Adri Metternich
@adrimett.bsky.social
Game essayist, reviewer, and narrative preservationist.
She/her
She/her
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the kids those guys on XBL conceived with your mother are able to vote now
November 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
the kids those guys on XBL conceived with your mother are able to vote now
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***New video is out!***
I made the Blue Prince video. It took me 6 months. It's here.
Video here: youtu.be/RYQl5hcipUM
Support me here: patreon.com/pixeladay
Thanks to @electrondance.com for lending his voice and also doing the best writing on puzzle games that the Earth has ever known
I made the Blue Prince video. It took me 6 months. It's here.
Video here: youtu.be/RYQl5hcipUM
Support me here: patreon.com/pixeladay
Thanks to @electrondance.com for lending his voice and also doing the best writing on puzzle games that the Earth has ever known
Blue Prince is the Best (and the Worst) of Exploration Puzzle Games
YouTube video by Pixel a Day
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
***New video is out!***
I made the Blue Prince video. It took me 6 months. It's here.
Video here: youtu.be/RYQl5hcipUM
Support me here: patreon.com/pixeladay
Thanks to @electrondance.com for lending his voice and also doing the best writing on puzzle games that the Earth has ever known
I made the Blue Prince video. It took me 6 months. It's here.
Video here: youtu.be/RYQl5hcipUM
Support me here: patreon.com/pixeladay
Thanks to @electrondance.com for lending his voice and also doing the best writing on puzzle games that the Earth has ever known
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This one's from me! I thought it'd be fun to poke and prod at the concepts of hard and hardcore games, and ultimately how unrelated the two terms are:
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
There's a difference between hard games and hardcore ones, and the distinction matters
True skill is about more than learning how to win, and true challenge is about more than an insurmountable obstacle.
www.pcgamer.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
This one's from me! I thought it'd be fun to poke and prod at the concepts of hard and hardcore games, and ultimately how unrelated the two terms are:
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
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happy transgender day of remembrance
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
happy transgender day of remembrance
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
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a few days ago i used every penny i have + borrowed money from family to pay for Lucy’s cremation, Buddy’s $180 medicine, and now Kitkat is peeing blood. i need to take her to the vet but quite literally have -$2 in my account. anything helps right now, i’m so sorry for asking again
November 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
a few days ago i used every penny i have + borrowed money from family to pay for Lucy’s cremation, Buddy’s $180 medicine, and now Kitkat is peeing blood. i need to take her to the vet but quite literally have -$2 in my account. anything helps right now, i’m so sorry for asking again
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Fish have committed credit card fraud
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Fish have committed credit card fraud
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I see the 'what even is an indie game' discourse has reared its reliable head again. Here's my take from a year ago. Repost it along with your favourite underrated indie game/s youtu.be/67V-GSaceFQ
More random thoughts below.
More random thoughts below.
We’re Celebrating the Wrong Indie Games
YouTube video by Pixel a Day
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I see the 'what even is an indie game' discourse has reared its reliable head again. Here's my take from a year ago. Repost it along with your favourite underrated indie game/s youtu.be/67V-GSaceFQ
More random thoughts below.
More random thoughts below.
I ACCIDENTALLY DELETED THE DOCUMENT I'D BEEN WORKING ON FOR WEEKS!
I'm going to go cry in a corner now.
I'm going to go cry in a corner now.
November 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I ACCIDENTALLY DELETED THE DOCUMENT I'D BEEN WORKING ON FOR WEEKS!
I'm going to go cry in a corner now.
I'm going to go cry in a corner now.
I don't really care about my follower count here (good, because it's practically non-existent).
But I'd like to grow it.
For no other reason than wanting to share my adventures in JRPGs with others. I'd love to bring awareness of more good games to people.
But I'd like to grow it.
For no other reason than wanting to share my adventures in JRPGs with others. I'd love to bring awareness of more good games to people.
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I don't really care about my follower count here (good, because it's practically non-existent).
But I'd like to grow it.
For no other reason than wanting to share my adventures in JRPGs with others. I'd love to bring awareness of more good games to people.
But I'd like to grow it.
For no other reason than wanting to share my adventures in JRPGs with others. I'd love to bring awareness of more good games to people.
