Ben
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Ben
@coupdegravy.bsky.social
Game translator in Tokyo.
he/him
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absolute bargain if any of yous have a use for 7,949,020,598 wasps
December 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Final Fantasy IX // PlayStation // JVC AV-27D201 via component
December 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
This is so disgusting.
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Frankly astonishing explosion in Ace Combat 7 here. Btw I struggled through this game and finished it last night using the standard control scheme only to find out today that the expert controls are almost unanimously considered the proper way to play
December 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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my hero 😍
December 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Decided recently to have a goosey at the backloggd reviews for Forbidden Siren but I told myself beforehand if the most liked review was negative then there's no hope for that site. Found the most liked one and saw it had no star rating and the status was 'shelved' so my heart sank.
Trying to prove something.

Please give me your favourite reviews, written or video, and tell me specifically why you love it.

Could be hardware, games, movies, anything.

Thank you in advance
December 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Swear, every time I go to Majora's Mask I find one more little detail. One more touch or secret. The ramp up to Snowhead Temple is actually dripping water after you defeat Goht cause the whole thing is slowly thawing. Beautiful.
November 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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When we talk about video game stories I think there is too much emphasis on plot points and not enough on the execution (writing, lighting/music, how mechanics support and enhance the story etc).
December 2, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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i finished playing final fantasy 9 for the first time recently! wonderful game
December 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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May 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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November 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
This opinion will keep me awake tonight. If this had happened I think 'Jihl' would've become the most popular baby name for girls in the western world. We'd be in Nabaatmania even now. Lightning was a choir boy compared to her
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Finished Sakura Taisen (got the Sakura ending). Not sure know how pretty the other versions are considered (or whether my phone pictures do it justice) but the PSP port is gorgeous. Really liked the timed dialogue choices and the way that sometimes choosing none and staying silent is the best option
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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SADAKO for VOGUE JAPAN
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Raijin in FF8 considers himself an honourable ladies' man, & so every time you fight him if there's only women alive in the party, he won't attack & will just stand & take a beating. UNLESS he's been blinded by a spell... & then, because he can't see who he's hitting, he'll attack the girls.
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago

so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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In Left 4 Dead, the Witch detecting the player is unaffected by the flashlight. Voice lines play that reference this mechanic, it's even shown in the original's trailer, people will swear up and down that it's a thing, but the functionality simply does not exist.
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago

so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 24, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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There are still a few weeks left but as it stands, my game of the year is RoadCraft.

I will also say that Kelly, the dispatcher and company manager in RoadCraft, is the only videogame character that I have ever loved.
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Dungeon Encounters is one of the greatest games of all time. Watch out for the mouse, they will put you in debt
DUNGEON ENCOUNTERS is $8.99 on US eShop buff.ly/SzGGAnF
US PSN buff.ly/dBfcdYB

Switch import $43 US Dollars at VGP buff.ly/Q8oUWQY
November 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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If you love quirky RPGs/dungeon-crawlers and have yet to give Dungeon Encounters a try, I would highly recommend doing so now. It is an absolute *gem* of a game!
DUNGEON ENCOUNTERS is $8.99 on US eShop buff.ly/SzGGAnF
US PSN buff.ly/dBfcdYB

Switch import $43 US Dollars at VGP buff.ly/Q8oUWQY
November 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Great video that really highlights an issue with games writing: Gender is usually just a cosmetic toggle that doesn't actually change anything. Although screaming morons online still somehow get angry about it.

But Persona 3 Portable went all-in on having femininity change the whole tone of it.
Persona 3 Portable: The Only Game Where You Can Choose Your Gender

Link: youtu.be/Ge3oTIyn2sQ?...
November 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Three tickets to CHALLENGERS please
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Finished Ivalice Chronicles. Still think it gets 3x more engrossing when the Lucavi show up & is best when it leans into horror. The fight against a certain zombified character was the highlight for me. Also the VA puts it above WOTL imo. Lots of line reads that put the CHARACTER in NPC (↓spoilers?)
November 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Kairi's last line in the Kingdom Hearts 1 ending possibly being removed from the English version because Simple and Clean has lyrics where Hikari has a brief instrumental section that leaves room for her dialogue reminds me of the film Fish Story.
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Love the 'Lava Throw Incident' section of this vid. Covers the uploader's attempts to determine whether the KH1 ultimania's claim that it's possible to earn tech points by parrying Genie Jafar's lava throw attack is actually true or not but I found it enthralling tbh
www.youtube.com/watch?v=srt6...
TECH POINTS: A Fun and Rewarding Kingdom Hearts Feature
YouTube video by KHGuides
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM