At my folks' place for the holidays. We rest.

A quaint Thanksgiving meal, but its ours. The soup is posole, which might just become a Thanksgiving staple for us!

Hung out with three huskies (?) At the dog park and now relaxing on nearby restaurant patio

Finally decided to buy a Switch 2, I guess a Fire Emblem confirmation is what pushed me over the edge, haha. Downloaded Mario Kart World and Tears of the Kingdom....playing TotK at a high framerate is really nice

I spent a good chunk of July in the hospital. I wasn’t home when DKB came out, but that didn’t stop my 5 year old son from playing. Watching him negotiate the gameplay mechanics on his own has been amazing. DKB is a great game, but the real pleasure has been watching my little gamer grow. 🥰

iiiiiiiiii wrote a thing! please read, lot of good things on display this year!

The rare review from me! Picked up Fall of Avalon completely on a whim. Going in, I'm not sure I gelled with the general vibe. But I had a blast, though the game felt thin and very WIP. A hesitant recommendation now, but I can see it being a really special game in a ~year once its all polished up.

I've made the yearly pilgrimage!

Staying a road trip to Denver, I am happily a passenger princess for this one.

Bleak stuff, this sucks

System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster feels like it does exactly what it should. It preserves a beloved classic while opening it to a new audience and improving its technical playability - our review: https://www.rpgsite.net/feature/17805-system-shock-2-25th-anniversary-remaster-review

Hey all! Happy to announce that I'll be covering BitSummit 2025 for @rpgsite.net ! Game devs (specifically for RPGs or RPG-adjacent games) feel free to reach out for interviews and showcases! 🦊

“Not every game is for every single person. Sometimes you have to pick a lane” - The Outer Worlds 2’s director on meaningful role-playing consequence and banning respec https://www.rpgsite.net/interview/17785-outer-worlds-2-director-interview-respec-rpg-choice-consequences

Momocon pretty much confirmed to me that despite how vitriolic the internet has been lately, the weird ass racist edgelords you encounter online only exist in those spaces and the general “anime” fandom isn’t filled with these freaks. Or they’re not brave enough to express themselves in public.

I think, VERY broadly speaking, books and film are allowed to have messy, unsatisfying endings and games are often not. I loved this game start to finish and I love that it committed to the messy ending its protagonists were absolutely always heading toward.

Shout out to @va11halla.bsky.social and @bk2128.bsky.social for their news coverage on RPG Site this year. I feel news writers are especially underappreciated, and these guys have been killing it.

pope leo? yeah i love that little guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here’s my first article for Nintendo Insider! Listing things, as I am wont to do. www.nintendo-insider.com/best-switch-...

another big update from me! i've been sitting on this for a week, unsure of how to write this up.. but i've gotten the total cost for my top surgery, which is $19.6k. i can't raise this money alone, even with all of the work i do, so i've made a gofundme. gofund.me/954d116c

It's another episode of the Tetracast, RPG Site's weekly podcast! In this episode, we discuss the Network Test for Elden Ring Nightreign, as well as review the newly-released Avowed. We also chat about all the news out of the State of Play presentation: www.rpgsite.net/podcast/1688...

Here's me on Avowed. I personally enjoyed it a fair bit! But it's also the sort of game where I would probably nod along with someone if they *really* didn't end up feeling it at all. A combination of personal taste and more "slow burn" storytelling. I'll speak to it on the next Tetracast episode.

It's another episode of the Tetracast, RPG Site's weekly podcast! In this episode, we take a lengthy dive into the release of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. Plus we see the release of Trails Through Daybreak II, review Q3 financial results, and more: www.rpgsite.net/podcast/1684...

Anyways the Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 director spotlighting the low review scores of his generally well-received game is extremely thin-skinned. Christ dude.

Outlier reviews/scores can be interesting! Literally everyone can think of a game *right now* that they like more-than-most or less-than-most. It's normal and fine and cool (assuming no ulterior motives, obviously). Do we want opinion to be homogenized? Sounds boring to me.

