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[Sappho]

Welcome to the New and Improved List of Aira's Videos! Aira is me, by the way. I'm Aira.

My Channel:
Aira Plays Games
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Channel Update (15/07/17)

Stream Archives

Series:
Battleblock Theater Co-op With Jar of Jam!
Yonder
Minecraft: Sprout
These Games Deserve More Attention
The Simple Life 2
Game A Day Fortnight
Foolcraft
Sky Factory 3
Farming Valley

Spoiler: A Good Bundle (click to show/hide)

Announcement
No Pineapple Left Behind
Earthtongue
Expand
A Good Snowman is Hard to Build
Catlateral Damage

The Magic Circle
Grow Up
Let's Play Stardew Valley
Space Anthropologist! (Life in the Woods: Renaissance)
Aira Plays Blightfall (Forum Thread)
Minecraft Commune (Defunct Forum Thread)

Minecraft With Mom:
Hermitpack
Modern Millenaire
Back to School! (Mage Quest)
Magic World 2
Classic

One-Off Videos:
Mu Cartographer
Hero Generations
NE_01
Me vs Steam vs The World
Burly Men At Sea
Aira Makes a Video
Tricky Towers
Minecraft: Sky Factory 2.5
Grow Home
Cook, Serve, Delicious!
Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe

Critique:
Words for Evil
The Last Tinker: City of Colors (pt 1)
Hook
RymdResa
Disposable Heroes

Reviews:
Everything (PC)

Stream Archives

[Djohaal]

I love minecraft with mom. It's just so awesome.

[BigD145]

Aira does Mom's bidding, as she should.

[Sappho]

I'm glad people enjoy those. I was worried my mom would be angry that I was recording her, but when I finally showed her the videos (for Christmas last year - I watched her watching the videos over skype with the rest of my family there as well), she laughed until she cried. Now that she knows I'm recording everything, she loves to remind me that she is the star of the show. There will be more of them, I just have to find the time to sort through the many, many hours of footage that go into each episode. As we went on, our play sessions got longer, too, so one episode might be made of seven hours of play time. I'm thinking of splitting the next day into two episodes, actually. These ones do need to be kept short, because my mom is as busy as me and she won't have time to watch long ones.

EDIT: There's a new Minecraft with Mom!
https://youtu.be/V8Ai1bmDkJU

[Sappho]

I haven't had the time to make a new Blightfall video this week, but here's something simple for you all: Cook, Serve, Delicious!

https://youtu.be/l92JX_A2kas

[Jar of Jam]

Ah, so that's what "Cook, Serve, Delicious!" is all about
Heard plenty about it, seen you play it but never knew the gameplay particulars.

[Sappho]

I've gotten much better at it now. Might do another video since I still probably won't have time for Blightfall for a while...

Are there any other games people would want a look at? Feel free to pick something from my ridiculously huge library: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198079017859/games/?tab=all

[Neonivek]

Ok only watched about a few seconds and thank goodness you have the voice for Letsplaying.

Clear and crisp and you have energy.

I am soo tired of muffled whispery voices that sound like the letsplayer is about to nod off. It makes me feel like I am stuck on the tour bus of letsplays.

[Jar of Jam]

How about some Eldritch or Papers, Please?

[Sappho]

Thanks, Neonivek!

I have never played either Eldritch or Papers, Please, though I've definitely been meaning to get around to the latter for a while now. I'm worried that maybe too many other people have already done LPs of it, though - would it not bore people? I mean, I think it's not really replayable, is it? Correct me if I'm wrong since, as I said, I've never played it.

Isn't Eldritch sort of a shooter? I'll probably be really, really horrible at that, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't be entertaining to watch.

[Neonivek]

Eldrich I guess can be defined as a shooter. More of a first person platformer personally.

[Anvilfolk]

Thanks, Neonivek!

I have never played either Eldritch or Papers, Please, though I've definitely been meaning to get around to the latter for a while now. I'm worried that maybe too many other people have already done LPs of it, though - would it not bore people? I mean, I think it's not really replayable, is it? Correct me if I'm wrong since, as I said, I've never played it.

Isn't Eldritch sort of a shooter? I'll probably be really, really horrible at that, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't be entertaining to watch.

Oh, if you haven't played Papers, Please, then please do a blind LP of it. It really messes with your mind and your morals. It's so much fun seeing people go through it!

[Sappho]

Well it wouldn't really be blind. I already know what it's about and have seen snippets of people playing. I think the reason I've hesitated to play it is because I have personal experiences which are not too far off from what that game is about.

Spoiler: My Experience (click to show/hide)

Due to a tiny mistake in paperwork which was not even my fault (I was given the wrong information, but couldn't prove it because I'm not allowed to record any interactions with the government clerks who are my only source of information), I was kicked out of the Schengen zone for 3 months, right in the middle of the school year (I'm a primary school teacher), with only 2 days' notice to get out. This came after several months of hellish battling with the government, me giving them mountains of evidence that I met all requirements to stay here and I had nowhere else to go, but they had already decided to ignore me. I wound up having to beg a coworker to take my cat for 3 months, pack up as much of my stuff as I could, and spend all my savings to leave Europe. It nearly destroyed my life here, where I'd already been established for 6 years, and I wound up in some really bad places during those months. I ended up in the hospital with panic attacks and at one point had to flee the person I was staying with. It was a very ugly situation. And now there's a huge debate going on in Europe about refugees from the middle east. Most people in this country want to just send them back to the war zones and dangerous places they're running away from, even though we're perfectly able to let them stay here. I see videos and photos of how they're being treated, having numbers written on them, being herded with no regard for their basic rights, and I know full well that the difference between my situation and theirs is not as clearly separated as it might appear at first glance. I know what it is to suddenly and unexpectedly have to leave your home, desperately searching for a safe place to stay and not finding one. I know that any day, the government could find some legal but ridiculous reason to simply kick me out of my home again, and again, I'd have nowhere to go.

So, tl;dr version, I don't think I really need to learn the lesson that Papers, Please teaches. I've already experienced some of it firsthand. The reason I want to play it is mostly to explore the game design more closely and just offer appreciation to the designer who made it. But I'm not sure if I want to do an LP, since it's an emotional topic for me... I'll think about it.

Doing NaNoWriMo is also sucking up a lot of my time now, of course. More than I have, really. But I'll try to get something up soon! I'll at least put up the next Cook, Serve, Delicious! video within the next couple of days, and I'll consider trying out Eldritch next. I do also plan to do One Finger Death Punch and maybe Cat Goes Fishing.

[mainiac]

Minecraft with mom is very relaxing.

[Anvilfolk]

Minecraft with Mom is indeed great.


Sappho, I'm really sorry to hear all of that. It sounds like a horrible experience I have lots of internet hugs available, if you care for them. I generally hate the US immigration system (I'm a resident alien here now), but I know of lots of problems with the European one too Now you've added yet another one to it

If it causes you emotional distress, then please don't play. For me the experience wasn't so much with immigration (even though I apparently get randomly selected at airports every time...), as it was with being placed on the other side of it. The TSA side, or the bureaucratic side, if you will. It was... very, very odd, being on the other side of the power dynamics, and I found myself becoming something I am not. Seeing people struggle with morality is what's generally fun, but only if they've been privileged enough not to have to have dealt with it in real life, in which case it can definitely get too real.

Keep doing amazing work, in Europe and on the internet, yes? I wouldn't worry so much with what people want, since that can create pressure and reduce enjoyment of producing content, and do instead whatever it is that YOU are excited about. We'll all just be glad to have more Aira Playing Games