I used to play coin pushers at the yearly fair in my hometown (yes, terrible investment, I know), and none of the coin pusher video games I've tried so far really scratched that itch.

This one does. Wow! I'm having a lot of fun with the demo.

I had a fairly rough time at school, so the holidays were the highlight of my childhood.

We'd go to this holiday village once or twice per year, which had this central building that was themed in a very maximalist way, with lots of little nooks and crannies to discover. It felt like an adventure. I'd laze around in the big swimming pool all day, or pretend like I'm a pirate in this big pirate ship prop they had. It still exists, but I'm a bit afraid that it won't live up to my childhood memories of it.

During the summer my family and grandparents would go to this kinda run-down recreational domain around a lake. Swim all morning, then eat something in the shoddy cafeteria. They put red cabbage in all their sandwiches for some reason! I'd give a fortune to experience that again, but alas, my grandparents are long gone and the domain's been turned into an upscale glamping spot (where you can't even swim).

Of the things I have re-experienced as an adult, building some LEGO sets has been great to do again. And I'm also getting to experience things I wanted to do as a kid but never had the opportunity for.

I'm from Belgium.

I suppose Technotronic's Pump Up the Jam is now more well-known again as a running joke in Philomene Cunk's show. In a similar vein, there's The Immortals' Techno Syndrome, better known as "Mortal Kombat". But these are both English, of course.

As for songs in our local languages, on the Dutch side Gorki's Mia always ranks highly (but I'm not sure how much you get from it without understanding the lyrics) while Laïs' rendition of 't Smidje has some weird international appeal. On the French side there's several strong hits like the entire discography of Stromae, Plastic Betrand's Ça Plane Pour Moi, or Eurovision-winning Sandra Kim's J'aime La Vie.

The bone color choice was a happy little accident. I lacked a dedicated color for it in the paint set I had, so I mixed an old (color-separated) rakarth flesh Citadel paint I found with some matt white and daemonic yellow from my The Army Painter set.

I never really considered basing before (my frame of reference for miniatures has generally been the old 3.5e era D&D pre-painted minis which had neutral black bases), but the third miniature I painted had a sculpted base to paint and that did end up looking really nice. Haven't posted that one because I simply followed a painting guide there.

The bases here came pre-attached (or rather, they're likely just a single mold), otherwise I suppose a tile floor would work well for these. 🤔 I'll have to think about what else could work here.

This was the second time I ever painted miniatures, following the little knight that came with The Army Painter starter set. Since it was five at once, I chose a fairly simple color scheme.

I've really been enjoying playing Diablo 1 with a gamepad using DevilutionX (which is mentioned in the article), so this is a welcome addition for me.