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I'm #streaming some Morrowind (PC, 2002) this morning over at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

Last session I was named Hortator of Houses Hlaalu and Redoran. Now my character must gain the approval of the Telvanni wizards on the mainland to be named their Hortator.

Note to self, most significant message in the debug log, seems to be a known / somewhat common issue at the moment with AMD GPUs

[drm] *ERROR* [CRTC:67:crtc-0] flip_done timed out

Scary computer crash tonight. The last messages printed by journalctl suggest my graphics card crashed (and maybe also some on-motherboard devices?). amdgpu ring gfx timeout, unrecoverable error, etc. . Something to pay close attention to if it happens again.

Computers are complicated.

I'm back to #streaming Dishonored 2 (PC, 2016) again tonight at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. Going into mission 5 "The Royal Conservatory".

rewatched Berberian Sound Studio (2012, director Peter Strickland) tonight & felt like commenting on it.

A meek recording engineer (Gilderoy, played by Toby Jones) travels to Italy in the 1970s to handle sound (dubbing, foley, final mix) for what he thinks is a film about a horse-riding girl but turns out to be an exploitation/horror film.

I've seen this a couple times (often in some half-awake state) and always really enjoy it. There's a lot of cool attention to detail with the look and sound of the film, a lot of what I assume to be period-accurate recording equipment.

It's a slow psychological piece about Gilderoy's discomfort with being in a new (pretty negative) work environment and with the film he's working on. You never see that film itself, the horror film; you hear it and scenes are described but that's it.

About 2/3rds of the way through Gilderoy starts to break down and the movie (Berberian) starts to fold in on itself, become more abstract and surreal. I'm not sure the ending makes sense but it feels right (it feels complete, a transformation has occurred).

It's a very fun movie to think about. I'll have to pay closer attention next time (and try not to be half-asleep).

I'm #streaming more Dishonored 2 (PC, 2016) tonight at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. I'm on mission 3 "The Good Doctor".

noooo this upload is missing a track. So Long by Seba & Lotek. A shame.

was reminded of the Logical Progression mix tonight & needed to hear it again. I don't think I have a CD copy of this anymore but I used to listen to it all the time.

I'm starting a game of Dishonored 2 (PC, 2016) tonight at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

My first time playing it; I'm curious to see what systems have been changed from the first game.

I'm #streaming more Morrowind (PC, 2002) tonight at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. Will try to do the fourth trial (part of the main quest) this session.

Back to the Dishonored (PC, 2012) DLCs today at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. Going into DLC 3 "The Brigmore Witches", the second story expansion.

I'm #streaming the Dishonored (PC, 2012) DLCs today at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. Starting with "The Knife of Dunwall", the first story add-on.

I'm continuing Dishonored (PC, 2012) today at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. I'm in the "Flooded District", so near the end of the game?

I'm picking up my game of Morrowind (PC, 2002) today at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. It's been a couple weeks since I played; I believe I'm in the Obainat Ashlander camp.

#streaming Dishonored (PC, 2012) again today at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. Going into the "Boyle's Last Party" mission next.

I'm #streaming more Dishonored (PC, 2012) today at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. Currently in the Hounds Pit area having completed the first mission "High Overseer Campbell".

I'm starting a game of Dishonored (PC, 2012) today at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

Last year around this time I played Arkane Studios' first game Arx Fatalis so this year feels like a good time to play their most famous game Dishonored. First time I've played it myself; I know a little bit of the story through cultural osmosis but that's it.