Katharine Castle
@karthupial.bsky.social
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UX writer. Former games journalist. Views are my own. DFTBA.
https://www.instagram.com/karthupial
Rolled credits on Mina The Hollower today, and big shout out to the load-bearing pillar that is the 'no pit damage' modifier.
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It's weeks like this where insane temperatures have been declared "a risk to life for even the healthy population" of the UK that make the funding and development of games like
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It's weeks like this where insane temperatures have been declared "a risk to life for even the healthy population" of the UK that make the funding and development of games like
@thepixelhunt.bsky.social
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5 days ago
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Chris Schilling
17 days ago
This is a *preposterously* good deal
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Woah woah woah, whaaaat? 👀
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18 days ago
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Graham Smith
18 days ago
Baffling to me that people think Nintendo are playing it too safe, as if Bananza, Kirby Air Riders, Tomodachi Life, Yoshi And The Mysterious Book aren't all deeply strange games or unexpected sequels. Even Pokopia takes a beloved series into an entirely new genre. The Switch 2 is only a year old.
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RIP all remaining games press 🥲
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19 days ago
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AmericanTruckSongs10
19 days ago
Xbox: spend 30 days and 1,000 man hours to throw out the PS5 version of Gears and win back fans. Nintendo: watch one of our best creative minds lose a thumb wrestle live in front of 1 million fans.
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Holy heck, that Final Fantasy Resonance pixel art! Gorgeous.
19 days ago
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Xenoblade, Xenoblade, Xenoblade, XENOBLADEEEEEEEE
19 days ago
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Aww, heck yeah. As per
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's newsletter, this sounds absolutely rad: "Grow into and through its inhabitants, uncover and change their stories, and witness the terminal season of the signet city."
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20 days ago
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The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast
21 days ago
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September, October and February now the only acceptable months to release a video game, it seems...
21 days ago
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Cor, Doom never fails to disappoint. Get that expansion into my veins, stat!
21 days ago
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There's the teeniest, tiniest whiff of Affordable Space Adventures about this, and even if that's totally incorrect and way off base, the vibes are RIGHT, you know? Intrigued by this!
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21 days ago
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Playing Hidden Folks 1 on my phone almost drove Matthew insane listening to its medley of mouth noises, so naturally Hidden Folks 2 will be an instant download >:3
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21 days ago
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Heck yeah, SFB's latest Detective Grimoire murder mystery is coming much sooner than expected! Can't wait!
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21 days ago
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Easily the highlight of this year's Day of the Devs for me. The Pixel Hunt has never been afraid to ask hard questions and let players stew in them for a while (see Bury Me, My Love, The Wreck and Wednesdays), and Ithaca looks like it could be their most urgent and charged game yet.
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22 days ago
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A bit unfair sticking a trailer for Control 2 straight after revealing a new Crossfire game - a feat Remedy also tried to do and massively biffed with CrossfireX just a few years ago.
22 days ago
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Frasier life sim or bust.
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23 days ago
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Hey, new God of War, Portal called. It wants its companion cube back.
25 days ago
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Visual novel likers, listen up! You need to get No More Work For Ito down the pipes. All geared around finding out the password for a PC none of your co-workers can see, this game is part horror, part anti-burnout allegory, and 3-4 hours very well spent.
store.steampowered.com/app/3326360/...
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NO MORE WORK FOR ITO on Steam
Trapped in a cursed office overnight, you must uncover a hidden password before morning... while reality distorts, blood seeps through the walls, and something watches you. Explore branching paths, fa...
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3326360/NO_MORE_WORK_FOR_ITO/
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Matthew Castle
29 days ago
Turns out the new Yoshi game is a complete horrorshow.
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Finished Opus: Prism Peak last night and hot damn, this is easily Sigono Inc's most personal game yet. A tad overlong, but it's a beautiful tale about middle age, losing & finding yourself again, and using photography as a lens to connect the past and present.
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OPUS: Prism Peak on Steam
OPUS: Prism Peak is a narrative adventure where you play as a weary photographer stranded in the Dusklands, traveling with a girl who's lost her memories. Together, you'll uncover the mysteries of thi...
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1947910/OPUS_Prism_Peak/
30 days ago
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Mixtape's biggest crime is that it gives us 5 seconds - and 5 seconds ONLY - of Stan Bush's "Dare", one of the greatest all-time cheeseballs of a song and an infinitely better track than "The Touch".
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Dare
YouTube video by Stan Bush - Topic
https://youtu.be/GUhB1O8Le0Q?si=4O42uH_HmYgz55Sf
about 1 month ago
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It's been 3 years(!) since I first played Luna Abyss at GDC, and cor, I'm very keen to see how this has turned out!
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about 1 month ago
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Is there a better chocobo theme than FF9's Ukulele de Chocobo? I think not.
about 1 month ago
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I have finally exited the Xenoblade pit and am ready for a "new video game". Now entering the arena: choice paralysis!
