Hypermetaru

06/06/2025

48 hours in and Mario Kart World is an absolute banger, actually!

13/07/2024

Six new Twitch emotes, courtesy of the inimitable - I think she's captured my likeness pretty well! Especially the colour of my moustache and the blocky, 64-bit polygonal joints of my arm.

17/12/2021

Internet: FAST
Servers: WORKING
Updates: INSTALLED
Jorts: BUTTERED

Get in, losers! We're going live! twitch.tv/hypermetaru twitch.tv/fishinblack

05/10/2021

I said last week I'd be reporting on the crunchy stuff and then immediately fell off the wagon. Haa haa haa. New week, new me.

(For those who missed it: no scheduled streams til November while I focus on work crunch and the survival of, in order to earn some time in lieu).

What did happen last week is that I recorded two pathetic sessions of stretching, got lost in perfectionism and minor (but surmountable) tech issues, and then spent the rest of the week battling mental health gremlins without any serious defense strats. So this week I'm posting whatever bu****it I can throw together, throwing extra sources of dopamine at the problem ( will probably only last me a few weeks, but this is definitely the right time for it), and implementing all the little things I've learned.

For example: It turns out if I make a plan before I take my meds, I get about three "blocks" of productive work in a day, of about 3 hours apiece? I just have to go in with a plan and refuse to be derailed (good luck, ADHDer). And the time in between those blocks is the perfect time to get some movement in! Is this how "normal" people function!?

So now it's about doing these posts efficiently. At first it seemed to take ages to throw something together, but now ... well, it still takes time, but it's getting a lot easier, and you'll see whatever results both here and in the Stories feed (enjoy?)

Hopefully everything will.

28/09/2021

CRUNCH OCTOBER

I've been dealing with some burnout recently and figured I'd better send this one out on a few extra channels:

I've just started a big, month-long at work, and while the extra hours are optional, I really SHOULD take as much of that as I can and put away some time in lieu. I've really struggled to make full weeks since lockdowns started, so I need to create a buffer somehow, and my ADHD-brain likes having something to go all-out on.

But, it's not just about the hours, it's about the extra self-care that's needed to deal with the toll of the extra hours. That means for the next month structuring my whole life around two priorities: work, and my health, not in that order. Unfortunately streaming, as a "fun" thing, does not make the list.

What DOES make the list, however, is ... this. If I'm going to stay motivated on the whole self-care thing, I need to build in as much soft accountability as possible, add in (ha) as many sources of dopamine as possible. So if y'all could send me dopamine hits a lil while after I post self-care things, or if you could pester me to prove I'm drinking water and doing stretches and going for walks, taking my meds, getting enough sleep, etc., that would help me out a lot a lot. 💙 In the meantime I'll make posts just to prove to myself that I can do it at all.

01/08/2021

I ate pho today because of reasons, and now I'm going live with some by let's goooooo

31/07/2021

I don't post on here nearly enough. I just started playing Metroid Prime again in preparation for Metroid: Dread, and I slept ALL DAY so I need to keep myself occupied til we can watch Jelly in the KikiCup in the early morning. So let's gooooo

14/02/2021

I can't tie a tie to save my life but oH WELL

Valentine's Day stream with THE BOYS (Phantoa, Atomic, and Fish), playing Nine Parchments arenas, possibly followed by some Age of Calamity

Starting in just a few minutes (7.30pm AEDT) at twitch.tv/hypermetaru !

21/11/2020

The new Hyrule Warriors just came out and I am HYPE. Let's get into it! Join me at twitch.tv/hypermetaru for the next ... I don't know how many hours but I'll pretty much be spending the weekend on this let's gooooOOOOOOOOOO

P.S. Join the Discord for on-the-fly updates and a generally rad community: https://discord.gg/NuTP5ZYg

P.P.S. Don't forget BlackOwl's Extra Life stream! We'll be raiding into it when I get tired but otherwise it's running RIGHT NOW until Sunday 10am AEST over at twitch.tv/BlackOwl37

25/10/2020

It's been a heckin' long time since I've posted any new music tracks, and it feels real good to be back on the wagon. 🤩

"As he got closer to the heroes and villains that were organizing into lines, shouting something I somehow couldn’t hear over the buzz of fear and adrenaline, I could almost make out his face. It was

09/10/2020

I got excited about hitting the slope without getting air and losing my momentum, but that wasn't such a good thing ...

So, more of this on Sat night? 7.30pm AEST (GMT+10) @ http://ow.ly/u1KG50BKZrv

Discord: http://ow.ly/wQ3u50BKZrt
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/hypermetaru

08/10/2020

, what did I just say?

Well, we should be alive tonight for Perfect Dark at twitch.tv/hypermetaru 8pm AEST (GMT+10), but while we're respawning, why not join the Discord for real-time updates on stream scheduling and all things Metaru? https://discord.gg/u6mxhXh