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Would love to see them all chill out for a while and get some rest. They've earned it.

So in April, when Jan & Vinny sat down to play Kingdom Hearts,
I decided I should play Kingdom Hearts as well since it'd be easy thanks to EPIC.
I had never played or engaged with the series before now.

In that month of April me and my partner made it through KH: Chain of Memories, KH II,
Birth By Sleep, Re:Coded, Dream Drop Distance, [chi] and the Union χ series,
0.2 Birth By Sleep ~a fragmentary passage~.. and then finally Kingdom Hearts III!

Now, the 4th of May was the first time in years I didn't listen to the Bombcast live
since we decided to finish KH3:Re Mind (the DLC) instead and just catch up on
the bombcast later.. and then, just as Sora found out he has to die to rescue Kairi,
I also checked twitter and Giant Bomb trending and, well, how it was the end of an era.

Let's just say the heightened emotions mixed with confusion of being on a 12-game run of Kingdom Hearts
and the infinitely complex/convoluted story within coupled with the Giant Bomb news short-circuited my brain.. I've felt numb since the news hit. Still am.

So now I've been sitting here, sifting through posts and tweets related to Giant Bomb,
looking for some clarity much like I did while playing through the entirety of Kingdom Hearts,
and I think I'm left with the realization that I felt this was coming.

I'm not mad or sad, I'm more so happy for Brad, Alex and Vinny that they're moving on
and I hope with all my heart that they succeed. They're beautiful people and I selfishly wish for them to
continue being a presence in my life, but I also understand it if they don't.

I will continue supporting Giant Bomb for the foreseeable future;
I think this is an exciting change that will shake things up a lot and
I can't wait to see what Jeff & Jeff (and Jan and Jason and Rorie?) cook up for the future of GB.

As a dog I will say woof woof, and huge incredible bombastic thank yous to Giant Bomb
for boosting me through the past decade and a half. I'm eternally grateful <3

Wow, I thought this would stop after 3 posts, but now it's 3 pages. Woof..

Um.. man so hard to choose..
Maybe Oleander or Velvet from TFH
or Suicune from Pokken or
good ol' Panda from Tekken.
U・ᴥ・U

As a dog I would like to nominate Panda from the Tekken series,
with special shout out to Ling Xiaoyu for seeming like a nice
caregiver who might be exceptional at belly-rubs.
Wei Shen (sleepy dogs) was cool but didn't pet dogs afaik.

He's making his own Balan Wonderworld in his garage.

Silent Hill
all MGS on PC

Worst game I've forced myself to play through recently would be Kingdom Hearts Final Mix
but it somehow all became worth it when I got into the next game; Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories
And now I'm actually excited to start Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix!
\o/

Perfect timing since I just started playing the KH series and wanted to revisit Lore Reasons.