Bonus Fonts Unlocked

I decided to use a font called Back Issues for my Zelda comics zine, as well as a font called Hylia Serif for the front cover and title page.

Louisa Roy was kind enough to give credit for both fonts in her Into the Wild zine, and I’m happy to follow in her footsteps. I need to remember to give credit too.

It took me an embarrassingly long time to learn this; but, thanks to a very short and no-nonsense guide on Blambot (where I got the Back Issues font), I just realized that the way to install a font on Photoshop (and all programs running on your computer) is to right-click on the font file and then click “Install.” When I think about all the time I spent wandering through arcane tutorials on "how to install a font on Photoshop," I cry a little inside. Sometimes Google is not, in fact, the best way to figure out how to do something.

One day at a time, friends. One day at a time.

Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP

I’m a fan of the Superbrothers OST because there was a period of my life that was more or less me listening to Basco's Gamebient mix on loop, but I never played the actual game until it came out on Switch at the end of November.

It’s difficult to control and interact with, and the exploration elements feel wooden and perfunctory. I’ve played the first two (out of five, I think?) “sessions,” but I’m still not sure what this game wants or expects from me. I appreciate the cleverness of the writing, and I’m intrigued by the Zelda references, but this isn’t enough to keep me going.

I don’t think Superbrothers is for me. I’ll leave it on the system in case I get bored or ambitious later, but I’m going to give myself permission to quit playing it for the time being.

The soundtrack is still very good, though. I especially like the two-song sequence of “The Maelstorm” followed by “The Ballad Of The Space Babies,” which is a solid five minutes of focus and calm.

GRIS

I like how, at the very beginning of the game, every command button causes your character to aggressively sit down. You’re like, “Jump!!” and she’s like, “NOPE.”

She gets better, but this is such a big mood.