I love FFXI so, so much but god. They desperately need to revamp/remove PlayOnline and streamline setting up the game. I go back to play it frequently and its always a headache to get the game up and running again.

One of the reasons I adore Dragon's Dogma so much is that it lets you be an adventurer. It feels almost like a Life Sim. I go out, cull a few goblins, maybe a Griffin if I'm feeling saucy, and then head back to town with my loot and grab a good nights sleep. I love it.

Huge game design pet peeve for me is mounts/vehicles in any kind of open world/survival crafting/life sim game. They all expect you to stop every three feet to pick something up - and mounts just slow down interactions, either having t0 dismount to interact or turn the mount like a forklift.

I've been a big fan of the Orcs Must Die series since the first one and I think its kind of impressive how its had a consistent story line. Even having the characters visibly age from game to game. Totally unnecessary for the genre its in but also deeply appreciated.

>ask the game dev if their game is actually cosy or just has resource gathering

It is actually kind of hard to do these lists since I have to resist slapping EarthBound and Monster Hunter into every square. But I also want to find room for lost gems like The Last Story or Little King's Story and can just never squeeze them in.

Pokopia is generally great but the Animal Crossing stuff shoved into the DQB formula are all universally the worst parts of the game. It basically creates issues/bad mechanics out of stuff fixed in the first DQB game and that is a little frustrating.

In general, Doctor's are really unequipped to prepare patients for what long term chronic pain will do to your body and brain. But I wish someone would have at least once talked to me about how much cognitive damage this had the potential to do, I've felt really unprepared as its getting worse.

I started my second round of ketamine infusions, for treatment of chronic pain, yesterday morning. It has so far been the only thing to meaningfully impact my pain and the results are still small. This first day of this set left me nauseous for the better part of 24 hours but it feels worth it.

I have this giant old plastic everready flashlight I got in the 90s for probably 20 bucks and it still works perfectly. Every expensive LED flashlight I've ever bought is dead after a couple months.

It's kind of fun to think about how excited the Ninja Turtles must have been the first time they saw Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.

Monster Hunter Stories 3 just goes to show how much cat puns are a load bearing pillar in a good MH game.

Tobi-Kadachi is the Pukei Pukei of Monster Hunter Stories 3.

I opened up Pokemon Go for the first time in nearly a year to mess around with the Pokopia event. Abrupt reminder of how aggressively inaccessible Pokemon Go is to disabled people - going as far as monetarily punishing disabled players for features/items others can access for free. Too real.

My social battery is actually one of those 2,000 year old ceramic pots that somehow still works but you wouldn't trust it to power a nightlight.

There have been an astounding amount of bots in FFXIV lately. Nearly in every single roulette I do, I get at least sprout/returner bot. I'm not sure what has caused this specific surge of it. Usually it's after an update that requires, say, light farming or some such.

I did that thing I've seen people doing.

Just finished Reanimal with @wiswell.bsky.social and it was 60% of a good game made much better by a good friend. But there was some terrible, terrible design elements and a story that's painfully obtuse and not really worth digging through for an actual meaning.

I think it's interesting how long Nintendo has held onto resentment for the poor sales of EarthBound in America, despite their own aggressively bad marketing of a game that was already in a niche genre. In this context, interesting means stupid.

Something I love about The Muppets is Kermit is struggling every day to stop the theater from going broke but also somehow knows Alice Cooper's agent.

The Stardew Valley symphony was a really lovely experience, the composer was funny and engaging, and the orchestra was wonderful. I think the thing I enjoyed most though was seeing how many people showed up as their Stardew characters.

The same Dems who are telling people to get in line with Newson are the ones who championed the chance of Liz Cheney running as a Dem. They are profoundly unserious people and it is nothing but a game to them.

Was laying in bed listening to random music and had the surprising revelation that The Aquabats are a divergent evolution of Randy Newman.

Vital Shell is fantastic. The gameplay is tight and fun, the sound effects are punchy, and the music feels like its straight out of a PS1 demo disc.

If a Zombie bites a Vampire you got a Zompire. If a Vampire bites a Zombie you get a Vambie. Thank you for attending my lecture.

I'm still replaying the entire Final Fantasy franchise with the intent to 100% the games where I can. I already want to replay the whole Yakuza franchise as well. And now I want to replay all of the Resident Evil games. I need a time loop.

Dreamnt my wonderful friend Lulu and I were summoned by the Frog King to the Frog Castle (a big tree stump in a marsh) where they ordered (ribbited and croaked) that we go catch gold crickets for the Princess' wedding. Ideal life.

I think my favorite reincarnating pair in video games is Nina and Ryu. Particularly in 3, they're beyond adorable when they meet.

I don't want controllers with haptics, speakers, microphones, touch pads, or 4D rumble. I do want a controller that can hold a 10 hour charge.

I've played a lot of really good games lately. Some of the highlights have been Night Swarm Queen's Domain (Demo - I'm insanely excited for this) Kingdom of Night Marvel Cosmic Invasion TMNT: Splintered Fate

At least a handful of people went to go see Together on a first date and I think that's really fun.

I'm glad I finally tried out TMNT Splintered Fate. The combat flows so well, it feels great. The soundtrack is also super good, really fits both the turtles and the vibe of the game. Really impressed!

You can love someone you love even if you don't love yourself🏳️‍⚧️ But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold. So take care of yourself. Your soul is beautiful.

One side effect of my disability is parasomnia and it can be really wild sometimes. With some of the hallucinatory stuff that happens I completely get why someone might believe in ghosts or abductions.

Mem and Austin's podcast GL;HF is such a fun listen. I always look forward to a new upload.

If you enjoy Miitopia (which is a gem) then you might also enjoy HeroLand. You're an employee at a Fantasy Adventure themed amusement park, making parties out of park guests and sending them into different attractions. It is somehow even more silly than Miitopia and that is a plus.

I've been trying to Platinum/100% all the Final Fantasy games and I'm at 5 now. Very much not a fan of Blue Magic spells now.

Nobody told me one of the things that happens when you get old is you just start sneezing all the time.

Sonic CrossWorlds is so good its fixing my posture. Sitting up perfectly straight during every race because I'm so invested.

I'm starting to get unreasonably excited for the new Katamari game.

There are so many notable horror games coming out or around this October, can't remember the last time the genre was this well represented for the month.

Monster Rancher is a cozy game, actually.

Aside from playing Gex at store stands, I never got to use a 3DO and missed some actual gems. Playing Killing Floor for the first time and I love it. I hope someday Nightdive gets the Blood games onto console as well, they'd make a great back to back experience.

Just finished re-watching Community. Its been a few years. My big takeaway is season four is more fun than I remember and season six is actually my favorite. Keith David and Paget Brewster are both awesome (and Jim Rash getting more screen time is great).

"fight with the army you have" doesn't mean much when that army wants to use you as a sand bag.

I think games that use a medium such as stop motion or claymation are so damn cool. Games like Judero or Lumino City are rarities. The artistry and craft that go into translating those more tradition mediums to game form is beyond impressive.

Your purity test results just came back from the lab. I'm afraid I have some terrible news.

I feel kind of blessed that my specific brand of autism appears to be immune to FOMO. The second I realize I can't play a game my way, on my schedule I instantly lose interest in it. There is no quicker way to get me to stop playing a game than seeing something like "I missed the timed event."

It would be nice to see the Metal Max series get released as a collection. The majority of the series never got (official) localizations and it is such a cool take on a quasi-open world, turn based RPG.