Having just cleared this... a-fucking-men

Out of the blue, remembered this video I made out of an @aynrandy.boontavista.com tweet and thought I'd bring it over here

@pitohui.org ya got me

This is the main menu for the PS3 game I'm playing tonight. I'll let you know how it goes.

Excited to get this vibe from the great King Wart in the new Mario movie www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY71...

It feels like the movie scenes AI bros generate are almost always just “what if this IP meets this other IP.” No new concepts or stories. No new world to discover. It almost feels like the ‘00s when companies released games with level designers and everyone just recreated Super Mario Bros. level 1-1

i often think about this review

Mega Man 4's antagonist Dr Cossack obviously has a dumb name but god, what a vibe

Fired up RE2 remake for the first time. Holy piss am I jangled. Straight up mewing and dreading what else will slash me. Leon mate, I dunno if we're making it outta this one.

The subject of the Babe speedrunning article I wrote has lovely new music out as part of their great band Dr Spaceman. Please enjoy.

If you've never heard the soundtrack for this 2001 PS1 game starring Ralph Wolf, ya gotta. aftermath.site/sheep-dog-wolf...

have just a little bit more space!! 😎

damn

It's them

ZELDA II: THE ADVENTURES OF LINK NINTENDO 1988 NES

Their uncle directed the hit movie Babe, but they hold the world record for its video game tie-in aftermath.site/babe-noonan-vi...

My first ever bit of games writing is live on @aftermath.site. It's a winsome tale about my funny friend @xavierrn.bsky.social and their quest for the speedrun world record on Babe for PS2, a game based on the movie their uncle directed. Please enjoy: aftermath.site/babe-noonan-...

I'm two chapters in on The Drifter as part of a monthly adventure game club my mates and I are putting on this year. It'll be good for variety's sake to play games that *aren't* LucasArts-y dialogue and item-heavy puzzlers, but when they come along and hit... sure feels good, man

RIP SXSW Sydney. Here's Chance the Rapper very unexcitedly announcing his arrival at the city's gamer bar

it couldn’t be more simple. making things is fun. to hand over the joy of the process of creation to AI is to submit fully to the logic of capital. i am hilariously unproductive and un-prolific, but i enjoy making things, and people enjoy the things i make. i would not trade this for anything.

1997 Konami PlayStation Software Line-up (Lightning Legend, Breeding Stud: Bokujou de Aimashou, Henry Explorers, Akumajou Dracula X: Gekka no Yasoukyoku, Tokimeki Memorial Selection: Fujisaki Shiori, Contra: Legacy of War [unreleased], Paro Wars, etc.) / Print ad / Konami / 1997

Despelote's fifth trailer a) is great and b) made me sad: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MXK...

that humble little crocodile has returned

Alrighty

Game Boy cake / Print ad / Sainsbury's / 1993

Everyone should get to experience the Silent Hill (1999) cast credits/bloopers in their lifetime youtu.be/JZgzec6tSsI?...

I'm much less confident after its latest update that DISPATCH is going the places I hoped a superhuman resource management sim might. Then again, it's not just that - it's a budding Critical Role franchise making the same moral tradeoffs Marvel has done for years. Curious how it ends, at least.

"Find me a decent Glen Powell face pic for the thumbnail. Real intensity. Nothing goofy" "You got it"

I'm gonna say Bionic Commando '09. Stupid, silly game, but I was morbidly fascinated bsky.app/profile/lexl...

Reconnect Recommends: Splash page from an official 1992 Japanese guide for Super Mario Land 2. #gaming #videogames

Helped my brother buy a new car today and this was the only decoration the salesman had on the desk.

I regularly think about the extraordinarily weird retro section of Sydney's one and only EB Expo, and I made a list of the games that were there backloggd.com/u/DaleBastio...

Funniest moment from when I played Baby Steps tonight

Wonderful game

Playing through the Zeldas in release order and I've hit my outright new favourite with no 5, Link's Awakening. Many have sung its praises, but it surprised me how even Link to the Past felt like a dry run for how much more effective this was in narrative and design.

Alex does good shit that I can't imagine anyone else doing. Well worth your time.

Simple... MCG RPG

Needed a name for my Dragon Quest 8 monster squad, so I took it from a banner ad in my browser

Crash Bandicoot and Spyro are locked in the ABK dungeons. In their place, two unlikely retro platformer banner-holders rise

Played (the PS3 remaster of) this recently. I can't say that it managed to "take over my life" but it's a very, very pleasant experience and a nice way to furnish my armchair-critic bona fides.

My extremely dumb film nerd wish is that this got 25 sequels for the other letters in the alphabet

Action for Australian folks: register a concern about Collective Shout's wrongful listing as a charity, do so on the Australian Charity and Non-Profit Commission website Collective shout's profile + ABN: www.acnc.gov.au/charity/char... Raise a concern with the ACNC: www.acnc.gov.au/raise-concern

If you're watching Splitgate 2's bust-out with fascination, I can't recommend Kyle Bosman's recap of its baffling pre-launch app/lore enough (from 11:38) youtu.be/iiWK-8Ll1fw?...

I am playing Anthem (2019). Poor sweet Anthem (2019). I think I'm going to enjoy your Sega CD-ass first-person cutscenes.

Can thoroughly recommend solo Peak + Death Stranding OST, just for everyone's info

You bet your ass I will, Alex