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Spends too much time online that could be used on something constructive. 🇵🇷
He/Him, ENG/SPA OK.
Amo a mi esposa, @schalaasha.bsky.social
He/Him, ENG/SPA OK.
Amo a mi esposa, @schalaasha.bsky.social
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· Jan 6
AceNoi: The 3rd Annual AceNoi Awards for best of 2024 (and not 2024)
Welcome, one and all, to the third ever iteration of this yearly ceremony. It's that time of the year where we give silly arbitrary awards to games we enjoyed throughout the year, and mine is no e...
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www.pillowfort.social/posts/5780468 Fresh off the grill, its the AceNoi Awards for my top picks of 2024 (and not 2024)! I put a bit of extra effort into this one to make up for the zero writing done this year post-cohost shutdown, please enjoy.
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50. Silent Hill f
I really wanted to like this. A visual/audio delight that's plagued by game design choices too baffling to ignore, on top of there being too many mediocre combat segments with the same handful of repeated enemy types. Getting to NG++ to "finish" the story felt like a waste of time.
I really wanted to like this. A visual/audio delight that's plagued by game design choices too baffling to ignore, on top of there being too many mediocre combat segments with the same handful of repeated enemy types. Getting to NG++ to "finish" the story felt like a waste of time.
October 31, 2025 at 5:03 AM
50. Silent Hill f
I really wanted to like this. A visual/audio delight that's plagued by game design choices too baffling to ignore, on top of there being too many mediocre combat segments with the same handful of repeated enemy types. Getting to NG++ to "finish" the story felt like a waste of time.
I really wanted to like this. A visual/audio delight that's plagued by game design choices too baffling to ignore, on top of there being too many mediocre combat segments with the same handful of repeated enemy types. Getting to NG++ to "finish" the story felt like a waste of time.
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51. Wattam
Finally got around to this overlooked keita takashi joint, enjoyed how much it feels like a long overdue sequel to Noby Noby Boy (eating and pooping included) tho does also feel like there were one too many conflicting ideas for what to DO with the concept.
What a strange game.
Finally got around to this overlooked keita takashi joint, enjoyed how much it feels like a long overdue sequel to Noby Noby Boy (eating and pooping included) tho does also feel like there were one too many conflicting ideas for what to DO with the concept.
What a strange game.
November 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
51. Wattam
Finally got around to this overlooked keita takashi joint, enjoyed how much it feels like a long overdue sequel to Noby Noby Boy (eating and pooping included) tho does also feel like there were one too many conflicting ideas for what to DO with the concept.
What a strange game.
Finally got around to this overlooked keita takashi joint, enjoyed how much it feels like a long overdue sequel to Noby Noby Boy (eating and pooping included) tho does also feel like there were one too many conflicting ideas for what to DO with the concept.
What a strange game.
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Read the Neowiz IR presentation and Buried Stars writer doin an RPG with them?????
November 13, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Read the Neowiz IR presentation and Buried Stars writer doin an RPG with them?????
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67. Hypnospace Outlaw
I think this game took a tiny bit longer than I wanted to cook, but upon reflection, it needed that time to cook so you can understand why it's really cool to look at the pages you may have missed at the end. Fake internet is cooler than modern internet.
The Squisherz theme 😍
I think this game took a tiny bit longer than I wanted to cook, but upon reflection, it needed that time to cook so you can understand why it's really cool to look at the pages you may have missed at the end. Fake internet is cooler than modern internet.
The Squisherz theme 😍
November 2, 2025 at 6:09 AM
67. Hypnospace Outlaw
I think this game took a tiny bit longer than I wanted to cook, but upon reflection, it needed that time to cook so you can understand why it's really cool to look at the pages you may have missed at the end. Fake internet is cooler than modern internet.
The Squisherz theme 😍
I think this game took a tiny bit longer than I wanted to cook, but upon reflection, it needed that time to cook so you can understand why it's really cool to look at the pages you may have missed at the end. Fake internet is cooler than modern internet.
