MEDIALOG
MEDIALOG
june
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Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (2014)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
- june 07, 2026: started
- june 07, 2026: completed
i hate that i have to put an entry for this because it's technically a "separate" game to mgs5 but whatever. i'm not writing a review here lol i'll include it all in the actual mgs5 review
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010)
★
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
- june 03, 2026: started
- june 06, 2026: completed
i would say i couldn't finish this game but in reality i couldn't even start it. terrible gameplay, they removed CRAWLING for some obscene reason, terrible UI, terrible story, i just can't care. they cheaped out on cutscenes and put drawings instead. ended up watching a 30 minute youtube video explaining the story instead and i wish we didn't do that either. i just physically could not force myself to sit through this game.
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
- may 28, 2026: started
- june 3, 2026: completed
ok first mgs game i'll gladly give a 5 to. despite the usual campiness, there was a lot less dialogue issues compared to the other games and kojima's wrangler really helped him make the story just slightly less silly enough for me to be able to really get into it by the end. some of it was still unjustifiable (nobody asked for those silly backstories DREBIN. please stop calling this number sir) but overall i was really pleased with it. really good graphics, soundtrack, and wrapping up the stories to all of the characters felt very intentional and clean (except for raiden's since i'll be seeing him in a future game... holy based)
Film & Television
may
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Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)
★ ★ ★ ★
☆
- may 17, 2026: started
- may 27, 2026: completed
look i'm just happy the story got SLIGHTLY less silly this time around ok? this one is (unsurprisingly) my favourite so far and i think it's pretty much a given atp that either 4 or 5 (likely 5) will end up being my favourite overall, as from what i understand kojima's handlers reined him in a ton for that one and the story is the least goofy of them all. anyway, why didn't he just set mgs3 in vietnam when it's clearly supposed to be vietnam? why are there south east asian animals and plants and fruits in the soviet union? like bro just make a 'nam game if you want to make a 'nam game. you could've still had the cold war thing going on but not have "russian false mangoes" be a thing. one thing about these games... they're all memorable. they all have a certain amount of charm and for good or bad, they're definitely memorable. okay but the controls in this one yet again continued to STINK, literally horrible holy shit learn to make a game kojima you really pmo me!! imagine being able to aim your weapon lmao
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001)
★ ★ ★ ★
☆
- may 7, 2026: started
- may 15, 2026: completed
- it's a 4/5 like the previous one but not for the same reasons
- below is a comparison chart of my thoughts about the story in both games:
- when you average it out the score is the same but the story in mgs2 was......
- literally way too fucking goofy at times
- like i wanted to claw my eyes out at the incest step siblings moment
- and how melodramatic stuff is half of the time like a soap opera
- the gameplay was sometimes equally as frustrating as the first one and saw no improvements in that front (and a certain boss fight was actually the worst boss fight "mechanic" ever put in a game)
- raiden is the original nero and does not deserve any slander
- he was fun to play but i really really wish i did not have to sit and bear witness to his relationship melodrama
- anyway overall it was a fine game and both this one and MGS1 are more like a 3.5 but since i don't use half ratings they will stay as 4
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (2004)
★ ★ ★ ★
☆
- may 3, 2026: started
- may 6, 2026: completed
we FINALLY got around to starting this series (actually my husband has already played half of these games), ever since i played the deus ex series last summer i had an inkling to try mgs and here i am. kojima... is a truly enlightened individual... i am not sure if i have the giga intelligence to understand his genius. no but in all seriousness i had a sick enjoyment in the growing pains from experiencing this game; the level of silliness of the plot and story is not something i can usually get on board with, but i feel like this game has truly been an exercise in being more open-minded and i think by the end of it, all of it really did grow on me and i wasn't expecting the romance aspect most of all. i just didn't expect kojima to be into that stuff tbh but looks like he might be a bit of a hopeless romantic.
the reason why i deducted a point and why i wouldn't consider it a 5/5 game unlike deus ex, is mainly because it's hard to judge a game when half of it consists of cutscenes and requires you to struggle through some janky controls at least for a few hours until you get used to them. one of my most common complains about games is general jank when it comes to controls and i found that the jerky movement in first person mode and the awkward sneaking/item switching took quite a while to get used to.
in terms of the gameplay, i would say it's comparable to the stealth aspects of deus ex, and how both games sort of feel like stealth is only one aspect of the game, not all of it. even though deus ex provides you with a ton of other playstyles, mgs1 doesn't really stray far from either stealth or combat with not much else. also the gameplay time, without cutscenes, is quite low, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing.
i'm looking forward to the other games, and i can definitely see why people would consider this one of the best games of all time. personally, i would probably also put it in that category, it does a good job at being what it is, but i absolutely would not say it's the #1 stealth game when there are other contenders like deus ex.replays ⟳
Rock Band 3 Deluxe (2022)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Film & Television
february / march / april
18-04-2026:i've been so extremely afk from my website during this period, going months without so much as checking on it let alone updating it. i don't want to go back and retroactively make sections for these months. i am very extremely unbothered... this is a situation where we dump everything in a combined section and call it a day.
