Otawong
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Game and puzzle fan 👾
Lazy pasta cat enthusiast 🐈
Hobbyist programmer, former game dev 💻
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Lazy pasta cat enthusiast 🐈
Hobbyist programmer, former game dev 💻
@Otawong@mastodon.scot 🐘
I noticed that last night too! The writing is horrible, and even better, nobody from their editorial team even reviews these for an ounce of accuracy.
October 13, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I noticed that last night too! The writing is horrible, and even better, nobody from their editorial team even reviews these for an ounce of accuracy.
Finished Baby Steps today. Is it my game of the year? Maybe! What a delight. It’s a hard game to be sure, though to some degree it is only as hard as you want it to be.
You can, for example, climb these stairs or you can take hours climbing around them instead. I did. Now they call me Lord.
You can, for example, climb these stairs or you can take hours climbing around them instead. I did. Now they call me Lord.
October 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Finished Baby Steps today. Is it my game of the year? Maybe! What a delight. It’s a hard game to be sure, though to some degree it is only as hard as you want it to be.
You can, for example, climb these stairs or you can take hours climbing around them instead. I did. Now they call me Lord.
You can, for example, climb these stairs or you can take hours climbing around them instead. I did. Now they call me Lord.
Close second was the haunted piano in Mario 64. It got me good.
August 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Close second was the haunted piano in Mario 64. It got me good.
Alone In The Dark for the PC terrified me. Some creature bounced through a window and I almost bounced through one to escape the room.
August 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Alone In The Dark for the PC terrified me. Some creature bounced through a window and I almost bounced through one to escape the room.
FF4 is now complete. I’m trucking along with my goal of completing every mainline Final Fantasy.
Brief thoughts on 4: It’s a good game, but feels like it’s clinging a little bit to the NES games. They pushed the storytelling hard, and leaned into characters and classes in a good way.
Brief thoughts on 4: It’s a good game, but feels like it’s clinging a little bit to the NES games. They pushed the storytelling hard, and leaned into characters and classes in a good way.
July 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
FF4 is now complete. I’m trucking along with my goal of completing every mainline Final Fantasy.
Brief thoughts on 4: It’s a good game, but feels like it’s clinging a little bit to the NES games. They pushed the storytelling hard, and leaned into characters and classes in a good way.
Brief thoughts on 4: It’s a good game, but feels like it’s clinging a little bit to the NES games. They pushed the storytelling hard, and leaned into characters and classes in a good way.
I think I’m almost finished FF4. This game is pretty wild. Definitely not my favourite in the series, but it’s interesting for sure.
There’s humour, death, sacrifice, and a giant robot fight against tanks and airships. Giant mech was not on my bingo card for this game.
There’s humour, death, sacrifice, and a giant robot fight against tanks and airships. Giant mech was not on my bingo card for this game.
July 13, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I think I’m almost finished FF4. This game is pretty wild. Definitely not my favourite in the series, but it’s interesting for sure.
There’s humour, death, sacrifice, and a giant robot fight against tanks and airships. Giant mech was not on my bingo card for this game.
There’s humour, death, sacrifice, and a giant robot fight against tanks and airships. Giant mech was not on my bingo card for this game.
And FF3 is also complete now. Moving on to SNES era next with FF4 and FF5.
FF3 was pretty good, and would have clearly been pushing the NES about as far as it could go with its system complexity. Not a lot of story, but the job system was neat.
FF3 was pretty good, and would have clearly been pushing the NES about as far as it could go with its system complexity. Not a lot of story, but the job system was neat.
July 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
And FF3 is also complete now. Moving on to SNES era next with FF4 and FF5.
FF3 was pretty good, and would have clearly been pushing the NES about as far as it could go with its system complexity. Not a lot of story, but the job system was neat.
FF3 was pretty good, and would have clearly been pushing the NES about as far as it could go with its system complexity. Not a lot of story, but the job system was neat.
Well, Final Fantasy 2 was the next game in my quest to complete the series. It’s an interesting one, but it felt pretty flawed at times.
The levelling system was pretty inspired, but it ends up feeling unbalanced. Also, there are some wild difficulty spikes in the game.
Still, it was fun!
The levelling system was pretty inspired, but it ends up feeling unbalanced. Also, there are some wild difficulty spikes in the game.
Still, it was fun!
July 3, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Well, Final Fantasy 2 was the next game in my quest to complete the series. It’s an interesting one, but it felt pretty flawed at times.
The levelling system was pretty inspired, but it ends up feeling unbalanced. Also, there are some wild difficulty spikes in the game.
Still, it was fun!
The levelling system was pretty inspired, but it ends up feeling unbalanced. Also, there are some wild difficulty spikes in the game.
Still, it was fun!
Baby Steps is a delight. Picking up this trophy felt like the hardest thing ever, until I fell off a cliff separating myself from the trophy by hundreds of feet. That’s when true pain set in.
June 12, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Baby Steps is a delight. Picking up this trophy felt like the hardest thing ever, until I fell off a cliff separating myself from the trophy by hundreds of feet. That’s when true pain set in.
The glamour shot of Toad on his motorcycle in the Mario Kart World menu is divine.
June 9, 2025 at 6:40 AM
The glamour shot of Toad on his motorcycle in the Mario Kart World menu is divine.
Checking to see if my credit card has been charged for the Switch 2, as if a financial transaction is a deeply held unbreakable covenant between myself and a higher power.
