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SpikeyWigg

@spikywigg.bsky.social
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Destructoid and Cohost refugee. I like talking about video games, so why don't I talk about it with you? Still waiting on XP to unlock more hobbies.

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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 2h
Took me a while to even remember that this is what turned Mina the Hollower from what should've been my GotY to a game I forgot existed 5 months after beating it. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
But in reverse? #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
To anyone playing #AceCombat 8 Wings of Theve right now: #blutoid
Dog.JPEG is thrilled for everyone that bought the Deluxe Edition of AC8 and gets to play the game 3 days early
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I find most of Remedy's leads to be amusing but emotionally dull; too involved or enamored with the strangeness to be relatable. Yet Control Resonant's Dylan seems quite the opposite: all too used to the weirdness, finally able to discover himself, and his burgeoning love of karaoke. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The real issue with #Wolverine is that Insomniac don't get what makes him interesting or fun. They let him do nice and heroic things because he's a nice and heroic guy, and his actions never have anything interesting to say or show about how he sees the world and why he acts like he does. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
But hey at least they got Pennywise in Physint. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#Wolverine first impressions: I get what they were going for with the combat - Ninja Gaiden with meter management - but it's maybe not as well-honed as it could've been. Still fun, even if the skill tree is atrociously bad. Storywise, uh, they rushed into game #2. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Zach Cregger's #residentevil isn't beating the allegations, but it is my most fun movie-going experience this year. Equal parts gory and hilarious, it's a relentless survival horror odyssey. I squirmed, I laughed, I exclaimed the most "noooo"s of any movie I'd seen yet. Absolutely loved it. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Beat #onimusha Way of the Sword, and what stood out most, aside from the surprisingly good script, is that this is a timing-based game perfect for people who suck at these games. It gives you powerful tools long before you master the mechanics, and doesn't neglect them once you do. Play it. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We're gonna get a whole lot of these huh? #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I fully understand why Nintendo and the SW2 are enjoying incredible momentum from June all the way to OOT releasing in November, but I'm also not interested in any of these games. Can I recommend buying a SW2? Absolutely. What am I playing? Nothing until the end of January. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Hello #blutoid, no appetite for parry slop, eh? Can I interest you in some fine #onimusha parry haute cuisine, with a side of smooth i-frames?
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Kirby: (^°^) Kirby final boss lore: the personification of nihilism, a cosmic force that feeds on the despair haunting all living things; has travelled the galaxy for aeons spreading everlasting darkness so that all creation may experience true death of self. Kirby: (>°o°)> #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
There are quite a few aspects of #onimusha that are perfunctory, say level design or progression. But what it does nail - the combat, the bosses, surprisingly the cutscenes - it nails in spectacular fashion. A great game doesn't need to be wholly great, but to do something uniquely great. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Hey #blutoid, I have thoughts about the Sony/Physint split, and they're all terrible. A thread, in which I commit social media seppuku:
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Very brave of R* to release a new GTA two months before a new 2D Metroid. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I never cared about OOT, but I will give it this: almost 30 years later and Z-Targeting is still one of the two melee combat systems. The other being, of course, sticky targeting. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The Old Hunters takes Bloodborne to the absolute limits and somehow improves on a perfect game (we don't talk about Chalices, ok?). Shadow of the Erdtree was more, so much more ER. Nioh 2's SP adds some of my favorite bosses. Valhalla (FREE) realizes the potential of GoW Ragnarok's combat. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
#blutoid, I've made a huge, tiny mistake. They fucking got me with the steelbooks.
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Hey #blutoid, ya loveable rascals, what's your weird gaming pet peeve? Mine is pressing the sprint button again to stop sprinting. I hate it when I need to let go of the analog to stop, it feels so wonky and inelegant. Also, walking when it feels scene-appropriate. I'm a real locomotion looney.
