Alexander
@aurumalex.bsky.social
Yet another wannabe video essayist. However, not completely talentless.
Channel: youtube.com/@AurumAlex64
Check out my work early: patreon.com/AurumAlex
Channel: youtube.com/@AurumAlex64
Check out my work early: patreon.com/AurumAlex
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Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective Sees Power in the Minutiae
YouTube video by AurumAlex
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In Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, a single light switch, a glass of water, or even a piece of uneaten chicken can mean the difference between life and death.
A game about how the imperceptible connections between us make a universe of difference.
youtu.be/xiyDx1B7cbc
A game about how the imperceptible connections between us make a universe of difference.
youtu.be/xiyDx1B7cbc
I keep hearing people say they want Pokopia to be Pokémon Animal Crossing, but, like, I kinda hope not!
I need this to be a stealth Dragon Quest Builders 3. The DQB games are fire, and doing that formula and structure with Pokémon is such a good idea.
I need this to be a stealth Dragon Quest Builders 3. The DQB games are fire, and doing that formula and structure with Pokémon is such a good idea.
a cartoon character with a hand reaching out towards him
ALT: a cartoon character with a hand reaching out towards him
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February 5, 2026 at 6:15 PM
I keep hearing people say they want Pokopia to be Pokémon Animal Crossing, but, like, I kinda hope not!
I need this to be a stealth Dragon Quest Builders 3. The DQB games are fire, and doing that formula and structure with Pokémon is such a good idea.
I need this to be a stealth Dragon Quest Builders 3. The DQB games are fire, and doing that formula and structure with Pokémon is such a good idea.
I've praised Wizard101's maps before, because they're cute and really well drawn, but the way they go about the labeling is really something else
almost gagged when I saw these for the first time
almost gagged when I saw these for the first time
February 2, 2026 at 12:02 AM
I've praised Wizard101's maps before, because they're cute and really well drawn, but the way they go about the labeling is really something else
almost gagged when I saw these for the first time
almost gagged when I saw these for the first time
In Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, a single light switch, a glass of water, or even a piece of uneaten chicken can mean the difference between life and death.
A game about how the imperceptible connections between us make a universe of difference.
youtu.be/xiyDx1B7cbc
A game about how the imperceptible connections between us make a universe of difference.
youtu.be/xiyDx1B7cbc
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective Sees Power in the Minutiae
YouTube video by AurumAlex
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, a single light switch, a glass of water, or even a piece of uneaten chicken can mean the difference between life and death.
A game about how the imperceptible connections between us make a universe of difference.
youtu.be/xiyDx1B7cbc
A game about how the imperceptible connections between us make a universe of difference.
youtu.be/xiyDx1B7cbc
do i sound like alan from smiling friends
January 15, 2026 at 4:13 PM
do i sound like alan from smiling friends
Metroid Prime 4 has a lot of obvious pain points, but the big one for me is making it about documenting a new culture, where 98% of scannable objects are variations on "this dumpster's lid has eroded with age," for aliens that wouldn't have enough juice to feature in a mediocre episode of Star Trek.
January 14, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Metroid Prime 4 has a lot of obvious pain points, but the big one for me is making it about documenting a new culture, where 98% of scannable objects are variations on "this dumpster's lid has eroded with age," for aliens that wouldn't have enough juice to feature in a mediocre episode of Star Trek.
Persuasion isn't just for advertisements and essays. It's also a story's most useful tool for eliciting emotions.
Let's see if we can't find out what Pokémon Mystery Dungeon and a giant snowflake might tell us about how stories make persuasive arguments.
youtu.be/YNVm3IIUgp0
Let's see if we can't find out what Pokémon Mystery Dungeon and a giant snowflake might tell us about how stories make persuasive arguments.
youtu.be/YNVm3IIUgp0
Persuasive Storytelling and the "Evil Snowflake" Principle
YouTube video by AurumAlex
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Persuasion isn't just for advertisements and essays. It's also a story's most useful tool for eliciting emotions.
