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zerowave

zerowaveOct 11, 2026

There's too many games to play (in a good way)

Trying to wrap my head around all the stuff I've played recently and what's left in my backlog.

I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoOct 11, 2026

#oneaday Day 856: Flurry of activity

As so often happens after I have a day of feeling a bit maudlin, today I had a day where I got a lot done. Six videos, to be exact, including both Atari 8-bit and Atari ST videos. It's good to be getting back into the rhythm of these, and I really enjoyed the games...

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nu Gymnosophy

nu GymnosophyOct 9, 2026

‘GTA 6’ Leaks Return With A Clothing-Optional Lucia And Jason

If you thought the Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks from the entity known as Cyberleeks were finished, either because they got caught or got bored, well, that is not the case. On Thursday morning, Cyberleek returned to drop more than 20 minutes of footage, including GTA 6’s leads Jason and Lucia, fully or partially, nude....

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoOct 7, 2026

#oneaday Day 852: Rotting retro

You know, I have historically thought that out of all the subcommunities of computer and tech enthusiasts, the one which would have more respect for doing things "the hard way" than anyone else would be the retro fans. These are people who, in many cases, grew up seeing genius programmers making limited hardware do things...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoOct 4, 2026

#oneaday Day 849: Do people really not finish games?

I've seen it often suggested that "no-one finishes games" these days. Is that really true? I don't know. I am certainly not a representative example here, because I tend to only start games that I know I am going to finish for the most part. It might take quite a while to finish some of...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoOct 3, 2026

#oneaday Day 848: Initial impressions from St. Amelia

I've been playing Silent Hill Townfall! It is good. I think I am enjoying it more than Silent Hill f, but I do intend to go back and give that another go (and a shot at one or more of the other endings) for the sake of fairness, comparison and suchlike. Silent Hill Townfall is...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoSep 29, 2026

#oneaday Day 844: Mechannative

These days, I feel like a lot of people determine that they're either into narrative-centric games or mechanics-centric games, and don't do much in the way of cross-pollination, even when the games themselves do so. I'm sure we all know at least one person who takes inexplicable pride in the fact that they skip all...

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Techdirt

TechdirtSep 29, 2026

More Xbox Layoffs They Promised Wouldn’t Happen After Acquisition Blitz

I'm starting to think we have unknowingly entered the age of great American civic nihilism. The impetus for that belief most recently has been RFK Jr. and the wider government's complete acquiescence to his bald-faced lies and betrayals. If nobody can be bothered to lift a finger over that man, then they obviously don't think...

I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoSep 28, 2026

#oneaday Day 843: Exploring the mundane

One of my favourite things in video games is when a game takes a very small, pretty mundane environment and renders it in a ridiculous level of detail. I'm not generally a "graphics person", but if you give me a game in which I can poke around a tiny, convincingly rendered house in extreme levels...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoSep 28, 2026

#oneaday Day 842: Quick catch-up

I forgot to write something on here yesterday! In my defence, I wrote nearly 4,000 words on Ys VIII over on MoeGamer so I think you can probably cut me a bit of slack. I'm still going to take this post to "catch up" though. I really enjoyed Ys VIII overall. It still feels a...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoSep 25, 2026

#oneaday Day 840: The deluge has started

The deluge of amazing games coming out in the latter half of this year has started. I've already noted that I've been playing the excellent Nighthawks from Wadjet Eye Games, and that is very much occupying my immediate attention, but also on my radar for the immediate-ish future are Silent Hill Townfall and Ace Combat...

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GorsSep 24, 2026

Reactionaryism in Games

Extrapolated from a pair of Bluesky posts made in 18 September 2026

I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoSep 20, 2026

#oneaday Day 835: All night long

Remember how yesterday I said a group of friends and I were going to play Big Walk "this afternoon"? Yeah, well, we started in the afternoon, my time... and concluded twelve fucking hours later. I have never, ever had a multiplayer session so long that the batteries in my headset went flat. Until now! (It's...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoSep 19, 2026

#oneaday Day 834: Gaming update

One of the things I was originally thinking about doing with MoeGamer was doing more regular "updates" on what I've been playing recently. I still haven't actually done that -- at least partly because I haven't determined a good way to do it; perhaps a weekly "What I've Been Playing" column? -- so for now,...

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Glass Mountain Records

Glass Mountain RecordsSep 13, 2026

In Falsus - Early Thoughts

The truth will set you free

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Techdirt

TechdirtSep 12, 2026

Microsoft Slaps Hours Limits On Xbox Game Pass Cloud Gaming

There's enshittification, and then there's enshittification. Allow me to give you an example of each. For what we'll call enshittification classic, there's Xbox's Game Pass service. A mere two years ago, Microsoft made all kinds of changes to Game Pass to coincide with a serious slowdown of subscriber adoption. Those changes included doing away with...

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taco 'bout it

taco 'bout itSep 8, 2026

yard work simulator got a sequel before i got a lawn

a joke about yard-work simulators became an unfortunately complete survey of gaming’s most specific genre, just before the free prologue arrives.

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Glass Mountain Records

Glass Mountain RecordsSep 7, 2026

Sacrosanct. [ARCAEA 7.0 SPOILERS]

An analysis of the (real) title of Arcaea 7.0's final secret

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Techdirt

TechdirtSep 5, 2026

Take-Two’s Leak Burying DMCA Attempts Snared GameStop & Gaming Journalist That Did Nothing Wrong

I have mostly stayed away from the whole saga surrounding the drip-drip leaks of Grand Theft Auto 6 content prior to the big reveal on Netflix because, frankly, I am quite wary of giving companies the kind of guerilla marketing wins that sometimes look like this sort of thing. That being said, I really don't...

taco 'bout it

taco 'bout itSep 3, 2026

this might be my dream mobile controller

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVv7j_S1h74 Source: Well this is different… MCON Controller - YouTube

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoSep 3, 2026

#oneaday Day 818: Gaming is doing everything it can to drive its oldest fans away

I've been playing video games for as long as I can remember existing. I grew up playing games on the Atari 8-bit and ST home computers, and since then, I have followed along with the explosive growth and technological advancement of the medium every step of the way. And yet today, in 2026, I feel...

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Techdirt

TechdirtSep 3, 2026

Sony Tells Courts Any ‘Reasonable Customer’ Knows Digital Purchases Are Actually Licenses

Sony's ability to generate anger lately is pretty impressive. After the company announced that there would be no more physical media versions of games made starting in 2027, to the resounding anger of many people, Sony also demonstrated yet again that it's capable of ripping away the digital "purchases" people had made once its own...

The Emu Café Social

The Emu Café SocialSep 2, 2026

Knowing Someone Through Games

I read a post on the Strange Voyages blog titled 9 Games to Know Me (HT Bubbles Weekly). It caught my interest because the concept struck me as similar (albeit not identical) to my September 2023 article titled Ranking My Big Impression Video Games (see simple list version), wherein I ranked the 12 video games...

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The Emu Café Social

The Emu Café SocialAug 29, 2026

Kan Gao on Why He Uses RPG Maker

Kan Gao is the creator of the successful indie To the Moon series. I am not personally a fan of To the Moon. I tried the first entry and it just was not working for me, so I never finished. But despite not being a fan of the series, I read with some interest a...

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