Lunar: Silver Star Story ✅ Oozing with charm ✅ Fun, traditional turn-based combat system ✅ Stellar OST ✅ Likable characters with tons of personality ❌ Story is maybe *too* simplistic ❌ Lacks some build-up that could’ve benefited its character arcs and plot 8.5 / 10

Lunar: Silver Star Story is so good. I really love this game. It’s a little simplistic in some areas, but it feels classic in a way that other games don’t. It’s like I’m being hit by immense nostalgia despite never playing this series before.

Lunar is incredibly cozy and charming so far. Loving my time with it!

Starting Lunar: Silver Star Story today! I’ve wanted to play the Lunar games since I was kid, but never had the opportunity. Not sure why it took me this long to buy the remasters, but I’m excited!

Pokémon White 2 ✅ A fresh journey through one of the best regions ✅ Great balance of approachability and difficulty ✅ Fantastic cast of Pokémon ❌ Story felt rushed (probably required more recent context of prior games) ❌ Arc resolutions felt unfinished for most characters / groups 8.5 / 10

Pokopia ended up getting real tiring pretty quickly for me. I was fully addicted for a whole day and then it completely wore off the next. I think it’s because the tasks in each area felt repetitive and the dopamine hit of getting a new Pokémon just got tired. Love the creative freedom, tho.

Addicted to Pokopia

I’m in Pokémon overdrive now playing White 2 and Pokopia!

Excited for Pokémon Pokopia today : )

Having a great time playing Pokémon White 2! It’s one of the only mainline games I haven’t played, but I’ve always really enjoyed the Unova region and the original Black / White games. Picked Snivy as my starter because Serperior is GOATed!

So badly wish this released initially on all platforms. I would’ve loved to get trophies for this game.

Astalon: Tears of the Earth ✅ Beautiful 8-bit aesthetic ✅ Charming character writing & interesting world-building ✅ Well-hidden, fun to explore paths & tower design ❌ Too much backtracking after death ❌ Characters feel a bit too imbalanced 8 / 10

Feel like this is ‘too little too late’ since everyone can so easily emulate these games on their phones now. Still cool, I guess, but then also annoying these won’t be part of the GameBoy Advance Collection with the Switch Online subscription. Nintendo’s gonna Nintendo. 🤷🏻

70th Platinum Trophy btw

My three favorite Zelda games, in no particular order: - Ocarina of Time - A Link Between Worlds - A Link to the Past

Nioh 3 ✅ One of the best combat systems in gaming ✅ Strong level design ✅ Every weapon has significant depth ✅ Thrilling boss encounters ❌ Story is nonsense and boring ❌ First dozen or so hours are poorly paced ❌ Open world design has some diminishing returns 8.5 / 10

This looks so much better than I imagined. Can’t wait to play it sometime.

Things did in fact change! Near the end of the first era, the difficulty ramped up quite a bit and it’s maintained that pace into the second era. I’m intentionally keeping myself underleveled a bit. But I’m having a much better time now in Nioh 3!

Nioh 3 has such a massive problem with its difficulty and progression pacing. These issues go in tandem, but are also troublesome independently. If you go off the beaten path *at all* you’re gonna get overleveled. Which is a problem as it makes the enemy encounters trivial.

That was certainly a Partner Direct.

After playing like, 3 hours of the demo, I’m really worried about Nioh 3’s lack of difficulty. Not all games need to be hard, but difficulty is part of Nioh’s DNA and what makes it special for me. This demo has been *extremely* easy compared to the opening hours of Nioh 2.

Gonna drop Sly 2: Band of Thieves. I was using it as my ‘game to play before Nioh 3’, but I’m just not vibing with it and don’t have the motivation to finish it before Nioh 3 launches.

