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Silly man | Streaming on Twitch https://twitch.tv/dalebastion | Backlogging on Backloggd https://backloggd.com/u/DaleBastion/
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Alrighty
The title screen of Clair Obscur Expedition 33 for PlayStation 5.
November 19, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Game Boy cake / Print ad / Sainsbury's / 1993
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
dalebastion.bsky.social
Everyone should get to experience the Silent Hill (1999) cast credits/bloopers in their lifetime
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Silent Hill Bloopers end credits.
YouTube video by ESOS
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November 14, 2025 at 7:13 AM
dalebastion.bsky.social
I'm much less confident after its latest update that DISPATCH is going the places I hoped a superhuman resource management sim might. Then again, it's not just that - it's a budding Critical Role franchise making the same moral tradeoffs Marvel has done for years. Curious how it ends, at least.
Gameplay shot from Dispatch. Bottom row features headshots of several deployable superheroes. Computer desktop windows display information for a work job, and a breakdown of the heroes' cumulative strengths. A cinematic shot from Dispatch featuring the three characters Robert Robertson, Blonde Blazer, and Chase, plus three branching dialogue options.
November 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
dalebastion.bsky.social
"Find me a decent Glen Powell face pic for the thumbnail. Real intensity. Nothing goofy"
"You got it"
October 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
dalebastion.bsky.social
I'm gonna say Bionic Commando '09. Stupid, silly game, but I was morbidly fascinated
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lexluddy.xyz lex luddy (ichiban appreciator) @lexluddy.xyz · Oct 14
What's the worst game you finished/rolled credits on?

(games media folks, it can't be something you were assigned to review; this has to be something you subjected yourself to of your own free will)
October 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Reconnect Recommends:

Splash page from an official 1992 Japanese guide for Super Mario Land 2.

#gaming #videogames
Splash page from an official 1992 Japanese guide for Super Mario Land 2.
This article has been curated by Reconnect, the games writing discovery platform.
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October 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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spencethebence.bsky.social
Helped my brother buy a new car today and this was the only decoration the salesman had on the desk.
Can of Limited Edition Star Wars Episode 1 Pepsi with Anakin on the can. It is inside a protective glass case.
October 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM
dalebastion.bsky.social
The title screen for Final Fantasy 8. The title is imposed on the horizontal border between negative space and an image of the Griever crest shining brightly and emitting red energy. In the negative space, a hand cursor hovers over two options, "NEW GAME" and "Continue".
October 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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I regularly think about the extraordinarily weird retro section of Sydney's one and only EB Expo, and I made a list of the games that were there
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'Went to a 2016 expo's retro section and heard a dad say "let me educate ya" and his son said "I'll pass". These were the games' a list of games by DaleBastion | Backloggd
Systems listed in Notes
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October 1, 2025 at 4:02 AM
dalebastion.bsky.social
Funniest moment from when I played Baby Steps tonight
September 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
dalebastion.bsky.social
Wonderful game
September 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
dalebastion.bsky.social
Playing through the Zeldas in release order and I've hit my outright new favourite with no 5, Link's Awakening. Many have sung its praises, but it surprised me how even Link to the Past felt like a dry run for how much more effective this was in narrative and design.
Promotional art for Link's Awakening featuring Link, Marin, Tarin, and Owl in the game's island setting. The iconic Wind Fish egg is perched on a mountain backdrop.
September 5, 2025 at 4:32 AM
dalebastion.bsky.social
Alex does good shit that I can't imagine anyone else doing. Well worth your time.
pitohui.org Alex Fraioli @pitohui.org · Sep 4
“Relics & Rock Stars: Appreciating Final Fantasy XI & XIV” is now available for all on YouTube!
#FFXI sickos and #FFXIV weirdos are two sides of the same gil, yet some of us make up the whole-ass coin. This video essay reconciles the living fossil with the successor that yet hurtles into the future.
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September 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
dalebastion.bsky.social
Simple... MCG RPG
mariobones.bsky.social Josh W @mariobones.bsky.social · Sep 3
Australia Game Jam where you need to make a game about or set in Australia but you’re not allowed to feature:
-Crocodile Dundee figures
-Mad Max wastelands
-Poisonous creatures
September 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
dalebastion.bsky.social
Needed a name for my Dragon Quest 8 monster squad, so I took it from a banner ad in my browser
A Dragon Quest 8 screenshot of a skeletal warrior in a stadium, with a text box that reads, "Captained by Dale . . . it's LEGO ONE PIECE!"
August 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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August 20, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Crash Bandicoot and Spyro are locked in the ABK dungeons. In their place, two unlikely retro platformer banner-holders rise
Gex, as seen on the front cover of the 2025 remaster of the Gex trilogy. Bubsy, as seen on the cover art for the upcoming title Bubsy 4D.
August 20, 2025 at 6:11 AM
dalebastion.bsky.social
Played (the PS3 remaster of) this recently. I can't say that it managed to "take over my life" but it's a very, very pleasant experience and a nice way to furnish my armchair-critic bona fides.
PAL PlayStation 2 box art for Ico (2002), with a critic pull quote reading "9/10. Official PlayStation Magazine. Absorbed beyond reach. Ico will take over your life."
August 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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My extremely dumb film nerd wish is that this got 25 sequels for the other letters in the alphabet
A poster for the 2016 Western film titled In A Valley of Violence, starring Ethan Hawke and John Travolta in period costumes.
August 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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Action for Australian folks:

register a concern about Collective Shout's wrongful listing as a charity, do so on the Australian Charity and Non-Profit Commission website

Collective shout's profile + ABN: www.acnc.gov.au/charity/char...

Raise a concern with the ACNC: www.acnc.gov.au/raise-concern
Message from a user called BBBen on discord: Collective Shout, who have been provoking this latest wave of trouble are registered as a charity in Australia, but their work seems to be purely as a political activist organisation generating moral panic. This is against the rules for registering as a charity. If any Australians (Aussies only, please! It's counter-productive for people from elsewhere to do this) want to register a concern about their wrongful listing as a charity, then you can do so on the Australian Charity and Non-Profit Commission website. Here's the relevant links. Collective shout's profile, including their ABN: https://www.acnc.gov.au/charity/charities/8f14b7df-39af-e811-a963-000d3ad24077/profile Raise a concern with the ACNC: https://www.acnc.gov.au/raise-concern You can also attach evidence, which would probably help, though any concern is a valid one to post. Just explain the situation and try to call attention to the fact that political lobbying is not charitable work. You can go into other relevant details if you wish. All of this only takes a minute.
July 25, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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If you're watching Splitgate 2's bust-out with fascination, I can't recommend Kyle Bosman's recap of its baffling pre-launch app/lore enough (from 11:38)
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I Respect These Stupid Games - Delayed Input with Kyle Bosman
YouTube video by Kyle Bosman
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July 23, 2025 at 6:26 AM
dalebastion.bsky.social
I am playing Anthem (2019). Poor sweet Anthem (2019). I think I'm going to enjoy your Sega CD-ass first-person cutscenes.
The opening splash graphic for Anthem, featuring mechanised armoured warriors posing on a triangular composition of sci-fi landscapes.
July 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
dalebastion.bsky.social
Can thoroughly recommend solo Peak + Death Stranding OST, just for everyone's info
July 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Death Stranding 2 photo mode screenshot. The protagonist Sam Bridges leans over and smiles at an echidna walking across a road. The camera is tilted and framed with cinematic borders for dramatic effect.
June 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM