Crisol is one of my favorite games of the year, even with all of its rough edges, it was a love letter to old-school Resident Evil games (and RE4). It was cheap at launch and the devs were clearly punching above their weight. So depressing. This industry continues to feel beyond repair.

VGC@videogameschronicle.com · 2w ago

Vermila Studios, the Madrid-based developer behind Blumhouse-published horror game Crisol: Theater of Idols, has reportedly laid off all employees and shut down. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-stu...

I love Xeno games and Xenosaga dearly. MOMO is cool and all that jazz but they seriously didn't fix the field skill nonsense in the definitive edition of XC2? 😩

Made the connection that these underground ruins in Splatoon Raiders are more or less the caves from Pikmin 2 and I don't know how to feel about that lol

Am I the only person on this earth playing Aphelion? I can't help myself with all the not-so-great to good Don't Nod games that aren't Life is Strange. Give me Remember Me, Banishers, Jusant and whatever this is lol

Why was The Sheep Detectives so fucking good 😭

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I finally finished vanilla Ys X. It only took me 3 years and 70 hours on Nightmare difficulty lol this game has a lot of issues but damn, Falcom sure knows how to reel me in towards the end. This series needs a reset, though. I don't think Ys should be as long as a Legend of Heores game.

Just got back from visiting Chicago properly for the first time. I tagged along for my husband's library conference and got to hear LeVar Burton Speak! I saw "The Bean" and ate an Italian beef sandwich, which I sacrilegiously assembled to be as close to a Philly cheesesteak as possible lol

The Xbox version of Control should have had an original Xbox as an Altered Item, hooked up to a Magnavox TV in a sealed room of the Panopticon in the Oldest House. If you turn it on, you blink out of existence.

I've been on a Ys kick lately. I started Ys Memoire: Revelations in Celceta during my flight yesterday and it served as a reminder that some of the more recent Ys games are missing the intro field/dungeon title card flybys. These are so essential imo, the cloud shadows and everything ugh 😫

Hear me out; get Velan Studios to remake Wave Race 64 now and have them make a cinematic campaign with melodramatic cutscenes between the jet ski racers. Dave Mariner (USA) starting some beef between Miles Jeter (Canada) lol If that's the only way we can get Wave Race back, I'll take it!

I think Prisoner has my all-time favorite chorus in any Dance Gavin Dance song. All the band drama aside and nothing against the new clean vocalist, I really do miss Tillian's range and voice in general (yes, I'm aware of his solo project but it's not the same!) youtu.be/Df-fm-MSMqI?...

Dance Gavin Dance - Prisoner (Official Music Video)

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At the zoo today with the husband 🦒 🐢

From a week or so ago; I saw Between the Buried and Me for the umpteenth time. This was the second time at the Ace of Spades in Sacramento though. Fallujah and Imperial Triumphant opened. It's always fun to observe and live vicariously through the youth running in circles in the pit lol

This is my pride song of 2026. If this played at a bear event poolside or at a club, I'd lose my mind lol happy pride. youtu.be/rNDwpO1toCQ?...

Polyphia - CAN YOU FEEL IT (Official Music Video)

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Now that I've played through both Hollow Knight: Silksong and Mina the Hollower, I'm hoping one of the next "big deal" indie games is going to be The Big Catch. I don't think it's on anyone's radar yet (particularly because the dev is being very quiet about it), but I think it's going to be special.

I've been replaying DK64 on NSO for the first time since I was a teenager and I'm pretty sure this wannabe SM64 slide objective with the beetle added like 5 years of wear and tear on my new-ish N64 controller in a single night lol I eventually got it but god damn!

No 3D Mario still? Underwhelming Zelda OOT teaser? Xenoblade with a more high school style setting? 😫 I'm not trying to be a debbie downer here (I'm genuinely excited and looking forward to a lot of things) but geezzz. Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen finallly, though (which I'll play on PS5 lol).

That Nintendo Direct wasn't for me. It felt more like a Partner Direct? Sooo many ports and games I'll play (or have already played) on PS5 instead. I guess it was exciting for someone who primarily (or only) plays stuff on Nintendo platforms, but I was expecting more 1st party reveals. Oh well.

I need someone to rip/isolate the music from this trailer ASAP. It looks kind of incredible, but probably a ways off still? I saw some rumblings about the trailer/key art using genAI? Big ugh if that's true. youtu.be/4aVoaSixc0E?...

Stellar Blade: Blood Rain - Official Reveal Trailer | IGN Summer of Gaming

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Still processing all the announcements from the past few days... gen ATLAS is easily one of my most anticipated games. This project still looks a little rough (the frame rate in some shots lol I guess it wouldn't be an Ueda game without those issues) but I need it. youtu.be/0qiis8lUZDc?...

gen ATLAS Reveal Trailer | Summer Game Fest 2026 [English Version]

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Yoshi and the Mysterious Book has some incredible level design. World 3 & 5 have been my highlights so far, but almost all of it is the Good-Shit™. There are hundreds of "Discoveries", which feel like the distillation of in-game achievements or traditional collect-a-thon objectives. I love it.

I'm a 3D platformer aficionado (sometimes a snob) and Bubsy 4D simply sucks ass. It feels like a Demon Turf/Tides mod. The level design is super questionable; big empty levels with strange enemy placements and long stretches of nothingness. I don't get it.

Missed this trend during my Marathon-induced social media blackout. My brother and I shared a collection growing-up, so between the two of us, these were likely among our #first5imports Gunner's Heaven King's Field I King's Field Additional I & II Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere Shadow Tower: Abyss

John Ricciardi@johntv.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The first games that I ever imported

I almost fell asleep during a cutscene in that The Adventures of Elliot demo lol I don't quite see the Alundra comparisons (it's def more Final Fantasy Adventure?) but it's my kind of game for sure. The dialogue and story set-up/scenario just seems so 😴 though.

The new Yoshi game is pretty chill and fun. Reminds me of Wario Land 2/3, where you don't take damage and it's more cause and effect. The OST is so boring, though. It's my biggest disappointment so far. Good-Feel games just don't feel right without Tomoya Tomita. Some stages don't even have music 😫

I can't believe it's over. I put well over a decade of my life into this game. 4000+ hours, so many memories, good and bad. This game kept me sane and was my social escape in 2020. I hope Bungie can figure it all out. I love Marathon, but it's not for everyone. Time to move on.

Destiny 2@destinythegame.bungie.net · 3mo ago

On June 9, 2026, we will be releasing our final live service content update for Destiny 2, Monument of Triumph, available to all players. 📰 For full details: bung.ie/d2_may_21_2026

Spoiler alert for my 2026 GOTY post (which probably won't be posted until February of 2027)... I don't think anything beats Pragmata when it comes to my "Favorite WARNING Screen" game this year. They're EVERYWHERE lol

I like Marathon A LOT. Hours logged are probably slightly skewed (since I've left the game running while sitting in the lobby for a bit), but I finally got the Platinum after 200+ hours along with 4 Titles along the way. I'll have a million things to say about it at some point...

My thoughts and impressions on Day of the Devs 2026 as a first-time attendee. I spoke with a few of the developers and got a chance to play Queen's Domain, Tire Boy, Kiln and more... unexpectedgames.blog/2026/04/06/d...

Day of the Devs 2026 – My Impressions as a First-Time Attendee

My thoughts and impressions on Day of the Devs 2026 as a first-time attendee. I spoke with a few of the developers and got a chance to play Queen’s Domain, Tire Boy, Kiln and more…

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