Goldy @Griff@gulp.cafe

Been thinking for a while now that I want to present as more feminine online, but my avatar has always read as too masculine for me to really feel it.

But I've drawn this picture, and the more I look at it, the more I like it, so.

Hello. Goldybear. :3

Changing avatar and screen name at the same time might be a shock to long-time followers, so just wanted to say yeah, 's still me. :3

Picked up Animal Crossing again after a long absence. If you'd like to dream about my island, I'm at DA-7179-3119-0418.

Reply with your codes if you'd like me to dream about you. :3

Once there was a bear

Who got so thirsty

He drank a whole lake

Then he did a big burp

Like, there are some good, quality pieces out there for people who want to make their own custom board games, easy to find at hobby and craft stores.

But I feel like... even if you're a child and your budget for components is "some paper your parents could spare for you", I think it would be nice to know that you can still make yourself some relatively sturdy, relatively durable game pieces.

I actually made a crude board game *system* for myself, I had a large grid for the gameboard, I had cardboard pieces in different shapes and sizes which fit into the grid, one side was white and the other was brown.

Mostly I used it to make Mario levels. 🤔

When I was little, I used to look at the board games on the shelves at K-Mart, and since I couldn't get them, I'd try to figure out as much about the game as I could by looking at the box, then go home and try to make my own version, draw my own boards, use slips of paper for the playing pieces.

I've done so much DIY board game stuff with origami, I feel like I could make some sort of resource package for people who want to make their own game components on the cheap.

Another good use for them? A sleeve to keep a stack of playing cards together.

Measure the width of a card and the thickness of your complete deck, and cut a piece of paper with these dimensions:

Height: 4 x Width of a card
Width: 2 x Width of a card + Thickness of the deck

And use that pattern.

This doesn't make a full box so much as a sleeve, just enough to give your cards a snug hug to keep them together without damaging them.

This right here? This is the single most useful origami pattern I know.

http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-baggi-box.html

If you are like me, you like board games, and you're often unsatisfied with the inserts that come in boxes, you'd like some custom ones to keep your pieces straight, this is a very quick and dirty solution that works pretty well.

Even making these out of bog-standard printer paper, they prove sturdy enough to just crank out custom-sized box dividers.

There aren't *many* Nintendo handhelds with zero options to play Game & Watch games, but the Switch is one, and that counts against it.

Cleaning my DVD shelf, I've got a DVD of Race For Your Life Charlie Brown, I would see it come up on television from time to time, but I've never watched it start to finish.

I pulled it out of a bargain bin once, thinking oh, here's my chance, it's still in the plastic seal and everything.

Brandy

You're a fine girl

What a good wife you would be

Brandy

You're a fine girl

What a good life you would be

Why NOT just get an Ambernic and download everything.

LITERALLY why not.

There really aren't any good used game shops anymore are there.

Went to a Mega Media XChange tonight, I remember when those places had a huge selection, games and consoles dating all the way back to the Atari 2600.

Walked in tonight, their Game Boy section was a single shelf with maybe a dozen cartridges sitting on it.

Between digital distribution and online marketplaces, there just isn't any product anymore.

I don't know if I can tell the difference.

But I've learned a new folding strategy, and it's always good to have one of those in the toolbox. |3

Wow, I guess someday is today, heck.

Might want a bit more practice before attempting it with my good paper, but at least I've finally been able to make sense of what these screenshots are trying to show me.

Curious if it makes a sturdier playing piece, or just different.

What if you had one of those annoying tutorial characters who always pop up to give you tips about things you already know

And they start out all poppy and cheerful

And just get increasingly belligerent the further through the game you get

Someday I want to master the no-cut method for origami Icehouse pieces. 🤔

I like that my paper-cutting board has deep gouges to show where the pyramid paper sizes are. |3

Gamer

Gay murr

I didn't like that one when it first came out, I thought maybe if I gave it a try now I'd like it better.

Suddenly disappointed that you can't get Pokemon Pinball on 3DS virtual console, I thought for sure they had done that one at one point. Was there some stupid thing where they lost the rights or something?

I could just *make* a Homeworlds set.

I do like an excuse to do an origami. |3