I guess I can keep a 2025 games list here...took me a while to get through this 1st one. 1. Kingdom Come: Deliverance I appreciated how grounded this game was in terms of stakes, nothing felt like it escalated too big/fast. I have fond memories of trying to figure out the combat at E3 2017 haha.

Feeling myself get sick more and more often ever since having Covid (I hardly ever got sick prior to) feels bad man. I had a big sinus cold over the holidays and my throat is starting to feel sore again. Bleh.

In a year with many outstanding RPGs, one made its way to the top with its excellent storytelling & robust gameplay. Metaphor: ReFantazio is RPG Site's RPG of the Year 2024. Here are our full results, complete with recorded 6 full hours of deliberations: www.rpgsite.net/feature/1671...

Once again, we also asked our readers to vote on what RPGs *you* are anticipating most for 2025. In our December poll, readers voted that Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition was the Most Anticipated RPG of 2025. Here are the top 10 vote-getters: www.rpgsite.net/feature/1671...

This year is already shaping up to be yet another year packed full of exciting RPG releases. Here are 13 games that the RPG Site staff decided on as our Most Anticipated RPGs of 2025: www.rpgsite.net/feature/1671...

Newfound appreciation today for those that manage brand accounts and social media pages. Managing every platform's aspect ratios and quirks that may or may not be dependent on the device you are using...oof Anyways, in the process of finishing up RPG SIte 2024 goty posts and getting ready for 2025!

First game cleared in 2025, Mario & Luigi: Brothership. I wasn't planning on really playing this one, but it became my travel game for the holidays. Tried to finish it before the new year but it truly didn't know when to end haha. I enjoyed it a fair bit though! Art style stayed faithful too.

The pet stay place sends pictures of Wrigley to me while I'm out of town, here are my candid favorites lol

Love this guest post on @crossplayblog.bsky.social about a father changing how he plays video games after hearing his son imitating his anxious and win-at-all-costs style, and how it brought them closer. patrickklepek.substack.com/p/having-a-k...

Completely forgot how much time I put into Infinite Wealth. Other games that took significant playing time were Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader (80 Hours) and Emerald Beyond (86 Hours). MMO is really only on there because I didn't stop playing NGS until May-ish...

The bros couldn't wait a minute to go off-topic, smh

Every once in a while, I feel like I've "fallen behind" in playing games (primarily RPGs) to be able to speak to them (for podcast purposes or in general), but then I reflect and am surprised by what I've managed to clear. Last goal is Romancing Saga 2: RotS before holiday travel and such kicks up.

Today I cleared The Veilguard. I came to enjoy it the more I played it, and not in a "it gets good 20 hours in" sort of way, it kinda just grew on me the more I put in, in a subtle way. I actually really enjoyed a lot of the level design and puzzles. Not the strongest cast, but they grew on me too.

Me and GFs first attempt at a turkey on our own. Maybe not the most cosmetic but it smells great.

It ain't much yet, but the turkey is now brining 🍗

“I want to make more games. I don't know how many more I got in me.” – @jesawyer.bsky.social on Pentiment's second anniversary, book and film recommendations, choice and reactivity, cheese, vinyl soundtracks, and more: www.rpgsite.net/interview/16...

We do a podcast every week for RPG Site. We've had the same core team for many years now and have a rhythm. I'd like to think we are pretty knowledgeable and evenly cover RPGs big/small, Asian/Western, new/retro. I think we do a good job not being hyperbolic or cynical. Check us out.

Tree is up! Earlier than we normally would, but taking any excuse to be cozy and festive.

Realizing I haven't actually posted here yet. Hello, I'm Bryan. I contribute sporadically to @rpgsite.net . I show up on the site podcast (Tetracast) weekly. I most recently helped with some Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D guides for the site (my first time playing DQ3). I work at a national lab by day.