I still love the ones that get chaotic (Casseopeia, Match in the Oil) and was pleasantly surprised with the more clairvoyant ones this deep in (Faulty Recall XII, Anemic), and it definitely deserves to be as long as it is. My experience could never nullify the achievement and personality it has.
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I still love the ones that get chaotic (Casseopeia, Match in the Oil) and was pleasantly surprised with the more clairvoyant ones this deep in (Faulty Recall XII, Anemic), and it definitely deserves to be as long as it is. My experience could never nullify the achievement and personality it has.
That being said, holy fucking filler by dseign, every one song I really like has five or more that are immediately fast tracked out of my head, mostly weighed against Act I but there was a handful in the other two as well.
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
That being said, holy fucking filler by dseign, every one song I really like has five or more that are immediately fast tracked out of my head, mostly weighed against Act I but there was a handful in the other two as well.
Phi - The Grand Decline (7/10)
Act II - (7/10)
Act III (8/10)
I've finally accepted The Grand Decline's purpose as a singular testimony within the census of Everywhere at the End of Time took. Phi's individuality in transmogrifying his samples for a perspective is unmatched.
Act II - (7/10)
Act III (8/10)
I've finally accepted The Grand Decline's purpose as a singular testimony within the census of Everywhere at the End of Time took. Phi's individuality in transmogrifying his samples for a perspective is unmatched.
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Phi - The Grand Decline (7/10)
Act II - (7/10)
Act III (8/10)
I've finally accepted The Grand Decline's purpose as a singular testimony within the census of Everywhere at the End of Time took. Phi's individuality in transmogrifying his samples for a perspective is unmatched.
Act II - (7/10)
Act III (8/10)
I've finally accepted The Grand Decline's purpose as a singular testimony within the census of Everywhere at the End of Time took. Phi's individuality in transmogrifying his samples for a perspective is unmatched.
Saka - Monomyth (8/10)
Skull shaking shit to stomp around to #9 of the year. Ifrit makes me do the Christian Bale face because of how well the sub is designed. Not a lot else to say.
Skull shaking shit to stomp around to #9 of the year. Ifrit makes me do the Christian Bale face because of how well the sub is designed. Not a lot else to say.
November 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Saka - Monomyth (8/10)
Skull shaking shit to stomp around to #9 of the year. Ifrit makes me do the Christian Bale face because of how well the sub is designed. Not a lot else to say.
Skull shaking shit to stomp around to #9 of the year. Ifrit makes me do the Christian Bale face because of how well the sub is designed. Not a lot else to say.
That being said, the description for this album is pretentious to the point of intruding on the listening, and "Von Restorff effect" is the worst thing Kirby has put out by a wide margin. Otherwise, fantastically nebulous and murky.
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
That being said, the description for this album is pretentious to the point of intruding on the listening, and "Von Restorff effect" is the worst thing Kirby has put out by a wide margin. Otherwise, fantastically nebulous and murky.
Whereas much of the sound for EATEOT descends from joyous to confused to catatonic, this album is very consistent in allowing the simple melancholy and boredom of age to repeat into a dazed slumber. It masks the entire world around you. It's a wonderful listen for me at work.
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Whereas much of the sound for EATEOT descends from joyous to confused to catatonic, this album is very consistent in allowing the simple melancholy and boredom of age to repeat into a dazed slumber. It masks the entire world around you. It's a wonderful listen for me at work.
The Caretaker - Persistent Repetition of Phrases (8/10)
It's wild how, in spite of basically being the exact same approach to his music, Kirby put together a longing stare outside of a window with streaming raindrops into audio, and wilder how he hasn't captured this feeling in other works.
It's wild how, in spite of basically being the exact same approach to his music, Kirby put together a longing stare outside of a window with streaming raindrops into audio, and wilder how he hasn't captured this feeling in other works.
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The Caretaker - Persistent Repetition of Phrases (8/10)
It's wild how, in spite of basically being the exact same approach to his music, Kirby put together a longing stare outside of a window with streaming raindrops into audio, and wilder how he hasn't captured this feeling in other works.
It's wild how, in spite of basically being the exact same approach to his music, Kirby put together a longing stare outside of a window with streaming raindrops into audio, and wilder how he hasn't captured this feeling in other works.
Defi - Kuulolla on cool olla (4/10)
Perfectly ok Twitch brb music with Polish (?) rap. Every track I was enticed by the blend of classical instrument samples and then frustrated at hearing the saltwater gargle flow that immediately followed. Currently looking for instrumentals.
