taking my time 100 percenting Goldeneye 007 on 00 Agent difficulty because I've never done it before. still holds up like the day it was released for someone (like me) who is new to it

It's as important to the history of modern shooters as the first Call of Duty or Battlefield game if not moreso

New Xbox hardware drop be like "what if we took the Series X and made it, you know, worse and less useful."

Continuing my pattern of playing through old From Software games that are forgotten and/or underloved

Pretty stoked for this one

Blackbraid - 'Blackbraid II' (2023)

Melodic black metal, death metal, indigenous North American music

🌟🌟🌟🌟💫

Fairly straightforward melodic BM with a surprisingly brilliant indigenous folk twist. Sounds a lot like Dissection's classic 1995 LP at times, which of course I can't get enough of.

Infinity Girl - 'Somewhere Nice, Someday' (2017)

Noise pop, shoegaze, indie rock
🌟🌟🌟🌟💫

Beautiful modern shoegaze release with rock solid songwriting and lush, swooning production to rival the best of Kevin Shields' work. Has a Swirlies-like musicality and tendency towards abstraction that I adore.

letsgooooo

early AOTY list

Shadow Tower Abyss (2003)
First-person dungeon crawler, action RPG, survival horror

🌟🌟🌟🌟

A short but incredibly satisfying romp through the peak of King's Field / Shadow Tower-era FromSoft game design. Incredible art direction and atmosphere. Obtuse, difficult, yet satisfying gameplay.

Agriculture - 'Agriculture' (2023)
"Ecstatic black metal", blackgaze, post-metal
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

THIS ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY FUCKS omg it feels like Sunbather all over again <3

She was so unbelievably cool. <3

eldridge cleaver penis pants coming in clutch like

This game sounds bonkers. I really wanna try it sometime. Shame it's a region locked Xbox exclusive it seems like one of the weirdest and coolest SMT titles. (Shin Megami Tensei NINE) It was originally going to be an experimental online game, and that became the MMO SMT: Imagine eventually.

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne (2003)
Hybrid-genre JRPG, dungeon crawler, monster collecting RPG
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

This game is such a total fucking kick in the pants in every way and I goddamn love every second of it. Aesthetically perfect, as well. Sweet spot between the new Persona and classic SMT styles.

yes also angelina jolie in 'hackers' (1995)

Hot Water Music - 'Caution' (2002)
Emocore, alternative rock, punk rock
🌟🌟🌟🌟💫

It's like Turnstile's newer sound 20 years before Turnstile was a thing. Highly polished and well written/recorded emocore with beautiful, heartfelt vocal harmonies and solid musicianship. Just great rock n' roll, really.

Car Bomb - 'Mordial' (2019)
Mathcore, alternative metal, weirdo djent
🌟🌟🌟🌟

Post-DEP mathcore with some of the funkiest and strangest guitar riffing this side of Gorguts or Meshuggah at their most obtuse. Their clean sections are lovely and well incorporated, much like later DEP. A solid listen.

Code Orange - 'Underneath' (2020)
Industrial metal, deathcore, alternative rock
🌟🌟🌟🌟💫

Wow, it's like if Bring Me the Horizon got heavier / stayed heavy while also incorporating the nu/alt metal and glitchy electronic/industrial flavors that also grew to be a part of that band's palette. p cool.

last week (7/26/2023) :)

i don't really know what to use this thing for, as i wasn't much for the bird app to begin with, so i'll stick an inaugural album blurb here!

Silverchair - 'Neon Ballroom' (1999)
Art rock, post-grunge, orchestral pop
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟 & 1/2

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