Reposted by BalladeerImran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Microsoft this week: We're laying off half the industry. Sony: We're ending physical games. Nintendo: have u seen this splatoon weapon we call it the bloblobber 2293352589
Reposted by BalladeerGG TRIBUNE @ggtribune.com · 17/04/2026BREAKING NEWS: Disgraced defense attorney Phoenix Wright, who was disbarred seven years ago for forging evidence, has been arrested for murder himself. The trial is scheduled for Monday. 171787868
Reposted by BalladeerVGC @videogameschronicle.com · 29/01/2026Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream will include same-sex relationships and non-binary characters, fulfilling Nintendo's previous promise to make future Tomodachi games more inclusive. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/tomodac...videogameschronicle.comTomodachi Life: Living the Dream will include same-sex relationships and non-binary characters, fulfilling Nintendo’s promise | VGCA same-sex ‘bug’ in its 3DS predecessor caused backlash when it was patched out… 4133591166
Balladeer @staggerbreaths.bsky.social · 02/01/2026I did some mini-reviews for every Switch and Switch 2 game I played in 2025. Some of them may be funny. You be the judge. balladsandwords.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/s...balladsandwords.wordpress.comSwitch Games of 2025Hey! In lieu of anything else, I thought I’d “review” and “score out of ten” every game I played that released on Switch and Switch 2 this year. Even games I only play… 250
Balladeer @staggerbreaths.bsky.social · 26/10/2025How to compose classical music as an amateur 101: a) Take 2-3 motifs b) Play with and vary those motifs until it sounds good to the repetition-loving ear c) You are now stuck in a sea of unending variations and can't find a way out d) aaaaaaa 000
Reposted by BalladeerHard Drive @hard-drive.net · 13/10/2025REPORT: Local Nine Sols Fan Thinks It’s Cute When Silksong Players Complain About Difficultly 1041960
Reposted by BalladeerRhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes. 13877611966
Reposted by BalladeerAndy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 03/10/2025The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not." 1468951956
Reposted by BalladeerJonah Davidson @hangedman.bsky.social · 25/09/2025I strongly believe in the breadth and influence of independent art, to grant us oblique angles on the world and ourselves. But also every indie game is somewhere on this spectrum: 281074369
Reposted by BalladeerJess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 21/06/2025Literally begging you to post about Just Some Stuff. We will see the news I absolutely promise. Twenty people will repost the same exact thing about the news. Only you can post about a turtle you saw 599106323004
Reposted by BalladeerTime Extension @timeextension.com · 16/06/2025ChatGPT Translated An Article About Space Harrier, Then Suggested "Tailoring" It For Retro Gamer. timeextension.comChatGPT Translated An Article About Space Harrier, Then Suggested "Tailoring" It For Retro GamerThe threat of Generative AI is very real 3167
Balladeer @staggerbreaths.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Me before Switch 2 launch: Everything's too expensive, Welcome Tour should be a pack-in, no big one-player title for over a month. Buggered it. Me now: I MADE A DOLPHIN RIDE A FISH BIKE PAST ARMADILLOS 😭😭😭 020
Balladeer @staggerbreaths.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Here we are then. My very favourite Switch games. Get these down you, and buy most/all of them as per your gaming tastes. Thank you very much for reading these, means a lot! (Or at least not muting me.) balladsandwords.wordpress.com/2025/05/31/b...balladsandwords.wordpress.comBalladeer’s Switch Recommendations: 22-1Finally. The crême de la crême of Switch games. 9/10s a-plenty, and a few games that are even better than that. 22. There Is No Game: Wrong DimensionThe Frenchest game I’ve played. This is an inter… 110
Balladeer @staggerbreaths.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Switch games 44-23, i.e. the Metroidvania block feat. JRPGs. balladsandwords.wordpress.com/2025/05/30/b...balladsandwords.wordpress.comBalladeer’s Switch Recommendations: 44-23The last two posts have an extra game each! Try these 22 bangers on for size! 44. Chained EchoesSo much more than a tribute to the likes of SNES Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger. Did those have bat… 000
Balladeer @staggerbreaths.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Games 65-45, a.k.a. my Jackbox period. Also: the difference between a great Switch game and a great game on Switch. balladsandwords.wordpress.com/2025/05/29/b...balladsandwords.wordpress.comBalladeer’s Switch Recommendations: 65-45Every game I’ve mentioned so far has been good. Here we march towards the 8/10s, where the games get great. 65. Jackbox Party Pack 7 I love Jackbox with mates and this is one of the Jackbox t… 010
