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🎮 Retro Gaming • Homebrew • Hidden Gems 🕹️ Revisiting classics & discovering what I missed 🎙️ Reviews • Interviews • Podcast 🔴 Live Gaming
@overwhelmedgamer.bsky.social🎃 Spooky Season continues! 😱
My daughter and I are back for Part 2 of Little Nightmares II! More scares, laughs, and questionable decisions await! 😂
🔴 LIVE tonight at 7:30 PM CT!
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Come hang out! 👻
@overwhelmedgamer.bsky.socialHow do you decide what to play next from your backlog? List? Genre? Length? Whatever feels right?
@overwhelmedgamer.bsky.social⚔️ Could tonight be the night?!
We're getting close to finishing Crystalis on the original NES! Just a few more levels to grind before the final push!
🎮 LIVE TONIGHT @ 10 PM CT
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Come hang out and see if we can beat it! 🎮
@overwhelmedgamer.bsky.socialIf you could erase ONE game from your memory just so you could experience it for the first time again, what game are you choosing?
@overwhelmedgamer.bsky.socialTonight we’re heading up Mt. Sabre as my first-ever playthrough of Crystalis continues! ⚔️⛰️
I’ve been having a blast with this one.
🔴 LIVE tonight at 10:00 PM CT
📺 YouTube • Twitch • Facebook • TikTok
Come hang out, talk retro games, and help me survive Mt. Sabre!
#Crystalis #RetroGaming #NES
@overwhelmedgamer.bsky.socialWhen did games start feeling like work? Tutorials, crafting, skill trees, daily quests, giant inventories… which system makes you check out fastest? Mention the new podcast naturally.
@overwhelmedgamer.bsky.social🎃 Spooky Season starts tonight! My daughter and I are jumping into Little Nightmares II for the very first time. No spoilers—we’re going in blind! 👀
Come hang out, watch us get creeped out, and see how far we make it.
#LittleNightmaresII 7:30pm CT
@overwhelmedgamer.bsky.social🎙️ When did games get so complicated?
This week on The Overwhelmed Gamer Podcast, I’m talking about why sometimes I just want to turn on a game and PLAY—without tutorials, crafting, skill trees, and endless menus.
🎧 Listen now: overwhelmedgamer.show/podcast
@overwhelmedgamer.bsky.socialCrystalis keeps getting better! ⚔️
I’m continuing my first-ever playthrough on the original NES tonight at 10 PM CT.
Come hang out, help me when I get lost, and see how far we can get! 😆
#Crystalis
@overwhelmedgamer.bsky.social🎮 **What's the most instantly recognizable video game ever made?** Not necessarily the best game. The one where you could see five seconds of gameplay with no title and immediately know what it is.
@overwhelmedgamer.bsky.socialArmor upgraded. New town. No clue what’s waiting for me next. 😂
Tonight we continue my first-ever playthrough of Crystalis and explore Portoa to see where this adventure takes us.
🔴 LIVE at 10 PM CT on YouTube, Twitch, Facebook & TikTok!
@overwhelmedgamer.bsky.social🎮 **What ONE game mechanic needs to make a comeback?** Not an entire franchise. I'm talking about one gameplay idea that made you think, “Why don't more games do this?”
@overwhelmedgamer.bsky.socialTonight we’re continuing my FIRST EVER Crystalis playthrough! ⚔️
We’re starting with a little grinding for better armor, then pushing deeper into the adventure.
Come hang out 👇
@overwhelmedgamer.bsky.socialNot every experiment worked. But I'd rather see developers try something different than play it safe every single time.
@overwhelmedgamer.bsky.socialI finally finished Majora’s Mask… 26 years later. 🌙
I loved a lot about it—but I also got lost, frustrated, and completely understood why this game has such a devoted fanbase.
My full review is up now. Was Majora’s Mask ahead of its time?
@overwhelmedgamer.bsky.socialWhich retro game deserves a sequel after all these years?
@overwhelmedgamer.bsky.socialSometimes discovery is the reward. No achievement popped up. No quest tracker told you that you found something. You just stumbled across it—and that's why you remembered it.
@overwhelmedgamer.bsky.socialWhat's a game you loved that nobody else seemed to own?
@overwhelmedgamer.bsky.social⚔️ WHY DID I WAIT SO LONG?!
I'm officially hooked on Crystalis! My first-ever NES playthrough continues tonight, and I can't wait to see where this adventure takes us next.
🔴 LIVE TONIGHT • 10 PM CT
@overwhelmedgamer.bsky.socialA game doesn't have to appeal to everybody to be memorable. Sometimes being a little weird is exactly what makes it special.
