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The weekend is here! What are your plans? We return to Short Adventure on Sunday. Offline we're watching Obsession and Backroom. We're playing Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow and Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave. Two of us are going to local Renaissance Faires. #Weekend #Gaming #TV #Movies

ICYMI I wrote about how video game demos could be in trouble thanks to people using generative AI to make bad clones, which goes doubly for those from smaller and indie developers, for a @damagecontrolblog.bsky.social post. www.dcgameblog.com/2026/10/cogn...

AI clones threaten to prevent small (and some large) developers from letting the gaming audience sample their titles.

ICYMI Last night's Short Adventure livestream announcement on @damagecontrolblog.bsky.social has been updated with the YouTube VOD. I made it out of the forest and into the next town, where I get suckered into doing a dungeon for the guild's receptionist. www.dcgameblog.com/2... #IndieGame

The stream is over! We made it to Raldin in Short Adventure and got into some trouble with our main antagonist. We'll be back on Saturday for our Halloween stream of Bram Stoker's Dracula on Genesis. We raided Sylverdreamer who's playing Hades II. Check him out: www.twitch.tv/sylverdreamer

Tonight we go for a Short Adventure. It's an indie game developed by Supernerdyguy. www.dcgameblog.com/l... Twitch: twitch.tv/damagecont... youtube.com/live/jLn... #Livestream #TwitchAffiliate #TwitchStreamer #IndieGame #VideoGames

We're pushing tonight's livestream to 9:30 ET. @silverhuskey.bsky.social needs more time before she's ready.

My travels in Short Adventure continue in tonight's livestream. I should reach the next town, and get an idea of the game's larger story.

ICYMI I wrote about the high expected prices for the next-generation Xbox (and PlayStation) consoles, and how this will make PC gaming more enticing despite the slightly higher cost involved, for a @damagecontrolblog.bsky.social post. www.dcgameblog.com/2026/10/the-...

The Best Looking Guy Here among the saves of a late-90s Square RPG super-fan's (with bonus Enix) memory card.

This thread is worth your time. It shows how AAA game executives fundamentally don't understand the creative process, and why hits take time to develop. It's the same reason why many executives have fallen in love with so many questionable practices.

Backrooms was also a very good and very surreal film. If we’re doing the “Backsession” comparison (the weekend I wanted to replicate here), Obsession is certainly the better film, but both movies deserved the success.

Console prices will only increase, to the point that a gaming PC might be the better alternative.

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ICYMI I wrote about the cancellation of the new Mass Effect game and Bioware's closure, and discussed how it would inevitably be the first project to go after the EA purchase, for a @damagecontrolblog.bsky.social post. www.dcgameblog.com/2026/10/cogn...

The fight against Abaddon in SMT: Digital Devil Saga 2 was a long one. This guy is no king, that's for sure. At least Cielo gets to tell him off. youtube.com/shorts/t... #VideoGames #RetroGaming #Megaten #DigitalDevilSaga2

I spent my Friday evening off from work playing Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave. Hit another major story point in Leda's path as the quest for revenge is slowly turning into a major conspiracy. I'd still be playing, but I have to put the game down and get ready for the trip to the Renn Faire in a few.

I also watched Obsession, which I'm happy to say was NOT overhyped by all the people who watched and rewatched it over the last few months. I'll make sure to watch Backrooms by the weekend's end.

I've only recently started my newest playthrough of Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, this time through the Castlevania: Dominus Collection. I do like the enhancements this version has been giving, and occasionally playing it on the TV has made me see details I never noticed before. It's going to be fun.

It’s a real shame the new game in the franchise, and its developer Bioware, are now no more. But it was likely always doomed.

ICYMI The Quarantine Control series on @damagecontrolblog.bsky.social reached the 342nd entry. This week, @silverhuskey.bsky.social wrote about The Conjuring (2013), CWTyger linked to the Penguin Highway animated movie, and I wrote about Talk to Me (2022). www.dcgameblog.com/2026/10/quar...

ICYMI For last night's Quarantine Control on @damagecontrolblog.bsky.social I wrote about The Conjuring. @diosenrab.bsky.social discussed Talk to Me, and CWTyger shared Penguin Highway. Oops, all movies! www.dcgameblog.com/2... #Movies #Animation #Horror

We are, notably, NOT Batman, but we do bring the horrors.

