Nate E-K
@newertkrocker.bsky.social
Game history enthusiast | Hosted and produced GO BACK AND PLAY (2016 - 2023) | Used to write about VGM for Fanbyte, Paste | he/him | probably shouldn't have hacked those 3DSs for my kids
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Nate E-K
@newertkrocker.bsky.social
· Oct 19
Go Back and Play
Video Games Podcast · 150 Episodes
podcasts.apple.com
I'm Nate!
I'm not really "making" any "content" these days, but I used to write about game music for various sites, and for ~7 years I had a podcast called GO BACK AND PLAY, in which some friends & I took a whirlwind tour through the history of videogames!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
I'm not really "making" any "content" these days, but I used to write about game music for various sites, and for ~7 years I had a podcast called GO BACK AND PLAY, in which some friends & I took a whirlwind tour through the history of videogames!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
Okay I gotta fess up here
November 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Okay I gotta fess up here
Why didn’t we get like six more of these games
(I mean, I know it was part of a collection of small games. Like… we should have more 5-hour virtual tabletop dungeon crawls with good writing)
(I mean, I know it was part of a collection of small games. Like… we should have more 5-hour virtual tabletop dungeon crawls with good writing)
#31 - Crimson Shroud
I would play a dozen of these — a bite-sized RPG dungeon crawl from the folks behind FFT and Vagrant Story that REALLY commits to conveying the flavor of a tabletop adventure. And just like Vagrant Story, I forgive it for its handful of unfriendly design choices.
I would play a dozen of these — a bite-sized RPG dungeon crawl from the folks behind FFT and Vagrant Story that REALLY commits to conveying the flavor of a tabletop adventure. And just like Vagrant Story, I forgive it for its handful of unfriendly design choices.
November 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Why didn’t we get like six more of these games
(I mean, I know it was part of a collection of small games. Like… we should have more 5-hour virtual tabletop dungeon crawls with good writing)
(I mean, I know it was part of a collection of small games. Like… we should have more 5-hour virtual tabletop dungeon crawls with good writing)
Rewatching The X-Files, probably my favorite show of all time despite the cruft of its later seasons, and I gotta admit that its drama about clandestine organizations manipulating the world from the shadows hits different in an era where nakedly corrupt buffoons trash everything with public bumbling
November 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Rewatching The X-Files, probably my favorite show of all time despite the cruft of its later seasons, and I gotta admit that its drama about clandestine organizations manipulating the world from the shadows hits different in an era where nakedly corrupt buffoons trash everything with public bumbling
Very convenient of our kitchen fridge to die on Black Friday. Perhaps… suspiciously convenient
November 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Very convenient of our kitchen fridge to die on Black Friday. Perhaps… suspiciously convenient
You know what, Crimson Shroud for the Nintendo 3DS? I like your style, but I might have to tap out after fighting the exact same group of skeletons 15 times in a row in the hope one of them drops a rare-but-plot-critical item
November 30, 2025 at 12:42 AM
You know what, Crimson Shroud for the Nintendo 3DS? I like your style, but I might have to tap out after fighting the exact same group of skeletons 15 times in a row in the hope one of them drops a rare-but-plot-critical item
Fellowship Extended: Good additional material but causes the pace to drag
Two Towers Extended: Lots of good additional material, definitively better than theatrical
Return of the King Extended: overstuffed, unnecessary skullvalanche
Two Towers Extended: Lots of good additional material, definitively better than theatrical
Return of the King Extended: overstuffed, unnecessary skullvalanche
It's time for the annual rewatch of Lord of the Rings leading up to Christmas, and with just a couple exceptions, I can confidently say theatrical cut is far and away the superior version.
November 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Fellowship Extended: Good additional material but causes the pace to drag
Two Towers Extended: Lots of good additional material, definitively better than theatrical
Return of the King Extended: overstuffed, unnecessary skullvalanche
Two Towers Extended: Lots of good additional material, definitively better than theatrical
Return of the King Extended: overstuffed, unnecessary skullvalanche
Once again I confess to missing the old Steam sale structure where you had to check in every six hours to see the hottest Dealz, because I am sick in the head
November 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Once again I confess to missing the old Steam sale structure where you had to check in every six hours to see the hottest Dealz, because I am sick in the head
Power outage affecting my entire neighborhood is no doubt throwing quite a wrench into some local Thanksgiving plans
November 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Power outage affecting my entire neighborhood is no doubt throwing quite a wrench into some local Thanksgiving plans
realizing belatedly that Kris has used the 🌳 emoji here following "sand cruiser" because the sand cruiser in question is called the Yggdrasil
If your JRPG 🎮 doesn't have a dolphin 🐬 as your sand cruiser's 🌳 sonar operator 🎧 I don't want to hear about it 😤
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
realizing belatedly that Kris has used the 🌳 emoji here following "sand cruiser" because the sand cruiser in question is called the Yggdrasil
One of the difficult things about being married, as a man, is that your wife seems to grow more beautiful and radiant with each year that passes while you yourself rapidly begin to look like this
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
One of the difficult things about being married, as a man, is that your wife seems to grow more beautiful and radiant with each year that passes while you yourself rapidly begin to look like this
Reposted by Nate E-K
"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
Think I might be the only person alive who is watching Ken Burns’ American Revolution and thinking “…I should replay Assassin’s Creed III.”
