Andrew D. Girth
@sorryitsandy.bsky.social
he/him,
writer,
leftist,
fella
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writer,
leftist,
fella
gaming: https://backloggd.com/u/sorryitisandy/games/
films: https://letterboxd.com/sorryitisandy/
anime/manga: https://myanimelist.net/profile/AndrewDGirth
music: https://rateyourmusic.com/~sorryitisandy
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The easiest way to avoid Poster's Madness is to accept that you aren't 'fighting a narrative' or 'pushing back', 99% of e-fights begin with one party having that idea in their head. Every time you think that about someone just mute or block them and move on with your life
January 6, 2026 at 1:02 AM
The easiest way to avoid Poster's Madness is to accept that you aren't 'fighting a narrative' or 'pushing back', 99% of e-fights begin with one party having that idea in their head. Every time you think that about someone just mute or block them and move on with your life
This incredible interiority is why the ending of Char's Counterattack lands with such precision for me. That shocked look on Amuro's face was me, the realization that when you finish peeling back the layers, it's just the orphaned boy over his father's deathbed who has been playing dress up.
Did Wing's writers think that Char's mask was actually hiding Casval Rem Deikun under there? And that Char Aznable wasn't a labyrinthine house of mirrors that housed myriad identities, including his so-called original one? Char Aznable, Quattro Bajeena, Casval Rem Deikun, are all facades.
January 4, 2026 at 7:07 PM
This incredible interiority is why the ending of Char's Counterattack lands with such precision for me. That shocked look on Amuro's face was me, the realization that when you finish peeling back the layers, it's just the orphaned boy over his father's deathbed who has been playing dress up.
Gundam Wing really takes Gundam's biggest weakness as a series, the tendency to view war as an abstract moral failing without material underpinnings, and cranks it to 5000.
I have no fucking clue what specifically motivates most people or organizations in this show lmao.
I have no fucking clue what specifically motivates most people or organizations in this show lmao.
January 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Gundam Wing really takes Gundam's biggest weakness as a series, the tendency to view war as an abstract moral failing without material underpinnings, and cranks it to 5000.
I have no fucking clue what specifically motivates most people or organizations in this show lmao.
I have no fucking clue what specifically motivates most people or organizations in this show lmao.
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Some people just have terribly unhealthy relationships with games. Just read a Steam review of a dungeon crawl that details how the reviewer has been save-scumming every single fight to get the most rare and optimized drops and has spent literally hours grinding a 5-minute boss.
Ergo, game is bad?
Ergo, game is bad?
January 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Some people just have terribly unhealthy relationships with games. Just read a Steam review of a dungeon crawl that details how the reviewer has been save-scumming every single fight to get the most rare and optimized drops and has spent literally hours grinding a 5-minute boss.
Ergo, game is bad?
Ergo, game is bad?
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There are some gamers out there that'll look at a hammer, pick it up, smash themselves in the crotch with it a dozen times and then declare the hammer a source of nothing but misery.
Bafflingly, they will consider this the correct usage and chastise anyone using it normally and tell them to Git Gud
Bafflingly, they will consider this the correct usage and chastise anyone using it normally and tell them to Git Gud
January 3, 2026 at 9:32 PM
There are some gamers out there that'll look at a hammer, pick it up, smash themselves in the crotch with it a dozen times and then declare the hammer a source of nothing but misery.
Bafflingly, they will consider this the correct usage and chastise anyone using it normally and tell them to Git Gud
Bafflingly, they will consider this the correct usage and chastise anyone using it normally and tell them to Git Gud
It is a common answer I expect, but it is what it is.
December 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
It is a common answer I expect, but it is what it is.
Been hearing a lot about Shadow the Hedgehog on the timeline today.
December 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Been hearing a lot about Shadow the Hedgehog on the timeline today.
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least crazy themoviedb mod ruling:
‘One Piece’ Season 1 has officially ended after 26 years and 1,156 episodes.
The show will now enter a seasonal format starting on April 5th.
The show will now enter a seasonal format starting on April 5th.
December 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
least crazy themoviedb mod ruling:
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man they really did frame this to specifically look like it was gonna be a normal game
December 26, 2025 at 7:05 AM
man they really did frame this to specifically look like it was gonna be a normal game
If you enjoy video games and feel blindsided by Larian's embrace of GenAI. Try and consider this a good time to knock over those empty pedestals you keep around for "The Good Game Company (TM)".
Never be a fan, even if you like every game a company has put out. You will never be disappointed.
Never be a fan, even if you like every game a company has put out. You will never be disappointed.
December 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
If you enjoy video games and feel blindsided by Larian's embrace of GenAI. Try and consider this a good time to knock over those empty pedestals you keep around for "The Good Game Company (TM)".
Never be a fan, even if you like every game a company has put out. You will never be disappointed.
Never be a fan, even if you like every game a company has put out. You will never be disappointed.
is that a fucking minion???????
December 25, 2025 at 4:17 AM
is that a fucking minion???????
Honestly, all this shit with Mark Cuban tonight is so sad. Why are so many of you caping for a guy in possession of staggering wealth, separated from you by galaxies in terms of class interest, because he communicates "kind of sort of normal"? No fucking wonder the rich get away with so much.
December 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Honestly, all this shit with Mark Cuban tonight is so sad. Why are so many of you caping for a guy in possession of staggering wealth, separated from you by galaxies in terms of class interest, because he communicates "kind of sort of normal"? No fucking wonder the rich get away with so much.
I didn't realize how much RPG design existed in the shadow of wizardry until I played it.
