Snazzy bit of running around Bristol this evening I'm the rain and cold, other than the fact I trip over a curb and took a proper fall into the road - ouch! 🥲🤕

#Bristol #Running #Strava

I am, in general, a big fan of the DQ series but Dragon Quest 5 is especially good. Perfectly balanced difficulty level, power spikes never felt like a major issue, interesting battle mechanics with being able to party up with random monsters, and a fun, novel story spanning a 30 year period -great!

In a conscious effort to align my feed with content other than exceptional videogames, I present some fun photos of the Dolomites from the last time I was fortunate enough to be out there

#nature #hiking #mountains #Italy
#Dolomites #Promosky

I am a HUGE fan of the entire Professor Layton series - there is something truly wonderful about logic puzzles intertwined with truly nonsense scenarios. I enjoyed the animated cutscenes so much as a kid that I was ecstatic when a whole movie came out! Tying into an earlier entry, AAvPL is fantastic

There is something endlessly repayable about Mount and Blade. It's janky and difficult and your entire progress can be wiped by a fee unlucky moments- you're always on the precipice of failure but you learn and prepare and ALWAYS invest in wineries for oodles of passive income. Great game

Chrono Trigger, my first *proper* JRPG (Sorry Pokemon Emerald). Went into it thinking there were Fire Emblem esque permadeath mechanics due to hearing about what happens to Chrono in the story. Fun surprise there! Terribly cool battle system, with a super interesting branching story- Excellent stuff

Pokemon Emerald - it's Christmas 2006, my younger brother has received an absolutely huge present whilst I get gifted a small square box. I'm in bits - why has Santa forsaken me!? Little do I know, I have in my hands a copy of Emerald and my brother has a set of 250 rubbish plastic soldiers - my win

Let me get one thing straight - Death Stranding IS a walking simulator, but it's a damn good walking simulator. Its, admittedly, bizarre mechanics have been incredibly well thought out and mo-cap Norman Reedus does a phenomenal job. Excellent soundtrack, great movement, classic Kojima storytelling

Persona 5 Royal is absolutely one of the best games I've played in recent years - tight combat mechanics, an incredibly fun social system, excellent music and brilliant quality of life features. An excellent introduction to Persona/SMT for anyone, as far as I'm concerned

A far more recent addition to the list, Disco Elysium is the fastest I have ever replayed a game - finished my first playthrough and knew there was so much more to be seen. The world is so perfectly delivered through the eyes of a hyperamnesiac, the story is phenomenal, I rather fancy Kim Kitsuragi

Xenoblade Chronicles was my fave game as a teenager. I would get up at 6am on the weekends just so that I could use the main TV to play it before anyone else woke up. The world and characters are phenomenal, voice acting was exceptional and it has since borne a much larger franchise. What a game

I have to talk about Ace Attorney - Apollo Justice. Playing this on a dodgy DS cartridge purchased in a Tenerife market when I was a kid was my primary inspiration for going into Law! Great characterisation and playing this before the starting trilogy leant even more mystery to Phoenix Wright

It is especially gruesome weather in Bristol this morning - looking back on slightly sunnier days and notably, the annual balloon fiesta!

(The above noted, it was sadly too windy om the day for this particular balloon to fly 🥲 )

#bristol
#hotairballoon
#photography