books: the hobbit (★★★★/5), dracula (★★★★★/5)
Film & Television
Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends (1998)
The Boondocks (2005)
Fallout (2024)
january
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Schedule I (2025)
★ ★ ★ ★
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- april 13, 2025: first play
- online multiplayer
fun with friends but could easily be played solo, it would take a lot longer to complete the game thoughbeit. not sure if its worth 20 euro, maybe 15 would be more appropriate here. but there's dozens of hours worth of playtime here for sure. i think it's good value for an early access game and it could stay in early access forever at this point without it going stale unlike other friendslop games of late (cough cough lethal company)read more
World of Warcraft: Legion Remix (2025)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
- january 3, 2026: started
- online multiplayer
ok, we're playing it for real this month. it goes without saying that I LOVE LEGION by itself, but legion remix has also been really fun and a great way to enjoy a blast from the past while feeling like it's "current" content. getting to test out this new version of wow that doesn't rely on (or allow many) addons that use combat related info in any way has actually been really nice. DPS meters don't exist anymore and it doesn't affect me either way, given i always play healer. click casting, damage rotation, enemy DOTs are all integrated in the game now so there's very little incentive for me to get outside addons. legion remix has been so bittersweet, becasue we're only getting to play it for 3 weeks before it goes away. but i'm glad my husband got to experience the legion storyline and we got a whole bunch of rare and limited-time transmog and mounts from it.
replays ⟳
League of Legends (2009)
★ ★
☆ ☆ ☆
Schedule I (2025)
★ ★ ★ ★
☆
World of Warcraft (2004)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Film & Television
Fallout (2024)
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The Wire (2002)
Fargo (2014)
rewatch
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
december
Film & Television
Fallout (2024)
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Stranger Things (2016)
/5
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
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World of Warcraft: Legion Remix (2025)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
- november 24, 2025: started
- online multiplayer
i paid for a sub, played for approx. 2 hours and let the entire month expire before i had a chance/motivation to play it again. terrible. i'll come back to it at another time and play it for real. never doing that again.
replays ⟳
World of Warcraft (2004)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
DRAGON BALL GEKISHIN SQUADRA (2025)
★ ★ ★ ★
☆
League of Legends (2009)
★ ★
☆ ☆ ☆
Film & Television
Stranger Things (2016)
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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
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Smiling Friends (2020)
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King of the Hill (1997)
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Alice: Madness Returns (2011)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
- october 13, 2025: started
- october 17, 2025: completed
i was not expecting this to be one of my favourite games of all time. i don't even know how to start this review. the first game was littered with issues, though i still enjoyed it, and i went into madness returns with an open mind. this game was a completely different story. it is better than the first game in every conceivable way, while expanding on everything that made the first game good. madness returns has a very strong, unique identity which i don't believe you can find in any other game. as my husband put it, "its one of those games that, while you're playing it, you know you'll never play a game like this again."
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American McGee's Alice (2000)
★ ★ ★
☆ ☆
- september 30, 2025: started
- october 13, 2025: completed
i really wanted to like this more than i did but the gameplay is so unforgiveably janky and frustrating at times that it hindered my entire experience with the game. that's not to say that i didn't really like literally everything else about it, from the concept, story, aesthetics, music, and overall atmosphere, but when the gameplay is based around the quake engine and not optimized or refined for an action platformer, then there's just not much to say except the game lacks total cohension. even something as simple as moving around can be catastrophic and kill you (if you play this, save every 2 minutes) because the sensitivity of movement in this engine is unlike 99% of games. this engine was founded on the concept of constantly running backwards in a circle and shooting at enemies rushing toward you... does that work in a corridor-based FPS like DOOM? yes, but absolutely not in a game like alice.
gameplay aside, the style of this game is so memorable, and unlike most things out there. it takes the concept of alice in wonderland and turns it into something very dark and gothic, even demonic at times, and visually represents the ugliness and terror of feelings like grief, guilt and anger really well. i have an open mind going into the sequel, alice: madness returns, and i think i'll like that one a lot more.
Valorborn (TBA) Demo
★
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- october 12, 2025: started
- october 12, 2025: completed
my husband told me about this game as it's being advertised on youtube as a "kenshi-like" (can we stop with this "-like" nonsense) and i was curious so i tried it out. the demo was only released a week ago, and i have to say the game is just not playable at the moment. i know it's pre-alpha but it's in a rough state, it won't even detect the correct GPU and there's all sorts of game-breaking bugs. basically anything i wanted to try doing, was complicated by bugginess or jankiness. you can see the blueprint for what might be a similar game to kenshi, but at the moment it's not looking too good. i think it's supposed to be a "prettier kenshi" since it's made with a newer version of unreal engine, but the graphics being okay is literally the only positive thing about it right now.
