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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 31/07/2026

10 minutes into Netflix & Chill and it gives you this look #WIP

Cropped, unfinished vector art. An extreme close-up of a white cartoon dog's face, eyeing the viewer from a side angle.

TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 30/07/2026

My first waifu :3. She (17/18) was older than me at the time. I'm 31 now. She's still a teenager. ... I don't like that.

Konata Izumi (a blue-haired anime girl from Lucky Star) posing and making a peace sign with her hand.

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 22/06/2026

ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED DOLLARYDOOS?!?!?!

A screenshot from The Simpsons of a man looking surprised while holding and looking at a peice of paper.

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 02/06/2026

It's pride month. You know what that means...

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 04/05/2026

If you're trying to get the new Steam Controller right now and are getting an error, just keep spamming the button like Cookie Clicker. It'll go through eventually. Took me 10 mins lol.

A screenshot of a Steam email receipt for the new Steam Controller.

A screenshot from Ghostbusters. The receptionist is cheering "We got one!"

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 29/04/2026

Anyway, here's Agumon selling blue crystal meth to Leon S. Kennedy.

A screenshot of Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. A Mii of Leon S. Kennedy from Resident Evil 4 is startled by a Vpet sprite of Agumon from Digimon holding a little bag of blue crystal meth from Breaking Bad in front of a grocery store.

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 29/04/2026

Something has gone horribly, horribly wrong.

A screenshot of the Mii editor in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. A Mii of PaRappa the Rapper that doesn't have his hat yet. His entire face is on the bottom third of his tall, bald head, so that the square chin looks like the bottom of the original character's square head.

A screenshot of Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. A Mii of PaRappa the Rapper is wearing his signature outfit, but his beanie is much smaller that the one in the original game, leaving the Mii with a massive gap between his face and hat.

A screenshot of Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. A Mii of PaRappa the Rapper is wearing his signature outfit, but his hat is much smaller that the one in the original game, leaving the Mii with a massive gap between his face and hat. The word "FOREHEAD" in all-caps has been written on said gap.

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 29/04/2026

Walter got himself a newer, better Hank.

A screenshot of Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. A Mii of Hank Hill from King of the Hill is playing guitar and serenading a sleeping Mii of Walter White from Breaking Bad. Hank sings "Ohhh! My 'Product', how I love you..."

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 29/04/2026

Tomodachi Life: Living the dream is a game about making Microsoft Sam say swears in the school computer centre in 2007.

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 28/04/2026

HE CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT

A screenshot of Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. A Mii of Ness from EarthBound is saying "I practise cooking meth for a couple of hours every day, okeh. Use it or lose it!" (He was influenced by a Mii of Walter White from Breaking Bad.)

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 28/04/2026

Jeez dude, ask a girl out to dinner first.

A screenshot of the Pixel Quiz minigame in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. A Mii of Jesse Pinkman from Breaking Bad is presenting a pixelated photo of an iced coffee or tea. The pixelation makes it look like... something else.

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 28/04/2026

We did it, boys. We found the one person in the known universe that does *not* have the power to be his friend. 😭

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 28/04/2026

Stop trying to sell my OCs meth, Walt.

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 28/04/2026

Little Walter and Jesse on a playdate :3

A screenshot of Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. Miis of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman from Breaking Bad are running in circles with their arms sticking out like aeroplanes.

A screenshot of Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, with Miis of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman from Breaking Bad. Walter says "Can you believe that Pinkman and I have bonded over cooking meth?"

A screenshot of Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. Miis of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman from Breaking Bad are playing on a seesaw together.

A screenshot of Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. A Mii of Walter White from is drawing a Mii of Jesse Pinkman in the sand.

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 28/04/2026

Of course the post that I forgot to mark as adult content (sorry about that) is the one that's gotten the most attention. Of course it's getting attention because it was reposted by one of the Moon Child devs. Uh... I hope he knows what getting knotted means. 😳

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 27/04/2026

I had to add him. It's his time. He's an icon, he's a legend, and he IS the moment.

A screenshot from Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. A Moon Child Mii is talking to another Mii. The text below says "It seems Moon Child is talking about getting knotted, fully confident that he's the most interesting person present..."

A screenshot from Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. A green dog Mii named Punky is standing next to a Moon Child Mii and saying "Best day ever! Moonie and I are now friends! And it's all thanks to the power of the power to be his friend!" (The repetition is not a typo.)

A screenshot from Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. A Moon Child Mii is sitting on the ground and blushing next to his pet; a hand drawn Hoi.

A screenshot from Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. A Moon Child Mii is saying "I want to be friends with Walter White."

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 20/04/2026

No, not me spending over 10 hours making OCs in the Tomadachi Life demo instead of actually drawing them! D:

A Mii of Talky - a simple white dog - in Tomadachi Life: Living the Dream.

A Mii of Punky - a green dog Sonic OC - in Tomadachi Life: Living the Dream.

A Mii of Matilda - a purple koala Sonic OC - in Tomadachi Life: Living the Dream.

