Tsugumi Henduluin
@henduluin.bsky.social
Veteran neurodivergent geek. Expect lots of random musings about anime/manga, games and other related shenanigans. Avatar art by @fuzichoco
After all the times lately that big (and not-so-big) companies have been caught "accidentally" shipping AI slop placeholder art in their finished products, I am beyond happy to see Slay the Spire 2 fully embrace the glory that is MSpaint, as the Lord decreed back in the olden days.
Of all the demos I've tried so far, the puzzle game DEG is probably the scariest one. Before I'd even noticed, nearly two hours passed. It put me in the same kind of flow state Tametsi did a few years ago, which is both great and a little troublesome when you intend to try out dozens of games.
I thought I had a pretty decent idea of what I was doing in #Mewgenics. Then I entered Act II. That was quite the wake-up call. Poor kitties.
Of course Diablo 2 gets its first new expansion in 25 years right after I grabbed Path of Exile 2 🙃
Where do you even go after an ending like that? Kinda hard to imagine we'll just go back to SoL shenanigans at the start of the next game. #TrailsBeyondtheHorizon
Speaking of tearing up, but due to completely different emotions: I just watched the American Truck Sim run for #AGDQ2026 and I have not laughed this hard in years. My throat is actually hurting. This is like the third event in a row where a run by @anarchyasf.com ends up being absolute cinema.
Speaking of tearing up, #IkokuNikki is just straight up a weapon of mass emotional destruction. That show came out of the gate swining and hasn't let up a single moment. I'd be very surprised if it doesn't end up being on my AOTY list.
This translation note at the end of #Medalist vol 8 has no right to be this funny. Also, man, can't wait for season two to start. Already tearing up from the manga, can't even imagine what motion and music will do to my soul.
Man, crazy to think that after fifteen years we've finally caught up to Japan for the Trails/Kiseki games. What a ride. I still remember being blown away by Sky 1 on the PSP. Still really sad that SpacedrakeCF is no longer with us to see it though 😞
LEGO Pokemon? Oh boy, that's a match made in heaven... for scalpers. Poor kids that will never see any of these sets, as they're all bought up by bots and put up on ebay for ten times the original price.
With the free fly for Star Citizen starting today, I figured I'd give it a shot, see what the fuzz is about. I mean, surely there is a reason why people have given it almost a *billion* dollar this past decade, right? Barely a minute into the tutorial, I was softlocked due to a bug. So yeah.
You know, this whole #Frieren looking up fanart saga is just peak mid 2000s internet vibes, and I'm loving it. Reminds me what the internet *could* be if it wasn't for the complete coorporate enshitification.
Currently visiting a major christmas market in the low countries, and the sheer fucking amount of genAI slop in every. godsdamned. store. Even saw a 'painting' being sold for over 100€ How the fuck did we get to this point? Capitalism hohoho, fuckers.
Germ just brought it to my attention that Ubisoft is using AI generated imagery for the art in Anno 117: Pax Romana. This us utter shit Ubisoft. WTF did I just pay 90 bucks for if you can't hire actual artists??
I just met Dionysus for the first time in #HadesII My eyes were not prepared for that illustration.
It's wild how much my enjoyment of #Silksong fluctuates. The Mist was genuinely one of the most miserable gaming experiences I've had in ages, yet Mount Fay is basically the second coming of Celeste.
whenever I feel adrift I think "more bookshelves in the house would fix me" and this is probably not addressing the root cause of what's going on but is also probably True
Man. Back when I read the City manga I was already pretty meh about it all, but I'd hoped KyoAni could elevate it. And sure, the production values are unreal. But good lord, the entire show is just so aggressively unfunny. Which is weird, since Nichijo regularly had me gasping for air.
After a lot of internal conflict, the intrusive thoughts won and I grabbed Victoria 3 since I like numbers getting bigger and I've been wanting to get into a meatier Grand Strategy game for a while now. I figured my hundreds of hours in Stellaris and Anno would've prepared me for this. It has not.
Played an hour or two of #ArtisImpact Not sure if it'll end up being a good *game* - I basically already have infinite HP and mana - but good lord if it isn't the most charming thing I've laid my eyes on in a hot minute.
Whatever horrors you may find in these dark spaces, have heart and see them through. There are no premature endings. There are no wrong answers. There are only fresh perspectives and new beginnings. This is a love story. Slay the Princess is 30% off. Get it now for less than 13 bucks.