Harry Potter isn't the only book series getting a second adaptation. Apparently it's all the rage these days.

#stream #streamer #twitch #twitchstream #retro #residentevil #originalhardware www.twitch.tv/dehler55 Streaming Resident Evil (PS1) on original hardware with a custom overlay that I made.

Harry Potter isn't the only book series getting a second adaptation. Apparently it's all the rage these days.

All my bigger websites that run PHP have been updated and patched. I verified with my hosts. (And I guess I don't have to worry about the little static sites I have.)

AI discovers critical PHP vulnerability, triggering rush to fix – NBC New York Critical vulnerabilities in the programming language that underpins much of the web are so severe that authorities in the United States, Europe and the United Kingdom have recommended that websites be temporarily taken…

The Moogles finally got revenge for what we did to Good King Moggle Mog XII

The Moogles finally got revenge for what we did to Good King Moggle Mog XII

ICYMI I wrote about how the great quality of recent Star Wars games shows how well George Lucas' Star Wars stories would have worked in video game form, provided they arrived decades later, for a @damagecontrolblog.bsky.social account. www.dcgameblog.com/2026/10/cogn...

The Star Wars stories he made would have worked very well as video games -- with adjustments, of course.

ICYMI I updated last night's Short Adventure livestream announcement on @damagecontrolblog.bsky.social with the YouTube VOD. Mishiru's Renegade's Disease kicks in at the worst time, and now we live the life of criminal. Lots of updates since I streamed the demo in 2024.

Just went live on #Twitch time for more #DinoCrisis : www.twitch.tv/angelus_05 #Capcom #PS1 #PS1Horror #RetroGaming #RetroGames #HorrorGame #HorrorGames #HorrorGaming

The stream is over! A LOT has been updated since we streamed the Short Adventure demo in 2024. New cutscenes, new dialogue, and more story all around. Great stuff. To end the night, we raided Krausergetsnaked4K. He's playing Cliver Barker's Hellraiser. Check him out: www.twitch.tv/krausergetsn...

Tonight we go for a Short Adventure. It's an indie game developed by @supernerdyguy.bsky.social. www.dcgameblog.com/l... Twitch: twitch.tv/damagecont... youtube.com/live/uRf... #Livestream #TwitchAffiliate #TwitchStreamer #IndieGame #VideoGames

Tonight I revisit Short Adventure. An indie RPG that's changed a lot since I played the demo.

ICYMI I updated last night's SMT: Digital Devil Saga 2 livestream announcement on @damagecontrolblog.bsky.social with the YouTube VOD. After a lot of grinding and a hard boss fight, I finally found Sera. Following that, things went completely off the rails.

We made some good progress in Digital Devil Saga 2. Thank you to @supernerdyguy.bsky.social, Floppy__Bacon, and @virtuoushobbes.bsky.social for the raids! We'll be back with Short Adventure. We raided @grimlockfly.bsky.social who's playing Silent Hill Townfall. www.twitch.tv/grimlockfly

Remember: If you want to see me suffer in Pit-Fighter, help us reach our goal! We're not exactly close, but we're not far either.

I'm back with October's Slow Burn Saturday. The search for Sera continues in SMT: Digital Devil Saga 2 as we learn just how messed up the world really is.

ICYMI I wrote about how the floodgates really opened for announcements regarding video game companies using generative AI for projects and initiatives this week, and about one release that featured it, for a @damagecontrolblog.bsky.social post. www.dcgameblog.com/2026/10/cogn...

That moment in Super Metroid against Mother Brain when the metroid lends a helping, uh, hand? youtube.com/shorts/1... #VideoGames #RetroGames #SuperMetroid #SNES

Kamen Rider Agito is a better time than I expected, which I’m enjoying a *bit* more than Kamen Rider Ryuki. It might say something that I’m sticking with it despite the curious upscaling job for the version on the Toei Tokusatsu channel, which definitely appears to be run through an AI filter.

The mission: Par. Mission accepted. Let's Golf. [REALLY LOUD MUSIC DROWNS OUT ANYTHING ELSE I'M SAYING] www.twitch.tv/xyzzysqrl/