Let's see if we can't find out what Pokémon Mystery Dungeon and a giant snowflake might tell us about how stories make persuasive arguments.
youtu.be/YNVm3IIUgp0
Let's see if we can't find out what Pokémon Mystery Dungeon and a giant snowflake might tell us about how stories make persuasive arguments.
youtu.be/YNVm3IIUgp0
Ys IX -Monstrum NOX- OST - Marionette, Marionette
YouTube video by Falcom Music Channel
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January 2, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Reposted by Alexander
New Video! Earthbound resists being understood. Here I go trying anyway. Join me as we analyze the game from front to back and unravel its ideas about love, evil, sacrifice, togetherness, and humanity 💙
youtu.be/1f-xI_NyVvM
youtu.be/1f-xI_NyVvM
Earthbound Believes in You, in Us
YouTube video by Skyehoppers
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December 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
New Video! Earthbound resists being understood. Here I go trying anyway. Join me as we analyze the game from front to back and unravel its ideas about love, evil, sacrifice, togetherness, and humanity 💙
youtu.be/1f-xI_NyVvM
youtu.be/1f-xI_NyVvM
Reposted by Alexander
I only played four-ish newly released games this year, so a GOTY list from me wouldn't be terribly interesting (#1 is Silksong, in case you're wondering)
Instead, since most of my gaming time is dedicated towards channel work, I want to reflect on the videos I'm most proud of from the year.
Instead, since most of my gaming time is dedicated towards channel work, I want to reflect on the videos I'm most proud of from the year.
December 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I only played four-ish newly released games this year, so a GOTY list from me wouldn't be terribly interesting (#1 is Silksong, in case you're wondering)
Instead, since most of my gaming time is dedicated towards channel work, I want to reflect on the videos I'm most proud of from the year.
Instead, since most of my gaming time is dedicated towards channel work, I want to reflect on the videos I'm most proud of from the year.
At the start of a new story arc, #Wizard101 takes stock of its past. The findings are grim. Duties neglected. Allies distant. Dreams dead.
As a curse bent on destroying compassion pulses through Darkmoor, Wizard101 can only come to one conclusion: the future is dark.
youtu.be/y7RyCG4d4V0
As a curse bent on destroying compassion pulses through Darkmoor, Wizard101 can only come to one conclusion: the future is dark.
youtu.be/y7RyCG4d4V0
Wizard101: The Ultimate Darkmoor Review
YouTube video by AurumAlex
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
At the start of a new story arc, #Wizard101 takes stock of its past. The findings are grim. Duties neglected. Allies distant. Dreams dead.
As a curse bent on destroying compassion pulses through Darkmoor, Wizard101 can only come to one conclusion: the future is dark.
youtu.be/y7RyCG4d4V0
As a curse bent on destroying compassion pulses through Darkmoor, Wizard101 can only come to one conclusion: the future is dark.
youtu.be/y7RyCG4d4V0
Is the Mega Dimension DLC for ZA any good? I've heard next to no buzz about it, but the trailers made it seem kinda underwhelming.
Just don't know if it's worth paying 30 whole smackers for it atm
Just don't know if it's worth paying 30 whole smackers for it atm
December 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Is the Mega Dimension DLC for ZA any good? I've heard next to no buzz about it, but the trailers made it seem kinda underwhelming.
Just don't know if it's worth paying 30 whole smackers for it atm
Just don't know if it's worth paying 30 whole smackers for it atm
Finally got around to playing Investigations 2, the last Ace Attorney I had never played. It was... fine. There were no bad cases, and it was definitely better than 1, but I have some pretty core problems with the game's fundamentals.
December 11, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Finally got around to playing Investigations 2, the last Ace Attorney I had never played. It was... fine. There were no bad cases, and it was definitely better than 1, but I have some pretty core problems with the game's fundamentals.
Bowser's Inside Story has many admirable qualities, using its obvious affection for the DS to adapt more of the Mario universe into RPG form.
It makes for a pretty strange game, but I wouldn't have Bowser's best and only outing any other way.
youtu.be/bE737LPgzrE
It makes for a pretty strange game, but I wouldn't have Bowser's best and only outing any other way.
youtu.be/bE737LPgzrE
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story Is the Perfect Chimera
YouTube video by AurumAlex
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Bowser's Inside Story has many admirable qualities, using its obvious affection for the DS to adapt more of the Mario universe into RPG form.
It makes for a pretty strange game, but I wouldn't have Bowser's best and only outing any other way.
youtu.be/bE737LPgzrE
It makes for a pretty strange game, but I wouldn't have Bowser's best and only outing any other way.
youtu.be/bE737LPgzrE
update: they cooked
November 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
update: they cooked
It's that time of year again to play peak-of-the-century
November 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
It's that time of year again to play peak-of-the-century
Brothership turns 1 today. A very good game. I might even say it's the best new game Nintendo's put out in over 3 years, though I've admittedly felt somewhat distant from their recent offerings.
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Brothership turns 1 today. A very good game. I might even say it's the best new game Nintendo's put out in over 3 years, though I've admittedly felt somewhat distant from their recent offerings.
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Just beat Legends ZA. Genuinely a really fun Pokémon game, probably in the top 5 for the series, although the finale completely missed the mark for me.
