Rooslawn
unmappedworlds.bsky.social
Rooslawn
@unmappedworlds.bsky.social
I'm Rooslawn and I write something about games every Monday on my indie site, https://unmappedworlds.com.
Morrowind and OSRS really did their fast travel right. Why hasn't there been as much love put into these systems since the 2000s?
December 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Dowloaded Tides of Torment only to spend 10 hours in a Throgg campaign. Buggy hunts aside (CA, please fix!), it's the most fun I had in a while.

Pic is Nano Banana's attempt at Throgg riding N'Kari.
December 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Me: I don't care about achievements. Also me: sees 92% completion and twitches.
December 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
So my wife asked me how is my Warhammer 401k game going...

Pic via Nano Banana.
December 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Me: I should try something new. Also me: boots up Total Warhammer for the 400th time.
December 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I don't get it - I felt like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 was everything I wanted in a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game, but at some point I just stopped playing and haven't gotten back into it. Like it looks good, it feels like the zone, I have no idea what's wrong with it.
December 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Love feeling alone in a video game, like when no one is around for miles. Or maybe I'm the last person in the universe? It just feels so cozy.
December 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Is it weird to love games I haven't finished? I rage quit Nier Automata after losing an hour and a half of progress, but it's still among my favorites...
December 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
So... Anyone else wishes they knew less about games? Like I wish I didn't immediately look at the game and understood all the mechanics at play. Miss that feeling of wonder.
December 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Loved Return to Castle Wolfenstein as a kid. Never got far, just ran around the map because I didn't know what to do or where to go, and I didn't think to read the objective text.
December 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Yeah, RuneScape, make quests impossible to complete without guides, and then make fun of me for using a guide.
December 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Oom... Am I the only person whose happy place is the Total Warhammer faction selection screen?
December 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I can't believe there are people out there who play Frostpunk like it's their Stardew Valley.
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Hot take: Total Warhammer is cozier than Animal Crossing.

I did write 2000 words explaining why orchestrating fantasy genocide is actually very relaxing, thank you very much. I will now be taking questions

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#TotalWar #CozyGames #VideoGameEssays #Warhammer
December 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I hate Starfield. I don’t appreciate the lifeless NPCs, and I despise the faction design. I find the worlds barren and the plot lazy. And ugh, the loading screens.

Oh, one more thing: I’ve never played Starfield.

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#GameCriticism #GameDesign #VideoGames
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
From Witcher 3 to Elden Ring, from Baldur’s Gate III to Death Stranding and beyond into Outward, Subnautica, Prey... I finish the game, kick off another playthrough, only to abandon it shortly after.

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P.S: I have an email newsletter now!

#VideoGames #IndieGames
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
What it's like gaming as a dad to an infant - and how I'm struggling with my identity as a "hardcore" gamer. Steam Deck, Nintendo Switch, retro handhelds - and a whole lot of sleep deprivation.

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#Gaming #Parenting #SteamDeck #NintendoSwitch #Anbernic
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
There was a time when a bootleg CD pirate at a mall near my school was my only game curator. 'twas a different time.

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#VideoGames #IndieGames #Nostalgia #ArxFatalis #GamingBacklog
November 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
There's something magical about building a town from a single shack into a bustling metropolis. I like high octane games, but city builders are special.

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#CityBuilders #CitiesSkylines #Foundation #FarthestFrontier #Becastled #Banished #SurvivingMars #IndieGames
October 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I use scaffolding to cut down trees in Minecraft and my Oblivion paladin wasn't allowed to jump.

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#Minecraft #Oblivion #CozyGames #OCD #GamingAnxiety
October 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Rot, decay, and death. Yeah, how edgy of me right? But when it comes to games, there’s something magical about decaying, abandoned, and long forgotten worlds, and I love the way decaying worlds make me feel.

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#VideoGames #Impermanence #Fallout #DarkSouls #Stalker
October 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
October 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Hundreds of games on my backlog, many unplayed or unfinished. Here's how my relationship with the gaming backlog has changed over the years.

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#VideoGames #Steam #GamingBacklog
September 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
In 13 years that I’ve I had a Steam account, I’ve clocked in 6,629 hours in my Steam library alone. That’s 276 days of non-stop game time. Here are my top 10 played games, and why.

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#VideoGames #Steam #SteamLibrary #IndieGames
September 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
September 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM