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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I did it. Bought Wolverine. Partly because I'm still grieving my dog and I need something I haven't done before that is low-stakes and button-mashy and simple. Not a podcast game, but a grief game. And partly because I'm writing a trashy romance where the main beau has fantasy wolverine powers...

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I think nearly every day about "Why does she look different... She looks like tomb raider--hey, did you put mods in this?" "No." (perfectly timed Halo music and MC reveal)

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Our senior dog passed away today (peacefully in her sleep, though she'd shown no signs of problems), and I am just devastated. She was my heart dog, as they say. We only had her 8 years, but I genuinely cannot express how much of a lifetime it was. I am feeling... broken. Just so lost.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Excuse me, Dreamworks? What is this, what did you mean by this?

A depiction of the manananggal (folklore monster from the Philippines) as seen in the animated Dreamworks film Forgotten Island. And she is thicc as hell, thighs that could kill several humans. Just, absolutely stacked--just, wow. And a stare that, like, you want her to. You want her to kill you, it would be a good death.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I want two reboots/remakes of the entire Dragon Age franchise. One, with the same mechanics as Veilguard, emphasizing action. The other, as Baldur's Gate 3, emphasizing tactics and the TTRPG stuff. I would take either--but I want both.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Happy Hollow Knight: Silksong release date anniversary to all who celebrate.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The second wave of Destiny franchise retrospectives (after the first wave of "it's over and I'm sad" ones) are gonna be amazing. Looking forward to some like 20+ hour deep dive videos on youtube.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Hm, I have a sneaking suspicion they're gonna make Jason the put-upon hero who ultimately has to choose between her or what's right (a GTA character!) while she's painted as the nasty violent thug who drags him down. But hey, what's one more reason not to like the thing. I'm gonna keep on hating.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Okay this is genuinely one of the best looking games I've ever seen. That is *sharp.* God damn, redo every Resident Evil and Silent Hill game like THIS, lol. youtu.be/Q0ShRRgMCjc?...

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Holstin - Gamescom 2026 Trailer | PS5 Games

YouTube video by PlayStation

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

It is an absolute crime that End of Oak Street isn't doing bigger numbers. Husband and I just saw it and it's the second best dinosaur movie we've ever seen after (obvi) the original Jurassic Park? Thrilling, sharp, clever, smart, it trusts the audience and has so many sly choices. Go see it!

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Man if sony hadn't spent the last like 8 years throwing money at a portfolio of trend-chasing live services that nobody asked for and almost entirely either never materialized or were cancelled or reworked into meaninglessness we probably would have had another inFamous. A Prototype 3, too, why not.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I want Prototype 3 but I want the main character to be a woman and it's a bunch of metaphor for the way the patriarchy tries to control and render unpalatable the female body and you just fight them, and ICE, and data centers, using blood and rage.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I'm lukewarm on the Wolverine game--UNLESS you tell me there's an X-23 or even just a damn lady wolverine skin. Then we're talking.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Husband and I are going to see Spidey today, first marvel anything since... Loki 2? Fell off during the TV era. No Cap movie, no red hulk, no thunderbolts, etc. So I'm watching a catch-up video, marveling at Ghost, and wanting to just play a game starring her, lol.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Thrilled to share that my FLGS awarded my game, Sellsword, its "Best New Game" title this month. Which isn't huge (well, maybe to outsiders, *I* think it's one of the coolest things ever and I am so honored), but it does mean I can use "award-winning" on my flyer, lol.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The greatest travesty of DmC Devil May Cry never getting a sequel is that we never got to check in with the main character after realizing she's trans. I want to see how she's doing, want to see her stomp demons.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Ubisoft as a company is pretty shitty (which of the "big ones" aren't) but luckily I already own Ghost Recon Wildlands so I won't be giving them new money to check out the expected 4k60 facelift and bonus mission (that may be a new game tie-in) they're dropping for this 9 year old game later today.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I am excited to share that the first supplement to my TTRPG Sellsword is available today, in both digital and physical: saga-ward.itch.io/sellsword-th... Flesh out your game with places, items, and a whole lot more--including the world-famous guide, Malmidian's Monstrous Menagerie!

