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I'm here for 3 things: Being a nerd about action games, shooters, and counting incorrectly. Warhammer nerd and Soulslike / Monster Hunter masoc...enthusiast.™ More than occasionally I post videos about those at: http://www.youtube.com/@baldsquidgaming

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Latest posts by baldsquid.bsky.social on Bluesky

I think I've been more frustrated with a few scenarios in Kovaak's than I ever was with League.

Weird realization.

03.01.2026 00:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Chaos, Physics, and a Lot of Missiles - Cleared Hot Review (Early Access)
YouTube video by BaldSquid Chaos, Physics, and a Lot of Missiles - Cleared Hot Review (Early Access)

Cleared Hot just hit Steam Early Access with a lower “get in early” price.

I went through how it actually plays, what’s in the current build, and who should grab it now vs wait for 1.0. Spoiler: I'm STOKED

Review Here: youtu.be/9NiyNYU4h1Y

24.11.2025 00:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Extraction shooters are what would happen if the negative feedback loop with healing items from DS2 and Bloodborne was a genre.

21.11.2025 15:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The Roguelite FPS That’s Better Than You Think – Deadzone Rogue Review
YouTube video by BaldSquid The Roguelite FPS That’s Better Than You Think – Deadzone Rogue Review

Just uploaded a review of Deadzone Rogue — a surprisingly polished roguelite FPS that respects your time, your money, and your aim.

Tight gunplay, fair progression, good vibes.
Worth $20.

🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdxN...

For folks tired of early access excuses.

07.05.2025 01:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The Huge Hotfix Is Here – Starting Fresh in No Rest for the Wicked After about a year, I'm headed back into No Rest for the Wicked with a brand-new character following the game’s biggest patch in over a year—and yes, the emergency hotfix is already in. Moon Studios j...

Moon Studios dropped a hotfix to fix the patch that broke the update that was supposed to fix the game.

Naturally, as a fan since early access release last year, I'm starting a fresh run.
🔴 Live 8a CST: youtube.com/live/yjj1VXa...
#NoRestForTheWicked #ARPG #livestream

03.05.2025 12:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Making the holiday movie rounds and I noticed a thing: Buzz gets a bad rap. Sure, he’s a bit of an Older Brother, but out of everyone in the house, he actually spends time with Kevin, has hobbies he cares about, appropriately tends an exotic pet…

23.12.2024 21:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Path of Exile 2: Better Than You Might Think
YouTube video by BaldSquid Gaming Path of Exile 2: Better Than You Might Think

PoE2 surprised me after my experience with the first one. For all the crankiness I’ve been seeing online, it’s exactly what I’ve always wanted in an ARPG.

Path of Exile 2: Better Than I Expected for Early Access
youtu.be/yf0FGK1O_1U

10.12.2024 02:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Corgis roll a Distraction Check every time they act as a Free Action.

08.12.2024 14:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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As great as games are, remember to take breaks to interact with real humans and touch grass. Or snow in this case. Woooo opening day 😎

30.11.2024 18:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Lovely surprise on stream today. WarhammerWorkshop, author of Astartes Overhaul (now 2.0) came by to talk with us about the mod, how they approach making changes, the olive branches from Saber, and some sneak peeks at what’s to come. Timestamp in the pinned comment.

www.youtube.com/live/hp1IwRF...

22.11.2024 20:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

One of the most prominent mods has been made functional only in private sessions by the dev for several weeks now. Nice to see Saber giving proper support for things while protecting the experience of public lobbies 😊

22.11.2024 04:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just in case: Grabbing the stalker optimizer mod off nexus has kept the crashes away on my end, and seems to improve how the game tends assetload/caching if you get stutters. Just be sure to set line 63 in the file back to 0 so you can still see gravity anomalies. Cause uh…that is mandatory.

21.11.2024 15:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That Stalker Optimizer mod is 🔥 with a small tweak in the file to make the distortion on gravity anomalies and bloodsucker shimmer come back. Lookin’ like mods and stalker will continue their epic relationship.

21.11.2024 15:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mod Support - A Message from the Game Director - Space Marine 2

This is huge. Love to see AAA devs remembering that mods extend a game’s lifespan, broaden audience, and increase options for accessibility. Plus, grips of new genres start out as mods (looking at you, CS and MOBAs).

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20.11.2024 17:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
19.11.2024 19:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So last time I checked, games didn’t suddenly change their content or fun coefficient retroactively based on if they won awards.

19.11.2024 14:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sekiro. Wasn’t owl (either version). Wasn’t the sword saint. That ape remains the only SoulsBorneRing boss to result in my taking a multi-day break from the game on release week.

19.11.2024 04:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Always going to pounce on any chance to spread the gospel of OnePageRules. Rules are mini-agnostic but also have their own line of physical and STL files. Covers all of 40k/sigmar/killteam/warcry/necromunda without the bloat or getting tabled round 1.

19.11.2024 02:35 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Well this place seems much more sane. Evidently this list thing seems proper? #promosky

🎮 Anything Fromsoft / Soulslike
🎮 Monster Hunter
🎮 Spectacle Fighters
🎮 ARPGs
🎮 Metal Gear
🎮 Roguelites
🎮 FPS / TPS
📕Warhammer 40k (Lore)
🎨 Mini Painting
🧵3D Printing
🧐Science
🧐History
🧐Psychology / Sociology

19.11.2024 01:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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