Staircase Spirit
Old-school blog thing with reviews and whatever we want
- Since:
- 2017
- Made by:
- Rosy and Denise
- Status:
- We add new articles pretty regularly
Born out of discussions and notes about all sorts of things we care about, Staircase Spirit is full of lengthy articles we've written on topics as varied as the Pokémon movies to DOS games to fruit. Although the name of this site was meant to imply that we have no intention of talking about current trends, it seems that despite our best wishes, we end up being coincidentally timely relatively often. As of late, this is the project we've been working the most on, so, definitely visit.
rigelatin.net/staircase
Copy Cat
Fansite about Mew and Mewtwo from Pokémon
- Since:
- 2001
- Written by:
- Denise, more recent collaborations with Rosy
- Layout by:
- Rosy and Denise
- Status:
- Permanent work in progress
Since 2001, baby! Yeah, you read that right. Copy Cat is a massive Mew and Mewtwo fansite that has been around for more than twenty years, and there's still plenty of stuff we'd want to add. Come read pages both old and new! And if the size of the site is intimidating, we recommend you check out the essay about Mew's design!
rigelatin.net/copycat
Sundown
About The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
- Written in:
- 2017, 2019-20
- Last updated:
- 2020
- Written by:
- Started by Rosy, now written by both
- Layout by:
- Rosy
- Status:
- In progress
Rosy in particular is the Oblivion nerd, having spent thousands of hours on it over dozens of different playthroughs. Yes sure, it can be a very silly game, that's part of its charm. But we love it for more than just its silly dialogue. In this site, we collect our many thoughts about the different aspects of the game: from gameplay aspects to its storylines, from lore details to overarching core themes. We've really only scratched the surface of what we want to say about Oblivion so far, but given that every year or so we end up replaying it, this is one project that we can feel good about leaving as a somewhat-permanent work in progress, in the same way as we're somewhat-permanently invested in this game.
rigelatin.net/oblivion
Eyyyy!
About Giuseppi Mezzoalto from The Sims handheld series
- Written in:
- 2018-19
- Last updated:
- 2020
- Made by:
- Rosy and Denise
- Status:
- Lots of fun pages
Seriously, The Sims Bustin' Out and The Urbz handheld are so, so good, entirely too good to be so obscure. Also, Giuseppi is in them. Giuseppi stole our hearts (and also our in-game bed like thrice). He's so well-written, we forget he's not a real person sometimes. This site is maybe our most ~eclectic~ project: it contains character essays, but also content about aspects of these games that are relevant to Giuseppi, and also some content that is really about the games themselves and we keep it there because it has to go somewhere, and personal pieces. And also a recipe for strawberry tiramisù, and rules for a weird card game. It's wild. Just like Giuseppi himself. :)
rigelatin.net/giuseppi
The JRPG Generator
- Since:
- 2013
- Last updated:
- 2018
- Concept by:
- Rosy and Denise
- Code by:
- Current version by Denise
- Layout by:
- Rosy (like the painted clouds?)
- Status:
- Always good to expand it some more
A generator that invents a title and a blurb for a fictitious JRPG. It's quite in-depth, so have fun!
rigelatin.net/toys/jrpg
Quinquennial Studios
AMV collective
- Since:
- 2013
- Last updated:
- 2022
- Made by:
- Rosy and Denise
- Status:
- As the name says...
Once every five years, we make AMVs. But they are really, really good.
rigelatin.net/amvs
Fly Again
About Spenser from Pokémon Ranger
- Written in:
- 2018
- Made by:
- Mostly Rosy
- Status:
- Complete
This site contains character analysis essays about Spenser, and a review of Pokémon Ranger. There's also a part about the Manaphy movie and its (ir)relevance to the character of Spenser.
rigelatin.net/rangerspenser
Memento Mori
About Agarest: Generations of War
- Written in:
- 2017
- Last updated:
- 2017
- Made by:
- Rosy and Denise
Agarest is a game that we wouldn't really recommend, but we like it for reasons. This site has a few pages of content, but mostly, it has a nice media section with high-res character art that we scanned and cleaned up ourselves. Whether we'll update again depends on whether we have the will to replay a 100-hour long game...
rigelatin.net/agarest
The Quake III: Arena Quote Database
- Since:
- 2014
- Last updated:
- 2022
- Made by:
- Rosy
A compiled list of all of the character chat lines from Quake III: Arena.
rigelatin.net/q3a/quotes
...and various archived projects
These are projects where it's unlikely they'll ever be touched again, but are still kept online for archival purposes.