MakeMonsters
@makemonsters.bsky.social
Infrequent writer of short fiction.
Frequent editor of romantic lit/ erotica.
Lover of Indie games, musicals, Magic: The Gathering, and fucked up little guys.
Occasionally streaming over at twitch.tv/MakeMonsters
Frequent editor of romantic lit/ erotica.
Lover of Indie games, musicals, Magic: The Gathering, and fucked up little guys.
Occasionally streaming over at twitch.tv/MakeMonsters
And of course, the neverending stalemate of this motherfucker Vs my Queen
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
And of course, the neverending stalemate of this motherfucker Vs my Queen
Wicked 2 pretty good. The successful stuff adapted is -really- good, but there’s a LOT of filler moments and the new music is pretty mediocre. All in all worth it to see some of the key moments played out, and of course the duo themselves are just as great as the first time.
November 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Wicked 2 pretty good. The successful stuff adapted is -really- good, but there’s a LOT of filler moments and the new music is pretty mediocre. All in all worth it to see some of the key moments played out, and of course the duo themselves are just as great as the first time.
Seeing Wicked 2.
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Seeing Wicked 2.
I would end it all if I had to write this:
“Like many of you, we're big fans of Monster Hunter. It's why we put this Superdrop together. But in our excitement, we missed the mark on elements like card selection and faithfully integrating the world and mechanics of Monster Hunter.”
“Like many of you, we're big fans of Monster Hunter. It's why we put this Superdrop together. But in our excitement, we missed the mark on elements like card selection and faithfully integrating the world and mechanics of Monster Hunter.”
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I would end it all if I had to write this:
“Like many of you, we're big fans of Monster Hunter. It's why we put this Superdrop together. But in our excitement, we missed the mark on elements like card selection and faithfully integrating the world and mechanics of Monster Hunter.”
“Like many of you, we're big fans of Monster Hunter. It's why we put this Superdrop together. But in our excitement, we missed the mark on elements like card selection and faithfully integrating the world and mechanics of Monster Hunter.”
Great review of my favourite Fire Emblem 🙏
New review! 363 - Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
This week we're going back 20 years to the very first Fire Emblem title to reach an international audience!
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#review #blog #writing #videogames #retrogaming #rpg
This week we're going back 20 years to the very first Fire Emblem title to reach an international audience!
thealmightybacklog.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/f...
#review #blog #writing #videogames #retrogaming #rpg
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
It’s been a nagging thought in my mind about how few Fire Emblem games I’ve reviewed on this blog. I’d consider myself a fan of the series for sure, although it wouldn’t be right to put myself amon…
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November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Great review of my favourite Fire Emblem 🙏
I really like the part in Alan Wake 2 where Alan goes ‘Man, I really am a piece of shit, this is the worst and it’s all my fault’ and Saga goes ‘Yeah, true, now shut the fuck up and fix it, loser.’
It was very good.
It was very good.
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I really like the part in Alan Wake 2 where Alan goes ‘Man, I really am a piece of shit, this is the worst and it’s all my fault’ and Saga goes ‘Yeah, true, now shut the fuck up and fix it, loser.’
It was very good.
It was very good.
Really having a great time so far on my lil’ trip back to the west coast, but a brand new and seemingly consistent pain thing has started up, and it’s feeling like it might be another permanent one, which honestly feels pretty devastating at this point.
November 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Really having a great time so far on my lil’ trip back to the west coast, but a brand new and seemingly consistent pain thing has started up, and it’s feeling like it might be another permanent one, which honestly feels pretty devastating at this point.
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here is another stage background i drew for my castlevania-like "Lady Dracula".
this is a background from the Treasury stage. it features a giant golden skull and a statue of a crow in silhouette against an orange sky.
try the Lady Dracula demo and wishlist:
store.steampowered.com/app/3624840/...
this is a background from the Treasury stage. it features a giant golden skull and a statue of a crow in silhouette against an orange sky.
try the Lady Dracula demo and wishlist:
store.steampowered.com/app/3624840/...
