Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Putting together a hopefully exhaustive (but not tedious) analysis on design and pacing of Bayonetta 3. Gonna be a big project and change zero minds about it, but I am Insane Person and sometimes I must do as the Insane would do. 000
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Wanted to love the new Onimusha, but I merely liked it. bckl.gg/wuKCbckl.ggHugh's review of Onimusha: Way of the Sword | BackloggdBringing back an IP like Onimusha that has long languished in the depths of some forgotten Hell takes a strong vision, and Way of the Sword certainly has that. While it retains some of the key essence... 012
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Ignore the weirdos and the weirdos reacting to the weirdos: Pragmata is an instant classic, an action masterpiece that will be spoken of in the same reverent tones as God Hand and Vanquish for as long as people with fiery hearts play games. backloggd.com/u/Hugh/revie...backloggd.comHugh's review of Pragmata | BackloggdSix years in the tank and Capcom’s newest IP is finally here, bringing along some of the worst video game discourse our poor eyes have ever seen. Fortunately, Pragmata is so much more than social medi... 000
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 15/02/2026I have a lot to say about the absolutely wonderful new game from Grasshopper Manufacture. Their best effort since Killer7, and it's sure to be one of 2026's greatest games.bckl.ggHugh's review of Romeo is a Dead Man | Backloggd<em>”Deadman. You innocent, young man. Bad habits, shackles, constraints, and karma. Though bound by restraints, remain true to thyself.”</em><br><br>Grasshopper Manufacture and its legendary auteur l... 000
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Recently went back to Clair Obscur after dropping it in Act 2 and played it to completion. Wrote a new review consisting of my new thoughts. Spoilers for the full game backloggd.com/u/Hugh/revie...backloggd.comHugh's review of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | BackloggdThis review contains spoilers! 000
Reposted by HughSkittzo- Blankitt Productions @skittzo.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Forgot to mention the game will have a top-down mode too, and the ability to seamlessly toggle between the two! So far everything works great in both modes, I'm actually surprised more dungeon crawlers don't let you switch seamlessly between the two. #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev 1185
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 19/11/2025The Game Awards this year is just like 2024 US Presidential Election: My vote is meaningless because I'm going against the populist candidate with the annoying fans, but I did it anyways because I don't value my time. 020
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 17/07/2025While certainly messier than the original, Hideo Kojima's surrealist treatize on loss and grief still resonates in that special way few games do. It helps that the game is fun as hell, too.backloggd.comHugh's review of Death Stranding 2: On The Beach | BackloggdThis review contains spoilers! 000
Reposted by HughNathan Little @littlenathan.bsky.social · 30/06/2025#HappyPride Been meaning to do this for a while. Hope y'all like it. 🙏 🏳️🌈 0327
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Turns out I actually quite disliked this year's eventual GOTY winner, to the point that I didn't finish it. It's a fine game, but to see it get all this adulation in a world where games like The Hundred Line are languishing in obscurity is more than a little disheartening. Still, there's merit here.backloggd.comHugh's review of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | BackloggdI don't get it.<br><br>No game this year has gotten more loud praise than Clair Obscur. No game in the last several years has gotten more loud praise than Clair Obscur. Not Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, ... 000
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 24/06/2025My top 10 of the 2000s so far. Shoutout to The Zone of Interest, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, No Country For Old Men, and Beau is Afraid which were all considered but just barely missed out. 120
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 31/05/2025The Hundred Line is not only one of the best games I've ever played, it is not only a magnum opus for an entire genre of video games, but so far it is the defining video game of the 2020s. This grandiose maximalist meditation on war and human nature deserves every award, and will get none of them.bckl.ggM_Celeste's review of The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy | Backloggd<em>“Not every change is going to work out the way you want. That’s just how it goes. In the end, nobody knows what’s going to happen in the future.”</em><br><br>After releasing Danganronpa V3 in 2017... 120
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 24/05/2025new stereolab album rules new job starts in 10 days Hundred Line keeps getting better Maybe things will be okay after all 040
Reposted by HughCone @lol8ball.bsky.social · 19/05/2025"If you're playing a The Hundred Line and are skipping Sirei's morning and night time announcements, you will never in a trillion years have experienced the game" 0152
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 20/05/2025The Hundred Line really just referenced the famous 2008 Scott Steiner promo lmao best game of all time 020
Reposted by Hughheadfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 17/05/2025when i eat my slop its charming, self aware and if we're being honest with ourselves a little revolutionary. a small liberation from the prison of high culture and good taste. when you eat your slop it's anti-intellectual, myopic and a self-centred rejection of art as conscious human value 2338331245
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Daily reminder that The Hundred Line is the best game of 2025 so far 021
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 08/05/2025still have like a hundred hours to go but #TheHundredLine is one of the year's best and most ambitious titles. So raucously funny and absurd but the core of it is so touchingly human. One of the most frightening and yet compassionate games I've ever played, and I still have like 80 endings to go! 000