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Sellsword: The Tome of Stuff by Saga Ward

A supplement to a TTRPG about freelancing adventurers. Delve dungeons. Fight monsters. Get loot.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Borrows several other subsystems from bigger games so you'll instantly be familiar with the rules, but only just enough to get confused by the differences. "Like Daggerheart, Nimble, and Shadowdark had a baby but you never heard of it--that's Sellsword!"

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Call me a hater, but that Avengers Doomsday trailer looks desperate, lol.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Just watched They Will Kill you again and am now once more declaring that the whole entire world seems to have slept on this film. Zazie Beetz (who is basically a goddess, let's be real) kills--in so many ways. Campy and insane film. Watch it!

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Finished Borderlands 4. Liked several things: movement is genuinely better than even Destiny--but I've been saying for years that all Destiny classes by default need a ground and aerial dash/dodge (if only BL had Destiny gunplay...) Even the BL4 grapple hook is super smooth and intuitive.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

You know, I can't quite put my finger on it, but I find the idea that any given main character from Final Fantasy XII was trans to be rather compelling. Oh man, if they were literally all trans it would explain so much.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I dunno, I'm a relatively healthy 30-40 year old person, if I had a late-night crowd event on a Sunday straight into an international flight for board meetings then an international flight back at the end, I think the jet lag might kill *me.* So like...

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Ya girl just tried that Mistfall Hunter beta on PS5 and, oof, not for me. Besides needing some polish (totally cool and not unexpected), I just don't feel this marriage of soulslike/fantasy action and extraction looting. It's Caramel and Jelly, not PB&J. I can see why, but it's not doing it for me.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Re. the new Mass Effect successor Exodus: You want to know if you can romance crew members regardless of whether you chose a male or female main character. I want to know what that octopus do. We are not the same.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Just my compulsory reminder ahead of SGF: fuck the CEO of Lords of the Fallen, he's an anti-woke grifter nazi apologist, fostering a toxic work environment, glazing the likes of asmongold, and turning a cool game into bottom of the barrel gooner chud bait to cover for his bad management.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Finally get to see Jesse and Emily in Control 2. God, they got even gayer. God, look at Jesse's outfit, and her HAIR. A fucking NECKERCHIEF. LET ME PLAY AS HER

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

BL4 is tonally good and fun, like just about all of it, but the only misfire for me so far is the open world. Like most open worlds, it feels condensed and small, a theme park version of its setting. All western vibes are gone w/ wide open spaces, now it's a garbage dump of STUFF every 2 feet.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Couldn't stick it out with Destiny 2, even with the incoming final update. No joy in the world for me, good as the gunplay remains. Tried Borderlands 4 and it's nice (it always has been) but the gunplay doesn't compare (it never has). If it felt like Destiny--hoo boy, what a time that would be.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Spicy (?) take: Witch Queen and Final Shape are ill-fitting gibberish nonsense that don't feel like Destiny. The satisfaction of their landing is conflated with 1. finally a chunky campaign with missions that aren't 10 minutes, and 2. oh thank god the plane landed it's over.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Uh-oh, Lies of P devs appear to be actively hiring for AI usage. Big yikes.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Excited to announce that my very own TTRPG, Sellsword, is now available digitally, with a physical option on the way! It plays like a blend of Daggerheart, Nimble, and plenty of OSR and PbtA inspirations. I'm so stoked! saga-ward.itch.io/sellsword

saga-ward.itch.io

Sellsword by Saga Ward

A TTRPG about freelancing adventurers. Delve dungeons. Fight monsters. Get loot.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I could really do with another big Fromsoft soulslike. Gimme, I dunno, Rune Souls or whatever. Oh, another castle/library with a crystal motif? Don't mind if I do. A sewer dungeon that gives way into a poison swamp? Oh, you spoil me. (just improve the casting please I beg of you)

