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dipshits in 2019: you people are NPCs, you don't even think for yourselves dipshits in 2025: I have outsourced my thinking to Clippy

submitted 5 days ago • 38 comments

Personal life has been hella busy, but I managed to squeeze in time to get another review posted! This is one I wrote quite a while ago and just never got around to publishing, but I think it still holds up. Time to talk about the wacky world of Going Under! olivigarden.com/2025/05/18/g...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Please, for the love of god, don’t start your new newsletter on Substack. There are so many better and cheaper alternatives who don’t run a business model of platforming the worst among us. You can get a self-hosted Ghost newsletter up and running for <$10/month.

submitted 10 days ago • 8 comments

"Galleon is a grappler and has a move where she puts you in a thigh headlock" Maybe fighting games are good hang on

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

chart drafted by a friend about the difference between indie and AA, and AAA game developers

submitted 12 days ago • 90 comments

May I interest you in a new pope that doesn't cover up abuse scandals and welcomes queerness?

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

There's been a surprising number of times where people online have referred to me as "Oliver", and all I can say is thank goodness that's not my dead name because as it stands I just find it weird and quirky rather than triggering. 😅

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

After a bit of a break, it's time for another review of a game I backed on Kickstarter! This one...unfortunately didn't turn out as well as some of the others. olivigarden.com/2025/05/02/t... #gamereview #indiegame #videogames

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Damn, I'm going to have to go buy the new PUP and Viagra Boys albums on vinyl this weekend, aren't I? 😅 Some solid tunes coming out of both bands!

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

So deeply not kidding when I say that the current paradigm of "Gen AI" is doing deep, lasting harm to our ability to make knowledge, meaning, & truth w/ each other. Like… it's really fucking us up & if we don't stop it soon we're gonna see a kind of negative chaos frankly unimaginable to most ppl 👍🏾

submitted 123 days ago • 131 comments

People have to convince themselves using AI is an art that takes technique because they’re insecure about how they’ll never be talented at writing.

submitted 25 days ago • 11 comments

For no particular reason... A reminder that this extends to Bethesda games www.bdsmovement.net/news/boycott...

submitted 28 days ago • 3 comments

buying microsoft products funds genocide

submitted 28 days ago • 58 comments

Got a surprisingly decent number of hits on this the day I published this, but figured I'd repost in case it got lost amidst the shuffle. I always like it when I can write a non-review piece, and this one's an interesting dissection of a couple of very offbeat games!

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Having a real "let's listen to the same two songs on repeat over and over" kinda morning. Surely I'll have the motivation do some gaming soon...surely. 😅

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

ℜ𝔦𝔭𝔭𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔭𝔬𝔢𝔪 𝔏𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔞 𝔳𝔞𝔪𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔢 𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 #ghost #ghostbc #papav

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Might end up reviewing a game after only putting like two hours into it, even though there's more content available. The thing is, I played for those two hours last weekend and haven't had the desire to touch it again since, and if that doesn't say something about what I think of it, Idk what does.

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

I'm starting to embrace the loser mindset. 100% failmaxxing. Dudpilled flopcore. Entering my fizzle era. Girl it's giving last place.

submitted 32 days ago • 36 comments

Honestly, fuck all you games journo cunts who reviewed and in turn promoted Hogwarts Legacy. Hope you're all fucking embarrassed and know I don't fucking like you

submitted 33 days ago • 2 comments

Want something substantially less important than the Canada Leader's Debate, but also (I hope) more interesting? Check out my new piece on the Milk games (is that how people refer to them collectively?), in which I discuss how more polish can sometimes be a detriment. olivigarden.com/2025/04/17/s...

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

There's something truly magical about snuggling into bed for the night and letting out a contented little sigh. Idk what it is, but the sigh alone makes me feel both twice as cute and cozy. 🥰

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Isn't it something something that Rotten Tomatoes is posting a picture of six rotten tomatoes?

submitted 35 days ago • 4 comments

When I was a child, my parents took me to Hungary to visit relatives and see the sights, and it was an incredible experience. I always wanted to return, but it's increasingly looking like I won't be able to safely. Now that part of my heritage makes me sick. www.euronews.com/2025/04/14/h...

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Following on quickly from my last review is a look at Spilled! by @lente.me; another game I backed on Kickstarter and ended up having a really lovely evening with! olivigarden.com/2025/04/07/s... #gamereview #videogames #indiegame

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

A mere day after posting my last review, and I've already finished another game and drafted my review for it? I feel unstoppable! 😤

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

Next review's live, and this time we're taking a look at Mother Machine, a so-called "roguevania" (at least by the Steam page), which gets so close to hitting the mark but falls short due to several technical and design issues. olivigarden.com/2025/04/03/m... #gamereview #videogames #indiegame

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

Next review's live, and this time we're taking a look at Mother Machine, a so-called "roguevania" (at least by the Steam page), which gets so close to hitting the mark but falls short due to several technical and design issues. olivigarden.com/2025/04/03/m... #gamereview #videogames #indiegame

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

val kilmer’s turn in TOP SECRET is one of the single best comedy performances ever committed to film, both in terms of comic precision and mechanical virtuosity. just watch this whole clip in its entirety; it’s stunning

submitted 49 days ago • 209 comments

PSA: trans people are incredibly smart, charming and funny. We're also principled, creative and talented. Please hire trans people. Trans people will give you brand sex appeal. Trans people ward away tooth decay. Trans people are preferred by 9 out of 10 cats.

submitted 49 days ago • 29 comments

Luigi.. assassin… DLC

submitted 48 days ago • 5 comments

Wdym I beat a game and drafted my review for it all in one night?!? Is this what not having bad brain can do for me???

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

where are all the cis feminists who, a week ago, were raising hell because this happened to a cis woman?? is this not also the “logical endpoint of transphobia” or do we not care so much when it’s an actual trans woman?

submitted 49 days ago • 8 comments