Do I know anyone that considers themselves a Lunar sicko?

There it is. What are we all hoping to see?

42 hours later I have beaten Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter I think it's the greatest remake ever made. New and reworked bracer requests. Fantastic combat that modernizes the old style and enhances the new. Politically relevant more than ever before. I'm so happy to be alive during Trails 10/10

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

Tom Waits and I’m so damn glad he did.

Salem, MA is holding its first ever election for a Dog Mayor and we are looking to flip the city on its head by helping Navi steal the seat for cats! Every dollar donated counts as a vote and helps to get Navi cemented as the first Cat Mayor. Vote & share today: givebutter.com/SalemDogMayo...

12 days until one of my top 3 games of all time gets remastered.

I got to play this back at SGF and it was an awesome little slice! Clear Bioshock inspiration mixed with a lot of popular horror game tropes, and some great monster designs and visual direction. Would definitely recommend checking the demo out

Of course this leak happens a day after I said on our podcast that I think Kiwami 3 is still 2-3 releases away lol. Honestly would love this to be true though, 3 has my favorite Kiryu moments and it needs the polish.

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I started using TikTok again to post shorts in another place, and immediately my feed is nothing but Northernlion. I’m ok with this.

Errr

Kevin, “Who’s your fav npc so far?” Me, “I like Myla!”

Guy Drinking Amontillado: dude i'm so bricked up

Fuck it, Bug Dimmadome

Imagine delaying your game to get away from Silksong just to land at the same time as Hades 2

I was perhaps, not kidding.

Talk about one absolutely stuffed Direct. Whole lotta stuff I'm excited about and a few things leaving me with tons of questions, but heres my thoughts on everything we saw! youtu.be/6knU9tirHlE

Sooo that was a lot. Filming thoughts in just a bit, but damn does it feel good to finally get Fire Emblem news of any sort. (still dreaming of a 4 remake some day though).

Late night upload because I was gonna put this live tomorrow then remembered that whoops I have a Direct to react to lol. Here’s some of my thoughts on time I’ve had with Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles! youtu.be/BlgSfmBGQRI

My one PAX West regret was not sitting down to play this one. Heard great things and my brain was so fried on Monday I wasn’t able to stop by 😭

How feral are Metroid fans gonna be if we don't get a Prime 4 release date on Friday?

Kinda sad we can’t make silksong jokes anymore for any future directs. It was a part of the conversation for so long.

Surely this is the one where we finally get Fire Emblem news right? (He said to himself for the 8th time)

Silksong really making it tough for me to figure out what my GOTY is so far, easily the best bang for your buck this year though. This could have hit AAA MSRP and I wouldn't be mad about it.

A couple little things left but I think after rolling credits three times on Silksong I can say I'm done for now

My greatest nemesis in silksong is a boss with an anti air. I just want to pogo 😭

Bug game good

One of the coolest things I got to see at PAX this year were these original 2nd edition D&D books made for Japan, complete with manga style art and play examples. I knew these existed but absolutely wild to see them in person.

A friend of mine took a photo of our PAX West panel line up right before we let people in, and god damn can you just tell we were all going through it on day 4. @camfinalmix.bsky.social @jrpgpursuit.bsky.social

Finally on my way home from PAX West, gotta finish editing a couple things and then I think I’ll sleep for a week

I got to play Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles! Got together to with @camfinalmix.bsky.social and the @jrpgpursuit.bsky.social folks to talk about our impressions after about an hour of playing, check out the video version! youtu.be/h5kvumnFdNA

At a panel on game and art direction with Naoki Yoshida and Hiroshi Minagawa, and this is the funniest damn way to illustrate how art direction is not concept art lol

Him

BREAKING: Silksong will be out on September 4. Two weeks from today. Really. Often, games that take 7+ years to make are plagued by mismanagement and painful burnout. But for Silksong? Team Cherry was having a blast. They still are. This is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Going live to play Trails demo until I beat. I'm strapping in! Link below!

Feel like we all saw this coming but damn is it annoying.

Missed Gamescom due to other work, but oh! Absolum got a release date? Good timing, because I just interviewed its lead game designer about the way it follows the spiritual link between beat-em-ups and roguelikes to create a retro-modern hybrid. www.polygon.com/absolum-rogu...

I hadn't heard of Qzilla, the production company behind Crunchyroll's Sekiro anime. The trailer okay, but something felt kind of off. Looked them up on MAL and they didn't seem to have much motion in terms of the thirteen things its produced. Checked the company website and lo and behold.

Ok but what if: Majima

hey, don't do this. i've had to help recover a steam account before and your purchase history is one of their forms of account ownership verification.

Hey people going to PAX West! Gonna be doing a panel with some real cool folks talking about the remake/remaster trend, especially in how it pertains to JRPGs, come by and check it out if you're gonna be around!

LIVE 🔴 Directly to You S2E9 w/ @kevinkenson.bsky.social! Talking Nintendo’s Partner Showcase, the general state of 3rd party Switch 2 games, & some other gaming news from the past week 👀 THEN Pokemon stuff w/ @thecoltonshow.bsky.social 🔗 www.twitch.tv/watchredirect

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Got that EVO feeling of reinstalling every fighter I own, putting a solid 4 hours into each of them, then get distracted until the cycles renews a year from now

We’re teaming up with the fine folks @officialpax.bsky.social again to give away a few 4-day badges for PAX West 2025! To enter, simply hit up the following link, but act fast — the giveaway ends this coming Monday (8/4) at 8:59pm Pacific / 11:59pm Eastern! GOOD LUCK! gleam.io/Vi5eY/pax-we...

I need the Octopath Traveler 0 Collector's Edition to sell out so I don't keep refreshing the page and hover over the add to cart button.

I PLAYED MARVEL TOKON: FIGHTING SOULS! youtu.be/otXL39aXE9E

Switch 2 price is stable for now, but with the OLED only being $50 cheaper it feels pretty inevitable that we’ll see it go up as well.