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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

just started playing Peace Walker. Folks, this shit rocks 🗣️ ‼️

Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I can get lost just about anywhere but Barbican takes the piss I was going in circles (and taking sanity chip damage); stumbling across whatever the hell this is did not help

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

It's been a hot minute since I needle felted! Here's a friend's axolotl and my attempt to capture the wonderful eyes that have absolutely nothing behind them.

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I knew it was Stellar Blade as soon as I heard the awful writing, but the gratuitous 🍑 erased any doubt. Strap in for yet another exhausting discourse cycle! Hope the actual game is a bit better / worthy of recollection after the credits roll this time.

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 27/05/2026

Very early in Mina so I will just say: DO NOT TAKE THE HAMMER AT THE BEGINNING TAKE ANY WEAPON BESIDES THE HAMMER

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Small thing I love about Newcastle: You'll occasionally see valid metro tickets near escalators or ticket machines from people who have finished their journeys, but are giving someone else a free ride. It does happen occasionally in London, too, but people look after each other. It's nice. 🖤🤍🖤🤍

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

MG's interactive Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth maps are now live! Here's hoping they're found even half as useful as @cyricz42.bsky.social 's *incredible* guide 🐉🌺 mapgenie.io/like-a-drago...

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Ichiban Kasuga Posing with Cans

Alt: Ichiban Kasuga celebrating with a mountain of cans nearby

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

So are they making a third Evil Within game or do I need to start leaving increasingly large piles of green goo in suspicious locations until that changes?

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Is the arse-end of January too late for a 2025 round-up? Perhaps, but nobody has managed to stop me so far. Read all about the maps, guides, and mischief I've been up to 👇 buymeacoffee.com/westydesign/...

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Made my GameFAQs guide writing debut this week with This Way Madness Lies by @zeboydgames.bsky.social! It's a charming, well-worth-your-time RPG that mixes Sailor Moon and Shakespeare's classics with chuckles and QoL features in equal measure. Break a leg: gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/383208-th...

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Had such an excellent time! Great games and the loveliest bunch of folks I've had the pleasure of mingling with. Thanks to everyone who chatted with me - and everyone who'll be subjected to my ramblings tomorrow! #advx #adventurex

AdventureX information board showing the event's sponsors

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

I'm at AdventureX this weekend! Bring on the pointing, clicking, and everything in between 😁 #advx #adventurex

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

3 hour train journey might be the best time to find out your new phone doesn't have a headphone jack guess I'll listen to the Coughs, Crying Babies, and Cringeworthy Conversations mega mix 🎼😌

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spongebob squarepants is sitting at a table in a diner .

Alt: spongebob squarepants despondently sitting at a table in a diner

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

It shouldn't surprise anybody that Silksong is a massive game - if you're hunting for 100% completion or just need help finding those last few fleas, our map's got you covered! mapgenie.io/hollow-knight-silksong/maps/pharloom/

Screenshot of Map Genie's Hollow Knight Silksong map, featuring pins for fleas, craftmetal, wishes, fast travel spots, hunter's journal entries, and a lot more.

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Just completed Sable and, wow, what a game 🤩 Occasionally rough around the edges but one of the most enjoyable and confidently stylish open world games I've played in some time. Lovely character writing, too. Looking forward to seeing what you do next, @shedworksgreg.bsky.social !

Sable key art depicting a hoverbike gliding over sand dunes in a colourful environment

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Nice Game Hints @nicegamehints.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Kathy Rain 2 - Soothsayer (by @clifftopgames.bsky.social) was released three weeks ago. Our @westydesign.bsky.social took it for a ride, with some mixed outcomes. Read his review here: www.nicegamehints.com/a/kathy-rain...

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Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Almost like singles instead of albums…

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

The Resident Evil 7 map is now LIVE over at MapGenie! Revisiting it was such a treat - it really is one of the survival horror GOATs (even if the latter half is as action packed as RE6 without any of that game's fun mechanics) (rolling around zombies on the floor is peak how do people hate RE6)

Map Genie's Resident Evil 7 map.

https://mapgenie.io/resident-evil-7-biohazard/maps/baker-ranch

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

MORE easter eggs? If you insist! - The Avengers (1998 - found a well-dressed John Steed-y type dead in a hedge maze) - Rick Astley - Apocalypse Now / Z: Steel Soldiers - Only Fools and Horses Plus some smaller nods to Excalibur, Beowulf, Dan Dare, The Quatermass Experiment and Rogue Trooper. Phew!

Atomfall screenshot of a well-dressed man in a hedge maze, referencing John Steed in the 1998 film 'The Avengers'

Atomfall screenshot of a chalkboard with several names and roles, with 'R. Astley' written at the bottom.

The head of Zod from Z: Steel Soldiers as seen in Atomfall.

