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Timothy Monbleau

@timmonbleau.bsky.social
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Former Guide Editor at Destructoid, bylines at PC Gamer, Kotaku, and GamesRadar+. I write about video games and even play them sometimes. He/Him

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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Google’s AI summary thinks Gades saying “THIS is what I would call frue destruction!” is from Lufia II when it is in fact from Lufia: The Legend Returns for the Game Boy. So much knowledge at its disposal and it can’t even pretend to be a Lufia fan accurately, just absolutely pathetic. #blutoid
A Google AI summary that reads “Frue destruction!” Is a famous good-bad translation error from Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals that became a long-running meme among fans of the series.” This information is incorrectA screenshot of Lufia: The Legend Returns. Gades is shown saying “THIS is what I would call true destruction!”
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Watching TV from a quarter of a century ago and I still can’t escape it. #blutoid
A picture of The Sopranos. The caption reads “This whole party has me at sixes and sevens.”
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Pictured: Anyone trying to exist on this planet right now.
A screenshot of the Prank Show sketch from I Think You Should Leave. Tim is dressed in the Karl Havoc suit with the caption “I’m so HOT.”
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I never want to see this number this high ever again. #blutoid
A picture of my car’s dashboard, which shows it is currently 107 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I can’t wait for Microsoft to enter its 3DO era. #blutoid
An excerpt from the Wikipedia page for the 3DO game console. It reads “Licensing to independent manufacturers made the system extremely expensive. The manufacturers had to make a profit on the hardware itself, whereas most major game console manufacturers, such as Sega and Sony, sold their systems at a loss, with expectations of making up for the loss with software sales. The 3DO was priced at US$699,[23][24] far above competing game systems and aimed at high-end users and early adopters. Hawkins has argued that 3DO was launched at $599, and not "higher myths that are often reported".[25] In a later interview, Hawkins clarified that while the suggested retail price was $699, not all retailers sold the system at that price.”
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Gonna pop my head up to let you all know I have a review of Mina The Hollower coming soon. Life hasn't exactly gotten easier, so I wasn't able to finish in time for the embargo. But rest assured that Mr. "Link's Awakening is the best Zelda" has some thoughts about this. #blutoid
A screenshot of Mina The Hollower. Mina is seen in the central town area.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Anyway if we're bringing back 64 then I'm also bringing back the corresponding decades-old jokes and it's illegal for any of you to call them cringe.
An image of Wolf in a Starbucks with the caption "I can't let you brew that, Starbucks."
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
For some reason seeing “critically acclaimed” right on the receipt is killing me.
A picture of a Jollibee’s receipt. The Final Fantasy XIV logo is shown along with the text “Level up with the critically acclaimed Jollibee & Final Fantasy XIV and receive an exclusive in-game emote!”
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Koji asking the audience at Fanfest if this might be a dungeon. No way, that's a primal, I know an angry face when I see one.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Fully anticipating clearing the main story with just the Falcon Blade I got at the beginning.
A screenshot of Dragon Quest Smash/Grow. It shows a 10 pull from the gacha, with 9 common pulls and one uncommon pull.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Dragon Quest Smash/Grow Day 2 progress update. #blutoid
An screenshot of Brennan Lee Mulligan from Game Changer. The subtitles have been edited to say "You would think, in a game where there are 7% odds of pulling a 3 star, that one would stumble into a rainbow every so often."
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
New Fire Emblem weapon triangle is crazy. #blutoid
A sign on a trail showing a yield triangle. Bikes yield to walkers, but both yield to horses.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Faith Fun Fact: When Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of Eden, a cherubim with a flaming sword was placed to guard the entrance. Scholars believe this to be the first documented instance of a door boss.
An image depicting the exile of Adam and Eve. A large hooded figure with a massive flaming sword stands behind them
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
