Tis (host)
8:02:22 PM
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Sep 11, 2025 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Music
With Tis
subbing for chef patti!
50% video game soundtracks with 110% heart. we're gonna dance, we're gonna feel
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ep pi: i believe in bugs
for those that don't know, there is a long, long, long-awaited video game called Silksong that came out one week ago, and it is about bugs. it got me thinking about bugs, and bug music.
and in music, some bugs are just lil' guys. but some are creepy. and some are, like, weirdly horny?
some bugs seem vile. some seem industrious.
but all of the bugs are beautiful, if you're willing to give them a chance.
| 8:02 PM |
| J. Dave Rogers BGM #03 J. Dave Rogers Arcade Classic No. 2: Centipede & Millipede sdtk. Arcade Classic No. 2: Centipede & Millipede released 1995 for Game Boy
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| 8:04 PM |
| Ivor Cutler I believe in bugs. Dandruff Virgin 1974
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| 8:05 PM |
| Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra Main Theme A Bug's Life A Bug's Life released 1998 for PS1
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| 8:07 PM |
| Passion Pit Moth's Wings Passion Pit Moth's Wings - Single Level UP 2019
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| 8:11 PM |
| III HORNET DANCE (HORNET MAN STAGE) III Rockman 9: The Ambition's Revival!! Original Soundtrack Inti Creates 2008
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| 8:14 PM |
| Rasputina Mayfly How We Quit the Forest Columbia 1998
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| 8:17 PM |
| Stewart Copland High Caves Stewart Copland Spyro the Dragon sdtk. Spyro the Dragon released 1998 for PS1
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| 8:20 PM |
| Haley Heynderickx The Bug Collector Haley Heynderickx I Need to Start a Garden Mama Bird Recording Co. 2018
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| 8:26 PM |
| Goose Dragonfly I Goose Ted Tapes 2021 Goose 2021
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| 8:29 PM |
| Seth Parker Sunrise over Snaktooth Island Seth Parker Bugsnax (Original Soundtrack) Seth Parker 2021 Bugsnax released 2020 for various platforms
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| 8:32 PM |
| La Luz Blue Moth Cloud Shadow La Luz News of the Universe Sub Pop Records 2024
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| 8:36 PM |
| Lena Raine Grub Deep Lena Raine Chicory: A Colorful Tale (Original Soundtrack) Radical Dreamland 2021 Chicory released 2021 for various platforms
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| 8:42 PM |
| Dax Riggs deceiver Dax Riggs 7 Songs For Spiders Bright Shadow 2025
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| 8:46 PM |
| Christopher Larkin Enter Hallownest Christopher Larkin Hollow Knight (Original Soundtrack) Christopher Larkin 2017 Hollow Knight released 2017 for various platforms
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| 8:47 PM |
| Wire I Am the Fly (2006 Remastered Version) Wire Chairs Missing pinkflag 1978
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| 8:50 PM |
| Kimitaka Matsumae Dragonfly Forest Kimitaka Matsumae Tamamayu Monogatari Original Soundtrack Genki Co., Ltd. 1998 Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu released 1998 for PS1
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| 8:52 PM |
| Powerman 5000 Public Menace, Freak, Human Fly The Blood Splat Rating System Conscience Records 1995
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| 8:56 PM |
| Matt Uelmen Maggot Matt Uelmen The Music of Diablo 1996 - 2011: Diablo 15 Year Anniversary Blizzard Entertainment 2011 Diablo II released 2000 for Mac and PC
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| 8:58 PM |
| Baby In A Straightjacket I Am the Wasp Baby In A Straightjacket Beginnings: III 6578176 Records DK 2024
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| 9:03 PM |
| Toby Fox Spider Dance Toby Fox Undertale Soundtrack Materia Collective 2015 Undertale released 2015 for Mac and PC
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| 9:05 PM |
| Booty Luv Black Widow Booty Luv Black Widow (Remixes) - EP Pierce Entertainment 2013
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| 9:09 PM |
| Takayuki Iwai IRON HORSE, IRON TERROR (Q-Bee Stage) Takayuki Iwai VAMPIRE SAVIOR Victor 1997
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| 9:11 PM |
| Soul Coughing The Bug Batman & Robin (Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture) Warner Sunset/Warner Records 1997
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| 9:14 PM |
| Jakob Schmid A Dance in Phases Jakob Schmid COCOON ORIGINAL GAME SOUNDTRACK Annapurna Interactive 2023 Cocoon released 2023 for various platforms
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| 9:17 PM |
| Nine Inch Nails Reptile Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral Nothing 1994
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| 9:24 PM |
| Kimitaka Matsumae Beetle Forest (Netherworld) Kimitaka Matsumae Jade Cocoon sdtk. Genki Co., Ltd. 1998 Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu released 1998 for PS1
