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Posts by Joshua Carpenter

The game you are about to play is a product of its time. It may depict the PS3, which was commonplace in society. These depictions were wrong then and are wrong today.

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‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record

And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September

www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

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RPGamer Best of 2025 Awards, Michael A. Cunningham Memorial Award -- Quartet

RPGamer Best of 2025 Awards, Michael A. Cunningham Memorial Award -- Quartet

Quartet in-town screenshot

Quartet in-town screenshot

Quartet combat screenshot

Quartet combat screenshot

Quartet, from @somethingclassic.bsky.social, offers an ambitious story and great gameplay execution. Showing great understanding of classic RPG appeal and offering plenty of its own ideas, we are pleased to award it our Michael A. Cunningham Memorial Award for 2025.

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RPGamer Best of 2025 Awards, Best Dialogue -- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

RPGamer Best of 2025 Awards, Best Dialogue -- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

Screenshot showing some of the dialogue in Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

Screenshot showing some of the dialogue in Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

RPGamer Best of 2025 Awards, Best Interaction -- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

RPGamer Best of 2025 Awards, Best Interaction -- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

Screenshot showing some of the choice and resource-driven gameplay in Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

Screenshot showing some of the choice and resource-driven gameplay in Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

From @jumpovertheage.com and @fellowtraveller.games, Citizen Sleep 2: Starward Vector sends players back among the stars. Its conversational excellence and impactful resource-driven gameplay saw it come away with our Best Dialogue and Best Interaction Awards for 2025.

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Electronic billboard contains a fragment of an old Intel boot screen.

Electronic billboard contains a fragment of an old Intel boot screen.

the theater is screening DOS Boot

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Gotta find that warm sun on a cold day

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Poking around Granville island on a dreary day

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Arrived in Vancouver; promptly acquired donuts

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The Canadian Rockies are amazing

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Arrived in Jasper Alberta this morning

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Arriving in Alberta as the sun sets

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When the train is this long, it’s hard to get a picture

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Arrived in Winnipeg; about halfway across Canada

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Passed Sioux Lookout earlier; don’t know how close that is

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Traversing frozen lakes in Western Ontario

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There’s that tower thing the Canadians are always going on about

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Did the touristy smoked meat pilgrimage

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Always a double double, but just got done eating smoked meat sandwich so passed on the maple gazed

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Can you say you’ve been to Canada without a stop at a Timmy’s?

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Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter – Unsophisticated Fight Once-in-a-lifetime dream remake (dreamake!) Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter should have been my perfect video game. It wasn't. Here I hope to process that disappointment and let it go. I've gone on record ad nauseam that The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky was the video game that inspired me to tread my career path. Or maybe it's more accurate to call it the final push over a threshold I'd been approaching all my life.

Today on Astral City Mini, my hopes for a dream remake of Trails in the Sky are scattered to the winds. How and why did its new localization falter? I’ll tell you.

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Been a while since it was so satisfying to kill someone in a game #FinalFantasyTactics

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A tweet from Robin Light-Williams (@BlondRobin) stating the following: Hello to anyone reading this. I am Robin Light-Williams, formerly lead translator for Carpe Fulgur. I am very sorry to announce that my friend and business partner Andrew Dice, @SpaceDrakeCF, has passed away. Pursuant to that, Carpe Fulgur will be ceasing operations.

A tweet from Robin Light-Williams (@BlondRobin) stating the following: Hello to anyone reading this. I am Robin Light-Williams, formerly lead translator for Carpe Fulgur. I am very sorry to announce that my friend and business partner Andrew Dice, @SpaceDrakeCF, has passed away. Pursuant to that, Carpe Fulgur will be ceasing operations.

Absolutely devastated by this news. SpaceDrake was no doubt a huge influence in drumming up interest for Japanese indie games localized into English and pushing for them on digital distribution storefronts like steam. Huge loss. Might be time for another playthrough of Recettear in his honour.

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We’re excited to announce an extra special pre-release stream of QUARTET by @somethingclassic.bsky.social, hosted by our very own SNES RPG Master Scar!

Join us Sunday August 24th beginning at 8am Eastern for your first look at #QuartetRPG prior to its launch on August 26th:

www.twitch.tv/rpgamer

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Trails through Daybreak II

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Look at all those “X” making dead ends. Isn’t it fun to have to experience every single route?

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Hey look, that’s us! 🧡

Read the full review: rpgamer.com/review/off-r...
Watch the video review: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHDr...

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The Legend of Heroes Series: Where to Start? 2025 Edition - RPGamer Nihon Falcom's The Legend of Heroes franchise, and particularly its Trails series, has given RPGamers many titles to enjoy. With more titles released or coming soon since our initial 2021 article, we ...

Ahead of @falcom.co.jp and @gungho-america.bsky.social's upcoming release of Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, we've created an update to our Where to Start? guide for The Legend of Heroes series.

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[And yes, we expect that 1st Chapter is a great place to leap in!]

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That looks like a final boss #SakuraWars2 #JRPGJuly

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This game is so corny and I'm here for it #SakuraWars2 #JRPGJuly

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There are so many one-off mini games in Sakura Wars 2, and I suck at all of them #JRPGJuly

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