J.J.S. Boyce
@jjsboyce.bsky.social
Bingo bango, Tomb Raider (2013) gave me the line I needed and the @polykillpodcast.bsky.social challenge is done. For the next 49 days I‘ll play whatever I want.
Easiest square: vacation. Best square: playing multiple NES games for time travel month when I kept getting the year wrong.
#justbeatit
Easiest square: vacation. Best square: playing multiple NES games for time travel month when I kept getting the year wrong.
#justbeatit
November 13, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Bingo bango, Tomb Raider (2013) gave me the line I needed and the @polykillpodcast.bsky.social challenge is done. For the next 49 days I‘ll play whatever I want.
Easiest square: vacation. Best square: playing multiple NES games for time travel month when I kept getting the year wrong.
#justbeatit
Easiest square: vacation. Best square: playing multiple NES games for time travel month when I kept getting the year wrong.
#justbeatit
#justbeatit Zombies Ate My Neighbors—on PS4 with a save feature—for my first bingo on the @polykillpodcast.bsky.social board. This may be the game I put the most time into as a kid without ever beating; a friend and I rented it over and over and always lost by level 30. It was always fun, even so.
October 30, 2025 at 4:11 AM
#justbeatit Zombies Ate My Neighbors—on PS4 with a save feature—for my first bingo on the @polykillpodcast.bsky.social board. This may be the game I put the most time into as a kid without ever beating; a friend and I rented it over and over and always lost by level 30. It was always fun, even so.
#justbeatit The Quarry.#GameOfTheMonth
If you’re a wuss like me don’t play this one after dark. Play it in the afternoon and scar your children.
@polykillpodcast.bsky.social @cartridgeclub.bsky.social
If you’re a wuss like me don’t play this one after dark. Play it in the afternoon and scar your children.
@polykillpodcast.bsky.social @cartridgeclub.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 4:39 AM
#justbeatit The Quarry.#GameOfTheMonth
If you’re a wuss like me don’t play this one after dark. Play it in the afternoon and scar your children.
@polykillpodcast.bsky.social @cartridgeclub.bsky.social
If you’re a wuss like me don’t play this one after dark. Play it in the afternoon and scar your children.
@polykillpodcast.bsky.social @cartridgeclub.bsky.social
Just started @cartridgeclub.bsky.social's October #GameOfTheMonth, The Quarry. A modern spin on the FMV genre, it's like being in an interactive horror movie. Take advantage of the #CCEffect and grab it while it's 85% off. Great so far, but I'm a little afraid to go to sleep right after playing it.
October 14, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Just started @cartridgeclub.bsky.social's October #GameOfTheMonth, The Quarry. A modern spin on the FMV genre, it's like being in an interactive horror movie. Take advantage of the #CCEffect and grab it while it's 85% off. Great so far, but I'm a little afraid to go to sleep right after playing it.
#justbeatit Wrecking Crew ‘98. I’m such a fan of the NES title I had to play the Japanese sequel for the Super Famicom, even though the gameplay is totally different and I‘m not very good. Persistence and unlimited continues eventually got me through those final levels. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 5:37 AM
#justbeatit Wrecking Crew ‘98. I’m such a fan of the NES title I had to play the Japanese sequel for the Super Famicom, even though the gameplay is totally different and I‘m not very good. Persistence and unlimited continues eventually got me through those final levels. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
#justbeatit Garfield’s Scary Scavenger Hunt, a browser-based game I played purely for the @polykillpodcast.bsky.social bingo square. Turns out
it’s a minor cult classic—SkiFree for a different generation. Relatively painless, and if I couldn’t find anything with President Garfield I’ll take Liman.
it’s a minor cult classic—SkiFree for a different generation. Relatively painless, and if I couldn’t find anything with President Garfield I’ll take Liman.