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| 9:27 PM |
| Son Lux Cocoon Risk of Make Believe - EP City Slang 2025
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| 9:34 PM |
| Ratvader Slake Moth Ratvader Ultros (Original Soundtrack) Laced Records 2024 Ultros released 2024 for various platforms
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| 9:38 PM |
| Magic Sword "Candyman" Theme Magic Sword Joyful Noise Halloween Party, Vol. 1 Joyful Noise Recordings 2023
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| 9:42 PM |
| Brian Gibson Beetle Brian Gibson Thumper Thrill Jockey Records 2016 Thumper released 2016 for various platforms
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| 9:47 PM |
| The Halluci Nation The Virus (feat. Saul Williams & Chippewa Travellers) We Are the Halluci Nation Radicalized Records 2016
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| 9:51 PM |
| Marius Schneider & RushJet1 Fight of the Humble Bee (Moth vs. Bee) Marius Schneider & RushJet1 Creepy Castle Official Soundtrack Dopterra 2016 Creepy Castle released 2016 for PC
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| 9:53 PM |
| Beastie Boys Electric Worm Beastie Boys The Mix-Up Capitol Records 2007
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| 9:57 PM |
| OffTopic Megalovania (Fireflies) OffTopic Mash-up of Owl City's "Fireflies" with Toby Fox's "Megalovania," which first appeared in Undertale (2015)
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| 10:00 PM |
| Yuzo Koshiro Pulsing Hive Yuzo Koshiro Earthion Original Soundtrack Brave Wave 2025 Earthion releasing 2025 for various platforms
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| 10:03 PM |
| King's X Flies and Blue Skies King's X Dogman Atlantic Records 1994
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| 10:08 PM |
| Christopher Larkin Crossroads Christopher Larkin Hollow Knight (Original Soundtrack) Christopher Larkin 2017 Hollow Knight released 2017 for various platforms
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| 10:11 PM |
| Bring Me The Horizon One Day The Only Butterflies Left Will Be In Your Chest As You March Towards Your Death (feat. Amy Lee) Bring Me The Horizon POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR RCA Records Label 2020
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| 10:16 PM |
| KCE JAPAN SOUND TEAM MANTIS' HYMN KCE JAPAN SOUND TEAM METAL GEAR SOLID ORIGINAL GAME SOUNDTRACK KONAMI 1998 Metal Gear Solid released 1998 for PS1
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| 10:18 PM |
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs Mosquito Yeah Yeah Yeahs Mosquito Interscope 2013
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| 10:21 PM |
| Christopher Larkin Lace Christopher Larkin Hollow Knight: Silksong (Original Soundtrack) 2025
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| 10:23 PM |
| Eels Flyswatter Eels Daisies of the Galaxy [PIAS] Recordings Catalogue 2000
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| 10:26 PM |
| Jonathan "Joffa" Smith Title Music 1 Keith Tinman Firefly sdtk. Firefly released 1988 for ZX-Spectrum 48K
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| 10:29 PM |
| Simian Mobile Disco Flea In Your Ear Simian Mobile Disco Extra Temporary - EP Wichita Recordings 2010
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| 10:34 PM |
| Tristan Alric Store that Honey Tristan Alric Bug Fables Original Soundtrack, Pt. 1 759625 Records DK2 2019 Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling released 2019 for PC, then ported
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| 10:37 PM |
| The Alan Parsons Project The Gold Bug The Alan Parsons Project The Turn of a Friendly Card Arista 1980
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| 10:41 PM |
| Ratvader Sentient Worm (feat. El Huervo) Ratvader Ultros (Original Soundtrack) Laced Records 2024 Ultros released 2024 for various platforms
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| 10:45 PM |
| A Tribe Called Quest Buggin' Out A Tribe Called Quest The Low End Theory Jive 1991
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| 10:48 PM |
| Justin Scharvona Buck Bumble Main Theme Justin Scharvona Buck Bumble (Original Soundtrack) Justin Scharvona 2024 Buck Bumble released 1998 for N64
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| 10:51 PM |
| Kendrick Lamar Mortal Man Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly Aftermath 2015 Poem only
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| 10:53 PM |
| Scott Walker Butterfly Scott Walker Scott 3 UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1969
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| 10:54 PM |
| Kumi Tanioka Twilight of Dreaming Kumi Tanioka FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES Original Soundtrack PONY CANYON INC. 2003 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles released 2003 for GC
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| 10:58 PM |
| Califone Spiders House Califone Roots and Crowns Thrill Jockey Records 2006
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Chat is archived.
