it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world

What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things

Here's my completed video games unwrapped for 2025: Alan Wake 2 Astrobot* Cabernet* Black Myth Wukong Elden Ring SOTE Expedition 33* Flintlock Indiana Jones Circle Silksong South of Midnight Split Fiction* *Played with my family A good gaming year, albiet a short list, but A+ quality, mostly.

Just finished watching Devin Townsend performing another of his live stream concerts. This time, a tongue-in-cheek Xmas themed show. It was so much fun! Covers of Elvis, Wham. A fantastic palette cleanser as we all eagerly await the imminent release his next album, 10+ years in the making: The Moth.

Just finished Flintlock: Siege of Dawn. Lots of potential, some good fun to be had. I would rate it 7.5/10 (marks lost for cringe voice acting, derivative story, bad audio). I further deduct half point for utter garbage final boss. Janky AF. Overall a mid game score of 7/10. A missed opportunity.

Will Bluesky ban Patton around Christmas? 🤔

Silksong. Peak gaming. Feeling relieved and a bit sad that I've just finished it. More a sense of calm than the exhilaration I expected. A tough slog at times. (TBF, I do have the calcified reactions of a 53 year old man). Rating: 9.5/10 On to either Ghost of Yotei or Hades 2.

Gaming sequels in 2025: working thru Silksong as best I can, patiently waiting for 1.0 of Hades 2 (toe dipped in, then out). Temporarily parked Alan Wake 2 because Silksong. Anxiety of getting through all this before Ghost of Yotei in a few weeks. 1st world video game problems 2025, gah!

Really enjoying Silksong, but feeling really guilty playing on free PC gamepass sub. Will deffo purchase physical release if/when available

Just finished my time with Black Myth Wukong on PS5. A fun game! Whether it is a souls-lite or ARPG is moot, IMO. A mix of both. Good QoL features, but a lack of risk/reward jeopardy. Got stuck on Yellow Ridge RT, Erlang and final boss, but I persevered! 9/10 rating

Mary Robinson: Let the Madleen reach Gaza. Let this small ship carry the weight of global conscience. Let it land in peace.

5 years ago, @bylinetimes.bsky.social news site received 5m referrals from Facebook and Twitter. Last year, after it was turned into a vortex of hate, X referrals down to 1m News links in Facebook so downgraded that they have collapsed to 100,000 #BigTechFightBack subscribe.bylinetimes.com/six/

God, can you imagine? He'd fill the Vatican with gaudy kitsch and make it a hub for sexual assault, a place organised crime go to launder money.

Just finished Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree. So many mixed emotions after 300+ hours. An utterly mesmerising and compelling experience for the most part. The DLC non-ending though: after spending the last 3 days being ganked on by Consort Radahn, it ends like that?!? So terribly vexed...

“Musk is killing Tesla. His lack of integrity, lack of internal consistency, and deeply fascistic leanings are now on full display for the world to see. And the world has responded by violently throwing up in their mouths.”

What an embarrassment

Just had this fancy vegan steak from ultra fancy Aldi. Looking at it cooking I thought it was going to be a bust, but by the last mouthful we were completely sold. Definitely would again.

Indiana Jones is undoubtedly an excellent game, but it’s not without considerable problems vis-a-vis post end-game achievement farming. So many janky bugs… 85/100 from me

Wikipedia is useful. Musk and other power-hungry, wealthy people want to enclose it to limit the free and useful information it provides. Donate to help keep it going.

Use a list as a feed: — Click on the three dots in the top right of your list. — Select “Add to your feeds”. — Then click on “Pin” next to the three dots at the top. This will make the list visible as a separate feed in your timeline.

My games Backlog is SO big, gah! And with recent XBox Gamepass releases, my Nowlog is starting to bloat. Dont get me started on my upcoming Xmas Frontlog... 🎮

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A lot of AOCs appeal is simply the contrast of wondering why she (rightfully) gets pissed off about stuff but hardly any other elected official in the party does

F1 driver Yuki Tsunoda interrogated in pyjamas by US border officials

Just started Chapter X in Lies of P. The Walker of Illusions mini-boss was such a PITA! I really got punished for my main weakness; a lack of patience (and skill). 3 toughest fights for me - so far - were; 1. Illusions 2. Bishop 3. Green monster This is likely to change as I reach the end-game 😱

Hi! Im an ole timey gamer. Been playing video games since 1980. (Yep, me old). Single-player PC / PS / XBox / Wii, different genres. Working through my backlog, à la Sisyphus. (I do other stuff as well, but on BlueSky I'd like to chat about games only.) Playing right now: Lies of P 🎮

A missile struck a nine-story apartment building in Ukraine’s Sumy, killing 10 people, including a nine-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl, city authorities reported.

There's a "+" next to the language when composing a post, so when you hit the limit, you can just click that to add a threaded post, and then post them all at once. A lot of people don't seem to realize this. But it's right there, I've used it, and it works.

Found this super useful mid-migration (and I was only ever super low-key on the other side). Thanks @kellyscaletta.bsky.social 🙏

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