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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 11h

The #BSGOTYs2026 2000 nominations are now closed, and these are the results. Gonna take a break and probably start the 2001 nominations tomorrow

The 2026 Blue Sky GOTY nominees for 2000

Based on 192 nominations from 47 people

The covers of the five nominees are depicted in a line, with their names under them

They are

Baldur's Gate 2, with 15 nominations (nominated by 32% of people responding)

Deus Ex, also with 15 nominations

The Sims, with 13 nominations (28%)

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, with 12 nominations (26%)

Final Fantasy 9, with 11 nominations (23%)

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 25/10/2026

--The #BSGOTYs2026 nomination round: 2000-- Please nominate up to five games from 2000 to advance to the ranked ballot For what counts, see: bsky.app/profile/bata... You are not restricted to games included on the grid, here is a fuller list: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...

A 5 by 5 grid of various games that released in 2000, they are

Marvel vs. Capcom 2
Thief 2: The Metal Age
Half-Life: Counter-Strike
Deus Ex
No One Lives Forever
Perfect Dark
The Sims
Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn
Spyro: Year of the Dragon
Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors Expansion
Banjo-Tooie
Jet Grind Radio
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Diablo 2
Dark Cloud
Dragon Warrior 7 (also known as Dragon Quest 7)
Final Fantasy 9
Vagrant Story
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
American McGee's Alice
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Icewind Dale
Paper Mario
Breath of Fire 4
Skies of Arcadia

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 25/10/2026

The #BSGOTYs2026 1999 nominations are now closed, and these are the results. Will start the 2000 nominations shortly

The 2026 BlueSky GOTY nominees, 1999

Based on 238 nominations from 61 people

The covers of the six nominees are featured in two rows of three, next to their names

They are

Age of Empire 2: The Age of Kings, with 18 nominations (nominated by 30% of people responding)

Planescape: Torment, with 13 nominations (21%)

Final Fantasy 8, with 12 nominations (20%)

Pokemon Gold and Silver, with 10 nominations (16%)

Silent Hill, with 10 nominations (16%)

System Shock 2, with 10 nominations (16%)

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 24/10/2026

--The #BSGOTYs2026 nomination round: 1999-- Please nominate up to five games from 1999 to advance to the ranked ballot For what counts, see: bsky.app/profile/bata... You are not restricted to games included on the grid, here is a fuller list: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...

A 5 by 5 grid of the covers of various games released in 1999, they are

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
EverQuest
Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings
Crash Team Racing
Crazy Taxi
Rollercoaster Tycoon
The Longest Journey
Pokemon Gold and Pokemon Silver
Unreal Tournament
System Shock 2
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Shenmue
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage
Planescape: Torment
Final Fantasy 8
Silent Hill
Super Smash Bros
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Street Fighter 3: Third Strike
Ape Escape
Quake 3: Arena
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
Worms Armageddon
Chrono Cross

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 24/10/2026

The #BSGOTYs2026 1998 nominations are now closed, and these are the results. Will start the 1999 nominations shortly.

The 2026 BlueSky Game of the Year nominees, 1998

Based on 163 nominations from 36 people

There are pictures of the covers of the five nominees, which are

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, with 18 nominations (50% of people nominating)

Half-Life, with 16 nominations (44%)

Metal Gear Solid, with 15 nominations (42%)

Resident Evil 2, with 11 nominations (31%)

Baldur's Gate, with 7 nominations (19%)

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 23/10/2026

--The #BSGOTYs2026 nomination round: 1998-- Please nominate up to five games from 1998 to advance to the ranked ballot For what counts, see: bsky.app/profile/bata... You are not restricted to games included on the grid, here is a fuller list: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...

a 5 by 5 grid of various games released in 1998, they are

Metal Gear Solid
Half-Life
Xenogears
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Grim Fandango
Mario Party
Thief: The Dark Project
Baldur's Gate
Starcraft
Marvel vs. Capcom
Fallout 2
Sonic Adventure
Spider and Web
Parasite Eve
Oddworld: Abe's Exodus
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Spyro the Dragon
Star Ocean: The Second Story
Resident Evil 2
Dance Dance Revolution
Banjo-Kazooie
Suikoden 2
Soulcalibur
Medievil
Anno 1602

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 23/10/2026

The #BSGOTYs2026 1997 nominations are now closed, and these are the results. If it wasn't clear, I'll be doing all the nominations first and the ranked ballots later on in the year. Will start the 1998 nominations shortly.

A graphic that reads The 2026 BlueSky GOTY nominees, 1997

Based on 122 nominations from 30 people.

