Ryan

A diagram of Sisyphus II: The Ultimate Challenge. A game with a 400 LB iron orb that has an heating and cooling system to give you the proper Sisyphean experience.

Lots of possibilities.

A concept drawing of Rhythm Climber, a game where you are dancing on stairs.

Dreaming of making dangerous rhythm games that would tie me up in the international legal system for the rest of my life.

FUCK YOU IT'S JANUARY!!!

LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says King Charles III will strip Prince Andrew of remaining titles including “Andrew”, curse him to wander the Earth as “the nameless one”

Just walkmogged some waitcucks at a traffic light’s pedestrian crossing. Enjoy the cold, dears - I’ll be over here, fifteen steps ahead of you and in touch with my city’s heartbeat

I keep seeing posts like "I love to eat gunpla plastic" and it stresses me out so bad. You need to eat the box for some fiber too

Tem Ray shouting at his TV "GQuuuuuuX is crazy good this week!"

Cover art for the Distant Worlds VII Album. Reads: Distant Worlds VII more music from FINAL FANTASY

12. Final Fantasy Distant Worlds 2025 in London
Excellent show, good energy in the room. The set list i found was different to what we got at my showing, which was a fun surprise. Crowd "participation" during Ben Starr's cameo was annoying though. shut up and let the hot man talk. SEPIROTH.

Poster for Severance featuring Adam Scott as Mark Scout/Mark S.

11. Severance S1&S2
Binged the whole thing over a couple of days. Think that's the right approach for this one. Fun concept, kept me engaged even though i'm mostly tapped out on mystery box shows. Very interested to see where the next season goes.

Official render of the Gundam GQuuuuuuX with a heat hawk slung over its shoulder.

10. Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-
First 20 mins were a real surprise, and very neat to see on the big screen as a big gundam fan. The rest better reflects the show proper, and it certainly has me interested. Love the designs - both suits and characters. Machu is a kind of bug to me (affectionate).

Poster for Post Void. A hallway with garish orange wallpaper, with some dude with a freaky mouth-face pointing a gun at the POV.

9. Post Void
Frenetic streamlined twitch shooter. Very short and simple, but the feedback makes the shooting feel really satisfying.

But they definitely save the biggest emotional beats for the very very end, so it goes out on a high note. 3/3

Sam Bridges from Death Stranding pointing at a mirror with a reflection of Wolves Murderman, who is definitely a real character in Death Stranding and not Lappland from Arknights.

Story starts out obscure but everything makes sense by the end and I ended up liking it. Like any Kojima game, blunt about it's metaphors. Surprising complaint given how visually bizarre this game is but by the end of it I felt like they explained too much. Worse, they *re*-explained too much! . 2/3

Poster for Death Stranding (A Hideo Kojima Game). Features Norman Reedus as Sam Bridges, in a raincoat.

8. Death Stranding
Incredibly unique. The fact that such a weird game is allowed to exist with such a big budget is wonderful. Definitely not for everyone, but once you get into the systems it's very fun. Even if the gameplay isn't to taste the visual splendor alone is worth it. 1/3

Every day a fresh new crime before your eyes! Feeling like you're constantly putting out fires! Do you even remember who you are any more? Aren't you tired of being nice? Don't you just want to go ape shit? and other such normal catgirl activities. 2/2

Game CG of the character Jessica from Arknights, standing in front of headlights and sillhouetted figures. She's carrying a number of heavy weapons, and firing a pistol into the air.

7. Arknights: Come Catastrophes or Wakes of Vultures
Coincidentally, also a cathartic story with a lot of anger i can sympathise with!! Corporations gutting the social safety net! Manufactured poverty! Sleepwalking through life begging for some kind of direction! 1/2

Only slightly marred by the sudden realisation that every movie that has something to say about american politics will feature Trump Guy™ from now until the day i die. 2/2

Poster for the movie Mickey 17. Featuring Robert Pattinson as the protagonist in a drab scifi outfit.

6. Mickey 17
More of Robert Pattinson being a weird gremlin please and thank you. Pretty cathartic movie, even if it felt like it didn't really dig to deep into any of it's themes beyond a surface level. Broad as opposed to deep. 1/2

im a feminist because if i build a zeta or an impulse gundam its roux louka and lunamaria in there

screenshot of a dialogue choice from Slay the Princess. Reads: "[Give her *The Look*.]"

Stellar voice acting pushes the great script even further. Packs so much characterization into a relatively short VN.
Fighting with myself to not use my more spoilery screenshots to sell this thing. Go in with as little information as possible, let the game take you places.
2/2

There's a path in the woods, and at the end of that path is a cabin. And in the basement of that cabin is a Princess. You're here to slay her. If you don't, it will be the end of the world. Unfortunately for the both of us, you've already gotten yourself chained to the wall next to her. Now all you have to keep you company is an unfurnished brick cell, a pristine dagger *just* outside your reach, and a princess who doesn't like small talk. She's staring at the wall opposite the both of you.

5. Slay the Princess - The Pristine Cut
Spooky, silly, heartfelt. Squeezes a lot out of the concept, with the new routes added by the special edition rounding out the experience perfectly. Deceptively simple art style that culminates in some very memorable moments. 1/2

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- modern Persona games. Very solid cast. Getting Obligatory Atlus Pop Idol™ in your fantasy rpg party is kind of eye-rolling but everyone else is super interesting!!! Louis is a pretty compelling villain. Monster designs are freaky and memorable, especially the final boss. 2/2

The protagonist from Metaphor: ReFantazio sitting with a bengal cat

4. Metaphor: ReFantazio
Big step forward from Persona 5 as a more accessible SMT game IMO. End-game builds are compelling. Story-wise I think i like it more than modern Personas overall. I think P5 has the best singular moments but Metaphor doesn't have the staggeringly dull low points of - 1/2

Reignited my love for gothic horror. Kind of want to dig my AD&D Ravenloft materials out of storage now... 2/2

Lily-Rose Depp as Ellen Hutter in Nosferatu (2024), wearing a black Victorian mourning dress.

3. Nosferatu (2024)
First time watching an Eggers movie and I'll say it lived up to expectations. Lots of surreal memorable imagery. I don't know what Eggers does to his actors to get those performances out of them but man it works. 1/2

Arknights stage SL-EX-1. Texas and Lappland vibing next to some kind of horrifying sheep ritual.

Soundtrack is wall to wall bangers. Not my favourite stage gimmick - more irritating than engaging. Although it is very funny to watch my strongest units get annihilated by fluffy sheep wearing wizard hats. 2/2

Arknights visual novel scene featuring a grumpy, fluffy pink sheep with a traffic cone on its head. Text reads: *Agitated Creature:* We will find what we like most, carry it on our backs, and never takeit off again.

2. Arknights: So Long, Adele
An extremely goofy setup that softens you up for a tearjerker story about love and grief. The go-to event to humorously juxtapose with AK's more grimdark stories - but like all AK stories, feels like it has more than one thing to say. 1/2

Screenshot from Chants of Sennaar, a balcony by a massive wall overlooking an endless desert. A character speaks in one of the game's languages.

1. Chants of Sennaar
A little puzzle game about translating fictional languages. Definitely not the hardest language-based puzzle game out there (hello Tunic) but a highly polished experience from start to end. Quite pretty. Doesn't overstay it's welcome. Would recommend.