Lachlan Williams
@lawksland.bsky.social
Recovering linguist. Professional tsundere. Tedious pedant. Bitchoujo. Plays video games and sometimes words come out. Ex-EiC and reviews senpai OnlySP. He/They
Game 44 of 2025 is Pokemon Legends: Z-A. It doesn't make a good first impression, but once the game opens up, it’s wondrous - until it's small again. It feels like Gamefreak has a future in mind for the series. And it feels good to love a Pokemon game again. medium.com/@lawksland/g...
Game 44 of 2025 is Pokemon Legends: Z-A
Game 44 of 2025 is Pokemon Legends: Z-A
medium.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Game 44 of 2025 is Pokemon Legends: Z-A. It doesn't make a good first impression, but once the game opens up, it’s wondrous - until it's small again. It feels like Gamefreak has a future in mind for the series. And it feels good to love a Pokemon game again. medium.com/@lawksland/g...
Game 43 of 2025 is Scar of the Doll. A small, pretty tight, horror adjacent visual novel remake. It’s not really a great VN, but it’s solid and fine and I’ve played a lot worse. medium.com/@lawksland/g...
Game 43 of 2025 is Scar of the Doll
Game 43 of 2025 is Scar of the Doll
medium.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Game 43 of 2025 is Scar of the Doll. A small, pretty tight, horror adjacent visual novel remake. It’s not really a great VN, but it’s solid and fine and I’ve played a lot worse. medium.com/@lawksland/g...
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Some cool news from me. Multiplier is moving over from Substack to Ghost as of this week. You can find the latest issue (feat. @lawksland.bsky.social) and the newsletter's new home over at www.multiplier.au/are-the-down...
Are the downsides of digital distribution becoming harder to live with?
Has the degradation of digital storefronts reached a tipping point?
My guest for this week’s issue of Multiplier is Lachlan Williams. Once upon a time, Lachlan was the editor of The Escapist. These d...
www.multiplier.au
November 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Some cool news from me. Multiplier is moving over from Substack to Ghost as of this week. You can find the latest issue (feat. @lawksland.bsky.social) and the newsletter's new home over at www.multiplier.au/are-the-down...
Game 42 of 2025 is Post Trauma. A fixed camera angle survival horror throwback. It’s rough around the edges, but it feels made with love. The puzzles are genuinely pretty great. It’s not an instant classic, but its scrappy presentation is strangely endearing. medium.com/@lawksland/g...
Game 42 of 2025 is Post Trauma
Game 42 of 2025 is Post Trauma
medium.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Game 42 of 2025 is Post Trauma. A fixed camera angle survival horror throwback. It’s rough around the edges, but it feels made with love. The puzzles are genuinely pretty great. It’s not an instant classic, but its scrappy presentation is strangely endearing. medium.com/@lawksland/g...
Game 41 of 2025 is Tormented Souls 2. I really liked Tormented Souls 2. It’s a rare fixed camera angle survival horror throwback that feels appropriately of the past, delivering a classic-feeling survival horror experience from a clear place of reverance and love. medium.com/@lawksland/g...
Game 41 of 2025 is Tormented Souls 2
Game 41 of 2025 is Tormented Souls 2
medium.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Game 41 of 2025 is Tormented Souls 2. I really liked Tormented Souls 2. It’s a rare fixed camera angle survival horror throwback that feels appropriately of the past, delivering a classic-feeling survival horror experience from a clear place of reverance and love. medium.com/@lawksland/g...
Game 40 of 2025 is Ninja Gaiden 4. It’s fast, slick, and smooth. It’s also the Devil May Cry 4 of Ninja Gaidens. It’s character action polished to a razor’s edge. It’s way too complex for me to get truly great at it, but I really enjoyed what I played. medium.com/@lawksland/g...
Game 40 of 2025 is Ninja Gaiden 4
Game 40 of 2025 is Ninja Gaiden 4
medium.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Game 40 of 2025 is Ninja Gaiden 4. It’s fast, slick, and smooth. It’s also the Devil May Cry 4 of Ninja Gaidens. It’s character action polished to a razor’s edge. It’s way too complex for me to get truly great at it, but I really enjoyed what I played. medium.com/@lawksland/g...
Yuri: for when you are an adult having Big Feelings you aren't allowed to vocalise.
October 26, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Yuri: for when you are an adult having Big Feelings you aren't allowed to vocalise.
Ninja Gaiden 4 is character action combat polished to a Razor's Edge. I bet nobody's said that one yet.
October 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Ninja Gaiden 4 is character action combat polished to a Razor's Edge. I bet nobody's said that one yet.
Devastated.
The discovery of three Culiseta annulata mosquitoes was confirmed this week by the Natural Science Institute of Iceland, which said the mosquitoes likely arrived by freight.
Iceland reports the presence of mosquitoes for the first time, as climate warms
The discovery of three Culiseta annulata mosquitoes was confirmed this week by the Natural Science Institute of Iceland, which said the mosquitoes likely arrived by freight.
n.pr
October 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Devastated.