Balladeer @staggerbreaths.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Games 86-66! Featuring at least two games so obscure Nintendo Life didn't touch them, and two/three 3D platformers you'll be surprised to see so low. balladsandwords.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/b...balladsandwords.wordpress.comBalladeer’s Switch Recommendations: 86-66That’s the bottom of the 7s out of the way. The next 21 games will take us… further into the 7s actually. Look, the Switch has a lot of games that are just plain good. 86. Urban Myth Di… 241
Balladeer @staggerbreaths.bsky.social · 27/05/2025As the Switch draws to a close, I'm reviving my blog to post two-liners about every game I've played on Switch that I liked (to the tune of a recommendation). May entertain or even inform? One post a day for five days. First set of games here! balladsandwords.wordpress.com/2025/05/27/b...balladsandwords.wordpress.comBalladeer’s Switch Recommendations: 107-87Here we go then. Each of these games is one I think is good and worth your time/money on Switch. Even number 107. (If you haven’t seen the context it’s here. You don’t need to rea… 120
Reposted by BalladeerJoe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Just remembered my only good contribution to TikTok 25315
Reposted by BalladeerHayley Stevens @hayleystevens.bsky.social · 25/04/2025J.K. Rowling is a heinous loser, pass it on. 13715
Reposted by BalladeerJamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 16/04/2025This is where your Harry Potter money goes 7122196227
Balladeer @staggerbreaths.bsky.social · 02/04/2025I've worked out that today's #NintendoDirect is one of the five most exciting things that will happen to me in the next five years. My life is great thanks for asking. 030
Reposted by BalladeerMꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Pluto’s reclassification in 2006 it was accompanied by an ex-planetary note. 3680680
Balladeer @staggerbreaths.bsky.social · 22/11/2024It's a deer in my picture but aquatic blobs are where my heart is. 000
Balladeer @staggerbreaths.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Having followed barely anybody on Twitter, my main feed on here is heaving. And they're really funny so I can't even mute folks to clean up. Disaster. 120
Reposted by BalladeerThe Back Page: A Video Games Podcast @backpagepod.bsky.social · 28/09/2024Some of the listeners came to Bath, so we met them in a pub basement where we could discuss Barbuta and draft episodes without bothering other patrons. Thanks to those who made the trip. 2181
Reposted by BalladeerHard Drive @hard-drive.net · 05/09/2024Finished prep work for NanoWrimo in record time. 3519101
Balladeer @staggerbreaths.bsky.social · 22/05/2024Rishi getting horribly pissed on while 'Things Can Only Get Better' plays. It'd be called too on the nose for a TV show, just like almost all other politics recently. 010
Balladeer @staggerbreaths.bsky.social · 10/04/2024This makes me feel better about not getting on with Persona 5 myself. 010
Balladeer @staggerbreaths.bsky.social · 10/02/2024Sometimes - very rarely - I compose music! This is my best effort so far, a videogamey battle theme for a neon-drenched Tokyo analogue. Have a listen: soundcloud.com/user-4771772...soundcloud.comFight!! Neon CityMusic inspired by the thought of fighting a turn-based battle in neon-drenched Tokyo back streets. If you want to skip the loop to the end, the second loop lasts from 3:48 to 7:23. 001
Balladeer @staggerbreaths.bsky.social · 09/01/2024Late and nobody cares anyway, but my top 5 2023 games: 5. Metroid Prime Remastered 4. A Space for the Unbound 3. Cassette Beasts 2. Super Mario Wonder 🥱 1. Tears of the Kingdom 🥱🥱 0. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective ❤️❤️❤️ 100
Reposted by BalladeerHard Drive @hard-drive.net · 07/12/2023Geoff Keighley Announces Best Layoffs Category for Game Awards hard-drive.net/hd/video-gam...hard-drive.netGeoff Keighley Announces Best Layoffs Category for Game AwardsLOS ANGELES — During a YouTube livestream announcing the nominees for the upcoming 2019 Game Awards, founder and host Geoff Keighley dropped the news that… 9719279
Balladeer @staggerbreaths.bsky.social · 08/10/2023Unreasonably proud of this from the @backpagepod.bsky.social Discord about the Sims. 11 Goombas! Of, er, approval. 👀 031
Balladeer @staggerbreaths.bsky.social · 22/09/2023People are doing their Top 25 Games Of All Time like they don't have their Top 100 written out already. Pfft. 010
Balladeer @staggerbreaths.bsky.social · 11/09/2023Hooray, Durham are promoted in the County Championship! ...cricket Twitter really hasn't made it over here yet huh. 080