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
here is another stage background i drew for my castlevania-like "Lady Dracula".
this is a background from the Treasury stage. it features a giant golden skull and a statue of a crow in silhouette against an orange sky.
try the Lady Dracula demo and wishlist:
store.steampowered.com/app/3624840/...
this is a background from the Treasury stage. it features a giant golden skull and a statue of a crow in silhouette against an orange sky.
try the Lady Dracula demo and wishlist:
store.steampowered.com/app/3624840/...
There are three or four indie devs I give a pass to, but the rest of you should be making derivative games based solely on Treasure’s N64 masterpiece Mischief Makers.
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
There are three or four indie devs I give a pass to, but the rest of you should be making derivative games based solely on Treasure’s N64 masterpiece Mischief Makers.
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If you could set aside 4 hours and 18 minutes today for my new video, that would be much appreciated.
November 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
If you could set aside 4 hours and 18 minutes today for my new video, that would be much appreciated.
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I found a really cool thing related to jumpstart. Someone has been making custom jumpstart packs for a lot of different sets, and they've made a website where you can draft two packs of it and get a decklist
linghaosmith.github.io/Jumpstart-Un...
linghaosmith.github.io/Jumpstart-Un...
Jumpstart Unlimited
linghaosmith.github.io
November 23, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I found a really cool thing related to jumpstart. Someone has been making custom jumpstart packs for a lot of different sets, and they've made a website where you can draft two packs of it and get a decklist
linghaosmith.github.io/Jumpstart-Un...
linghaosmith.github.io/Jumpstart-Un...
My dad just got me to watch the first episode of the show Slow Horses and then it was 4 hours later and I had watched most of the first season.
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
My dad just got me to watch the first episode of the show Slow Horses and then it was 4 hours later and I had watched most of the first season.
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in case you missed it, Brush Burial: Gutter World is OUT NOW.
you can get it for $9 on launch discount.
you can get it for $9 on launch discount.
November 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
in case you missed it, Brush Burial: Gutter World is OUT NOW.
you can get it for $9 on launch discount.
you can get it for $9 on launch discount.
Finale Pyramid Head fight still kinda sucks, but that was probably always gonna be the case. Final boss was so heavily improved it’s stunning.
James, I think, comes out as remake’s best adapted feature. Actor is excellent, and the little moments are so good.
SH2R great!
But SH4 still the GOAT =)
James, I think, comes out as remake’s best adapted feature. Actor is excellent, and the little moments are so good.
SH2R great!
But SH4 still the GOAT =)
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Finale Pyramid Head fight still kinda sucks, but that was probably always gonna be the case. Final boss was so heavily improved it’s stunning.
James, I think, comes out as remake’s best adapted feature. Actor is excellent, and the little moments are so good.
SH2R great!
But SH4 still the GOAT =)
James, I think, comes out as remake’s best adapted feature. Actor is excellent, and the little moments are so good.
SH2R great!
But SH4 still the GOAT =)
SH2:R just kept getting better at it went on. I still think the Hospital is probably it’s most successfully handled location, but both Prison and Hotel are great. Never felt tedious or blocked, backtracking never felt bad or over-wrought.
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
SH2:R just kept getting better at it went on. I still think the Hospital is probably it’s most successfully handled location, but both Prison and Hotel are great. Never felt tedious or blocked, backtracking never felt bad or over-wrought.
Abstract Daddy rework was a huge win. It was always so odd how it was handled OG SH2. The new one isn’t mind blowing or anything, but it’s a fun sequence leading up to the (very easy but decent) fight. Loved how he looked.
Eddie fight was actually fun, which is a triumph of gargantuan proportions.
Eddie fight was actually fun, which is a triumph of gargantuan proportions.
November 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Abstract Daddy rework was a huge win. It was always so odd how it was handled OG SH2. The new one isn’t mind blowing or anything, but it’s a fun sequence leading up to the (very easy but decent) fight. Loved how he looked.
Eddie fight was actually fun, which is a triumph of gargantuan proportions.
Eddie fight was actually fun, which is a triumph of gargantuan proportions.
