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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 13h

Got around to the Anomalith Demo! A Game For The Freaks (tm) if there ever was one. It's like... god, uh... RE style 3rd person shooting if it was MUCH less fluid, but had the parry focus of RE4make, but also mutant powers, but also RPG stats/crafting, but also dense VN-style dialogue. It's Rad.

Screenshot of Anomalith, feature the player character model and RE-style grid-based inventory.

Screenshot of Anomalith showing off the Control/ SCP style warped "liminal-ish" environments.

Screenshot of Anomalith, with the protagonist mid-transformation saying "It's do or die... So I'm doin' it!"

Which is the most radical "Look I'm Cool" line you could come up with in the year of our lord 2026. Big fan.

Screenshot of Anomalith, featuring the protagonist talking to the merchant-character in a VN-style back and forth, the protag asking the merchant "So you could... buy comics and games for me?"

Unfortunately this confirms protag is a Gamer (tm), and thusly a terrible person. SMH SMH.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 19h

Every 5 seconds of me playing Angeline Era: "Ohhhhhh so the game is incredible.... I see I see."

Tets from Angeline Era takes a moment to reflect.

Tets from Angeline Era above a recently defeated enemy, a text box reading "Ancients Fear Drove Some to underground"

A black screen with the text:
In Loving Memory
Tetsuya Kinoshta
192X-195X

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Looking at some of my many previous Joanna ___Soul's, and their friends/ family.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Sincerely, this has been one of my favourite games in the entire genre.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Order of Ecclesia still looks absolutely unreal to this day. Shanoa in particular has such fantastically fluid movements.

Screenshot from Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

The protagonist, Shanoa, attempts to absorb runes into her back as part of a ritual.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I have finally returned to discover if within the vastness of Todd's universe there is a place for Joanna Starfield, or if I'll bounce off the game just as hard as last time.

Red-headed player character in Starfield wearing her spacesuit and holding her helmet under her arm.

Close up on Starfield player character's face.

Red hair, grey eyes, a large amount of scarring on the right side of her face, and a tattoo climbing up from her neck onto the right side, and slightly wrapping onto her chin.

Yes, you could say she's the coolest lady out there.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Been catching up on the loads of Indie demos; most recent one was this puzzler with some light horror called "The Long Wake: What Remains Observed". Really cool time looping investigator where you keep your info gained but reset the world + locations of things. Lovely aesthetic too.

Screenshot from the demo for the game "The Long Wake: What Remains Observed"

The low-poly player character stands on a path in the dark, pine trees and snow surrounding them as they look toward the screen as a 20 minute timer counters down in the top left.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

At one point, a thief stole all my items including the sword I had equipped, and when I got lucky and killed him he didn't drop any of it. Perfect game, no notes.

Screenshot from the game Spectral Tower:

The player investigates the "Useless Sword" they start with, and the description reads "A sword that has absolutely no positive effects."

Screenshot from the game Spectral Tower:

The player attempts to equip the item "Useless Sword" and the response is: "Your Weapon level is too low to equip Useless Sword."

That may be the funniest thing ever written in a video game.

Screenshot from the game Spectral Tower:

Player gets a critical hit on the boss of the first tower, killing him instantly.

Screenshot from the game Spectral Tower:

Brief cutscene at the end of the first tower. The player stands on top of the tower looking out at a sunrise/set, accompanied by the text "After slaying Brimolin, a part of my soul felt peace," which is an accurate statement for me as well.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In no small part, I think, becuase I was absolutely in love with my girl here.

Lyndis from Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade on the Game Boy Advance.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Update: I have been going beast-mode in my free time.

20 out of 49 achievements for the game Oh!Ware

4.7 hours playtime for Oh!Ware on steam.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Atlus keeps remastering/remaking their old SMT games, and I'm worried they're gonna remake Persona 1 and 2 sooner than later, but update them to be in-line with the P5 Aesthetic/ gameplay alterations, which will hurt a lot. Now what they SHOULD be doing is remastering Digital Devil Saga 1/2.

Screenshot of the game Digital Devil Saga:
Jack Frost says to the player "From this day forward, you and I are hee homeboys...

Screenshot of the game Digital Devil Saga:

The party fights gigantic boss Yaksa Vritra on top of a massive building.

Cover Image for the game Digital Devil Saga 2

The party, in their demon forms, standing on top of a pile of defeated demons, the black eclipsed sun bathing down on them.