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"oxford commas are a sign you write with ai," "em dashes are a sign you right with ai"
I AM TAPPING THE SIGN, WHERE DO YOU THINK THE AI LEARNED HOW TO DO THAT SHIT? spoilers!! it's from real people that use those things! like can we all please use our brains here
I AM TAPPING THE SIGN, WHERE DO YOU THINK THE AI LEARNED HOW TO DO THAT SHIT? spoilers!! it's from real people that use those things! like can we all please use our brains here
October 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
"oxford commas are a sign you write with ai," "em dashes are a sign you right with ai"
I AM TAPPING THE SIGN, WHERE DO YOU THINK THE AI LEARNED HOW TO DO THAT SHIT? spoilers!! it's from real people that use those things! like can we all please use our brains here
I AM TAPPING THE SIGN, WHERE DO YOU THINK THE AI LEARNED HOW TO DO THAT SHIT? spoilers!! it's from real people that use those things! like can we all please use our brains here
Video games, adjusted for inflation and increased development costs, should cost more to buy, and pricing them so low is unsustainable.
Pricing video games higher prices out a large part of the market, which is unsustainable.
Both of these things are simultaneously correct, due to capitalism.
Pricing video games higher prices out a large part of the market, which is unsustainable.
Both of these things are simultaneously correct, due to capitalism.
October 24, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Video games, adjusted for inflation and increased development costs, should cost more to buy, and pricing them so low is unsustainable.
Pricing video games higher prices out a large part of the market, which is unsustainable.
Both of these things are simultaneously correct, due to capitalism.
Pricing video games higher prices out a large part of the market, which is unsustainable.
Both of these things are simultaneously correct, due to capitalism.
Oh get pissed on, Krafton.
October 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Oh get pissed on, Krafton.
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I don’t know if there’s a more perfect illustration of the utter fucking nonsense that creative pollution by AI will produce than this choice to illustrate the power of Paramount’s new “localization” and “customization” technology by face-swapping Brad Pitt into the lead role of GET OUT
October 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I don’t know if there’s a more perfect illustration of the utter fucking nonsense that creative pollution by AI will produce than this choice to illustrate the power of Paramount’s new “localization” and “customization” technology by face-swapping Brad Pitt into the lead role of GET OUT
Hahahahaha
SCOOP: For the last two years, Microsoft has pushed Xbox to hit profit margins of 30%, an ambitious target that's far higher than the industry average.
This chase for profit has led Xbox to raise prices, cut thousands of jobs, and rethink everything.
Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This chase for profit has led Xbox to raise prices, cut thousands of jobs, and rethink everything.
Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Microsoft Pushes Xbox Division to Hit Higher Profit Margins
Management’s goal of 30% profit margins for gaming has led to job losses, canceled projects
www.bloomberg.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Hahahahaha
Friend I went to PAX with got a Richard Spencer haircut.
October 23, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Friend I went to PAX with got a Richard Spencer haircut.
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More than 1,200 video game journalists have left major publications in the past two years, and not returned to the media, according to data supplied to VGC.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/more-th...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/more-th...
More than 1,200 games journalists have left the media in the last two years | VGC
According to Press Engine data, the global pool of games journalists has shrunk by 25%
www.videogameschronicle.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
More than 1,200 video game journalists have left major publications in the past two years, and not returned to the media, according to data supplied to VGC.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/more-th...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/more-th...
Eww valnet gross.
I'm so sorry. All the best for those affected.
I'm so sorry. All the best for those affected.
October 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Eww valnet gross.
I'm so sorry. All the best for those affected.
I'm so sorry. All the best for those affected.
Found a tiny dead bat in the fly tape hanging at the back door. I wish I'd found it while it was still alive. Now I'm sad.
October 22, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Found a tiny dead bat in the fly tape hanging at the back door. I wish I'd found it while it was still alive. Now I'm sad.
Ninja Gaiden 4 PC performance is pretty weird. I'm getting between 40 and 90fps after some tweaks. I was getting 18 to 60, with a 30 average. Real weird.
October 22, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Ninja Gaiden 4 PC performance is pretty weird. I'm getting between 40 and 90fps after some tweaks. I was getting 18 to 60, with a 30 average. Real weird.
This is an Xbox.
an old television with a purple screen and a clock on it
ALT: an old television with a purple screen and a clock on it
media.tenor.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This is an Xbox.
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This should be the defining image of the year. Any other year, any other president, and it would be.
October 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This should be the defining image of the year. Any other year, any other president, and it would be.
I wish I had Taunie and not Urbain.
October 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I wish I had Taunie and not Urbain.
I am interested in Bloodlines 2 in a morbid, see if I can spot the seams kind of way. But I am not ready to have my heart broken like that.
October 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I am interested in Bloodlines 2 in a morbid, see if I can spot the seams kind of way. But I am not ready to have my heart broken like that.
Pokemon Concierge keeps being fantastic, but episode 8 really hit me hard. Just so good.
October 21, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Pokemon Concierge keeps being fantastic, but episode 8 really hit me hard. Just so good.