MERVYN JONES 💽👁️🌕

sick as fuck friday

The web sucks today, Tenchi Universe save me

~You move just like angel!!~

YouTube video by tespia - Topic eternity (move just like an angel)

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~You move just like angel!!~

Godly lineup this week, still waiting on friends to come over for a Perfect Blue rewatch too. Last week we even fit in Pulse, and Kinki TWICE

Perfect Blue wip, obviously

My spread from the newsletter zine back when the magazine formatting was still a little green, if anyone needs a push to idk emulate the ps3 version instead of supporting rgg

I really hope the Yakuza Kiwami 3 shit doesn't have people skip 3 altogether, because that's my favorite in the series so far and it already seems to have been downtrodden since the Kiwamis were taking all the attention leading into the new entries

I need to get back into Arena casually, that was a good time

Oh my god

There are a few notable things in P3, for example, that betrayed me especially hard coming off the original story, with the game fully knowing what my expectations were and working to subvert them in some really interesting ways even with the "undo button" mechanic, which I really loved

They all work in harmony, there are subtle changes that impacted my broader read of the world and make it clear they're not intended to be replacements (hence labelling themselves sequels), but they stay close enough to the og stories to work standalone as well, if you're a more casual enjoyer!

Oh shit! I loved it, I think it's a perfect parallel to Disco and I really respect how antagonistic it is to the audience both in how it lays out its narrative and how hopeless its atmosphere is. It reminded me of my time with The Last Policeman, but a bit more artistically minded and self-aware

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This month's newsletter is up for free, featuring a 3-page review of Pathologic 3, marking the first time I've written about my favorite series, plus a ton of new art, several book reviews (Sacred & Terrible Air, Cosmos, Invisible Cities), and a list of 12 new and upcoming indies :))

Oh my god ..

It makes me wonder if sites need to be clearer in outlining the intent and direct algorithmic outcome of reviews, or if that even matters when customers aren't aiming for critical thought in the first place

On the same wavelength, I think a lot about review etiquette on storefronts for books and DVDs, and how strange it is to see negative reviews not because the product itself was flawed, but because someone disliked the plot

Oh my god I love you

If nobody got me Pulse (2001) still got me

"Mary's sick? Bitch so am I" ass movie

Return to Silent Hill Mary Full Name Reveal took a year off my life, Christophe Gans really thought he was writing with fire with that shit

I only wish it weren't so!!!

Among the lineup is one with a bunch of guys in SWAT gear huddled behind a wall with an unaware civilian approaching, and bold text saying "'WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?' SMOKE THIS MOTHERFUCKER!!" and I thought it was so dumb, but now I feel like that's something they'd actually say

I had this mundane cop horror series planned out a while ago, but ever since I started it things have just been getting worse, and now I don't know if I want to go back. Anyways fuck ICE this is beyond the point of satire now

YouTube video by Jellyghost 2025 IN REVIEW: Exploring the Year’s Underappreciated Art

I finally finished my year in review piece, highlighting as much as I can across films, books, and games that you might have missed!
Fair warning, it's 2.5 hours, that's completely my bad I'm sorry

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfcR...

sticker sheet full of Toro Inoue dressed up in various Playstation outfits, ft. Parappa the Rapper, Sackboy from Little Big Planet, Ape Escape, Vib RIbbon, the boy from Ico, low poly, Hatsune Miku, a shibito from Siren, Wander and a colossus from Shadow of the Colossus, Kratos from God of War, Snake and Old Snake from Metal Gear Solid 1+4, Heather from Silent Hill 3, Hunter from Bloodborne

Missing Toro Inoue this holiday season

...so I dressed him up in little outfits and printed him on sticker sheets

Truly unbeatable when the temps clash and you get that nice fog and some grass is showing through the snow, and the crows are noisy...

Black bird sitting on an ivy-covered telephone pole while snow comes down

Reminiscing about that first snow of the year with the big chunky snowflakes