I could never really enter a main stream position in the UK because my opinion on poppies would have me locked up with the key thrown away it seems. A man literally wearing a white one alongside the demanded red poppy that represents a desire for peace is too much for the country to cope apparently.

Kamen Rider Zeztz is really solid I do think it's underutilizing the way subconscious nightmares tie into the monster of the week side characters I think they are trying too hard to subvert what the obvious reasons would be so people who seem super suspicious are no fine actually.

18 player blood on the clocktower? Beat it mate as the Demon.

I was having a really good time with The Outer Worlds 2 until the final mission of the first planet. They basically designed a map you cannot do anything other than fight in, the design means stealth literally isn't going to work and my damage output simply was not there it was frustrating as hell.

I'm glad to see AEW bluesky loves Nixon Newell. Welsh and Gay literally couldn't ask for much more for her to be one of my favourite wrestlers. I hope AEW uses her and Miranda Alize again I mean they fit right into the women's tag teams of queer coded couples being you know a queer couple and all.

Star Trek Voyager Across The Beyond demo was ruddy good. Rough round the edges but it's very promising and very exciting as a game I'll be looking forward to the full game with much anticipation.

Literally forgot it's Kalloween that should give you an idea of my current mental health. Anyway I might watch The Batman again tonight because I want to relive that city atmosphere and it's set at Kalloween so it's a good excuse.

So I am doing my best not to dunk on Welsh National Theatre most days cause it could be good. However what is the point of Michael filming the promo on his phone while a guy with a proper camera is right there filming him?

So my friend simply asked "Why Doctor Who was back without Disney?" and instead of answering that question I've basically typed out every thought I've had about the management of the new era of Who.

So The Chinese Room are perfectly good at making okay games that are set up as sequels to excellent games. So when their much simpler games with less features but an interesting story comes along they are damned because they cannot contest with the experience they are following.

When the Timeless Children dropped I immediately found it fun as a writing exercise to try and follow it up with what I would do next because despite the controversy it at least offered a lot of ideas. Since Russell has taken over the show every single idea that has been presented has been deathly.

New episode of Paper View is up. I have access to the accounts now so our turnaround should be quicker. Keep listening so me and @phoenixforce.bsky.social can justify talking about wreslting. We got to talk about 3 whole women's matches on this card, we had a lot to say. youtu.be/XfjhaQxD9X8?...

Surely it isn't "It's Sting" because he retired it should be "it's Stung" or I guess "It was Stung" Anyway yeah Wrestledream was a bunch, I had other things I was working on while it was on so I'll have to rewatch it.

A demi god is currently destroying all of the area we are in during DnD but we spent the time to play Chain Lightning and freaking dumpstered our opponents the highlight of our campaign so far we will never reach these heights again, killing this demi god is going to be a pain in the arse.

This new Dangonronpa 2 game is going to have to do something really special to justify itself. I think Dangonronpa 2 is one of the best works of fiction, it literally challenged my philosophical point of view and made me change my mind in a way that I hadn't experienced since Waiting For Godot.

Wanna hear about a cool women's wrestling promotion in the UK from maybe its biggest and best fan? Check out Bex's new show they know more about wrestling than I do. As every good joke that has been on my wrestling podcast is all Bex it will be super entertaining and fun.

City of Strays final session now live (of this season) see if we can make it without our city of the lost burning to the ground. www.twitch.tv/haus_of_dreams

Zero-one continues to be freaking wild for all the wrong reasons. There are like glimmers of good ideas but it's constantly undermined by acting like these two CEOs are like fun and not horrific, the next contest is which one of their technologies can save the most people from a fire, fun hijinks 😕

Dynolwaith by Leo Drayton is a great script. I'm so happy to see a trans rep in Welsh that was supported by a trans inclusive production team. I have had my battles with Frân Wen literally over this and I think it's fair to say this time they did the right thing.

Going from Trails In The Sky First chapter remake back to Trail's Through Daybreak 2 Crimson Sin has broke my brain and I just have no idea how to play Daybreak anymore. I can't tell if it's a me thing or that actually Crimson Sin is just too much.

Kamen Rider Zero-one, do you want to watch two CEOs argue over a flower arranging contest for two ruddy episodes.

Trails In The Sky First Chapter remake is a masterpiece and my game of the year. Perfectly adapted and updated with beautiful attention to detail. This was made with love of the original and elevates the game to reach new audiences and for those who have played it before. It's a must play RPG.

Despite enjoying episodes 12 and 13 of Kamen Rider Zero-One they immediately decided to jettison the plot over the next 3 episodes. Like if you had told me that it had a really awkward time filming because of COVID it might make sense but that doesn't happen till way later in the run.

We talked about the Toni Storm match longer than the match, now she isn't champ I don't know how we will sustain the run time of the podcast 🤣 Another mostly hot show from AEW, love chatting about AEW any day of the week.

