Opinion-haver at playcritically.com. #Indie reviewer of indie videogames. Your post reminds me of a Simpsons episode. he/himhttps://bsky.app/profile/playcritically.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/playcritically.bsky.social/post/3lkywwleqn223Reappearing here briefly to announce that I just posted my 200th review at playcritically.com for a little game from last year called The Plucky Squire. http://www.playcritically.com/2025/03/22/the-plucky-squire-review/23 Mar 2025 00:03 +0000at://did:plc:yuj443it5ljvzepvxrwlomk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkywwleqn223https://bsky.app/profile/playcritically.bsky.social/post/3laaz23ppv62nI'm uninstalling Bluesky from my phone for my own emotional health. If I never return, I wish old friends and new all the best in whatever comes next.06 Nov 2024 05:25 +0000at://did:plc:yuj443it5ljvzepvxrwlomk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3laaz23ppv62nhttps://bsky.app/profile/playcritically.bsky.social/post/3laavr2il672aThe Red Mirage sucks. Wisconsin is not giving me good feelings. I know I should stop but I can't look away. I envy the drooling morons who are only vaguely aware there's an election tonight.06 Nov 2024 04:27 +0000at://did:plc:yuj443it5ljvzepvxrwlomk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3laavr2il672ahttps://bsky.app/profile/playcritically.bsky.social/post/3la43wiwaeb2tHappy #indie review day, this week's review is for Europa. Prompted by his deceased father's journal, Zee travels across the terraformed surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. A device that lets him rocket into the sky and glide back to the ground adds whimsy which is defied by a misanthropic backstory. http://www.playcritically.com/2024/11/03/europa-review/04 Nov 2024 06:34 +0000at://did:plc:yuj443it5ljvzepvxrwlomk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3la43wiwaeb2thttps://bsky.app/profile/playcritically.bsky.social/post/3l7ov5zdu5s2oHappy bonus #indie review day, I finished this Dungeons of Hinterberg review a few weeks ago but couldn't find time to post it. Luisa goes to Hinterberg for a vacation filled with magic, monsters, and dungeon crawling. The setting and puzzles are wonderful. The movement and combat is mediocre. http://www.playcritically.com/2024/10/29/dungeons-of-hinterberg-review/30 Oct 2024 00:28 +0000at://did:plc:yuj443it5ljvzepvxrwlomk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3l7ov5zdu5s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/playcritically.bsky.social/post/3laamby7bwy2cOkay, I popped into a results livestream to see if this was gonna be an election where we have the results before the west coast sits down for dinner. It's not gonna be one of those elections. So I'll try to concentrate on something else this evening.06 Nov 2024 01:37 +0000at://did:plc:yuj443it5ljvzepvxrwlomk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3laamby7bwy2chttps://bsky.app/profile/playcritically.bsky.social/post/3laalkrwrbx2aFucking Florida, man.06 Nov 2024 01:24 +0000at://did:plc:yuj443it5ljvzepvxrwlomk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3laalkrwrbx2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/playcritically.bsky.social/post/3laake7gsxm2d5pm on the west coast, let's see if I can get any writing done tonight (narrator: he got no writing done that night).06 Nov 2024 01:02 +0000at://did:plc:yuj443it5ljvzepvxrwlomk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3laake7gsxm2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/playcritically.bsky.social/post/3laak4b2f3u2uIt's gonna bug me for years that Echoes of Wisdom has main quests called "A Rift in the Faron Wetlands," "The Rift on Eldin Volcano," and "Rift on Holy Mount Lanayru." That's the kind of thing I would have refused to let go back in my copyediting days.06 Nov 2024 00:58 +0000at://did:plc:yuj443it5ljvzepvxrwlomk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3laak4b2f3u2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/playcritically.bsky.social/post/3laaf4r7p4p2hI know Hell's Kitchen has really turned itself around since the days of Raj and Elise but it still feels weird to start a new season and see that all of the contestants are competent.05 Nov 2024 23:29 +0000at://did:plc:yuj443it5ljvzepvxrwlomk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3laaf4r7p4p2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/playcritically.bsky.social/post/3laabkv6ksn2aI had this problem in Oregon when I voted for Kerry, twenty years ago. This is a known problem. The lack of a solution is because it's being exploited to suppress votes. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Nov 2024 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:yuj443it5ljvzepvxrwlomk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3laabkv6ksn2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/playcritically.bsky.social/post/3laa5ewdqzv2nOh wait this strike means we won't have the fucking election needle? Bless these folks, they should go on strike in November every four years. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Nov 2024 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:yuj443it5ljvzepvxrwlomk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3laa5ewdqzv2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/playcritically.bsky.social/post/3la7rhwgihu2pThey're all subconsciously aware that they can only rally the support of mediocrities, but they can never articulate and internalize that feeling, hence the constant railing against "elites" despite most of them coming from the wealthy and privileged classes. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Nov 2024 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:yuj443it5ljvzepvxrwlomk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3la7rhwgihu2phttps://bsky.app/profile/playcritically.bsky.social/post/3la7lytjs232dJesus christ, he could spend his life playing Diablo 2 or Diablo 3 and instead he chooses to spend it playing Diablo 4 and destabilizing democracies. What a buffoon.05 Nov 2024 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:yuj443it5ljvzepvxrwlomk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3la7lytjs232dhttps://bsky.app/profile/playcritically.bsky.social/post/3la6fplh7b72nI think the last SNL sketch I saw was Beavis & Butthead and whoever this new guy they got to do Trump is way better than Alec Baldwin.05 Nov 2024 04:34 +0000at://did:plc:yuj443it5ljvzepvxrwlomk7/app.bsky.feed.post/3la6fplh7b72n