Perfectly ok Twitch brb music with Polish (?) rap. Every track I was enticed by the blend of classical instrument samples and then frustrated at hearing the saltwater gargle flow that immediately followed. Currently looking for instrumentals.
November 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Defi - Kuulolla on cool olla (4/10)
Perfectly ok Twitch brb music with Polish (?) rap. Every track I was enticed by the blend of classical instrument samples and then frustrated at hearing the saltwater gargle flow that immediately followed. Currently looking for instrumentals.
Perfectly ok Twitch brb music with Polish (?) rap. Every track I was enticed by the blend of classical instrument samples and then frustrated at hearing the saltwater gargle flow that immediately followed. Currently looking for instrumentals.
Give tribute to America’s first true economist, to the precedent that gives us our daily lives, and to the fire and opportunity that gives us the strength to challenge that power every single day without fear. I love my country, that will not change.
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Give tribute to America’s first true economist, to the precedent that gives us our daily lives, and to the fire and opportunity that gives us the strength to challenge that power every single day without fear. I love my country, that will not change.
Any dullard complaint of “Jefferson wasn’t black” is an admittance that this show has dominated you, and I will take a thousand discarded racial accuracies if it means communicating our proud heritage’s highlights to those willing to listen.
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Any dullard complaint of “Jefferson wasn’t black” is an admittance that this show has dominated you, and I will take a thousand discarded racial accuracies if it means communicating our proud heritage’s highlights to those willing to listen.
I had the privilege to study Hamilton’s lighting and stage design in university and I look back at the actual fucking ignorance I was cursed with back then with an upturned nose. The way the lights split the world in half, chill the nights, show souls leaving men’s bodies. Nothing short of inspired.
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I had the privilege to study Hamilton’s lighting and stage design in university and I look back at the actual fucking ignorance I was cursed with back then with an upturned nose. The way the lights split the world in half, chill the nights, show souls leaving men’s bodies. Nothing short of inspired.
Obviously the music is divine, infectious, and composed like it was written for an actual king. The direction of actors and practical set melds every scene into something grander than the props. The lighting, oh my good god bless America the lighting.
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Obviously the music is divine, infectious, and composed like it was written for an actual king. The direction of actors and practical set melds every scene into something grander than the props. The lighting, oh my good god bless America the lighting.
It shows the price of identity, with the number of duels in the production that either kill people or put the victor under duress and a need for change. It’s so important that Hamilton rats out his own affair just to make good with the nation, ironically making a huge point on commitment.
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
It shows the price of identity, with the number of duels in the production that either kill people or put the victor under duress and a need for change. It’s so important that Hamilton rats out his own affair just to make good with the nation, ironically making a huge point on commitment.
The story is already set in stone from our history and yet it is tailored to show that desire incurs cost, on the scale of Alexander Hamilton smoldering his life in his studies, and on the scale of thousands dying in the American Revolution.
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The story is already set in stone from our history and yet it is tailored to show that desire incurs cost, on the scale of Alexander Hamilton smoldering his life in his studies, and on the scale of thousands dying in the American Revolution.
Hamilton puts the founding father’s life through a lens that wants to do nothing but be proud of who we are, where we’ve come from, how we believe so strongly that we are ready to die for our ideals, and ultimately how we know that every moment is something worth cherishing.
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Hamilton puts the founding father’s life through a lens that wants to do nothing but be proud of who we are, where we’ve come from, how we believe so strongly that we are ready to die for our ideals, and ultimately how we know that every moment is something worth cherishing.
Hamilton (2020) (10/10)
People that are excessively unpatriotic do so because they assign this country’s identity to a visible mass that wants them to do exactly that, to keep the dissent loud and allow them to pick up the pieces. There is so much more than admin, and so much better than the chaos.
People that are excessively unpatriotic do so because they assign this country’s identity to a visible mass that wants them to do exactly that, to keep the dissent loud and allow them to pick up the pieces. There is so much more than admin, and so much better than the chaos.
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Hamilton (2020) (10/10)
People that are excessively unpatriotic do so because they assign this country’s identity to a visible mass that wants them to do exactly that, to keep the dissent loud and allow them to pick up the pieces. There is so much more than admin, and so much better than the chaos.
People that are excessively unpatriotic do so because they assign this country’s identity to a visible mass that wants them to do exactly that, to keep the dissent loud and allow them to pick up the pieces. There is so much more than admin, and so much better than the chaos.
