Same goes with Link’s added voice in LttP for GBA.

Sweet! Not sure if it’ll be available at our national chain but here’s hoping.

Cuddle time for Toby.

I wasn’t prepared for how metal Ralph Fiennes is in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. He has a scene that will be living rent free in my mind for a good while.

Currently obsessed with Daniel Lopatin’s Marty Supreme score. It reminds me of 90s Sega game soundtracks like Ecco the Dolphin and Panzer Dragoon. Magnificent stuff.

Great year for indie and prestige films, awful year for blockbusters and big studio animation.

Honourable mention:

Bugonia
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
The Phoenician Scheme
Sirat
Eddington
Little Amelie…
Frankenstein
Cover-Up
Urchin
28 Years Later
Sorry, Baby
Blue Moon
The Mastermind
Black Bag
Do I Know You from Somewhere?
Wake Up Dead Man
Mickey-17
John Candy: I Like Me
The Ugly Stepsister

My favourite movies of 2025:

1. One Battle After Another
2. Sentimental Value
3. No Other Choice
4. Sinners
5. Hamnet
6. Train Dreams
7. Nouvelle Vague
8. Weapons
9. It Was Just an Accident
10. Marty Supreme

Lufia 2 is one of those games I played a little bit during a rental and really liked but never got the chance to play through. One of these days…

Yet to play/waiting for price drop:

Hades II
Dispatch
Trails in the Sky 1st
Silent Hill f
DELTARUNE
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection
The Outer Worlds 2
Kirby Air Riders
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 HD
Marvel Cosmic Invasion

Favourite remasters/collections:

The Legend of Zelda: TotK S2 Edition
The Legend of Zelda: BotW S2 Edition
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
Suikoden I & II HD Remaster
Lunar Remastered Collection
Super Mario Galaxy & Super Mario Galaxy 2
Gradius Origins

Favourite old video games played in 2025:
1. Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
2. Streets of Rage 4
3. Luigi’s Mansion 3
4. The Revenge of Shinobi
5. Metroid Dread
6. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
7. Star Tropics
8. Kid Icarus

Favourite New Video Games of 2025:
1. Ghost of Yotei
2. Earthion
3. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
4. Donkey Kong Bananza
5. Absolum
6. Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
7. Terminator 2D
8. Lumines Arise
9. Ninja Gaiden Ragebound
10. Hollow Knight: Silksong
11. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
12. Mario Kart World

Proud cat dad over here. Mama and Toby are closer than ever, and even Spicy is warming up to her new brother.

Mama and Toby are now a cute duo. #ProudCatDad

I always wanted to like Klax. It was different from other puzzle games and has nice visuals. But I never found it fun to play.

Meet Toby! He’s the latest addition to my family. Spicy and Momma aren’t impressed but they’re tolerating him and curious.

Best first time movie viewings of Sept. 2025:

1. One Battle After Another
2. Sentimental Value
3. If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
4. John Candy: I Like Me
5. Sound of Falling
6. Wrong Husband
7. What We Dreamed of Then
8. Highest 2 Lowest

And have to give Spicy some attention as well…

Because @sulkyselkie.bsky.social asked, here are some pictures of my new kitty Mama. She’s a social butterfly with a flair for dramatics.

When you order a book and two years later it arrives and you’ve completely forgotten about it. Like a birthday present from myself.

It’s inevitable. Both seem to be great so everyone wins.

Played through Earthion this afternoon. It’s so good.

Just played through Earthion on Steam. Can’t believe I’m playing a new Sega Genesis game in 2025 and that it holds its own with the best shoot ‘em ups of all time. Absolute blast to play and a technical stunner.

As seen in the “Too Many Games” issue of EGM. That issue blew my mind.

A+ No notes. An important part of Canadian heritage. Still blows my mind that they were a spin off from The Philosopher Kings.

Wouldn’t surprise me if we don’t get anything until the fall. My guess is a Metroid Prime 4 release date drop on Nintendo Today followed by a Prime 4 focused Direct.