Nintendo specifically listening to freaks like me. Thank you.

Nintendo are too cowardly to put this on Nintendo Music so I have taken matters into my own hands.

I’m so glad live music is proper back post COVID. I’ve got 6 shows already booked for next year and it hasn’t even started yet!

that humble little crocodile has returned

When did we let computers become so shitty. I decided to update my motherboard's drivers and because I didn't inspect every package it offered to install I now have Norton 360 For Gamers on my computer.

I've always been convinced that video podcasts exist to force creators to be reliant on a closed distribution platform. Podcasts are built on tech (RSS) that nobody can own. Every major tech company has wanted to migrate podcasts to something proprietary, but it never sticks. Video is their answer.

It’s wild remembering how many absolute freakshow fighting games came out in the PS1 era. (I loved Star Gladiator)

FF Tactics is *just* starting to click for me. By that I mean I have worked out that I have to equip abilities and stuff, not just unlock them.

Had a nice little holiday in Byron Bay, hiking while getting rained on and enjoying beach sunsets.

Someone talk me out of finding a cheap 5K iMac on Marketplace, gutting it and turning into a sick 5K monitor.

Not sure there’s anyone I’d trust more to pry about Resident Evil than old mate @jamzy.bsky.social Here is a highlight to entice.

I’m so glad someone else is making a seemingly good PC VR setup. A Quest has been the default option for so long but I’ll go to Lengths to avoid giving Meta money.

I have been read like a novella

I welcome Windows’ eventual slide into irrelevance. The day I don’t need to install that shit to play Fortnite will be a good day.

NieR Automata genuinely might be one of the most important game releases of all time explicitly because of how it directly inspired DXVK, yes. www.digitaltrends.com/computing/ni...

Started playing Halls of Torment last night, it’s cool as hell. Vampire Survivors style gameplay loop but a bit slower paced, all with a Diablo 1-ish early CG pre-rendered look. Almost beat the boss of the first area on my first run too!

I started playing Inscryption on the weekend.

Good article by @im.giovanh.com about a "cozy" airport security game. Wholesome games tend to reimagine labor -and reality as a whole- as we'd like it to be: beautiful, tidy, meaningful, social... but why would there be terrorist threats in this utopia? blog.giovanh.com/blog/2025/10...

too many icons are The Brand Color and The White Abstract Icon or just A Solitary Letter. we need more of whatever this school of design is

Fear The Spotlight is fantastic. A horror game that’s also somehow kinda comfy (??) with some genuinely creepy settings and puzzles all wrapped up in a slowly unfolding mystery story. Highly recommended for a spooky month weekender.

Wonderful piece. It underscores my general feeling that looking at The Reviews for a game broadly is not incredibly useful, and finding someone your tastes align with will lead to much more relevant reviews.

More people need to see that Crash Bandicoot watched Notting Hill in Sydney for the launch of Crash Team Racing in 1999. Go to the PlayStation AU Instagram account it’s beautiful.

Stories Untold is a really cool anthology of experimental horror stories. Perfect for spook month.

Deep Rock Galactic Survivor hit 1.0 recently and I’m hooked all over again.

Played this for the first time at SAGE and had such a good time. So happy to see it getting recognised in more places. The wait to play it at home is killing me 😭

Imagine texting a beautiful woman with this.

fair play to whoever made this list for finding a way to mute america

Happy ten years of EMOTION to all who celebrate.

The craziest part about the PS1 Japanese port of Transport Tycoon is that it has an optional 3D mode that somehow actually captures the charm of the 2D isometric view, and that is crazy to me.

I got my house Ethernet-cabled up. It’s something I’ve wanted to do basically my entire adult life but renting made it impossible. Celebrating by running iperf speed tests (this used to max out at 288Mbps)

Got to playing ‘and Roger’ on the weekend. It’s one of those games that uses mechanics to tell a story in a way impossible through another medium. stevenimpson.com/2025/10/12/i...

Oh, I get it. It's called Castlevania because it's a metroidvania set in a castle!

I take it back. Australian artists are still making great music, I just haven’t been looking for it. This post brought to you by Suzi’s new album Patchwork which absolutely rips, and Ninajirachi’s I Love My Computer that I’ve had on repeat for a month now.

More words from me. Kicking off this week working with my old coworkers over at Aftermath; talkin' about Silent Hill f! Let's talk about one of the game's most memorable puzzles. It's about tricking yourself because "did something just move?" It's also about leaning close and getting intimate...

Sam, this is Tarman (800 points)

Also! Tried out Castaway as a nice little palate cleanser after 85 hours of Dragon Quest. It’s a great, tiny Zelda-in-a-bottle. The main game plays out over 20-30 minutes but it’s a great time. The roguelite Tower unlocked afterwards is compelling too.

Finished Dragon Quest XI S properly over the weekend. I normally rarely bother with postgame stuff, but here it’s really more of an Act 3 than postgame. Plus, it turned out to be great fun playing around with party strategies to deal with the more challenging enemies in the late game.

Big Konami day

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Holy shit, this is incredible.

Found Dragon Quest XII

FAITH is really god damn good. Please play it (if you like horror)

Me: hello Google, I would like to find out if there’s a way for a second person in my household to have control of our shared roomba vacuum Google:

A true bicycle for the mind.

Carly Rae Jepsen did a PS1 jungle-style song and we don't talk about that enough

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard make entire catalog "name your price" on Bandcamp www.brooklynvegan.com/king-gizzard...

I hope there’s still an orange iPhone by the time there’s something worth upgrading for.