The Squisherz theme 😍
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66. Silent Hill f
I hate saying this but this overstays its welcome. It has a great art direction and music. Even after 4 playthrus, the game felt like it needed better resolution. R07's writing style feels better in a VN since it has more wiggle-room to change. Encounter design + combat kinda suck.
I hate saying this but this overstays its welcome. It has a great art direction and music. Even after 4 playthrus, the game felt like it needed better resolution. R07's writing style feels better in a VN since it has more wiggle-room to change. Encounter design + combat kinda suck.
November 2, 2025 at 5:16 AM
66. Silent Hill f
I hate saying this but this overstays its welcome. It has a great art direction and music. Even after 4 playthrus, the game felt like it needed better resolution. R07's writing style feels better in a VN since it has more wiggle-room to change. Encounter design + combat kinda suck.
I hate saying this but this overstays its welcome. It has a great art direction and music. Even after 4 playthrus, the game felt like it needed better resolution. R07's writing style feels better in a VN since it has more wiggle-room to change. Encounter design + combat kinda suck.
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I don't fucking WANT to play it my way I want a professional game designer to come up with a fun way for me to play and then I'll do that.
October 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I don't fucking WANT to play it my way I want a professional game designer to come up with a fun way for me to play and then I'll do that.
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yep. if you don't have enough working games critics (regardless of medium -- podcasting, writing, whatever) then there aren't enough people to play a high enough volume of games for anything approaching true curation. obviously you can never have perfect curation, it's impossible. but it's worse now
Even as someone who listens to gaming podcasts, it feels like so many titles this year I’ve heard nothing about—even those I expected to get a passing mention at minimum. Weird is the right word to me too.
October 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
yep. if you don't have enough working games critics (regardless of medium -- podcasting, writing, whatever) then there aren't enough people to play a high enough volume of games for anything approaching true curation. obviously you can never have perfect curation, it's impossible. but it's worse now
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still thinking about this article today. so many societal ills are caused by people white-washing what actually happens. it's awful to see games do it too.
can't wait for cozy domestic violence simulator or cozy kkk simulator
can't wait for cozy domestic violence simulator or cozy kkk simulator
a wholesome plane has hit the second cozy tower
more like no thoughts to declare
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October 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
still thinking about this article today. so many societal ills are caused by people white-washing what actually happens. it's awful to see games do it too.
can't wait for cozy domestic violence simulator or cozy kkk simulator
can't wait for cozy domestic violence simulator or cozy kkk simulator
"Physic" ive really gotta stop trying to write posts in the dead of night
Silent Hill f is two halves: its a really solid physic horror story centered on trauma and emotional abuse that does a lot of things I greatly enjoy in survival horror. Its also a really mediocre action game with like 4 enemy types, way too many forced combat rooms and poorly though out subsystems.
October 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
"Physic" ive really gotta stop trying to write posts in the dead of night
Silent Hill f is two halves: its a really solid physic horror story centered on trauma and emotional abuse that does a lot of things I greatly enjoy in survival horror. Its also a really mediocre action game with like 4 enemy types, way too many forced combat rooms and poorly though out subsystems.
October 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Silent Hill f is two halves: its a really solid physic horror story centered on trauma and emotional abuse that does a lot of things I greatly enjoy in survival horror. Its also a really mediocre action game with like 4 enemy types, way too many forced combat rooms and poorly though out subsystems.
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please watch movies and read books and play games and look at art, please view it with your own eyes through a lens you made yourself and not just through video essayists and ending explained videos please im begging you
October 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
please watch movies and read books and play games and look at art, please view it with your own eyes through a lens you made yourself and not just through video essayists and ending explained videos please im begging you
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The way @schalaasha.bsky.social rips the controller off my hands anytime a fox mask cutscene plays in Silent Hill f so she can press the screenshot button as many times as she can
October 20, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The way @schalaasha.bsky.social rips the controller off my hands anytime a fox mask cutscene plays in Silent Hill f so she can press the screenshot button as many times as she can
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49. Ghost of Yotei
Successfully achieved the mission goal of being more Ghost of Tsushima, a game I adored a lot, but also to its own detriment since it leaves Yotei a bit lacking in self-identity. Visually stunning and aesthetically pleasing either way! Lethal mode is just as fun as ever.
