Waffled around for a bit on it but I think we'll keep going with Astalon and see how the Black Knight and Monster playthroughs go. Considering how bad my memory is, I'm sure there's some sort of Content to be had as I try to remember what is where and how it all plays out differently with those characters.

So, without further ado, here's the HISS for this week, with all times in US Eastern!

🏖️ Hump Day with Ham (Aug 7 @8pm): Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail

I was thinking about delving into this starting next month, but I figure it's about time to take my second character through Dawntrail and give my collected thoughts on the expansion thus far after some musing on it.

🎊 FIESTA Friday (Aug 9 @8pm): Final Fantasy V Four Job Fiesta

Gilgabot's showing its humor again, apparently, with the team that it gave to us. It was a rough start but with the full team finally available to us, we'll have to see how it shakes out. Gonna be an interesting ride, for sure.

🗼 Longplay Saturday (Aug 10 @3pm): Astalon: Tears for the Earth

As mentioned above, we're gonna keep dipping our toes into Black Knight and see how that goes. Maybe Monster as well if things keep being interesting. Can at least try for that 100% completion since we've already started.

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Wear the Namazu Bell. Do it. Be a good kitty and wear your collar.

The steam reviews from Dawntrail are "mixed" and full of transphobic assholes complaining about Wuk Lamat. So much for FFXIV having a queer friendly community.