September 27, 2025 at 4:55 AM
#justbeatit Garfield’s Scary Scavenger Hunt, a browser-based game I played purely for the @polykillpodcast.bsky.social bingo square. Turns out
it’s a minor cult classic—SkiFree for a different generation. Relatively painless, and if I couldn’t find anything with President Garfield I’ll take Liman.
it’s a minor cult classic—SkiFree for a different generation. Relatively painless, and if I couldn’t find anything with President Garfield I’ll take Liman.
#justbeatit Celeste 64: The Bee Sides, by @wiedo.nl! This was tough but satisfying. I was so jealous of everyone playing it when it first came out, I’m glad I finally got the chance to experience it myself. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 3:42 AM
#justbeatit Celeste 64: The Bee Sides, by @wiedo.nl! This was tough but satisfying. I was so jealous of everyone playing it when it first came out, I’m glad I finally got the chance to experience it myself. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
I was as caught up in the hype as anyone but I couldn‘t play Celeste 64 when it came out because for a long time I didn’t have a non-work PC. I finally dug in this week and today #justbeatit. There are still, happily, five missing berries to keep me playing a bit yet. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I was as caught up in the hype as anyone but I couldn‘t play Celeste 64 when it came out because for a long time I didn’t have a non-work PC. I finally dug in this week and today #justbeatit. There are still, happily, five missing berries to keep me playing a bit yet. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
#justbeatit Dark Chambers (Atari 7800, via Atari 50). As a former NES kid these games are still a bit foreign to me, but this was a fun dungeon crawler. Unfortunately no credits, after level Z it just loops you back to A, infinitely, odd for 1988 but that’s Atari. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
#justbeatit Dark Chambers (Atari 7800, via Atari 50). As a former NES kid these games are still a bit foreign to me, but this was a fun dungeon crawler. Unfortunately no credits, after level Z it just loops you back to A, infinitely, odd for 1988 but that’s Atari. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
I had a plan for the @polykillpodcast.bsky.social bingo save file resurrection square, but plans change. It turns out to be two years since I shelved Ape Escape 2 with 30% of the game left. On a whim I reinstalled and just kept playing tonight until I #justbeatit. That showed those damn, dirty apes.
September 21, 2025 at 6:13 AM
I had a plan for the @polykillpodcast.bsky.social bingo save file resurrection square, but plans change. It turns out to be two years since I shelved Ape Escape 2 with 30% of the game left. On a whim I reinstalled and just kept playing tonight until I #justbeatit. That showed those damn, dirty apes.
I’ve been digging through the excellent Atari 50 for months now. It‘s more an interactive documentary than a videogame. Can I still say I #justbeatit?
Yes. I’m clearly not beating Cybermorph or Ninja Golf (I’ve tried!) and I need some credit for my time. Validate me @polykillpodcast.bsky.social.
Yes. I’m clearly not beating Cybermorph or Ninja Golf (I’ve tried!) and I need some credit for my time. Validate me @polykillpodcast.bsky.social.
September 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I’ve been digging through the excellent Atari 50 for months now. It‘s more an interactive documentary than a videogame. Can I still say I #justbeatit?
Yes. I’m clearly not beating Cybermorph or Ninja Golf (I’ve tried!) and I need some credit for my time. Validate me @polykillpodcast.bsky.social.
Yes. I’m clearly not beating Cybermorph or Ninja Golf (I’ve tried!) and I need some credit for my time. Validate me @polykillpodcast.bsky.social.
A few years ago I tried to complete the @polykillpodcast.bsky.social challenge and beat a game for every year I’ve been alive. I failed as I could not get through a 1982 game. If only I‘d had Frogs and Flies on the Atari. I #justbeatit and my four-year-old beat it too. Still counts, though!
September 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
A few years ago I tried to complete the @polykillpodcast.bsky.social challenge and beat a game for every year I’ve been alive. I failed as I could not get through a 1982 game. If only I‘d had Frogs and Flies on the Atari. I #justbeatit and my four-year-old beat it too. Still counts, though!
