sonic: i honestly have no idea Probably through youtube somehow mgs: through a youtube lore summary video [i remember the specific one!] dmc: a youtube lore summary video... Lmao [i also remember the specific vid in question] opq: hopped on cellbit's livestream of ep1 while bored resident evil: honestly idrk probably through discussion of the re4 remake just roll with it: my qpp would always talk about it so i forced myself to sit down and watch prime defenders. that is now also Where I'm From Now i guess LMAO ultrakill: probably a mix of discussion of the game + seeing it as background footage in youtube videos idfk LMAO

My dad recommended it to me because he said he heard it was good but never read it himself
Well, dear father of mine, it is good, very good, so good in fact that I've almost been hyperfixated on it for a year, thank you dad (I'm referring to Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint)

So uh... I was kind of in the animation meme community, and a few Rick and Morty song remixes were animation memes-

i don't even remember roblox, as i got into it over 10 years ago... with pressure and trud though, i saw fanart of them on twitter and went Wow these look cool

i discovered roblox evade because i saw it on the roblox front page (and i thought the thumbnail was dumb so i didnt play until maybe september 2022 i think) And then i didnt end up really liking it as much as i do now until around this year vocaloids also a favorite of mine but im not sure how i found it, though i know one of the first vocaloid songs ive listened to is a teto cover of ghost rule

• KSP: Asking people on IRC for game recommendations
• Minecraft: DOS_User's brother
• xkcd: KoL wiki
• RUNDLL: People's guestbooks (and dos talking about his website on a zoom call)
• Nose Ears: Some forum IDK
• MonkeyUser: Google search noise
• Wing Commander: Dad's old XT (and the floppy box in his room)
• Harpoon: Asking on IRC for DOS games
• Questionable Content: xkcd homepage
• Girl Genius: My dad
• Any .mod, .it, .xm, etc: Modarchive
• Modarchive itself: https://windows96.net
• Kingdom of Loathing: uwna32 on IRC
• Doom: The "Can it run Doom?" meme

pjo was from a um. nsfw website. danger days was from my ex gf, and doawk was from some rodrick fanart that popped up on my feed