Ask Lyra

Jul 28

Jul 27

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1) I had heard the name but I didn’t know anything about the game. Sounds interesting!

2) You might say that.

3) Bon-Bon: That’s the name of my shop. I’ll answer to it if somepony calls me that, but usually it’s just fillies or colts that don’t know my name.

4) Obviously; that’s where the phrase came from.

… How did it wind up being called that by humans?

5) Alright, Strawberry.

6) Not for the ones that already existed, from I’ve seen. There’s a bunch of new weapons; every one of the 77 characters have their own weapon now. So any character that’s had their weapon changed has a different EX combo. Most of the changes are more broad. You can store your Musou now so they’ll have up to 3 charges. They added something called rage where you get faster and can use a new special Musou attack. There’s a rock-paper-sissors mechanic to weapons so the switch system has more use for casual players. Switch counters. I think whirlwind was in 7, but there’s 3 other mechanics depending on the weapon; Dash, Dive, and Shadow Strike. The graphics and environments are way better and as best I can remember attacks are sped up compared to 7. Oh! And if you press guard just as you hit the ground from being knocked back, you’ll land on your feet and skid backwards instead of always doing that air-flip.

7) That’s actually a tree. I made sure my shadow wasn’t in any of them by holding the phone down and off to the side if I had to. I figured everypony would think that was me when I was taking it, though.

But thanks! I’m glad you like the composition!

Jul 26

imageLyra: I would love to see a celebrity gossip spot with Krastos. Overall, though, I find it highly suspect that a show called Bon-Bon and Lyra seems to have neither of us in it. Unless one of us is dressed up as that one fat guy behind the dumpster.

Bon-Bon: … What are you talking about? What is this?

Lyra: Oh, that’s right. This is your first time seeing One Lyra to Live, isn’t it?

Bon-Bon: What?

Lyra: What was the Gilda version called again? As the Griffon Flies? Days of our Gilda?

Bon-Bon: What?

Edit: Lyra: Found it! It was As the Griffon Flies!

Jul 25

Shoot, do I have to make a post?

I just got Dynasty Warriors 8 yesterday and… It is way more awesome than I thought it would be. But… Gotta do somethin’.

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1) Yeah! Gotta let it go! Not like we didn’t pay for it! Although that scorch mark did take a while to grow back.

Not in Ponyville. And Canterlot doesn’t need anything like that. They just use magic. Places like Trottingham and Manehatten probably use snow blowers.

2) It was some third party thing that had partitioned save slots you could switch around by pressing buttons on the device itself. When it corrupted the data it erased everything, but it happened while I was playing Legend of Mana so I at least resaved that. Small consolation. I played the original Digimon World. That game was so crazy. Eating porta-potties.

And yeah. I don’t like hardcore games. EVE was a nightmare. My gaming buddy has a huge story she could tell you that basically ends with her quitting because she inadvertently started a war between two corporations and one of them had a silent hit on her.

But that’s entirely the point. No death runs aren’t much of an accomplishment. It just took practice and learning the appropriate sequence. Most of the trouble you have in Contra is when you stop moving. Once you know where everything is the boss fights are all you have to worry about. And I had a good sequence for X2, but all I can remember right now is to start with Wheel Gator. Hardest part was getting the secret weapon, because if you mistime either slide you hit a spike and insta-die. That’s a painful way to end a run. Still managed to do it twice, though.

I don’t really do stuff like that anymore. There’s so much to play; not much point in wasting time on pretend limitations and replaying identical content.

3) Sure. Sure. Have Redbox too, but good luck finding any in Ponyville.

Yar har fiddle-dee-dee. Should it still be considered piracy when it can’t be found any other way?

Jul 24

Jul 23

Okay, so think of it like a Pokemon. It’s like a chameleon with a scorpion stinger, only it has no poison on it’s own. It has to dip it’s stinger into the little pot on it’s back to coat the stinger in poison.
It rubs the poison off by stabbing the...

Okay, so think of it like a Pokemon. It’s like a chameleon with a scorpion stinger, only it has no poison on it’s own. It has to dip it’s stinger into the little pot on it’s back to coat the stinger in poison.

It rubs the poison off by stabbing the dirt a few times and then it can use the stinger for utilitarian purposes like pickin’ up food.

Jul 22

I… I am stunned. And, I mean, at first I thought, “Well yeah, sure, but that won’t work with higher numbers. But I tested it! It does!”

I… I am stunned. And, I mean, at first I thought, “Well yeah, sure, but that won’t work with higher numbers. But I tested it! It does!”

(via lifehackable)

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Bon-Bon: Oh, you know, she only ran around with the thing for half an hour. Blowing leaves everywhere. Leaves from our yard. The neighbors’ yards. Then when the battery ran down, like anypony could have guessed it would, she tried to recharge it with her magic. Did that break it, Lyra?

Bon-Bon: It exploded- Oh yes it did! Huge scorch mark on who’s lawn?

Bon-Bon: Same pony that let you borrow it? Why I believe it was. Had to pay for the leaf blower and the damages. She won’t talk to us anymore. Her son, who’s a pegasus, actually flipped me off once. Little colt- gave me the bird! And you know, in the end, somehow you managed to wiggle your way out of explaining what in Celestia’s grace was going through your mind at the time. I don’t suppose you’d care to take this time to enlighten us, would you?

Lyra: … I like Play-Doh?

Lyra: Oh come on Bon-Bon, it was funny! Bon-Bon!

Lyra: She’s just mad she never got their family’s secret recipe. She never liked them.

It’s that simple.

It’s that simple.

(Source: sinfest.net)

Jul 21

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1) Well, Krastos doesn’t technically live here. He has his own house in Ponyville. Bon-Bon? Yes, but Tootsie-… Well, I mean she spends a lot of time here, certainly. But she… You see, her parents work a lot so she stays here during the week. She lives with them on the-… You know what? Yeah. Tootsie lives here.

Sweetie moved back home a while ago. I think her parents were having a mid-life crisis with all the vacations and traveling. But don’t tell them I said that. That’s cool that you’re putting me in your Sim-town, though!

2) It doesn’t have to be so black and white, you know. I neither make decent money nor do something I love for a living.

On reflection, I’m not sure I’d enjoy working as a professional musician anyway. If I was one, I’d have to constantly practice and practice and that’s not fun. That’s not enjoyable. Why would anypony want to do that to themselves? Turn what they love to do into work? But, when I come home from working as an aid, I get to pick up my lyre and just have fun with it. No pressure. And if I don’t want to play something, I don’t have to.

I think the only critical thing is that you avoid doing something you hate. It’s like having a bad day everyday. It will ruin you.

3) B: Closure is something real. That thing won’t show her what’s real, only what she wants to see.

Even if it was real, I don’t even know what I’d use it for. I don’t want to see my mother being killed. Or my father…

Thank you, though. I know you’re trying.