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"Grandia’s a game keen on showing you what’s happening rather than telling you about it, detailed sprite sheets packed with so many unique grabs, poses, pointing, high-fives[...]you wonder how they managed to fit it all onto two CD-ROMs."
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2020/11/20/a...
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2020/11/20/a...
Grandia: A grand[ia] old adventure
Studio Ghibli’s Laputa: Castle in the Sky has a lot to answer for. I first saw that incredible film on plain old through-the-aerial TV as a child, back before I even knew there was a specific…
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM
"Grandia’s a game keen on showing you what’s happening rather than telling you about it, detailed sprite sheets packed with so many unique grabs, poses, pointing, high-fives[...]you wonder how they managed to fit it all onto two CD-ROMs."
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2020/11/20/a...
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2020/11/20/a...
Bloody hell, I didn't want to wake up to it being this cold!
Good frigid morning, Bluesky!
Good frigid morning, Bluesky!
November 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Bloody hell, I didn't want to wake up to it being this cold!
Good frigid morning, Bluesky!
Good frigid morning, Bluesky!
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Smaller, passion-led projects created by talented people who care about their craft are still out there! Please don't give up. Support the internet and the creatives you want to see! 🧵
November 19, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Smaller, passion-led projects created by talented people who care about their craft are still out there! Please don't give up. Support the internet and the creatives you want to see! 🧵
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America's first ever esports champion was Rebecca Heineman, a trans woman. She went on to found some of your favorite video game studios and worked on your favorite video games. Next time you see somebody rail about 'woke' and 'DEI'
Remember that.
Remember her.
Remember that.
Remember her.
"I code so others can dream."
Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ video game pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has sadly passed away after a short, tough fight with aggressive cancer.
Read our obituary to this true industry trailblazer: gaymingmag.com/2025/11/gaym...
Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ video game pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has sadly passed away after a short, tough fight with aggressive cancer.
Read our obituary to this true industry trailblazer: gaymingmag.com/2025/11/gaym...
Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ games pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has died - Gayming Magazine
Rebecca Heineman, a trailblazing figure in the video game industry and a celebrated icon within the LGBTQ+ gaming community, has died.
gaymingmag.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
America's first ever esports champion was Rebecca Heineman, a trans woman. She went on to found some of your favorite video game studios and worked on your favorite video games. Next time you see somebody rail about 'woke' and 'DEI'
Remember that.
Remember her.
Remember that.
Remember her.
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Hungry Ghosts is one of the coolest and most inventive games I've ever encountered. It's an all time top 10 contender for me at this point. I desperately wish that it had been more broadly influential, but at least it remains fascinatingly unique. I obviously recommend Kimimi's article below!
November 18, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Hungry Ghosts is one of the coolest and most inventive games I've ever encountered. It's an all time top 10 contender for me at this point. I desperately wish that it had been more broadly influential, but at least it remains fascinatingly unique. I obviously recommend Kimimi's article below!
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"... I definitely didn’t sign up for Shrödinger’s Sexual Encounter"
Dragon's Dogma 2 dropped the ball in many areas, but to me its strange idea of "romance" felt like a particularly large and conspicuously unforced stumble:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2024/04/25/i...
Dragon's Dogma 2 dropped the ball in many areas, but to me its strange idea of "romance" felt like a particularly large and conspicuously unforced stumble:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2024/04/25/i...
I’m not in love with Dragon’s Dogma 2’s idea of romance
[Warning: This article will contain various spoilers for Dragon’s Dogma 2] Is it romantic to kill a bunch of violent soldiers? To walk a guy to the end of a pier because he asked me to? To co…
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:18 AM
"... I definitely didn’t sign up for Shrödinger’s Sexual Encounter"
Dragon's Dogma 2 dropped the ball in many areas, but to me its strange idea of "romance" felt like a particularly large and conspicuously unforced stumble:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2024/04/25/i...
Dragon's Dogma 2 dropped the ball in many areas, but to me its strange idea of "romance" felt like a particularly large and conspicuously unforced stumble:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2024/04/25/i...
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Finished watching King's Game. That sure was an ending...
Opening song is still a banger, though.
Opening song is still a banger, though.
November 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Finished watching King's Game. That sure was an ending...
Opening song is still a banger, though.
Opening song is still a banger, though.
