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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 22/07/2026

she needs help, appreciated if anyone could commission her

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 07/04/2026

I take that back, I'm tearing up

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 07/04/2026

Just beat the Fate route of Fate/Stay Night for the first time I've still never cried because of a piece of media but this may be the closest I've gotten

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 22/03/2026

can someone tell me why tf Google has removed the definition feature and replaced it with a Gemini given definition? I hate this so much

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 22/03/2026

I'm just gonna come out with it I don't like Ada, I'm not a fan of AdaXLeon, never have been

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 18/01/2026

It was hated for a few years after launch I think I remember it still didn't have a great reputation in 2013 which is when I played it. I only played it because I wanted to play 3 but 3 had GFWL so I played NV instead And NV turned out to be one of my favourite games of all time

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 03/01/2026

Spent 6 hours in there, was planning on staying longer but it got too busy and too loud and my ADHD having ass can't handle that I really enjoyed it though, spent most of my time playing Maimai The arcade has an adults only time for Friday 6PM - 11PM so I'll have to go on a Friday next time

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 03/01/2026

Still working my way through Trails of Cold Steel III (70 hours in) but I've been finding myself missing the old 2.5D presentation of Sky and Crossbell

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 03/01/2026

Honestly, I find this to be the case for the MCs in every modern Persona. It's been a while now but I remember genuinely laughing out loud for a lot of the dialogue options in my first P4 playthrough

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 03/01/2026

Gonna keep a thread of games I've beaten in 2026 here

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 03/01/2026

Going to a proper arcade for the first time ever today, excited but kinda worried it'll be full of kids. It is unlimited plays after I pay a booking fee though Hope it's worth the £18

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 25/12/2025

I'm visiting a proper arcade for the first time ever in a couple weeks I'm actually super excited

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 25/12/2025

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to anyone celebrating!

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 19/12/2025

There's a lot more I can say about the rest of her arc but I'd probably be here for hours if I did that. Just wanted to say, Renne is one of my favourite characters of all time and easily my favourite character in Trails.

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 19/12/2025

And its implied she's a victim of CSA. God I cried right there. Seeing this confused child all alone with nothing other than the society (specifically Loewe) and Pater-Mater, reveal why she acts the way she does and even despite all that Estelle shows her so much kindness and offers her a home

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 19/12/2025

Grancel where she causes a ton of trouble. The characters brush it off as kids being kids but it's obvious something is wrong. Then the tea party happens, you find out she's an enforcer and you meet pater-mater for the first time. Then at the liber ark more of her backstory gets revealed

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 19/12/2025

But man, Renne's arc. From the first time you meet her you can tell something is of (and if you watched the 2nd chapter teaser you already know she's an enforcer, thanks for the spoilers 1st Chapter remake) But yeah, you meet her once, don't see her for a bit and then meet up with her again in

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 19/12/2025

My eyes welled up watching that scene, but even then, I haven't yet seen all of June's character arc so it obviously can't hold a candle to Renne's character arc which I've seen the entirety of (though I hear she's in daybreak so that'll be interesting to see)

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 19/12/2025

Finding out that these characters you love, these characters that we've played two entire games with and know incredibly well are just locked up in Mishelam without a way out? God, I could feel Juna's frustration, her lack of hope, her longing for the independence of Crossbell again

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 19/12/2025

Don't get me wrong, I still love Juna as a character. I've only finished the first field exercise day of chapter 2 so far but the scene where she's screaming and crying at Rean? God man, I felt that so hard. I've played Zero and Azure so relating to Juna in that scene was so easy

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 19/12/2025

Here's where the spoilers begin so if you're thinking about playing these games you can move on

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 19/12/2025

Been thinking about it. Juna is solidly my number 2 favourite character Number 1 is still Rene, no spoilers but before playing Trails I have had my eyes well up at media before but Renne is legitimately the only character to ever make me full on cry and she managed it three different times

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 19/12/2025

I'm 40 hours into Trails of Cold Steel III I think Juna might be my new favourite character

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 17/12/2025

What are some of your favourite female character designs?

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker. This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.

A Quote Tweet from NYC Councilmember Vickie Paladino @VickieForNYC stating:

“We’re in the midst of a global jihad the likes of which the world has never seen, and we cannot ignore it.

