My ★★★★★ review of Hollow Knight: Silksong (2025) on @backloggd.com : The original Hollow Knight was one of the first games that left a lasting impression on me and one of few I hold so close to my heart. Crucially it was the first sidescroller as well as Metr... bckl.gg/o2rs

My ★★★★½ review of Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (2024) on @backloggd.com : This is bittersweet, until now Order of Ecclesia was essentially the last 2D Castlevania I had yet to play. I put off playing it right after finishing Portrait of Ruin some months a... bckl.gg/iXS5

My ★★★★½ review of Metroid Prime Remastered (2023) on @backloggd.com : Metroid Prime masterfully captures the essence of 2D Metroid, translating it perfectly into 3D, while simultaneously evolving it and infusing it with new ideas, coalescing to be its own disti... bckl.gg/hCt2

My ★★★★ review of Ninja Gaiden Black (2005) on @backloggd.com : After seeing the recent revival of the Ninja Gaiden IP both in 2D and 3D form, and with this new 2D entry being developed surprisingly by one of my favourite indie developers, The Game Kitchen, it m... bckl.gg/hstz

My ★★★★ review of Ninja Gaiden (1988) on @backloggd.com : By the time I first beat Ninja Gaiden I had come to kind of loathe it. Yet I was strangely compelled to replay it later the very same day I had finally finished it, after having chipped away at it for quite... bckl.gg/cQRg