Gabriel Jones
@pepsimanvsjoe.bsky.social
Former game critic who can't find his niche. Interests include retro / obscure / arcade games, music (Mostly VGM & Prince), and whatever catches my eye (even if it's just for a moment). 1981 he/him
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The name is Gabriel and I am always talking #retrogaming
If you like reading about:
Playstation 2
Obscure games
PlayStation Two
Indie games
PS2
Then follow and/or share.
I also write game reviews for this blog over here:
pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com
The name is Gabriel and I am always talking #retrogaming
If you like reading about:
Playstation 2
Obscure games
PlayStation Two
Indie games
PS2
Then follow and/or share.
I also write game reviews for this blog over here:
pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com
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Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
Roll Chan World 3 aka Mega Man III. I already played through the first two Game Boy Mega Mans (Mega Men?), so might as well continue. #retrogaming #capcom
November 27, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Roll Chan World 3 aka Mega Man III. I already played through the first two Game Boy Mega Mans (Mega Men?), so might as well continue. #retrogaming #capcom
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Tonight's look is Castlevania: Curse of Darkness for the Playstation 2.
pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2025/11/play...
This is easily the most maddening of the Igavania saga, yet there is something buried underneath that draws me into its embrace.
Moth to a flame or something like.
#retrogaming #konami
pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2025/11/play...
This is easily the most maddening of the Igavania saga, yet there is something buried underneath that draws me into its embrace.
Moth to a flame or something like.
#retrogaming #konami
Playstation 2 Look - Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Tonight's look is Castlevania: Curse of Darkness for the Playstation 2.
pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2025/11/play...
This is easily the most maddening of the Igavania saga, yet there is something buried underneath that draws me into its embrace.
Moth to a flame or something like.
#retrogaming #konami
pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2025/11/play...
This is easily the most maddening of the Igavania saga, yet there is something buried underneath that draws me into its embrace.
Moth to a flame or something like.
#retrogaming #konami
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it's generic late november discounts time! kitsune tails is 33% off, its biggest discount yet, but if you buy the bundle you get all our games for the price of one full price copy of kitsune tails: itch.io/s/169922/kit...
please help us survive winter 🙏
please help us survive winter 🙏
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
it's generic late november discounts time! kitsune tails is 33% off, its biggest discount yet, but if you buy the bundle you get all our games for the price of one full price copy of kitsune tails: itch.io/s/169922/kit...
please help us survive winter 🙏
please help us survive winter 🙏
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Another game on my "to-play" list is Super Junkoid. Junkoid is a fantastic Metroid conversion for the NES. This SNES sequel looks to deliver more of the chilling atmosphere and strong level-design.
#retrogaming
#retrogaming
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Another game on my "to-play" list is Super Junkoid. Junkoid is a fantastic Metroid conversion for the NES. This SNES sequel looks to deliver more of the chilling atmosphere and strong level-design.
#retrogaming
#retrogaming
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I recently discovered @figglewatts.materiality.link Apparatus Exanimus, a giant, exploration-heavy puzzle box of a game with a dense, creepy atmosphere, and King’s Field-style controls.
It’s a steal at $7. Check it out 👀
store.steampowered.com/app/3972660/...
It’s a steal at $7. Check it out 👀
store.steampowered.com/app/3972660/...
Apparatus: Exanimus on Steam
DIRUS Software's lost 1999 cult-classic is back! Explore its confusing and stygian world for yourself in this newly remastered edition, being sure to keep a steely gaze on the mystery of its warped la...
store.steampowered.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I recently discovered @figglewatts.materiality.link Apparatus Exanimus, a giant, exploration-heavy puzzle box of a game with a dense, creepy atmosphere, and King’s Field-style controls.
It’s a steal at $7. Check it out 👀
store.steampowered.com/app/3972660/...
It’s a steal at $7. Check it out 👀
store.steampowered.com/app/3972660/...
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Hudson Selection Volume 4: Takahashi Meijin no Bouken Jima
It's a Newer Adventure Island for the Playstation 2.
Graphically it's a mixed bag, but I assure you the gameplay is rock-solid.
(Also, I'm not super good at the game or anything, skateboards are just really common)
#retrogaming
It's a Newer Adventure Island for the Playstation 2.
Graphically it's a mixed bag, but I assure you the gameplay is rock-solid.
(Also, I'm not super good at the game or anything, skateboards are just really common)
#retrogaming
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Hudson Selection Volume 4: Takahashi Meijin no Bouken Jima
It's a Newer Adventure Island for the Playstation 2.
