I miss the time when "AI in video games" just meant the code that controlled NPCs.

Noobs are Coming, a very Balatro-coded Bullet Heaven game. youtu.be/k_gAmgPPjag

What makes a game indie? To me, it needs to have an indie vibe. But defining indie is getting more difficult each year. So here are some of my thoughts on what it means for a game to be "indie" in 2025: www.patreon.com/posts/145782...

Did Verso's Drafts make you whee or whoo?

Thoughts on Moonlighter 2 are out, spoiler: it's amazing! youtu.be/seN1x5SYGj8

Been playing Octo0 and I decided to revisit some of my earlier footage/thoughts to talk about the best protagonist job. Looking back I made the right choice, but I kinda got lucky after going with my gut. youtu.be/hMR0EQYEI9Y

Nova Roma reminds me a lot of banished. There's a similar charm to building up your small colony, and also there's a similar cascade effect. One building burns down, everyone gets depressed, and dies. But hey, at least I don't need to worry about tools (yet)!

Sounds like a great demo to play this weekend. Especially after playing Anno 117.

I experimented with this a bit on my second channel, but this is my first official challenge video. I wanted to find out if I could abuse trade to build a huge city in Anno! youtu.be/Cgy8aNIQomI

yeah the harsh reality is that we do take a chance on small games no one's heard of a lot more often than anyone thinks we do. but literally no one reads the articles, which then reinforces to the powers that be that they're not worth doing. I don't know how to solve that problem!

Forgot to post this but here are a few tips & tricks I learned playing way too much Anno 117! youtu.be/-sZg2UcbKNA

Get to know me though the games I play each month. In November I played: - Hades 2 - Sacred 2 Remastered - To Kill A God (Demo) - Anno 117: Pax Romana - Moonlighter 2 (EA) I haven't played Anno in ages, but if others are like 117 I need to play more. youtu.be/tolo7Ff24Xk #promosky #gaming #diary

Is steam drunk, or are these games similar to Dave the Diver?

My thoughts on Anno 117, the game itself is great though the campaign kinda sucked. If you play, start with the sandbox mode. #anno #anno117 youtu.be/NDsWJmsqd20

The relic management / inventory side of Moonlighter 2 is so engaging. I often hoard relics to set them off in a cascade of points right at the end of the run.

Putting together my "games I played" for Nov, and I think this is going to be the most involved episode yet, I played a lot of stuff and have thoughts about most of it.

Huge thanks to the team at @roguesnail.bsky.social it still feels unreal that this is in the game. Hell Clock is awesome, and I'm honored to be a part of it in this small way! youtu.be/CV4FUdudZvo

Just beat my first boss in Moonlighter 2, huge props to @digitalsungames.com for the incredible atmosphere, having the music skip/stutter when you're hit is awesome!

Moonlighter 2 is real good, it feels like the Hades of Digital Sun's roster, a game that takes everything they learned from their prior titles, and levels it up.

This proves the only people really buying the "AI will solve everything" nonsense are the CEOs. Maybe Krafton should replace their CEO with ChatGPT? www.rockpapershotgun.com/krafton-ceo-...

After playing more I can confirm the unit AI in Anno 117 is garbage. I can place 3 siege ships with extra range to bombard something, and they instead die after sailing close to point blank the enemy position.

I've been playing Anno 117 and oh boy is this a game that eats the hours. It's so easy to get lost in the minutiae of min-maxing health/happiness/fire safety, or expanding to a new island.

Gems are pretty good.

Gonna be playing Anno 117 & posting some thoughts soon. Haven't played many of the Anno games but ever since I played Ceasar III I've been a sucker for city builders.

My thoughts on the new To Kill A God demo. An upcoming Exile-like Roguelike published be @madmushroom.gg. #tokillagod #gaming #demo youtu.be/uhHqcGakGSA

Summoner works surprisingly well in a bullet heaven game.

Was exactly as laggy as it looked. Back to trying new characters/builds. Was fun putting together a super dodge, movement speed poison build, but eventually enemies scaled, damage fell off so did frames. This is why I don't push endless modes much in bullet heavens anymore.

Megabonk, Brotato, and God of Weapons all have endless modes/options. For awhile I was trying to push as high as possible in Brotato. But recently, I've found the gameplay of endless less interesting than the character building to get there. It's just...long, and often boring, then you die.

Want to know what the best rod, fastest engine and most efficient net is? I put together a video on the best gear in Dredge: youtu.be/tUbMu0rsbTE

Getting there.

This is a normal way to spend a Friday night, right?

Been making a few YT Shorts to advertise some of my long form videos (interviews/reviews). But I still don't get the appeal of shorts, so they're probably not that good.

Time to try the new demo for To Kill A God.

Want some Dredge Tips & Tricks? youtu.be/EoK_I2nU1Lc

After completing Dredge, my big takeaway is that I need to go read The Shadow Over Innsmouth.

I wish there was a way to prioritize videos/articles from 2021 and earlier when searching for stuff.

Get to know me though the games I play each month. In October I played: - Megabonk - Valor Mortis Preview - Oaken Tower (Demo) - Pokemon Legends: Z-A - Mercator - Dredge (yes finally!) #promosky #gaming #diary youtu.be/0Hy45ENpCEk

I voted yes to remove Treasure Hunter. When I tried RS3 years ago, Treasure hunter and everything around it annoyed me. I would love to see a RS3 without Treasure hunter, and more MMOs without gacha/gambling monetization. #runescape #runescape3 #ivoted secure.runescape.com/m=poll/c=AAN...

It's a nice night for fishing. Is it normal to catch a fish with 6 eyes or an eel with a black hole at its core?

After getting about half way through Dredge I've realized it is neither a fishing game, nor a horror game. It's a character driven narrative game where you just happen to spend some time dodging sea monsters and catching fish in between.

The Japanese Patent Office has rejected Nintendo and The Pokémon Company's "Monster Capture" patent, which could mean problems for their lawsuit against Palworld.

Dredge is both very chill, and also reminds me of the existential terror of seeing something in the water while playing Sunless Seas.

Here's a first look at Mercator, a shop sim that's oldschool and nostalgic. youtu.be/c4PLOpf93Rc

I did a short writeup on Legends Z-A over on my Patreon (with a cross-post to YT): www.patreon.com/posts/my-tho... www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxsh9...

Congrats on 2 years and 500,000 subs!

Rolled credits on Z-A, and I was pleasantly surprised. There was more to the story than I remember from most of the earlier Pokémon games, felt more like playing through the events from one of the early movies.

I did not get to try many Steam Next demos, and TBH a lot of the ones I tried did not hook me like they usually do. So probably no dedicated video on that though I'll talk about a couple in my "games I played in October" later this month!

I have thoughts on why so many people (myself included) just want to do one more run in Megabonk. youtu.be/RlYvvTsIVQE

I'm not sure if this is because I play more games than most people, or because I often get bored of doing the same thing over and over, but I value novelty in games highly. Recently, I've been playing Pokemon Legends: Z-A, and it's the first Pokemon game I've played in ~20 years.

The editing took a bit but here are my full thoughts on the Valor Mortis playtest: youtu.be/PfFgtPYRfHY