4!!!!!!!!!!

feeling like i am behind from what i wanted to accomplish in 2025, but considering everything, i probably did pretty good

Thanks for listening! I haven’t and am embarrassed to say it turns out I already own it and just never got to it. 🫣 no promises but I’ll install it so I don’t forget it completely. Is it good?

"there are no good lawyers" wrong

Haha no. I’m gonna start with 4 still. But my husband has been playing 1, 2, & 3. He’s on 3 rn so it’s like constantly on in the apartment.

Metroid Prime 3’s environmental design is divorced dad art. No I will not explain further.

Guys you’ll never believe it but my sore throat is back. I’ve been some form of sick/medicated for almost 6 weeks now.

all cables are too short. universally.

Clair Obscur’s now confirmed Gen-AI usage during the development process has caused their IGA debut and GOTY wins to be retracted.

Just finished my last end of year content a 4hrs episode of @gamesandnotgames.com with @isaiahsmith.dev. 🫡

Spotted @jacobgeller.com at Elliot Bay Bookstore here in Seattle tonight

Just refreshed my portfolio site for the new year! Consider me for consulting on your video game, editorial gigs, on-camera opportunities, and anything else you think would be a good fit. Would love to lock in some new projects for 2026. Email: [email protected]. gameonysus.com

good work everyone, we did it! log off!

back to the ol song and dance 😔

Children having low expectations is to be expected. While it’s fine for kids to have a good time with movies, games, and TV that are empty calories, not all entertainment directed at them should aim for that bar. It's a fine line between laziness and exploitation. www.crossplay.news/p/bluey-ques...

Thx! A few people pointed this out as well in the comments. Def an embarrassing mistake on my part tho it really does look like a beetle. lol

Another moment for the venue on film.

Sweet Life 💍 with @isaiahsmith.dev.

Me waiting for the gen AI game asset debate fallout in 2-3 years when the big studios investing in it start getting mad at third-parties for “stealing” their gen AI assets but realize they have no way to stop them because they don’t own the full rights to them either according to the courts

Been such a fan if @gabbydarienzo.com for years. Need to check out Seasonala.

includes a handy timeline of 'We now have the goal for Naughty Dog to eliminate crunch' events, from 2020-25

Me when Lena Raine.

I really like how The Indie Game Awards explains why each game is nominated for the accessibility award.

The 2025 Indie Game Awards begin... right now!

game studio ceos be like: we can either crunch, use genAI, or kill ourselves. those are our only options

Without further ado here are ~30 of my favorite game trailers from 2025! You’ll find games of all sizes, and trailer concepts familiar and incredibly unconventional. All of them stood out from the crowd of many well executed trailers. I guarantee you’ll find something fun and/or inspirational 😄

The holidays are here and so is one more Backloggd gift, Backers can now view their 2025 recap with the new yearly stats page! backloggd.com/recap/ If you're not yet a Backer, check out what it means to support the site and get some cool perks out of it: backloggd.com/backers/

My @backloggd.com wrapped is a little funky bc I don't log my actual play sessions (maybe I will next year?). But here's a fun stat: my most liked review vs my longest review.

Everyone please give my brother @ecreates88.bsky.social some props for being the officiant at me and @isaiahsmith.dev’s wedding! It was his first time ever officiating and he killed it.

It begins. We're kicking off MinnMax's gigantic roll-out of Game of the Year debates with The MinnMax Awards! We're nominating and debating categories like Biggest News, Dumbest Thing, and Best Moment. Enjoy the ride, we had a blast recording these as a huge group! youtu.be/jZqJiLwhX4c

We've got you. Every spoiler-filled discussion is marked with timecodes AND "spoiler hats" for The MinnMax Awards. We want to unpack the best moments from 2025 but make it easy to skip anything you haven't played yet. youtu.be/jZqJiLwhX4c

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the good news is that the media attention and support from an audience has helped Horses do well enough that Santa Ragione has been able to pay all its owed royalties and loans. so it's not in debt. the bad news is it's still not enough to keep the studio together. www.ign.com/articles/hor...

Traditional weddings are one hell of a drug. I’ve attended many. Always knew I wanted one. But never thought it would be worth the high price tag even as we were paying it. Then I had my wedding and it was so completely worth it. Having so many loved ones together on a day you crafted yourself.

I can’t emphasize how many of my social, mental, and physical problems would be solved if I could just go to a bathhouse with my friends even one to two times a week.

Me and @isaiahsmith.dev on film.

Couple’s portraits with @isaiahsmith.dev before the ceremony.

Instagram being non chronological is literally death. I keep seeing events i want to go to a week after they happened. 😭

Was gonna wait until we framed it but here is our wedding jersey guestbook! It was one of my favorite, more personal, details we had for the big day.

the only way to write something good is to write something bad over and over again until it becomes good. outsourcing all the writing something bad parts to a machine means you didn't write the good thing on the other end (if it's even good)

Saving money at the end of the year bc my podcast box is so small I can skip getting my eyebrows threaded.

Merriam Webster’s word of the year is slop. And its current top definition for it is “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence”

I am fully in my bag charm era, but why is this the only Silksong bag charm on Fan Gamer 😭

Swen Vincke of Larian Studios responded to backlash for using AI with a promise to rewind time to before anyone knew about that. paletteswap.site/dif...

Getting that end of the year feeling of wanting to do absolutely nothing and everything at once. I feel like I could run through a wall rn.

I've just been bullshitting all day to decompress. I'll start being a real person again on Saturday because I still have @gamesandnotgames.com end of year chat on Friday. Thursday will also be nice.

My West End Girl tier list. Someone get me tickets.

Games are over now. Here is my Tier List of the songs on Man's Best Friend by Sabrina Carpenter.