What's New
5/31/2025
It's finally time to talk about Sonic again! Thank goodness. Speaking of games, I've found myself more or less addicted to Nubby's Number Factory. Oops. They finally got me. Guilty Gear Strive's new character, Unika, is setting the world on fire with her coolness and high damage.
I've been streaming a little bit on Twitch, something I don't think I've done since pre-pandemic. Wow! But it's a hoot, it's been a lot of fun.
The new Pokémon set, Destined Rivals is out today. I'm still kind of on the fence about what I'll pick up, but I might go for the Cynthia's cards and get some other miscellaneous Trainer cards.
5/19/2025
The big(?) Undertale article is here, in which I give my thoughts on the game and talk a bit about some potential bias I might have. I really enjoyed putting this one together. It's also got nice big images directly from my Nintendo Switch to you. Isn't that nice?
As I'm writing this, Dragapult ex just took the Utrecht Special Event in the Pokémon TCG. It's amazing how much the game has changed where this slower, set up, disruption heavy play is so prominent and powerful. This was almost unimaginable a year ago. To be honest, I think there's a very high skill ceiling in the game the right now. It's always been important to plan ahead in Pokémon, but I've been seeing more and more 5D Chess at regionals, it feels like. You have a lot to consider for every matchup no matter which major deck you go with. It's almost dizzying. Munkidori has changed everything. I did well at my local prerelease for Destined Rivals scoring myself seven(!) packs in all. The league cup I mentioned last time, I did not do particularly well. Heheh.
5/10/2025
The Yu Yu Hakusho finale is here! Truthfully, I'm glad that this one is finally complete, and I hope at least one kind soul out there enjoys it.
Speaking of comics, I've read roughly the first 200(!) comics published for Sonic the Hedgehog by Archie Comics. While a full, full breakdown would probably kill me (and you've already got a brilliant one!), expect that some time in the near future. It's been wild. It's probably my favorite thing I'm currently doing.
I also finished revisiting Undertale after nearly ten years. Wow. If the next post I do is game related, it'll certainly be that. You may have seen my thoughts already on Bluesky, but I promise to elaborate in a neat way!
I'm going to a Pokémon League Cup today...I'm rusty as all hell, and playing rogue, but let's go anyway~!
4/26/2025
After a lot of fun and turmoil, today you can play my Mega Man demo made with Phaser. Capcom please don't come after me! Also, unlike Deer Clicker, this one can't be played on your phone. I'm sorry! I'm actually still not quite sure how I could put in both keyboard controls and swipe/touch. I believe it's possible though.
I was recently invited by one of the nice devs (on Newgrounds, no less) of the Kaplay library to try it out. So, that will be my next web game project. I have good things to say about Phaser, but I think I mentioned in my Deer Clicker: Behind the Scenes, my general Javascript skills are very weak. Urk...
By the way, it's been fun to watch the Switch 2 pre-order saga across various posts. Good luck, everyone!
4/15/2025
I'm back on track with the penultimate installment of my Yu Yu Hakusho retrospective, where everything in the story starts falling apart for real!
I told myself that I couldn't read all of Yu-Gi-Oh until I finish the retrospective, so hopefully you'll see the conclusion before too long! I think it's working as far as motivation goes.
I recently wore a pretty Pokémon necklace out to an event, but nobody noticed it. Seriously, no one notices a shiny rainbow hanging from my neck? Bwahhh!
4/6/2025
Nearly two weeks away...so sad! Well, I have made some good progress on my next game demo, but sometimes that delays the writing...
The big news this week, of course, was the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal that captivated the world. I have a lot of mixed feelings about it, myself, and just where I'm at with video games in general. It's a brief little bummer of a post, but I hope someone sees a little bit of how they might be feeling in there.
Rotation is soon for the Pokémon TCG. I think I'm all in on Feraligatr, it's a super fun deck to play, but I've got a wall deck in my back pocket just in case. They both have Milotic ex, and I didn't buy extras. Oops...
3/24/2025
Last week, I started playing Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel again, which somehow produced a new article from me about how digital TCGs have a lot of pain points that conflict with the sort of fantasy that exists around card games. This one is totally ramble mode...I hope you like it though! I have fun putting these together and just letting the writing come out.
As I'm writing this, they just revealed the Venom trailer for Guilty Gear Strive! He looks pretty awesome, not that I expected anything else. I'm pretty shocked to see Robo-Ky though! He's not my favorite character, but not so much so that I'm not happy to see him in some form. They're also fixing the god awful tower mode and putting a normal ranked mode. That's awesome! Thanks! I always play this game in spurts, so I think when that and Unika come out, I'll give it a whirl again.
3/16/2025
I'm back with some more Transformers write-ups! Beast Machines was a wild ride, and an extremely enjoyable one at that.
Speaking of Transformers, I had a really shameful run on eBay where I won three auctions, assuming I wouldn't. Well, I get a bunch of cool toys, but I don't like to be a regular spender like that. I'm putting it on the site to humble myself. But maybe I'll review a toy or two? You probably saw Tigerhawk and Leo Convoy on my Bluesky. Tigerhawk is probably my favorite Transformer I've ever had, I think he looks super awesome in Beast Mode especially.
The Looney Tunes movie finally came out in the United States. I want to go see it, but I don't want to go alone. I'd feel bad if I didn't support the movie though!
Lastly, I haven't gone to play Pokémon TCG in a little while, mostly because of my transition. I'm planning to come back to regular play after the 2025 rotation though. So long, PokéStop!
3/3/2025
I really missed you guys! So badly, that I stayed up all night to try and get the next post ready for you. It kept growing, but I've got a special special behind the scenes look at Deer Clicker for you! It covers a lot of what makes Deer Clicker tick. The response to the game has absolutely delighted me. Game development is amazing. Programming is also amazing, wouldn't you say?
I deeriously need to sleep, so...love y'all!
2/14/2025
It's a special update I can hide no longer! You can now play AN ORIGINAL GAME CODED BY ME on this very website! Enter the micro-game Deer Clicker! And it DOES work on your mobile device, though it's prettiest on desktop.
Working on my first web game is something I'm so proud of, I learned so much, and I just think it's super cool to have even a simple game here on the site. Of course, I only did the programming and not the art and sound, be aware of that! I wish I made a deer sprite that good looking. I may write more about this game's production and what I learned as its own article. For now though, I can't help but want to share it. And maybe we'll do a second web game, who knows!
Oh, and Happy Valentine's Day! ♥
2/12/2025
Hi again! The last part of my Beast Wars review is here! I didn't have quite as much to say this time, but I didn't stick with my original plan to have Season 2 and 3 be one post. Heheh. Anyway, I'm happy to have that wrapped up. I have to tell you that Beast Machines is absolutely wild, and that simply has to get talked about at some point after I finish it.
I'm working on something special for the site that has never been on it before. It should be out in some form this month, but that's all I want to say until more is ready. Thank you all!
2/3/2025
I got sick as hell last night, eugh! Which impacted my plans to bring you this article today, but I managed to power through. Beast Wars, Season Two gets my overview treatment! Now, I've gotta lie down...ough, my achin' head, as Rattrap might say.
