Well hey, May
It’s Thursday night, technically a Friday as I’m starting to write this. It’s been a pretty busy week for myself. I don’t really discuss personal stuff here — nothing bad’s happened, just busy with a lot.
Update: so I’m actually writing this one over two sessions, woah. I am currently in VRChat as I write this, using the Bluetooth feature of my keyboard, which is on the floor. I am also on the floor. The floor is comfy. It’s now technically Saturday 2nd, but I still count this as the 1st you know.
Nier Automata
Watching the Nier Automata anime lately, and it’s been making me want to come back to the game. It seems to be pretty short, which I didn’t know. I made it to the resistance camp when I last played, so still pretty early on. Again, I’ve been pretty busy so I haven’t had much time to play this week.
I first tried playing it many years ago, I don’t remember when exactly. I’m not sure I like the gameplay, but the world and story are very interesting. I like the melee but using Pod is kinda boring early on at least.
It also seems buggy. I’ve had items get stuck behind invisible walls and the camera breaking on several occasions. I don’t remember having this many problems before
None of these bugs have been major so far so it’s still very playable, but just unfortunate.
Trying new food!
Ok most of my entries here are just for my online / digital stuff. But I feel like this is kinda interesting to talk about.
I’ve been trying out some food items that are kinda new to me over the past few weeks. Mainly food that tends to be used as “meat alternatives”. It started with halloumi a few weeks back. I’ve seen it around for a while, but the way it was sold made it seem like a vegetarian meat alternative, seeing stuff like halloumi wraps and burgers. It is actually really good though. It’s a pretty salty, kinda rubbery / squeaky cheese. It’s really good grilled. and goes well inside a regular burger tbh.
Then it moved on to tofu. I like making stir fries and I started off with trying it in that. I cut it up into small cubes, fried it first so it’s crispy, then after it was fried I put it into some soy sauce and other spices. And towards the end of making the stir fry, I re-added the seasoned version back. The texture reminds me a bit of scrambled egg. But it’s very nice.
Then today, I tried seitan for the first time. The texture is quite a bit firmer than tofu, a bit close to chicken. Though similarly, it’s quite flavourless. But of course, I fried it up, then mixed it with stuff to make it flavoured (this time barbecue sauce and some other spices). Then put it in a baguette with some cheese and toasted it. It was quite nice.
The thing with tofu and seitan is that whilst they don’t have too much flavour, they do have a nice texture. It’s blank-canvas-type-food. I like them for a similar reason why chicken breast is my favourite meat. There’s just a lot of potential for different spice mixes and whatnot. And the advantage of using tofu/seitan instead of chicken is that it’s easier to work with. I love chicken breast, but I hate having my cutting board and knife and hands being dirty with chicken. I have to make sure to clean everything thoroughly to not get poisoned with raw chicken residue. Tofu and seitan are much cleaner to work with.
I still love meat and I’m not trying to replace it, but I feel like I’ve been missing out on a whole category of food just because it was always used instead of meat. For meat-enjoyers out there, do give them a try. Mix them with meats, etc. It’s nice food :)
Steam Controller
Mentioned this previously in 04-25, but I’ve been very hyped for the new Steam Controller. Now, it’s been finally officially announced! It’s gonna be available for purchase very soon, on the 4th of May.
Of course, I will be buying it as soon as I can!
I've genuinely wanted this for 3 years.
Is it finally worth the wait?
— Yernemm (@yernemm.xyz) 27 April 2026 at 18:29
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VRChat happenings
Once more, I’ve been spending a lot of time in VRChat again lately. They finally released some updates I’ve been excited for. We finally have the desktop third person view out on the live version (I’ve been on the 3p beta for a while). Aaand, accessories!
The googly eyes are very cool…
End
I feel like there was more stuff I wanted to write about, but I’m not remembering it right now. I can always add it to the next daily, oh well oh well!
See ya!