#justbeatit Alan Wake: The Writer. With the two DLC chapters I was forced to get better at the game’s unique but decidedly not great combat. In terms of story these special features are not a bad sales job for the real sequel. I’ll definitely play it if I ever buy a PS5. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 2:33 AM
#justbeatit Alan Wake: The Writer. With the two DLC chapters I was forced to get better at the game’s unique but decidedly not great combat. In terms of story these special features are not a bad sales job for the real sequel. I’ll definitely play it if I ever buy a PS5. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
After spending the week replaying the main game I dove into the DLC and #justbeatit Alan Wake: The Signal.
It’s not a complete and self-contained story, it doesn’t wrap anything up, but it’s one more chapter. We’ll see how the next DLC builds upon what this one set up. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
It’s not a complete and self-contained story, it doesn’t wrap anything up, but it’s one more chapter. We’ll see how the next DLC builds upon what this one set up. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 3:59 AM
After spending the week replaying the main game I dove into the DLC and #justbeatit Alan Wake: The Signal.
It’s not a complete and self-contained story, it doesn’t wrap anything up, but it’s one more chapter. We’ll see how the next DLC builds upon what this one set up. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
It’s not a complete and self-contained story, it doesn’t wrap anything up, but it’s one more chapter. We’ll see how the next DLC builds upon what this one set up. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
My nine-year-old has been playing Celeste and #justbeatit. There were times he got frustrated and had to step away, but in the end he got it done all on his own.
It’s important that children learn masochism is just as valid as fun as a reason for playing videogames. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
It’s important that children learn masochism is just as valid as fun as a reason for playing videogames. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
My nine-year-old has been playing Celeste and #justbeatit. There were times he got frustrated and had to step away, but in the end he got it done all on his own.
It’s important that children learn masochism is just as valid as fun as a reason for playing videogames. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
It’s important that children learn masochism is just as valid as fun as a reason for playing videogames. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
It was so good to fire up my Vita this month after a year of neglect. And I played it a lot, it took 50 hours before I #justbeatit Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward.
Half escape room puzzler, half visual novel—both halves are quite difficult but rewarding as well. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
Half escape room puzzler, half visual novel—both halves are quite difficult but rewarding as well. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
August 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
It was so good to fire up my Vita this month after a year of neglect. And I played it a lot, it took 50 hours before I #justbeatit Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward.
Half escape room puzzler, half visual novel—both halves are quite difficult but rewarding as well. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
Half escape room puzzler, half visual novel—both halves are quite difficult but rewarding as well. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
#justbeatit I Love You, Colonel Sanders: A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator. This has been on my list for a while. I have a hard time passing up a weird novelty game.
Essential? No. Worth the time investment for at least a single playthrough? Solidly maybe.
@polykillpodcast.bsky.social
Essential? No. Worth the time investment for at least a single playthrough? Solidly maybe.
@polykillpodcast.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
#justbeatit I Love You, Colonel Sanders: A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator. This has been on my list for a while. I have a hard time passing up a weird novelty game.
Essential? No. Worth the time investment for at least a single playthrough? Solidly maybe.
@polykillpodcast.bsky.social
Essential? No. Worth the time investment for at least a single playthrough? Solidly maybe.
@polykillpodcast.bsky.social
#justbeatit Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD. The improvements to the formula are largely cancelled out by changes that don’t work. I liked the hidden content at first but it soon devolve into 3D “pixel hunting”. I’m hoping the third game will be the one to get it all right. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
#justbeatit Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD. The improvements to the formula are largely cancelled out by changes that don’t work. I liked the hidden content at first but it soon devolve into 3D “pixel hunting”. I’m hoping the third game will be the one to get it all right. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
Congrats on ten years @polykillpodcast.bsky.social! I don’t mean to one-up you but I #justbeatit Bubble Bobble. Starting with a rental in first grade, my incredible 37-year journey included fathering two children and training one of them on NES in order to earn the best ending.
But ten years! Neat.
But ten years! Neat.
August 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Congrats on ten years @polykillpodcast.bsky.social! I don’t mean to one-up you but I #justbeatit Bubble Bobble. Starting with a rental in first grade, my incredible 37-year journey included fathering two children and training one of them on NES in order to earn the best ending.
