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James Berich

@jamzy.bsky.social

Long-time game critic and editor for Press Start Australia. Condiment enthusiast. Survival horror obsessive. Twin Peaks romantic. Budding cook. ENFJ-T. Simulcast with @AtJamz on Twitter (when I remember) ๐Ÿชฟ

108 Followers  |  27 Following  |  282 Posts  |  Joined: 03.07.2023  |  1.9543

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Enjoying Age of Imprisonment much more than I expected in practically every aspect but the fact that it's canon means that the team can't go as weird with all the playable characters and as a result I'm stuck playing as random glup shitto hylians, zora, gorons etc which ain't it.

07.11.2025 02:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Isn't it FUNNY AND INTERESTING that the YouTubers who somehow always get Nintendo Switch games "early" haven't been able to secure themselves any early copies of Switch 2 games like Bananza and Age of Imprisonment. I wonder why ๐Ÿง๐Ÿค“

06.11.2025 00:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Never buy dumb shit (as much) anymore but when MY GUY appeared to me I couldn't say no ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ‘๏ธ

04.11.2025 11:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Finishing up my backlog. My latest was LUTO. It's a weird little PT-like (is this a genre now?) mixed with Stanley Parable-esque storytelling to tell a story about death. It has strong atmosphere, barely any jump scares and plenty of persisting unease that I really vibed with.

31.10.2025 11:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Reading the latest sales updates from Capcom, it's kind of wild how much this has had an effect on the Devil May Cry series at large. Always wondering what the devs will do with Itsuno gone, but I feel like they should definitely do something.

30.10.2025 10:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‘€ keep at it and DON'T look anything up

27.10.2025 01:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So beyond excited for this ^___^

25.10.2025 01:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Promised myself to create a party of Pokemon that weren't from first two gens but as you can see I just slowly went for what I was comfortable with instead of properly experimenting. But still a great game that I'm glad I experienced divorced from all the junk discourse online.

24.10.2025 12:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I think it's a pretty solid step in the right direction for Pokemon. The boss battles were fun (and hectic towards the end) and the way everything flows feels a lot more snappier than Arceus. I just wish they would get into things quicker - the tutorialising is excessive.

24.10.2025 12:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Got knocked into hospital by a kidney stone BUT it's given me time to play #PokemonZA properly and roll credits last night. It's good! It does a lot differently once it gets going, but it takes SO LONG to do so. First Pokemon game I've been intrigued enough to finish since BW.

24.10.2025 12:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Spent most of my game time raising a Tyrantrum thinking it would have a mega evolution for some reason and have just been informed it doesn't. #PokemonZA

23.10.2025 04:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mmm yes this will end well I'm sure of it

16.10.2025 13:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have been anticipating (neutral) this moment for at least two months

16.10.2025 13:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The rumours were spiralling so much I had to reclaim my narrative

15.10.2025 14:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Remember when everyone's local stores also sold Tears of the Kingdom early but all of those people specifically were afflicted with a lower frame rate in the underground but only those people hmmm

15.10.2025 06:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The question on EVERYONE'S lips that I can FINALLY answer - YES I have been playing Ninja Gaiden 4 for @pressstartau.bsky.social. You'll be able to read all of my penetrating insights from Tuesday 21st October at 10:00AM AEDT. ๐Ÿฅท๐Ÿฉธ

15.10.2025 06:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

why is square enix so intent on killing the dissidia brand dfbfhsnj

14.10.2025 11:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Would you say its a ..... keeper

13.10.2025 23:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maybe I sound like a dickhead and entitled but I'm kind of fed up with how LITTLE they've shown of this game despite appearing at so many events. Show me more. Anything. Just a crumb. Please ๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿ˜ญ

11.10.2025 00:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Did you get cool ace attorney shit

09.10.2025 15:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My Yooka-Replaylee review has just gone live! As someone who bounced off the first game hard, I heartily recommend you give it a shot now. It's an incredible redux that rights practically every wrong of the original game - stepping away from Tooie to be more like Kazooie. ๐ŸฆŽ๐Ÿฆ‡

08.10.2025 13:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Came across this for $60AU and couldn't pass it up. One of my longest sought after games until now ๐Ÿ˜ญ #ProjectZero #FatalFrame

05.10.2025 11:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I thought y'all were trolling me with that song about other pop girls but my god it's real ๐Ÿซฅ๐Ÿซฅ๐Ÿซฅ

03.10.2025 11:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

YES

02.10.2025 12:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the amount of reinstalls Deus Ex had this last past week have to be through the roof. I reinstalled it too and played through the first level for the millionth time, I can't resist. Genuinely one of the coolest games ever made, from one of the coolest eras gaming had

30.09.2025 02:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

So happy to see SHf doing well, especially as an all original and somewhat divisive take on the series. I've been adoring the conversations I've had with people who've picked it up, analysing and picking apart it's plot. It feels like I'm in 2003-2005 again (complimentary)

29.09.2025 10:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Australian television is saved and I'm not joking

28.09.2025 07:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Checking in ๐Ÿงณ๐Ÿ›Ž๏ธ #HotelBarcelona

27.09.2025 15:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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