New marriage candidates *and* children are going to be “more interesting”. Excited to finally start up a new farm when 1.7 releases!

why can’t people just be real and normal

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth ✅ Hawaii is a great new location ✅ Side content is engaging ✅ Refined turn-based combat system ✅ Really special Kiryu content for longtime Yakuza fans ❌ Storytelling is very sloppy ❌ Some significant pacing issues 8 / 10

I was a bit mixed early on in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, but I’ve been loving it more as it goes. The Kiryu content is especially great as someone who has played the entire series. Overall, it feels a bit bloated and pacing can be all over the place. But it hits hard in a lot of areas too.

Giving Fable an “Autumn 2026” release window is interesting. I assume it’s tentative and depends a lot on whatever GTA VI ends up doing.

Fable looks incredible. And on PlayStation day one. Can’t wait.

Extremely sad and bothersome. It’s been expected for a while once Ubisoft split their gaming divisions up a while back. Anything that isn’t Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, or Rainbow 6 is in danger and every employee not in those sections should be worried about their job.

The college team I’ve been a fan of since birth. Always an embarrassment in football. They just won the College Football National Championship. Go Fucking Hoosiers.

The college team I’ve been a fan of since birth. Always an embarrassment in football. They just won the College Football National Championship. Go Fucking Hoosiers.

Arguably the coolest anyone has ever looked

I’m typically not a big fan of roguelikes. I often find them to be repetitive and dissatisfying. Spelunky breaks that for me with its emergent gameplay and sense of progression. Nearly every run feels like it has a different story. Best roguelike I’ve ever played. Although the pool is small.

Spelunky ✅ Tight, precise controls ✅ Extremely difficult, but almost always fair ✅ Emergent gameplay keeps runs from feeling too samey ✅ Satisfying progression of your own ability ❌ Could use a larger variety of items ❌ Not a ton of in-game motivation for exploring secret routes 9 / 10

Man, this looks good

It’ll be interesting to see if this trend continues. Switch 2 had the biggest console launch *ever*. But that’s mostly from the Nintendo loyal base and bigger gaming enthusiasts. Now that those people have the console, idk if more casual consumers will find much worth in it yet.

Please, just release one of them already.

Fez ✅ Beautiful pixel art presentation ✅ Some truly ingenious puzzle design ✅ Shifting perspectives stays consistently mesmerizing ❌ Some of the deeper puzzles are too complex or gimmicky ❌ Backtracking can get confusing 8 / 10

Started Fez today and my stupid little pea-brain hurts!

Trying to find more indie games that give you an incredible sense of discovery. Games like Tunic, Blue Prince, Animal Well, Outer Wilds, etc. But having a hard time finding more than just the same 5 or so games. Is the pool of games like this really that small? 😭

he’s right

I have just one game left to play in UFO 50. I don’t want it to end. 🥹

Every game I finished in 2025 ranked. It was a great year of gaming for me!

Gave my brother a Sega DreamCast for Christmas 🎅🏼🎮🎄

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My main annoyance with this is that we’ve known about Expedition 33’s use of Gen-AI for placeholders and whatnot for months. Sandfall has always been open about it. The Indie Game Awards knew too. They’re only reacting now because of the current Larian AI debacle and conversation.

Pikmin 3 Deluxe ✅ Intuitive environmental level design ✅ New Pikmin variations are great ✅ Creatively charming all-around ✅ QoL additions polish the formula ❌ Stockpiling juice becomes trivial quickly ❌ Collectibles aren’t as fun as in prior Pikmin games ❌ Final mission is a bit annoying 8 / 10

Final Fantasy XIII is, and always was, a good video game.

Arc Raiders ✅ Proximity chat encounters are consistently unpredictable ✅ Arc AI is impressive ✅ Audio design is top notch ✅ Gorgeous, well-designed maps ❌ Gameplay loop isn’t satisfying enough ❌ Lacking meaningful sense of progression ❌ Inventory management between runs gets very tedious 7.5 / 10

They made me watch two pigs eat a bunch of vomit coming from a dude’s mouth.