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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 20/07/2026

Love going on a mini indie game buying spree and just picking up a bunch of unique games in completely disparate genres

The Steam Key Art for 'Desktop Explorer', 'Denshattack!', and 'and Roger' all purchased on Jul 20, 2026

Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 11/07/2026

FF16 cutting to a camera shot as physically far away as possible the moment Dion kisses his partner remains one of the funniest gay reps I've ever seen in a game, the rest of the scene is shockingly intimate and then they do this:

Two men sit at a brown wooden table and bench that is draped with a blue and white cloth inside a large white war tent. One man with brown hair is in knight armour and one with blonde hair where white undergarments are embraced kissing in the centrer of the frame. They make up maybe 5% of the screen space

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 21/06/2026

10th anniversary of VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action today. Remains my favourite Visual Novel of all time and like a top 3 game all time for me to this day. It has (unfortunately really for the state of the world) only aged like wine! Also shoutout Garoad dropping a banger anniversary album

Features a girl with pigtails (main character Jill Stingray) looking downwards forlorn. She is drawn in a rainbow line art on a black background. In the bottom right corner it reads "va-11 hall-a 10th Memory Sound Composed by Garoad"also with the same rainbow on black background

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 11/06/2026

Belated pride month post! 🌈 Got to write an article in a local gaming magazine about how fighting games went from a genre based on hyper-machismo to one with a trans woman as a face of the genre, very proud of it and I have it in print finally! (Will share the itch page when it goes up too)

A page from Zeitgeist Gaming Magazine titled "Who gets to be the hero?" It features Bridget from Guilty Gear, a petite blonde woman in an oversized blue and white hoodie and a miniskirt holding a teddy bear and red metal yo-yo, overlayed on the trans flag and a scribble over the text of the article

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 09/04/2026

Anyway, have grinded up to ultra ball tier in doubles so far, here's the main team I'm running

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 02/03/2026

7.) Resident Evil: Requiem (2026) RE survival horror and action horror at its best, up there with RE4 for most fun firs time RE playthrough for me. Falters slightly at the end by leaving one too many plot threads open and not addressing certain characters after being so fanservice-y

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 12/02/2026

6.) Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (Switch 2 Port) (2020) Has become a comfort game of sorts for me in the last few years (this was my 5th playthrough!) the switch 2 port is really solid and being able to play it portably is really cool. Will probably be my go to way to play from now on.

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 28/01/2026

5.) Kingdom Hearts 2 (2005) *but the final mix ps4 version Decided to do a partial series playthrough alongside a streamer I like to watch playing it for the first time. Genuionely one of the best video games of all time.

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 25/01/2026

4. Kevin Can F**K Himself (2021-22) Interesting dissection of the classic sitcom from the perspective of the mistreated housewife with some bonus sapphic vibes

A blonde woman in a pink sweater stands in fron of an embroidered sign that reads 'Kevin Can Fuck Himself' her head covers the u and c in fuck

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 14/01/2026

Caved and bought a Korean Clay Burst booster box for tinkaton, here was my big hits (and I got the tinkaton ex) Actually got all but 3 cards of the regular set too so I guess I'm gonna be haunted by Korean skiploom for the rest of my life

Booster box for clay burst in Korean, features Ting Lu standing triumphantly

Two copies of the full art sleeping raichu illustration rare

Fargifar full art card, features a pack of fargifar in the distance and once close up peeking it's head into frame in the top right

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 13/01/2026

3. It Follows (2014) Interesting exploration of trauma and coming to terms with the inevitability of death. Very 2010s in its positioning of a guy with big nerdy 'nice guy' vibes as the ideal partner though. Overall a good watch

Movie Poster for It Follows.

"IT FOLLOWS" is centred in bold light blue writing, underneath a young couple are making out in a brown car.

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 07/01/2026

2. Resident Evil 2 Remake (2019) Did my casual playthrough of this before last year ended but I'm continuing to get great value out of it with randomizers and learning the speedrun. The lack of tank controls is ultimately a downgrade but it's a highly competent modernisation of a classic.

A man in a police uniform (Leon) and a woman in a red jacket (Claire) stand shoulder to shoulder pointing their pistols. They are surrounded by zombies. The lower third features an aerial shot of raccoon city with an orange sky.

The top of the image reads "Resident Evil 2"

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 07/01/2026

1.) One Cut of the Dead (2017) One of the cooler films I've seen in a *while.* It's very funny, has a great use of one long continuous shot (hence the title) and demanded an almost instant rewatch. Don't want to say too much more than that but I highly recommend!

