euphoriagremlin

euphoriagremlin, 2 months ago to random

I got asked about other 1/7 reviews I've given in one of my discord servers and now I've got someone getting really weirdly defensive and passive aggressive about my opinion of Knack at me, of all things!

Who the fuck cares this much about Knack?!

euphoriagremlin, 2 months ago to retrogaming

New review! 274 - Futurama

This week we dive into yet another old adaptation of a Matt Groening cartoon with the Futurama video game! Released at the end of the show's original run, can it hope to capture the anarchic space-fantasy feel of Groening's best show?

#review #RetroGaming #retrogames #writingcommunity #blog #blogging #videogames #futurama

https://thealmightybacklog.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/futurama/

euphoriagremlin, 3 months ago to random

2024 Gaming Backlog: 7 - Tekken Tag Tournament (PS2)

An interesting love letter to the franchise thus far, TTT features pretty much every fighter plus a cool new tag element, but the lack of plot or context is a surprising miss

euphoriagremlin, 3 months ago to fallout

New review! 273 - Fallout 3

To celebrate the release of the MtG Fallout sets I revisited my first Fallout - join me in leaving the cold steel halls of Vault 101 and journeying out into the bleak wilderness of the Capital Wasteland in Fallout 3!

#fallout #review #videogames #RetroGaming #retrogames

https://thealmightybacklog.wordpress.com/2024/03/06/fallout-3/

euphoriagremlin, 3 months ago to RPG

This Fallout review has been exhausting to write. When something hits on an emotional level, it really makes for a cathartic experience to get it down on paper

#rpg #fallout #review #writing #writingcommunity #videogames #RetroGaming #retrogames

euphoriagremlin, 3 months ago to random

3 months to go until we move to Wales hypeeeeee! Love the North-East but can't wait to leave 😅

euphoriagremlin, 3 months ago to mtg

Mail day! We've got foils for the Doctor Who Vorthos deck, and that's now the entirety of Base Set, Jungle and Fossil in the Poke-Cube!

#mtg #magicthegathering #pokemon #tcg

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euphoriagremlin, 3 months ago to random

Mate I bought the cards from you, no need to get personal 🤣

euphoriagremlin, 3 months ago to retrogaming

2024 gaming backlog - 6: Futurama (PS2)

Just watch the cutscenes. Everything else is bad, generic action-platformer design, including terrible camera angles to enemies you can't dodge and irritating voice clips. Oof.

#RetroGaming #retrogames #videogames #futurama

euphoriagremlin, 3 months ago to gaming

New review! 272 - Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2

This week we see if Spike managed to iterate and improve on their lacklustre first attempt at making a free-moving Dragon Ball fighter in Budokai Tenkaichi 2!

#review #videogame #retrogames #RetroGaming #dragonball

https://thealmightybacklog.wordpress.com/2024/02/28/dragon-ball-z-budokai-tenkaichi-2/

euphoriagremlin, 3 months ago to VideoGames

2024 Gaming Backing: 5 - Fallout 3 (PC)

Been racing through a replay in time for the MTGxFallout release! It's had its criticisms over the years (many very fair) but I still like it - some railroady quests and roleplaying don't reduce the Capital Wasteland that much for me!

#review #videogames #RetroGaming #retrogames #rpg #fallout

euphoriagremlin, 3 months ago to blogging

New review! 271 - The Simpsons: Hit & Run

This week we dig back into the golden age of The Simpsons and a game many have a fond nostalgia for, Hit & Run!

#review #blogging #videogames #RetroGaming #retrogames #thesimpsons

https://thealmightybacklog.wordpress.com/2024/02/21/the-simpsons-hit-run/

euphoriagremlin, 3 months ago to MagicTheGathering

Getting my MTGxFallout FOMO out of my system with, uh, Fallout 😂 #MagicTheGathering #mtg #edh #fallout #videogames #RetroGaming #rpg

euphoriagremlin, 3 months ago to VideoGames

New review! 270 - Bully

This week we take a look at one of Rockstar's golden age, the school-based GTA-em-up Bully!

https://thealmightybacklog.wordpress.com/2024/02/14/bully-canis-canem-edit/

#review #videogames #gaming #RetroGaming

euphoriagremlin, 4 months ago to trans

Had weird sad dreams about swimming - I've not gone since before transition and now I feel too afraid to go anywhere. Looking forward to moving to Wales and finding the trans/enby-only swimming days - I desperately want to go swimming with my little girl.

#trans #transgender

euphoriagremlin, 4 months ago to Metal

Band Backlog 2024: Mastodon

An utterly unique prog-sludge band. One of the most creative, evocative, imagery-heavy metal bands out there and well worth listening to.

Their latest, Hushed and Grim, is perhaps more indulgent prog than I'd like, and yet is still an absolute banger, esp towards the finale.

Top 4 albums: Remission, Leviathan, Once More 'Round the Sun, Emperor of Sand

#metal #music #review #progrock

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euphoriagremlin, 4 months ago to VideoGames

New review! 269 - Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine

With Space Marine 2 looming, I thought I'd take a trip back a decade and look at Relic's first foray into action games after owning the 40K RTS scene with Space Marine!

#review #videogames #warhammer #warhammer40k #WarhammerCommunity

https://thealmightybacklog.wordpress.com/2024/02/07/warhammer-40000-space-marine/

euphoriagremlin, 4 months ago to music

Band Backlog 2024 - Queens of the Stone Age

A band that for me had existed entirely within a couple of hit singles. All in all it's impressively consistent stoner rock though.

Fav records: Lullabies to Paralyze (2005), Era Vulgaris (2007), Like Clockwork (2013), In Times New Roman (2023)

Songs for the Deaf was good but not the masterpiece it was hyped up to be. Also really liked Villains but for a few slow sections.

#music #review #rock

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euphoriagremlin, 4 months ago to pokemon

It's a thing of beauty! There's maybe 6 proxies of cards I'm waiting for, but this Base Set #Pokemon 1v1 cube got its 1st run out tonight! Next stop, Jungle and Fossil 😁

euphoriagremlin, 4 months ago to pokemon

9 cards left for a full Base Set!

#pokemon #pokemontcg #tcg

euphoriagremlin, 4 months ago to retrogaming

3 - The Simpsons: Hit & Run (PS2)

Played because of nostalgia, but it should've stayed in my memories. Exceptional references, world design, etc, but a dreadful game to actually play with little mission variance and wild swings in difficulty.

#review #retrogaming #videogames