silentzorah

2000 to 2008. And then that was that. Without going into too much detail, goth girlfriend.

Not having vertical aim and not being able to turn off autoaim. Yeah, I know. This pretty much limits my source port usage to maybe three? I played it the old way with autoaim for years, but I like being able to aim my shots, and, most importantly, miss. I like knowing if I missed a shot, it's because I suck ass and not the game screwing with me.

"Yo Shawn, played through Bloodfalls. Don't forget to set the UV flag on the BFG."

Distortion Guitar. I mean... It's like 90% of my discography.

Me nowadays.

Tweaking things that don't ordinarily make things go splat so that they do go splat. Sure, knocking down zombies with a shotgun at point blank range is fun, but not quite on the level of blowing the damn thing to bits at the same range.

I didn't mind the texture filtering until I got a larger monitor. Now I can't stomach it and turned it off.

Atari 5200. I liked it. Granted, it was the first console I ever owned, but still. The games on there were a lot closer to their arcade counterparts, and it had Star Raiders. That game was so cool.

Whether or not I'm working, I bake a strawberry cake the night before, cook up some apple turnovers for breakfast and order Coletta's pizza (local joint). It's a real hole in the wall but it's the kind of hole in the wall that makes the best shit. Then I usually work in some range time somewhere between shifts. Not always a possibility but that's what days off are for. Oh, and I pretty much do this all alone, away from family and the like. They know I'm not a people person so they leave me alone (thank fucking lord).

When I used to map, I would listen to science documentaries on black holes and quantum physics. It was nice.

Burntside Lake, MN. June 2022

If we're counting Doom95, that. If not, Boom.

Scruffy. Always scruffy.