A screenshot of TalkyPup's "Play Activity" on Nintendo Switch 2. The demo for Tomadachi Life: Living the Dream has been "Played for 10 hours or more."

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 20/04/2026

They are both dogs and the are gay :3

A screenshot of the Tomadachi Life: Living the Dream demo. Talky (a white dog-like Mii) says "I talked to Punky and I learned that they're into getting knotted."

A screenshot of the Tomadachi Life: Living the Dream demo. Punky (A green dog Sonic fan character) says "When I talked to Talky about getting knotted, we both got super into it."

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 18/04/2026

Never mind, you can copy them to a PC via USB, it's just hidden and buried in the menus. I miss the PSP.

A screenshot of Tomadachi Life: Living the Dream. A TalkyPup Mii is staring at a photorealistic roll of toilet paper. "...Feels good to have a roll of toilet paper..."

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 07/01/2026

The list's too long for one post now with all the extra comments and formatting and stuff, and it feels like the "Wanted to play" section gets longer every year, so it gets its own post this time.

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# Wanted to Play

## Games

### Too Many Half-Finished JRPGS on the Backlog

- Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
- Clair Obscur : Expedition 33
- Lunar Remastered Collection

### Behind on the Series

- Once Upon a Katamari
`Still haven't finished We ❤︎ Katamari.`
- Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
`Still halfway through Infinite Wealth.`
- Thrasher
`Still haven't finished Thumper.`
- Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater
`I'd rather play the other MGS/Kojima games I haven't finished yet than a remake of one I have.`
- Yooka-Replaylee
`Original game wasn't great. I slept on this one because I didn't realise how different it was, but I haven't played Impossible Lair yet anyway.`
- Digimon Story: Time Stranger
`Still haven't finished Cyber Sleuth or Survive. The show's a higher priority anyway, and I want to at least finish watching Frontier.`
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
`Haven't played the first one yet.`
- Silent Hill f
`Played SH3 this October. I'll save f and/or Shattered Memories for next October.`
- Everybody's Golf: Hot Shots
`Played some of this series on PSP and PS1, but never finished them. I want to go back to them one day.`

### Fuck You

- Doom: The Dark Ages
`Love you Id, but fuck you Microsoft, Bethesda and Marty Stratton`
- Keeper
`Love you Double Fine, but fuck you Microsoft.`
- Deadpool VR
`Love you Twisted Pixel ('Splosion Man devs), but fuck you Meta and Disney (It's stuck on Quest 3/3S anyway. I have Quest 2, PSVR, and PSVR2)`

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### Just Too Many Games

- While Waiting
- The Sims: Legacy Collection
- The Sims 2: Legacy Collection
- Afterlove EP
- Whisker Squadron: Survivor
- Tetris The Grand Master 4: Absolute Eye
- to a T
- Star Racer
- Incision
- Henry Halfhead
- Skate.
- My Little Puppy
- Shadow Labyrinth
- Wanderstop
- Sword of the Sea
- Possessor(s)
- Sonic Rumble
`Looks bad. Really only on here because it's Sonic tbh.`
- Baby Steps
- Rhythm Doctor (post Early Access)
- Unbeatable
- The Midnight Walk
- Lost Records: Bloom and Rage
- Consume Me
- Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
- The Wandering Village (post Early Access)
- Star Overdrive
- Ninja Gaiden Ragebound
- Dispatch

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## DLC

- Astro Bot: Vicious Void
- Beat Saber: Original Soundtrack 8

## Cancelled :(

- Perfect Dark
- Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 07/01/2026

Here's my annual GOTY list for 2025, late as usual. This is every game I played in last year that came out last year. I spent less time on games, partially for IRL reasons that I've posted about some of before. Even then, probably could've spent less time on YouTube or whatever to make room.

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# Games of the Year 2025

1. Bits & Bops
2. Donkey Kong Bananza
3. Mario Kart World
4. Tower Unite (post Early Access)
5. Word Play
6. The New Flesh
7. Banjo-Kazooie: Nostalgia 64
8. Squeakross: Home Squeak Home
9. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

# DLC of the Year 2025

1. Kirby and the Forgotten Land: Star-Crossed World
2. Smash Remix 2.0.0

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# Honourable Mentions

## Haven’t Played Enough or Only Played the Demo

- Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution!
- Sonic Racing CrossWorlds
- Persona 5: The Phantom X
- The House of the Dead 2: Remake
- Drag x Drive
- Kirby Air Riders

## Early Access, etc.

- Deltarune
`Chapter 1 was in 2018. Chapters 3 and 4 were this year.`
- Ex-Zodiac
`Early Access since 2022.`
- XF Extreme Formula
`Early Access since 2024.`
- Aero GPX
`Early Access since 2024.`
- Brazilian Drug Dealer 3: I Opened a Portal to Hell in the Favela Trying to Revive Mit Aia I Need to Close It
`Early Access since 2024.`

## Ports/Remasters

- Unleashed Recompiled
`Fan made PC port of Sonic Unleashed.`
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
`Remaster of a Wii U/Switch game.`
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
`Port of a Switch 1 game.`
- https://isle.pizza/
`Fan made browser port of LEGO Island.`
- SpaghettiKart
`Fan made PC port of Mario Kart 64.`
- MarioKart 64: Recompiled
`Fan made PC port of Mario Kart 64.`
- Starfox 64: Recompiled
`Fan made PC port of Star Fox 64.`

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# Top Games/DLC of Other Years of 2025

Must have been played or beaten for the first time in 2025 to be included.

1. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
`Played most of the game on N64 years ago, but started from scratch and beaten via the recomp this year with Nerrel's texture pack and some other mods.`
2. Mouthwashing
3. Splatoon 3: Side Order
4. Sin and Punishment: Successor of the Skies
`Played before on Wii U. Started from scratch and beaten on actual Wii this year.`
5. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
`Played before. Started from scratch and finished this year. Real Wii, no PrimeHack.`
6. Silent Hill 3
`Played on Hard. Big mistake.`
7. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Booster Course Pass
`Doesn't fit with the main game's art style at all. More fun than some other games on this list, but because of the main game's strengths. Quantity over quality.`

## Honourable Mentions

- Sonic Unleashed
`Played a lot of this on 360 as a teenager. Rebeaten in 2025 via the recomp.`
- Kingdom Hearts -Final Mix-
`Beaten original on Normal on PS2 as a kid. Beaten FM on Proud in 2025 via the PS4 version on PS5. Intended to 100% the game. Did most of it, but I missed one permenantly missable chest, and the Gummi challenge missions suck, so I gave up on those.`
- Space Channel 5: Part 2
`Beaten for the millionth time. First time on PC, I think.`
- Mario Kart 64
`Rebeaten via the recomp with the HD texture pack. Played the decomp a bit too.
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
`Bought cheap, used, physical Switch 1 copy and upgraded to Switch 2 Edition. Played other versions before, but only barely. Played a decent chunk this year but didn't finish it.`
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land
`Previously beaten on Switch 1, but reached 100% completion via Switch 2 Edition this year.`
- Star Fox 64
`Mucked about with cheats on the recomp.`

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 30/11/2025

If I had a nickel for every time one of my fave YouTubers was a neurodivergent furry transfem agere musician with a name starting with P, a traumatic childhood, and made some of the most emotionally resonant art I've ever experienced, I'd only have 2 nickels, but it's weird that its happened twice.

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 30/10/2025

I keep hearing that the game logic in New Horizons is tied to the frame rate, but the newest game I can think of that does that is nearly 20 years old. What's the point in doing that in a game from 2020?

Cover art for Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 28/09/2025

Oh, that's OneyPlays doing literally anything in the public eye.

SpongeBob meme of a fish guy disappointingly looking into a toilet.

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 28/09/2025

Oh, That's Toby Fox reading Vivziepop dialogue about sticking his hand up someone's ass.

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 15/07/2025

I've been playing Zelda on-and-off for 25 years. I've played at least a little bit of every mainline console Zelda game besides Tears of the Kingdom, but I've still never actually finished any of them. UNTIL TODAY.

The final screen of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask with Nerrel's HD texture pack. The text reads "The End" below a tree stump with a carving of some of the game's characters on it.

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 28/06/2025

I fell down another rabbit hole. Whoops. This time it's mod that replaces the D-pads in Zelda 64: Recompiled (Majora's Mask PC). The photos don't match the game's art style, but at least they match my controller. The buttons however... Read more and download: thunderstore.io/c/zelda-64-r...

A Screenshot of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask with various HD texture packs installed, including an Xbox Series X D-pad on the HUD.

Four different D-pads modded into the HUD of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. The D-pads are from the Xbox Series X controller, DualSense, Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, and Steam Deck.

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 22/06/2025

I played a little bit of the Mario Kart 64 PC port, then accidentally spent all day making custom art for it for Steam. This doesn't even include all of the bad/redundant ones I deleted. I have ADHD.

Way too many Mario Kart 64 and SpaghettiKart images on SteamGridDB.

Mario Kart 64 and SpaghettiKart logos on SteamGridDB.

Mario Kart 64 and SpaghettiKart images on SteamGridDB.

George Lucas saying "I may have gone too far in a few places."

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 03/02/2025

The Linux thing, along with getting an OLED monitor, inspired me to make some wood grain wallpapers to make my digital desktop look more like my physical desktop. What was supposed to be a quick edit of a wood grain texture spiralled out of control. I put them here: talkypup.com/blog/posts/2...

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 03/02/2025

CW: Flashing image I changed my mind. Puppy tiem :3

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TalkyPup 🐶🏳️‍⚧️ @talkypup.com · 18/01/2025

Of couse I just spent the last few hours customising my home screen instead of doing something productive. (it does look nice tho...)

Android phone home screen with a green wood grain background and black and white icons.

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