Successfully achieved the mission goal of being more Ghost of Tsushima, a game I adored a lot, but also to its own detriment since it leaves Yotei a bit lacking in self-identity. Visually stunning and aesthetically pleasing either way! Lethal mode is just as fun as ever.
October 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
49. Ghost of Yotei
Successfully achieved the mission goal of being more Ghost of Tsushima, a game I adored a lot, but also to its own detriment since it leaves Yotei a bit lacking in self-identity. Visually stunning and aesthetically pleasing either way! Lethal mode is just as fun as ever.
Successfully achieved the mission goal of being more Ghost of Tsushima, a game I adored a lot, but also to its own detriment since it leaves Yotei a bit lacking in self-identity. Visually stunning and aesthetically pleasing either way! Lethal mode is just as fun as ever.
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48. Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound
I dig the blend of linear 2d levels and The Messenger-style combat, but prob not enough to see me complete all of the secret missions and what I assume is a "true" ending. Feels very much like a score attack/perfect run kinda game.
I dig the blend of linear 2d levels and The Messenger-style combat, but prob not enough to see me complete all of the secret missions and what I assume is a "true" ending. Feels very much like a score attack/perfect run kinda game.
October 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
48. Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound
I dig the blend of linear 2d levels and The Messenger-style combat, but prob not enough to see me complete all of the secret missions and what I assume is a "true" ending. Feels very much like a score attack/perfect run kinda game.
I dig the blend of linear 2d levels and The Messenger-style combat, but prob not enough to see me complete all of the secret missions and what I assume is a "true" ending. Feels very much like a score attack/perfect run kinda game.
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47. Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
An improvement over the first game by every measurable metric and one of the best looking games this generation on a technical level.
The last 4 chapters are the most Hideo Kojima writing that Hideo Kojima has ever Hideo Kojima'd (wouldn't have it any other way).
An improvement over the first game by every measurable metric and one of the best looking games this generation on a technical level.
The last 4 chapters are the most Hideo Kojima writing that Hideo Kojima has ever Hideo Kojima'd (wouldn't have it any other way).
October 4, 2025 at 8:11 AM
47. Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
An improvement over the first game by every measurable metric and one of the best looking games this generation on a technical level.
The last 4 chapters are the most Hideo Kojima writing that Hideo Kojima has ever Hideo Kojima'd (wouldn't have it any other way).
An improvement over the first game by every measurable metric and one of the best looking games this generation on a technical level.
The last 4 chapters are the most Hideo Kojima writing that Hideo Kojima has ever Hideo Kojima'd (wouldn't have it any other way).
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NOW 20% OFF on all platforms!
🏅Japan Game Award - Excellence Award Celebration! Unravel the eerie hype that roams the game!
#Indie #JGA2025
NOW 20% OFF on all platforms!
🏅Japan Game Award - Excellence Award Celebration! Unravel the eerie hype that roams the game!
#Indie #JGA2025
September 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
⭐#UrbanMythDissolutionCenter
NOW 20% OFF on all platforms!
🏅Japan Game Award - Excellence Award Celebration! Unravel the eerie hype that roams the game!
#Indie #JGA2025
NOW 20% OFF on all platforms!
🏅Japan Game Award - Excellence Award Celebration! Unravel the eerie hype that roams the game!
#Indie #JGA2025
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45. Blade Chimera
Team Ladybug's (Touhou Luna Nights, Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth) latest! If you've played their catalog this one will feel very familiar, though it has unique quirks to stand on its own. Greatly enjoyed both the stellar 2D art and the fast travel map warping of all things.
Team Ladybug's (Touhou Luna Nights, Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth) latest! If you've played their catalog this one will feel very familiar, though it has unique quirks to stand on its own. Greatly enjoyed both the stellar 2D art and the fast travel map warping of all things.
