YOU MUST MAINTAIN YOUR STRENGTH AND POWER! HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT.

Alan Wake 2

On a scale of Elden Ring to Sekiro, how much anxiety will Hollow Knight give me

I am enjoying Wano a ton so far

But not the last!

Food truck drawing with the shutter closed and a sign saying CLOSED DUE TO SMACKY BUM BUM >:(“

I regret what i have done

This game is a masterpiece

A picture of a Japanese man, Masahiro Sakurai, sitting at a wooden desk with a wood panelled wall behind him. There are a few shelves on the back wall displaying a few plants, books, pictures, and other things. Text overlaid on the picture reads "Why is making a game so hard?"

Masahiro Sakurai is all of us.

New rule: if a bunch of lunatic millionaires/billionaires have made the atmospheric stress in my life so thick I could swim through it for no reason whatsoever this month, then they should at least make my car payment for me

Haha oh no. I’ve awoken to the existential dread, but rather than put the horrors into words, I’ve decided to scroll endlessly on my dread box. Yippee!

Well, being sick allowed me one accomplishment: I have officially finished Whole Cake Island. Next is a brief interlude with the Levelly, and then Wano, here I come.

Oooo awesome! Which Discworlds though? I’ve only read a few. And yessss. Locked Tomb ahahaha. What a romp.

OKAY BUT WHICH BOOKS DID YOU READ 👀

I think it is to be honest. There’s a lot of discourse surrounding leisure activities being stack ranked somehow by perceived value, but in the same way I would categorize reading comics, YA, and novels as the same hobby, so too do I believe watching movies and television are a hobby as well

I think for me hobby is marked by some level of progression. Whether that’s volume, such as collecting, or skill, such as crafting or sports. Gaming I see as a hobby in the same way reading books is: a collection of experiences, with both skill and volume as optional markers for progression.

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If you're in Alpha Lab 2, we're trying to cram a bunch of folks into Ranked Lobbies right about for now testing. Come play!

Yes! It's good.

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Ooo I can totally see the Fake Type connection! And I replayed it on the ps5 a few months back and while it’s buggy as hell (the textures don’t always work), it’s still a delight!

One of my favorite things this week has been watching people react to the Duskbloods’ announcement. It’s a study in a) how amazingly on point Fromsoft and Miyazaki are as auteurs (cause everyone had guessed Fromsoft before the logo), but b) HOW RIDICULOUS NOT JUST LETTING THEM MAKE BLOODBORNE 2 IS.

Screenshot from Castlevania Season 3. Alucard sits alone with a cup of white wine and a meal of fish and garlic. The quote reads: "Oh, my God. I am losing my mind."

The 2025 experience

Stuck in traffic and I’ve found the best way to pass the time is to get your SO to try and explain the entire lore of the No More Heroes franchise.

I’m seeing a lot of negative reviews on games along the lines of “this isn’t exactly what I wanted, even though it was exactly what was promised”.

I can’t overstate how much more joy you will have if you allow art to unfurl in front of you, instead of demanding it be what you imagine you want.

See the New Looney Tunes Movie in Theaters for the Love of God - Aftermath Despite the best efforts of David Zaslav to erase the legacy of the Looney Tunes, there is a Looney Tunes movie in theaters. It's fantastic.

What's up doc? Me and @papapishu.bsky.social chatted about The Day The Earth Blew Up: aftermath.site/the-day-the-...

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IT MAKES NO SENSE

From a design perspective, I'll never understand why Luxray isn't electric/dark type.

SO WHAT IF THIS WAS MY FIRST SENTIENT THOUGHT THIS MORNING?!?!

You know you’re clocked by an algorithm when you start getting videos combining niche and modern perfume houses with video game characters. Anyway, Vincent Valentine and I smell the same, so that’s something.

Saveable snack plates. Small things like nuts, veggies, meats, cheeses (whatever you can handle) and that way you can nibble what you can and save it for later when full

Aloy's story is about fighting back against the apocalyptic effects of hubristic tech CEOs whose greed and short sightedness destroyed civilization