December 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I didn't realize how much RPG design existed in the shadow of wizardry until I played it.
Famously nobody has ever figured this out. One of the wealthiest human beings on earth needs to ask Bluesky.
I'm here willing to read anything someone puts together that details how we can get from here to there
I'm all for universal healthcare. Tell me how we get there.
I'm all for universal healthcare. Tell me how we get there.
December 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Famously nobody has ever figured this out. One of the wealthiest human beings on earth needs to ask Bluesky.
Most of it, insofar as treating any advice like it is universal is a great way to box your creativity in. It's how you wind up believing that a story should just be a deft presentation of information and plot beats.
"If it doesn't move the plot along, cut it", is always one I hated.
"If it doesn't move the plot along, cut it", is always one I hated.
what is your least favorite piece of writing advice and why? 👀
December 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Most of it, insofar as treating any advice like it is universal is a great way to box your creativity in. It's how you wind up believing that a story should just be a deft presentation of information and plot beats.
"If it doesn't move the plot along, cut it", is always one I hated.
"If it doesn't move the plot along, cut it", is always one I hated.
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Anytime anyone posts this in regards to something serious I wanna beat them so bad. It always feel like they don't actually care about anything other than being vindicated
December 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Anytime anyone posts this in regards to something serious I wanna beat them so bad. It always feel like they don't actually care about anything other than being vindicated
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I'm not a very block-happy user, but it always makes my eyes roll whenever people post someone who blocked them and go "lol got them".
Some of you place too much emphasis on this site as a form of bloodsport.
Some of you place too much emphasis on this site as a form of bloodsport.
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I'm not a very block-happy user, but it always makes my eyes roll whenever people post someone who blocked them and go "lol got them".
Some of you place too much emphasis on this site as a form of bloodsport.
Some of you place too much emphasis on this site as a form of bloodsport.
lol what is "the battle" exactly? not purchasing this game and being forthright about why? it isn't exactly marching through Russia in the winter my guy.
this shit, despite its faults, is not going anywhere and people are going to have to pick their battles
Larian CEO Responds to Divinity Gen AI Backlash: 'We Are Neither Releasing a Game With Any AI Components, Nor Are We Looking at Trimming Down Teams to Replace Them With AI' - IGN
This morning, the news broke that Larian Studios, developer of Baldur's Gate 3 and the upcoming, just-announced Divinity, is apparently using generative AI behind the scenes. The backlash has been swi...
www.ign.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
lol what is "the battle" exactly? not purchasing this game and being forthright about why? it isn't exactly marching through Russia in the winter my guy.
While we are pointing this loaded Epstein gun at Trump, happy for any stray shots to hit Bill Clinton in his decrepit center of mass.
December 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
While we are pointing this loaded Epstein gun at Trump, happy for any stray shots to hit Bill Clinton in his decrepit center of mass.
Also side gripe: Wrong for Sandfall to position this game as being made by 30 people, not just for accuracy, but also because it diminishes the contributions of the contractors who put sincere effort into this title.
Clair Obscur is not an indie game by any useful definition of the term. The Game Awards aren't serious, but that attitude was aping a sentiment from many consumers that it was.
The studio loves to say 30 people made it. But that narrative excludes nearly a hundred other contractors.
Be serious.
The studio loves to say 30 people made it. But that narrative excludes nearly a hundred other contractors.
Be serious.
December 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Also side gripe: Wrong for Sandfall to position this game as being made by 30 people, not just for accuracy, but also because it diminishes the contributions of the contractors who put sincere effort into this title.
Clair Obscur is a perfectly fine game that every single conversation around had me shadowboxing imps in the periphery of my vision. It didn't bring turn-based RPGs back. It didn't prove the "viability of indie games", because it isn't one.
December 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Clair Obscur is a perfectly fine game that every single conversation around had me shadowboxing imps in the periphery of my vision. It didn't bring turn-based RPGs back. It didn't prove the "viability of indie games", because it isn't one.
Clair Obscur is not an indie game by any useful definition of the term. The Game Awards aren't serious, but that attitude was aping a sentiment from many consumers that it was.
The studio loves to say 30 people made it. But that narrative excludes nearly a hundred other contractors.
Be serious.
The studio loves to say 30 people made it. But that narrative excludes nearly a hundred other contractors.
Be serious.
December 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Clair Obscur is not an indie game by any useful definition of the term. The Game Awards aren't serious, but that attitude was aping a sentiment from many consumers that it was.
The studio loves to say 30 people made it. But that narrative excludes nearly a hundred other contractors.
Be serious.
The studio loves to say 30 people made it. But that narrative excludes nearly a hundred other contractors.
Be serious.
jason kenney was not an entity we should have allowed as a society.
December 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
jason kenney was not an entity we should have allowed as a society.
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I feel like a really serious problem with game reveal montages now is that visually they all look the same in a way that's way more apparent than when people said this in 7th, gen, and then also it's almost all cinematic trailers because the gameplay isn't really important
December 12, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I feel like a really serious problem with game reveal montages now is that visually they all look the same in a way that's way more apparent than when people said this in 7th, gen, and then also it's almost all cinematic trailers because the gameplay isn't really important
CAN WE GET AN AUDIO ENGINEER AT THE GAME AWARDS PLEASE??? WHY DID THEY DO THAT TO THE CLAIR OBSCUR BAND?????
December 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM
CAN WE GET AN AUDIO ENGINEER AT THE GAME AWARDS PLEASE??? WHY DID THEY DO THAT TO THE CLAIR OBSCUR BAND?????