A bearded middle age japanese man in a floral shirt points a video camera at the frame with blood pouring down his face. He is standing infront of a rusted metal staircase

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 30/12/2025

Discovered this horror film essayist this week and like half of his thumbnails say "This Broke Me." The videos themselves are fine enough plot recaps with light analysis but clickbait really works in silly ways sometimes

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 26/12/2025

Watched Picnic(1996) last week and I keep going back and giggling like child at this scene of a guy falling off the wall The jumpcut into canned scream sends me

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 18/12/2025

Here's every game I played in 2025 (for the first time/first time in a long time) ranked. Tiers are ordered, asterisk means I haven't completed it but plan to go back/am currently playing

Game of the Year - Silent Hill f

Added To My All Time Game's List - Final Fantasy Tactics: ivalice Chronicles

Amazing - Blue Prince, Death Stranding 1, Snatcher

Great - Mario Kart World, Clair Obscur, One Last Story, Pokemon Legends: ZA, Marvel Rivals, Hades 2*, Death Stranding 2*, Yu-Gi-Oh Forbidden Memories, Dynasty Warriors: Origins, Donkey Kong Bananza*, Resident Evil 7

Good - Monster Hunter WIlds, Resident Evil 8*, Simpsons Hit & Run, Q-Up, Bravely Default HD, Psychroma

Fine - Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, Rematch, TLoZ Skyward SSword, Trails in the Sky FC Remaster*, Spirit Swap, WWE 2k25, skate., Metal Gear 2, Devil May Cry 1, Metal Gear 1

Gave me a headache every time I played it - Sonic Crossworlds

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 03/11/2025

Did a rank your favourite pokemon thing and you can just see me getting gayer in real time based on the pokemon i like from early gens vs the pokemon I like from later gens

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 28/10/2025

#PokemonLegendsZA 100% finally done -42 Main Missions -119 Side Quests -230 Pokémon -63 Megas -All Research Tasks (inc 1000 battles) The game is very fun I recommend it! (Except the 1000 battle grind)

Legends ZA main mission screen showing 42 mission ns conplete

Legends ZA Pokédex screen showing 230 Pokémon caught and seen

Legends ZA research screen showing level 50 reached, all tasks completed, highlighting the 1000 battles task

Legends ZA side missions screen showing all 129 side quests complete

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 07/10/2025

Zack Polanski's appointment as leader of the Green's has me the most politcally energised I've felt since the 2017 election, he really seems to just get it

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 07/10/2025

Wanted to share the @greenparty.org.uk party broadcast from today over here as I hadn't seen it on bsky (in 2 parts the video limit sucks) My entire adult life has been a growing political doomerism as I've watched economic crises, rising hatred and a drastic rightward shift in the overton window.

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 23/09/2025

Got the feeling already I'm gonna have a lot to say about SIlent Hill f so gonna keep the impressions to the minimum on the timeline for now but just wanted to point out how wonderfully disturbing the alternate costume descriptions are I physically recoiled reading this

The Costume select screen in Silent Hill f, highlighted is the "White Sailor School Uniform" which has the description of "Pure White. Innocent White."

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 21/09/2025

Stunned the guy behind the game that gave us the don't worry Dante isn't gay or Japanese anymore gdc talk has terrible political opinions

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 08/09/2025

OMG just saw the Sabrina Carpenter performance from the VMAs last night, she was on some queen shit 🏳️‍⚧️🥹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFNH...

Sabrina Carpenter is front and center on stage surrounded by an number of dancers, all of whom are predominantly trans or in drag. In the back dancers are holding up signs supportive of trans rights such as "Protect Trans Rights" & "Dolls Dolls Dolls"

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 18/07/2025

Me explaining how cute it is that Tatsuro Yamashita and Mariya Takeuchi have been married over 40 years writing songs about each other while both being legends of pop music in japan to my fellow gays

A screen grab of a WhatsApp message:

Straights (vomit emoji)
Straights, Japan (pogging emoji)

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 16/07/2025

Happy Donkey Kong day! 🏳️‍⚧️ (the game is very good)

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 04/07/2025

objectively correct mario kart world track tier list after 1 month (loosely ordered within tiers, assuming 3 laps or all segments)

Image of a tierlist

great ? block ruins - Great ? Block Ruins

goated - Wario Stadium, Airship Fortress, Acorn Heights, Bowser's Castle, Shy Guy Bazaar

awesome - Sky High Sundae, Salty Salty Speedway, Faraway Oasis, DK Pass, Whistlestop Summit, Dry Bones Burnout, Dino Dino Jungle

good - Rainbow Road, Toad's Factory, Cheep Cheep Falls, DK Spaceport, Mario Circuit, Dandelion Depths, Crown City, Wario's Galleon, Peach Stadium, Boo Cinema, Mario Bros. Circuit, Peach Beach

ok - Starview Peak, Moo Moo Meadow, Koopa Troopa Beach

ew. - Choco Mountain, Desert Hills

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 03/07/2025

Man the Death Stranding private room is such an incredible bit of UX, every available action is always the same single face button press but because its camera contextual you can have a way more than 4 actions while being way more immersive than a regular menu

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 18/06/2025

Finally starting Deltarune, let's see if Toby Fox cooked again or not (I'm guessing he did)

