Michael, Beetle Lord
@michael.jagreview.com
Personal account of the guy that runs Just Another Game Review @jagreview.com
Posting almost exclusively about video games in a desperate attempt to get my Discover feed to do the same (it's not working, someone please help me).
Posting almost exclusively about video games in a desperate attempt to get my Discover feed to do the same (it's not working, someone please help me).
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Update: I am the Beetle Lord
November 27, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Update: I am the Beetle Lord
Caves of Qud is by far the most wet game I have ever played
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Caves of Qud is by far the most wet game I have ever played
Came back to Caves of Qud after 10 months away.
First new place I visit gives me a mace that spawns friendly clockwork beetles every time I bonk someone over the head with it.
It's good to be back.
First new place I visit gives me a mace that spawns friendly clockwork beetles every time I bonk someone over the head with it.
It's good to be back.
November 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Came back to Caves of Qud after 10 months away.
First new place I visit gives me a mace that spawns friendly clockwork beetles every time I bonk someone over the head with it.
It's good to be back.
First new place I visit gives me a mace that spawns friendly clockwork beetles every time I bonk someone over the head with it.
It's good to be back.
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"I went in expecting another second monitor "number go up" time killer and wound up with a shockingly compelling mystery story that sat firmly on my main monitor basically the whole way through." - @michael.jagreview.com
Read the full review for Asbury Pines here: jagreview.com/2025/11/24/r...
Read the full review for Asbury Pines here: jagreview.com/2025/11/24/r...
Review: Asbury Pines (2025)
Platform(s): PC (Steam) Version: Early Access v3.00.004 Verdict: POSITIVE Short Answer: An incremental resource management game with a time-hopping murder mystery narrative twist. The gameplay is s…
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November 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
"I went in expecting another second monitor "number go up" time killer and wound up with a shockingly compelling mystery story that sat firmly on my main monitor basically the whole way through." - @michael.jagreview.com
Read the full review for Asbury Pines here: jagreview.com/2025/11/24/r...
Read the full review for Asbury Pines here: jagreview.com/2025/11/24/r...
I'm watching maybe a dozen players bickering in MapleStory Idle's world chat, and I've gotta get this off my chest: letting players broadcast messages to every other player online might be the single biggest mistake of MMO game design, especially if you can't mute that particular message channel.
November 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I'm watching maybe a dozen players bickering in MapleStory Idle's world chat, and I've gotta get this off my chest: letting players broadcast messages to every other player online might be the single biggest mistake of MMO game design, especially if you can't mute that particular message channel.
Truly my greatest gaming achievement.
(Source: Asbury Pines)
(Source: Asbury Pines)
November 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Truly my greatest gaming achievement.
(Source: Asbury Pines)
(Source: Asbury Pines)
I was recently given a copy of Wednesdays, a visual novel about healing from child sexual abuse. In honor of World Children's Day, the game has been made free to keep if you grab it before November 21.
If you'd like to know more before picking it up, you can read my review at the quoted post below.
If you'd like to know more before picking it up, you can read my review at the quoted post below.
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I was recently given a copy of Wednesdays, a visual novel about healing from child sexual abuse. In honor of World Children's Day, the game has been made free to keep if you grab it before November 21.
If you'd like to know more before picking it up, you can read my review at the quoted post below.
If you'd like to know more before picking it up, you can read my review at the quoted post below.
Reposted by Michael, Beetle Lord
Wednesdays is ✨ free ✨ for World Children's Day in order to raise awareness about child sexual abuse.
Grab it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2747770/...
or Itch: artefrance.itch.io/wednesdays
before November 21th 9PM CET!
Grab it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2747770/...
or Itch: artefrance.itch.io/wednesdays
before November 21th 9PM CET!
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Wednesdays is ✨ free ✨ for World Children's Day in order to raise awareness about child sexual abuse.
Grab it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2747770/...
or Itch: artefrance.itch.io/wednesdays
before November 21th 9PM CET!
Grab it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2747770/...
or Itch: artefrance.itch.io/wednesdays
before November 21th 9PM CET!
