[classic swim]

Tonight, 12:30 AM Hairs twisting. Bodies intertwining. Spirals are developing all over the town.

“DIE, LIL GLASS BALLA FOOL!” Things down in the set aren’t 100%. The legendary Big Bear being held back by one mark ass B Dup... Your boy Jeffery from down the block? “OG Loc” now. Can you believe that shit? Ryder bitching ‘bout your driving... Still. You do what you can. Don’t mind your brother Sweet. Deep down, he knows the hood’s been struggling without your help. It’s gonna take A LOT more than a drive-by or two to deal with your internal situation. It’s out the question that the Ballas got you feelin’ exposed. And the Vagos? Pfft. They got all of Las Colinas under their dump. For sure, CJ. You don’t wanna catch yourself slipping down in East LS. Big Smoke? Dude’s like your mentor. You love him to death. He’s been lookin’ out since you were born. Still, some things with him don’t fully add up. What’d he have going with them Vago cats? Why did he buy that house up in Ballas territory? Why was he holding out the whole time during that Cluckin’ Bell fiasco? Why’d we have to follow that train? What on earth did he drag you into with them Russians? Shit’s got you a little wary. But hey, at least you’re learning with each passing day.

Taco John’s being more expensive than McDonald’s. FUCK YOU, man. You’re not even worth anything.

She should get in a huge fight with Superman and then have an affair with ghostrek.

What I find underwhelming about Yakuza is how it’s a whole franchise centered on a specific criminal organization rarely used in American titles, and the gunplay either isn’t there or isn’t good. The fighting style isn’t what I’d want for that series and it’s the one mainstay.

That BMX bike? Might not seem like a big deal right now. But for you? It’s the one tool leading you to the journey of a lifetime. Grove Street. Home. No matter how long it’s been. No matter how long you’re away. You can always claim this to be home. And over there! On the red marker... the house you were brought up in! You walk inside. Stifling through the memories. Beverly Johnson. Your mother. The faint sanity of your upbringing. Gone. But... what’s this? Big Smoke mistakes you for some basehead burglar. Once he stops to recognize, Smoke embraces you as his old pal and lost brother in arms. Not before offering you some quotes from the book, Smoke takes you to your mom’s funeral; Sweet and Kendl will be waiting. At first, the reunion’s not so great. Your older brother Sweet’s still crotchety since you went away. Baby sister Kendl’s no baby no more. She’s off making her own decisions. No matter. In the moment... The pivotal Grove Street Families crew is united once more! Takes awhile for you to get adjusted and acknowledge that the Ballas & Vagos have consumed much of LS. Nothing an OG like yourself can’t handle. Not long after checking in with your boy Ryder, you’ll find yourself... Cruising the spot... Claiming royalties... Tagging up turf... Even helping get the set back where it was. “FUCK THEM GROVE STREET FOOLS!” Ballas homie outcries.

“How quaint, a neoliberal democrat” was such a fucking funny sentence I wanted to it so bad even when that wasn’t the point. Hate how that was what initially set him off.

Roof of my mouth’s been FUCKED just from couple hours of sipping tequila 3 nights ago. Made the rookie mistake of eating Buffalo wings thinking that shit cleared.

I’m fine with the weather being what it is now because turning the heater on will only ruin everything.

Don’t pull an Icarus. Benji was mostly fair to you.

Of all the things to have a monthly bill on, it shouldn’t be for old ass cartoons on your phone. Pretty ridiculous for it to have coasted along as it did.

Prologue: Chapter One: Carl Johnson escaped the city, his past, and a life that was spiraling out of control. He abandoned Los Santos for Liberty City when his brother Brian met an early end. Unfortunately, gang violence also claimed his mother’s life, forcing CJ’s return to the city to attend the funeral... En Route from the Los Santos International Airport, CJ’s welcomed by a couple of old acquaintances from his gangbanging past—corrupt officers, Frank Tenpenny and Eddie Pulaski. The C.R.A.S.H. officers drop CJ off at the heart of Rolling Heights Ballas country. They draw CJ back in the game by linking him to a weapon used in a fresh cop killing. You are Carl Johnson, you are unarmed, and have just been dropped off in the middle of your rival gang’s territory.

^ This in-game photo is one of the oldest in my gallery. Had to have been taken dead on the time of release, just minutes within me playing for the very first time. I remember taking Big Smoke’s car for my own and going everywhere around Los Santos before even having a grasp of the other sides of the map. When the game warned me not to leave town early, I tried swimming away at night and cops shot me dead in the water. I’ve 100%’d more than once (pain in the ass), and even had a save just for replaying all the starter missions. Story was that entertaining from the start that I actually wanted to keep the first chapter of it close by. Never had to do that for any other game.

_________ put the dub from MAX online already.

I wasn’t creeped out too bad by much of the episode, but Kurotani and her fucked up eye near the end was what did me in lol. They have something special with this. I heard at least one episode’s going to be 45 minutes long and that sounds like a blast already.

I’m suspecting it’ll be the former, but I’ll check it later and see.

Pirating.

Tonight, 12:30 AM As Shuichi urges Kirie to escape the town with him, the real “spiral” horror begins.

They used to tie you up to separate horses just to rip your body apart. Parson probably wanted that instead of injection.