#oneaday Day 288: Whew

What a crazy couple of days. I think things are finally settling down again at last, but man. I did not expect the massive reaction I got for my response to that Gun Gun Pixies review. The last two days have been crazy good traffic for MoeGamer, with yesterday being 1.5x the number of people who showed up for We Need To Get Better at Talking About Sex, and today about matching that piece.

And, as I noted yesterday, just three negative responses. That's quite an impressive ratio when dealing with something vaguely controversial — but, I won't lie, it is very nice to feel like you're on the "right" side. And I'm baffled that "we should respect each other's tastes, even if they don't match" is somehow one of the most surprising and controversial takes of 2019; my blogger friend Lethargic Ramblings (who wrote a great piece on Celeste and mental health recently, go read it!) has also been fending off people with bizarre viewpoints today. I swear some people want to be contrary just for the sake of it.

I've had a busy evening so I haven't had a ton of time for gaming, so I'm not sure I'll be able to get a Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal piece up tomorrow, but we'll see. I'm thinking about splitting that particular part of the feature into (at least) two anyway — one focusing on Hanzou, one on Hebijo — and I'll definitely be able to clear the Hanzou story tomorrow evening.

Super Metroid hasn't been helping. Having for some reason held off playing this for years, I'm now thoroughly invested. I have no idea how far through I am, but I'm enjoying it a lot and I spent my whole lunchtime at work today exploring the depths of Zebes. Fantastic stuff.

Anyway. One more day to survive this week, then it's a podcast weekend! Chris and I will be doing another news-centric episode similar to what we did around E3, this time focusing on stuff like TGS and the recent(ish) Nintendo Direct. Lots to talk about, for sure.

Bedtime for me now, though. Although Zebes is calling…