Gubian
@gubian.bsky.social
Programmer | Play lots of video games, focused on single player experiences. Posting stuff about games I'm playing this year. I drop my full thoughts on stuff into my Backloggery page below
https://www.backloggery.com/gubian7
https://www.backloggery.com/gubian7
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Gubian
@gubian.bsky.social
· May 22
I decided to post about the stuff I play this year, both to share what I did and also to track what I played. But its a pain to track, so I'm going to pin this thread and add what I played in groups up until my recent game.
SO, games I played in 2025 (in progress)!
SO, games I played in 2025 (in progress)!
Think I'm almost to the half way point of the story in Trails 1st remake. Game is basically everything I ever hoped it'd be. In particular, the sound track feels *deeply* nostalgic.
Really wonderful to have such an easy place to recommend people start on the series too. Highly recommend this one.
Really wonderful to have such an easy place to recommend people start on the series too. Highly recommend this one.
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Think I'm almost to the half way point of the story in Trails 1st remake. Game is basically everything I ever hoped it'd be. In particular, the sound track feels *deeply* nostalgic.
Really wonderful to have such an easy place to recommend people start on the series too. Highly recommend this one.
Really wonderful to have such an easy place to recommend people start on the series too. Highly recommend this one.
Got my copy of Trails 1st awhile ago, took ages. Then I got sick and haven't felt like playing it, or anything after Tsushima.
Finally getting started though and loving it.
Finally getting started though and loving it.
November 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Got my copy of Trails 1st awhile ago, took ages. Then I got sick and haven't felt like playing it, or anything after Tsushima.
Finally getting started though and loving it.
Finally getting started though and loving it.
This was previously Switch only, which sucked because I really didn't want it on that platform. So PS5 physical release is very good for me.
Easily my favorite game from last year, highly recommend this if you haven't played it yet.
Easily my favorite game from last year, highly recommend this if you haven't played it yet.
Nine Sols (Switch/PS5) Standard/Deluxe up for preorder at Fangamer ($39/$59) buff.ly/xdx0NHF
November 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This was previously Switch only, which sucked because I really didn't want it on that platform. So PS5 physical release is very good for me.
Easily my favorite game from last year, highly recommend this if you haven't played it yet.
Easily my favorite game from last year, highly recommend this if you haven't played it yet.
OK, I thought this shit was some edit, but its real and its still up on xhitter.
Fuck Gamestop, never buying anything there again.
Fuck Gamestop, never buying anything there again.
October 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
OK, I thought this shit was some edit, but its real and its still up on xhitter.
Fuck Gamestop, never buying anything there again.
Fuck Gamestop, never buying anything there again.
Signalis is amazing and you should definitely play it if you have not.
SIGNALIS was released 3 years ago today.
It still feels like a dream that people still play,
discuss and create fanart of our game today ✨
Thank you for your support throughout the years!
It still feels like a dream that people still play,
discuss and create fanart of our game today ✨
Thank you for your support throughout the years!
October 28, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Signalis is amazing and you should definitely play it if you have not.
I feel like there was always ethnocentric problem in Western game media before PS3/360 (G4, that fucking Baten Kaitos review for example).
But he's absolutely right, it was industrialized during 7th generation hardware. It really sucked, even back then I thought it felt gross.
But he's absolutely right, it was industrialized during 7th generation hardware. It really sucked, even back then I thought it felt gross.
Remembering when Vanquish got dinged for being "very Japanese," a comment that had no other elucidation and was written as a self-evident negative.
That generation was wild with how ethnocentric shit got.
That generation was wild with how ethnocentric shit got.
Games used to do this kinda shit all the time
October 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I feel like there was always ethnocentric problem in Western game media before PS3/360 (G4, that fucking Baten Kaitos review for example).
But he's absolutely right, it was industrialized during 7th generation hardware. It really sucked, even back then I thought it felt gross.
But he's absolutely right, it was industrialized during 7th generation hardware. It really sucked, even back then I thought it felt gross.
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I wasn’t born to work, i was born to sabotage AI data center infrastructure
October 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I wasn’t born to work, i was born to sabotage AI data center infrastructure
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Sony has officially announced that PlayStation 6 will run PlayStation 4 games even better than on PlayStation 5.
paletteswap.site/dif...
paletteswap.site/dif...
