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Silent Hill f delivers a compelling and creepy horror experience, with unique enemies and environments that feel smartly focused on telling Hinako's story. - @jamesthecarr.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/09/sile...

Silent Hill f is haunting, captivating, and probably my favorite game of 2025 🖤 www.gamespot.com/reviews/sile...

Ahahah holy shit

Bro, you made an entire game about how people who put up the pretense of honor are not themselves honorable people, and sometimes you gotta kill a man to free the people. And I was waiting for the sequel, but not so much now

There is an entire generation for whom the Halo theme song is our collective Winter Soldier activation sound. As soon as those violins kick in after the monk chants, it's time to lock tf in.

lmao

surely this is the year the dolphins turn it around

the preview I attended started with a presentation that was mostly focused on the real world politics of the soviet occupation of Poland, the entire concept of the game is political and the story primarily deals with government failure, what the fuck is he talking about talking about

I reviewed Cronos: The New Dawn for MonsterVine and had a great time with it. The tough difficulty and strict resources management makes for a great experience, even if the story doesn’t land fully

playing Lost Soul Aside and idk what game birthed the fast moving camera that zooms in and out but avoids cutting as much as possible style that all of the cutscenes in here use (last game that used it that I played was Black Myth Wukong) but I hope the person responsible gets a tummy ache, it sucks

my knowledge of the league didn’t reach a real level until I was in high school, but I remember a few guys from before that

Metal Eden feels like a fantastic rollercoaster, only bogged down by the long line. - @jamesthecarr.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/09/meta...

I’m looking to play a bunch of DS (and ideally 3DS) games with the least amount of hassle. I’m looking for recommendations on potential handhelds (like if there is an Anbernic that works great for specifically DS games) or do I need to pick up an actual 3DS and jailbreak it?

Varlet often feels like seeing a cover band trying its best to play all the hits, but never managing to surpass the original. - @jamesthecarr.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/08/varl...

happy new Laufey album to those who celebrate, my most anticipated album of the year. I’m about halfway through and loving it! youtube.com/playlist?lis...

ah, the king is watching, its GOOD

Myth Caller is a 90's-style platformer fused with a monster-catching RPG! Doesn't that steam wishlist button look awfully tempting on this fine #wishlistwednesday ? #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

The most annoying thing in Madden 26 isn't how my RB just dies every game because of W&T - it's the character creator and how the game just hasn't risen to meet how hot NFL coaches are. So please, EA Sports, give me a better custom coach creator and PLEASE let me make a hot Head Coach. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

Mafia: The Old Country is by no means bad, but lackluster gameplay and good but not great writing make it unremarkable. - @jamesthecarr.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/08/mafi...

I haven’t played as much of Cauldron as I would like, but it’s a ton of fun and one of the more engaging idle games I’ve played

these comp matches have been making me work for a w

the MLB trade deadline concludes with jeff passan killing yankees legend doug mientkiewicz in cold blood

Baseball announcer, probably play-by-play but I think I could do color commentary too

I walked away from my time with Cronos: The New Dawn deeply intrigued by the sci-fi horror world Bloober has built based on the home many of them grew up in. - @jamesthecarr.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/07/cron...

today is my 27th birthday and I just got laid off from one of my freelance gigs! If y’all have any leads on more work (it’s completely fucked rn for freelancers) let me know!

today is my 27th birthday and I just got laid off from one of my freelance gigs! If y’all have any leads on more work (it’s completely fucked rn for freelancers) let me know!

@jamesthecarr.bsky.social is another extremely talented writer who graced us with a great piece on Clair Obscur and what devs should *actually* take away from its success. Really loved this angle, even if I am a parry defender www.gamespot.com/articles/wha...

I wheely liked this game.

A Viva Piñata-like game with Pokémon

this one

Skate culture has always been a big part of my life. So when I got the opportunity to preview the upcoming Skate game for Game Informer, I jumped at it. I still can't believe I finally got my name in GI! Read all about it! @gameinformer.com www.gameinformer.com/2025/07/17/h...

anime horse girl game good www.xda-developers.com/anime-horse-...

My grandfathers watching me from heaven while I play the horse girl game.

Naughty Dog remaking the same two games over and over is bad enough already but releasing a chronological story version of TLOU2 is so deeply them showing their anti-art hand People already hate anything *slightly* off-kilter because Disney brain-rotted everyone and now this shit

I don't think Persona5: The Phantom X compares to the actual Persona games, but it has far more going for it than I expected. The monetization is intrusive in a way that has made it hard to stick with though, with pop-up ads appearing after story cutscenes www.xda-developers.com/love-persona...

It’s now been longer between Persona 5 and 6, than P4 and P5. And looking at P3 Reload, Phantom X, and more - I’m starting to feel like the series is trapped in a self-fulfilling cycle. Slowly losing its innovative luster, and I hope P6 can change that www.inverse.com/gaming/perso...

I didn’t realize when this was published, but this was my 1,000th article for @gamespot.com! a huge milestone for me at the place I got my start as an intern five years ago

wrote some more about Clair Obscur for @gamespot.com discussing what aspects of it should be inspiration for other RPGs, and which parts shouldn’t be www.gamespot.com/articles/wha...

After a couple of dozen hours, I went long on my thoughts of Persona 5: The Phantom X. A game with a story I'm legitimately invested in, bogged down by gacha systems that feel antithetical to how I want to experience a Persona game. It has me conflicted in many ways www.inverse.com/gaming/perso...

Sea of Remnants has an interesting mix of turn-based combat and real-time naval combat. - @jamesthecarr.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/06/sea-...

since it seems like this might be relevant today, I wrote about the ending of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and how it resulted in a messy ending that felt at odds with the rest of themes and story (justice for Maelle!) www.xda-developers.com/clair-obscur...

FBC: Firebreak is a tedious and downright boring co-op shooter that starts sluggish and uninteresting. - @jamesthecarr.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/06/fbc-...

the only correct list

screw the times! you can vote for the 10 best games of the century on the INDEPENDENT Giant Bomb! www.giantbomb.com/hey/the-10-b...

my ten best films of the century so far (minus supporting the NYT)

Here's our last Summer Game Fest piece from us. From myself, @imluisgutierrez.bsky.social & @jamesthecarr.bsky.social Great times, great games!

During SGF I was able to sit down with some very important people about the FF X MTG collaboration. You should read my interview!

Tribute Games and publisher Dotemu have seemingly made another incredible retro beat-em-up, and the variety between the four characters I got to play has me excited to see the rest of the roster. - @jamesthecarr.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/06/marv...

As a huge fan of the original I'm excited to play Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault when it releases later this summer - @jamesthecarr.bsky.social monstervine.com/2025/06/moon...