Rob
@archgan.bsky.social
Books, games, food - repeat.
Software developer on Vancouver Island.
Software developer on Vancouver Island.
2026 reading thread!
The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman.
Book 4 of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. These are such fun reads. Picked the first up on a whim, not thinking I'd do the whole series, but I'm fully invested now. Interested to see where the background plot threads lead.
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The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman.
Book 4 of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. These are such fun reads. Picked the first up on a whim, not thinking I'd do the whole series, but I'm fully invested now. Interested to see where the background plot threads lead.
🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
February 11, 2026 at 12:38 AM
2026 reading thread!
The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman.
Book 4 of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. These are such fun reads. Picked the first up on a whim, not thinking I'd do the whole series, but I'm fully invested now. Interested to see where the background plot threads lead.
🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman.
Book 4 of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. These are such fun reads. Picked the first up on a whim, not thinking I'd do the whole series, but I'm fully invested now. Interested to see where the background plot threads lead.
🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
H-MART gaming snack run.
February 9, 2026 at 12:17 AM
H-MART gaming snack run.
Still on my mission to revisit games I dropped the last couple of years. Back on 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim! Looking forward to playing more of this, although still trying to remember the story so far... 😅
February 7, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Still on my mission to revisit games I dropped the last couple of years. Back on 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim! Looking forward to playing more of this, although still trying to remember the story so far... 😅
2026 game thread!
#5 - Bloodborne
Decided to go back to this and finish it off. Some annoying bits, but overall a great game with a cool atmosphere. Thinking I should jump into my next Fromsoft game soon - I've only really dipped my toe in.
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#5 - Bloodborne
Decided to go back to this and finish it off. Some annoying bits, but overall a great game with a cool atmosphere. Thinking I should jump into my next Fromsoft game soon - I've only really dipped my toe in.
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February 5, 2026 at 8:13 PM
2026 game thread!
#5 - Bloodborne
Decided to go back to this and finish it off. Some annoying bits, but overall a great game with a cool atmosphere. Thinking I should jump into my next Fromsoft game soon - I've only really dipped my toe in.
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#5 - Bloodborne
Decided to go back to this and finish it off. Some annoying bits, but overall a great game with a cool atmosphere. Thinking I should jump into my next Fromsoft game soon - I've only really dipped my toe in.
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Decided to load up my old Bloodborne save and try finishing this off. I fell off of it at the Nightmare of Mensis.
February 3, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Decided to load up my old Bloodborne save and try finishing this off. I fell off of it at the Nightmare of Mensis.
2026 game thread!
#4 - Elden Ring Nightreign: The Forsaken Hollows
The new Nightfarers and Nightlords are great. I like the additional towns and parts of the new map, but I HATE traversing the new map. One wrong move and your run feels over, sometimes.
Overall fun, but some issues.
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#4 - Elden Ring Nightreign: The Forsaken Hollows
The new Nightfarers and Nightlords are great. I like the additional towns and parts of the new map, but I HATE traversing the new map. One wrong move and your run feels over, sometimes.
Overall fun, but some issues.
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February 1, 2026 at 12:59 AM
2026 game thread!
#4 - Elden Ring Nightreign: The Forsaken Hollows
The new Nightfarers and Nightlords are great. I like the additional towns and parts of the new map, but I HATE traversing the new map. One wrong move and your run feels over, sometimes.
Overall fun, but some issues.
🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
#4 - Elden Ring Nightreign: The Forsaken Hollows
The new Nightfarers and Nightlords are great. I like the additional towns and parts of the new map, but I HATE traversing the new map. One wrong move and your run feels over, sometimes.
Overall fun, but some issues.
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This has been my 'just five minutes' game lately.
January 27, 2026 at 10:27 PM
This has been my 'just five minutes' game lately.
2026 game thread!
#3 - Dispatch
Loved this, and excited to see what AdHoc Studio comes out with next. Great writing and acting, engaging cinematic story and choices, and a really satisfying central time-management mini-game.
A few weird story beats and bugs, but overall a great experience.
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#3 - Dispatch
Loved this, and excited to see what AdHoc Studio comes out with next. Great writing and acting, engaging cinematic story and choices, and a really satisfying central time-management mini-game.
A few weird story beats and bugs, but overall a great experience.
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January 20, 2026 at 6:42 PM
2026 game thread!
#3 - Dispatch
Loved this, and excited to see what AdHoc Studio comes out with next. Great writing and acting, engaging cinematic story and choices, and a really satisfying central time-management mini-game.
A few weird story beats and bugs, but overall a great experience.
🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
#3 - Dispatch
Loved this, and excited to see what AdHoc Studio comes out with next. Great writing and acting, engaging cinematic story and choices, and a really satisfying central time-management mini-game.
A few weird story beats and bugs, but overall a great experience.
🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
Loving Dispatch so far, although as someone named Robert, this scene felt like a personal attack.
January 18, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Loving Dispatch so far, although as someone named Robert, this scene felt like a personal attack.
2026 game thread!
#2 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Loved everything about this - the world / story, art direction, music, combat and ability mechanics - just an incredible and heartbreaking experience from start to finish.
#2 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Loved everything about this - the world / story, art direction, music, combat and ability mechanics - just an incredible and heartbreaking experience from start to finish.
January 16, 2026 at 8:53 PM
2026 game thread!
#2 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Loved everything about this - the world / story, art direction, music, combat and ability mechanics - just an incredible and heartbreaking experience from start to finish.
#2 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Loved everything about this - the world / story, art direction, music, combat and ability mechanics - just an incredible and heartbreaking experience from start to finish.
2026 reading thread!
#1 - The Unfinished Harauld Hughes by Richard Ayoade
A fictional account of making a documentary on the lost work of a famous playwright. Really enjoy everything Ayoade does, and the audiobook had an exceptional cast. Felt like a string of bizarre character sketches.
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#1 - The Unfinished Harauld Hughes by Richard Ayoade
A fictional account of making a documentary on the lost work of a famous playwright. Really enjoy everything Ayoade does, and the audiobook had an exceptional cast. Felt like a string of bizarre character sketches.
🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
January 9, 2026 at 3:41 AM
2026 reading thread!
#1 - The Unfinished Harauld Hughes by Richard Ayoade
A fictional account of making a documentary on the lost work of a famous playwright. Really enjoy everything Ayoade does, and the audiobook had an exceptional cast. Felt like a string of bizarre character sketches.
🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
#1 - The Unfinished Harauld Hughes by Richard Ayoade
A fictional account of making a documentary on the lost work of a famous playwright. Really enjoy everything Ayoade does, and the audiobook had an exceptional cast. Felt like a string of bizarre character sketches.
🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
Picked up a New Years treat for myself - the Delicious in Dungeon complete box set! I've heard great things about it.
January 8, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Picked up a New Years treat for myself - the Delicious in Dungeon complete box set! I've heard great things about it.
Games I completed in 2025:
January 5, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Games I completed in 2025:
Goodbye holiday break - back to work tomorrow. 😭
January 5, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Goodbye holiday break - back to work tomorrow. 😭
2026 game thread!
#1 - BALL x PIT
Every couple months I get the itch for a deck builder, and I also love Breakout, so this really hit the spot.
The progression was great too. I wasn't a huge fan of the base building, although I appreciated the idea.
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#1 - BALL x PIT
Every couple months I get the itch for a deck builder, and I also love Breakout, so this really hit the spot.
The progression was great too. I wasn't a huge fan of the base building, although I appreciated the idea.
🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
January 4, 2026 at 7:29 AM
2026 game thread!
#1 - BALL x PIT
Every couple months I get the itch for a deck builder, and I also love Breakout, so this really hit the spot.
The progression was great too. I wasn't a huge fan of the base building, although I appreciated the idea.
🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
#1 - BALL x PIT
Every couple months I get the itch for a deck builder, and I also love Breakout, so this really hit the spot.
The progression was great too. I wasn't a huge fan of the base building, although I appreciated the idea.
🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
Charcuterie board from the butcher, Whistler Winter Dunkle, and watching It's a Wonderful Life for the first time. Happy new years!
January 1, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Charcuterie board from the butcher, Whistler Winter Dunkle, and watching It's a Wonderful Life for the first time. Happy new years!
Elden Ring Nightreign is the first, and likely last, FromSoftware game where I've gotten 100% of the achievements!
December 30, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Elden Ring Nightreign is the first, and likely last, FromSoftware game where I've gotten 100% of the achievements!
This year's advent calendar. 😺
December 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This year's advent calendar. 😺
Starting to get chilly.
October 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Starting to get chilly.
Topping up on Crohn's Juice.
October 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Topping up on Crohn's Juice.
Got a new pen on my birthday this weekend!
Kaweco Student. Writes very smooth, cool 70s look, reasonably priced (relative to other fountain pens).
Kaweco Student. Writes very smooth, cool 70s look, reasonably priced (relative to other fountain pens).
August 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Got a new pen on my birthday this weekend!
Kaweco Student. Writes very smooth, cool 70s look, reasonably priced (relative to other fountain pens).
Kaweco Student. Writes very smooth, cool 70s look, reasonably priced (relative to other fountain pens).
Stuck on the couch with a nasty cold this weekend, really enjoying Maze Mice, the new game from the devs of Luck be a Landlord. Pacman meets Vampire Survivors.
July 13, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Stuck on the couch with a nasty cold this weekend, really enjoying Maze Mice, the new game from the devs of Luck be a Landlord. Pacman meets Vampire Survivors.