Screenshot of the game Digital Devil Saga:

A person with a crossbow panicking, saying "No... Stay back... Don't eat me. Please..."

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One of my favourite RPGs of the last decade finally has a big ol’ box.

Collector’s edition of the video game Chained Echoes

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Diving... even deeper... this is unsafe...

"My 9 games" image including

The Incredible Machine
The Amazon Trail
Storybook Weaver Deluxe
Mario is Missing!
Super Solver Mission: T.H.I.N.K.
JezzBall
Battlezone
Scorched Earth
Pebble Beach Golf Links

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is the greatest game of all time. (The boss is called The Tongue of Valmar)

Grandia 2 screenshot

Millenia stands over the boss "The Tongue of Valmar," a massive bug-like creature the party has just defeated.

She says "He appears to be a bit tongue-tied. Or is that too tongue-in-cheek?"

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This game is the most 2000s thing ever, I had forgotten... I love it so much, goddamn.

Screenshot from Grandia II

Ryudo sarcastically saying: "But if I listened to every piece of good advice I heard, I'd have killed all of you already and run off with your gold."

Screenshot from Grandia II

Ryudo carrying an unconscious Elena, sliding down a zipline from an ominous tower, twin moons hanging in the background

Screenshot from Grandia II

Millenia, dark wings outstretched and lit by a full moon behind her, summoning orbs of darkness.

Screenshot from Grandia II

Millenia, addressing a priest, her character portrait smiling giddily, saying: "And other fair parts besides. Tell me, do I look like a Dark One to you?"

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Never mind, we're fine, it's perfect.

Screenshot from Grandia 2:

Ryudo, the protagonist, hangs off of his bird-companion Skye, telling the bird to "Quit your bellyachin' and fly, damnit!"

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If this isn't exactly as awesome as I remember, I'm gonna burn Ottawa to the ground.

Title screen for the video game Grandia 2

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You ever just look at a magic card and go "Hell yeah..."?

MTG card with art of a glowing-red humanoid, standing on a pirate ship while radiating fire and holding a sword

Emberwilde Captain
{3}{R}
Creature — Djinn Pirate

When this creature enters, you become the monarch.

Whenever an opponent attacks you while you’re the monarch, this creature deals damage to that player equal to the number of cards in their hand.

“You are bold, challenger, but flammable.”

4/2
Illustrated by Tyler Walpole

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I think if I actually dove further into the deep recesses of my mind, and was honest about the horrible reflection I saw shining off the repugnant walls within, this would be a bit more accurate.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is the pinnacle of taste, or something.

9 anime that shaped you or somesuch.
Paranoia Agent
Baccano!
Kino's Journey (2003)
Ultimate Survivor Kaiji
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Christo
.hack//Sign
Ouran Highschool Host Club
Digimon Tamers
Princess Tutu

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Also played a couple hours of Verho for the first time today! Verho good.

Splash art for the video game Verho: Curse of Faces

Screenshot of Verho, featuring the player character holding a torch and preparing to talk to a gigantic blacksmith-Snake, who itself is in the middle of working on a sword with a hammer held up by its tail.

Screenshot of Verho, in which the player holding 2 swords comes across a dying man in a dark room, leaning up against the wall with a splatter of blood behind him as if highlighted by it.

Screenshot of Verho.

The player is in a pitch-dark cave, holding up a torch in one hand and. A sword in the other, barely illuminating the massive, many-eyed creature that’s just a little ways further in.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Next up! I haven’t played any P3 since portable way back when it first released. (Previously played original release about 70% thru before getting distracted, and then came back with all of FES from scratch a few years later instead of picking up the same file) Interested to see how it shakes out!

Splash art for the video game Persona 3: Reload, featuring the protagonist and his Persona in an action-pose against a baby-blue background.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

FF: Resonance is a coward-game because it's trying to erase a grand and noble history.

Capsule ad for the Final Fantasy Brave Exvius X Ariana Grande crossover event.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Sometimes you get control of your opponents cards over webcam and your artistic side comes out

Very poorly handled-drawn dry-erase tokens of the magic cards ‘Ruin Rat’ and ‘Hammer of Nazahn’

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Unrelated, but BRING BACK PIPE-HAIR GIRL! SHE WAS SO COOL!!

Character art for the female protagonist in Legend of Mana

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

My takeaway from the Zelda thing is that it's definitely not for me, but I really like how they handled some of the Castle Town npcs in comparison to other major design choices/ models.

