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Man, I've been playing some Blue Prince but this is not doing anything for me at all. The run-based aspect is really putting me off. I've heard it said that it grows on you once you understand it more so I'll give it a few more runs, but... well, plenty of other games came out this year.
November 24, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Man, I've been playing some Blue Prince but this is not doing anything for me at all. The run-based aspect is really putting me off. I've heard it said that it grows on you once you understand it more so I'll give it a few more runs, but... well, plenty of other games came out this year.
Credits rolled on Clair Obscur. Damn. Lot I want to say but that'll wait for a review. Yet to play much from 2025 but I can't imagine anything will surpass it as my GOTY.
Last time a French RPG made me this sad and confused was when I got ate by that giant panther head signpost in Drakkhen.
Last time a French RPG made me this sad and confused was when I got ate by that giant panther head signpost in Drakkhen.
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Credits rolled on Clair Obscur. Damn. Lot I want to say but that'll wait for a review. Yet to play much from 2025 but I can't imagine anything will surpass it as my GOTY.
Last time a French RPG made me this sad and confused was when I got ate by that giant panther head signpost in Drakkhen.
Last time a French RPG made me this sad and confused was when I got ate by that giant panther head signpost in Drakkhen.
Of all the surreal and confusing things about Expedition 33, the one that keeps me awake at night is how no-one can do basic math about the Gommage (a.k.a. Compulsory Carousel Age) mechanic.
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Of all the surreal and confusing things about Expedition 33, the one that keeps me awake at night is how no-one can do basic math about the Gommage (a.k.a. Compulsory Carousel Age) mechanic.
Look, guys, the holiday Coca Cola commercial might be super rushed AI slop this year but it was vitally important they got it on screens before November 3rd, the first day of Christmas, so what other choice did they have? They're just a tiny company, after all.
November 9, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Look, guys, the holiday Coca Cola commercial might be super rushed AI slop this year but it was vitally important they got it on screens before November 3rd, the first day of Christmas, so what other choice did they have? They're just a tiny company, after all.
Liking Expedition 33 so far but the whole time I was thinking "old French RPGs used to be way weirder and more obtuse than this, it's not really honoring its antecedents". But then I got hit with whatever this is and all was forgiven:
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Liking Expedition 33 so far but the whole time I was thinking "old French RPGs used to be way weirder and more obtuse than this, it's not really honoring its antecedents". But then I got hit with whatever this is and all was forgiven:
I'm a big fan of City Hunter because it's in my favorite genre, Saebapunk.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I'm a big fan of City Hunter because it's in my favorite genre, Saebapunk.
New monthly update has landed and I perhaps overdid it this time with the word count. Talking points include: formative frights, puppet parries, aristo assaulting anime, spooky Sega, intriguing Indies, sketchy sudoku, and a really cool Picross 3D variant. Check it:
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Mento's Month: October '25
Game of the Month: Lies of P (Round8 Studio, 2023) (for real this time)My cat when I see a dubious pool on the carpet and it swears its innocence. (I
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November 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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October 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Follow @wario64.bsky.social and repost for a chance to win 1 of 5 Steam codes for Once Upon a Katamari courtesy of @gamesplanet.bsky.social. Giveaway closes on Oct 27th, 6:30 PM PT
Game is $32.97 on Gamesplanet w/ code KATAMARI buff.ly/j4qOsMG
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On the one hand, YouTube updating their video UI so it covers a quarter of the screen for some reason is kinda bad, but at least it's an update that doesn't explicitly involve vindictively screwing with people that use adblockers.
October 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
On the one hand, YouTube updating their video UI so it covers a quarter of the screen for some reason is kinda bad, but at least it's an update that doesn't explicitly involve vindictively screwing with people that use adblockers.
One month before my plan to spend a bunch of Bing points on Game Pass to play some of the year's biggest games before GOTY season, and they just go ahead and discontinue that offer while hiking up the price. Classy.
October 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
One month before my plan to spend a bunch of Bing points on Game Pass to play some of the year's biggest games before GOTY season, and they just go ahead and discontinue that offer while hiking up the price. Classy.
September update is in the bag. Discussion topics this time: three whole exploraction games since I have no self control, prototype picross, a deluge of SNESsy goodSNESs, crimesolving ducks, space turtles, and the summer's best anime (that I felt like watching):
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Mento's Month: September '25
Game Console of the Month: The Super Nintendo Entertainment System!Best Box Art contest goes to...Supertember is upon us! I slapped together the innov
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October 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
September update is in the bag. Discussion topics this time: three whole exploraction games since I have no self control, prototype picross, a deluge of SNESsy goodSNESs, crimesolving ducks, space turtles, and the summer's best anime (that I felt like watching):
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Just finished a month-long series looking at some of the more off-beat offerings in the vast SNES library. For October: maybe some games released this century?
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Supertember: Week 4
Our last week of SNES spelunking is a truncated one, owing to some very in-character miscalculations on my part, but I still managed to squeeze in thr
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September 30, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Just finished a month-long series looking at some of the more off-beat offerings in the vast SNES library. For October: maybe some games released this century?
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Shigeru Miyamoto in a 1991 interview, probably: "When creating Super Mario World it was important to us that we balanced fun, challenge, and imagination. Something new and exciting in every level."
Every SMW hack level designer, kaizo or otherwise: "yo how many chargin chucks can i fit into this"
Every SMW hack level designer, kaizo or otherwise: "yo how many chargin chucks can i fit into this"
September 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Shigeru Miyamoto in a 1991 interview, probably: "When creating Super Mario World it was important to us that we balanced fun, challenge, and imagination. Something new and exciting in every level."