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Me when after six months of daddy day care my daughter starts kindergarten only to develop separation anxiety the week before. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#lanterns is the story of John Stewart, a #greenlantern trainee who gets to hear second- and third-hand accounts of the GL mythos. I can't be convinced the grounded approach isn't a budget issue, cause no writer worth their salt would sign off on this much "tell, don't show" willingly. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A core gaming memory of mine is sitting with my mom on a Friday, drinking wine, and playing through the greenhouse section of RE7 watching Marguerite Baker shoot zombie wasps out her hoohoo. She wasn't even fazed. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Hypothesis: there haven't been any good Terminator or Aliens sequels cause the concepts reached their logical endpoints in their respective sequels and people can't figure up how to follow them up. Conclusion: embrace Predator. The Trachtenberg trilogy is, as the kids say, fucking rad. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
#thesinkingcity2 opens with a thank you message, followed by this text. Even setting aside the terrible circumstances surrounding its development, this is a humanizing reminder - sorely needed in the current videogame and social media landscape - of the real lives behind the media we enjoy. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Our 8-month old when she catches mom and dad eating candy. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Make a band bigger: Alice in Jail #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Blade Runner 2049. Very pretty, but unfortunately it's the unlikely sequel to the greatest scifi film of all time and the story they chose to tell was a piece of fan-fiction that regurgitates the themes of the original whilst turning all subtext into text. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This is such a dumb line of thinking misunderstanding the market. $500 consols never competed against high-end PCs, the majority buying 1-2 games a year didn't care for high-end PC gaming. Even if Sony's "forced" to pivot, "core" consumers are offered an inferior product under worse terms. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Well, that's Infinite Wealth wrapped. A game of high highs and low lows, but by the end it won me over, which really sums up the series as a whole. Editing quibbles aside, the ending really got me, great stuff. The real infinite wealth was the friends we made along the way, truthfully. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
#spiderman #brandnewday is an actual movie, with a story, characters, and themes. Leaps and bounds better than the loose string of memes and references that was NWH. It's deeply integrated into the #MCU but the crossovers feel natural for the story and theme. I really enjoyed it. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Spider-Man 3 is a good time, warts and all. The jazz scene is excellent, 2007 was not ready to embrace cringe as mainstream entertainment. I'd rewatch it any time over No Way Home.
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
They could rebrand #343industries to #HaloStudios or Best Ever Game Studios or whatever they want, but as long as it's a bunch of leads designing by committee and managing an army of freelancers who come and go whenever MS decides to undercut their pay, #Halo is never coming back. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Reading is a conspiracy concocted by the literary-industrial complex. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Tepid take: Contemporary English in Nolan's Odyssey is thoughtful. We have synthesized new meanings for many ancient Greek terms (e.g., Aristotle's def for Ethics), and Hollywood Epic English won't bridge the gap. But a modern viewer grasps the nuance between 'Father' and 'Dad' in context. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
#theodyssey has some of Nolan's best character and thematic work, but then he remembers to bring out the sledgehammer and ends it on a "you know, I really learned something today"-ass closing dialogue. Great movie, bewildering choice of a final exchange. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Just nobody tell Sony ok? #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Me: "I wish more games had non-standard control layouts, learning a new control scheme is an exciting part of starting a new game." Also me: "Why the hell does Onimusha have Block on Square!?" (I know there's an alternative control scheme, but the joke is that I'm a fucking hypocrite) #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I resent easy modes being called for babies. A real baby mode would be nearly impossible; Imagine not being able to move without waiting on some asshole called your dad to get off the shitter so they can pick up you from the floor. Pictured: actual baby mode. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Bethesda mustered up the same level of excitement than I, a person who does not care for, play, or watch Fallout, can muster to announce new games. Also lowkey hilarious considering the kerfuffle over Fallout 4's leak all those years ago. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
An old man tells about the time he spent being a concierge's assistant.
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I really enjoyed #obsession, but I think my favorite thing about it was that I could still go see it in theater more than a month after release. Cinematography and sound editing that deserve the best format available. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I still think that for most people, a hypothetical +$1000 console is still more approachable than a PC that exists in that world, but I also think the core console audience - a critical minority for platform holders - might increasingly migrate to PC as #RAMageddon diminishes. 1/2 #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
#DOOMTheDarkAges Revelations DLC is incredible. #Id delivered a triumphant capstone on a trilogy that reignited a series, a genre, and reinvnted itself with each sequel, for good or ill. But, it's also a sad, depressing sendoff to a great team #Microsoft deemed not worth preserving. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Guys I have a confession. I'd only ever read one John Steinbeck novel, but I've read several #warhammer40k novels and I'm about to do it again, cause I'm a sucker for faction lore and a complete lack of self-irony. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
"We want to focus on big franchises like #DOOM. Also fuck DOOM cause that underperformed last year (what's a #gamepass???). Anyone remember #Quake??? #Unreal engine and it's all AI babyyyyyyy" But don't worry there will be human supervision to make sure the U is next to the Q #Blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Despite the games industry being a wretched hive of scum and villainy, I am still unreasonably excited for #acecombat 8' new Top Gun-style replay camera. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Videogame industry has become so depressing it's impossible to go on any videogame website without seeing actual news. #blutoid
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SpikeyWigg @spikywigg.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
If it doesn't have 108 episodes hidden behind some obtuse, easily missable ARG that you need to solve to gain access to the True Final Episode, then what's even the point? #blutoid youtu.be/DYqYNwGicOA?...
youtu.be
Suikoden: The Anime - Official Trailer (English Closed Captions)
YouTube video by IGN
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