Magical Mike

Quids In! Outer Wilds - Review YouTube video by MagicalMike

I've waited to play #OuterWilds for years and finally got around to it. It's amazing, obviously! Here's a spoiler-free video about it youtu.be/7lYVHj620yg

And that was the end of my #EldenRing playthrough. I reloaded the save to see all the endings and was a little disappointed to see a bunch of them were so similar.
However, the madness and Ranni ones really stand out because of it.
Incredible game, obviously.

The main theme kicking in around the intro to Radagon is a satisfying touch, really kicks up the cool.
Elden Beast has a bad rap for being too slippery and yeah I see that, can't imagine doing that without Torrent. Got it first try though, barely - was maybe a touch overleveled though? #EldenRing

Hoarah Loux, WARRIOR!
What a guy, I think I got beat up by this absolute CHONK for like an hour before I finally managed to dodge all his wrestling moves. How cool is this whole dude's setup, though? His light of grace pointing to ME? Rad. #EldenRing

The death unleashed cutscene was interesting with how they made the rando tarnished suddenly feel like they were actually doing their own thing in game.
Goldmask... 😢My pointing bro.
The multiple tree spirit arena was kinda awful, ngl.
And so was Gideon. Get outta here with the spell spam #EldenRing

Maliketh would've been a much better boss had he been split in to multiple health bars. The beast first phase was just a little annoying after a bit, but the main second phase was WAY cooler. Timing the parry with the blasphemous claw was really hard to get right. #EldenRing

MagicalMike's 2025 in Review YouTube video by MagicalMike

It's time to review my 2025 youtu.be/puF6-Aj2UTc

Even SFW skyrim mods be like:

Felt like having a nap, ended up in the past. Worst air bnb ever.
Placidusax has a ton of spectacle attacks which I spent far too long trying to capture (again). All the dragons in #EldenRing seem to have all the coolest spells as well.

With Malenia out of the way, it was time to finally burn the Erdtree. Crrrrumbling Farum Azula (iykyk) was next and what a fantastic landscape (air...scape?) to explore, Godskin Duo aside.
I upgraded myself a big bonk stick and did a big-bonk-sad with Alexander #EldenRing

Seriously, I have 15 screenshots of Malenia because I just found the boss so cool. #EldenRing
We're pretty close to the end of this long series of posts, too!

[Elden Ring] Melenia, Blade of Miquella YouTube video by MagicalMike

Malenia was the only thing I recorded while playing #EldenRing.
I felt like I wanted to properly get to grips with all the endgame fights without using spirit ashes at all.
Most bosses in the game took a couple of attempts, a few took 10-15. This one took over 300! Worth it.
youtu.be/xJLKhSrUj14

Next on the chopping block was Mohg. Pretty cool guy, minus the whole flaming blood curse thing but we all have our faults.
And then... Malenia.
I have so many screenshots of how cool this fight was and I can only post 4 at a time, so whew. Here she is spearing me for all my health! #EldenRing

Just some swag spell and ash effects. This particular pool of scarlet rot was a considerable challenge thanks to the rotten tree spirit within. The sisters afterwards also didn't make things easy, but lots of fun nontheless. #EldenRing

I didn't expect a weird stealth section in this town. Nor did I expect to see Loretta again, but I guess ghost versions of bosses returning as physical forms was a running theme.
I finally managed to find and farm my final knight set, which I love. And I detoured to Mohg's place too #EldenRing

There's so much cool stuff in the snow fields. Magma wyrm's aren't new by now but the environment makes it cooler somehow.
This cave had super fancy ice visuals. I really wish I had the stats to use the sword but I didn't go dex. And finally getting the Night's Cavalry set was rad. #EldenRing

Fire Giant just can't catch a break, that's painful man.
Spotting the invisible way to the Haligtree was admittedly looked up, and check out this poor buried tarnished guy. Totally harmless, until you try to help... #EldenRing

Do people get fatigued by the time they make it to the mountaintops? The game's long for sure but I was just constantly in awe at all the landscapes.
Rykard's VA was pretty fun too. I was sort of back and forth with the manor quests here.
And of course we're still vibing with Goldmask #EldenRing

Goldmask just vibin'

Just out here posing with the boys. Morgott and Godfrey the Golden trying to ruin things though...
Anyway, then it was back to the sewers and figuring out how to not fall to my death (challenge: impossible).
Then the mountaintops of the giants! #EldenRing

Leyndell making an impression

Flute-guy dooting his doots

Sewers: nope

The soldjars are the best little guys just for that pun.
First impressions of Leyndell were crazy, wow. I got so overwhelmed navigating the streets! I found it a shame to kill flute-guy.
Also... Nope! Sewers were a bad time. #EldenRing

These dancing ladies were just hilarious. Chill peeps until you ruin the party by doing a bit of violence, oh well.
Also this t-posing guy 👍 #EldenRing

Weird stuff going on atop this section of the game. Flying turtles? Goldmask pointing silently at something? Putting rings on random dolls?
Anyway, the black knife fight here took a while to get down, had to really change up my playstyle for more mobility #EldenRing

Guild Wars Reforged Bingo - Solo Game YouTube video by MagicalMike

Alright one more #GuildWars video before the year's over youtu.be/ECVdgOM_Iwc

A bit of this and a bit of that.
Platforming actually being a thing in this souls game is still weird to me.
The lake of rot was about as annoying as you'd imagine. Look at all these pest guys.
Astel was a fun fight to top it all off with though #EldenRing

Death blight be like:

I discovered death blight, did a bit of Volcano Manor invasion, rode this chariot and finally the build came together when I found Golden Vow. Big paladin energy, also Siluria's Spear was a fantastic new weapon #EldenRing

Introducing Guild Wars Reforged Bingo YouTube video by MagicalMike

Introducing #GuildWars Reforged Bingo youtu.be/ALexuxMkkFQ
New ways and excuses to replay a beloved game!

Here's an obligatory "Youtuber posts image of video editor" thing I've been working on for a while.

I had a few avenues to explore. The lift of Dectus brought me to the golden views of Altus. I found Volcano Manor properly. And I explored all of Fia's storyline to encounter Fortissax - check out these awesome lightning spells that I totally didn't die like 5 times at to get these shots #EldenRing

I fought myself, found another one of these giant skele dudes, got the best emote and killed these looming gargoyles. Great stuff! #EldenRing

A new path opens in the most badass way possible and then it's back underground to Nokstella. Gorgeous stuff #EldenRing