Blog posts in category “Gaming sub blog”
These are the articles from my /gaming sub blog about video games.
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May 6th, 2026Practicing writing about games
I like human curation for recommendations and have enjoyed a lot of great articles and videos about video games over the years. They have helped me find a lot of great games. I want to contribute so ever since last year, I’ve been practicing writing about games in various formats.
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Apr 22nd, 2026I have been tempted by AYN Thor — but I have AYN Thor at home
The recommendation algorithms of various internet services have been pushing AYN Thor handheld device to me, crafting a massive FOMO effect. I managed to push through and found a nice combo with iPad, RetroArch and 8BitDo’s SN30 Pro controller.
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Apr 1st, 2026Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers is the Betamax of casino roguelikes
2024 was the year of two great casino roguelikes: Balatro and Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers. One got all the hype and attention while the other was the more creative and fun game. Let’s talk about that.
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Mar 21st, 2026How much change is the right amount of change?
Video game sequels need to balance on a very sharp knife when making decisions on what to keep and what to change. Too little change and it becomes a cheap cash grab and too much change and it doesn’t feel like the beloved original.
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Mar 11th, 2026I completed Stardew Valley’s shipping collection — in reverse
I spent a fun long weekend completing a challenge run in one of my all-time favourite video games.
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Feb 26th, 2026Happy 10th birthday Stardew Valley
Stardew Valley was released February 26th 2016 and has provided over a thousand hours of fun to me. It’s also received a ton of great updates for free over the years.
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Jan 14th, 2026Gaming for busy people
It can be difficult to find time for long immersive gaming sessions as a busy adult but there are many wonderful games that can be played for a few minutes at a time. Here are some of my recommendations.
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Dec 27th, 2025We played a full Scarlet & Violet Progression Series
We started with Scarlet & Violet base set and week after week, opened a new set, built new decks and battled it out to find out, who’s the real Pokémon champion.
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Dec 20th, 2025I played some games this year
Gaming is fun! This year, I played a lot of great games, some old, some new. I wrote about the best.
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Oct 1st, 2025Tabletop game shows
There are four board game shows that I enjoy watching during moments when I don’t have people to play with.
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Jan 6th, 2025The ability to code sometimes feels like magic to me
I saw a Youtube video about a Pokemon TCG Pocket IRL 2 player cube and after writing a Python script to build one, I turned a spreadsheet cube list into a printable PDF ready to be printed and sleeved.
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Sep 25th, 2022I didn't realize I liked auto save this much, until I didn't have it
In these many years of games auto saving, I had forgotten how great that feature is until I played Knights of the Old Republic and lost hours of game play – twice.
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Jan 22nd, 2022Building a tea empire - Stardew Valley Year 1
Did you know that Tea Saplings make quite a lot of money in Stardew Valley? And that you can access them on the first week of the game and craft them from very accessible materials, enabling you to create a tea empire to finance your farm life? Let me show how it's done.
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Aug 8th, 2021The best way to play Pokemon TCG
Pokemon TCG is a game with tons of interesting cards and possible combinations but main competitive formats are bit stale. Gym Leader Challenge brings new life into the game.
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Apr 17th, 2021I really liked Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
I skipped some of the Game Boy and Game Boy Advance Zelda games when they came out but visited my childhood this week by playing The Minish Cap which was amazing.
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Mar 6th, 2021How Hitman movies failed to take full advantage of the material
Hitman franchise [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitman_(franchise)] has been a fan favorite for two decades already and that popularity has made it a lucrative target for making licensed movies. There are in fact two Hollywood movies made based on Hitman games: Hitman [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465494/] from 2007 and Hitman: Agent 47 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2679042/] from 2015. I did enjoy the movies and I've watched both a few times but unfortunately they are not fully realizing thei
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Feb 6th, 2021A few words about achievements
Achievements can enhance the video game experience but very rarely they do. Some games have none while some go the other extreme with a lot of ones that don't make any sense.
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Jan 1st, 2021Revisiting my 15 influential games list from 2010
Facebook Memories reminded me that in fall of 2010, I made a list of 15 influential games. Today, I'm revisiting that list 10 years later and see what has changed and what has stayed the same with me and with the gaming industry.
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Dec 12th, 2020Are all difficulties similar?
One of my pet peeves in gaming is how difficult games are and even more importantly, how is that difficulty made happen. I'd argue that two games can be equally difficult but in very different ways and in this article I wanna explore a few approaches to difficulty.
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Nov 20th, 2020Hollow Knight caught me in its nest
I'm not a fan of metroidvania games. The basic building blocks of those games are ones that I don't enjoy but somehow still Hollow Knight has kept me playing and returning back to Hallownest time after time again.