Shoutout to the critics who don't fully jive with OoT or GTA6, score them accordingly, and then get brigaded by fans claiming they're paid shills or bad at their job or whatever because they gave the hotness, like, an 8/10. May your Patreons be full and may your bosses give you hazard pay bonuses. 🫡
Olivia Falk
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Independent video games critic, programmer, and self-proclaimed queen of being thoroughly average. 18+ | She/her 😊💕 📝 www.olivigarden.ca 📸 @mini_olivigarden
Ah beans, I just watched Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma and essentially had a horny existential crisis over it, and now you're telling me the sequel to the last game that gave me a horny existential crisis is coming out next week? Hell of a month, November is...😅
Hey everyone! #CoffeeBuns has a release date!! November 13th!! Three years of buns, sweat, and tears finally paying off! If you're able to help us out by wishlisting it before release, that'd be super appreciated! The sequel to #MiceTea is upon us! store.steampowered.com/app/3709320/...
HEY CIS PEOPLE: here is your reminder that things are Still Not Remotely Okay for trans people in the US, and a fair chunk of this blue wave has come out in favor of that. What we've won is a slim gddamn chance, and we need you to get a crowbar into it and pry it wider.
Google over here trying to set a new world record for "Number of times people have said, 'Remember when Google's motto was "Don't be evil"?'" in a single calendar year.
Google is now threatening America's schools, saying they will turn off their core search functions if schools choose to entirely block AI. www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/u...
If you're in the States, remember to go vote! And if you have to wait in line (or if you generally have some free time and want to read something that I at least think is engaging), why not have a gander at me getting enthusiastically verbose about an exceptionally unsettling little horror game?
Had to crunch a bit towards the end, but I did it! I got a Halloween review out on time! And I know I say this a decent amount, but I'm legitimately really proud of how this one turned out. Enjoy, and happy Halloween! 🎃 olivigarden.ca/2026/10/31/r... #gamereview #videogames
Had to crunch a bit towards the end, but I did it! I got a Halloween review out on time! And I know I say this a decent amount, but I'm legitimately really proud of how this one turned out. Enjoy, and happy Halloween! 🎃 olivigarden.ca/2026/10/31/r... #gamereview #videogames
REANIMAL Review
True horror often emerges from the unknowable. But how unknowable should it really be?
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I can't believe Slime Rancher is turning 10 next year...but the good news is that it still holds up! olivigarden.ca/2026/10/28/s... #gamereview #indiegame #videogames
Slime Rancher Review
It’s slime time, and believe it or not, that’s not a euphemism!
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I can't believe Slime Rancher is turning 10 next year...but the good news is that it still holds up! olivigarden.ca/2026/10/28/s... #gamereview #indiegame #videogames
Slime Rancher Review
It’s slime time, and believe it or not, that’s not a euphemism!
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I would love to be proven wrong, but I feel like a lot of video game soundtracks tend not to use recognizable leitmotifs that repeat throughout the score, and as someone who loves hearing a core theme get reinterpreted and iterated on to give a musical throughline to a story, it's a real shame.
PSA for anyone playing Reanimal: I started it on PS5 tonight, and one of the early areas has a brief but gnarly lighting big that causes a bunch of flickering. Less pronounced here, but on my TV it was really rough to look at, even as someone without photosensitivity. @tarsierstudios.bsky.social
Only a few reviews left before the draft backlog's empty, so let's get the most lacklustre game of what's left out of the way. olivigarden.ca/2026/10/23/y... #videogames #indiegame #gamereview
Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles Review
Have a wander over yonder, but maybe give this one a miss.
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I still believe that people are and can be good, maybe not all of them, but lots
The Academy of Eating Lunch regrets to announce that we must rescind the Actually Ate Lunch Today Award, only just given to Stella Sacco, as it has come to our attention that 3 PM is “a little late to eat lunch,” especially for “someone who works from home and could eat lunch in a timely manner”
I wrote something again. Feel free to read it if you'd like. I hope I got things right this time. olivigarden.ca/2026/10/17/i...
It’s Not Always About You
On identity, oppression, and interpretation.
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I wrote something again. Feel free to read it if you'd like. I hope I got things right this time. olivigarden.ca/2026/10/17/i...
It’s Not Always About You
On identity, oppression, and interpretation.
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The Backrooms is just a physical manifestation of the jpeg file format. No, I will not be elaborating any further. 😝
I took aim at Magic back when I reviewed Zoominoes, and now it's time to prod at another sacred cow: chess! Pawnbarian is kinda chess, but also its own thing, and that's more than enough to keep me happily abstaining from its ancient ancestor. olivigarden.ca/2026/09/29/p... #gamereview #indiegame
Pawnbarian Review
Chess is hundreds (and hundreds) of years old, and considered an unimpeachable classic by many. But as far as I’m concerned, it’s just been impeached.
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Not my Bsky feed spontaneously surprising me with Onimusha spoilers...why must I take so damn long to finish games? 😭
Found someone on FB Marketplace selling these little Jesus figures in bulk, and I'm living for how much it's giving Pear Wiggler energy 😂
I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed
if you are trans, you should make art. I want more transgender artists full stop. Make good art or bad art, just make art. ily
I know I kinda framed this as a bit, but tbh Onimusha may legit end up being my GOTY at this rate. Every time I think I've seen all it has to offer, it invigorates me with some new thing. First we had killer combat, then Bloodborne-esque body horror, now cute pups to rescue...who knows what's next?
Ummm...Onimusha GOTY?