Katie O’Hare

Today for World Book Day (and every other day) I’m dressing up as Mia from the Princess Diaries… before she got the makeover

Love Eternal - In stressful times, I find banging my head against a really hard game is quite cathartic, and this game provided! completely incomprehensible plot in the best way, and vibes are impeccable 9/10

Romeo is a Deadman - Felt a little let down by Grasshopper on this one, perhaps because the plot didn't make me feel as gross as some of their older games, but still loved the rough edges and the incredible music video section, scoring this the most 7/10 (endearingly)

Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved - Real cozy time with this nice, contained story and a short runtime... damn, this must be how people who read books feel all the time 7/10

My Hatsune Miku DAP filled with 10,000 songs and every Stephen King audiobook has literally fixed me

Early 2000s anime really does not give a fuck

Wow .HACK//SIGN is completely incomprehensible in such an interesting way, i thought my childhood memories were fuzzy and weird but nope, that’s just what the show is like

Life is Strange Double Exposure - Honestly impressed with how bad the mystery is, it’s like venturing into Riverdale territory, but less fun 3/10

There’s something poetic about a game featuring Strong Bad being released the same month as Adobe Animate dying

A Game About Digging a Hole - my partner watched me play through this entire 1.5 hour game and then we proceeded to get way too into getting all the achievements before going to bed, staying up til like 1am, Not a great game but fun wife time! 4.5/10

Hi-Fi Rush - After Unbeatable, I wanted to continue my little rhythm game run and damn was this a good choice, doing a boss fight to Fiona Apple was iconic and the characters are just so damn likeable - 8/10

Mr Bones - Shout outs to @insertcredit.com for doing a Mr Bones episode, which compelled me to check out this weird ass game filled with some of the most baffling design decisions. But good on Mr Bones for scoring a ghost woman at the end with his sick drumming skills - Painful Ice Physics/10

Remember when Life is Strange was an anthology and how good the second one was… those were the days

Unbeatable 9.5/10 - A game that is bursting with passion at every moment and completely falling apart at the seams. In a sea of AI bullshit and soulless product made by bigger studios, Unbeatable shows through its narrative and the game itself that art comes from vision and just fuckin going for it

this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier

As you read the news today, watch who phrases the news as an "illegal invasion and regime change" versus "bringing democracy". It'll tell you everything you need to know about the news source you're reading, and frankly should decide whether you ever read them seriously again.

Perfect Tides 9/10 - Starting the year off extremely strong with a heart-wrenching, raw depiction of what it feels like to come of age in an isolating tourist trap of a beachtown.

Feels perfectly targeted at me, someone who grew up in Bournemouth.

Did this one before, going to have this ongoing thread to keep track of all the games I completed in 2026

If anyone sees me with a copy of Gears of War: E-Day or something I want you to slap it out of my hands

With my personal time limited in 2026, now more than ever I need to learn to not play games I know I won't enjoy just to be 'part of the conversation'

a conversation im never even a part of, because I don't post

Extremely funny that they did the whole 'Go on without me Samus, I'll hold them off' like five separate times in Metroid Prime 4

Former Critical Reflex Employee Alleges Harassment And Unfair Labor Practices Ex-employee Evelina Zemljic accuses Critical Reflex of sexual harassment, unpaid labor, and poor working conditions in a revealing YouTube exposé.

With Critical Reflex being such a major player in the indie space, these accusations of covered up sexual harassment and unfair labour practices are all deeply disappointing and distressing. I hope this all gets tackled quickly and decisively.

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Or just keep the mspaint doodles as the final assets like I did!

Epic pays for licensing fees for the games they give away for free as promotions. Which means even if YOU aren't paying for it, you're giving money to JK Rowling to harm transgender people AND elevating her stature by giving her franchise higher numbers.

NO TERF WIZARD GAME. NO TERF WIZARD SHOW.

Now's a great time to pick up my girls love mecha novel Star Sword Nemesis for 10% off! Can a true believer in the cause of human connectedness warm the heart of a broken warrior, with humanity's future in space on the line? loveconquersallgames.itch.io/star-sword-n...

Hey it’s creators day! Though, if you were interested in playing my short visual novel, it’s totally free!

Someone today bought it for $12, which is wild and kind! if this was you, do let me know if you would like your money back

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Grabbed during the steam sale but seeing its creators day, how could I say no to a double dip!

They should remaster The Last of Us 1 every year, just keep doing it until it slowly morphs into something completely different weird and unknowable, give the development team the hellish experience of having to come up with a justification for its existence each time, see what happens