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Look, I'm always gonna be real suspicious of when men design women characters (born sexy yesterday trope and all that), so when you tell me she wears a bikini to breathe through her skin, or that robot that looks like a child for some reason is barefoot to recharge battery... Nah, I'm good.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

With the news of the Bloodborne movie, rumors of at least a remaster have again swelled. Everybody has their ideas for what tweaks to make. Tell you what, I'd give Maria the lifesteal from Malenia. Best fight in the game deserves to really sing.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

I've owned every Playstation system there's been but the PS5 was the first time I ended up feeling like I didn't need to. Now I'm really unconvinced of the worth of a 6th. Suddenly I'm like, "Oh... That Steam Machine thing sounds neat, huh?" despite having never played any games on PC.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

HOW have I not heard more chatter about They Will Kill You yet!? Just saw it and GIRL, same. Zazie Beetz (a literal goddess, I mean, LOOK at h--) is great, the soundtrack kicks ass, one of the most audacious films I have ever seen. Instant classic.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The new Mortal Shell 2 video looks dope as hell. All the things that drew me to the aesthetic vibe of Lords of the Fallen--just hope that unlike LotF it's got none of the cringe anti-woke lunatic vibe behind it. Plus that shell is thicc and spiky which has ya girl salivating.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I haven't played Nightreign, I just really think the time limit isn't for me, but I just saw footage of Revenant and her awesome claw slashes and all her ghost flame and I'm like, "Well damn, how do I get that in Elden Ring?"

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Lords of the Fallen rumored to be free on PS+ next month. Reminder that CEO marek tyminski is an anti-woke grifter who likes the smell of asmongold's smelly balls, he gutted the studio, ruined his first game, and is turning the second into slop, to court the nazi crowd. I'll keep hating. Fuck him.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Hey, I liked Firefly as much as anybody, but the fact that Adam Baldwin is an anti-vax anti-woke freak and they brought him back no harm no foul doesn't sit well with me. Have some principles.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

I was walking the dogs today and Destiny 1 music came fluttering to my mind, and I got all wistful, and oh, god, is that the itch? Do I wanna go back before the game shuts down? Oh man oh man.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

As an extremely hardcore Tsushima: Legends player, I must say, I'm kinda disappointed by Legends 2. Outfits, customization, and even gender are all class locked, which was also true then, but they had 5 years to identify that was something nobody liked (we were LOUD about it!) and didn't.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Oh man, I'm obviously stoked to try out the new warlock in Diablo 4 (that fuchsia color palette is so my jam, lol), so I had meant to wait (4-28), but the little mini-season a few weeks ahead of it has a Doom crossover... the same day Yotei's new Legends multiplayer mode launches. Genuinely tough.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Diablo (4) really needs a model viewer and bestiary lore book, mostly because I wanna have a better sense of what the heck I'm looking at! Kill a thing over and over to get a 3d model, lore text, etc.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Well, and why shouldn't I? Why shouldn't I work on a TTRPG called BioPUNKS that's like Resident Evil's campiest globe-trotting outbreak-of-the-week warzones with a healthy veneer of 80's late cold war B-movie schlock?

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I think there's an extremely good Resident Evil game, maybe the best of the post-RE4 era, INCLUDING 4, hiding inside RE9, but it's bracketed into an absolute mess and shot through with a few nuclear-bad choices that left me rolling my eyes. A shrugging thumbs-down from me (an unimportant nobody).

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Look, Kansas just pulled an absolute draconian move on trans folx, sure, but for me, specifically, the universe could go a long way toward making it right by turning me into Grace Ashcroft from Resident Evil Requiem. I mean LOOK at that HAIR. I am so jealous.

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Saga Ward @sagaward.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Spread the word to any Bluepoint devs just laid off by Sony: the CEO of Lords of the Fallen is publicly reaching out invite you to work for him, but beware; he is an anti-DEI anti-woke grifter who single-handedly screwed over his last game and excuses nazis. Avoid like the plague!

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