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 30/04/2025After tomorrow, there won't be an us. There will only be a you and a me. But we’ll remember us. When the chains clamp around our neck. When they march us out in the cold to build their bombs. When they stitch our lips shut because we spat on their shoes. There will be a memory of us to come home to. 010
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Going to the doctor is such a fucking scam, even with insurance. Would rather die than let them bend me over a barrel. Never again. 000
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Great music, visuals, and core concept. Shame about Sonic Team.bckl.ggHugh's review of Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg | BackloggdBilly Hatcher and The Giant Egg is the third and final entry in the trilogy of early 2000s platformers that make me want to kill myself. It stands proudly alongside the likes of Super Mario Sunshine a... 021
Reposted by HughI Honsed Bitch @vulpesokamis.bsky.social · 27/03/2025media.tenor.coma cartoon of two men talking about spinning pataponALT: a cartoon of two men talking about spinning patapon 0408172
Reposted by HughKZ @kzxcellent.live · 27/03/2025Saw this post earlier about Prime 4 and its truly immaculate. Like complete dogshit. I love it. 44913294
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Played (and for the first time, finished!) the original PSX classic.backloggd.comHugh's review of Resident Evil | BackloggdI cannot fathom what it was like to play Resident Evil in 1996, but I can tell you what it was like to read about it. I started reading video game magazines by the very early 2000s, and despite the pa... 000
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 20/03/2025I talked about the somehow 6 years old Resident Evil 2 Remake and explained why it's both a masterclass in game design and also simultaneously the least-good of the Resident Evil Remakes.bckl.ggHugh's review of Resident Evil 2 | BackloggdThe 2002 Remake of Resident Evil might be the best game ever. A perfect piece of game design improving on its at-the-time awe inspiring original in so many ways as to make that original release feel g... 000
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Silent Hill F has a lot of work to do to impress me still, but I remain very interested. 000
Reposted by HughJosh Bycer @gwbycer.bsky.social · 13/03/2025I checked out Monsters of Mican tonight on stream and it's clunky but endearing at the same time. Like Wizardry meets Hylics store.steampowered.com/app/2745660/...store.steampowered.comMonsters of Mican on SteamA whimsical party-based first person turn-based dungeon crawler RPG. Discover the origin of Monsters in Mican as you explore unique handcrafted dungeons, battle hundreds of diverse monsters, learn doz... 153
Reposted by Hugh3than son reebok o son nike @samoyuhd.bsky.social · 11/03/2025no food and i dont get paid till fri :) 2863
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 12/03/2025My ★★★★½ review of Split Fiction (2025) on @backloggd.com can be read here. Will be tough to top this year unless your game stars Samus Aran or was directed by Hideo Kojima.bckl.ggHugh's review of Split Fiction | BackloggdIt Takes Two was a real good time, and it broke Hazelight wide open. No longer just the company led by the "Oscars guy," no longer just the company who made Brothers and A Way Out, they were now THE c... 030
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 12/03/2025They need to teach Split Fiction in game design courses because holy fuckin moly that's a video game right there 0200
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Wrote a little bit about the best game ever made www.backloggd.com/u/Hugh/revie...backloggd.comHugh's review of Resident Evil 4 | BackloggdEvery time I haven't played RE4 for a year or so, I come crawling back like a junkie desperate for one last fix. It's never the last fix - not until the day I die. And even then, I'm willing to bet th... 1103
Reposted by HughAce Defective @adeelahmed.bsky.social · 09/03/2025I thinks it’s clear how Kojima feels about the MGS3 remake 031
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 13/02/2025I think the playstation 5 might be totally cooked. After DS2 and Yotei this year that shit is barren. Do not buy a PS6. 010
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Holy crap the coloring on this thing. The expressions. Big time talent. 130
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 12/02/2025I bought all the ff13 games last month and have finally been able to get 13-2 to not crash constantly after 20 hours. If a remastee trilogy gets announced today, you're welcome. 000
Reposted by HughMikhail @va11halla.bsky.social · 05/02/2025I got to interview Johnny from @health.band (!) about him wanting to score an RPG, collaborations with Rockstar Games, how Major Crimes for Cyberpunk 2077 almost didn't happen, Evangelion memes, the @kinofabino.bsky.social Elden Ring shirt, and more for @rpgsite.net: www.rpgsite.net/interview/16... 47726
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 02/02/2025My ★★★★ review of Final Fantasy XIII on @backloggd.com Excited to experience the rest of this trilogy. Was always grabbed by the way this looked in 2009, but I think the anti-JRPG sentiment in western media at the time kept me away from this and other things like it. Truly an awful time for games.bckl.ggHugh's review of Final Fantasy XIII | BackloggdPretty messy game, but I liked it overall. <br><br>It's a common criticism that FFXIII takes <em>waaaay</em> too long to get going in a meaningful way. I think that's fair. FFXIII's first 10 hours bei... 020
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Final Fantasy VII Rebirth immediately struck me as my favorite game of all time. Once I finished it, I had trouble finding the words to express my thoughts. I've found some of them now. Full game spoilers! www.backloggd.com/u/Hugh/revie...backloggd.comHugh's review of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth | BackloggdThis review contains spoilers! 021
Hugh @mceleste.bsky.social · 26/01/2025holy shit this is a game changer (the game has not been updated since 1995) 000