dan Cochrane
8:04:40 PM
Yes, I agree about bugs. Praying Mantis my current fave.
Tis (host)
8:05:04 PM
promising at least one song involving a mantis :)
dan Cochrane
8:06:07 PM
Females get a bad rap
Tis (host)
8:06:33 PM
same as it ever was! 😂
dan Cochrane
8:07:13 PM
Manti let you pet them on occasion.
Tis (host)
8:07:35 PM
!!!
Tis (host)
8:07:42 PM
pics or it didn't happen?
dan Cochrane
8:08:35 PM
It did, no pics…er, she insisted.
Tis (host)
8:09:03 PM
😳
dan Cochrane
8:09:34 PM
She was Adam Ant, sorry
Tis (host)
8:10:53 PM
he almost made this show, and will be in if there's ever a revisit of the theme
Rob from Maryland 🦀
8:12:21 PM
@Tis, is the mantis song by Don Dixon by any chance?
Tis (host)
8:12:33 PM
it is from the Playstation video game console 😂
Rob from Maryland 🦀
8:12:59 PM
Ah
dan Cochrane
8:13:15 PM
That side ending Eno track has loop of Summer night insect sounds, very haunting. Taking Tiger Mountain …I believe.
michael gudgeon
8:13:18 PM
yesss tis ! i heard this track pop on and had to check
Tis (host)
8:13:28 PM
you betcha :)
Tis (host)
8:13:40 PM
@dan Eno had a spider track I was eyeing for a while, too
dan Cochrane
8:14:34 PM
Before and after Science, yes. Spider & I.
Tis (host)
8:14:38 PM
if anyone could let me know if the levels are funny, i'd be much obliged; breaking in a new console
Tis (host)
8:14:43 PM
yes, that one!
dan Cochrane
8:15:22 PM
Summers Cauldren Xtc, Skylarking
dan Cochrane
8:15:42 PM
Sounds good
Tis (host)
8:15:52 PM
tytyty
Tis (host)
8:22:19 PM
mantis mentions: 1
Rob from Maryland 🦀
8:23:23 PM
Tis, I heard. And Ms Heynderickx isn't riding a pack of bees at the moment
Tis (host)
8:23:48 PM
next time!
Rob from Maryland 🦀
8:25:11 PM
Sounds good!
Liz Bot
8:26:05 PM
Hey Tis - Loving this set! Stewart Copeland’s Spyro soundtrack is soooo good! I was really enjoying the Rasputina song too. Haven’t heard them in a long time and it seems I need to revisit my Rasputina CDs. Saw them open for Belle & Sebastian in ‘03 or so
Tis (host)
8:28:29 PM
Liz!!!! Rasputina was a research find, and I am now obsessssssed -- were they good live??
Liz Bot
8:34:50 PM
@Tis - Yes! But I think better on record. Found The Aisler’s Set as a Belle & Sebastian opener too and became a fan!
