I can't help but feel disconnected from humanity lately. Feels like most people just don't really seem to care about stuff, and how things affect other people. I get passionate talking about topics, particularly about gaming. I have spend most of my life gaming, so yes I am invested in my hobby.

Lu Bu unlocked! Had to defeat 1000 enemies in Hu Lao Gate to get him, that was some work!

Just beat Dynasty Warriors 2 with Guan Yu, my first time clearing Normal difficulty and it was so hard to achieve! Got another 22 characters to clear yet - lots of stat grinding required 😬

Started replaying the PS2 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers game this weekend, I've been wanting to play some Middle-Earth based games. It still holds up fairly well, but I feel like the Return of the King game was more impressive, from what I remember.

Today, I've started playing Rise of the Tomb Raider. I played it years ago on Xbox One, and remember not really loving it. This time I'm playing the 20th Anniversary edition on PS4 which includes all the DLCs. I'm enjoying it so far, so I hope my positivity stays.

Finished Dante's Inferno a couple of days ago, highly enjoyable game and glad I got round to it at last. Yesterday I played the remaster of Onimusha: Warlords, still a great game! Shame the Platinum looks like its going to take a fair few runs. Managed to get the Onimusha 2 remaster on sale, though

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Nearing the end of Dante's Inferno. I'm really glad I picked this game up so many years later than I originally dropped it. Reminds me of how much I enjoyed the PS3 era of hack and slash games - God of War, Darksiders, Castlevania Lords of Shadow. Very crunchy and satisfying.

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Not going to lie, life has been really difficult recently. But I still try and keep on top of my gaming. Been working my way through fighting games recently, covering a ton of series and playing them by release order - Street Fighter, SNK Fighters, Tekken, Mortal Kombat, and more. Soul Blade next.

Haven't posted in a while yet again! After playing through the whole Legacy of Kain series, I decided to finally get round to giving Dante's Inferno another shot. Not sure why I didn't finish it first time around (that was in 2010!) because so far its really satisfying.

Been playing Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater this week, and I love it so much. It feels like the same game I played when I was younger but so lovingly updated. Just stopped playing after beating The Fear and I can't wait for my next session. MGS will always be one of my favourite series.

Listening to the K-Pop Demon Hunters OST while out and about this morning, and its genuinely an awesome soundtrack that stands on its own two feet independent of the movie. Hits right in so many ways.

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Been ill in bed today and couldn't sleep, so I watched K-Pop Demon Hunters. Loved it, its a blend of some of my favourite things - demons, singing idols, nicely animated combat scenes. Will definitely watch again and I'm looking forward to the sequel!

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Been playing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and its definitely been a mixed experience for me. Love the combat and the ability system, and the plot is gripping when it's moving. But as soon as I'm not actively pushing forwards with the plot, I don't really feel invested in the world beyond the party.

Had a really nice father's day yesterday. Had a lie in, spent time with the kids, spent some time with my parents and went out for a meal. Got some Final Fantasy MTG cards as a gift!

@foxgodleon.bsky.social just convinced me to give FFIX a try when the remake comes out. I’m a little wary given I’m bad at judging which FF game suits me, so we’ll see 🙂

The Introverted Castle discord group's monthly game has been voted for and decided! In June, we will be playing King's Bounty II, which is currently for sale on PS Store for £5.24. Feel free to download it, and come and share the experience with us! discord.gg/pGzyUzHP

Our little club’s monthly game for June is King’s Bounty II. Both me and @foxgodleon.bsky.social have been meaning to play this and finally we’re getting around to it 😂

Got a Discord based gaming club running at the moment, focused on building a community of gamers playing mostly solo video games. Each month we vote for a game to play as a community, which is always available at the time for under £10, making use of sales. discord.gg/PyA9PMuW

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Finished Persona 3 Reload's Episode Aigis last night. I never beat The Answer on PS2 as I didn't like how hyper focused it was on combat. It's still the same in Reload, but at least the combat is a bit better in the remake. But The Answer is still a needlessly long slog 👎

My new Discord group is off to a surprisingly great start! Only created it two days ago and already hit 30 members 😱 We're currently voting on which single player PS4/5 game to pick up in the sale and play together, I'm excited to see how it goes. For anyone interested: discord.gg/7RaR8V78

Sooo, I was talking to my wife and she had an idea, that potentially I could try and set up a social club of sorts like a book club, except for video games. So everyone in the group plays the same game over a given period and then can share and discuss it. Especially for introverted gamers like me.

Doing a chronological playthrough of all the games in the Castlevania collections for PS4/5 and I played Haunted Castle Revisited for the first time today - a remake of the retro Arcade game that never released outside of Japan before. It's a lot of fun and the updated visuals are really great!

Just finished Death Stranding Director's Cut, getting ready for the sequel this year. Still struggled to really know if I enjoyed the gameplay (it's very repetitive), but the storytelling still has me hooked in the later chapters. Hoping DS2 mixes things up and is something very special.

What's a game you feel only you have played? For me, it's definitely Guardian's Crusade. Felt like what could be a child's first foray into JRPGs, and had a simple charm to it. I beat it multiple times and wish it could be re-released sometime.

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What's a game you feel only you have played? For like 99% of my life, even to people i knew who love YugiOh, never seen really anyone talk about this game, which is funny cause it’s one of my favorite gamecube games of all time

Just finished watching Devil May Cry on Netflix! It's definitely very much a brand new universe with its own history and version of events, but I really enjoyed it. Action is fun, the characters are great and it had a satisfying first arc to follow on from.

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A little underwhelmed by the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct. It looks like a lovely system, and I'm sure I'll get one as an upgrade to the Switch in time, but there was nothing there that really sold the system to me. Kept waiting for that big surprise that never really came.