The most clever idea in ZA is that it gives a framework to understand Team Flare's perspective in a way that X & Y never even attempted to.
The most clever idea in ZA is that it gives a framework to understand Team Flare's perspective in a way that X & Y never even attempted to.
an aerial view of a city with a large tower in the distance
ALT: an aerial view of a city with a large tower in the distance
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November 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Just beat Legends ZA. Genuinely a really fun Pokémon game, probably in the top 5 for the series, although the finale completely missed the mark for me.
The most clever idea in ZA is that it gives a framework to understand Team Flare's perspective in a way that X & Y never even attempted to.
The most clever idea in ZA is that it gives a framework to understand Team Flare's perspective in a way that X & Y never even attempted to.
I replayed Pokémon Ultra Sun and, to my surprise, had fun. Unfortunately, some of that fun was undermined when the game started asking scintillating questions like "let's tacitly justify Pokémon torture" and "Lillie is useless."
Oh. Neither of those were questions, were they?
youtu.be/JotCgyIe70U
Oh. Neither of those were questions, were they?
youtu.be/JotCgyIe70U
Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Are Confusing.
YouTube video by AurumAlex
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I replayed Pokémon Ultra Sun and, to my surprise, had fun. Unfortunately, some of that fun was undermined when the game started asking scintillating questions like "let's tacitly justify Pokémon torture" and "Lillie is useless."
Oh. Neither of those were questions, were they?
youtu.be/JotCgyIe70U
Oh. Neither of those were questions, were they?
youtu.be/JotCgyIe70U
Lillie is perhaps Pokémon's greatest achievement, a single character in games which demonstrate why this series is worth caring about.
I'm less fond of that bag she's always carrying around, though.
Sun and Moon almost manage to reconcile these two opinions.
youtu.be/3G9QPimGu4M
I'm less fond of that bag she's always carrying around, though.
Sun and Moon almost manage to reconcile these two opinions.
youtu.be/3G9QPimGu4M
I Love Pokémon Sun and Moon?
YouTube video by AurumAlex
youtu.be
October 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Lillie is perhaps Pokémon's greatest achievement, a single character in games which demonstrate why this series is worth caring about.
I'm less fond of that bag she's always carrying around, though.
Sun and Moon almost manage to reconcile these two opinions.
youtu.be/3G9QPimGu4M
I'm less fond of that bag she's always carrying around, though.
Sun and Moon almost manage to reconcile these two opinions.
youtu.be/3G9QPimGu4M
This was me with Astro Bot last year
I feel @aurumalex.bsky.social introduction in his Unwound Future video sum up my feelings on the mattere more or less.
October 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This was me with Astro Bot last year
The AI summaries YouTube places on my own videos are so full of nothing they couldn't possibly be useful to anyone. I'm assuming there's no way to disable this "feature."
The second one makes my Brothership video sound like a sponsored ad by Nintendo lol
The second one makes my Brothership video sound like a sponsored ad by Nintendo lol
October 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The AI summaries YouTube places on my own videos are so full of nothing they couldn't possibly be useful to anyone. I'm assuming there's no way to disable this "feature."
The second one makes my Brothership video sound like a sponsored ad by Nintendo lol
The second one makes my Brothership video sound like a sponsored ad by Nintendo lol
Reposted by Alexander
Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon turns 10 today!
It is, as of now, the most recent brand-new entry in the series! And to be truthful, I think that if it weren't for nostaliga for Explorers, Super might be my favorite entry.
It is, as of now, the most recent brand-new entry in the series! And to be truthful, I think that if it weren't for nostaliga for Explorers, Super might be my favorite entry.
September 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon turns 10 today!
It is, as of now, the most recent brand-new entry in the series! And to be truthful, I think that if it weren't for nostaliga for Explorers, Super might be my favorite entry.
It is, as of now, the most recent brand-new entry in the series! And to be truthful, I think that if it weren't for nostaliga for Explorers, Super might be my favorite entry.
What's all this about "streamlining" DQ7 I'm reading? If it doesn't take 20 hours to get vocations and I'm not going through Providence's Mountaintop Tunnel five separate times, am I *really* playing DQ7?
Fix the past, save the present in Dragon Quest VII Reimagined, launching for #NintendoSwitch and #NintendoSwitch2 on Feb 5, 2026! #NintendoDirect
Pre-order now: ninten.do/6013sYKdN
Pre-order now: ninten.do/6013sYKdN
September 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
What's all this about "streamlining" DQ7 I'm reading? If it doesn't take 20 hours to get vocations and I'm not going through Providence's Mountaintop Tunnel five separate times, am I *really* playing DQ7?