Kimimi🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
AKA Kerry Brunskill. Hi and/or sorry
Enby They/Them 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Freelance writer - hire me!
Contributing writer @pcgamer.com
Come smother yourself in enthusiastic gaming goodness: https://kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
Support my work: https://ko-fi.com/kimimi
Enby They/Them 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Freelance writer - hire me!
Contributing writer @pcgamer.com
Come smother yourself in enthusiastic gaming goodness: https://kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
Support my work: https://ko-fi.com/kimimi
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Hi there new people (and old people too, of course)!
So I was trying to think of an easy way to explain what sort of games I like and what you'll probably see here but my taste is... well, I'm kinda a bit like this:
So I was trying to think of an easy way to explain what sort of games I like and what you'll probably see here but my taste is... well, I'm kinda a bit like this:
Please.
Please can I go one day without a sodding typo D:
Please can I go one day without a sodding typo D:
February 10, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Please.
Please can I go one day without a sodding typo D:
Please can I go one day without a sodding typo D:
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The Resident Evil Outbreak OST is severely underrated. I love the intro theme, as it has a creeping melancholy, making Birkin seem more like a tragic monster. A prisoner trapped in his own body as G took over and set off events that would lead to countless deaths.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tczk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tczk...
Resident Evil Outbreak - Main Theme
YouTube video by UppGr4de
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:29 AM
The Resident Evil Outbreak OST is severely underrated. I love the intro theme, as it has a creeping melancholy, making Birkin seem more like a tragic monster. A prisoner trapped in his own body as G took over and set off events that would lead to countless deaths.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tczk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tczk...
Monster Hunter Stories 3, like the previous entries in the subseries and the MonHun Diaries games before it, does a wonderful job of showing just how strong a setting the MonHun world is. Huge tone/genre shifts? No problem! Hunting/gathering/ecosystem-related stuff is always cool!
February 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Monster Hunter Stories 3, like the previous entries in the subseries and the MonHun Diaries games before it, does a wonderful job of showing just how strong a setting the MonHun world is. Huge tone/genre shifts? No problem! Hunting/gathering/ecosystem-related stuff is always cool!
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Did you know that forums.insertcredit.com 1) does not require you to scan your face 2) is nice and slow paced 3) has a cool established community already?
Just mentioning that today in case it is of interest to anybody.
Just mentioning that today in case it is of interest to anybody.
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The insert credit forums are a place to talk about video games for anyone who has thought, "but really, who will care about this specific thing I like?"
forums.insertcredit.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Did you know that forums.insertcredit.com 1) does not require you to scan your face 2) is nice and slow paced 3) has a cool established community already?
Just mentioning that today in case it is of interest to anybody.
Just mentioning that today in case it is of interest to anybody.
Took a heap of Suikoden card photos today for an upcoming Ko-fi gallery and couldn’t quite find a place for this so… here! One fancy Jowy:
February 9, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Took a heap of Suikoden card photos today for an upcoming Ko-fi gallery and couldn’t quite find a place for this so… here! One fancy Jowy:
I really want to try playing a solo/journalling style TTRPG...
February 9, 2026 at 3:39 PM
I really want to try playing a solo/journalling style TTRPG...
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And ready now for everyone is this piece on Compile's FDS shmup, Zanac! It's unique, and reactive, and incredibly ambitious - and the end result is a somewhat vague and isolating experience:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2026/02/09/z...
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2026/02/09/z...
February 9, 2026 at 7:18 AM
And ready now for everyone is this piece on Compile's FDS shmup, Zanac! It's unique, and reactive, and incredibly ambitious - and the end result is a somewhat vague and isolating experience:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2026/02/09/z...
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2026/02/09/z...
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Here's a new article for all Ko-fi supporters! The Chaos Engine is a fascinating slice of the early '90s UK gaming scene; accomplished and confident and either unaware or unbothered by the fact the rest of the gaming world was happily moving on without it:
ko-fi.com/post/The-Cha...
ko-fi.com/post/The-Cha...
The Chaos Engine: Used to be it, but then they changed what "it" was
Kimimi published a supporter-only post on Ko-fi!
ko-fi.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Here's a new article for all Ko-fi supporters! The Chaos Engine is a fascinating slice of the early '90s UK gaming scene; accomplished and confident and either unaware or unbothered by the fact the rest of the gaming world was happily moving on without it:
ko-fi.com/post/The-Cha...
ko-fi.com/post/The-Cha...
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Oh! Happy 30th, Bahamut Lagoon! :D
(All credit to @sharkabytes.bsky.social for the reminder)
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2020/04/02/t...
Oh! Happy 30th, Bahamut Lagoon! :D
(All credit to @sharkabytes.bsky.social for the reminder)
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2020/04/02/t...