The covers of the five nominees are then displayed with their names beneath them, they are

Final Fantasy 7, 13 nominations (43% of nominators)
GoldenEye 007, 9 nominations (30%)
Dungeon Keeper, 8 nominations (27%)
Final Fantasy Tactics, 7 nominations (23%)
Age of Empires, 6 nominations (20%)

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026

59. Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade (2003, Intelligent Systems, GBA via NSO) Technically I didn’t finish this because I hit a wall with the final battle, but I really enjoyed it and intend to tackle it again at some point soon. Was a nice change of pace from the modern games [8/10]

The cover art for Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, released in English as just “Fire Emblem”. The cover depicts the three main characters, Lyn, Hector, and Eliwood, in a battle

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026

58. Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019, Intelligent Systems, Switch 2) Suffered somewhat from playing off the back of Fortune’s Weave, which I thought was much more successful at what it was trying to achieve. Both are messy, bloated, and unfinished, FW just came together a lot more for me [6/10]

The cover art for Fire Emblem: Three Houses

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026

--The #BSGOTYs2026 nomination round: 1997-- Please nominate up to five games from 1997 to advance to the ranked ballot For what counts, see: bsky.app/profile/bata... You are not restricted to games included on the grid, here is a fuller list: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...

A 5 by 5 grid of various games that released in 1997, they are

GoldenEye 007
MDK
Blood
Saga Frontier
Diablo
Grandia
Castlevania
Tekken 3
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces 2
Moon: Remix RPG Adventure
Quake 2
Theme Hospital
Grand Theft Auto
Final Fantasy Tactics
Tomb Raider 2
Gran Turismo
Final Fantasy 7
Riven: The Sequel to Myst
Doom 64
Wing Commander: Prophecy
Age of Empires
Star Fox 64
Breath of Fire 3
Fallout
Blade Runner

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

57. Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave (2026, Intelligent Systems, Switch 2) After spending such a long time with a game, my head is a bit empty when I try to appraise it. It's a messy, overly ambitious game with a ridiculous amount of bloat, but don't let the score fool you: I loved it [7/10]

Fabio, a tall, pale man in black robes, is looking at Dietrich, a tall, pale man with flowing white hair whilst a bandit closes on Fabio. Fabio's text box reads "You! Beautiful stranger! May I enlist your aid?"

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

56. Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (1988/2024, Switch 2) I had a great time with this, and some aspects felt surprisingly closer to the design sensibilities of later western RPGs like Morrowind than later JRPGs. Helped that the HD-2D art style is still novel for me [7/10]

A screenshot of an adventuring party in a cave. The environments are 3D, but the characters are retro-style 2D sprites

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026

Pretty sure this was the same account, lmao

A quote on an older tweet of mine that reads:

That is precisely why the UK is so uncomfortable.The state through Barnett-Sewell-FPTP says there are tiers of citizenship, with Celts on top, provincial english below them, urban S.England below them, immigrants below them.

It then says British is nation in England, multi-nation in Celtic fringe

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 16/09/2026

Raiders/Warriors (and Star Fox, which I got a free copy of from a relative who accidentally double-ordered it) watching me buy another tactical RPG after Hundred Line took up so much of my time

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026

Like, don’t go searching for it but this is weird, right? Judging hypothetical future people upset about being annexed by the States

A four part thread riffing off of my tweet about travelling forward in time to see how the future UK mythologises World War 2.

Tweet 1 of 4 reads

May 27, 2126, London, capital of the State of Wessex - Governor Eliana Patel makes a perfunctory speech on the steps of the Capitol. Few turn out, and online traffic is typical of this Memorial Day. The Governor mentions the great battles London has endured, closing with the three world wars...

Tweet 2 of 4 reads

As is typical of Wessex politics, the World Wars always get an outsized mention because of London's distinction of being one of the only American cities to be bombed in all three conflicts.

This is partly out of genuine local pride, and partly to appease the state's aging nationalists.

Tweet 3 of 4 reads

But, as is the case across everywhere in the United States, Memorial Day is not something people actively think about beyond it being a day off from work.

Online, there is the standard repetition of facts and sharing of videos old and new, and the ever present, TIL Britain used to be a world power.

Tweet 4 of 4 reads

This last point inevitably leads to a barrage of comments from, "Native Anglo-Saxons," and their sympathizers about how Britain was its own nation with a rich history and culture, before inevitably going mask off about how they need to declare independence and keep, "Britain for the British."

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026

Please read the quoted tweet in the cadence of Mr. Copper from Doctor Who

Mr Copper, played by Clive Swift, from the Doctor Who episode Voyage of the Damned. He’s a humanoid alien who claims to be a qualified expert on Earth but is clearly clueless.

The subtitle reads: Every Christmas Eve, the people of UK go to war with the country of Turkey. They then eat the Turkey people for Christmas dinner like savages.

