Finally got round to tinkering around with Retroarch, and had to start with the greatest ever intro to a video game - Vagrant Story 😍
Matt
@dystopianrelic.bsky.social
Forever doing the side quests while ignoring the main story - into retro, indie and chill gaming, Manics, The Smiths, and people with manners
Finally managed to take the kids for a proper education at the Arcade Club - 3 hours flew by
New year, new #promosky 🏹 The Last of Us (1&2) 🎨 Gris 🐉 Final Fantasy 🌌 No Man's Sky 🧟🏻 Resident Evil 🤖 Horizon ZD ⭐ Star Wars 🗡️ Shadow of the Colossus 🐲 Vagrant Story Never get enough time to play video games with having young kids, so anyone with suggestions is always welcome!
📆[29/12/1995]| On This Day Manic Street Preachers supported The Stone Roses at London Wembley Arena, their first gig since Richey Edwards' disappearance, debuting 5 songs from Everything Must Go. Reviews: Mark Sutherland, NME; @simonprice.bsky.social, Melody Maker #ManicStreetPreachers
My setup - where I game is also where I work, so I have to keep things fairly low-key and “professional”. But a little gaming artwork gives it away, and having the Gris cover art in my background on Zoom calls often gets a comment or two
Doing an economics assignment and asked to explain a logarithmic scatterplot, but all I can see is Final Fantasy VII...
Unpopular opinion as a PC gamer, but I really don’t like mechanical keyboards. Give me my shitty Logitech membrane style keyboard any day
Finally started playing Jedi Survivor - and wow I have missed this crew!
Feeling grim and from out of nowhere decided I wanted a mug of Horlicks for the first time in years - and now I’m somehow back at my gran’s house in the 1980s
When a video game main menu has the option for ‘New Story’ or ‘New Journey’ rather than ‘New Game’, you know you’re in for a treat
Honestly love the gaming culture on Bluesky. I struggle to get quality time to play with having young kids, a career and studying, but it’s still fun seeing everyone having a wholesome time with great games, and knowing I’ll be able to pick up some gems on sale when I finally get some downtime 🎮
All this PS1 talk has led me to finding out that my original Vib Ribbon game disc with manual and poster is apparently worth over £100 on eBay?! Still not selling though - loved that game!!
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Me: I’m really pleased with all the bargains I picked up in the Steam sale, I wonder what I’ll play first… My brain: Let’s play Jedi Fallen Order for the third time because it’s so good… This is why my backlog will never disappear 🫠
Hidden way deep in my backlog, but now finally getting round to playing A Plague Tale Requiem
And while we're at it, favourite bands/acts Manic Street Preachers The Smiths New Order Sigur Rós Radiohead Kate Bush Embrace Låpsley The Cure Feeder Foo Fighters 80s Synthpop, anything trending on Lofi Girl, and video game soundtracks (esp Nobuo Uematsu, Jessica Curry, Berlinist) #promosky
Throwing myself at the mercy of the algorithm with my favourite games The Last of Us (1&2) Horizon ZD Gris Shadow of the Colossus Limbo Inside Gone Home Silent Hill Disco Elysium No Mans Sky Life is Strange Firewatch Final Fantasy Games with story, narrative and an amazing soundtrack ❤️ #promosky