An empty file select screen from deltarune, it shows 3 empty slots in neon green on a black background with the words 'copy', 'select' and 'chapter select' underneath. In the top right it says CHAPTER 1

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 13/06/2025

Gonna write a longer thing talking about the consequences of Mario Kart's open world (good and bad) I think but the Peach Stadium to Koopa Troopa Beach intermission track has to be an all time bad track. A like 40 seconds straight line followed by a single lap of the shortest track in the game

A screen shot of the track layout map for the Peach Stadium to Koopa Troopa Beach intermission track. It is a long straight line with a small circle at the end

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 12/06/2025

Live scenes of me learning how expensive Magic: The Gathering cards are

A photo from the ongoing LA protests against ICE featuring a group of protesters in front of a building with 3 large adverts for the Magic The Gathering x Final Fantasy crossover set

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 10/06/2025

The stuff they let you do in the new mario kart is so crazy

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 02/06/2025

there's rumours of Hunter Schafer playing Zelda in the upcoming movie and weirdos are mad as you'd expect but they keep using this photo of her where she literally looks like a real life elf and idk how you can look at it and not think she's perfect for the role

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 29/05/2025

They have reached showing you that the console turns on in the exact same way as the last one levels of struggling for things to sdhow daily

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 28/05/2025

May, fwiw, is canonically very much into another character and Uniburi was a big focus in the new anime Unika's trailer for the game shows her hanging out with bridget before immediately cutting to her beating up May and the GG community has been having a lot of fun with this

An image of May guilty gear solemnly drinking whiskey alone at a bar

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 28/05/2025

Been a big week for fighting game lesbians, the very popular May x Bridget ship ('Mayburi'), has been subtly acknowledged (for the first time) and rejected in promotional materials for Guilty Gear in favour of Bridget being in a yuri relationship with the new character Unika ('Uniburi')

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 20/05/2025

There's obviously a ton of things to unpack with how her design in general is kind of the worst parts of appropriation in gyaru culture reflected back on a black character (and Japan's general lack of understanding of African cultures) but FWIW the og design is in the game as well as an alt costume

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 19/05/2025

Just a sea of emotionally unstable nerds, I fear I have been clocked (I'm very glad Amy was the most aligned one cos so many of them are middle aged or older men😭) openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 13/05/2025

Staring at the Tifa Lockheart magic card, the insane prices for Magic: The Gathering cards and the stupid amount of money I spent on a switch 2 and wondering how willing I am to roll the dice on this. Why is the prebuilt Cloud Strife deck like £80???

Alternate card art for "Tifa, Martial Artist" in magic the gathering. A young woman with long black hair, a white tank top and short black skirt stands in front of a golden background with her fist to her palm.

Price listing for the the "Magic: The Gathering Universes Beyond Final Fantasy Bundle" priced at £60.99

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 09/05/2025

Sat around mildly anxious all day waiting to see if I got PhD funding only to find out they pushed back announcements a week This is fine

The image shows a teenage girl with a red bob and orange eyes, sylized in an anime style, staring directly at the camera with a slight smile. She is surrounded by Orange smoke being lit by far from out of frame.

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 09/05/2025

Also, being reminded about the "Dante is not gay we promise" GDC talk for DmC: Devil May Cry has been very funny Dante being poorly photoshopped into Brokeback Mountain is a real thing someone thought they should do for their GDC talk

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 09/05/2025

Also shoutout the people who make press kits, this image of Pyra could not be more perfect for the vibes around Xenoblade Chronicles 2 discourse

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 05/05/2025

I think a lot of people are being far too harsh on Trent for leaving Liverpool (though I do wish he stayed ofc) but a professional footballer doing the youtuber apology video sigh to announce he's leaving is the funniest thing I've ever seen

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 04/05/2025

Been looking for a primary source for a while and the best I can find is this (which is reasonably concrete) but I've seen it mentioned a lot the last couple years and she's never gone out of her way to say otherwise

Mariah May quoting a tweet that says "Mariah May, forget men, are you perhaps looking for a wife?" Mariah replies "either works"

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 04/05/2025

I feel like more queer people need to know that the best thing in professional wrestling right now is a bisexual woman playing the role of a delusional 1950s moviestar who will shout "I am here and I am queer" on national TV

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 29/04/2025

The Marvel Rivals is a gay psyop tweet is still living rent free in my head

A tweet reading:

I dunno how people don't see this Marvel Rivals gay psyop

- China
- Normal at launch
- Add a little goon but nothing crazy
- Drop Emma Frost looking like a 200 lb man post surgery and in drag
- Sneakily make the guys' butts bigger

This game is trying to make American men gay

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Todd Parker @toddparkergames.com · 27/04/2025

Longer video showing the OoB spot and exploring around a little, apologies for the awful bitrate BSky file limits are bad. #ClairObscur #Expedition33

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