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He/him | Game reviewer, enjoyer & collector | Local land cephalopod doing his best 🐙
Sometimes they overprice stuff ridiculously, other times situations like this happens 😆
08.12.2025 02:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Was smiled down upon by the Half Price Books gods today 😭 The King’s Quest box is pretty beat up, but it’s all there with all the inserts (even the hint book which was a cool surprise). Shadow of the Comet I’ve wanted to play through for ages - looks like now I have no excuse!
08.12.2025 01:05 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Planescape: Torment (1999)
06.12.2025 14:01 — 👍 57 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 3
One of my favorite series got a new entry at last - and my copy just arrived in the mail! If anyone needs me, I’ll be on Viewros.
05.12.2025 20:51 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My Gabriel Knight 8bit Platformer "Schattenjäger" is now available to play/download for free on #itchio 😄
tim-rachor.itch.io/schattenjaeger
#indiegames #platformer
If I had a nickel for every time I’ve played a game released in 2025 that directly references Rule of Rose, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.
24.11.2025 19:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Ripped the bandaid off and started Vampire the Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 tonight. And after the first few hours it’s genuinely… fine? More an immersive sim than an RPG, but the writing is solid so far even if the combat is sub par. Doesn’t come close to the original, but still fun for what it is.
22.11.2025 06:41 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Fair - makes me excited for whatever their next project is with how successful Dispatch has been both critically and commercially. Hopefully they’ll take their time with it and won’t go down the same spiral Telltale did with the overwhelming release schedule in their later years 😅
22.11.2025 02:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I thought the writing was on par with The Wolf Among Us and Tales from the Borderlands. Overall I was incredibly impressed by it, but I wish there were more variations in where the story goes based off how well you perform (dispatching, QTE, hacking, etc.)
22.11.2025 02:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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My full review for Dispatch, the debut title from @adhocstudio.com has been unleashed at @aghotspot.bsky.social! To find out why this is a phenomenal superhero comedy adventure you won’t want to miss, check out the full review!
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Microsoft Open Sources Zork Trilogy Code, Preserving Gaming History
#Microsoft #Activision #Zork #OpenSource #Gaming #Xbox #RetroGaming #GameDev #TechNews #DigitalPreservation #PCGaming
Big announcement. Find all the details from the developer himself. Ben Chandler aims to make us feel Gilt adventuregamehotspot.com/interview/55...
@benchandler.bsky.social
@wadjeteyegames.bsky.social
#indiegame #adventuregame
*me seeing all the AdventureX posts*
Someday I’ll be able to make it over to London - looking forward to reading/watching all the coverage as it comes out though!
Adventure: Foolish Mortals, with shoutouts to Old Skies and The Drifter
This year has been absolutely incredible for adventure games, and even still Foolish Mortals comes out on top for me. A true love letter to the genre and a stunning achievement!
Action: Hotel Barcelona, with a shoutout to South of Midnight
Sometimes, I just like some good dumb fun - especially with B horror schlock. Hotel Barcelona isn’t a great game, but it’s a definite guilty pleasure and one that adheres to my weird tastes in nonsensical horror.
Horror: Bye Sweet Carole, with shoutouts to The Midnight Walk and Silent Hill f
A true spiritual sequel to the original Clock Tower, Bye Sweet Carole is a love letter to old school horror that cannot be missed!
Racing: Sonic Racing Crossworlds, with a shoutout to Mario Kart World
I’ll be honest, I wasn’t sure if Crossworlds would be able to meet my expectations of a follow-up to the incredible All Star Racing Transformed. Somehow, they did it - not only is it fast and fun, it’s packed with stuff to do!
Platformer: Donkey Kong Bananza
I don’t play many platformers, but I have a soft spot for great 3D collect-a-thons and a lot of nostalgia for the old Rareware era of Donkey Kong games. Bananza does this while weaving in beat-em-up elements and world traversal unlike anything I’ve seen before.
RPG: Look Outside, with shoutouts to Cabernet, Stray Children, and Expedition 33
A game that combines my loves of cosmic horror, dark humor, gorgeous pixel art, and fascinating lore - and it only got better with each update pushed out.
With the Game Awards announcing all of their picks for the best of the year, I figured I’d start posting some of my own picks for my favorite games of 2025. Sorted out by categories I’ve played:
Adventure
RPG
Platformer
Racing
Horror
Action
Started playing Stray Children and The Seance of Blake Manor this past week - how am I seeing so little buzz about these masterpieces?? I haven’t gotten to the end in either (about 3 hours each) but they’re both incredible so far and more people need to check them out!
18.11.2025 17:51 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
clippy drawing that reads "have you considered using your brain instead of asking chatgpt?"
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#art
leave it up to trans people for preserving game history properly www.videogamer.com/news/fallout...
03.05.2025 23:18 — 👍 1790 🔁 727 💬 15 📌 38
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My review for the absolutely horrific No, I’m Not a Human is up at @aghotspot.bsky.social! Go check out if this cosmic nightmare is for you, and keep an eye out for Visitors 👁️
Thank you for everything Becky, your are an absolute legend.
17.11.2025 06:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This looks crazy cool! Keeping an eye on this one for sure.
13.11.2025 19:50 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Old”er” Skies? 🤔
13.11.2025 19:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Had to test out the new sweet CD-ROM drive on the family desktop! To this day Myst is the only game I ever convinced my dad to play (even if we could never beat it back then).
11.11.2025 21:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
the simple genius of the comedically long breakfast table in Deadly Premonition
07.11.2025 15:30 — 👍 144 🔁 28 💬 4 📌 1