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I crawled out of my hole to play Battlefield 6. I should have stayed in the hole. It sucks. It's worse than living in the hole. It made me miss the dark, cold hole. Don't play it. It is bad.
I wrote a review of it for @jagreview.com. You can read the full review here: jagreview.com/2025/11/14/r...
I wrote a review of it for @jagreview.com. You can read the full review here: jagreview.com/2025/11/14/r...
Review: Battlefield 6 (2025)
Platform(s): PC (Steam, Epic Games, EA App), PS5, Xbox Series X|S Verdict: NEGATIVE I haven’t regularly played a modern military shooter in many years, and Battlefield 6 does nothing to make me wan…
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November 15, 2025 at 5:14 AM
I crawled out of my hole to play Battlefield 6. I should have stayed in the hole. It sucks. It's worse than living in the hole. It made me miss the dark, cold hole. Don't play it. It is bad.
I wrote a review of it for @jagreview.com. You can read the full review here: jagreview.com/2025/11/14/r...
I wrote a review of it for @jagreview.com. You can read the full review here: jagreview.com/2025/11/14/r...
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"It wears the skin of BF3, an infinitely better game, without understanding what made that game fun to play." - @gordon.jagreview.com
Read the full review for Battlefield 6 here: jagreview.com/2025/11/14/r...
Read the full review for Battlefield 6 here: jagreview.com/2025/11/14/r...
Review: Battlefield 6 (2025)
Platform(s): PC (Steam, Epic Games, EA App), PS5, Xbox Series X|S Verdict: NEGATIVE I haven’t regularly played a modern military shooter in many years, and Battlefield 6 does nothing to make me wan…
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November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
"It wears the skin of BF3, an infinitely better game, without understanding what made that game fun to play." - @gordon.jagreview.com
Read the full review for Battlefield 6 here: jagreview.com/2025/11/14/r...
Read the full review for Battlefield 6 here: jagreview.com/2025/11/14/r...
I put off playing this game for way too long, but it ended up being the perfect way to spend a not-so-scary Halloween night (yes I know I'm posting this in like mid-November, I'm slow, don't judge me).
"Minor complaints aside, My Friendly Neighborhood was just about everything I could’ve asked for when I set out to play a beginner-friendly survival horror game." - @michael.jagreview.com
Read the full review here: jagreview.com/2025/11/09/r...
Read the full review here: jagreview.com/2025/11/09/r...
Review: My Friendly Neighborhood (2023)
Platform(s): PC (Steam), PS4 & PS5, Xbox One & Series X|S Verdict: POSITIVE Short Answer: A comedic take on the survival horror and mascot horror genres that had me hooked from start to fin…
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November 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I put off playing this game for way too long, but it ended up being the perfect way to spend a not-so-scary Halloween night (yes I know I'm posting this in like mid-November, I'm slow, don't judge me).
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A plea for help. 🙏
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
A plea for help. 🙏
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
I just beat My Friendly Neighborhood a few days ago and wanted to mess around with some of the cheats I'd unlocked during my run. Turns out starting a new game with cheats doesn't disable achievements, and accidentally triggering the ending unlocked three achievements in the funniest order possible.
November 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I just beat My Friendly Neighborhood a few days ago and wanted to mess around with some of the cheats I'd unlocked during my run. Turns out starting a new game with cheats doesn't disable achievements, and accidentally triggering the ending unlocked three achievements in the funniest order possible.
New favorite mall activity: find pop culture stores with a graphic tee display, look for stacks of any shirt with someone's face on them, and fold the top of the stack in such a way that it deletes their nose.
October 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
New favorite mall activity: find pop culture stores with a graphic tee display, look for stacks of any shirt with someone's face on them, and fold the top of the stack in such a way that it deletes their nose.
I love Steam Next Fest
October 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I love Steam Next Fest
Slime Rancher 2 Pro Tip: If you can successfully get a Lucky Slime zapped by a bolt of lightning, it does absolutely nothing.