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"If you hate GenAI you're going to have to stop playing new games when they all start using it"
My brother in Christ, my backlog is literally thousands of games long. I have lifetimes worth of earlier titles to play, & I will gladly do that instead of boiling the oceans for a new CoD or whatever
My brother in Christ, my backlog is literally thousands of games long. I have lifetimes worth of earlier titles to play, & I will gladly do that instead of boiling the oceans for a new CoD or whatever
June 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"If you hate GenAI you're going to have to stop playing new games when they all start using it"
My brother in Christ, my backlog is literally thousands of games long. I have lifetimes worth of earlier titles to play, & I will gladly do that instead of boiling the oceans for a new CoD or whatever
My brother in Christ, my backlog is literally thousands of games long. I have lifetimes worth of earlier titles to play, & I will gladly do that instead of boiling the oceans for a new CoD or whatever
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"... a mess of corrupted nothings and indecipherable scrolling objects, chunks of absent graphics still pulsating to an unknown rhythm against an expanse of broken information."
Some things are best left alone:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2020/10/17/f...
Some things are best left alone:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2020/10/17/f...
Sonic The Hedgehog 2: Forbidden knowledge
This has scared me like nothing else I’ve written about all spooky season; it’s the one game I honestly don’t want to look at screenshots of if I can help it, the one heart-stoppi…
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:43 AM
"... a mess of corrupted nothings and indecipherable scrolling objects, chunks of absent graphics still pulsating to an unknown rhythm against an expanse of broken information."
Some things are best left alone:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2020/10/17/f...
Some things are best left alone:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2020/10/17/f...
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
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Hey, there's a fresh article on my site!
Sword and Fairy Inn is hypnotically stressful, utterly charming, enjoyably complex, and a lot of fun:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/11/14/s...
Sword and Fairy Inn is hypnotically stressful, utterly charming, enjoyably complex, and a lot of fun:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/11/14/s...
Sword and Fairy Inn: Intense customer service meets classic RPG fantasy
Sword and Fairy Inn is the unlikely culinary spinoff of Softstar’s epic PC RPG of a similar name. Less a “What if?” and more of a “Why not?”, this is a non-canonical a…
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Hey, there's a fresh article on my site!
Sword and Fairy Inn is hypnotically stressful, utterly charming, enjoyably complex, and a lot of fun:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/11/14/s...
Sword and Fairy Inn is hypnotically stressful, utterly charming, enjoyably complex, and a lot of fun:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/11/14/s...
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I want our sustainable future back, where indies can experiment, can grow their community, where we get stories about games stumbling but surging to succes over time.
These stories became rarer and rarer, and now they are an oddity, and that is bad... very bad.
and doesn't need to be..
These stories became rarer and rarer, and now they are an oddity, and that is bad... very bad.
and doesn't need to be..
November 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I want our sustainable future back, where indies can experiment, can grow their community, where we get stories about games stumbling but surging to succes over time.
These stories became rarer and rarer, and now they are an oddity, and that is bad... very bad.
and doesn't need to be..
These stories became rarer and rarer, and now they are an oddity, and that is bad... very bad.
and doesn't need to be..
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This is such a shitty position for the workers to be in either way. They're either out of work, or reinstated while being the target of every ounce of corporate malfeasance Take Two/Rockstar c-suite shitheads are prepared to throw at them as employees.
"This is a blatant, unapologetic act of vicious union busting" - Hundreds of Rockstar employees sign letter to management, demanding fired colleagues get reinstated www.eurogamer.net/this-is-a-bl...
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This is such a shitty position for the workers to be in either way. They're either out of work, or reinstated while being the target of every ounce of corporate malfeasance Take Two/Rockstar c-suite shitheads are prepared to throw at them as employees.
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While I understand people are skeptical of the Steam Machine as being too wonky to make a dent in PlayStation or Nintendo, I absolutely see a scenario in which it replaces Xbox, which does not seem to be difficult at this point.
November 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
While I understand people are skeptical of the Steam Machine as being too wonky to make a dent in PlayStation or Nintendo, I absolutely see a scenario in which it replaces Xbox, which does not seem to be difficult at this point.
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“Drawing all that sexy art of video game men might affect your professional art career” well well well
"Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that one day I would paint a picture of hot Bowser for official material, announced by Miyamoto himself. 😭 I laughed so hard in disbelief while painting, you have no idea lol"
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“Drawing all that sexy art of video game men might affect your professional art career” well well well