June 4, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Checking to see if my credit card has been charged for the Switch 2, as if a financial transaction is a deeply held unbreakable covenant between myself and a higher power.
Completed the pixel remaster of FF1. There are some technical issues with the game, but generally speaking it plays well, looks good, and has some nice quality of life items that make the game more frictionless.
June 3, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Completed the pixel remaster of FF1. There are some technical issues with the game, but generally speaking it plays well, looks good, and has some nice quality of life items that make the game more frictionless.
Well, it’s been a long time since I 100% a game, but Doom: The Dark Ages is a delight. Also, a very accomplishable achievement list for anyone interested.
May 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Well, it’s been a long time since I 100% a game, but Doom: The Dark Ages is a delight. Also, a very accomplishable achievement list for anyone interested.
I'm playing a lot of Doom: The Dark Ages right now. It's really good, and the art design is wild. I really like the massively increased enemy count, feels a lot like old Doom games in that regard.
May 19, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I'm playing a lot of Doom: The Dark Ages right now. It's really good, and the art design is wild. I really like the massively increased enemy count, feels a lot like old Doom games in that regard.
When the cat’s away, the mouse will play a bunch of niche records.
May 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
When the cat’s away, the mouse will play a bunch of niche records.
When I hit any adversity in life, I often think back to the Persona 4 difficulty selection screen that encouraged me to “please experience the tension”.
May 6, 2025 at 6:41 AM
When I hit any adversity in life, I often think back to the Persona 4 difficulty selection screen that encouraged me to “please experience the tension”.
Just finished the Dark Forces remaster. When I was younger, I slept on this game, but loved the sequel.
The game is a lot more than a Doom clone, and has an impressive sense of level design and narrative for a game of its time.
The game is a lot more than a Doom clone, and has an impressive sense of level design and narrative for a game of its time.
May 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Just finished the Dark Forces remaster. When I was younger, I slept on this game, but loved the sequel.
The game is a lot more than a Doom clone, and has an impressive sense of level design and narrative for a game of its time.
The game is a lot more than a Doom clone, and has an impressive sense of level design and narrative for a game of its time.
Honestly though, an amazing game that just oozes incredible art and world building.
March 22, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Honestly though, an amazing game that just oozes incredible art and world building.
Might as well keep the Remedy kick going. Just finishing up the Foundation DLC of Control, which I left unfinished years ago.
Superb game from start to finish. An incredibly original game that is beautiful and unafraid to empower the player.
Superb game from start to finish. An incredibly original game that is beautiful and unafraid to empower the player.
March 22, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Might as well keep the Remedy kick going. Just finishing up the Foundation DLC of Control, which I left unfinished years ago.
Superb game from start to finish. An incredibly original game that is beautiful and unafraid to empower the player.
Superb game from start to finish. An incredibly original game that is beautiful and unafraid to empower the player.
Alan Wake, and Alan Wake 2 were next on my completion list. Alan Wake was a fun iteration on older Remedy games, but Alan Wake 2 is superb.
Moody, atmospheric, and spooky as all get out. The DLCs were awesome too.
Moody, atmospheric, and spooky as all get out. The DLCs were awesome too.
March 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Alan Wake, and Alan Wake 2 were next on my completion list. Alan Wake was a fun iteration on older Remedy games, but Alan Wake 2 is superb.
Moody, atmospheric, and spooky as all get out. The DLCs were awesome too.
Moody, atmospheric, and spooky as all get out. The DLCs were awesome too.
Finished Astro Bot today. Fantastic game from start to finish.
February 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Finished Astro Bot today. Fantastic game from start to finish.
I don’t think I can accurately describe how good Astro Bot is. The art is gorgeous, the worlds feel deeply alive, and there are gameplay ideas that are used once that could be entire games.
And then suddenly you can take a photo of Astro Bot pretending to clean bird poop.
Amazing stuff.
And then suddenly you can take a photo of Astro Bot pretending to clean bird poop.
Amazing stuff.
January 23, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I don’t think I can accurately describe how good Astro Bot is. The art is gorgeous, the worlds feel deeply alive, and there are gameplay ideas that are used once that could be entire games.
And then suddenly you can take a photo of Astro Bot pretending to clean bird poop.
Amazing stuff.
And then suddenly you can take a photo of Astro Bot pretending to clean bird poop.
Amazing stuff.
Turns out I’m in the top 0.8% of DF viewers on YouTube.
To the DF crew, I salute you. You produce what is definitively the best game coverage. 🫡
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December 9, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Turns out I’m in the top 0.8% of DF viewers on YouTube.
To the DF crew, I salute you. You produce what is definitively the best game coverage. 🫡
@dark1x.bsky.social
@pc98audi.bsky.social
@dachsjaeger.bsky.social
@oliemack.bsky.social
@wsjudd.bsky.social
@digitalfoundry.bsky.social
To the DF crew, I salute you. You produce what is definitively the best game coverage. 🫡
@dark1x.bsky.social
@pc98audi.bsky.social
@dachsjaeger.bsky.social
@oliemack.bsky.social
@wsjudd.bsky.social
@digitalfoundry.bsky.social
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November 20, 2024 at 10:17 PM
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Mario shared my exact same concern in this moment.
November 18, 2024 at 8:25 AM
Mario shared my exact same concern in this moment.