This picture implies I can't choose 4
The death sprite of FuSoYa from Final Fantasy 4. It's basically just his head and closed eyes.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Dissidia Duellum looks fun, but after Record Keeper, Brave Exvius, Mobius, and even another Dissidia (Omnia Opera), I genuinely can’t muster any enthusiasm for a mobile Final Fantasy live service even if I try. Also, I’ve never met a PvP gacha that didn’t turn into an immediate pay-to-win fest.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
4 Player Slay The Spire 2 might be the most fun I've had with a game in the past 5 years. Just transforms a methodical game into absolute *chaos* in the best ways. Wildly unbalanced but I like it that way, the belly laughs were worth it. Adding drawing during downtime was a genius choice. #blutoid
A screenshot of Slay The Spire 2. The map screen is depicted, the four players have drawn... something... involving stick figures that I can neither explain nor describe. One of us described it as "its just bros helping each other out with a pre-workout stretch"
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
One run of Slay The Spire 2 and it's already got its hooks in me. I was all ready to be like "man this looks just like the first game," but I got a bird that hangs out with you after you use its card in battle and this alone justifies a sequel. #blutoid
A cropped screenshot of Slay The Spire 2. The Ironclad is pictured alongside a pet bird.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Still wrapping up Ys X: Proud Nordics, but I can say that Ys X remains a fantastic Action RPG. Proud Nordics generally improves upon it, but it mostly adds more stuff (which could have been DLC). Not an essential upgrade, but great if you haven’t played it or finished the game needing more. #blutoid
A screenshot of Ys X: Proud Nordics. Adol is riding a Mana Line into the new Öland Island.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I’d normally wag my finger at all these unlocalized recommendations in this thread for someone less seasoned with video games. But after seeing the first games she chose to play were 初音ミク -Project DIVA- and モンハン日記 ぽかぽかアイルー村, I say go nuts fam.
A picture of Hatsune Miku: Project Diva being played on a PSP. The results screen of a song is displayed. The text is predominately in Japanese.A screenshot of Monster Hunter Diary being played on a PSP. The in-game text is in Japanese. A caption of the picture reads “This would be perfect if I was learning Japanese🌝”
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I’m sorry I meant Tactical Ogres, my mistake.
A screenshot of Tactics Ogre for sale. The seller has listed it as “Tactical ogres psp.”
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Questions for people who have played Dragon Quest I HD-2D Remake. 1: Did you keep Gwaelin with you for the second half of the game? 2: If not, did you realize that you could? And to answer your question, yes I have now beaten this game twice.
A screenshot from Dragon Quest I HD-2D Remake. The hero stands beside Princess Gwaelin as they talk to Robbin’ ‘Ood. The text from him says “And who, might I ask, is this fair maiden who stand with beside thee?”A screenshot from Dragon Quest I HD-2D Remake. The hero and Princess Gwaelin are in a house with several fairies. The text from Gwaelin reads 9And bring us together thou first. I think thee from the bottom of my heart, milady.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
I drew the duck blue because I've never seen a blue duck before and, to be honest with you, I wanted to see a blue duck.
A screenshot of the character creator screen in Escape From Duckov. There is a blue duck.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Holding off on a verdict until I see the end credits (twice), but I’ve been enjoying Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake. It’s so wildly transformative that you could call it a new game, but its story-driven focus on keeping hope alive is just what we need now. More to come on this soon. #blutoid
A screenshot of Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake. The main character and a woman are looking at a castle in the mountains.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Thank you EGM and Seanbaby for goading teenage Tim into playing this. I'll be honest, it's not the WORST thing I've ever seen. Lunar: Dragon Song single-handedly ensured I'd never buy a game without reading reviews again, and that's coming from the man who beat the Diabetes platformer.
The box art of Captain Novolin for the Super Nintendo.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
I just checked, and would you believe that I still have a copy of my fetish blog It's not nearly funny enough to repost (the jokes were more embarrassing than any revealing truths would have been), but I can safely say I am proud of this one paragraph. #blutoid
A screenshot of an old blog I wrote on Destructoid. The text reads:

"2: Humans

Out of all the people that I have felt attraction towards over the course of my lifetime, 100% of them have been human. I’ve talked with my doctor about this, asking questions like why I was never confused by the likes of Knuckles the Echidna or Rainbow Dash, but he just told me that he wasn’t my doctor and asked if I’d like to pay for my groceries with cash or credit."
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
We never realized how good we had it when the Cblog tab was filled with everyone ranking their fetishes.
A screenshot from Blade Runner during the famous "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain" monologue.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Doing some prep work ahead of Dragon Quest I+II HD this month, and man, Dragon Quest 1 remakes are such satisfying bite-sized games. Can’t think of many RPGs that I can play for an hour and go “You know, I’m already this far in, I might as well finish it.”
A screenshot of Dragon Warrior 1 on the Game Boy Color. The hero is in a town by the weapon shop.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
~15 years later and we're finally getting closer to realizing this legendary pitch. #blutoid
An old tweet from petermolydeux, a parody account of Peter Molyneux. It reads "You know, my dream for gaming is where in one game you'll shoot someone and then during a game of say Fifa you'll see their son crying.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
I am literally playing this video game right now and I still have no clue what I’m playing. #blutoid
A screenshot of Fire Emblem Shadows. I’d be more descriptive but I don’t know what’s going on.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
This new Ys game is so good. #blutoid
A screenshot of Trails In The Sky 1st Chapter. Joshua's outfit has changed to give him red hair, making him look vaguely similar to Ys protagonist Adol Christin.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
It's been fun to make my first *real* start with Trails by playing Trails In The Sky FC on Nightmare. Every battle is like a game of chess where I'm not sure what all the rules are, and getting a new stick that gives +10 attack feels like I just won the lottery. #blutoid
A screenshot from the Trails In The Sky First Chapter demo. Estelle is using her S-Craft ability.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Everyone talks about all the minigames in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth but no one told me they straight up put Earthbound in the game. #blutoid
A cropped screenshot of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. The monster is using an attack called Earthbound
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
"Oh man I need to catch up on Dandadan, I loved this goofy little anime about a boy looking for his balls." *One s1e7 later* "Life is pain and I'm never going to smile ever again."
A screencap from the Dandadan anime. A woman is seen dancing above city lights under a starry sky.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Every so often I remember what it was like to wake up every morning and do nothing but play this banger of a game and write about it.
Two screen caps of the final episode of The Office (US). Andy is saying “I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.”
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
First impressions of The Adventures of Elliot 1: True to Team Asano’s whole vibe, this plays like a SNES game. 2: I think it’s pretty fun. Huge comfort food vibes. 3: Dialogue like this makes me think it’s well aware of how silly it is.
Dialogue from The Adventures of Elliot. The textbook reads “North is up, south is down, west is left, and east is right.”Dialogue from The Adventures of Elliot. The textbook reads “And those are the four cardinal directions! Not bad, eh?”
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
That said, I wouldn't mind a gacha-less port of Champions of the Continent because it's actually really good (at least it was when I played it in 2022). You haven't lived until you've experienced what it's like to absolutely hate this dude with every fiber of your being.
Artwork of King Pardis III from Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Andrea trying to enjoy a friendly cooperative MMORPG when .0056% of the content is competitive. (This is very stupid but it was easier to make this than live with the image in my head)
A screenshot of Brennan Lee Mulligan giving a monologue from Game Changer. The caption reads "Now, Sam has built a monument to devilry and chaos," but the name Sam has been replaced with Naoki Yoshida's face.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Man some of these puzzles in Pokemon Friends get really tough.
A screenshot of an advanced Billiards Room puzzle from Blue Prince with Pikachu's face in the corner.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Everywhere I go I see him. #blutoid
A screenshot from Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HD. The Norende town building screen is visible, and the Weapon Shop upgrade will unlock Lu Bu’s Spear
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
All jokes aside, yeah it definitely wasn't intentional. I've been playing the game on the Switch 2, and the route this occurred on has been pretty nasty with crashes (though it's thankfully playable). The game did autosave the crash and worked fine when I loaded it though, which was kind of funny.
The Load menu of Save The Princess. The first slot in the Automatic Saves section shows an error message.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
So in the middle of a run of Slay The Princess (which is phenomenal), this screen popped up right after a line about *something* wanting to be set free. I went “oh man this is getting REALLY meta!” Then it turned out this was an actual crash. Still wondering if it was intentional or not. #blutoid
An error message in Renpy that occurred while I played Slay The Princess
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
The saga of my Steam Deck getting commandeered every time Fields of Mistria receives an update continues.
A screenshot of a group text conversation. It reads as follows:

Stacey: I haven't played fields of mistria in a hot minute but I just saw there's the new content drop in July which means NEW FARM TIMEEEE
Kyra: TIM I NEED THE STEAM DECK
Tim: Oh yeah Mistria's been getting a pretty steady stream of updates. Kyra's gonna need my Steam Deck again.
Kyra: IN JULY
Tim: Omg
Tim: Lmao
Kyra: IM CRYING
Tim: HOW DID WE SAY THAT AT THE EXACT SAME NANOSECOND.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
It looks like the hottest thing in hardware this month (May 1997) is the Force FX Joystick. A steal at $249.95 for this revolutionary force-feedback technology!
A picture of the hardware section of the May 1997 issue of PC Gamer. The Force FX Joystick is listed as the Editors’ Choice
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
To answer your follow-up question, it did come with the demo disc.
The May 1997 PC Gamer Demo Disc
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Had a productive day of antiquing today. Can’t wait to cuddle up with this good book I found and read about the 50 best games ever made. #blutoid
The May 1997 issue of PC Gamer. The cover story is about the 50 best games ever.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Please clap. #pokemon
A screenshot of Pokemon TCG Pocket. It’s just me showing I’ve reached the Master Ball rank of the Ranked Battle mode.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Your band name is whatever house you last created in Blue Prince.
A screenshot of a house at the end of Blue Prince titled “Garden Bed & Breakfast Of The Dead.”
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
True story: My first was Final Fantasy 4 (2 USA) at... around four years old. I'd watch my older brother play and he'd read aloud the dialogue so I could follow along. Eventually I memorized what battle commands did and I'd help him level grind when it was my turn to play. Been an RPG sicko since.
A screenshot of Final Fantasy 4 for SNES (known as Final Fantasy 2). Kain and Cecil are fighting the Mist Dragon
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I’d 100% play whatever the fully realized version of this is.
The cover art of Phalanx for the Super Nintendo. An old man with a banjo is sitting down as a spaceship flies overhead.
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Timothy Monbleau @timmonbleau.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
The four that immediately came to my mind. I do think it's fitting that one is often called Europe's Chrono Trigger and an other was vigorously compared to Mother upon release. #blutoid
The box art for Mother 3The cover art for Chrono TriggerThe cover art for TerranigmaArt for Undertale
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