September 21, 2025 at 5:14 AM
45. Blade Chimera
Team Ladybug's (Touhou Luna Nights, Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth) latest! If you've played their catalog this one will feel very familiar, though it has unique quirks to stand on its own. Greatly enjoyed both the stellar 2D art and the fast travel map warping of all things.
Team Ladybug's (Touhou Luna Nights, Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth) latest! If you've played their catalog this one will feel very familiar, though it has unique quirks to stand on its own. Greatly enjoyed both the stellar 2D art and the fast travel map warping of all things.
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46. Meg's Monster
Very cute, short RPG that speedruns the plot of Monster's Inc. but in video game form. Glad that it doesn't overstay its welcome.
Very cute, short RPG that speedruns the plot of Monster's Inc. but in video game form. Glad that it doesn't overstay its welcome.
October 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
46. Meg's Monster
Very cute, short RPG that speedruns the plot of Monster's Inc. but in video game form. Glad that it doesn't overstay its welcome.
Very cute, short RPG that speedruns the plot of Monster's Inc. but in video game form. Glad that it doesn't overstay its welcome.
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the "why I deleted your band's promo email" tumblr but for games and I just post "roguelike deckbuilder" every day, over and over again until the end of the universe
October 1, 2025 at 4:20 AM
the "why I deleted your band's promo email" tumblr but for games and I just post "roguelike deckbuilder" every day, over and over again until the end of the universe
The sale is for all platforms, so I am once again shilling for one of my top 3 games of the year
Urban Myth Dissolution Center won
🏆Excellence Award🏆
at Japan Game Awards 2025!
Celebrate with 20% OFF on PlayStation 5!
Check it out and unravel the mystery behind the hype!
Link: https://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10010358
#Playstation #JGA2025 #MysteryAdventure
🏆Excellence Award🏆
at Japan Game Awards 2025!
Celebrate with 20% OFF on PlayStation 5!
Check it out and unravel the mystery behind the hype!
Link: https://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10010358
#Playstation #JGA2025 #MysteryAdventure
September 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The sale is for all platforms, so I am once again shilling for one of my top 3 games of the year
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The buyout and strip for parts happening to EA right now is how AAA dying looks / will look, BTW. A bunch of them are functionally lumbering corpses.
You can argue whether or not that's fair or if they are salvagable, but in our bullshit capitalism, that sorta doesn't matter, so they're toast.
You can argue whether or not that's fair or if they are salvagable, but in our bullshit capitalism, that sorta doesn't matter, so they're toast.
September 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The buyout and strip for parts happening to EA right now is how AAA dying looks / will look, BTW. A bunch of them are functionally lumbering corpses.
You can argue whether or not that's fair or if they are salvagable, but in our bullshit capitalism, that sorta doesn't matter, so they're toast.
You can argue whether or not that's fair or if they are salvagable, but in our bullshit capitalism, that sorta doesn't matter, so they're toast.
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It's truly insane that it's legal to go "I'm going to spend $50 billion dollars to buy this company. Do I have $50 billion dollars? No, the company I'm buying is going to take out a big loan"
It’s official: EA is going private.
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
www.businesswire.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
It's truly insane that it's legal to go "I'm going to spend $50 billion dollars to buy this company. Do I have $50 billion dollars? No, the company I'm buying is going to take out a big loan"
reinstalled Hollow Knight again just to mess around refighting bosses and man do I just enjoy like 90% of the bosses in Silksong more than this game.
just plain better movement options, better paced and hardly any "i charge from one end of the screen to the other, that's my whole gimmick!".
just plain better movement options, better paced and hardly any "i charge from one end of the screen to the other, that's my whole gimmick!".
September 29, 2025 at 4:36 AM
reinstalled Hollow Knight again just to mess around refighting bosses and man do I just enjoy like 90% of the bosses in Silksong more than this game.
just plain better movement options, better paced and hardly any "i charge from one end of the screen to the other, that's my whole gimmick!".
just plain better movement options, better paced and hardly any "i charge from one end of the screen to the other, that's my whole gimmick!".