Bahamut Lagoon: The world is Square
What makes a Square game a Square game? It’s not an easy a question to answer: This productive pre-Square-Enix period – something that now feels like an eternity ago – reaches as …
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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Oh! Happy 30th, Bahamut Lagoon! :D
(All credit to @sharkabytes.bsky.social for the reminder)
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2020/04/02/t...
Oh! Happy 30th, Bahamut Lagoon! :D
(All credit to @sharkabytes.bsky.social for the reminder)
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2020/04/02/t...
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Happy 30th birthday, Bahamut Lagoon! A game for me that's wrapped up in ZSNES and fan translation nostalgia, eagerly awaiting each new update in 2001-02.
Absolutely gorgeous, with some of Square's best giving one of the last hurrahs to the Super Fami before setting sail for PlayStation shores.
Absolutely gorgeous, with some of Square's best giving one of the last hurrahs to the Super Fami before setting sail for PlayStation shores.
February 9, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Happy 30th birthday, Bahamut Lagoon! A game for me that's wrapped up in ZSNES and fan translation nostalgia, eagerly awaiting each new update in 2001-02.
Absolutely gorgeous, with some of Square's best giving one of the last hurrahs to the Super Fami before setting sail for PlayStation shores.
Absolutely gorgeous, with some of Square's best giving one of the last hurrahs to the Super Fami before setting sail for PlayStation shores.
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One week early for our Patreon subscribers: @bobservo.bsky.social @stuartgipp.bsky.social @dark1x.bsky.social & @dominictarason.com commemorate 30 years of Duke Nukem 3D
Sign up & listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/148866...
Sign up & listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/148866...
February 9, 2026 at 12:33 PM
One week early for our Patreon subscribers: @bobservo.bsky.social @stuartgipp.bsky.social @dark1x.bsky.social & @dominictarason.com commemorate 30 years of Duke Nukem 3D
Sign up & listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/148866...
Sign up & listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/148866...
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"It’s not about power here, at least not in the traditional sense of muscular strength or damage output, but control. The subtle difference between being unstoppable, and untouchable."
DoA's counter button is one of the best features in the genre:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/08/15/d...
DoA's counter button is one of the best features in the genre:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/08/15/d...
Dead or Alive: You can’t touch this
You’d be forgiven for thinking Dead or Alive was merely copying Sega’s legendary Virtua Fighter 2 if you glanced between the two of them. It certainly looks like Tecmo’s game assu…
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:20 AM
"It’s not about power here, at least not in the traditional sense of muscular strength or damage output, but control. The subtle difference between being unstoppable, and untouchable."
DoA's counter button is one of the best features in the genre:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/08/15/d...
DoA's counter button is one of the best features in the genre:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/08/15/d...
He’s here! :D
February 9, 2026 at 12:34 PM
He’s here! :D
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Ep. 427 - Game of the Year 2025
Insert Credit nominates and ranks the sixteen best video games of the year 2025.
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Insert Credit nominates and ranks the sixteen best video games of the year 2025.
insertcredit.com/show/427
Game of the Year 2025
Insert Credit nominates and ranks the fifteen best video games of the year 2025.
insertcredit.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Ep. 427 - Game of the Year 2025
Insert Credit nominates and ranks the sixteen best video games of the year 2025.
insertcredit.com/show/427
Insert Credit nominates and ranks the sixteen best video games of the year 2025.
insertcredit.com/show/427
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By 1986 there wasn't much room for complex simulations at the top of the UK games chart. Then along came MicroProse, and a submarine combat game by a designer who Commodore User referred to as 'Sid Mayer'...
New post on Silent Service: www.superchartisland.com/silent-service
New post on Silent Service: www.superchartisland.com/silent-service
Silent Service – “Sonar reports distant explosions”
Back in the earlier days of the British microcomputer boom, when we were still figuring out what computer games could be, Psion’s Flight Simulation was a huge hit on the ZX81 and the ZX Spectrum. A…
www.superchartisland.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:01 AM
By 1986 there wasn't much room for complex simulations at the top of the UK games chart. Then along came MicroProse, and a submarine combat game by a designer who Commodore User referred to as 'Sid Mayer'...
New post on Silent Service: www.superchartisland.com/silent-service
New post on Silent Service: www.superchartisland.com/silent-service
I am an unstoppable monster, menacingly approaching you in a narrow corridor. My horrific mass fills all available space. Fight me or di-ah. It turns out my right claw swipe gives players just enough room to dash by, and the door at the end also triggers the "battle complete" flag. So. That's that.