October 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Sony has officially announced that PlayStation 6 will run PlayStation 4 games even better than on PlayStation 5.
paletteswap.site/dif...
paletteswap.site/dif...
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I thought games like this were weird until I tried it and I kind of loved it?
Actually looking forward to this one, just something to relax. Perfect internet essay companion game.
Actually looking forward to this one, just something to relax. Perfect internet essay companion game.
Your first day on the job is confirmed! 💦 You’ll be getting your van, power washer, and keys to the home base on 23rd October! 🎉
We've loved seeing all the excitement for @powerwashsimulator.co.uk 2, and we can’t wait for you to experience the game we’ve poured so much love into 💙✨
We've loved seeing all the excitement for @powerwashsimulator.co.uk 2, and we can’t wait for you to experience the game we’ve poured so much love into 💙✨
October 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I thought games like this were weird until I tried it and I kind of loved it?
Actually looking forward to this one, just something to relax. Perfect internet essay companion game.
Actually looking forward to this one, just something to relax. Perfect internet essay companion game.
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Ghost of Yōtei gameplay:
October 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Ghost of Yōtei gameplay:
If you haven't played 13 Sentinels, you should play 13 Sentinels.
October 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
If you haven't played 13 Sentinels, you should play 13 Sentinels.
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Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
He's sorry. He's so sorry for saying those things. Can't you see how sorry he is.
October 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
He's sorry. He's so sorry for saying those things. Can't you see how sorry he is.
I had previously bought a book similar to this from Bitmap, so I had pre-ordered this before finding out who the author was. Cancelled that shit same day.
Right thing they should do is sever ties, as suggested below. Fuck that dude.
Right thing they should do is sever ties, as suggested below. Fuck that dude.
October 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I had previously bought a book similar to this from Bitmap, so I had pre-ordered this before finding out who the author was. Cancelled that shit same day.
Right thing they should do is sever ties, as suggested below. Fuck that dude.
Right thing they should do is sever ties, as suggested below. Fuck that dude.
Anyone who talks like this has some pretty fucking severe untreated mental illness. They SHOULD get treatment, but they cause such widespread harm that they need to simply be stopped instead.
As an elder millennial, she and everyone like her can fuck off.
As an elder millennial, she and everyone like her can fuck off.
“We millennials know that there’s no such thing as work-life balance. My career is my life, my life is my career. I would never be at peace if I wasn’t working so hard.” trib.al/suc3yU6
Astronaut says Gen Z often quits when things get uncomfortable—here’s the Jeff Bezos Blue Origin training that taught her to push through | Fortune
From space rockets to 13-hour workdays, this millennial astronaut reveals the mind trick that can make discomfort your secret weapon to success.
trib.al
October 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Anyone who talks like this has some pretty fucking severe untreated mental illness. They SHOULD get treatment, but they cause such widespread harm that they need to simply be stopped instead.
As an elder millennial, she and everyone like her can fuck off.
As an elder millennial, she and everyone like her can fuck off.
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ok cool now ban basically everyone still congregating in the comments section on the game page (which is still up) to still act like bigots!
seriously! you have cultivated a bad userbase and they are going to relentlessly embarrass you like this unless you shut them out! Get rid of them!
seriously! you have cultivated a bad userbase and they are going to relentlessly embarrass you like this unless you shut them out! Get rid of them!
October 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
ok cool now ban basically everyone still congregating in the comments section on the game page (which is still up) to still act like bigots!
seriously! you have cultivated a bad userbase and they are going to relentlessly embarrass you like this unless you shut them out! Get rid of them!
seriously! you have cultivated a bad userbase and they are going to relentlessly embarrass you like this unless you shut them out! Get rid of them!
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HONEY IF IT'S TOO OFFENSIVE FOR THE FORUM HOW IS IT NOT TOO OFFENSIVE FOR THE SITE
BREATHTAKING MODERATION ACTIONS GOING ON OVER HERE. FORUM DRAMA LIKE ITS 2013 BABY
BREATHTAKING MODERATION ACTIONS GOING ON OVER HERE. FORUM DRAMA LIKE ITS 2013 BABY
October 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
HONEY IF IT'S TOO OFFENSIVE FOR THE FORUM HOW IS IT NOT TOO OFFENSIVE FOR THE SITE
BREATHTAKING MODERATION ACTIONS GOING ON OVER HERE. FORUM DRAMA LIKE ITS 2013 BABY
BREATHTAKING MODERATION ACTIONS GOING ON OVER HERE. FORUM DRAMA LIKE ITS 2013 BABY
My condolences to the non-shitty people that actually enjoyed using this site. Sucks the place is run by people that don't mind turning into a Nazi bar.