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026

Date yourself with a snap of your first ever computer

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 04/09/2026

Don’t use letterboxd but crowbarring in my equivalent graph on Backloggd

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 04/09/2026

Someone needs to update this at some point

A collage of several images of a man in various poses of distress on a beach, with the man’s head replaced in each with the head of Keir Starmer

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 04/09/2026

54. The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy (2025, Too Kyo Games, Switch) This is more of a “review pending” entry as I’m feeling like I need a break before I finish getting all the endings, but my thoughts are very positive, on the whole

A screenshot of a biker character with the name Takemaru Yakushiji. The dialog box reads: I’d never disrespect a woman like that, you crazy bitch!

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 03/09/2026

Starting to identify more with my Gen Z side out of spite for this shit, tbh

A screenshotted tweet on BlueSky that reads:

"Millennials are the only normal generation" theory continues to remain undefeated. we are the only ones that didn't get our brains cooked by the computer

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 29/08/2026

“I’ve watched Dolly Parton pass away, I’ve watched Michael Jackson pass away, I’ve watched Queen Elizabeth II pass away”

Fia, the Deathbed Companion from Elden Ring

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 28/08/2026

Everything is performative, read theory

An excerpt from Shakespeare’s As You Like It, written with older English lettering and spelling. Translated, it reads

All the world's a stage,

And all the men and women, merely Players;

They have their Exits and their Entrances,

And one man in his time plays many parts,

His Acts being seven ages.

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 14/08/2026

I've realised what it actually means, but I read this initially as Burnham claiming he'd stopped climate change

The top of the BlueSky trending list, which reads: Burnham avoids UK climate crisis

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 13/08/2026

Thank you all for the birthday wishes, here is my annual posting of this clip

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 12/08/2026

Does look kinda like a shaved bollock

A telescope image of the retreating solar eclipse over Spain, giving the sun a pinkish hue, resembling white skin

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 09/08/2026

Besides the obvious flaws with this comparison, I love that the example used, to show how "poor" the UK is, is a decently-sized garden in what looks like a suburb

A screenshot of a video of a back garden that I would consider large, with a UK flag emoji imposed over the video to denote it being a British garden

Another screenshot from the same video, the camera having panned to see more of the British garden

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 08/08/2026

49. Do Not Feed the Monkeys (2018, Fictiorama Studios, Mac, Replay) An addictive, inventive, tacky (complimentary) game that more people should check out. (See my 2099 review for expanded thoughts) [8/10]

A screenshot from Do Not Feed the Monkeys, with a pixel art aesthetic, depicting a computer screen displaying a camera feed of an old man talking to a visiting nurse in his home. A painting of kittens is on the wall behind him. The old man is clearly Adolf Hitler and is saying to the nurse, who has just asked him about his accent, "Arrive in country? I always live in this neighbourhood" (note: "this" is spelt with a letter z to indicate a German accent)

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 06/08/2026

47. The Excavation of Hob's Barrow (2022, Cloak and Dagger Games, Mac) A well-made point-and-click folk horror with a strong atmosphere, further buoyed by some solid voice acting. The ending was the right one for the story, but not sure if said story was suited to an interactive medium [7/10]

A screenshot from The Excavation of Hob's Barrow, which is a pixel art game. The screenshot features the protagonist, dressed in Victorian fashion, talking to a Blacksmith in a rustic English village. The Blacksmith is saying "Oh aye, I've heard about London"

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 05/08/2026

46. The Case of the Golden Idol (2022, Color Gray Games, Mac, Replay) A great point-and-click mystery game that I'd forgotten enough about to be surprised by the twists all over again. I also played the DLC for the first time, which complemented the main game really well [8/10]

A screenshot from The Case of the Golden Idol, using pixel art to depict a dimly lit 18th-century pub whilst several people play cards, a musician plays on a violin, and the landlord cleans a tankard

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 05/08/2026

45. The Rise of the Golden Idol (2024, Color Gray Games, Mac) Having since replayed the first game, this one didn't click with me quite as much, but it's still a fun time. DLC's decent too. [7/10]

A screenshot from The Rise of the Golden Idol, depicting an auction house during a round of bidding

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 02/08/2026

Open your eyes, sheeple! Boris Johnson never existed

A photo of Boris Johnson, as Mayor of London, waving two Union Jacks whilst stuck hanging from a zip wire during the 2012 Olympics. I’ve crudely edited a large image of Rishi Sunak’s head over Boris’.

(I’ve also imposed the same image of Sunak in miniature over a small photo of Boris in a lanyard around his neck)

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 01/08/2026

Finally getting around to this which arrived a few days ago. Technically it was my first Final Fantasy back when it released here , though I didn’t get very far

An Xbox 360 copy of Final Fantasy 13 on a messy desk

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