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Here's the mission on Neshomeh's Archive. And I believe all three of these are adoptable:

Mini-grox
* Tera
* Slaneesh (comes with panties on his head)

Mini-Balrog
* Arcenstone

~Neshomeh will be adding stuff to the wiki in due time.

But if we kept arguing about this we'd be here forever. Agree to disagree? :P

Lorson has a lot of backstory to him that'll hopefully be revealed as I write more with him, and Dax will be going along for the ride. I'm already working on their first mission so I hope it delivers.

I mean, I'm biased because I betad, but I think it turned out really really well! (Expect a return of the armored ovoid if I ever write a deliberate badfic where it would be actually appropriate. Because that is far too funny to not.)

And do they not say that it never rains but it pours?

Scape put up an interlude. Ix put up an interlude. And now Nesh and I have finally completed a new mission.

Featuring: sheep, unlikely brothers, footnotes, large appendages, and overly dramatic agents.

The mission should be up on Nesh's website soon, but for the time being, you can view it on on Google Docs at https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQ3cSKS2Z1ci1PUhuPOS5M-cEH0gaD-73HL3kSPuq9Jtsq95He4TW_IepMXVfKTShPmkKgL3elFLf/pub

Dax is a lot of fun to be around, and feels very much like the antithesis of Agent Ix - someone at peace with their body and identity via its mutability as oppose to someone at war with themselves over bodies they force themselves not to have change. Meanwhile, Lorson seems like someone it would be interesting to get to know, and I look forward to reading exploits of their careers. =]

And that is indeed an excellent walrus.

And tea stain badge. Yes, that's what I meant!

Also, clever trick with the SEP field, there.

And featuring a pair of characters you might have seen knocking around in #rudi's in the past!

Introducing Dax and Lorson, Department of Implausible Crossovers.

That said, now go read Scape's new thing, because it's excellent and much better than this.

After quite a lot of beta work from the incomparable Iximaz and Larfen J. Stocke, esq., I am extremely proud to present the inaugural story of:-

The Non-Propaganda Communications Division!

Or those creepy twins that act in unison in Hoenn or wherever it was... =]

((Allo, it's Thoth! Quincy felt a little bit skittish about posting the apology she wrote to the board. So I'm posting it in her stead. The rest of this message is Quincy's exact words, as she sent them to me.))

Huinesoron,
The events leading up to this apology have been hectic and scary and generally unpleasant, for everybody involved. We've all had reactions we aren't proud of, and I thank you for your apology. For my part, I'm sorry I got so emotional. I shouldn't have blamed you so much for what happened; I know none of this was really your fault. I hope you can forgive me for being an idiot and lashing out at the nearest convenient target, and that we can move past this (and hopefully into a realm where I'm not so terrified of you.)
Hoping to make amends, Quincy Jones

We both choose you, but there is no "we" in Pokémon AFAIK.

Quincy, thank you for the offer, it's much appreciated, but we already had one person (Calliope) volunteer via Discord, and the majority of the badfic's issues are 40k. Maybe next time!

~Neshomeh

I'm not nearly as up on The Hobbit as I am 40K, but I know my way round a gag. You can contact me at h heath [one thousand nine hundred and ninety-two in numerals] at that place where the mail is hot. =]

I have a working-ish knowledge of 40K and the Hobbit was my entire childhood. My email is, strin michael is at gmail dot com.

Thoth and I have just finished our co-write (Thoth's first mission!), and we could use a couple of betas familiar with one or both continua, particularly 40k. Also to generally check things over for style cohesion, flow, pace, sense-making, SPaG, and all that good stuff. It's about 14,300 words (30 pages) long.

Let me know if you're interested, and make sure to include an e-mail address I can invite to the Gdoc.

Thanks!

~Neshomeh

Okay, so I haven't actually played all of these, but they all have excellent reviews, which counts for something.

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
Star Wars Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast

These two older games are $3.50 each and, I'm told, feature the best lightsaber combat of any Star Wars game. It also has first-person shooter elements and (of course) Force abilities.

Arma 3: Hardcore military simulator, with heavy emphasis on group tactics. Currently $13.59 for the base game or $23.79 for the Apex Edition (which includes a bunch of DLC). You're going to need a clan if you want to play seriously, but luckily there's a web page where you can search for open ones. I'd only buy this game on sale because of how serious a commitment it is; a single mission can take an hour or more from briefing and role assignment to completion.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Excellent dark fantasy RPG, currently $20. I haven't played much of it (sadly), but what I've played is absolutely perfect. Right now, the GOTY edition is the same price as the base game; effectively, all the DLC is free. Just make sure your computer is beefy enough to run it.

I'm signalboosting this as much as I can. I don't personally know her, but this is a valid cause and I want to support it in any way I can. I wish her as much luck as I can in this coming year.

Hey, all,

Super oldbie who's not around anymore, here about one of our old and dear greats, Gehayi. If any of you follow das_sporking then you've already seen this post, but back in the day Gehayi was a member if this community. She's having a really awful time right now--see the linked post there for details, the tl;dr is hospitalization for illness and house troubles--and has a fundraiser going. As perks for reaching goals she'll review various forms of literature, because yep, she's still going strong sporking badfic and sometimes doing right proper literary review.

Please, if circumstances allow it, consider throwing some help at her fundraising campaign. She could really use the help.

Just wanted to be sure this comm knew about one of our former members.

Here's a page about what that means. This sounds like exactly the kind of year we need right now. Unconditional love, finding stability, positive action, focus on the Earth. Let's do it!

~Neshomeh

Geema showed us some excerpts, and... *shivers.*

Some things I can suggest:

-Mount and Blade: Warband: Okay, if you're here, you'll probably like Warband. It's a medieval RPG/Combat sim, and you can command armies and order around soldiers, and there's also a multiplayer mode that supports over 100+ man matches, and... what else do you want?

Maybe an active modding community, an expansion/new game/DLC thing where you play as a viking in a game version of RL Scandanavia, another expansion where you can fight in multiplayer set in the French Revolution? Because it has all that too.

-Civilization: It really doesn't matter which. Just... one of them. Do I even have to explain?

-Dawn of War I and standalone expansions (although Soulstorm is... not the best): Do you like RTS games? Do you like Warhammer 40k? If so, buy these. They're great.

-A game by Zachtronics: Really, any of them, provided you're a programmer. Save for Ironclad Tactics, they are some of the best puzzles for programmers out there.

-Strife, Veteran Edition: Strife is a proper, old-school shooter, built in the Doom engine. But it's also an RPG hybrid with an interconnected word, actual story, and voice acting, where Killing All the Things isn't always the best way to proceed.

-Quake (any of them), and Doom (1, 2, and 4): What can I say? These games are pure, absolute classics, have great campaigns (well, Quake 1 and the Dooms do, at least), great multiplayer (if you can set it up and find anyone online), and are just all-around fun.

-Half-Life: This one's a tad frustrating, but I've been playing through it, and overall, I've been enjoying quite a bit. Grab the sequel, while you're at it.

-Portal (and Portal 2): Go play some of the funniest games ever made. Great puzzles, as well.

-Psychonauts: Portal is funny. This is, too. It's a classic 3rd person platformer, mostly getting by on the writing alone, but there are some great levels here as well: The Milkman conspiracy stuck in my head for well over a decade, long after the name of the game it was attached to had faded.

-To The Moon: More of a visual novel than a game. Do you like crying? this is for you.

-N++: Remember N? did you like N? play this. It's good.

-Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre: Look, just anything Supergiant makes. Their games are gorgeous, play well, and have good stories, and that music and voice acting...

-The Stanley Parable: You probably know it already. It is good.

There is soooo much more. But that's what I'm listing for now.

So, on account of the Chinese New Year, there's a STeam sale on.

What games have y'all gotten/are you considering getting/would you recommend?

For my part, I've got a library backlog, so I might not get anything, although I'm tempted by Caves of Qud, since a whole bunch of folks seem to think it's good stuff.

- Tomash

Just because the name of a fic is inappropriate doesn't mean the fic is squicky. Some people's every other word is an F-bomb or similar. (That's exaggeration, but still.) I have proof of this (aka my "wait, how the heck did we become friends, again?!" friends). What if there's a fic called "Mary Sue's ****in' Awesome Adventure" or something like that?

-Twistey