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Dragon Quest IX Online Multiplayer Through Parsec & MelonDS – Proquest #005

Posted on 2022-12-04 by Aust / 5 comments

Want to play DQ9 with your friends but can’t because they’re halfway around the world fr…

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Dragon Quest IV DS Party Chat Patch – Proquestination #004

Posted on 2022-11-24 by Aust / 1 comment

Current: 2024-02-21 Previous versions: DQ4PartyChatPatch1.0 For JP.NDSDQ4PartyChatPatch1.0 For JP.ND…

Gaming

How To Access Dragon Quest IX DLC in 2022 – Proquestination #001

Posted on 2022-10-01 by Aust

Want to access the DLC for DQ9 in 2022? Did you miss out on all the Wi-Fi Connection fun in Dragon Q…

Gaming

How To Use The DQ9 Chest Timer – Proquest #010

Posted on 2024-05-27 by Aust

For DS/3DS hardware only; due to the way processors function, the timer app doesn’t work corre…

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Fiction

Part I – Shadows of the Shattered Citadel

Posted on 2024-09-27 by Aust

Authors Note: This is the prologue of a serialized fantasy story I’m writing. It’s shame…

Me Being Over-Dramatic

Distracted From Writing – Proquest #014

Posted on 2024-09-08 by Aust

I don’t know when it started, but my earliest memory of wanting to be a writer was in third gr…

Me Being Over-Dramatic

Experiencing Everything – Proquest #013

Posted on 2024-07-16 by Aust

When I was a kid, around thirteen or fourteen, I liked to pretend I was immortal. I was going throug…

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Thoughts on The Book of The New Sun – Proquest #012

Posted on 2024-06-23 by Aust

It feels like every half-decade or so a new book rises up and takes the number one spot in my list o…

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Learning Linux (I use arch btw) – Proquest #011

Posted on 2024-06-20 by Aust

Not my usual type of blogpost, but this topic is not out of character for me. I’ve lately fall…

Fiction

The Dragon Quest Timeline

Posted on 2024-06-05 by Aust

(This was written as a joke between me and some Discord friends. It’s garbage. Don’t rea…

Gaming

How To Use The DQ9 Chest Timer – Proquest #010

Posted on 2024-05-27 by Aust

For DS/3DS hardware only; due to the way processors function, the timer app doesn’t work corre…

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Austette is born! (6 months ago…)

Posted on 2024-05-10 by Aust

2023-11-21 – Today marks the birth of my daughter! Yep that’s what I wrote six months ag…

Gaming

My Memories In Minecraft – Proquest #009

Posted on 2023-07-20 by Aust / 3 comments

My son has recently grown a great fondness for Minecraft. It started with the 3DS version he got for…

Gaming

Remains of DQ9 Online Multiplayer Functionality Found! – Proquest #008

Posted on 2023-04-01 by Aust / 4 comments

APRIL FOOLS 2023 If you read my write-up on the Quest 255 bug for Dragon Quest IX, then it might not…

My Activity on The Fediverse

• Ponderings In The Neurologist’s Office
  by Aust
  2024-09-18
  I’m at a Neurology appointment today. It’s just a followup, if memory serves correctly, but I believe we’ll be talking about medication. He’s going to have me start doing injection therapy for migraines and then slowly wean off of one of the daily pills I… Read more: Ponderings In The Neurologist’s Office
• Distracted From Writing – Proquest #014
  by Aust
  2024-09-08
  I don’t know when it started, but my earliest memory of wanting to be a writer was in third grade. My teacher gave us a project where we had to write a story to match some printed out drawings and form our own book from… Read more: Distracted From Writing – Proquest #014
• Experiencing Everything – Proquest #013
  by Aust
  2024-07-16
  When I was a kid, around thirteen or fourteen, I liked to pretend I was immortal. I was going through that phase where children begin turning their imaginations toward things other than make-believe play and I was starting to mourn the loss of schoolyard fantasies.… Read more: Experiencing Everything – Proquest #013
• Thoughts on The Book of The New Sun – Proquest #012
  by Aust
  2024-06-23
  It feels like every half-decade or so a new book rises up and takes the number one spot in my list of favorite works. In high school if you’d asked me, I would say it was Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. Twelve years ago it was… Read more: Thoughts on The Book of The New Sun – Proquest #012
• Learning Linux (I use arch btw) – Proquest #011
  by Aust
  2024-06-20
  Not my usual type of blogpost, but this topic is not out of character for me. I’ve lately fallen into downward spiral of playing around with different linux distros and desktop environments (hereafter referred to as DEs). It started a few weeks ago with the… Read more: Learning Linux (I use arch btw) – Proquest #011