luke m
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luke m
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DOLLMAN: Samus, you can roll yourself into a “morph ball” and use what are known as “bombs” to clear obstacles. Pretty handy for when you find a small tunnel if you ask me.
November 15, 2025 at 4:11 AM
"there were moments in hollow knight: silksong where i started to seriously consider the possibility that it was one of the greatest games ever made... a harder and faster b-side of hollow knight with enough considered old-school sensibility to cement team cherry as our Wisest Old Men."
grenlurry's review of Hollow Knight: Silksong | Backloggd
there were moments in <em>hollow knight: silksong</em> where i started to seriously consider the possibility that it was one of the greatest games ever made. <em>hollow knight</em> was already a sleep...
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October 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
new words by me! is death stranding 2 too easy? is dollman too annoying?? is kojima a genius??? all these questions and more in our latest edition of whatever this thing is i do

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Why Dollman is the most important character in Death Stranding 2
Dollman is not a perfect masterstroke of narrative design. But he is what the world of Death Stranding 2 needs.
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September 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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increasingly convinced that we need to get back to prioritizing parsing video games through their mechanical components. "a game is the gestalt of its multimedia presentation" is literally true and a crucial lens but "a game is the things the buttons do" feels maybe undervalued in 2025
September 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
wikipedia is like the fandom wiki for real life
August 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
wrote some words about everyone's favorite final fantasy game. tried to say some things that haven't been said before - take a look if you'd like!

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Final Fantasy V and succession (a brief literary and design analysis)
Warning: Full spoilers for Final Fantasy V ahead.
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August 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM