Adventure Rules

@adventurerules.bsky.social

He/him. 34. Queer blogger reflecting on life through the stories in video games. Besides article promo, expect posts about gaming, Dropout, and U.S. politics. Blog: https://adventurerulesjournal.blogspot.com

I never recognized before just how much Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door cares about Mario's gender. Perhaps I am noticing now because I have been thinking so much about my own. A new era of blogging begins: adventurerulesjournal.blogspot.com/2026/08/pape...

Paper Mario is a MAN

Paper Mario is a man . This is something that my favorite video game, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, deeply wants you to understand. W...

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Playing Paper Mario TTYD and I just got a Merlee blessing that doubled my star points on a fight where I killed an Amazee Dayzee...98 star points from a single fight. Been playing this game for like two decades and have never had this happen before!

Interesting that almost all analysis of Xbox in freefall completely ignores an organized boycott intended to harm the company financially. Meanwhile, multiple news stories on the home page all month about PlayStation boycotts that haven't even happened yet.

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IGN@ign.com · 2w ago

Game Pass was supposed to be the all-you-can-play subscription service that put Xbox on top after a disastrous generation. Instead, it's a failure that's threatening to ruin the company. https://bit.ly/4pIIUau

Been fooling around with the character creation and challenge creation rules for Legend in the Mist, and I love how the challenge rules really facilitate creating unique mechanics for each monster. Plus the flexibility for a "monster" to be like a dangerous social encounter and not just a fight.

Hey so y'all know speedrunning, where you play a video game as fast as you can? I recently learned about this similar thing you can do in real life where you try to get from one physical location to another as fast as you can using only your body. Think I might try it out, start doing practice runs.

I need a personal trainer or a therapist but for my wardrobe, specifically. Like I am perhaps the least fashionable person of all time and really need education from the ground up on essential concepts like "finding clothes you like" or "putting together an outfit."

A lot of folks have interviewed Grant Kirkhope about the DK Rap over the years and he's had very interesting things to say! But I really wanted to talk to the guys who actually rapped it, and managed to get the "So they're finally here!" guy on a call for this:

Kotaku@kotaku.com · 4w ago

The DK Rap is a silly, yet beloved, cornerstone of Nintendo and Rare history. It was also recorded in a stuffy hallway by the game director and a programmer who was picked because he listened to Tupac sometimes. https://kotaku.com/stuffy-silly-arhythmic-hallway-recording-original-dk-rap-2000715929