Atomfall screenshot depicting a broken chandelier, referencing season 2 episode 7 of Only Fools and Horses in which a chandelier is broken

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Another batch of Atomfall easter eggs / references mapped today: - Fawlty Towers - The Two Ronnies (Four Candles) - Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Eastenders, Only Fools and Horses & Wickerman (all darts champions, apparently) - The Italian Job There's a Lord of the Rings one somewhere too 👀

Atomfall screenshot - Mereview Hotel sign in the style of Fawlty Towers' sign

Atomfall screenshot - four candles and two fork handles on a countertop

Atomfall screenshot - darts trophy listing The Grendel's Head, The Rovers Return Inn, The Woolpack, The Queen Victoria, The Nag's Head, and The Green Man Inn

Atomfall screenshot - three cars on a bridge, with flight cap-wearing skeletons in each one. one car is red, one is white, and one is blue

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Atomfall is full of references and easter eggs - added these to the MapGenie map today: * Mr. Bean's car (ft. Armchair) * Headless statue & Oddjob's hat (from Goldfinger, 1964) * Dead parrot (from the Monty Python sketch) * Tons of little nods to The Prisoner (1967) * Zombie shark!

Skeleton sitting on an armchair that's tied to a car in Atomfall

Headless statue with its head laying near a bowler hat in Atomfall

Dead bluebird laying in a cage in Atomfall

Chessboard referencing The Prisoner (1967) in Atomfall

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Had a lovely chat with @grundislavgames.bsky.social for Nice Game Hints' very first interview! 2025 is shaping up to be a *very* good year for point-and-click adventures, if Rosewater has anything to say about it 🤠

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

What a joy it was to revisit the GOAT! I was *obsessed* with Portal as a teenager, and still had plenty to discover on a replay 😳 If you've never played, my low-spoiler walkthrough with stage-by-stage trivia and collectible guides is the best way to have your cake and eat it too 🍰

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

As of yesterday, I'm officially part of the Map Genie team at IGN! The team's lovely and the tools are top notch, it's been such a great time!! First mapping project is Avowed, so if you're gallivanting about in Obisidian's latest (and I daresay greatest exploration-wise), I'll see you there! 😁

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

forget video games, needle felting is where the fun is

Needle felted cacti. One is in a light brown pot and has a flower on top, the other is in a darker brown, cube-shaped pot

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Hark, ye smelly ne'er-do-wells! Exploring Trosky in Kingdom Come 2? Bring my interactive map with ya for a wingman better than Mutt. It's got weapons, skill books, nests, points of interest, and all the loot a fella from Rattay could ask for - 1500 pins worth! www.gamerguides.com/kingdom-come...

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Calling all point-n-click game devs! Fancy an interview? If you're working on an exciting project, I'd love to hear from you! Send me a DM to get the ball rolling - you'll be among the first to be interviewed on the @nicegamehints.bsky.social site! #indiedevs #adventuregames #gamedev

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

You can't rely on Valve to release things in a timely manner... but when they deliver, they DELIVER. What a journey. What a *community*. Merry Smissmas, everyone. 🥹

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

It's a WIP as The Zone is ABSOLUTELY (and I cannot stress this enough) MASSIVE, but our Stalker 2 interactive map is live! Quests, stashes, artifacts, and even collectible notes - get stuck in! www.gamerguides.com/stalker-2-he...

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Any day spent writing about Resident Evil is a good day - and the first game's puzzles are great fun. If you haven't entered the survival horror yet, there's never been a better time! 🧟🧟🧟 #residentevil

Jill Valentine wearing a sandwich costume - art by @figofox.bsky.social

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Can't complain about this year's Spotify wrapped - SteamWorld Heist 2 OST is a banger album that everyone needs to listen to, ditto Radical Optimism, ditto Tom Cardy's entire discogra-

Spotify Wrapped screenshot showing my top 5 artists - dua lipa, gorillaz, steam powered giraffe, sabrina carpenter, and tom cardy.

Spotify Wrapped screenshot showing my top 5 artists - dua lipa, gorillaz, steam powered giraffe, sabrina carpenter, and tom cardy. Top 5 songs are also displayed - houdini, training season, H.S, espresso, and happy idiot.

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

Trying to curate my feed, but you have to click on accounts here to block 'em. That makes the algorithm think I want to see *more* weird fetish art and dudes rocking out with their cocks out. Send help.

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Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social · 12/09/2023

Finally free of Musk's musk - seems like the perfect time to share some early screenshots of my upcoming horror-puzzle game, On The Other Hand. WIP!

A diagram depicting a hand with its fingers severed, each accompanied by a fingerprint

A dimly lit scene with a man stuck to a chair. Two syringes are sticking out of him.

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