Dancing couple NPCs in Castle Town, from gameplay footage of the Ocarina of Time remake.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I guess maybe I’m a bit biased

7 copies of the magic the gathering card Kardur, Doomscourge laid out overlapping on a playmat.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Oh my god... it's hit character Fina Fantasy!

Screenshot of the game Final Fantasy Resonance, featuring a girl named Fina saying she can't remember anything.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Finally went back and finished Mohrta. One of my favourite experiences in years, filled to the brim with fantastic worlds and excellent creature design.

Plush of The Doll from the video game Mohrta (by Scumhead and Osiol), sitting on a computer desk next to a monitor.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Built these, no game changers, no easy infinites, not tutors save for a couple very expensive creature-based ones. The trolls worked as expected, you let them get going and it's absolutely over without active graveyard hate. Flipside is I was SHOCKED by how good Radagast was. Both a blast.

Magic The Gathering card featuring art of 3 trolls in front of a fire, holding a hobbit by the feat as they argue.

Tom, Bert, and William
{3}{B}{G}
Legendary Creature — Troll

{1}, Sacrifice another creature: Draw cards equal to the sacrificed creature’s power, then discard a card.

When Tom, Bert, and William die, if they were a creature, return them to the battlefield. They’re an artifact. (They’re no longer a creature.)

5/5
Illustrated by Narendra Bintara Adi

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Rebuilding a bunch of decks I retired a couple years back! Having fun tweaking their overall power/ the intent behind them, some up some down, and putting in some new spice. It's fun to give old ones a new look, favourites and mild failures both.

Magic: The Gathering card with art of a blue ogre with red hair, in a messy brown-leather coat flowing along with red ribbons, as she punches the "front" of the card, a glass shattering effect implying she's broken the fourth wall.

Obeka, Brute Chronologist
{1}{U}{B}{R}
Legendary Creature — Ogre Wizard

{T}: The player whose turn it is may end the turn. (Exile all spells and abilities from the stack. The player whose turn it is discards down to their maximum hand size. Damage wears off, and “this turn” and “until end of turn” effects end.)

“I’m bored with now.”

3/4
Watermark: Set Symbol

Illustrated by Jesper Ejsing

Magic: The Gathering card with art featuring an inky, almost tar-like wispy creature, made all of black and slightly lighter greys, dripping blackness as it rises up and lurches forward in front of a desolate landscape full of fog or clouds; the tiniest sliver of light from the sunset is in the distance.

Umbris, Fear Manifest
{3}{U}{B}
Legendary Creature — Nightmare Horror

Umbris gets +1/+1 for each card your opponents own in exile.

Whenever Umbris or another Nightmare or Horror you control enters, target opponent exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a land card.

1/1
Illustrated by Daarken

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The greatest magic the gathering gift I have ever received.

Magic card Kaervek the Merciless, altered by the artist to be wearing a cool crown sorta thing, and to be playing an accordion.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Sometimes all it takes to win at EDH is never ramping, getting stuck on 5 lands, and resetting a couple sagas over and over again.

Magic the gathering card featuring art of a woman waving a sceptre as green energy flows off of it, floating islands in the air of the background

Card text as follows:

Garnet, Princess of Alexandria
{G}{W}
Legendary Creature — Human Noble Cleric
Lifelink
Whenever Garnet attacks, you may remove a lore counter from each of any number of Sagas you control. Put a +1/+1 counter on Garnet for each lore counter removed this way.
“Someday I will be queen, but I will always be myself.”
2/2
Illustrated by Daniel Correia

Magic the gathering card featuring art of a holographic projection, displaying a battle between an alien (Tyranid) and some space marines.

Card text as follows:

The First Tyrannic War
{2}{G}{U}{R}
Enchantment — Saga
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. If its mana cost contains {X}, it enters with a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the number of lands you control.
II, III — Double the number of each kind of counter on target creature you control.
Illustrated by Antonio José Manzanedo

Magic the gathering card with art featuring a drake flying in the air, firing yellow beams of energy at an unseen target.

Card text as follows:

Summon: Valefor
{4}{U}
Enchantment Creature — Saga Drake
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after IV.)
I — Sonic Wings — Each opponent chooses a creature with the greatest mana value among creatures they control. Return those creatures to their owners’ hands.
II, III, IV — Tap up to one target creature and put a stun counter on it.
Flying
5/4
Illustrated by SENNSU

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