But ten years! Neat.
But ten years! Neat.
#justbeatit The Foundation, the other expansion for a game that I have discovered is all killer, no filler. I missed out by mainlining Control on my initial run but it did make this revisit possible. And I got the (main game) platinum in the process! Worked out. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 4:28 AM
#justbeatit The Foundation, the other expansion for a game that I have discovered is all killer, no filler. I missed out by mainlining Control on my initial run but it did make this revisit possible. And I got the (main game) platinum in the process! Worked out. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
#justbeatit Control: AWE. I played Alan Wake last year so I decided to revisit Control, first replaying the core game and then diving into this beefy crossover DLC. It took a bit but Remedy’s
Lynchian/Teilight Zone universe has won me over and I’ll be diving yet deeper. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
Lynchian/Teilight Zone universe has won me over and I’ll be diving yet deeper. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 4:13 AM
#justbeatit Control: AWE. I played Alan Wake last year so I decided to revisit Control, first replaying the core game and then diving into this beefy crossover DLC. It took a bit but Remedy’s
Lynchian/Teilight Zone universe has won me over and I’ll be diving yet deeper. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
Lynchian/Teilight Zone universe has won me over and I’ll be diving yet deeper. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
#justbeatit Ninja Gaiden (NES) and that’s a @polykillpodcast.bsky.social BINGO (X2).
I played through stages one to four and thought “this isn’t as hard as I heard it was.” Then I spent a few hours on stage five and two days on stage six and learned my lesson.
1989 devs hated us. I mean, I get it.
I played through stages one to four and thought “this isn’t as hard as I heard it was.” Then I spent a few hours on stage five and two days on stage six and learned my lesson.
1989 devs hated us. I mean, I get it.
July 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
#justbeatit Ninja Gaiden (NES) and that’s a @polykillpodcast.bsky.social BINGO (X2).
I played through stages one to four and thought “this isn’t as hard as I heard it was.” Then I spent a few hours on stage five and two days on stage six and learned my lesson.
1989 devs hated us. I mean, I get it.
I played through stages one to four and thought “this isn’t as hard as I heard it was.” Then I spent a few hours on stage five and two days on stage six and learned my lesson.
1989 devs hated us. I mean, I get it.
#justbeatit BurgerTime Deluxe (Data East, GB port of arcade original). I’ve never played this one before; it’s deceptively simple. In later levels careful path-planning and enemy grouping strategies are essential. Hesitate and you’ll quickly fall to an errant pickle. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
#justbeatit BurgerTime Deluxe (Data East, GB port of arcade original). I’ve never played this one before; it’s deceptively simple. In later levels careful path-planning and enemy grouping strategies are essential. Hesitate and you’ll quickly fall to an errant pickle. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
#justbeatit The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. What a charming little title. It’s a fresh spin on something that still feels familiar. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
July 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
#justbeatit The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. What a charming little title. It’s a fresh spin on something that still feels familiar. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
One of my old-fogie stances is that SNES Mario Kart is the best one. It’s hard to make the case objectively, but the heart wants what the heart wants.
The GBA, as SNES 2.0, of course had its own old-school sequel, Mario Kart: Super Circuit. Ah, 2D heaven. #justbeatit @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
The GBA, as SNES 2.0, of course had its own old-school sequel, Mario Kart: Super Circuit. Ah, 2D heaven. #justbeatit @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
One of my old-fogie stances is that SNES Mario Kart is the best one. It’s hard to make the case objectively, but the heart wants what the heart wants.
The GBA, as SNES 2.0, of course had its own old-school sequel, Mario Kart: Super Circuit. Ah, 2D heaven. #justbeatit @polykillpodcast.bsky.social
The GBA, as SNES 2.0, of course had its own old-school sequel, Mario Kart: Super Circuit. Ah, 2D heaven. #justbeatit @polykillpodcast.bsky.social