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AKA Kerry Brunskill. Hi and/or sorry Enby They/She 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Freelance writer - hire me! Contributing writer @pcgamer.com Come smother yourself in enthusiastic gaming goodness: https://kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com Support my work: https://ko-fi.com/kimimi

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · Nov 15

Hi there new people (and old people too, of course)!

So I was trying to think of an easy way to explain what sort of games I like and what you'll probably see here but my taste is... well, I'm kinda a bit like this:

A photo looking down on a large pile of games. The games are (top to bottom, left to right):

Shin Samurai Spirits (MVS)
Xian Jian 5 (PC)
Tokimeki Memorial 2 (PS1)
Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP)
Magical Hat (MD)
Fantasia Sango 2 (PC)
Everybody's Gold Portable (PSP)
Kirby's Adventure (FC)
Koro Koro Kirby (GBC)
Enemy Zero (Saturn)
Samurai Spirits (GB)
Nemesis 2 (GB)
Baroque (Saturn)
Metal Gear Acid 2 (PSP)
Ogre Battle (NGPC)
Burning Rangers (Saturn)
Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance (PS2)
Xin Xian Jian (PC)
Baldur's Gate 3 (PC)
Knights of Valour 2 Nine Dragons (IGS PGM)
Sakura Wars 2 (Saturn)
Biohazard (PS1)
Harukanaru Toki no Naka de (PS1)
Ristar (GG)
Wil Card (WSC)
Rocket Knight Adventures (MD)
Phantasy Star IV (MD)
Brandish (PSP)
X (GB)
Ghostbusters 2 (GB)
Zwei!! (PC)
Daina Airan (PC)
Nights (Saturn)
GG Aleste 2 (GG)
Shadow Tower (PS1)
Phantasy Star Online (DC)
Dynamite Deka 2 (DC)
Soukyugurentai (Saturn)
Vampire Night (PS2)
Densha de D Burning Stage (PC)
Marvelous (SFC)
Starfox (SFC)
Dungeon Master Chaos Strikes Back (PC98)
Ys 1 (PC88)
Tori no Hoshi (PS2)
Strider 1 & 2 (PS1)
Final Fantasy 12 International (PS2)
Samba de Amiga (DC)
GetBass (DC)
Radiant Silvergun (STV)
Illusion City (PC98)
Chiki Chiki Boys (MD)
EX-Ranza (MD)
Umihara Kawase Shun (PS1)
Densha de Go 2 (NGPC)

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 7m

That's great! I'm glad you've had a great time with it :D

Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 54m

Not at all!

Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 1h

Oh! I had a lot of fun writing that article :D

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 1h

Mamorukun ReCurse! is yet another revived G.Rev shoot 'em up, one with an excellent central mechanic, the mastery of which allows you to flit between scoring- and survival-focused play at will. It's also far more widely available than its previous iterations, and is the definitive edition, to boot.

Past meets present: Mamorukun ReCurse!

Another G.Rev shooter gets a (very welcome) modern update and re-release.

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 1h

Oh brilliant!

Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 2h

I'm glad you have a happy memory of it! :D

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Gaming Hell @sarahssowertty.bsky.social · 3h

Last call for this month's new Gaming Hell article, thanks for reading!

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New on Gaming Hell - OOParts (Success, 1992, never released) www.gaminghell.co.uk/OOParts.html AN OUT-OF-PLACE ARCADE GAME

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 5h

Kinda comes with the sub-genre! It'll always be my favourite :)

Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 5h

Right! Real-time reactions are incredibly important in this sort of game!

Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 5h

"What makes this one so special is how sincerely it wants to help complete newcomers fall in love with this dungeon crawling subgenre too."

Got a fresh article on Legend of Grimrock available for everyone to read!
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Legend of Grimrock: From old fans to new ones, with love

Naked, defenceless, and cast into the dark—Legend of Grimrock’s opening certainly does a great job of echoing the sheer terror of 1989’s Chaos Strikes Back. My equipment is whatever I h…

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 6h

Happy to help :D

Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 6h

My Dark Spire piece is in here! :D

Critical Distance | Where’s all the good writing about games? @critdistance.bsky.social · 15h

This week: history, ahistory, mythology, and much more:

critical-distance.com/2025/10/12/o...

October 12th

Welcome back readers. It’s a holiday weekend here in Canada, but it would be a shame to break CD’s recent on-time-ish streak, so here I am with 17 fresh reads! I usually take a whole on…

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Critical Distance | Where’s all the good writing about games? @critdistance.bsky.social · 15h

This week: history, ahistory, mythology, and much more:

critical-distance.com/2025/10/12/o...

October 12th

Welcome back readers. It’s a holiday weekend here in Canada, but it would be a shame to break CD’s recent on-time-ish streak, so here I am with 17 fresh reads! I usually take a whole on…

critical-distance.com

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 8h

It's done very well here too! Maybe one day Nintendo will deign to share this delight with a wider audience :)

Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 8h

Just the thing to cat-apult me into the lead!

Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 9h

They make me smile :D

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 18h

My husband treated me to these super high performance ultimate gamer pro turbo caps for my Steam Deck sticks 🐈‍⬛

A photo showing a close up of a Steam Deck. The right analogue stick is covered in a rubber cap shaped like a cute black cat

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 10h

Great!

Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 10h

"...a world filled with "Touch, don't look". You'll see water and wonder how to jump in, or something will catch your eye up in a tree or across a gap and you'll wonder how you could possibly reach it..."

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Marvelous Mouhitotsu no Takarajima: A link to the past

This Super Famicom exclusive has the distinction of being the first to be directed by Eiji Aonuma, a name you may remember from his work on another little Nintendo series called… oh, what was…

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 10h

Even more illegal than typing 5138008 into a calculator and then turning it upside-down 😎

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 18h

I think so too!

Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 18h

My husband treated me to these super high performance ultimate gamer pro turbo caps for my Steam Deck sticks 🐈‍⬛

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 21h

Oh, think nothing of it! :D

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Diamond Feit 🦇 @feitclub.bsky.social · 22h

This Week In Retro: let's chat about the 20th anniversary of the first post-NEOGEO King of Fighters, KOF XI
Sign up to read/listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/140713...

a screenshot of a video game called the king of fighters shows ash and a bunch of characters

Alt: The character select screen for the king of fighters XI. Many circles.

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 1d

Not sure how to go about buying old games? How much to pay? What condition they should be in? Heck, what you should be buying in the first place?

Let me help:

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The only retro game buyer’s guide you’ll ever need

Oh great. Another damned buyer’s guides clogging up the internet. Well, not quite. When it comes to buying old games there’s a lot of talk—rightly so—about how to spot bootlegs, how to …

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