Valcrist

Valcrist

@valcrist.bsky.social

Anime fan. Terranigma, Wild Arms and Shadow Hearts fan. Lover of retro gaming and RPGs. Passionate about video game music. They/them. 🏳️‍⚧️ Diagnosed with RRMS since 2016.

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🎮 2026 Completed Games Thread 🎮 #1 - Streets of Rage 4 Hard to believe this is my first time beating this game, but it is! I finished the game as Blaze, which is who I always pick in Streets of Rage games tbh. Guard Crush knows how to make good beat 'em ups.

Took a look at the first chapter of Final Fantasy Brave Exvius and was quite impressed at how much of a difference the devs made with Final Fantasy Resonance. A lot of effort was put into FFR and it shows. It deserves all the love it is getting and then some.

As if Epic didn't already feel like the enemy, they're doing this red pill/blue pill bullshit on social media with some AI game jam contest now. I feel sorry for the Wachowskis who have had their shit co-opted by chuds.

It’s kinda crazy how spoilery the visions can get in the acquiring process in FFR. The FFIX one in particular spoils big plot points so I guess beware that.

I really wanted a way to play the console version of Dragon Age Origins on PC. PC doesn't support the same controls, it's pretty much an entirely different game...

Spent a substantial amount of time with the Final Fantasy Resonance demo today and yesterday. I'm pretty excited for tomorrow! I went pretty hard and did everything I possibly could do I think.

I'm approaching the end of Tales of Eternia. I'm enjoying the game quite a bit, but I hate all of the minigames. Every single one. They're all miserable and they make me miserable. At some point I just hit skip on them without even giving them a shot anymore.

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Please ignore the MTL release of Meremanoid that came out today. We have had a hearty band at work (Chapu, Popi, Mr. Nobody, Misty, Shentok and I) working hard on an all-human patch. Fully playable in English, in it final editing pass now. Popi provided these screencaps today. More news later.

Chapu@chaputranslations.bsky.social

So, "Schrödinger no neko" isn't up your alley? How about a fully 3D JRPG about an amnesiac siren? This is "Shinkai densetsu Meremanoid". Already hacked the thing, got a half-width font, script dumped, the whole kit and caboodle. Ping me if you know Japanese and want to translate it!

Ew. Updated and clicked that button immediately.

Invertex@invertex.xyz

PSA: The latest NVIDIA App update adds a Default-ON option that allows AI Agents to control the app... Might want to turn it off.. Even aside from being lame AI features, that feels like making security even worse by defaulting it ON.

+Amazing music as expected. +Still feels great to play. -Green dude kinda sucks and feels a bit clunky to me. Of course this is based on a lot less time playing him than Kai. I do wonder if the green dude means that we're not gonna get a chip that lets us shoot things in 2.

I love how Steam's update, speeding up the start up time to be even faster than Epic's AI slopcoded launcher just drops right after Epic's update. I'm sure it has been in the works for a while, but the timing is just glorious. Steam is running quite nice & without all the bugs!

P.S. Not saying Steam isn't involved with AI. I just don't want a sloplauncher and bragging about it put a real bad taste in my mouth.

😭 The amount of people who think Uchikoshi just said that the game was cancelled & they needed funding was part of the ARG... perhaps poorly executed, but I hope people eventually just understand that bro needs money.

zac@10amlunch.bsky.social

fuckkk i accidentally launched an arg with my studio closure announcement and now everyone is decoding ciphers instead of helping me fuckkkkkkk

If you think bragging and being confident about AI use will make people perceive you differently… you’re wrong. Fuck Epic.

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social

new Epic Games Launcher in preview - "Programming is hard. So, instead of doing that, we vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher that’s way faster and more responsive than the current one, and has a new look." store.epicgames.com/news/epic-ga...

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It's my great pleasure to give a long overdue progress update on our fully human-translated and human-coded English patch for the legendary Tokimeki Memorial 2!

I think when Tales of Eternia drops I’m going to take a much needed break from the internet. AI has had me depressed as hell. MTL game patches, environmental impact, PC component prices, decomping indie games, stealing art, making trash “art”, the cursed food. I’m tired. I need a break.

I'm not... feeling Control Resonant. I guess maybe I'll come back to it eventually, but I think for now I'm dropping it. I loved the original Control though.

I’m playing Simon’s Quest because I never beat it despite it being one of the NES games I owned as a kid. I’m doing it in my least favorite way which is using a guide. I could never figure this shit out on my own. Already further than I’ve ever gotten.

Valcrist@valcrist.bsky.social

#37 - Castlevania II: Simon's Quest I have childhood memories of this game, but none of them were of actually beating it. Bits and pieces came back to me as I played it, but I never actually did everything. I think I just wandered more than anything. I used a guide, which I don't like to do. 🫠

My knee is popping and sitting in certain positions makes it hurt worse. 😩 Google says it’s PFPS. I guess I should see orthopedic.

I heard ambulance sirens going off and they stopped nearby so I wondered wtf was going on and when I looked out to check a fire truck was right behind it honking like crazy. Then I look to the left across the street and there's a motorcycle on fire. Feels like this is a regular occurrence here..

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While it may seem unnecessary to many of you, today seems like a good day to remind everyone that Trans Rights Are Human Rights and the trans community will always have my axe.

The 2026 Magic Knight Rayearth anime has started off feeling like a love letter to 90s anime. A lot of respect and love was put into the first episode and I'm looking forward to sticking with it. I didn't know what to expect, but I'm impressed.

I guess not infusion today. I woke up worrying about my father who has chronic heart failure. I managed to talk him into going to the ER despite him being a bit stubborn whenever it gets brought up. I think he gets that this is serious and he really needs help. I don’t want to lose him.

another surprise comedy anime. "The World's Strongest Witch" had me cracking up multiple times on the first episode. I'm generally pretty immune to comedy. This one got me..

I want to complain about dysphoria again, but I think the correct answer is to just try to sleep it off. Much love to all my strong friends from the best country of all: 🏳️‍⚧️ Infusion tomorrow. 😴

Whyyyy is this series good? I typically hate these "cheat skill" anime or consider them mid. The comedy is on point. I usually treat these shows as junk food or hatewatches. Maybe not this one??

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LAST CHANCE TO BE A PART OF THIS UNIQUE GRAPHIC NOVEL! The HOLLOWBANE Kickstarter is over TOMORROW! We have ALMOST reached the all-or-nothing goal! It would mean the world to me if you could help spread the word today, we might still be able to make this happen! thehollowbane.com

Rewatched Multiverse of Madness. Boy oh boy did that make a LOT more sense post-WandaVision. Definitely not a very strong movie, but I thought it was alright. I guess next is... Agatha All Along or The Marvels. I still haven't watched Thunderbolts or Cap BNW yet either.

This anime season isn't looking so good currently. Last season had a wealth of shows to watch. I guess we'll see after everything has aired, but my Saturday and Sunday both are looking like they'll end up almost empty this season.

is The Marvels really as bad as iMDB leads me to think? After finishing WandaVision tonight I'm kinda interested in seeing more Monica Rambeau.

Watched 7 episodes of WandaVision. It's pretty good. I wish I watched this series before the most recent Doctor Strange movie... that movie would have made a LOT more sense with this context. Now I know why I spent most of that movie confused.

Dark Matter has been incredible this season. I really... really don't want it to end after this season. Apple TV is so strong in its sci-fi catalogue and this series deserves more than it is getting.