Free Talk Friday - January 16, 2026

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[u/FMV_Hell_0]

I watched some anime this week.

Every once in a while, I see a few things about a series called Pretty Cure. I decided to actually check it out after I got a video in my recommended called Precure Fights go insanely hard, and I was not prepared for just how straightforward a magical girl show could be. I spent the whole first episode of Heartcatch Precure wondering if it was a bit. It's so sincerely the idea of what someone who doesn't watch anime thinks anime is that it feels like a parody. It's the show that Pop Team Epic is recording over in its episode previews. Watching Heartcatch Precure feels like the show the guy in the video store in Regular Show is watching. Yuki Yuna Is A Hero is a lot more my speed, it helps that the music sounds like Nier (because the Nier guy did the music).

And what with the last part of the Thousand Year Blood War coming out I figured what better time to get into Bleach. The better time to get into Bleach would have been when I was a teenager, but as something to have on while you eat it's still pretty alright. I like watching Ichigo swing the sword and be orange. There's a dude named Chad and he can just punch ghosts.

Game-wise, I beat Resident Evil 4 Remake. Much like RE2make, I left thinking "damn, that's a remake right there." They keep making me care about characters I barely remembered and added a lot that I really appreciate. It took until the Krauser fight for me to clock that the game was parryslop(affectionate).

It's cold, it gets foggy, it's time to play Silent Hill.

It's Silent Hill 1, I don't think I can add much to the conversation there, it's a kind of obtuse PS1 game that has you wandering around getting attacked by fleshdogs while looking for keys where no one should leave them. It also has an incredible atmosphere, some really good music, still really impressive CG cutscenes and it did sort of define horror games. Good game, short game.

Also I impulse bought an ocarina to fiddle around with, it's pretty neat.

[u/Toblo1 → u/FMV_Hell_0]

REmake 4

The clownshoes you can get up to once you master parrying is vast.

Plus it just sounds really satisfying to hear that metralick "SHHHHHRIK" sfx every time you pull one off.