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about 1 month ago
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Evening redeemed! Punched god in the face and now, at last, Xenoblade 3 is done. Another all-timer for the books.
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about 1 month ago
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Jeremy Peel
about 1 month ago
Won’t be doing that. It’s the duty of all games journalists to enforce an indoor voice when the brands start shouting
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Heck yesssss! Sure, it's been a hot minute since I read books 1 & 2, but OH WELL, I guess I'll just have to go back to the beginning and read them again, what a terrible state of affairs...
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about 2 months ago
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Victoria Phillips Kennedy
about 2 months ago
Someone pointed out that not all of the Star Fox crew have zipper pulls on their jackets, so can't actually do them up, and I can't stop thinking about it
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Matthew Castle
about 2 months ago
Enjoyed what I played of Bond. IO could have very easily made Hitman with more of a moral compass, but they've reshaped their excellent stealth in neat ways and taken a good swing (sometimes with a novelty mug in their fist) at boisterous action and set pieces.
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/a...
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‘You can be any Bond you want’: the inside story of 007 First Light
Hitman developer IO Interactive’s pluralistic take on the British secret agent – his first video-game outing in almost 15 years – promises a Bond for all eras. Here’s what you need to know
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/apr/30/you-can-be-any-bond-you-want-the-inside-story-of-007-first-light
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Went swimming for the first time in about 15 years this morning. Used to go 5-6 times a week as a teen, but man alive, age has certainly caught up with me.
2 months ago
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Apropos of absolutely nothing, I'll tell you what's the real design crime of 'multi-phase boss fights with no checkpoints': When each phase of said HOUR-LONG boss fight is also punctuated with several unskippable cutscenes that you have to sit through all over again!
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2 months ago
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Still in a bit of a Xenoblade 3 pit at the moment, but cor, April is absolutely stacked with great new games to play. Alongside Titanium Court, also installed and ready to go are: - Opus: Prism Peak - Moves of the Diamond Hand - No More Work For Ito - Hermit and Pig - Replaced... VIDEO GAAAMESSSS!
2 months ago
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This really was the hot sauce/juice/gravy when I played it during IGF. Excited to dig in properly!
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2 months ago
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Chris Schilling
2 months ago
Holy shit, this is an *absurdly* good bundle
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The best thing about the British Museum's Samurai exhibition isn't actually in the museum itself - it's this YT vid they made looking at how games have interpreted famous warriors from history, and it's really quite good.
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Historian plays Samurai games | Nioh 3, Ghost of Tsushima, Assassin's Creed, Nobunaga's Ambition
YouTube video by The British Museum
https://youtu.be/lqO1QxAvX6U?si=8zJqceE2kt1LxR81
3 months ago
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Optician: Congrats, your eyesight is slightly better than it was two years ago. Also the optician, seconds later: But give it ten years and it will likely start getting really bad again, so you better get all your reading in now while you still can... 💀
3 months ago
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Every open world game needs a "pointless" horse behaviour section in their design document.
3 months ago
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There's no better April Fool than chopping your 9 carriage train down to 5 and only having 3 of them be standard class.
3 months ago
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Alarmo finally earning its keep after today's update.
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3 months ago
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I still think it's a crime and travesty that 'Bow Wow Wow, Bow Wow Wow' isn't included in the main FF7 Rebirth soundtrack.
3 months ago
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What is Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's best music track and why is it Final Fantasy 5's Battle on the Big Bridge remix?
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Battle on the Big Bridge - Rebirth - FF7 Rebirth OST Ver.
https://open.spotify.com/track/5UxUgD1RVmu1uhFmocSe4W?si=VI-GHqwxRv-H6hBb1CmA3A
3 months ago
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Laura Martínez 🥑
3 months ago
Here's your moment of zen: A "holy" cat named Coco stands at the entrance of a church in Mexico, seemingly blessing everyone who walks in 🐱
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Heck yes, Moves of the Diamond Hand Chapter 2 here we gooooo. (Chapter 1 is already available in the demo - it's great!)
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3 months ago
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No DLSS could improve upon the perfection that is my Starfield dad.
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Please tell me I'm not the only one with a terrifying Starfield dad
We lament the horrifying appearance of our in-game dad in Starfield.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/please-tell-me-im-not-the-only-one-with-a-terrifying-starfield-dad
3 months ago
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Coming back to Xenoblade 3 after a four-year hiatus(!), I think I've discovered the real reason RPGs have so many sidequests. It's so future you (who leaves the game two thirds of the way through for some reason) can ease yourself back in nice and slowly, free of stress and pain.
3 months ago
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Wes Fenlon
4 months ago
Seriously? Opt-out via email is a laughably inadequate recourse for selling a product that verges on impersonation and profits on unearned credibility.
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