Every SMW hack level designer, kaizo or otherwise: "yo how many chargin chucks can i fit into this"
Every SMW hack level designer, kaizo or otherwise: "yo how many chargin chucks can i fit into this"
While I do think the response to Sunshine's relatively tepid reviews (like 8.9s instead of 9s) should've been "let's spend three more months on the next one to fix all the darn bugs" and not "let's just go fully stage-based again but with 3D," Galaxy's still kinda unimpeachable.
There is a quiet yet passionate group of folks who agree that the Mario Galaxy games don’t have the juice and I think now is our time to make our voices heard.
September 13, 2025 at 12:49 AM
While I do think the response to Sunshine's relatively tepid reviews (like 8.9s instead of 9s) should've been "let's spend three more months on the next one to fix all the darn bugs" and not "let's just go fully stage-based again but with 3D," Galaxy's still kinda unimpeachable.
Either a whole bunch of people on my timeline are watching the end of Star Trek: Generations for the first time or they're talking about a different Kirk getting merked.
September 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Either a whole bunch of people on my timeline are watching the end of Star Trek: Generations for the first time or they're talking about a different Kirk getting merked.
New monthly rundown for August! For this sibilant summation we scrutinized: Slayers, Shinobi (not the new one), space subterfuge, seasonal anime, Saturn jigsaws, Scrooge, and... Selda: Ocarina of Time. Dang. Almost had it.
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Mento's Month: August '25
Game of the Month: Lies of P (by default)Time(othée) just wasn't on my side this month.I really dropped the ball this month, taking on way too many lo
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August 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
New monthly rundown for August! For this sibilant summation we scrutinized: Slayers, Shinobi (not the new one), space subterfuge, seasonal anime, Saturn jigsaws, Scrooge, and... Selda: Ocarina of Time. Dang. Almost had it.
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With this piece where I finally watch Slayers, the fourth season of Game OVA comes to an end. It's been a great deal of fun this summer so I hope folks check in to see what the '90s anime-to-video-game adaptation circuit was like (not as bleak as you'd expect?).
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Game OVA Season 4: Episode 6 — Slayers
I've been looking for something to help me through the hot 'n' humid summer months and what better way to beat the heat than to stay indoors watching
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August 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
With this piece where I finally watch Slayers, the fourth season of Game OVA comes to an end. It's been a great deal of fun this summer so I hope folks check in to see what the '90s anime-to-video-game adaptation circuit was like (not as bleak as you'd expect?).
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Does TikTok/YouTube Shorts have like a dropdown menu of generic music tracks to put over your clip the same way Twitch has its default emotes? I hear the same half-dozen in almost every video and they all sound like weird royalty-free things.
August 23, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Does TikTok/YouTube Shorts have like a dropdown menu of generic music tracks to put over your clip the same way Twitch has its default emotes? I hear the same half-dozen in almost every video and they all sound like weird royalty-free things.
Guys, I'm worried they'll make my OS defunct soon. At this rate I'll have to jailbreak on through to the other side.
August 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Guys, I'm worried they'll make my OS defunct soon. At this rate I'll have to jailbreak on through to the other side.
New monthly update! We have Master System tie-ins, strange N64 hacks, summer anime debuts, Mystic Quest apologia, a bunch of sci-fi Indies, and that one Pinocchio game people seem to like:
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Mento's Month: July '25
Game of the Month: Lies of P (Neowiz, 2023)Though I'm not that far into the game yet I'm already very invested in Lies of P, the action-RPG that cause
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July 31, 2025 at 9:07 PM
New monthly update! We have Master System tie-ins, strange N64 hacks, summer anime debuts, Mystic Quest apologia, a bunch of sci-fi Indies, and that one Pinocchio game people seem to like:
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16 of those pages cover the cutscenes, the other 600 are for all the "What was that? ...Just the wind" stealth sequence ambient dialogue.
That, and notes in the margin by Druckmann saying "this wind line is powerful because it metaphorically intimates how ephemeral human lives are in this world".
That, and notes in the margin by Druckmann saying "this wind line is powerful because it metaphorically intimates how ephemeral human lives are in this world".
The Last of Us: Part I and Part II Scripts hardcover book is up for preorder on Amazon ($66.63 - 616 pages) buff.ly/yaIkruk
"This volume contains the script from both The Last of Us Part I and The Last of Us Part II, as well as the DLC, Left Behind"
"This volume contains the script from both The Last of Us Part I and The Last of Us Part II, as well as the DLC, Left Behind"
July 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
16 of those pages cover the cutscenes, the other 600 are for all the "What was that? ...Just the wind" stealth sequence ambient dialogue.
That, and notes in the margin by Druckmann saying "this wind line is powerful because it metaphorically intimates how ephemeral human lives are in this world".
That, and notes in the margin by Druckmann saying "this wind line is powerful because it metaphorically intimates how ephemeral human lives are in this world".
Couldn't pick a favorite for #randomgametuesday so here's a few of them:
July 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Couldn't pick a favorite for #randomgametuesday so here's a few of them:
Playing some totally normal Super Mario 64.
July 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Playing some totally normal Super Mario 64.
Just booted up Axiom Verge 2 and the achievement set requires you complete the game at least five times. Sigh. Why can't devs figure this shit out? We've had these things almost 20 years now.
July 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Just booted up Axiom Verge 2 and the achievement set requires you complete the game at least five times. Sigh. Why can't devs figure this shit out? We've had these things almost 20 years now.