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Showing posts with label marathon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marathon. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

May the rats eat your eyes, 2025!

It's New Year's Eve—my birthday—once again. I said last year that Secret of Mana was probably going to be my last marathon, but I thought of one more I probably have in me...

Soon, you will come to learn fear as I have.

Sure, we've played Eternal Darkness before. But have we seen the true ending? We sure haven't! That's right, it's a triple-clear tonight, which I think I should be able to pull of in normal marathon times, if my body holds out.

So join us! The party starts at 6:30pm ET, and the game will start once we've had our pizza.

[ Watch: Twitch ]
[ Talk: Discord ]

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Leave Time for Sleep

Beat the game in just a little over 24 hours. I could've done it in closer to 21, but I was having some wild luck in the Mana Fortress. Something cool would drop, and I'd think, "Oh, I should go back and save." I wound up with all the best armor except for the boy's helmet, and the ultimate javelin and boomerang. I also got all my magic past level 8, which I didn't expect within this timeframe, was getting "nines" with almost every cast.

Now I'm tired. Happy new year, everybody.

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

But time flows like a river...and history repeats...

We started this as a multiplayer stream right before the pandemic—and we might return to that again—but for now, it's time for me to beat Secret of Mana in a single marathon sitting for my birthday! Will I make it?

Join us starting at 4pm CST and find out! Even if I can't, it'll be a fun party, so come hang out!

[ Watch: Twitch ]
[ Talk: Discord ]

Sunday, January 1, 2023

I Miss Ya...

EarthBound completed in a little over 21 hours. Sword of Kings obtained after 17 Starmen Super; no other 1/128 weapons, but I encountered less than 10 each of the monsters that drop them (and zero Bionic Krakens).

Happy 2023, everybody. It's time for me to sleep.


Saturday, December 31, 2022

The Year the Earth Stood Bound

The New Year's Marathon returns, and tonight I'm bringing you the mother of all streams! A favorite game, which led me to an incredible community, I'm not exaggerating when I say this game has had a big impact on my life.

EarthBound starts tonight at 6pm ET!

[ Watch: Twitch ]
[ Talk: Discord ]

Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Gogo (to sleep)

From the start to defeating Kefka (not counting the looong end sequence), the marathon lasted 38 hours and 28 minutes by my estimate. Wonderful way to celebrate my birthday and bring in the new year. Thanks to everybody who came out, enjoyed the game with me, and cheered me on!

Sunday, December 31, 2017

Long Phantom Train Runnin'


The Final Fantasy VI New Year's marathon begins in less than an hour—that's 3pm ET! Tune in, cheer me on, help keep me awake, cuz this is gonna be a long one.

[ Watch: TwitchTV ]
[ Talk: Thinstack | Starmen | IRC ]

Friday, December 22, 2017

Another Year of Beasts


The end of the year is upon us! For the third year in a row, I'll be celebrating New Year's Eve, my birthday, with a marathon stream of one of my very favorite games, start to finish in one sitting. And I invite you all to join me, in my living room or on Twitch, for as long as you like! Conversing with y'all keeps me energized, and makes the stream more interesting, to boot.

I must be a fool or a masochist, because this year, I picked Final Fantasy VI. While I love the game and know it very well, it's longer than my previous marathon games by a good bit. As such, I'm relaxing my "no help" rule from the last two years, and am writing up some super-condensed notes to help me plan the whole thing out, and perhaps reach the end before 30 hours have passed.

For those who are curious or care about such things, I'll be playing the SNES version with the latest version of the TWU patch. Woolsey's original translation is kind of incredible for having been done in three months, but under such tight deadlines, there were, of course, things that slipped through. This version is still primarily based on that script, but gone over using the GBA version and Lina Darkstar's translation notes as reference. I'm excited to try this version because a few years ago, I attempted to undertake this very thing, myself. I got maybe halfway through my first draft, had to put the project on hold for a little while, and when I came back to it, I discovered that someone else had done it already. I hope it lives up to my expectations!

The party begins on Sunday, December 31st at 3pm ET, and will continue well into New Year's Day. Won't you join us?

[ Watch: TwitchTV ]
[ Talk: Thinstack | Starmen | IRC ]

Saturday, December 31, 2016

Happy New Year from the Mushroom Kingdom


Another year draws to a close...and what a year it was. Time to end it on a high note with some concentrated nostalgia!

I'll be starting my marathon of Super Mario RPG at 2pm ET, and running until I finish, probably sometime tomorrow morning. Drop in and help us celebrate the end of the year, as well as my 2⁵th (nd?) birthday!

[ Watch: TwitchTV ]
[ Talk: Thinstack | Starmen | IRC ]

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Happy New Year to the End of Time!


As we look back on 2015 and forward to the new year, what better way to celebrate than by playing a game with a character named Janus?

After Thanksgiving and Christmas, I wanted to marathon a game that would really challenge my endurance for New Year's and my birthday. Chrono Trigger is one of my very favorites, and while I know it well—even going so far as to record every ending to VHS when I was a kid—I've never attempted to beat it in a single sitting, or even come close accidentally.

So, New Year's Eve at 4pm ET, I will sit down and attempt to do just that. Straight through, no stopping, from start to finish. I'll even try to stick through all the endgame sidequests.

There'll be some friends dropping by over the course of the stream, and I hope to see y'all join us in the chat!

[ Watch: TwitchTV ]
[ Talk: Thinstack | Starmen | IRC ]

Thursday, December 24, 2015

A New Holiday Tradition?


Like last year, more holidays than Thanksgiving are landing on a Thursday! And since last year's Thanksgiving stream of Secret of Evermore developed into something more across Christmas and New Year's Day (eventually becoming Thursday Throne), I think I'd like to do something similar this year.

This Thanksgiving, I marathoned a game: Illusion of Gaia. One that I knew would take me a while, but I was confident I could clear in a single sitting. For Christmas Eve, I'm upping the ante by bringing you two games (albeit shorter ones), back-to-back! From start-to-finish and start-to-finish, I'll be playing Sam & Max Hit the Road, followed by Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle!

Then next week...I'm really going to challenge myself.

Tune in today at 4pm ET, and don't miss a moment of these brilliant comedy adventures!


[ Watch: TwitchTV ]
[ Talk: Thinstack | Starmen | IRC ]

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Happy Thanksgiving!

So, I just had an insane idea.


I'm going to marathon Illusion of Gaia for Thanksgiving. I'm even going to try to 100% it without a guide. I know it's a little late in the day for this, but I don't have anywhere to be until Monday, so screw it. :P

I'll be starting as soon as I get everything set up, so tune in and get ready!

[ Watch: TwitchTV ]
[ Talk: Thinstack | Starmen | IRC ]