Grant Orban

I completed Klonoa.

The whole thing is like a dream that ramps up in trippiness.

We don't really make games that look like this anymore.

Klonoa Door yo Phantomile Title Screen

I needed something bright and colourful next so picked a game from my childhood.

I completed Final Fantasy Strangers of Paradise.

A very strange game that is never not entertaining. Nioh 2 with Final Fantasy classes and 7 seconds of Limp Bizkit.

Chaos.

Absolutely gutted to hear about Ubisoft Leamington being shut down today. Such a huge waste.

So many talented people there and a real loss for the Leamington and UK industry.

I hope everyone lands on their feet.

I completed Duck Detective.

A cute, short Cursed Idol like. A little esoteric in places but a fun couple of evenings overall.

Ducks were invented in 1692 by Sir Jeffery Duck.

First completion of the year - Thank Goodness You're Here.

If you grew up on Salad Fingers, Weebly and Bob, Burnt Face Man and Magical Trevor then this game is an insta-buy. Easily the funniest game I've ever played.

It's been a fantastic year for JRPGs especially. Metaphor is awesome and has a really fun job/class system.

All of the games I completed (or in the case of Pokémon, played significantly) in 2024.

Show me what you got.

My wife's second novel comes out on Harper Perennial tomorrow available at all good US Bookstores.

So proud of her. She wrote this while growing a human.

What a haul

Boris what the fuck is going on 🤣🤣🤣

Oh man nice. I'm still fairly early I think. I'm able to get through to the third boss right now but haven't beaten it yet.

Love the combination of escape room and card game.

Welcome to the "getting old" pipeline.

Finally starting Inscryption and ticking it off my list of shame.

After 8 weeks of chipping away I beat Metaphor Refantazio.

An almost perfect JRPG with one of the best battle and progression systems I've experienced for some time.

Really curious to see what Atlus does with it next.

Astrobot

I'm so glad this little guy won Game of the Year at the game awards.

Holy crap! I finished Way of Kings last night and it's instantly one of my all time favourites.

I feel like I've just unknowingly made a 10 year commitment to this series 😅

Okay I'm enjoying the second Murderbot novella much more than the first. It's really digging into the themes I was hoping it would.

Absolutely love A.R.T.

So much of game criticism right now is about some level of realism or coherence within a fantasy world when none of that matters. You used to play Chrono Trigger and you’d run into a talking frog and it wouldn’t be a thing, he’d just be a frog who talked in Medieval English. You’d go ok and have fun

The cover of All Systems Red, the first Murderbot book

I finished the first Murderbot Diaries book. I really love the concept of an introverted killing machine that just wants to chill and watch TV.

I do want a little more plot and world building in the next one though (which I have already purchased 😅)

I could see the full post in my Following feed.

Testing out the Astrophotography mode on my new Pixel 8. Unbelievable results.

"This book has everything..."

I had a Phillips a while ago.
It was under Picture Settings then "Motion Styles".

Yeah I couldn't stop thinking about what a game like this would be.

Something like Proteus, Myst or Void Stranger feel quite close.

I found the imagery so vivid. It really transported you to the house.

The cover of Piranesi

I finished Piranesi by Susanna Clark.

This book has an incredible dreamlike quality and memorable prose. I've never read anything like it.

"The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite."

Kojima does it again.

YouTube comment that reads: Heard Avowed is woke af. Is it true? New Vegas was so good but I don’t have any hope for this one…

Turning a big dial that says “New Vegas woke level” and constantly looking back at the audience for approval