Tis (host)
8:35:37 PM
adding them to the list :)
Liz Bot
8:39:45 PM
Here’s the chiptune / chip-metal Philly band in was telling you about. Their Ninja Gaiden and Mega Man covers are great, but I especially love their original compositions, which are chip-tune inspired from their albums Heart of Sawdust and The Final Recordings. Their current band, Cheap Dinosaurs, is also very worth checking out!
Liz Bot
8:40:07 PM
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromelodeon
Tis (host)
8:40:23 PM
👀👀👀
Tis (host)
8:40:26 PM
🙏🙏🙏
Rob from Maryland 🦀
8:49:20 PM
🎶 I am the fly 🎶
Tis (host)
8:50:08 PM
🎶 I am the fly 🎶
Ossy
8:52:53 PM
yeah nerdy tis! 🌟🎮👓🔥..like nerdy Wednesdays
Tis (host)
8:53:19 PM
nerds! nerds! nerds! nerds! nerds!
G Jax
8:56:22 PM
Is a parasite considered a bug?
Tis (host)
8:56:59 PM
i am not sure, and i had a similar taxonomical question about a later song
Tis (host)
8:57:05 PM
i decided bugs were a big tent
TAndy
8:58:11 PM
Oh hey Tis!
G Jax
8:58:16 PM
Then...KISS 'Parasite' !!!!!
Tis (host)
8:58:47 PM
Hello TAndy!!
Tis (host)
8:58:59 PM
@G Jax taking notes...
G Jax
9:00:16 PM
Haha. Cool. Great show so far. Don't know if you're new but you're new to me. Awesome stuff.
Tis (host)
9:02:54 PM
I usually stick to summer shows, but there was a fortuitous aligning of circumstances this week :)
TAndy
9:04:27 PM
chugging my liter jug of spider cider rn
Tis (host)
9:05:37 PM
no other way to get through the encounter!
Ossy
9:10:25 PM
than me playing zelda 1986 nes and stuck on level 4 snake dungeon
Tis (host)
9:10:53 PM
such a difficulty spike
Tomi
9:17:56 PM
ooh cocoon was a fun game
Tis (host)
9:18:43 PM
@Tomi i'm glad for the rec, i was on the fence about trying it out
Tis (host)
9:19:13 PM
must've gone over these lyrics like 10 times making sure i really didn't need to bleep anything
Tomi
9:19:22 PM
risky play
Tomi
9:19:46 PM
I think I got into cocoon on the recommendation of a game developer who works for Arkane
Rob from Maryland 🦀
9:20:16 PM
a parasite can be a worm, a bug/insect, protozoan, even birds (cowbirds & some cuckoos are brood parasites)
Rob from Maryland 🦀
9:20:26 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitism
Tis (host)
9:24:11 PM
the bird thing is wild
Rob from Maryland 🦀
9:44:21 PM
This has been a great show, Tis! Will there be a part 2?
Tis (host)
9:46:22 PM
There's definitely a lot of material for a director's cut, so we'll see when the next sub shift presents; either way, thank you so much!!! :)
Rob from Maryland 🦀
9:46:44 PM
It is wild, Tis. Cowbirds are common in the mid-Atlantic area and across the continent. We have cowbirds in our neighborhood every summer and sometimes I see their young being fed by their 'parents' (Song Sparrows especially)
Tis (host)
9:47:47 PM
here's our big-tent moment; the ref's ruling was that a virus was indeed a bug
Tis (host)
9:48:00 PM
@Rob whooooooa, metal
TAndy
9:52:24 PM
BEES
Tomi
9:56:23 PM
NOT THE BEES
Tis (host)
9:56:45 PM
if i had a nickel for every time i've played a riff on Flight of the Bumblebee in my last two shows, i'd have two nickels
Guelo <3
10:00:25 PM
Yeoooo that went kr8zy
Tis (host)
10:02:11 PM
iktr
Tomi
10:02:15 PM
back to the creepy but cool bugs?
Tis (host)
10:02:26 PM
One last fight to get out of our system
Tis (host)
10:02:46 PM
And hi @Guelo :)
Guelo <3
10:03:20 PM
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Tis (host)
10:11:33 PM
goths everywhere, put your lace gloves up
Rob from Maryland 🦀
10:15:31 PM
It's sleepy time for us. Tis, thank you for this wonderful show!! We'll keep our eyes peeled for any further subs this fall!
