜひこの記事を読んでください。

［海外フリーゲーム］排除アートの入門ゲーム「Monuments to Guilt」紹介｜感想｜かすっち

バスや電車を待つ際、僕はベンチを探して座る。待ち時間が長いので、ゆっくり座ってスマホを使って、コーヒーを飲んで休憩できる。こんな当たり前のこと、他の人にはできないかもしれない。たとえば、あるベンチに座る時間は長いので、痛いと感じる。待ち合わせに時間がかからないのは大丈夫かもしれないが、ホームレスや高齢者などの方々には無理。言い換えると、排除アートとは社会的弱者を公共空間から排除するアー...

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kastelpls (かすっち) @highimpactsex.bsky.social · 3d

if you like to spend time doing buzzfeed personality quizzes, this is a game that uses the format to tell a story that does something special with it: frannym.itch.io/10questions

answer these 10 questions and i'll tell you what kind of lover you are by frannym

a choose-your-own-adventure heartbreak in the shape of a quiz

frannym.itch.io

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kastelpls (かすっち) @highimpactsex.bsky.social · 4d

you know my birthday is coming up because the School Days anime adaptation is going to be free to stream again bsky.app/profile/denf...

電ファミニコゲーマー @denfaminicogame.bsky.social · 4d

アニメ『School Days』全12話が10月16日19時よりニコ生で一挙無料放送へ。欲望にまみれた誠が迎える衝撃のクライマックスは今なお語り継がれる。放送ではギフト機能を通じて誠へのお祝い（呪い）も可能
https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/251011c

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kastelpls (かすっち) @highimpactsex.bsky.social · 5d

there are some reports that the separation is confirmed too.

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kastelpls (かすっち) @highimpactsex.bsky.social · 5d

the komeito might be leaving the coalition with the liberal democratic party over a proposal they want to pass, and i cannot figure out what's gonna happen next in japanese politics.

holy shit: mainichi.jp/english/arti...

Japan's Komeito moving toward leaving coalition with LDP - The Mainichi

TOKYO -- The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s junior coalition partner Komeito is increasingly likely to leave the ruling party partnership after the

mainichi.jp

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kastelpls (かすっち) @highimpactsex.bsky.social · 5d

holy shit.

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kastelpls (かすっち) @highimpactsex.bsky.social · 5d

i didn't know about Monochrome Echoes, wow. wishlisted, thanks.

kastelpls (かすっち) @highimpactsex.bsky.social · 5d

i think people are kinda correct in comparing the Quester games to Dungeon Encounters since they're drpgs with a lot of combat.

but Quester feels closer to that era of computer gaming because it has that grinding aspect commonly found in analog games.

if any of this sounds interesting, go buy it.

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kastelpls (かすっち) @highimpactsex.bsky.social · 5d

the final boss of the original Quester can be pretty unfair, so i ended up spending some time reorganizing my equipment for maximum damage and healing.

apparently, Osaka can be really fun on NG+, so i might try that out. i'm enjoying the difficulty and slow crawl of Osaka at least.

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kastelpls (かすっち) @highimpactsex.bsky.social · 5d

item collection matters much more than your character levels (though it doesn't hurt to grind).

the equipment your characters have gives them the moves they can use in combat. and your resources are replenished every time you start a fight, so you can go all-in with the best items possible.

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kastelpls (かすっち) @highimpactsex.bsky.social · 5d

and the designer has some designing chops too: they're responsible for the Dark Souls and Elden Ring trpg adaptations and also behind the Monster Collection trading card games.

the way i would describe the Quester series is it's like a solo dungeon crawler rpg, hence being similar to pc88 rpgs.

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