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Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 16: 1000xResist (2024)

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This would be the Kaizo Mario of The Roottrees Are Dead.

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new torment nexus just dropped

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Sure seems like dem presidents had a lot more power than they said they did, and mostly used what they did of that power by spending 25 years building the carceral infrastructure needed for fascism

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"all whiteness is provisional in supremacy" is an outstanding way of putting this

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The catholics aren't the only ones who have it hard...

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Coffee pot’s full, notebook and pen are at the ready, and we’re all set for our stay at Mt. Holly. See you on the other side, friends. #blueprince

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RIP Kurt Vonnegut. Gone 18 yrs. Dang.

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Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 15: Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (2015)

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Thank god, I've been so worried about it becoming lost media, given it's been checks Steam 7 days since it's last release.

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I may forget about this for days at a time, but we're making it to the end. Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 14: That Dragon, Cancer (2016)

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begging everyone to actually read the length of this before having a reaction. Autumn argues their position incredibly well. Boycotts necessarily force us to make uncomfortable decisions. The least we can do is be willing to challenge ourselves and not simply go down the more comfortable, safe road.

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the three kings seeing the star of bethlehem

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Bring back proper games journalism.

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The past four Republican administrations have tanked the US economy. But I know multiple Democrats who include their pronouns in the footer of their emails. I have never felt more politically homeless.

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Smart point: The tariffs would be a good idea if they were completely different and Trump did not act the way he has acted every day of his life. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...

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Playing virtual games of mafia in the message board for the Lost wiki, which feels about as archaic as saying that I made my own corn husk dolls.

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New post is up on Area of Effect! Enjoy an extra-large recap of what I played in February and March. joshuanovalis.substack.com/p/wake-up-sl...

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Quality writing advice for anyone doing games criticism.

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Yes. If these people gave a shit about "bringing good jobs back to America," they would be fighting to improve the quality of the jobs we already have. There's nothing inherent to the work of a taxi driver or waitress that has to be less secure than a 1950s factory worker.

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I'm not sure which video to post--the fifteen paramedics in their last moments as one of them prays amid gunfire, the journalist being burned alive, the man holding a headless toddler, the people blown into the air, or the young man quietly rocking the shrouded body of a child. It's a genocide.

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you know things are going well when they break out the turnip photos

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Thrilled for this coming month in game releases: Blue Prince on the 10th, Lost Records Tape 2 on the 15th, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on the 24th. All completely different from each other, but all exactly my shit in their own ways.

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I dunno y'all, but very little makes me more sceptical about white people's ability to empathize in any way shape or form with the experiences of brown people than watching a bunch of white people talk or write about abuse of power and detentions at the border as if it is a new thing

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Getting Bioshock: Infinite vibes from that premise. Please don’t do “the embattled minority is equally as bad as their oppressors” in 2025.

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I am not ready for the profound level of existential dread this is bound to incite within me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CaH...

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We're about to get some serious discourse about The South in video game spheres and I'm both excited and guarded about that. It's also an opportunity for me to be obnoxious about the difference between Texas and "The South," something I think is incredibly clear but maybe only if you're from here.

Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 16: 1000xResist (2024)

This would be the Kaizo Mario of The Roottrees Are Dead.

new torment nexus just dropped

Sure seems like dem presidents had a lot more power than they said they did, and mostly used what they did of that power by spending 25 years building the carceral infrastructure needed for fascism

"all whiteness is provisional in supremacy" is an outstanding way of putting this

The catholics aren't the only ones who have it hard...

Coffee pot’s full, notebook and pen are at the ready, and we’re all set for our stay at Mt. Holly. See you on the other side, friends. #blueprince

RIP Kurt Vonnegut. Gone 18 yrs. Dang.

Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 15: Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (2015)

Thank god, I've been so worried about it becoming lost media, given it's been checks Steam 7 days since it's last release.

I may forget about this for days at a time, but we're making it to the end. Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 14: That Dragon, Cancer (2016)

begging everyone to actually read the length of this before having a reaction. Autumn argues their position incredibly well. Boycotts necessarily force us to make uncomfortable decisions. The least we can do is be willing to challenge ourselves and not simply go down the more comfortable, safe road.

the three kings seeing the star of bethlehem

Bring back proper games journalism.

The past four Republican administrations have tanked the US economy. But I know multiple Democrats who include their pronouns in the footer of their emails. I have never felt more politically homeless.

Smart point: The tariffs would be a good idea if they were completely different and Trump did not act the way he has acted every day of his life. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...

Playing virtual games of mafia in the message board for the Lost wiki, which feels about as archaic as saying that I made my own corn husk dolls.

New post is up on Area of Effect! Enjoy an extra-large recap of what I played in February and March. joshuanovalis.substack.com/p/wake-up-sl...

Quality writing advice for anyone doing games criticism.

Yes. If these people gave a shit about "bringing good jobs back to America," they would be fighting to improve the quality of the jobs we already have. There's nothing inherent to the work of a taxi driver or waitress that has to be less secure than a 1950s factory worker.

I'm not sure which video to post--the fifteen paramedics in their last moments as one of them prays amid gunfire, the journalist being burned alive, the man holding a headless toddler, the people blown into the air, or the young man quietly rocking the shrouded body of a child. It's a genocide.

you know things are going well when they break out the turnip photos

Thrilled for this coming month in game releases: Blue Prince on the 10th, Lost Records Tape 2 on the 15th, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on the 24th. All completely different from each other, but all exactly my shit in their own ways.

I dunno y'all, but very little makes me more sceptical about white people's ability to empathize in any way shape or form with the experiences of brown people than watching a bunch of white people talk or write about abuse of power and detentions at the border as if it is a new thing

Getting Bioshock: Infinite vibes from that premise. Please don’t do “the embattled minority is equally as bad as their oppressors” in 2025.

I am not ready for the profound level of existential dread this is bound to incite within me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CaH...

We're about to get some serious discourse about The South in video game spheres and I'm both excited and guarded about that. It's also an opportunity for me to be obnoxious about the difference between Texas and "The South," something I think is incredibly clear but maybe only if you're from here.

55% tariff on The Lands Between

nothing better than video games

Oh no, it’s all I can see now.

Oh...They have to know what they're doing with that Luigi pack, right?