Graphically it's a mixed bag, but I assure you the gameplay is rock-solid.
(Also, I'm not super good at the game or anything, skateboards are just really common)
#retrogaming
It's a Newer Adventure Island for the Playstation 2.
Graphically it's a mixed bag, but I assure you the gameplay is rock-solid.
(Also, I'm not super good at the game or anything, skateboards are just really common)
#retrogaming
Wai Wai World, where Konami's greatest heroes team up to save the day... provided you can find them all.
I'm still a bit lost on unlocking everyone's powers, but I have rescued Goemon and Simon.
How each stage becomes more difficult as I get deeper into them is handled really well.
#retrogaming
I'm still a bit lost on unlocking everyone's powers, but I have rescued Goemon and Simon.
How each stage becomes more difficult as I get deeper into them is handled really well.
#retrogaming
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Wai Wai World, where Konami's greatest heroes team up to save the day... provided you can find them all.
I'm still a bit lost on unlocking everyone's powers, but I have rescued Goemon and Simon.
How each stage becomes more difficult as I get deeper into them is handled really well.
#retrogaming
I'm still a bit lost on unlocking everyone's powers, but I have rescued Goemon and Simon.
How each stage becomes more difficult as I get deeper into them is handled really well.
#retrogaming
Just deleted 212 Castlevania: Curse of Darkness screenshots. I am finally done with this game.
Gonna give the credits theme one last listen because it's damn good. Best in the series IMO.
youtu.be/NhuhvQ2kQDo
Gonna give the credits theme one last listen because it's damn good. Best in the series IMO.
youtu.be/NhuhvQ2kQDo
Castlevani Curse of Darkness OST: True to Your Dreams
YouTube video by SnakeFKELink
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Just deleted 212 Castlevania: Curse of Darkness screenshots. I am finally done with this game.
Gonna give the credits theme one last listen because it's damn good. Best in the series IMO.
youtu.be/NhuhvQ2kQDo
Gonna give the credits theme one last listen because it's damn good. Best in the series IMO.
youtu.be/NhuhvQ2kQDo
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Hollywood loves our trauma. Black actors are more likely to win awards when playing roles tied to slavery, servitude, or trauma.
Lupita Nyong’o opens up about what happened after her Oscar win. Hollywood kept offering her more parts as an enslaved woman, pushing the same stereotype again and again.
Lupita Nyong’o opens up about what happened after her Oscar win. Hollywood kept offering her more parts as an enslaved woman, pushing the same stereotype again and again.
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Hollywood loves our trauma. Black actors are more likely to win awards when playing roles tied to slavery, servitude, or trauma.
Lupita Nyong’o opens up about what happened after her Oscar win. Hollywood kept offering her more parts as an enslaved woman, pushing the same stereotype again and again.
Lupita Nyong’o opens up about what happened after her Oscar win. Hollywood kept offering her more parts as an enslaved woman, pushing the same stereotype again and again.
Tonight's look is Castlevania: Curse of Darkness for the Playstation 2.
pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2025/11/play...
This is easily the most maddening of the Igavania saga, yet there is something buried underneath that draws me into its embrace.
Moth to a flame or something like.
#retrogaming #konami
pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2025/11/play...
This is easily the most maddening of the Igavania saga, yet there is something buried underneath that draws me into its embrace.
Moth to a flame or something like.
#retrogaming #konami
Playstation 2 Look - Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Tonight's look is Castlevania: Curse of Darkness for the Playstation 2.
pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2025/11/play...
This is easily the most maddening of the Igavania saga, yet there is something buried underneath that draws me into its embrace.
Moth to a flame or something like.
#retrogaming #konami
pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2025/11/play...
This is easily the most maddening of the Igavania saga, yet there is something buried underneath that draws me into its embrace.
Moth to a flame or something like.
#retrogaming #konami
Almost done writing this Castlevania: Curse of Darkness review.
I didn't expect to get through it so quickly, but whatever.
I didn't expect to get through it so quickly, but whatever.
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Almost done writing this Castlevania: Curse of Darkness review.
I didn't expect to get through it so quickly, but whatever.
I didn't expect to get through it so quickly, but whatever.
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while i’m already talking about old video game merch that my friends think is fake - yes, i wasn’t joking about the chibi brandish broccoli trading card. it’s real, and i own one of them. i have a few falcom trading cards, but this is the holy grail, an absolutely historic find.
