I needed a palate cleanser after having my butt handed to me by Silksong, so… Chibi-Robo! I don’t think I’ve played a video game quite as “pleasantly bizarre” as this.

T (rolls “R”) OBBIOOOOOOOOO

RIP to everyone who spent all their money on the Limited Run Games PS4 versions.

So yeah... Alabaster Dawn feels GREAT. The foundation is solid and it has a lot of potential. I have some nitpicks here and there that I hope are addressed with the full release, but... It's not like I needed to be sold on it, considering how much I adore CrossCode.

With Silksong in the books here's my updated top 10 list for this year. Silksong kicked AntonBlast out and comes in at #5, in between Ender Magnolia and Nine Sols. All three are great Metroidvanias in their own ways but Ender Magnolia gets the edge for me. Next up, the Alabaster Dawn demo!

Game #14 of 2025 completed: Hollow Knight Silksong! What a beautiful nightmare of a video game - one that has singlehandedly made me decide to shelve the "Soulslike Metroidvania" genre for a long time. All I wanted to do was love it unconditionally like Hollow Knight but it would not let me. [1]

Today in my mailbox: PlayAsia’s Asian market release of the complete River City Girls saga! The sheer number of releases of the three RCG games is crazy, so I’m glad that I waited for an English release of all three on one Switch cart. And it came with a nice slip cover and some stickers too!

GAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH. -breathes- GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Minor spoiler, non-contextual. If you know, you know.

They really put Silksong's second-worst gauntlet in arguably its prettiest sub-area, didn't they?

Today in my mailbox: Yes, I got my copy of The Legend of Bestelle too.

Every time I think, "oh, I found Silksong's equivalent of the Path of Pain" I find another platforming challenge that's worse.

Getting closer to endgame, I can smell it.

Honestly, when I see a room like this, I don't even get mad if there isn't anything in it.

AND the Director's Cut version of Re:Zero Season 1 on Steelbook! Get wrecked, stupid scalpers.

I need to start tracking my personal bests on how fast I can click the pre-order button. Konosuba Season 3 on Blu-Ray! Finally!

I'm very "Lost", but these certainly aren't "Woods".

Same, friend. Same.

Well, this is awkward.

Unironically one of the least unfair platforming challenges in this game.

Rediscovery: My Zelda Ocarina of Time GameCube bonus disc! This bonus disc was given out when you pre-ordered The Wind Waker at Toys-R-Us stores in the United States, and included emulated versions of Ocarina of Time, including the “Master Quest” version.

Hello White Palace, you're looking very bronze today.

Not like it wasn't going to go multiplatform anyway, but... Sorry, Shuichi, I'm buying another Danganronpa game. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8LG...

Wait wait wait hhuuuhhhh? So in addition to locking Mega Raichu behind (checks notes) paid DLC, you have to pay for NSO to play online so you can participate in ranked battles to get (checks notes again) the Kalos starter Megas? How is this acceptable?

Thoughts on the Nintendo Direct today. The Virtual Boy peripheral is so hilariously dumb and I hope that they sit and rot in warehouses until the end of time. The Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 release is $70. I will unfortunately be succumbing to FOMO here, I don't want a repeat of 3D All-Stars. [1]

Wait. Huh? Wait, WHAT?!? They’re remaking [feverishly checks notes] Danganronpa 2?!?

Pokémon Pokopia: “We have Animal Crossing at home”

I know the “because Nintendo” meme is tired at this point, but… Only Nintendo would release Super Mario 3D All-Stars WITHOUT SMG 2 and then release ONLY SMG 1 and 2 as their own physical release.

Moment of zen.

16 hours in, finally completed Act 1. That boss (you know the one) is challenging enough, but the runback is even worse. Really made me frustrated. (I do not consider the below screenshot to be a spoiler.)

Here’s a question that might prove controversial to some: Has the word “cozy” lost its meaning?

It’s back. They won. WE won. youtu.be/1H3xQaf7BFI?...

Hollow Knight Silksong first impressions! So I'm about 11 hours in. Not finished with Act 1 yet (I presume), but I've been backtracking on previously-explored areas every time I get a new ability. First thought: It's not necessarily "harder" than Hollow Knight, but it is certainly "trickier". [1]

Doing my best not to spoil as I progress through the game, but... If you know, you know.

Greymoor is better than Darkmoor. (Theme park people will get that joke. But I'm serious.)

Hi, Hunter's March. I love you. You're beautiful. Absolutely wonderful. But you're just a hot freaking mess and I cannot stand you.

When the world needed him most... www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kFD...

Hollow Knight Silksong first impressions: It's so excellent how it successfully walks the line of being "different enough" to the original while still keeping everything we love about it. That being said... If I accidentally fall down into the tutorial area AGAIN, I'm going to lose my mind.

That's okay, I would rather buy it on GOG anyway.

So Hollow Knight Silksong is out... But the devs not allowing for pre-purchases and / or pre-loads is completely baffling to me. It would have saved people serious headaches.

Finally get to play Rainbow Road online. It’s about time.

Paging @hananomaude.bsky.social !

Updated "Top Ten games I played in 2025" list, now that I've played Mario Kart World! I have high expectations for Hollow Knight Silksong (as does everyone), I anticipate it will end up at #2 or #3.

Game #13 of 2025 "finished" - Mario Kart World! MK World "should" be the best game in the series, but it's held back by too much emphasis on its rally gimmick and an abhorrent gacha-based character unlocking system. Still, it's Mario Kart, with the polish - and soundtrack - you've come to love.

New releases I'm looking forward to in September: 🎮 Another Crab's Treasure physical 🎮 Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter release 📺 Frieren S1 Part 2 Blu-Ray 🎧 City The Animation vinyl 🎧 Violet Evergarden vinyl 📖 The Art of Slay the Princess Lots of great stuff hitting my mailbox this month.

In a world where current releases are pushing a $70, $80, or more… One of the indie GOATs is dropping a bombshell. I will never judge anyone for the fulfillment they get from a particular game regardless of price, but… we’re being robbed.

New pinned post! #promosky Steam: 376059272 Switch: SW-8292-0136-2627 Discord: ajreiffdesign 💼 Theme Park industry 🎮 Celeste, CrossCode, Hollow Knight, Kirby, NieR, Persona / SMT, SciADV, Trails, VA-11 Hall-A, Yakuza / LAD 📺 Adventure Time, Gurren Lagann, Gumball, Konosuba, Kaguya-Sama, Nichijou

I’m preaching to the choir here, but MarioKart World has the most stupid, infuriating, backwards character unlocking system in ANY modern video game.

Caught up with Apocalypse Hotel after missing it in the spring. Instantly, INSTANTLY one of my new favorites and I hope it gets a second season.

Geez, the Mario Kart World metagame really IS this boring, isn’t it?

The fact that we have large-scale outlets like IGN continuing to report on "crashers and climbers" of the Pokémon TCG "market" is just yet another indicator of how far we've declined. Particular single cards having values is fine. Treating TCG cards like stocks is not, nor will it ever be.