“We need to take every seriously the need to begin the expulsion of Muslims from western nations, or at the very least the severe sanction of them within western borders.

“The administration needs to begin developing a formal legal framework for the denaturalization process and get it over with before we end up with another 9/11 or worse. Enough is enough.”

The quoted tweet from @DrewPavlu stating:
“AUSTRALIAN HERO TOOK GUN OFF SHOOTER

“TERROR ATTACK SYDNEY AT LEAST 10 DEAD

“AUSTRALIAN HERO TOOK DOWN GUNMAN”

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 02/12/2025

Just finished Cold Steel II, the finale, divertissement and epilogue were great but overall I really do think the game dragged. Still good overall though. 7/10 Gonna jump into Cold Steel III, I've heard a lot of good things about this one

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 02/12/2025

Just finished the divertissement and god damn, no spoilers but it's probably my favourite part of the game so far

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 02/12/2025

Just finished the finale for Cold Steel 2, still have the divertissement and the epilogue to get through but Holy shit that ending, no spoilers but, god damn. Yeah, I do still think most of the game is a drag but the entire Infernal Castle segment was great

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 29/11/2025

Had to share this with my friends immediately

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star ⭐ @gamingbricabrac.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I forget sometimes that a lot of people on this website did not live during the 80s and 90s and so have a very different perspective on game design and difficulty than I do

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 29/11/2025

Sorry, think I just went on a bit of a ramble lmao. But difficulty in games is just a topic I'm pretty passionate about.

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 29/11/2025

Unfortunately a lot of people just don't see it like that or understand that so they just see a life counter and complain about archaic design when in reality, it's probably a good idea to get better at the earlier stages rather than pounding your head against a later stage (4/4)

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 29/11/2025

And I feel as if modern games bash those kind of games as "quarter munchers" or whatever without looking a little deeper. As an example of an older mechanic that's fallen out of favour: I do still think lives have their place, especially with games designed around skill mastery. (3/4)

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 29/11/2025

That was just what I was used to. I was still a kid at the time too so I'd always try to argue back without fully understanding their POV. Obviously now I can tackle the topic with much more nuance, especially now having experience with retro and modern games. I still love arcade style games (2/4)

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 29/11/2025

I grew up in the 2000s but I grew up poor so my main console as a kid was the Mega Drive/Genesis, then in 2008 I learned about emulation and was able to play everything up to N64 It was confusing for me in the early 2010s when I first heard people complaining about "unfair" difficulty when (1/4)

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 28/11/2025

Ngl, Cold Steel 2 is boring me to tears Like, I love how the events of Azure are tying into the story but Jesus everything else feels so dull. Just got done with Act 2 Part 2 and I just want to move on to CS3 already...

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 22/11/2025

Tactics has my favourite story in any FF, grew up playing the WotL version on PSP but the Ivalice Chronicles is better imo. Just wish it had the WotL content, miss my boy Balthier. (2/2)

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 22/11/2025

My four favourite FF games X was my first one, it'll always hold a special place in my heart because of that. V I love, I think it's very underrated, especially the annual 4JF Shadow ringers was the current expansion when I got into XIV (patch 5.2) and it was an incredible time to jump in. (1/2)

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 22/11/2025

Great choices. I'm too young to have aged XI during its height unfortunately (I was two years old when it released) but the other three are great picks

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 22/11/2025

I've got a job interview on Monday for the first time in ages, kinda shitting bricks right now but wish me luck

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 21/11/2025

Just beat Trails of Cold Steel Wasn't sure what to expect since, from what I can tell, this seems to be one of the least liked Trails games And yeah, out of the six I've played I'd probably say this is the worst one, but I still really enjoyed my time with it, its like an 8/10 in a series of 9s

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 19/11/2025

1st Chapter is honestly my GotY. I haven't gotten around to finishing Clair Obscur yet so that might change but right now it's definitely 1st Chapter. As for Avowed, I played a few hours, got bored and then never touched it again

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Faizan @fazon.nexus · 18/11/2025

So Avowed, fucking Avowed, got nominated for the game awards whereas Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter didn't? I never really had any respect for the game awards but the fact that Avowed got nominated at all really pisses me off

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