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Brendan Hesse

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Deals Editor at GameSpot | DRPG Sicko at The Crawl: http://youtube.com/thecrawl | Other bylines: Lost In Cult, Lifehacker, PopSci, EGM, IGN, Digital Trends | My games: http://the-crawl.itch.io | He/Him (PFP: @alzandah.bsky.social)

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Yeah--they're making Kotor 3 and a new divinity and Geoff and Ms Piggy are hooking up

12.12.2025 01:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I hope they keep the same kotor battle system but it just looks like that.

12.12.2025 01:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

WHAT

12.12.2025 01:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It'll either come out in eight months or twelve years and there's no in between.

12.12.2025 01:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 155    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

does a 1993 remake of a 1988 game count?

12.12.2025 01:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image Post image Story artwork from Skald: Against the Black Priory

Story artwork from Skald: Against the Black Priory

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Looking for some #pixelart ? You found it!

10.12.2025 15:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1818    ๐Ÿ” 356    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

Yeah the creek across the street that notoriously floods every few years is uh... pretty high rn

11.12.2025 00:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy birthday!

10.12.2025 21:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Crossing off three bucket list items at once thanks to @frankcifaldi.bsky.social:

- Designing a logo and packaging for a published video game.
- Designing a logo and packaging for a published NES game.
- Designing a logo for something published with an "X" in the title.

10.12.2025 19:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 140    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Do you like it when humans make games? I sure do!

Learn more about games made by humans here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nCX...

10.12.2025 18:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It Starts With One โ€“ Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake This article contains spoilers for Dragon Quest I, II, and III in both their original and HD-2D Remake forms. It is worth noting that these new remakes have plenty of additional narrative with new โ€ฆ

NEW BLOG POST: Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake is a very different experience from the original games, and shouldn't even be considered a replacement for them.

pixpen.co.uk/2025/12/10/i...

10.12.2025 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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โœจPocketoid 240 is HERE!โœจ

Reviews and impressions lots of new games! Metroid Prime 4, Neon Inferno, Pokemon Lazarus, Dispatch, and a BIG review of our complicated relationship with Demonschool! Enjoy!!

LISTEN: www.pocketoidpodcast.com/2025/12/pock...
SUBSCRIBE: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

10.12.2025 17:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

same

10.12.2025 17:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also I know my posts about this game have been neutral-to-positive observations of specific elements, but I am just holding back my holistic appraisals until after I'm done.

The Final Take has been fomenting for a few hours, though.

10.12.2025 17:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've rarely had that happen bc I would routinely go back to each zone after getting a new ability and check my markers for anything remaining.

10.12.2025 17:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm still not done with Prime 4 (nearing the end!) but just checking in to say that you can discover and complete some objectives before you're ever prompted to, just by exploring a lot btwn zones (bc that's what I did). Which is expected in Metroid ofc, but tbh the game's structure made me wonder.

10.12.2025 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is the second-best piece of video game news this year (just behind confirmation FFXI will be getting new zones)

10.12.2025 16:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Strapped Winter Playlist: Nataanii Means, Rachel Bochner, Suzzallo, and Infinite Coles Winter always feels haunted. Itโ€™s cold and dark out, and in the Pacific Northwest,ย wet. Thereโ€™s something mournful about it. Bruised. It gets cold here, but not the kind of cold it gets elsewhere in t...

I love this season but Iโ€™m so sick of holiday music. So here are some albums that feel cozy, warm, and wintery to me without any of that department store jingle jangle.

10.12.2025 16:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Decided to extend time as I will be extremely busy in January and February.

Head portrait: $25
Mecha: $85
Full art: $65
Black and white sketch: $40
PayPal supported

#commissions #art #metalgearsolid

ko-fi.com/alzandah/com...

07.12.2025 14:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 282    ๐Ÿ” 90    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Ruina - Fairy Tale Of The Forgotten Ruins : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive This is an archive of the 2008 freeware game Ruina: Fairy Tale of the Forgotten Ruins (Ruina ๅปƒ้ƒฝใฎ็‰ฉ่ชž) by Shoukichi Karekusa (ๆžฏ่‰็ซ ๅ‰) as the...

ruina: fairy tale of the forgotten ruins. it's ruina: fairy tale of the forgotten ruins! what did you expect me to say

09.12.2025 23:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

SO good

09.12.2025 21:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

anyway, I am looking forward to the Busin 0 fan patch.

09.12.2025 21:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I said it in my Wizardry retrospective, but TotFL and Wiz8 both launched in 2001 and imo TotFL clears Wiz8 (Wiz8 still rules, tho, and was directed by the GOAT Brenda Romero. I'm just a mark for grid-based DRPGs over free-roam blobbers).

09.12.2025 21:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I second this! Forsaken Land is a top 3 Wizardry imo. Its dungeon designs are very cool, and unlike most other DRPGs, they're fully modeled environments, which is neat. Battle pacing can be slower than I prefer from DRPGs, but not bad.

Also, Terada's art is second only to Sumei's imo.

09.12.2025 21:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Sheryl Lee as Laura Palmer in Fire Walk With Me

Sheryl Lee as Laura Palmer in Fire Walk With Me

Aerith Gainsborough from the original Final Fantasy VII with her hands clasped together

Aerith Gainsborough from the original Final Fantasy VII with her hands clasped together

EVA Unit 01 from Neon Genesis Evangelion with her mechanical mouth open, teeth exposed

EVA Unit 01 from Neon Genesis Evangelion with her mechanical mouth open, teeth exposed

Denji from Chainsaw Man

Denji from Chainsaw Man

there are Laura Palmers everywhere for those with the eyes to see

21.01.2025 16:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 585    ๐Ÿ” 170    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

๐Ÿ˜ญโค๏ธ

09.12.2025 19:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

it 100% is :D

09.12.2025 19:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Tim Reaper, Mantra & Deceibella // 3.5-hour B2B ~ UK Garage / Jungle / D&B
YouTube video by Planet Wax Tim Reaper, Mantra & Deceibella // 3.5-hour B2B ~ UK Garage / Jungle / D&B

youtu.be/R_SuWKJ2GTo

Here's the big one, for Jungle Sunday's #DJSPOTLIGHT we got a whopping 3ยฝ hours of Jungle, UK Garage and Drum & Bass from Future Retro London's Tim Reaper, DJs Mantra and Deceibella over at the Planet Wax booth.

Enjoy, shares appreciated!

Cheers. More Wednesday & Friday. ๐Ÿ’š๐ŸŒป

07.12.2025 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

NO MICKY SHE'S PART OF THE LA LI LU LE LO

07.12.2025 02:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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