Siver

@siverwrites.bsky.social

Blog and textual let's plays of adventure games at https://siverwrites.wordpress.com/ Games, games, games. JRPGs and adventure games especially. Posting a video game song I like once per day. She/her

In Super Mario Maker 2, failing the matching game in the World Maker will cause Mario's mismatched creation to emerge from the door, making him slowly back away in fear or disgust. Below are all the possible abominations Mario can create.

In the World Maker mode of Super Mario Maker 2, the Match & Win! minigame is directly based on the Spade Panel game from Super Mario Bros. 3.
If Mario fails to match all three reels to create a picture of a single power-up, he will wait in front of the house...
...whereupon the mismatched object he created will emerge from the door. Mario will back off, seemingly in fear or disgust.
Here are all the possible abominations Mario can create, extracted from the game's files: [collection of 24 mismatched objects]
Source: Random Talking Bush, spriters-resource.com/nintendo_switch/supermariomaker2/asset/130200

If you have dreadfully looked at the endless layoffs in the gaming industry and wondered "What can I do to alleviate this situation?" This is how.

Brandon Sheffield@brandon.insertcredit.com · 6d ago

In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...

One down Elite Four were a challenge and I think I was a little under-leveled. My final team was Venusaur, Pidgeot, Golem, Alakazam, Lapras and Rapidash. Lapras did a lot of the work but Venusaur fittingly got the final blow against Gary's last Pokemon Fun to revisit in a form I hadn't played

Bingo card with Pokemon Leaf Green blotted
Siver@siverwrites.bsky.social · 4w ago

A little late as we're already 9 days into July but roughly half-wayish through the year, I'm trying a bingo card for games I keep meaning to get to. VERY soft goals. Purely for fun. siverwrites.wordpress.com/2026/07/09/s...

Bingo card of 25 games: 
Saltsea Chronicles
Wanderstop
Herdling
Escape from Ever After
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
Start Persona 5 Royal…
Play more Fields of Mistria
Finish Replay of The Messenger
King’s Quest IV fan remake
Subsurface Circular
Finish Terra Memoria
Animal Well
Trails in the Sky Second Chapter (taking the place of Free Space)
Zwei: The Arges Adventure
Start Blackwell Series
Get back to Ys VIII…
80 Days
Rhythm Heaven Groove
Strange Horticulture
The Telwynium Book One
The Mermaid Mask
Finish Pokémon Leaf Green
Lil Gator Game
Replay Sea of Stars
Finish Yoshi and the Mysterious Book

This is a fun word game I found a Rarity-53 word worth 82 pts in OUTLIER. KEEN · 761 points · 10 rare words. Only 12 players have ever found it in all of Outlier. 3 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/JN5ZVZ

OUTLIER · Daily Global Word Game Scored on Rarity

The daily global word game where rare words win. Same grid worldwide. Can you find what everyone else misses?

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I thought I was still missing Becky Chambers' Wayfarers book 4, but I found out I do have it while putting book 3 away, oops. Pleasant surprise but I'm usually better at remembering what I have than that. Glad to know it's there when I'll want it anyway