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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 10h

Seeing the clear rate on the evil lighthouse crab from Order of Ecclesia set @ 35% is very funny. I remember being so pissed off at that thing the first time I played, legitimately thought the game was busted.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 11h

Funniest thing so far is I accidentally got off my ship on Mars without my helmet, and just jogged to the facility airlock, waited patiently for it to decompress, walked inside, and suffered to no long term consequences, confirming that Matt Damon's struggles in The Martian were all skill issue.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 11h

I'm confident in saying the persuasion system is... bad, but combat has been fun, and I've enjoyed exploring space stations and such. I -really- don't like the main city they take you to, and I think it may be one of the reasons I bounced off the game the first time. Sidequests have been decent!

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 11h

Starfield is doing everything in it's power to make me dislike it, but I'm having much more fun than last time anyway.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 15h

Okay, but what if...? 🤔

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 16h

Bi-yearly reminder that mediocre sequel Frozen 2 has some of the best Disney Musical tracks in a decade in it. (Lyrics notwithstanding)

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 17h

Lots of politicians and public figures, and even just random friends make big claims that they never back up in practice, but I promise you if I’m ever next to Sam Altman I’ll kick him in the dick and keep going at him until I’m taken out.

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

you already know (after some delay) what's up (steam sale rec thread is what's up) as always, i focus primarily on older, obscure, or just plain weirder games, as big name titles don't tend to need the help. with that said, onwards!

an edited version of the box art for the dreamcast survival horror game Blue Stinger. the face in the background has been replaced with a picture of my fursona (a pink kangaroo), and the title now says Spacetwinks Rec Thread. 'Sega Dreamcast' has been changed to say 'Online Kangaroo', 'Sega' was changed to say 'Dogs Bower', Activision is changed to say 'VideoGames', and 'Rated M for Mature' now says 'The Letter M', above the letter M.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 17h

KBash is the ultimate endgame for games YouTubers because he’s the best possible version of ‘Blogger tells you their life story when you look up a recipe for bunt cake’ He’s consistently putting out some of my favourite stuff on YouTube.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 19h

Some o' those DS vanias had the juice

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

You have no idea how confused I was seeing this interaction for about 2.5 seconds.

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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 · 04/10/2026

Playing Spectral Tower for the first time, and then thinking back to how much I enjoyed Shadow Tower Abyss and Tower of Druaga and Devil May Cry 3 and Pandora’s Tower and even Azure Dreams… I think I may be obsessed with towers.

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

That rules, great way to get into everything.

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

That’s Dodododwarf Gogogoglove, the strongest card in all of Duel Monsters!

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

It will never die; somehow, the bit will survive even me.

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

Fun Fact: Joanna Starfield comes from a long line of player characters, all starting with a VERY bad joke back when I was still streaming, where I named my first Dark Souls character on stream "Joanna Darksouls" after Joanna Dark from Perfect Dark. I have simply never stopped in the 5+ years since.

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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

The ultimate takeaway from this castlevania thing, and pretty much all gaming-fandom-discourse, is directly aligning yourself with a brand, for whatever reason, is like introducing a brutally efficient bioweapon into your blood, one which quickly makes its way through your body and kills your soul.

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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

This is literally the only possible justification for the events in newest run of Chess on Broadway.

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

It’s awesome. Like, extrapolating it outward it reminds me of someone getting a rules interaction wrong in the Pokémon TCG or something, someone pointing that out, and then the dude goes red and pulls out their trade binder full of shinies and shakes it at you.

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

My favourite social media play is when someone says something real foolish about media, and someone else challenges it in some way, and then OP responds with a picture of all the stuff they own from the property as some sort of ‘I HAVE PURCHASED MANY THINGS, WHAT NOW?!’ play.

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

like an hour in and I'm obsessed. Thank you for your hard work!

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

This game is so fucking funny. I lost 8 die rolls in a row on a 50/50 chance and a weak-as-hell enemy took me from max HP to like 2 before I killed it, then I found the bread-daddy and he gave me yummy bread and then I was good to go again.

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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 · 02/10/2026

I think what happened is all the vania-folks who bounced off Hollow Knight and what it ended up "doing to the genre" were just really psyched an Iga-coded game that was high-budget and generally liked came out, so it gets pulled up a tier or two in quality for that reason.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's Neil. Nothing against Bo, I like some of his work a lot, but if Neil ever does anything ever, I'm there.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It tricked me into thinking the game was going to rule. It did the job.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Oh hell yeah, I've been waiting for this.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It also has a train, and I love trains! The horror of conflicting impulses too... damn, it did everything.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Truly, RE:0 is the ultimate horror game because it's feels horrible when you're playing.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yeah, Vania fans lost their minds for it. To be fair I was using the term a bit ironically XD

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I agree, I mentioned this somewhere in my own thread as well if I remember correctly.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

One final note I just realized: I don’t want Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon to catch strays from my overt dislike of Ritual of the Night. I actually think both Curse of the Moon games absolutely rule.

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🎃🍂🐈‍⬛🦇Autumn🦇🐈‍⬛🍂🎃 @autumn-augustus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Be sure to day 'thank you' when a beautiful woman kills you

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Kitsune Tails is my favourite of the set, but all these games are worth playing for sure!

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Hisuian_Jarzard @jarzardart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Mog Final fantasy

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

But I get it! The new demo is more action-y, and it’s missing a lot of the weight and intentionality that you’d expect in most Vanias. I just don’t personally care much, because brand identity means nothing to me as long as I’m having fun, and there’s like 8 great Vania’s like that already.

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MakeMonsters @makemonsters.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I do think part of my willingness to accept variety in Vania stems from my enjoyment of a lot of the freak entires. I love LoS, Lament of Innocence rules, and I’m ride or die for CotM. On the flipside, indie Savior of the Genre (Bloodstained:RotN) did almost nothing for me. I think it’s kinda bad.

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