That said, I think I'll still keep the idea of finishing the shortest games I've got in the backlog each year - just that eventually I'll need full-sized reviews for those instead. Eh, there's always an option to adapt to later realities of my hobby.

My Quick Reviews this year really aren't quick at all! So far, many of them have come very close to the 1K words, when in previous years I was trying to keep it to 500, maybe 700. I do think I'm approaching the end of Quick Reviews as a concept. Maybe one more year and that'll be it...

Unfortunately, that's a fail. No review of Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles this year. I'll have to buy a whole new copy, 'cause now that I've started, I'll definitely want to finish it either way. Oh well, it happens. Such are the risks with flea market purchases.

Shovel Knight is one of the most famous indie franchises out there, so I was quite happy to finally experience it! A tough platformer with modern sensibilities, a fun tone, and plenty of additional challenge for those who seek it! Oh, and the Treasure Trove edition contains 5 games instead of one!

Well! A year late, but I'm finally starting Hazbin Hotel Season 2. Why a year late? As I said many times before, I try to stay away from streaming services. Especially Amazon... ...But someone in my family needed something on that platform, so screw it, Prime for two months to go with it.

Parti Québécois finally finds minority it likes

Amazing movie. Not entirely inaccurate to say that it isn't for the faint of heart; you gotta know you're gonna watch some pretty intense body horror. The climax is best described as going so over-the-top it circles back to being hilarious... if you like really, really dark humor.

So, if I want to properly review the game, I guess I'm gonna need to find a way to repair the game. Maybe there are shops near me that can do that. Either way, it's a little too late to plan this review for Halloween. Was hoping for a November publication... maybe it'll have to wait longer...

For my blog I started playing Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles on my Wii. I found the game at a flea market last year, and unfortunately it has a few flaws. I think it may be lightly scratched. I managed to play through a few missions, but the disc stops reading or crashes frequently.

Road 96 is a narrative-driven roguelite. How does that work? Every run is divided into story segments encountered in a random order! Thus, as you play through and either lose or win runs, you see the world and its characters develop towards the conclusion... however dark it may get.

Finished adding images on my Friday review. Time to start a new game! I do enjoy this system I've made up. It allows me to play lots of my games through the year, it's near. I can feel the backlog getting smaller... Not fast enough, but still! Steps are taken!

The game I'll be covering this Friday is Road 96. It is currently on sale at 75% discount on Steam! The offer ends right on October 1st, the day before I publish. Therefore, if you're interested, here's the link, and you can check it out in advance, maybe even buy it if you are interested!

I probably could have said no Jokers be perishable in the very first shop either, but... Gotta keep a little bit of risk, I suppose. Just... the number of times lately I wasted my money on a pack, only to have BOTH Jokers be Rentals and/or perishables... UGH!

-Reduce Violet Vessel, because I've now had several Gold Stake runs where I was scraping by perfectly fine getting to 400,000, but NOT 1,200,000. Can you tell these specific details are my biggest annoyances with the game, based on all my attempts towards C++? Ugh.

Four ways I would personally improve Balatro: -Reduce card modifier (eternal, perishable, rental) chance for any Joker from 30% to 25%. -Make it so no Jokers in the first shop are Rental. These fucking suck. -Crimson Heart can't debuff the same Joker twice (unless it's debuffed every other joker 1X)

Laura Shigihara's Rakuen, is an emotional journey. A boy in a hospital meets the other patients on his floor. Then, he and his mother discover doors to a fantasy world where people of the hospital have equivalents - and through those, we learn everyone's greater stories. Yes, tears will be shed.

Tonight, I finished the game I'll be talking about next Friday! It's Rakuen. The RPG Maker game. If I tell you how it's left me, it will be saying too much. Too early, anyway; gotta leave some stuff for the article.