Ossy
10:18:06 PM
Yeah tisz pull your ultraviolet sun gloves up like this https://www.coolibar.com/cdn/shop/files/10308-111-1000-5-Coolibar-UV-Long-UV-Gloves-UPF-50_633fb734-400c-4d32-b030-a271e15524bd.jpg?v=1723168554
Tis (host)
10:18:17 PM
thank you Rob, and sleep well!! :)
Tis (host)
10:19:57 PM
@Ossy do they do like an irridescent thing with those ever? i find myself wanting some shimmer <3
Tomi
10:22:09 PM
Nooooo what if I want to play Silksong but I also want to hear more of this set?
Tis (host)
10:22:28 PM
this is the only spoiler :)
Matt Sabbath
10:22:50 PM
that Brian Gibson Thumper song was cool
Tis (host)
10:23:07 PM
@Matt totally agreed! good soundtrack, good sequel too
TAndy
10:24:19 PM
EELS. When's the escalators song?
Tis (host)
10:25:16 PM
what's the escalators song?
Matt Sabbath
10:25:18 PM
Eels mang Eels
Tis (host)
10:25:24 PM
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeels
Ossy
10:28:04 PM
tis - I don't think these ones are luminescent, but it'll be cool of coolibar doing one. However the palms of the gloved hands are kinda iridescent
Matt Sabbath
10:28:18 PM
great show so far DJ!
Ossy
10:28:39 PM
and will have to get a replacement, since I karmatically lost one pair of mine --__---
Tis (host)
10:28:47 PM
🙏 🙏 🙏 thank you for being here, @Matt!
Tis (host)
10:34:49 PM
@Ossy oh no! i hope you find a good replacement
Ossy
10:36:29 PM
https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-tmus-us-revc&sca_esv=71dabbe3f75c4242&udm=2&fbs=AIIjpHyTFN8BbSyNXQ3oA-fn7H5NUrrIpQXg7ywPuzBdcoqHY9koTyP2YoWqyTioW_DKM8eF3UI8-9tYkz9F06H7m7gA_0vpuI3XVjj_hWheKd2-WdUC0HBRmFvDXNHu7M8QpN0FMhBTTrEgjxkj5FHI5iHQiwqVo0VG-UQOMr_S-TbchvKmojFSN4vXy4pMQarAxfiVyq1FuZEspQEMyVm1uFPlwDVLk5GP0WX_KmCFXdYVGLy23oA&q=misty+caterpie+gif&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjAoc7ElNKPAxWYGFkFHXgkKFoQtKgLegQIDhAB&biw=411&bih=750&dpr=1.75 🐛 🐛 🐛 🐛
Tis (host)
10:37:02 PM
caterpieeeeeeeeee my childddddddd
Ossy
10:37:10 PM
Tis - and thanks! The worst of having either a great or horrid day, is losing a beloved treasure
Tis (host)
10:37:42 PM
<3
Ossy
10:38:38 PM
yeah butterfree, beedrill, scyther, heracross, ledian etc are my bugs
Matt Sabbath
10:39:19 PM
this is rad, John Carpenter-esque
Tis (host)
10:40:07 PM
nailed the time period for sure :) I love it, too
Ossy
10:41:13 PM
My nerd Wednesdays friend btw yesterday, did a game of name which game franchise you think is successful and her friends said, tekken, final fantasy, kingdom hearts, street fighter and for me legend of zelda, which was story highlighted
Tis (host)
10:42:07 PM
which one of those is most successful i wonder
Tis (host)
10:49:26 PM
🐝 BUCK 🐝 BUCK 🐝 BUCK 🐝 BUMBLE
Lucy Catemoji
10:49:40 PM
JUMPSCARE
Tis (host)
10:50:02 PM
He's here to help, Lucy!!
Ossy
10:59:15 PM
A lovely chill nerdy thursday!
Tis (host)
10:59:53 PM
yes, thank you so much; see you out there :)