Update log

12/16/24

• wrote about shadow's fun new adventure in the 2024 games diary.

11/30/24

• fixed an incorrect link on the main index.

11/11/24

• made a slight update to the xc dumping guide to include extracting map data, which i figured out like almost a year ago and never actually got around to writing up. oops!

11/6/24

• updated the main page infopanel's social links to include bluesky.

9/23/24

• going back and covering the mobile games that sucked up a couple months for me in the 2024 games diary.

9/22/24

• made a minor correction to the mhpuzzles article.

9/19/24

• i decided i'm not done writing about castlevania actually. i am not sorry

9/15/24

• whoops! it's been a minute! but i finally got around to a classic and wrote about it in the 2024 games diary.

7/30/24

• added a new piece to the gallery.

7/27/24

• talked about monster hunter's latest weird little spinoff.
• (and added a corresponding little summary in the main games article.)

6/25/24

• added a new piece to the gallery.

6/4/24

• new game with the greatest tile ever added to the 2024 games diary.

5/3/24

• oops i didn't mean to go three months between updates. anyway 2024 games diary starts NOW

1/28/24

• added this year's eighth and final goblin to the gallery. a bonus!

1/27/24

• added this year's seventh goblin to the gallery.

1/26/24

• added this year's sixth goblin to the gallery.

1/25/24

• added this year's fifth goblin to the gallery.

1/24/24

• added this year's fourth goblin to the gallery.

1/23/24

• added this year's third goblin to the gallery.

1/22/24

• i started early by accident! that means extra goblin this year. added this year's second goblin to the gallery.

1/21/24

• it's GOBLIN WEEK !!! added this year's first goblin to the gallery.

11/16/23

• talked about a very special castlevania game in the games article. potential eleventh-hour GOTY contender????

12/21/23

• updated realarcade grab-bag with three more games.

11/16/23

• talked about mundaun in the games article.

9/21/23

• added a new piece to the gallery.
• adjusted the main page zoom on mobile so the infobox is a little less... squished.
• rounded the edges on the thumbnails in the article directories.

8/24/23

• SIGNIFICANTLY revamped the main page!
• what's new:
• a proper site logo (VIDEO GAME SCARY DOT COM isn't going anywhere though). the title has also changed to match. (rip "WECOME TO THE MY WEB SITE" you will be missed)
• a fancy new background image!
• and an updated infopanel now with a little self-portrait! i spent a Very Long Time trying to figure out how to get this thing to work.
• you also might notice in said infopanel: i have a discord now! just a simple little thing to notify you about site updates.
• in smaller news: added id tags to the 2023 games article to make linking to specific subheaders possible.
• went back and retroactively added them to this page, so they now lead to the relevant part of the article in question.

8/21/23

• do you like when i talk about weird forgotten pc games? great! because now there's a dedicated article series for that, starting today.

8/10/23

• talked about a weird little resident evil tech demo.

8/4/23

• updated the favicon to a picture of my little character instead of just a generic spider.

8/3/23

• yeah no i don't think that twitter account is ever coming back. i played through the entire game again about it, but stupid this time. it might be the longest thing i've ever written. please enjoy.

7/6/23

• reworded the small blurb on the main page.

6/29/23

• temporarily removed the xenoblade twitter link because oops! that account got suspended for no reason!! nightmare website!! it'll return whenever that gets sorted out.

5/29/23

• rambled extensively about my current obsession with what's been going on with toontown.
• (and added a corresponding tldr bit to the games article.)

5/27/23

• made some formatting adjustments to the writing pages and unified their image/header placement. they got boxes inside their boxes now. it's like the future.

5/10/23

• talked about a weird little zelda spinoff in the 2023 games article.

4/20/23

• added a new piece to the gallery.

4/12/23

• talked about some random ms-dos game i found in the 2023 games article.

4/11/23

• continued the 2023 games article's sonic streak with black knight.