SH2 Prison was also very good.
The game definitely has that quality almost every Survival Horror game has tho, where the first few hours are a stressful mess of low to no resources, and then once you hit the middle + onward you’re just absolutely drowning in ammo if you spend any time looking.
The game definitely has that quality almost every Survival Horror game has tho, where the first few hours are a stressful mess of low to no resources, and then once you hit the middle + onward you’re just absolutely drowning in ammo if you spend any time looking.
November 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
SH2 Prison was also very good.
The game definitely has that quality almost every Survival Horror game has tho, where the first few hours are a stressful mess of low to no resources, and then once you hit the middle + onward you’re just absolutely drowning in ammo if you spend any time looking.
The game definitely has that quality almost every Survival Horror game has tho, where the first few hours are a stressful mess of low to no resources, and then once you hit the middle + onward you’re just absolutely drowning in ammo if you spend any time looking.
SH2R hospital was tops.
James continues to be endearingly the worst, and Maria really has a lot of room to feel like more than she did in the original.
As for the others, Laura and Eddie are about the same, with Laura’s new VA putting her a bit ahead, but Angela is really great this time around.
James continues to be endearingly the worst, and Maria really has a lot of room to feel like more than she did in the original.
As for the others, Laura and Eddie are about the same, with Laura’s new VA putting her a bit ahead, but Angela is really great this time around.
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 AM
SH2R hospital was tops.
James continues to be endearingly the worst, and Maria really has a lot of room to feel like more than she did in the original.
As for the others, Laura and Eddie are about the same, with Laura’s new VA putting her a bit ahead, but Angela is really great this time around.
James continues to be endearingly the worst, and Maria really has a lot of room to feel like more than she did in the original.
As for the others, Laura and Eddie are about the same, with Laura’s new VA putting her a bit ahead, but Angela is really great this time around.
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You may assume implementing a basic income system helps those benefitting from it purchase things and therefore maintain the productive economy but this is actually propaganda from woke gay videogame victoria 3
November 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
You may assume implementing a basic income system helps those benefitting from it purchase things and therefore maintain the productive economy but this is actually propaganda from woke gay videogame victoria 3
RE Village asks us the question: What if we had the a bunch of really cool ideas, none of which fully get fleshed out, ultimately leading to a disappointing confluence of potential and payoff.
Also it’s awesome.
Also it’s awesome.
November 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
RE Village asks us the question: What if we had the a bunch of really cool ideas, none of which fully get fleshed out, ultimately leading to a disappointing confluence of potential and payoff.
Also it’s awesome.
Also it’s awesome.
I’ve seen a smattering of folks really turned off by the Octopath 0 demo, but I haven’t seen any info on why, which has made me much more likely to play the Octopath 0 demo.
November 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I’ve seen a smattering of folks really turned off by the Octopath 0 demo, but I haven’t seen any info on why, which has made me much more likely to play the Octopath 0 demo.
I’m watching a really good video on why Resident Evil 5 is derivative and dull; very well made.
Unfortunately, I like Volcano Wesker.
Unfortunately, I like Volcano Wesker.
November 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I’m watching a really good video on why Resident Evil 5 is derivative and dull; very well made.
Unfortunately, I like Volcano Wesker.
Unfortunately, I like Volcano Wesker.
I just found out about Lobotomy Corporation/ Library of Ruina/ Limbus Company and I fear I may have stumbled into a new obsession.
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I just found out about Lobotomy Corporation/ Library of Ruina/ Limbus Company and I fear I may have stumbled into a new obsession.
I think GDT Frankenstein would be made about 30% better by the removal of a few bits of dialogue, and with a little bit more faith in the audience. It really does feel like somewhere along the line someone made the call that ‘you really should be able to tell who the good guy is,’ which is painful.
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I think GDT Frankenstein would be made about 30% better by the removal of a few bits of dialogue, and with a little bit more faith in the audience. It really does feel like somewhere along the line someone made the call that ‘you really should be able to tell who the good guy is,’ which is painful.