His name is Tingle btw.

...45 minutes of glitch chaining. Just... how.

Steps taken:

1. Wake up
2. Pop bloons
3. Get out of bed (only when biologically necessary)
4. Take pills
5. Eat breakfast
6. Sit on toilet
7. Watch half a dozen videos on how to Do Thing
8. Rest aching back by laying down
9. Watch half a dozen videos about how to maybe not Do Thing and Do Better Thing instead (that will definitely take more than the day of work I had allowed for it, be backbreaking, and something I have never done before, but will also be more permanent and beneficial in the long run)
10. Discuss Thing with spouse
11. Nod off
12. Open Big Box Hardware Store app and put supplies in cart
13. Price compare Do Thing and Do Better Thing
14. Fret about day getting late
15. Get out of bed when absolutely biologically necessary
16. Eat dinner
17. Watch videos unrelated to Thing
18. Post about it on lemmy as I watch the sun go down

Still left to do:

1. Thing

You know how some videos really get in the weeds when it comes to technical stuff? This video is almost all weeds lol. But it was fascinating to watch Timber stack glitch upon glitch and find the timing windows necessary to skip getting all of the GSI abilities (with the exception of amiibo).

cross-posted from: https://ani.social/post/5022680

Please suggest some Gundam-like shows to watch

Hi all, I came back to anime after a long hiatus thanks to Witch from Mercury.

Since then, I've watched a bunch of anime - including many masterpieces - but nothing could scratch that itch like a Gundam series could.

So now I'm look for more Gundam shows to watch.

It doesn't have to be Gundam exactly (or even anime!). As long as it shares the main features, I would consider it to be Gundam.

From what I observed, the following themes are essential to Gundam series:

War - To be specific, it shows how war is bad, and that nobody truly wins in a war.

Child soldiers - Usually forced to fight, or manipulated into fighting (by people who would usually get revealed to be the real villains later).

Politics - What started the war, or kept the war going. The politicians tend to be the ones manipulating others.

"Mecha" - I am using the term mecha loosely here, because it doesn't really have to be a robot that's piloted. It can simply be some kind of enhancement or weapon of war, or something symbolic.

Tragedy - In war, people are obviously going to die. Personally I would prefer if the main cast gets a happy ending though.

Discrimination - It can be discrimination over race, class, etc.

Other themes that I have noticed are common but not really essential include:

romance subplot - Looks like in war, love gives people hope, as well as the drive to keep on living.

dystopian setting - It could be the lasting effect of previous wars, or the consequences of politics.

Finally, these are not really themes, but I've noticed these trends:

• there's usually an ensemble cast
• the protagonist's team tend to switch sides in the later stage of the show to fight against the true villains
• the mechas would progressively get upgraded over the course of the show

To avoid overlaps, here are the Gundam-like series that I have watched / plan to watch.

Watched:

• 86
• Darling in the Franxx
• Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Planning to watch (based on hearsay about their similarity to Gundam):

• Code Geass
• Gurren Lagann
• Attack on Titan
• Cross Ange

Thanks in advance for the recommendations.