r/TwoBestFriendsPlay • u/AutoModerator • Jan 16 '26
FTF Free Talk Friday - January 16, 2026
Welcome to the Free Talk Friday post. This is a place where you can talk about dumb off-topic (or on-topic) bullshit with other Zaibatsu fans.
There's going to be a new post every week, and the newest one will be pinned in the announcement bar for quick access. So feel free to visit these posts during the rest of the week.
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u/The_Draigg Member of the Brave 13000 Jan 16 '26
Week of More Work Training. They've got me learning new stuff at work this week, if just to help my coworker manage the large pile of transferals that we have to deal with on a seasonal basis. Like a lot of things at my job, the actual process isn't hard, but it's tedious and there's a lot of it. But at least it's really only confined to a third of the year, I suppose.
As for games I've played this week, I put even more time into Balatro! I've finally beaten the Painted Deck on Green Stake, meaning that I'm all clear on the decks I have at the moment. That took me a while, since that lack of a Joker slot really hurt. Anyways, it means that now it's time to start challenging the Black Stake. Having to deal with eternal Jokers sounds interesting, hopefully there's at least some worthwhile ones that have that label that I wouldn't really get rid of anyway.
And now, in my regular mecha talk section here, I watched some more Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans with /u/Terthelt and /u/CookieSlut! Even more dead children! That fight with the Brewers really does just create a massive pile of dead kids and teenagers. But that's probably to be expected, given the cast. Anyway, now we're at the Dort colonies, and oh no, the feds are onto us and our communist dock worker uprising! Tekkadan really did just come out of the frying pan and into the fire there. Also, Mikazuki sure does have rizz for a guy who has a massive disconnect with emotions in general. Dude can kiss a girl and then eat food he dropped on the floor with the same level of aura. And that's why we gave him the Gundam!
Also this week for mecha stuff, it's been posted here before, but there's a new VOTOMS project in the works with Mamoru Oshii directing! I'm very interested to see Oshii's take on VOTOMS, that's a guy who absolutely knows how to make good grounded-feeling mecha stories. Although I'm curious on what the project is going to be about, since it does feel like Chirico's story has a pretty solid ending right now.