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Opinion-haver at playcritically.com. #Indie reviewer of indie videogames. Your post reminds me of a Simpsons episode. he/him
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#AndrewBeatsVideogames 2024 #92
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
Nintendo Switch
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Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince key art. The three heroes of the Trine, Amadeus the Wizard, Zoya the Thief, and Pontius the Knight, look confident and prepared for anything that may come towards them. Behind them, a dark figure stands on a bluff, looking over a shadowed valley.
November 4, 2024 at 12:14 AM
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#AndrewBeatsVideogames 2024 #91
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
Epic Games Store
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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League key art. Task Force X team members Harley Quinn, King Shark, Captain Boomerang, and Deadshot cavort acrobatically through the air in front of a white, desaturated image of the Metropolis cityscape.
November 3, 2024 at 1:11 AM
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in this town
we call home
everyone hail
to the pumpkin song
A solved 15x15 nonogram puzzle depicting a jack-o-lantern with a crooked smile and slanted, menacing eyes.
November 1, 2024 at 12:50 AM
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Happy Halloween to me.
A togo box containing wide cut fries and a mushroom swiss cheese burger wrapped in checked paper.
October 31, 2024 at 7:22 PM
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Well, the Chase bank in downtown Portland has made it clear how they think election night is gonna go.
A Chase bank in downtown Portland with plywood nailed across all its windows.
October 31, 2024 at 4:52 PM
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This was supposed to be the game I reviewed for a Halloween time review but the release date got pushed back. Probably a good thing because I should take the time to see if this expands into a full platform or if these two are the only games that end getting made.
A physical copy of RetroRealms Double Feature Halloween and Ash vs Evil Dead for Switch set on an ugly carpet.
October 31, 2024 at 12:30 AM
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Ohh today is a very good day for new arrivals.
Physical copies of A Little to the Left Extra Tidy Edition and Core Keeper for Switch set on an ugly carpet.
October 30, 2024 at 1:12 AM
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You don't wanna mess with a purple ghost, purple ghosts will fuck you up.
A solved 10x15 nonogram puzzle depicting a ghost.
October 30, 2024 at 1:02 AM
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Either I've had a stroke of inspiration or I need to visit the Two Point Hospital healthcare network.
A solved 10x15 nonogram puzzle depicting a light bulb.
October 30, 2024 at 12:56 AM
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It's a microscope. Or a stand mixer.
A solved 10x15 nonogram puzzle depicting a microscope.
October 30, 2024 at 12:48 AM
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Here was a cool thing I noticed in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League: After I finished a story mission, I spotted Batman spying on us from a nearby statue. When I climbed up to him, he vanished.
Harley Quinn looking along a ruined Metropolis Skyline. A colossal space ship shaped liked a skull gazes down on the city with disturbing, purple eyes. Huge black discs float along the sky, casting beams of purple energy onto rooftops. From on top of a statue of Wonder Woman, Batman can just be seen looking down on Harley Quinn.
October 29, 2024 at 8:34 PM
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#AndrewBeatsVideogames 2024 #90
Cocoon
Nintendo Switch
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Cocoon key art. A bipedal creature with arm-like wings looks into a sphere containing rocky mesa, which contains a sphere containing a green swamp, which contains a sphere that contains purple clouds.
October 28, 2024 at 2:43 PM
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#AndrewBeatsVideogames 2024 #89
Europa
Nintendo Switch
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Europa key art. Protagonist Zee, a boy in a red cape with a rocket strapped to his back, looks across a lush, green landscape filled with advanced, but decayed structures. An island flies in the sky in the top-left corner and the planet Jupiter is seen in the distance, partially masked by atmosphere and clouds.
October 26, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League ain't so bad to start out.

I suspect I'll like the game fine until I hit the Live Service garbage, which I won't play, so I'll just say "I liked the game fine."
Harley Quinn, dressed in prison garb, looks at a commemorative plaque for Arleen Sorkin. From Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. Harley Quinn, dressed in prison garb, looks at a commemorative plaque for Kevin Conroy. From Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.
October 25, 2024 at 8:33 PM
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Two of these games would be materially improved if they also had Adventure Lines.
Physical copies of Cult of the Lamb and The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe for Switch and Resident Evil 4 Xbox Series X set on an ugly carpet.
October 25, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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I'm not sure what this account used to be but clearly somebody had their account compromised and recreated into this abomination.

...oh wait did this used to be Sarah Scribbles account? Guess it was fake after all.
A Bluesky profile that has apparently been overwritten by a cartoon spammer.
October 25, 2024 at 3:32 AM
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Time for it to really start bothering me that I've never successfully finished a Darkest Dungeon campaign, despite four or five sincere attempts. I always get burned out in the third tier of bosses.

I predict before the end of the year I will have started a new campaign.
Physical copies of Darkest Dungeon II and Tin Hearts for Switch set on an ugly carpet.
October 25, 2024 at 12:57 AM
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Mailed off my jury vote to send Trump to prison.
A large, steel ballot drop box set on brick flooring flanked by white flower planters.
October 24, 2024 at 11:40 PM
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Check out Mikey, a "Skilled Master" who has had 30 jobs and massive governmental experience (none elected). He wants to govern by Twitter poll.
A mayoral candidate profile for Michael O'Callaghan, written by the candidate.
October 24, 2024 at 9:10 PM
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This guy actually sounds awesome.
A mayoral candidate profile for Michael Hayes.
October 24, 2024 at 9:03 PM
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Mayoral candidates are wild.
A mayoral candidate profile for Martin Ward, written by the candidate, that includes multiple references to his own unemployment and "doing God's work."
October 24, 2024 at 8:51 PM
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Something old, something new.
Physical copies of Farm Together Deluxe Edition and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Mayhem for Switch set on an ugly carpet.
October 23, 2024 at 11:54 PM
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#AndrewBeatsVideogames 2024 #88
Undead Nightmare
Red Dead Redemption
Nintendo Switch
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Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare key art. Protagonist John Marston is resurrected as a rotting zombie, with green skin around his face except for his nose and around his mouth, where the flesh has rotted completely away, revealing bare muscle and bone. He wears tattered clothes, a red bandanda and a vest over a torn white shirt. Across his chest is a belt of large caliber bullets. He points a broad-barrelled short firearm at the viewer.
October 23, 2024 at 5:32 AM
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#AndrewBeatsVideogames 2024 #87
God of War Ragnarök
PlayStation 4
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God of War Ragnarök key art. Protagonists Kratos and Atreus stand on a frozen glacier, near a fissure. Kratos is a tall, imposing man with ash white skin and a red stripe tattoo across on eye. He wields a massive axe, but he's so strong he can bear it with one hand. Atreus is a boy in his late teens with a red fauxhawk and wielding a wooden bow. Both are dressed in armor with warming additions.
October 22, 2024 at 9:33 PM
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Who wore it better?
Donald Trump, an overweight psychopath wearing an apron. Professor Pyg, an overweight psychopath wearing an apron.
October 21, 2024 at 5:08 PM