Medicinal Warlock – The Daily SPUF

On my experiences with SFM

September 2, 2023August 22, 2023 Medicinal Warlock 0 Comments cosmetics, SFM, Team Fortress 2

Recently I got a request for the files of one of my SFM works that I used as a banner art for an old TF2 article. Unfortunately my laptop broke days before the request, so I lost all my SFM files and high-res renders of my old works. That surprisingly left me feeling a bit sad and empty, despite me not even remembering their existence for literal years. I can’t turn back time or have my old laptop magically fix itself though, so instead of crying over spilt milk I am simply going to talk about how good it used… [Continue Reading]

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Babbdi

January 9, 2023December 26, 2022 Medicinal Warlock 0 Comments Babbdi

It’s been a while since I’ve last wrote. Partly because I’ve been busy, partly because I haven’t played anything aside for Genshin for a long time. Even though that game has a major update every six weeks (with a hefty amount of content in each one, it’s amazing), I am not entirely sure if people reading this site will care. So instead I will talk about a new game I just played that is quite something. Babbdi is a … walking simulator? Puzzle platformer? Babbdi is a game where you try to navigate the eponymous town in order to get… [Continue Reading]

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Ukraine War Stories

January 6, 2023December 30, 2022 Medicinal Warlock 0 Comments Ukraine War Stories

On the twenty-fourth of February, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. The war brought about major humanitarian crises, changes in military alliances, and major revisions to military doctrine. It also brought about economic upheaval, or at least worsening the one we already had due to the pandemic. Headlines blared across news sites and papers everywhere, screaming about every major news, words from important figures of this war, including the man safely tucked behind a mile-long table, and evidence of heart-wrenching cruelty. Behind all these, however, are countless stories of common folk, much like you and I, who is being punished for the… [Continue Reading]

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Mixed feelings on Gundam Evolution

March 16, 2022March 12, 2022 Medicinal Warlock 0 Comments gundam, mech, mecha

A Gundam game, Gundam Evolution, is coming. It’s an action game where you pilot Mobile Suits, the in-universe name for giant humanoid robots that you pilot, to fight each other. And it’s available on Steam as a global release. And it’s free. Yet, I find myself being far less excited than I should be. The game looks like Overwatch ver. Gundam. It’s not just because it’s a FPS with each character having their own abilities and an ultimate, it’s also because the Mobile Suits feel like they are the same size and weight as a regular human. Their motions do… [Continue Reading]

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Denial

September 5, 2021August 28, 2021 Medicinal Warlock 0 Comments Genshin Impact

Yoimiya is the newest limited 5-star banner character to be added into Genshin Impact at the point of writing. And she has problems. A lot of problems. So many problems in fact that there is a whole list of them compiled in a single Reddit post with videos demonstrating said problems. To summarize the list, these are her main issues (if you are interested, please read the actual Reddit post, /u/PartyConfetti gives a really thorough breakdown on Yoimiya’s issues, and I cannot do that post justice here): Genshin’s auto-targetting for bow users have always been unreliable, but Yoimiya is the… [Continue Reading]

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Wreck and Ruin

July 2, 2021March 11, 2022 Medicinal Warlock 0 Comments minecraft

A lone stronghold stood in the plains, its banners vibrant, its walls resolute, a shield against whoever may come to conquer these lands. The interiors may not be luxurious, but it had all that is needed for a small group of soldiers to live on. The shelves were stocked, and the soldiers are protected from their foes and the elements within its walls. Alas, no fortifications hold for eternity, and soon the walls and the hopes of men crumbled. With the damages sustained, those who survived had to fall back, as the enemy charged towards them with utmost ferocity. As… [Continue Reading]

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I hate Wither Rose farms

May 5, 2021April 25, 2021 Medicinal Warlock 0 Comments failure, minecraft, testing

Wither Rose farms are something I always wanted to build but am too intimidated by. Wither Roses are useful for mob farms since they can kill mobs with the Wither effect, and is one of the two farmable sources of black dye, the other being ink sacs. However, Wither Rose farms require having a Wither, and they are not the most cooperative mob out there. The most reliable Wither Rose farm design I’ve found so far is by Rays Works, and is almost foolproof. However, it needs to be built in The End. And honestly, I do not want to… [Continue Reading]

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Genshin Impact – The End

April 29, 2021April 19, 2021 Medicinal Warlock 0 Comments Genshin Impact

I’ve went through what Genshin Impact is, and the good and bad of this game. Genshin is a game I like and enjoy a lot. I have a group of friends that I play with regularly, and I am in a Discord group with like-minded people. There is always something to do, and something to look forward to. The game itself is fun and enjoyable, and there’s always something to explore, try, and learn. The team-of-4 mechanic is amazing, and trying to fit four characters into a team that works best together is like assembling a 4-piece 5-dimensional jigsaw puzzle… [Continue Reading]

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Genshin Impact – The Bad

April 28, 2021April 19, 2021 Medicinal Warlock 0 Comments Genshin Impact

No game in the world is perfect, and Genshin Impact definitely isn’t. And oh boy does it have a lot of problems. The Gacha It’s not about the rates, nor the pity system, nor the IRL cost per pull. It’s the fact that gacha exists in the game. Academic research has shown that lootboxes are linked to gambling problems, in adults and adolescents. And gacha is equivalent with lootboxes since both have the players spend currency for a chance to acquire something rare and/or powerful. And in Genshin Impact, you pull for characters and weapons, which is vital for gameplay.… [Continue Reading]

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Genshin Impact – The Good

April 27, 2021April 19, 2021 Medicinal Warlock 0 Comments Genshin Impact

There are many things that Genshin Impact does right. After all, there has to be a reason why the mobile version managed to hit one billion dollars in earnings within six months. These are my own personal reasons as to why I like this game so much. Gameplay The gameplay is a third-person hack-and-slash affair. Each character has a normal attack, a charged attack, an Elemental Skill (an offensive/utility ability on cooldown), and an Elemental Burst (an ult basically, requires energy generated from Elemental Skill to charge up). A team of four is active during regular gameplay, with one on-field… [Continue Reading]

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