Hope an alternative grows because that place is looking awfully cooked right now.
Hope an alternative grows because that place is looking awfully cooked right now.
ok last thing ill post on it, lol they cut it and moved it so offsite linking no longer works!
retroachievements.org/forums/topic...
here's the new thread! Have fun kids, see ya for stream in a bit lol
retroachievements.org/forums/topic...
here's the new thread! Have fun kids, see ya for stream in a bit lol
October 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
My condolences to the non-shitty people that actually enjoyed using this site. Sucks the place is run by people that don't mind turning into a Nazi bar.
Hope an alternative grows because that place is looking awfully cooked right now.
Hope an alternative grows because that place is looking awfully cooked right now.
I have no idea how to spoiler tag, so light spoiler warning for Silent Hill f.
Anyway, beat it last night, started NG+. Can't imagine there's not more endings to be had, so going to keep going. Have... feelings about the game, mostly positive. Some fucked up stuff happens, pacing was good, etc.
Anyway, beat it last night, started NG+. Can't imagine there's not more endings to be had, so going to keep going. Have... feelings about the game, mostly positive. Some fucked up stuff happens, pacing was good, etc.
October 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I have no idea how to spoiler tag, so light spoiler warning for Silent Hill f.
Anyway, beat it last night, started NG+. Can't imagine there's not more endings to be had, so going to keep going. Have... feelings about the game, mostly positive. Some fucked up stuff happens, pacing was good, etc.
Anyway, beat it last night, started NG+. Can't imagine there's not more endings to be had, so going to keep going. Have... feelings about the game, mostly positive. Some fucked up stuff happens, pacing was good, etc.
Phil's response to "just make great games" lives rent free in my head to this day.
If Xbox had just course corrected their development pipeline instead of dumping resources into *all this shit*, they'd have had a real fucking chance of overtaking Sony this gen.
If Xbox had just course corrected their development pipeline instead of dumping resources into *all this shit*, they'd have had a real fucking chance of overtaking Sony this gen.
October 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Phil's response to "just make great games" lives rent free in my head to this day.
If Xbox had just course corrected their development pipeline instead of dumping resources into *all this shit*, they'd have had a real fucking chance of overtaking Sony this gen.
If Xbox had just course corrected their development pipeline instead of dumping resources into *all this shit*, they'd have had a real fucking chance of overtaking Sony this gen.
What are the doing??? What is going on, I'm so used to feeling kinda irrational for thinking Gamepass is dog shit but this is so insanely bad.
Verge: Microsoft is getting ready to announce free Xbox Cloud Gaming with ads, currently in internal testing for 1 hr sessions w/ up to 5 hours free a month.
Ad-supported version will include streaming some games you own, eligible Free Play Days titles, Xbox Retro Classics. 2 minute preroll ads
Ad-supported version will include streaming some games you own, eligible Free Play Days titles, Xbox Retro Classics. 2 minute preroll ads
October 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
What are the doing??? What is going on, I'm so used to feeling kinda irrational for thinking Gamepass is dog shit but this is so insanely bad.
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Xbox consoles are now getting a fullscreen Xbox Game Pass Ultimate ad at boot, just a day after a 50% price hike was announced
October 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Xbox consoles are now getting a fullscreen Xbox Game Pass Ultimate ad at boot, just a day after a 50% price hike was announced
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the website to cancel Xbox Game Pass subscriptions is overloaded
October 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
the website to cancel Xbox Game Pass subscriptions is overloaded
I know this isn't supposed to feel this way, but I feel kind of attacked because this is definitely me.
“Netflix for Games” sounds like a good idea but by the age of 30 you should have naturally accumulated enough video games to last for several lifetimes
Microsoft has announced a 50% price increase to Xbox Game Pass.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-ga...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-ga...
October 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I know this isn't supposed to feel this way, but I feel kind of attacked because this is definitely me.