October 1, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Slime Rancher 2 Pro Tip: If you can successfully get a Lucky Slime zapped by a bolt of lightning, it does absolutely nothing.
Summoner is the best class in Terraria. You get to spawn a bunch of little goobers to fight for you while you smack enemies from a distance with a whip that annoys every player of the vicinity with the sound it makes. I will not stop playing this class in every run of this game.
September 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Summoner is the best class in Terraria. You get to spawn a bunch of little goobers to fight for you while you smack enemies from a distance with a whip that annoys every player of the vicinity with the sound it makes. I will not stop playing this class in every run of this game.
look at this dude
September 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
look at this dude
Okay so life got in the way and I was VERY late to finishing this write-up, but it's here now. This was at the top of my most anticipated games list ever since I played one of its old demos a few years back, and I'm so glad I finally got to experience the full thing.
"Misc. was just an absolute joy to play, and it’s without a doubt one of my favorite games of this year." - @michael.jagreview.com
Read the full review for Misc. A Tiny Tale here: jagreview.com/2025/09/13/r...
Read the full review for Misc. A Tiny Tale here: jagreview.com/2025/09/13/r...
Review: Misc. A Tiny Tale (2025)
Platform(s): PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch & Switch 2 Version: 1.0.5 Verdict: POSITIVE Short Answer: A fun, heartwarming, and unexpectedly inspiring collectathon/platformer about two tiny robots …
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September 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Okay so life got in the way and I was VERY late to finishing this write-up, but it's here now. This was at the top of my most anticipated games list ever since I played one of its old demos a few years back, and I'm so glad I finally got to experience the full thing.
I think RSS should make a comeback
September 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I think RSS should make a comeback
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"I don't think that this is a game I'll dump a hundred hours into or anything, but it got me to engage with a genre that I normally don't enjoy playing, and that's got to be worth something." - @michael.jagreview.com
Read the full review of Hot Pot Game here: jagreview.com/2025/09/03/r...
Read the full review of Hot Pot Game here: jagreview.com/2025/09/03/r...
Review: Hot Pot Game (2025)
Platform(s): PC (Steam) Version: 1.0.4 Verdict: POSITIVE DISCLAIMER: Game code received for free by the developer. All thoughts and opinions written here are my own. Short Answer: A Suika-styl…
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September 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
"I don't think that this is a game I'll dump a hundred hours into or anything, but it got me to engage with a genre that I normally don't enjoy playing, and that's got to be worth something." - @michael.jagreview.com
Read the full review of Hot Pot Game here: jagreview.com/2025/09/03/r...
Read the full review of Hot Pot Game here: jagreview.com/2025/09/03/r...
This game popped up in my Discovery Queue. I know train games are notorious for their ridiculous pricing and DLC practices that put EA's treatment of The Sims to shame, but having four different editions and over $3,000 in DLC when it's not even out for another month still took me by surprise.
August 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This game popped up in my Discovery Queue. I know train games are notorious for their ridiculous pricing and DLC practices that put EA's treatment of The Sims to shame, but having four different editions and over $3,000 in DLC when it's not even out for another month still took me by surprise.
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If you haven't been on this heartfelt robotic journey, it's never too late. 🥳
Go on an unforgettable adventure with Buddy and Bag Boy in Misc. A Tiny Tale: store.steampowered.com/app/1308940/...
Go on an unforgettable adventure with Buddy and Bag Boy in Misc. A Tiny Tale: store.steampowered.com/app/1308940/...
August 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
If you haven't been on this heartfelt robotic journey, it's never too late. 🥳
Go on an unforgettable adventure with Buddy and Bag Boy in Misc. A Tiny Tale: store.steampowered.com/app/1308940/...
Go on an unforgettable adventure with Buddy and Bag Boy in Misc. A Tiny Tale: store.steampowered.com/app/1308940/...
Help me I'm obsessing over the contents of a Mabinogi teaser site like it's 2008 all over again
[Mabinogi Mobile] Our Journey into a World of Dreams | Full ver.
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August 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Help me I'm obsessing over the contents of a Mabinogi teaser site like it's 2008 all over again