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Putting together a hopefully exhaustive (but not tedious) analysis on design and pacing of Bayonetta 3. Gonna be a big project and change zero minds about it, but I am Insane Person and sometimes I must do as the Insane would do.

Wanted to love the new Onimusha, but I merely liked it. bckl.gg/wuKC

Ignore the weirdos and the weirdos reacting to the weirdos: Pragmata is an instant classic, an action masterpiece that will be spoken of in the same reverent tones as God Hand and Vanquish for as long as people with fiery hearts play games. backloggd.com/u/Hugh/revie...

Chainsaw Man ending was good

I have a lot to say about the absolutely wonderful new game from Grasshopper Manufacture. Their best effort since Killer7, and it's sure to be one of 2026's greatest games.

Recently went back to Clair Obscur after dropping it in Act 2 and played it to completion. Wrote a new review consisting of my new thoughts. Spoilers for the full game backloggd.com/u/Hugh/revie...

Forgot to mention the game will have a top-down mode too, and the ability to seamlessly toggle between the two! So far everything works great in both modes, I'm actually surprised more dungeon crawlers don't let you switch seamlessly between the two. #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev

The Game Awards this year is just like 2024 US Presidential Election: My vote is meaningless because I'm going against the populist candidate with the annoying fans, but I did it anyways because I don't value my time.

While certainly messier than the original, Hideo Kojima's surrealist treatize on loss and grief still resonates in that special way few games do. It helps that the game is fun as hell, too.

#HappyPride Been meaning to do this for a while. Hope y'all like it. 🙏 🏳️‍🌈

Turns out I actually quite disliked this year's eventual GOTY winner, to the point that I didn't finish it. It's a fine game, but to see it get all this adulation in a world where games like The Hundred Line are languishing in obscurity is more than a little disheartening. Still, there's merit here.

My top 10 of the 2000s so far. Shoutout to The Zone of Interest, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, No Country For Old Men, and Beau is Afraid which were all considered but just barely missed out.

This shit is so awesome

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new stereolab album rules new job starts in 10 days Hundred Line keeps getting better Maybe things will be okay after all

"If you're playing a The Hundred Line and are skipping Sirei's morning and night time announcements, you will never in a trillion years have experienced the game"

The Hundred Line really just referenced the famous 2008 Scott Steiner promo lmao best game of all time

when i eat my slop its charming, self aware and if we're being honest with ourselves a little revolutionary. a small liberation from the prison of high culture and good taste. when you eat your slop it's anti-intellectual, myopic and a self-centred rejection of art as conscious human value

Daily reminder that The Hundred Line is the best game of 2025 so far

still have like a hundred hours to go but #TheHundredLine is one of the year's best and most ambitious titles. So raucously funny and absurd but the core of it is so touchingly human. One of the most frightening and yet compassionate games I've ever played, and I still have like 80 endings to go!

After tomorrow, there won't be an us. There will only be a you and a me. But we’ll remember us. When the chains clamp around our neck. When they march us out in the cold to build their bombs. When they stitch our lips shut because we spat on their shoes. There will be a memory of us to come home to.

so, uh anyone want to hire me? like now?

This is how it feels to play Metroid Dread

Going to the doctor is such a fucking scam, even with insurance. Would rather die than let them bend me over a barrel. Never again.

Great music, visuals, and core concept. Shame about Sonic Team.

Saw this post earlier about Prime 4 and its truly immaculate. Like complete dogshit. I love it.

Played (and for the first time, finished!) the original PSX classic.

I talked about the somehow 6 years old Resident Evil 2 Remake and explained why it's both a masterclass in game design and also simultaneously the least-good of the Resident Evil Remakes.

Silent Hill F has a lot of work to do to impress me still, but I remain very interested.

I checked out Monsters of Mican tonight on stream and it's clunky but endearing at the same time. Like Wizardry meets Hylics store.steampowered.com/app/2745660/...

which Resident Evil should I buy during this steam sale

My ★★★★½ review of Split Fiction (2025) on @backloggd.com can be read here. Will be tough to top this year unless your game stars Samus Aran or was directed by Hideo Kojima.

They need to teach Split Fiction in game design courses because holy fuckin moly that's a video game right there

Wrote a little bit about the best game ever made www.backloggd.com/u/Hugh/revie...

I thinks it’s clear how Kojima feels about the MGS3 remake

that new death stranding trailer has me shook to my core

I think the playstation 5 might be totally cooked. After DS2 and Yotei this year that shit is barren. Do not buy a PS6.

Holy crap the coloring on this thing. The expressions. Big time talent.

I bought all the ff13 games last month and have finally been able to get 13-2 to not crash constantly after 20 hours. If a remastee trilogy gets announced today, you're welcome.

lol get fucked chiefs

new volta album let's gooo

My ★★★★ review of Final Fantasy XIII on @backloggd.com Excited to experience the rest of this trilogy. Was always grabbed by the way this looked in 2009, but I think the anti-JRPG sentiment in western media at the time kept me away from this and other things like it. Truly an awful time for games.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth immediately struck me as my favorite game of all time. Once I finished it, I had trouble finding the words to express my thoughts. I've found some of them now. Full game spoilers! www.backloggd.com/u/Hugh/revie...

Might be the best video on the internet. Top 10 for sure.