November 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
while i’m already talking about old video game merch that my friends think is fake - yes, i wasn’t joking about the chibi brandish broccoli trading card. it’s real, and i own one of them. i have a few falcom trading cards, but this is the holy grail, an absolutely historic find.
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throwback to this ng site skin i did for the dreamcast collab
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
throwback to this ng site skin i did for the dreamcast collab
Oh right.
I nearly forgot about my Black Friday haul.
Trying to keep it light because I might have to shop for a new refrigerator.
I nearly forgot about my Black Friday haul.
Trying to keep it light because I might have to shop for a new refrigerator.
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Oh right.
I nearly forgot about my Black Friday haul.
Trying to keep it light because I might have to shop for a new refrigerator.
I nearly forgot about my Black Friday haul.
Trying to keep it light because I might have to shop for a new refrigerator.
Though I've started on a write-up for Castlevania: Curse of Darkness, I must mention that my Castlevania: Lament of Innocence review has seen only 50 visits.
pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2025/11/play...
If I had an editor, they'd stake me for crafting a follow-up review after this bomb.
#retrogaming
pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2025/11/play...
If I had an editor, they'd stake me for crafting a follow-up review after this bomb.
#retrogaming
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Though I've started on a write-up for Castlevania: Curse of Darkness, I must mention that my Castlevania: Lament of Innocence review has seen only 50 visits.
pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2025/11/play...
If I had an editor, they'd stake me for crafting a follow-up review after this bomb.
#retrogaming
pepsimanvsjoe.blogspot.com/2025/11/play...
If I had an editor, they'd stake me for crafting a follow-up review after this bomb.
#retrogaming
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New blog post time!
This week's game is Wizard Fire, the follow-up to Data East's D&D-inspired Gate of Doom that really doesn't stray far from it at all. However, an injection of style ends up adding some substance alongside it, resulting in a game that I found myself quite a bit more endeared to:
This week's game is Wizard Fire, the follow-up to Data East's D&D-inspired Gate of Doom that really doesn't stray far from it at all. However, an injection of style ends up adding some substance alongside it, resulting in a game that I found myself quite a bit more endeared to:
Wizard Fire
Wizard Fire is the kind of game that’s an improved sequel in virtually every regard, but it’s also a game I didn’t necessarily expect to exist as it was. Here I was asking for some kind of bigger a…
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November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
New blog post time!
This week's game is Wizard Fire, the follow-up to Data East's D&D-inspired Gate of Doom that really doesn't stray far from it at all. However, an injection of style ends up adding some substance alongside it, resulting in a game that I found myself quite a bit more endeared to:
This week's game is Wizard Fire, the follow-up to Data East's D&D-inspired Gate of Doom that really doesn't stray far from it at all. However, an injection of style ends up adding some substance alongside it, resulting in a game that I found myself quite a bit more endeared to:
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November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Let's finish Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
First off, I raised some familiars that can make the screen explode.
Next, I crafted and sold a bunch of armor. One of the fairies has a full-heal spell that costs $5,000 a use. Pocket change.
All set for the Castle!
#retrogaming #konami
First off, I raised some familiars that can make the screen explode.
Next, I crafted and sold a bunch of armor. One of the fairies has a full-heal spell that costs $5,000 a use. Pocket change.
All set for the Castle!
#retrogaming #konami
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Let's finish Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
First off, I raised some familiars that can make the screen explode.
Next, I crafted and sold a bunch of armor. One of the fairies has a full-heal spell that costs $5,000 a use. Pocket change.
All set for the Castle!
#retrogaming #konami
First off, I raised some familiars that can make the screen explode.
Next, I crafted and sold a bunch of armor. One of the fairies has a full-heal spell that costs $5,000 a use. Pocket change.
All set for the Castle!
#retrogaming #konami
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
I don't want to pick on Casino Night Zone too much, but it is a bit silly for there to be invincibility and shield power-ups in an act where most players will see a single enemy and one set of spikes.
I don't want to pick on Casino Night Zone too much, but it is a bit silly for there to be invincibility and shield power-ups in an act where most players will see a single enemy and one set of spikes.
November 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
I don't want to pick on Casino Night Zone too much, but it is a bit silly for there to be invincibility and shield power-ups in an act where most players will see a single enemy and one set of spikes.
I don't want to pick on Casino Night Zone too much, but it is a bit silly for there to be invincibility and shield power-ups in an act where most players will see a single enemy and one set of spikes.