LSDをキメて金閣寺に行こう by めそぎみみそぎ

 Imagine going on a cultural trip because you saw one of Kyoto's landmarks while tripping on LSD. 

Yeah, that's pretty much the long and short of LSDをキメて金閣寺に行こう (Let's go to the Kinkakuji on LSD) by circle めそぎみみそぎ, a relatively recent release compared to what I usually review - from November 2022, specifically. A 28 pages, B&W short manga, released for Comitia 142 and available on the artist's Booth page, it tells the happenings of two young women's first experience with LSD: in the most traditional of setups, the 'straight woman' tsukkomi babysits her silly boke friend who has decided to finally trip balls. In between a bad trip and getting lambasted by music, the tripper delves into her personal obsession with the Kinkakuji and its famous burning  to the point that she and her friend decide that the best way to find closure on the experience is to... go visit the Kinkakuji, complete with silly 'I love Kyoto' shirts. 

So yeah, unusual episode aside (especially from Japan, who has always had a rather complex relationship with drugs and drug abuse) we are in full silly territory, basically a stoner take on the most typical manzai comedy moment, plus a few hints of yuri - after all, the tripper comes down from the bad trip by getting her face eaten by her friend. The tract is rather simply and approximative, though I suspect that has more to do with seeking that Garo - style visuals, rather than incompetence. 

Overall nothing groundbreaking, but an unusual small treat, especially taking the topic into account. Reminded me a bit of Toume Kei's Deviances.

From today on, this blog / website / 2010s relic will expand its focus. As I have come to the conclusion that none of my single interests are broad enough in audience to warrant their own platform, going forward The Random Museum will be not just about doujinshi and the occasional art / pop culture link, but more generally all sorts of stuff that interests me.

Let's start with a new one. For those who don't know - all of you, I assume - a relatively recent interest of mine has been classic Doom modding. I did play the game way back in the day in the ballpark of its release, but lost interest to Quake 1996-something, only to find to my surprise that in the year 2021 people were still making maps for it. I had to jump on the bandwagon, of course. 

I mostly map in the limit removing / Boom - mbf21 format, mostly focusing on difficult maps and IWAD textures. I was nominated as a promising newcomer in the 2022 Cacowards, and my megawad The Box of a Thousand Demons got a honorable mention.

I participate in the bi-monthly DBP events, and you can find me on Discord should you want to contact me. I also have a entry on the Doom Wiki page.