November 24, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Think I might be the only person alive who is watching Ken Burns’ American Revolution and thinking “…I should replay Assassin’s Creed III.”
Reposted by Nate E-K
If your JRPG 🎮 doesn't have a dolphin 🐬 as your sand cruiser's 🌳 sonar operator 🎧 I don't want to hear about it 😤
November 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
If your JRPG 🎮 doesn't have a dolphin 🐬 as your sand cruiser's 🌳 sonar operator 🎧 I don't want to hear about it 😤
Some mornings one of your kids has a meltdown about a really frivolous thing and it takes every ounce of your patience and restraint to help guide them through it and calm them down without snapping or blowing your stack and you do it! Success!
And then you have to start your day at 0% patience.
And then you have to start your day at 0% patience.
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Some mornings one of your kids has a meltdown about a really frivolous thing and it takes every ounce of your patience and restraint to help guide them through it and calm them down without snapping or blowing your stack and you do it! Success!
And then you have to start your day at 0% patience.
And then you have to start your day at 0% patience.
If something good would happen in the world today, it would really lift my spirits, which are v much in need of lifting
November 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
If something good would happen in the world today, it would really lift my spirits, which are v much in need of lifting
Reposted by Nate E-K
I've been noodling around with Aquanaut's Holiday, which was the first game I ever owned for the original PlayStation and which I absolutely did not appreciate as an eleven-year-old
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I've been noodling around with Aquanaut's Holiday, which was the first game I ever owned for the original PlayStation and which I absolutely did not appreciate as an eleven-year-old
Reposted by Nate E-K
7YO, having found some Phoenix Wright manga on our family bookshelves, is now incredibly invested in the first Ace Attorney game.
I watched her, frustrated by the underhanded machinations of Miles Edgeworth, narrow her eyes at her 3DS and growl “I want to stain your ruffles.”
I watched her, frustrated by the underhanded machinations of Miles Edgeworth, narrow her eyes at her 3DS and growl “I want to stain your ruffles.”
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
7YO, having found some Phoenix Wright manga on our family bookshelves, is now incredibly invested in the first Ace Attorney game.
I watched her, frustrated by the underhanded machinations of Miles Edgeworth, narrow her eyes at her 3DS and growl “I want to stain your ruffles.”
I watched her, frustrated by the underhanded machinations of Miles Edgeworth, narrow her eyes at her 3DS and growl “I want to stain your ruffles.”
7YO, having found some Phoenix Wright manga on our family bookshelves, is now incredibly invested in the first Ace Attorney game.
I watched her, frustrated by the underhanded machinations of Miles Edgeworth, narrow her eyes at her 3DS and growl “I want to stain your ruffles.”
I watched her, frustrated by the underhanded machinations of Miles Edgeworth, narrow her eyes at her 3DS and growl “I want to stain your ruffles.”
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
7YO, having found some Phoenix Wright manga on our family bookshelves, is now incredibly invested in the first Ace Attorney game.
I watched her, frustrated by the underhanded machinations of Miles Edgeworth, narrow her eyes at her 3DS and growl “I want to stain your ruffles.”
I watched her, frustrated by the underhanded machinations of Miles Edgeworth, narrow her eyes at her 3DS and growl “I want to stain your ruffles.”
That Digiphile bundle with all the immersive sims has a bunch of stuff I'm not interested in, but I'm almost tempted by it just for the System Shock 2 remaster at $20.
November 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
That Digiphile bundle with all the immersive sims has a bunch of stuff I'm not interested in, but I'm almost tempted by it just for the System Shock 2 remaster at $20.
Went to a board game cafe with the kids to celebrate making it through the week and unlocked a long-dormant childhood memory by playing Home Alone: The Board Game. (Photo not mine.)
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Went to a board game cafe with the kids to celebrate making it through the week and unlocked a long-dormant childhood memory by playing Home Alone: The Board Game. (Photo not mine.)
so I'm hearing they gave Samus a Chadley
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
so I'm hearing they gave Samus a Chadley
Gavin Newsom, famous for producing the controversial “Twisted Metal” vehicular combat tournament
This is a real image the U.S. Department of Homeland Security just posted to Twitter in response to the governor of California.
Real weird shit, as they say
Real weird shit, as they say
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Gavin Newsom, famous for producing the controversial “Twisted Metal” vehicular combat tournament
Reposted by Nate E-K
This is great and the diagram is also great
appreciate this article breaking down a taxonomy of knowledge games (also, unfortunately, known as metroidbrainias)
azhdarchid.com/against-metr...
azhdarchid.com/against-metr...
Against 'Metroidbrania': a Landscape of Knowledge Games
What are knowledge games? How do we relate them to each other? What sub-genres exist – and which ones might be implied?
azhdarchid.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This is great and the diagram is also great