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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I have absolutely no interest in GTA6 as a game, but as a fan of really big open worlds, I get kind of itchy when I see the high altitude screenshots. #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I had the chance to play the Early Access a bit before launch, and it's pretty rad. #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This game has triggered a pressed-sandwich frenzy in my household. #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This isn't the last horror cooking game review you'll see from me this month. #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I kept calling this "The Mermaid's Mask" right up until I was about to publish, then had to find+replace all the 's's when I realized it's not possessive. #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I hate to be the person to say this, but the existence of a Game Over screen disproves the title, "No One Can Stop Mr. Domino." #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Completing this game has completed me. #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

My proudest contribution to Backyard Baseball lore is making the Kawaguchi siblings retro gamers. So, if I accomplish nothing else in life, at least I have that. #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

As it turns out, I did not break the habit of writing something and then not posting it, so let's try again. #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I get that physical games are now a sliver of the total marketplace, but I don't know how Sony expects its hardware to be competitive next to Valve's after years of gutting its own studios. #blutoid

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Maximum Utmost @maxutmost.com · 22/06/2026

Lured by the promise of a road trip, @adzuken.bsky.social found herself trapped in a car with the worst person she could imagine: herself. Well, not really. Find out what that means in this look at the prototype for Ithaca, which can be backed with Kickstarter. maxutmost.com/road-trip-ga...

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Road trip game Ithaca presents a nice drive, but in a crowded car

Time to hit the road for another game trying to capture the feeling of a road trip. Have I finally found the perfect one? Not yet. At least, the prototype of Ithaca doesn’t suggest so.

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Earthion is a recent Genesis shmup from Ancient that is pretty great. If you're willing to emulate, Gun-Nac (NES) and Eliminate Down (Gen) are great. Gleylancer is pretty fab, too. Raiden is a classic. You can also get the Ray series in the Ray'z Arcade Chronology, and they're excellent.

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I joined a writer's circle a while back, and we've been going through my novella. This is the feedback I get on every chapter. #blutoid

It's a scene from the Simpsons Episode "The Canine Mutiny" (S8:E10). The captain calls down to the engine department, "Zoey! Shovel on more dogs, won't you?" The stoker stands at an open boiler with a shovelful of dogs. He says, "In you go."

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I'll let you in on a secret. I only played this one to prepare myself for Medal of Honor: Underground. #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

And now I'm going to have "Goonies R Good Enough" stuck in my head all day. #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

For the next week, you can get the award-suggested Happy's Humble Burger Farm on Steam for free. I suggest you pick it up, because it's one of those games I breathlessly recommend. store.steampowered.com/app/1433340/...

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Save 100% on Happy's Humble Burger Farm on Steam

Congrats, you're hired! Serve customers and maintain the Happy's Humble Burger Farm restaurant alone on the overnight. But be careful; things fall apart if you mess up! After work, head home and keep ...

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Guess who finally landed a day job. Me! It's me. I landed a day job. #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I haven't so much been struggling to write reviews recently, but rather, to just get them posted. But here's one! Maybe that hang-up resolved itself. #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I wasn't big on MOLE, but it's worth noting it launches at $12.99, which means it's not terribly expensive to find out how wrong I am. #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Went to the library to get me some Dick. #blutoid

It's the book "The Man in the High Castle" by Phillip K Dick

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Hmm... It's like I had a certain aesthetic in mind when I did the site's branding. #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

It will be weeks before I get the soundtrack out of my head. #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I don't have a Switch 2, so this is as close as I'm getting for a while. #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Also, some book recommendations that I need to make note of. #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I like Fox's new abundant neck floof, but Nintendo is doing nothing to disprove the belief that they will never top Star Fox 64. If anything, they're just reinforcing it. #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I also asked about the Jaguar, and even the Atari XEGS came up in conversation. #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Endangering the public has never been so much fun. #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I wish I had a dog who gets excited for walks. Zero throws himself on his toys and pretends he's too busy to go out. Sometimes he demands belly rubs before he'll get up and let me put his harness on. It's like he thinks he's doing me a favour and needs something in return. #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

If someone gets turned into a dinosaur, I still have no idea why they'd want to be turned back. #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Been playing the fan translation of the Sega Saturn version of Baroque because it's worth remembering that rogue-likes with cryptic, depressing stories are nothing new. #blutoid

A screenshot of Baroque for Sega Saturn. A hunched man holds a box toward the player. He says, "What am I saying? My daughter is right here, inside the box! I'm just waiting for the time of her resurrection!"

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Just incredible. I read the first issue, and then decided to skip ahead to see how weird it gets. Like, 15 issues in, it's strange but still obviously Resident Evil 2. Somewhere around the 50th issue, a shark-toothed Leon wears a cape and fights other shark-toothed tentacle people. #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Needed to get away from the computer, so I decided on Ghouls 'n' Ghosts on Genesis. Couldn't get into it, so I nearly quit in the second level, but my dog really liked watching it for some reason. Anyway, I went through twice to get the real ending on Professional difficulty... #blutoid

It's the end of Ghouls 'n' Ghosts on the Genesis. Arthur is kissing the princess while hearts rise up the screen.

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

It's fun to think about what a bright spot this game was for me in 2024, while I was otherwise completely numb, running on autopilot, navigating a number of catastrophic life events. I survived, but unrelated to that, you should play Anthology of the Killer. #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Damn, boy... Lemme see that Unching pose. #blutoid

An image from the manual for Electrician for Famicom Disk System. It shows the protagonist, Light-kun, squatting down with his wide, wide ass prominently thrust toward the viewer. The manual refers to this as his "Unching" pose.

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Alright, here's one from me with a bit more variety. #blutoid

It's an About Me: Video Games grid. Ugh.
Favourite Game: Earthbound
Best Story: Rule of Rose
Favourite Art Style: Ben Bero Beh
Biggest Personal Impact: The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask
Best Combat: Doom Eternal
Overhated: Chulip
Underrated: Battletanx: Global Assault
Overrrated: The Last of Us
Needs a Remake: Nekketsu Hockey-Bu
Criminally Overlooked: Demon's Crest
Favourite Protagonist: No More Heroes
Favourite Antagonist: Metal Max
Best Soundtrack: Streets of Rage
Best Multiplayer: Battlefield 1942
Not usually my thing but...: NHL Hitz 20-03
Turn My Brain Off: Densha De Go 2 (64)
Best With Friends: River City Ransom
Best Retro Game: Metal Slug
Nostalgic Childhood Game: Super Mario RPG
Game Everyone Should Play: Cool Riders

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

There's a demo up of the game I did writing for up. It's cool to hear lines I wrote in a game. I don't recall most of the lines I wrote because they're in the characters' voice, but I recognize at least two of my lines from the demo characters. #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I open a sealed Genesis game, Holmes makes me rate his bod, and I somehow mix up Tecmo and Technos in this episode. It's wack. #blutoid

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I'm difficult to get along with because whenever someone mentions making a cake, I break into the Cheap Cheap rap from Parappa. #blutoid youtu.be/hDvt85lzpUc?...

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Parappa the Rapper - Stage 4 - Cheep Cheap the Rapping Chicken Rap

YouTube video by ffliam

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Zoey Handley @adzuken.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I'm difficult to get along with because sometimes instead of saying "piece of shit," I intentionally say "pizza shit." #blutoid

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