Going around and asking my friends, hey, purely hypothetically, if you were, say, a giant mutant boss in a survival-horror video game, what do you think your boss fight's speed kill strat would be? Pure curiosity, no wrong answers.
February 9, 2026 at 8:35 AM
I am an unstoppable monster, menacingly approaching you in a narrow corridor. My horrific mass fills all available space. Fight me or di-ah. It turns out my right claw swipe gives players just enough room to dash by, and the door at the end also triggers the "battle complete" flag. So. That's that.
I hope it's obvious but I'll say it out loud anyway: Such critique comes from a place of love for these games and gaming as a whole. I want to notice when someone shoots for the stars, even if they don't get there. I want to wonder if [game] really was the best a team could do. I want to see it all.
February 9, 2026 at 7:23 AM
I hope it's obvious but I'll say it out loud anyway: Such critique comes from a place of love for these games and gaming as a whole. I want to notice when someone shoots for the stars, even if they don't get there. I want to wonder if [game] really was the best a team could do. I want to see it all.
And ready now for everyone is this piece on Compile's FDS shmup, Zanac! It's unique, and reactive, and incredibly ambitious - and the end result is a somewhat vague and isolating experience:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2026/02/09/z...
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2026/02/09/z...
February 9, 2026 at 7:18 AM
And ready now for everyone is this piece on Compile's FDS shmup, Zanac! It's unique, and reactive, and incredibly ambitious - and the end result is a somewhat vague and isolating experience:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2026/02/09/z...
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2026/02/09/z...
Here's a new article for all Ko-fi supporters! The Chaos Engine is a fascinating slice of the early '90s UK gaming scene; accomplished and confident and either unaware or unbothered by the fact the rest of the gaming world was happily moving on without it:
ko-fi.com/post/The-Cha...
ko-fi.com/post/The-Cha...
The Chaos Engine: Used to be it, but then they changed what "it" was
Kimimi published a supporter-only post on Ko-fi!
ko-fi.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Here's a new article for all Ko-fi supporters! The Chaos Engine is a fascinating slice of the early '90s UK gaming scene; accomplished and confident and either unaware or unbothered by the fact the rest of the gaming world was happily moving on without it:
ko-fi.com/post/The-Cha...
ko-fi.com/post/The-Cha...
There's a lot of great work in here - including my recent article on the importance of allowing yourself to drop games whenever you're done with them!
This week: 23 picks on preservation, protagonism, and perserverance:
critical-distance.com/2026/02/08/f...
critical-distance.com/2026/02/08/f...
critical-distance.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:41 AM
There's a lot of great work in here - including my recent article on the importance of allowing yourself to drop games whenever you're done with them!
Reposted by Kimimi🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
This week: 23 picks on preservation, protagonism, and perserverance:
critical-distance.com/2026/02/08/f...
critical-distance.com/2026/02/08/f...
critical-distance.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:21 PM
This week: 23 picks on preservation, protagonism, and perserverance:
critical-distance.com/2026/02/08/f...
critical-distance.com/2026/02/08/f...
"It’s not about power here, at least not in the traditional sense of muscular strength or damage output, but control. The subtle difference between being unstoppable, and untouchable."
DoA's counter button is one of the best features in the genre:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/08/15/d...
DoA's counter button is one of the best features in the genre:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/08/15/d...
Dead or Alive: You can’t touch this
You’d be forgiven for thinking Dead or Alive was merely copying Sega’s legendary Virtua Fighter 2 if you glanced between the two of them. It certainly looks like Tecmo’s game assu…
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:20 AM
"It’s not about power here, at least not in the traditional sense of muscular strength or damage output, but control. The subtle difference between being unstoppable, and untouchable."
DoA's counter button is one of the best features in the genre:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/08/15/d...
DoA's counter button is one of the best features in the genre:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/08/15/d...
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Quick recap of this week's new articles:
Over on my Ko-fi there's this piece on FDS Compile shmup Zanac, and its impressive, yet ultimately isolating, use of highly reactive AI:
ko-fi.com/post/Zanac-A...
Over on my Ko-fi there's this piece on FDS Compile shmup Zanac, and its impressive, yet ultimately isolating, use of highly reactive AI:
ko-fi.com/post/Zanac-A...
Zanac: I don't want AI-led design in my '80s games, either
Kimimi published a supporter-only post on Ko-fi!
ko-fi.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Quick recap of this week's new articles:
Over on my Ko-fi there's this piece on FDS Compile shmup Zanac, and its impressive, yet ultimately isolating, use of highly reactive AI:
ko-fi.com/post/Zanac-A...
Over on my Ko-fi there's this piece on FDS Compile shmup Zanac, and its impressive, yet ultimately isolating, use of highly reactive AI:
ko-fi.com/post/Zanac-A...