The newest episode of Paper View, our wrestling review show, is now on YouTube! @theatrekallum.bsky.social and @phoenixforce.bsky.social discuss AEW All Out, and the absolute showstopper that is Timeless Toni Storm www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEdz...

Like if I turn my brain off I am enjoying Kamen Rider Zero-one, the designs are really cool and I really like the jingles and theme song or they are just stuck in my head. It's fine overall so far.

I'll give the Zi-o and Zero Ond crossover movie some credit it does further the character motivation for Hiden via the concepts of Zi-o. It's a mess but one that ultimately focuses on its best idea which is the new protagonist and gives a bunch of context to it all.

Cause I'm a fool and shout factory seems to have sorted out their rights to allow me to watch their content in watching Kamen Rider Zero One which as far as I can tell is a show what if we made ai corporations the good guys. Also the vibe behind this robot workforce is really dodgy.

Some of the overall themes of the Trails series include, the danger of the military and their power, journalism and its necessity to be independent to challenge and uncover the truth and the nature of international relations and the sovereign of nations. Even back in Sky 1 it's all there.

Finally watched Kamen Rider Zeztz first 4 episodes oh this show kinda slaps huh. I will be watching it weekly. It has a fun sense of style and I've been finding it really entertaining.

Hades 2, I've hit credits. It's pretty great. I enjoyed the loop a bit more than Hades 1 and there were some more interesting characters. Yeah great game I'll probably dip a bit into the end game but I've got so much else to play elsewhere 🤣

Chronos? Yeah freaking beat him first time and the second time too. No greater thrill I won't lie than trouncing him twice in a row without failing.

Alice In Borderlands 3 is disappointing. It's not awful. It suffers from really bad pacing and a low episode count. Jettisoning the supporting cast they built up for a new one that doesn't get the time or focus they need to land the hit it wants. The sequel bait is silly and unnecessary.

www.twitch.tv/haus_of_dreams we are live and no one lets us have control of the offical @hausofdreams.bsky.social bluesky so I have to do the promtion. We are back after my actual life collapsed for 2 weeks.

Just completed chapter 1 of Trails In The Sly Chapter 1 (trust me that makes sense) oh my dear Olivier is perfect and I'll miss every second be isn't in the party. I'm glad I had forgotten a bunch of this one, the combat is the right kinda challenge for me so far.

Playing Trails In The Sky First Chapter remake and honestly it's brilliant in so many ways. But I have no memory of Bose outside of the Mayor and her girlfriend. I honestly remembered it being a different city first because I could have sworn the second city of Sky was the one with the bridge.

Death of a fascist creating the fuel to allow them to mask off and pivot harder into doing all their planned fascism quicker and openly. If any of the recent evidence about the shooter is real. Which I'm neither there or here about is unrelated to what they want to and will do in the wake of it.

Adolescence is well shot, well performed fearmongering nonsense from a writer who can look at an issue at society and rather than investigating and interrogating it creates a half coloured children drawing of the idea. Not to mention his cowardice on working with and for bigots uncritically.

What the fuck I am I meant to do if the job I've been spoken to multiple times this year opens no one fucking tells me about it and shuts and I only find out when I email asking when it intents to open like what the fuck am I meant to do I want to throw myself and scream what the fuck

Imagine preparing for months for a job application then finding out you missed the entire window.

My question is, how many fascists have been defeated without violence? And when do they fall? When someone calls for the systematic erasure, violence and killing of minority groups are we expected to wait for them to do it before fighting back? Do we have to wait for everyone else in the world?

Nintendo being given the patent for summoning things to fight for you. It's just wrong. There is already people arguing that well they aren't going to use it, they will use it if their IP or trademark is infringed, guess what there are already laws for that weirdly. What this is an implied threat.

LARP this weekend I'm so excited. I have so much I want to get stuck in with and hopefully nobody tries to kill me because of an article I wrote.

Alien Earth is the best thing in the Alien franchise since Alien. I think it's really good.

Keir Starmer called me and the Green Party "Plastic Progressives." My response:

I'm considering starting up a new blog for critical writing. With a much wider scope than my old one. Because I wanna write about all the video games I play while being unemployed 🤣 I might also write about some theatre to keep my brain active.

Okay so it's been stuck in my head where the hell do all the new random NPC's they have added to Trails IN the Sky Chapter 1 live? Cause like the original game you mostly understood where everyone was living roughly but like now there are way more people and no more houses?

I'm bad at the kind of video game Silksong is so I won't be playing Silksong. I'm sure it's good, brilliant probably. I hope that's okay. I've got lots of other exciting games to play and I'll be screaming about them instead because they won't get 1/5 of the attention Silksong has.

Without Chapter 5 of Trails Through Daybreak honestly I don't think I like it as much. It pushes the series in ways that feel like what the game is building too and it hits like a truck.

I can only deeply apologize if there are pictures of rehearsals for Romeo and Juliet with me in them on stage I was roped into standing in for a missing actor. Great two days observing Theatre Cymru's production. I miss the rehearsal room so much I just wanna get back into a room and make stuff.