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I've been writing for Hardcore Gamer since its first issue in 2005, which may be a long time to do anything but it hasn't gotten boring yet. james (at) hardcoregamer (dot) com

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Pretty sure it's casu martzu sloshing and crawling around his skull.

20.02.2026 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is 100% true and you need to go to the store page and click on the publisher to understand why.

20.02.2026 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can't wait! I ended up dropping out of the later playtests so that when the full game came out I could play properly without it feeling like reruns. It can be really hard to write up a game when it's become overly familiar, but now it's been long enough I can look forward to Modulus 1.0.

20.02.2026 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Somewhat less regal!

16.02.2026 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Regal!

16.02.2026 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Steam as a service is fantastic, couldn't be happier with it. Steam as a platform giving voice to its audience is a shitshow, and we're well past pretending it stems from some kind of ivory tower "all views are valid" perspective.

It's good to see Valve's open sewer getting some wider attention.

16.02.2026 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Watched an anime with the "You betrayed me because you care and that makes my heart of utter purity so happy!" trope and have these people who claim to be writers ever met a single actual human being?

16.02.2026 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like I walked right into that one.

16.02.2026 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But fluffy, for a not-a-dog.

15.02.2026 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Golden Bear - Wikipedia

Can't help but wonder what the list of winners of the Berlin International Film Festival might indicate about the truth of that "politics out of art" statement.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_...

14.02.2026 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I can accept sci-fi automation, swords and magic-like arts, monsters and regenerating landbreakers, and all the rest that goes along with a videogame being a videogame. Suspension of belief only goes so far, though.

(From Arknights: Endfield. The story isn't trying to be sarcastic here.)

14.02.2026 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is also true for muppets, and I'd absolutely be there for A Nightmare on Muppet Street.

14.02.2026 04:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cartoon: If anyone in Chicago knows this school or an anti ICE organization affiliated with them I would be happy to donate this art. I only wish I could have fully Sal Buscema-ed that punch :)

14.02.2026 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 22159    πŸ” 5869    πŸ’¬ 168    πŸ“Œ 121

This warms me deep in my bones, and gives me hope.

14.02.2026 03:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just tried to watch the new Legacy of Kain trailer and sorry, vampires are now and will always be ticks dressed up with pretention and a goth wardrobe.

13.02.2026 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sequels I want to see in Sony's State of Play-

Tokyo Jungle 2
LocoRoco 3
New Fumito Ueda game
Astro's ____________
Ape Escape Returns
Gravity Rush 3

I'd put Bloodborne Remastered on here but I'm trying to keep it within the bounds of reason.

12.02.2026 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Neat-looking demos I've downloaded from Steam the last two days-

Mycofall
I Am Rock
Phonopolis
Kill Cast
Flipper of Eridanus
Fractaloid Attacks!

Neat-looking demos I've actually got time to play-

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12.02.2026 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone remember when The Emperor's New Clothes was a neat life lesson, back when they were 8 years old or so? Good times, good times.

How do we live in a world where The Emperor's New Clothes has somehow become a biting satire of current events?

12.02.2026 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake." seems like good advice here.

10.02.2026 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Australia Did It: Fusing Units, Genres in the Atlantic Wasteland The trains need to be protected by a squad of gunners from a huge variety of classes, each more powerful than the last, fighting in turn-based battles

Trains running across the Atlantic wasteland besieged by the hordes of chaos, not defeated but only held off by mercenaries who fuse into new, more powerful forms in turn-based combat with a side of reverse bullet hell. Yep, sounds about right. @australiadidit.gg

hardcoregamer.com/australia-di...

10.02.2026 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Point of order- there is no such thing as a fuck-proof bed. I prefer to think of them as fuck-deterrent.

10.02.2026 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm supposed to be working right now but @adamatomic.bsky.social isn't helping!

adamatomic.itch.io/kolydr

10.02.2026 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ok, now I can put it up for the morning!

10.02.2026 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Getting there.

10.02.2026 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Well that's just absolutely excellent! :D

09.02.2026 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Me neither! I'd take it on faith everything was fine, but I've been hearing for years that in the GBA/DS/3DS market the cartridges are really easy to bootleg, and Amazon sellers are roulette on getting a real copy or not. I figure a retail store will have better odds.

09.02.2026 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I checked a price guide and it’s not that bad, I probably just had bad timing. I’d order it online but I’m trying to avoid a bootleg copy.

08.02.2026 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Bah, no luck! Still Sprit Tracks-less.

08.02.2026 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Off on adventures today. If the videogame store in Salem MA has Zelda: Spirit Tracks for anything like a non-ridiculous price, I’m getting it.

08.02.2026 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I do not know you well enough to make the obvious β€œyour mom” joke this post so desperately needs.

08.02.2026 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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