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DRAGON BALL GEKISHIN SQUADRA (2025)
★ ★ ★ ★
☆
League of Legends (2009)
★ ★
☆ ☆ ☆
Film & Television
King of the Hill (1997)
?september
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Card Shark (2022)
★ ★ ★ ★
☆
- august 27, 2025: started
- september 19, 2025: completed
i got filtered hard, had my save deleted via that wonderful game "mechanic", got filtered again, but i didn't want to quit until i finished the game. i'm glad i got to the end! the card tricks are clean simple fun, the game itself is beautiful and has a great art style. i loved how it was set in 18th century france, it's so colourful. it's a bit clunky playing on controller at times but oh well. overall i enjoyed it; it's not perfect, and it can get frustrating, but for a game this short it's packed with interesting mechanics and you can tell it was made by someone who really likes card tricks and french history.read more
DRAGON BALL GEKISHIN SQUADRA (2025)
★ ★ ★ ★
☆
- september 17, 2025: first play
- online multiplayer
i've been waiting for this game to release for months and it's what i expected it to be. it uses the same engine as DBZ: kakarot, so the art style is familiar and pretty, matches are very quick and the matchmaking itself is even quicker. this allows you to sort of drop in and drop out way more than other MOBAs do. i hope they continue to work on this game and don't abandon it because it has a lot more potential for fast and casual fun. one aspect that i really enjoy is that it feels less stressful than league does. any dragon ball fan that is also interested in casual or MOBA type games should try this!read more
Drowned God: Conspiracy of the Ages (1996)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
- september 8, 2025: started
- september 9, 2025: completed
this is my second time experiencing drowned god; the first time, i watched treestump play it on and off over the course of several days, occasionally lending a hand at solving the puzzles. that was a while ago, and the game had been slowly ruminating in my head since then, until i finally decided to fully play it myself. and wow! this is one of the most amazing games i've ever seen. it takes the point and click genre to another level. it is so interesting, absolutely riddled with conspiracies and myths and legends. i think i'm going to leave this review pretty plain, because i am going to make an entire page/shrine dedicated to preserving this underrated and obscure game.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided™ (2016)
★ ★ ★ ★
☆
- august 29, 2025: started
- september 6, 2025: completed
i don't know how to start this review. i'll just say that in most aspects, mankind divided is a good sequel to human revolution. the entire prague portion of the game is perfected and complete; nothing is out of place, unfinished, or unfitting, other than maybe a few loose ends narratively here and there, but that has more to do with further implications down the line in the story. this game offers new perspectives and themes that we have not yet seen in deus ex; if deus ex (2000) was more open-endedly philosophic, and human revolution was more direct, then mankind divided was certainly a sledgehammer of directness in that sense.read more
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League of Legends (2009)
★ ★
☆ ☆ ☆
Film & Television
King of the Hill (1997)
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut (2013)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
- august 20, 2025: started
- august 27, 2025: completed
before playing this game, i was apprehensive if it could follow up deus ex (2000) and live up to the expectations i had set in my own head. the first game evokes very many specific feelings, and was overall a unique experience that's hard to beat or replicate. thankfully, i think human revolution has done a good job of coming close to that, and i'm happy that i played it. the deciding factor in whether or not i would like this game came down to whether it would "feel" like deus ex, or not. i think this is about as good as it gets for a sequel made without anyone from the original team.read more
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King of the Hill (1997)
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The Rehearsal (2025)
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Deus Ex (2000)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
- july 1, 2025: started
- july 30, 2025: completed
i'm not typically into first person games, but i'm glad i finally got around to trying deus ex. the gameplay is so dynamic and rewarding, especially completing missions with as much stealth as possible. i'd never really thought about these types of games before, but this game made me want to play through the metal gear solid series, which is a feat in of itself, considering i had zero interest in them before.read more
Pilgrims (2019)
★ ★ ★ ★
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- july 22, 2025: started
- july 24, 2025: completed
cute and short little game that makes you want to replay it until you get all of the achievements
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King of the Hill (1997)
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elizabeth describes the rhythms of the seasons with a mix of humour, honesty, and longing for solitude. she is happiest outside, immersed in the changing life of her flowers, far away from the endless social obligations and shallow chatter she so often mocks. she pokes fun at “the man of wrath”, her husband, whose firm and dismissive attitude toward her garden only makes her own passion for it shine brighter.
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what really struck me is how ahead of her time she feels. she wants independence, space to think, and the ability to enjoy beauty without apology. her wit can be sharp, even sarcastic, but there’s always warmth underneath. she is not perfect; at times she is judgemental and prejudiced, but through her words you sense her constant negotiation between duty, nature, and selfhood. it felt like sitting beside her in a chair on the lawn, listening to her musings as the year passes by.