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Every one of these is a potential pfp change

Passing Thoughts: Ninja Gaiden 4 YouTube video by Plastron

Passing Thoughts: Ninja Gaiden 4

Combos? In MY action game???
youtu.be/RVVAKcY_hKg

thinking of doing a 'Revisiting' series to return to games i already reviewed and see if i can reappraise them

helps that the newest version of Cemu doesn't require any external applications that mimic downloading from the Nintendo eShop

Sneaki Breeki: Velvet Assassin YouTube video by Plastron

Sneaki Breeki: Velvet Assassin
youtu.be/dD3VjKsQRFE

Seriously, how do you fuck up tall grass stealth like that?

Metal Gear Solid Delta: (Still) Not Feeling It YouTube video by Plastron

Metal Gear Solid Delta: (STILL) Not Feeling It

Back ... with a vengeance!

youtu.be/dNZfEac5Khs

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Not Feeling It YouTube video by Plastron

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Not Feeling It

Not so much a takedown of the game itself, but an appraisal of the trajectory of video game remakes in the wake of RE2 (2019) onwards

youtu.be/l8mra0_MaVo

Stranded In: Metal Gear Solid 3: The Sorrow's B̶e̶a̶c̶h̶ River YouTube video by Plastron

Stranded In: Metal Gear Solid 3: The Sorrow's B̶e̶a̶c̶h̶ River youtu.be/aDRomM4jX7I

Replaying Snake Eater got me #nooticing again

This boy Gucci'd down to the socks but still needs $20

Passing Thoughts: SNATCHER YouTube video by Plastron

Passing Thoughts: SNATCHER

Reporting for duty

youtu.be/H_rbMFwl6tM

Beat Metal Gear 2 for the first time

Bit harder to get into from MG1 bc I had to relearn how sightlines worked, but I can see the blueprint that led to MGS1

Again, supports my theory that Kojima's design is borne from Adventure Game Logic (looking at you, Owl)

Beat Metal Gear Solid 2 again after so many years

It's a cliche, but Kojima's prescience about the digital age will forever be his greatest quality as a writer

The throughline from this to the modern Metal Gears and even Death Stranding is a straight shot

Beat Metal Gear for the first time

Hit a wall at some point and consulted a walkthrough

Worth playing to see the early gestation of Kojima's ideas, but supports my theory that his immersive design is rooted in Adventure Game Logic instead of an im-sim background

Beat Snatcher for the first time

Out of everything, I'm surprised at how "short" it is

Fallout 4 owes Kojima money

Mightreya (Playtest) - vs Yaksha YouTube video by Plastron

Going through the Mightreya playtest

No tutorial yet, but I'm getting the hang of combat and how meters factor in damage

I see where WZN's come from the Overclock system in Assault Spy and mixed in some Bayo-isms

youtu.be/ZR0v46S1ueo

oh yeah,

bsky.app/profile/sket...

Trying Out: Nextfest (June 2025) - Aeromachina, Gecko Gods, PIGFACE, SSR Wives YouTube video by Plastron

Trying Out: NextFest (June 2025)

Micro-what?

youtu.be/SnfNNKGG7KU

Went back to the Aeromachina demo to see if I could find a better method

You don't have to keep the afterburner revved up if you're not gonna use it - just rev it preemptively when you know you need the burst

Doublejumping after every bunny hop maintains speed and handles turns better

I think Alan Wake 2 gets close

Manages to pull off the Twin Peaks pastiche better than the original and even riffs on The Return and True Detective, all the while examining the fallout of the events of the first game

Mechanical Fury Demo on Steam Grapple, Kick, DESTROY with Mechanical Fury: a fast paced movement shooter full of Bloodthirsty Mechs, Vertical Arenas, and a Banger Soundtrack!

You can try Mechanical Fury's demo here:
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Trying Out: Mechanical Fury (Demo) YouTube video by Plastron

Trying Out: Mechanical Fury (Demo)

Got early access to a demo that just dropped today and put my thoughts out.

youtu.be/SBUKK-CSGAA

Tried the SSR Wives' demo

in a genre that's got as much overexposure as soulslikes, it manages to stand out from other indie survivor horror games with strong presentation and music

Forgot that if I compress a video into webm with Handbrake, I have to check that it preserves the audio channel or else it’s dead silent by default

video quality here is crunchier than what i posted on Twitter bc of the 100 MB restriction

Tried the Aeromachina demo

Friend told me that once you get all the upgrades, you can really blaze past everything with the shmoovement, and it's almost like bunnyhopping in how you need to time your jumps to preserve your momentum

Downside is the Afterburner's constant noise

Not even trying to be an ass rn, some games just hurt to look at for me

Gonna have to make a self-imposed embargo on covering Cruelty Squad-likes if looking at them for too long gives me a migraine