3/31/23

• can you believe they KILLED sonic the hedgehog??????

3/28/23

• talked about anatomy in the 2023 games article.

3/17/23

• added a page showcasing weird sonic bootlegs i've seen.

3/16/23

• made the indexes look a little nicer.

3/10/23

• talked about pokemon picross in the 2023 games article.

2/22/23

• added a new piece to the gallery.

2/20/23

• revamped the index to be a WHOLE lot nicer looking. the banners were slowing the site to a crawl on mobile! oops! so now there's dedicated boxes for things. and now it's not all just one awkward column of things in the middle of the page! woah!!
• as part of this, justacat.png has sadly been retired from the main page because it kinda no longer fits in. maybe someday i will find a new home for it...

1/28/23

• added this year's seventh and final goblin to the gallery.

1/27/23

• added this year's sixth goblin to the gallery.

1/26/23

• added this year's fifth goblin to the gallery.

1/25/23

• added this year's fourth goblin to the gallery.

1/24/23

• added this year's third goblin to the gallery.

1/23/23

• added this year's second goblin to the gallery.

1/22/23

• it's goblin week again! added this year's first goblin to the gallery.

1/10/23

• added a new piece to the gallery.

1/5/23

• added a work-in-progress article where i can dump my video game opinions as i beat them this year.

12/30/22

• made an adjustment to the gallery pages for improved mobile viewing experience.

11/22/22

• added a new piece to the gallery.

11/7/22

• updated the sonic and xeno twitter icons to much nicer artwork.

10/12/22

• added a new piece to the gallery.

9/7/22

• added colored borders on hover to the gallery thumbnails.

8/7/22

• added graphics to the riders guide.

7/30/22

• added a guide for xenoblade's level 50 tephra cave trick.
• touched up the riders guide with fancier boxes and a proper background image.
• fixed an issue with category banners breaking thumbnail alignment on mobile.

7/27/22

• wrote a little foreword to an eventual xenoblade 3 review, looking back at my complicated personal history with the series attached to my favorite game.

7/25/22

• added category banners to the home page's article thumbnails.
• reordered the resources directory to bump the more niche stuff to the bottom.

7/23/22

• wrote an absolute behemoth of an article about the mechon.

7/19/22

• added a "most recent" box to the home page. the narrowness was bothering me! i had to make it wide!!
• went back and fixed the capitalization on the resource pages to bring them inline with the writing pages.

7/18/22

• added the more writing bug.
• made a proper folder for the resources pages and moved them in there.

7/17/22

• talked about a formative zelda boss.

7/16/22

• made and implemented a graphic for the writing directory link.
• added a custom 404 page.

7/15/22

• IT'S BEEN
• added the writing directory.
• talked about weird little monsters from an old game called magic inlay.

7/14/22

• made and implemented fancy button for the homepage's resource directory link, and then also solved the riddle of transparency effects on hover.
• made and added a silly little graphic for the store button.

7/13/22

• made the xenoblade pages look prettier. there are now no pages left with the default formatting!
• added the home bug.
• fixed a home bug bug.
• added icons for my twitter links.

7/12/22

• touched up the resources directory to no longer be extremely barebones. there's icons and everything now!
• made the riders guide slightly nicer-looking.
• fancied up the page you're reading now.
• made the home page look a little better on mobile.
• solved the arduous riddle of making the resources directory look good on mobile (it was tables).

7/11/22

• started touching up the home page with a little css. background images! text colors consistent with the gallery!
• made and set up an extremely fancy button to replace the gallery text link on the home page.

7/10/22

• finished the gallery, added it to the main page, and posted the site link publicly. the grand opening!
• added xenoblade manual scans.
• added this changelog page. hi!
• changed the hyperlink colors on gallery pages for improved readability.

7/09/22

• added the gallery page and began working on it.

7/08/22

• made the website!
• added the resources directory.
• added the xenoblade model dumping guide.
• added the sonic riders guide.