Ternion Sound - Digital Artifice (7/10)
100% worth stomaching the UK drill to get to some solely unique sound design, and even the songs with fungal features have some really infectious rhythms to them if you can let go and just feel out the music. Also, Artifice blows me away in this state.
100% worth stomaching the UK drill to get to some solely unique sound design, and even the songs with fungal features have some really infectious rhythms to them if you can let go and just feel out the music. Also, Artifice blows me away in this state.
October 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Ternion Sound - Digital Artifice (7/10)
100% worth stomaching the UK drill to get to some solely unique sound design, and even the songs with fungal features have some really infectious rhythms to them if you can let go and just feel out the music. Also, Artifice blows me away in this state.
100% worth stomaching the UK drill to get to some solely unique sound design, and even the songs with fungal features have some really infectious rhythms to them if you can let go and just feel out the music. Also, Artifice blows me away in this state.
I can easily set these aside though for just how good the game makes me feel, something I struggle to find in an ever tightening world. The Doom Slayer breaks through yet again, and I anticipate a wave of shitty indie shooters where you play a heavy guy that blocks.
September 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I can easily set these aside though for just how good the game makes me feel, something I struggle to find in an ever tightening world. The Doom Slayer breaks through yet again, and I anticipate a wave of shitty indie shooters where you play a heavy guy that blocks.
The music is completely serviceable but unmemorable for a franchise chapter that was defined by how it raised the earth beneath its feet with the 2016 and Eternal soundtracks (pay Mick Gordon, Marty, you hooker choking scumbag).
September 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The music is completely serviceable but unmemorable for a franchise chapter that was defined by how it raised the earth beneath its feet with the 2016 and Eternal soundtracks (pay Mick Gordon, Marty, you hooker choking scumbag).
The only reason it's not perfect is because, once again, gameplay is atlas holding up the entire world. Storytelling is at an all time low, with characters not having as much as basic wants or goals and overall being written like props for the Doom Slayer movie
September 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The only reason it's not perfect is because, once again, gameplay is atlas holding up the entire world. Storytelling is at an all time low, with characters not having as much as basic wants or goals and overall being written like props for the Doom Slayer movie
I just realized in the middle of writing this that the Dreadmace has the upgrade for two swings in succession and that kills cybers instantly.
YOU CAN TWO-SHOT CYBERDEMONS AGAIN ID I KNEEL.
YOU CAN TWO-SHOT CYBERDEMONS AGAIN ID I KNEEL.
September 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I just realized in the middle of writing this that the Dreadmace has the upgrade for two swings in succession and that kills cybers instantly.
YOU CAN TWO-SHOT CYBERDEMONS AGAIN ID I KNEEL.
YOU CAN TWO-SHOT CYBERDEMONS AGAIN ID I KNEEL.
Melee feels fucking great to use as a followup to a well executed plan, and so much of it is very easy to feel out so that you know what will kill in the moment. Almost nothing about the fighting is guesswork, especially with your stronger options.
Dreadmace we love you.
Dreadmace we love you.
September 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Melee feels fucking great to use as a followup to a well executed plan, and so much of it is very easy to feel out so that you know what will kill in the moment. Almost nothing about the fighting is guesswork, especially with your stronger options.
Dreadmace we love you.
Dreadmace we love you.
Movement is fantastic with the shieldbash gimmick, the power behind your actions is thunderous, the combat will frequently encourage you towards one weapon but will not excessively punish you for using something else, and the interactions oh my god they nailed the interactions.
September 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Movement is fantastic with the shieldbash gimmick, the power behind your actions is thunderous, the combat will frequently encourage you towards one weapon but will not excessively punish you for using something else, and the interactions oh my god they nailed the interactions.
Doom: The Dark Ages (9/10)
As close to the classics as this franchise has gotten, even closer than 2016 I'd argue. The weight of your position, the treating of enemies as masses, the commitment to your current weapon, the bullet hell, id really nailed the combat this time after Eternal.
As close to the classics as this franchise has gotten, even closer than 2016 I'd argue. The weight of your position, the treating of enemies as masses, the commitment to your current weapon, the bullet hell, id really nailed the combat this time after Eternal.
September 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Doom: The Dark Ages (9/10)
As close to the classics as this franchise has gotten, even closer than 2016 I'd argue. The weight of your position, the treating of enemies as masses, the commitment to your current weapon, the bullet hell, id really nailed the combat this time after Eternal.
As close to the classics as this franchise has gotten, even closer than 2016 I'd argue. The weight of your position, the treating of enemies as masses, the commitment to your current weapon, the bullet hell, id really nailed the combat this time after Eternal.