green haired girl sitting at the front desk of an inn. on the desk is a set of keys, a quill and a guest book

dungeon kid / famicom
pixel, 1990

tillis standing on a metal structure bathed in red light

burning rangers / saturn
sonic team, 1998

marathon /// april & may 2026 ///
@bpmonthly.bsky.social

space ship glowing pink

spaceship glowing blue and melting

image fight ii: operation deepstriker / pc engine cd
irem, 1992

Scissorman stands behind the protagonist, Alyssa, who is looking at a couch. Alyssa is saying, "I can't afford to have a nap right now." The Scissorman is about to attack her.

Clock Tower 3 (PS2, 2002)

young man facing enemy bats with a curved blade. a beautiful battle menu is overlaying the image

chrono cross / psx
square, 1999

Games Can Save Us from the Hell of Silicon Valley Optimization Gamification culture was a mistake.

If you read one book about games this year, make it The Score. Here’s my interview with its author, the brilliant philosopher @add-hawk.bsky.social

Frame #16600 from S01 -E01 - Red Snapper-628390

And here it is with spaces for text so you can use it as a meme template:

My first round!

Lunchtime!

The Mario 64 intro scene with a letter from Princess Peach, reading: Dear Mario. Please come to the castle. I'm down bad. Yours truly-- Princess Toadstool (Peach)

CATS from the video game Zero Wing (the All Your Base Are Belong To Us game), saying: "I am Locutus of Borg. Resistance is Futile"

Dracula from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, saying to Richter "Get out of my house"

The transportation advisor from SimCity 2000, saying "YOU CAN'T STAY ON TWITTER! YOU WILL REGRET THIS!"

My big project: The Death Generator.
It's a tool for making fake video game screenshots, just fill in new text and it'll give you a (generally) pixel-accurate image back, the correct fonts and everything.

deathgenerator.com

Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.

SotN final boss as Maria

Frame #45700 from S06 -E23 - Battle Sweet Potato-629306

Rondo, my love

isometric view of a classroom full of colourful stacks of books. the students are all standing, seemingly not speaking to each other. it is a full moon.

persona / psx
atlus, 1996

girl standing on a platform in a blue void. she is looking at a crystal.

wild arms 2 / psx
media.vision / production i.g, 1999

boy in green peaking out from the trees beneath an elaborate building with an orange tiled roof

dragon warrior vii / psx
heartbeat, 2000

Frame #65700 from S02 -E10 - Porcini-627709

Nice! So many different eras there so I had to ask!

Which Radiohead tour?

Béla Tarr, 1955-2026 🤍

Chrono Cross ~ クロノ・クロス (1999)

Developed by Squaresoft.

all that for a B

If you’re inclined, it is excellent. I go back and forth on whether I like I better than IV, but V is the best of the first 5 pretty handily for me.

1. Devil May Cry 3 - DMC 1 is cool but a bit spare. DMC 5 is dynamic but overstuffed. DMC 3 is the sweet spot. A great hard-but-fair action game with a high skill ceiling, wide open with options and style to match. It’s the best version of the Dante/Vergil story and the PS2 visuals add to the charm.

2. Final Fantasy V - Here the series figures out how to combine the dynamic story of IV with the more sprawling, open-ended possibilities of the original. I was surprised by this one. The combat is actually fun! I’ll replay VI at some point for comparison, but V just really has it all going for it.