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Just Dan
@danvmaul.bsky.social
Mostly here for gaming goodness.

Favourite series: The Elder Scrolls, Red Dead Redemption, The Witcher, Kingdom Come Deliverance

My random thoughts on games: https://tinyurl.com/Reviews-on-Grouvee
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Been a while since I've done one of these so I figured why not?

Hi I'm Dan 👋 I'm 💍 to an awesome beautiful woman, I love the outdoors 🏔️ and I'm here to talk GAMES!

Some favourite series:

🤠 RDR
🐉 Elder Scrolls
⚔️ The Witcher
☢️ STALKER, Metro & Fallout
🚀 Mass Effect
💉 Bioshock
🧟‍♂️ State of Decay
It's kinda crazy how The Dark Ages is becoming my all-time favourite DOOM 😳
November 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Bought (I hope) the last games I'll buy this month.

With these my total goes up to 50 games bought in November alone. Send help pls 😭
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I did not think I'd enjoy Doom The Dark Ages this much. What a cool ass game
November 23, 2025 at 4:57 AM
My top 25 #Xbox360 games.

Man what a generation.
November 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My stupid brain forgot Fable. It's only been one of my most anticipated of the entire gen innit 💀

Shoutout to @thegamingnook.bsky.social for inadvertently making me realise the error of my ways 🙏

Sorry OD Knock, super intrigued by you but you haven't shown me quite enough yet bud.
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Nothing quite like having the day off and the house to yourself for a few hours and being able to start gaming earlier 🥹
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
My top 20 most anticipated games ranked. Top 10 are pretty much a lock but the rest of them climb up and down depending on the day.

Apparently if you're a gritty medieval RPG or a post-apocalyptic survival game, the chances of you shooting hype into my veins increase tenfold.
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Just finished watching the #Xbox partner showcase and this is everything that caught my eye.

A bunch of brand new reveals, quite a bit of variety, tons of Game Pass announcements and even a couple shadow drops.

This one was pretty good imo
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Only a couple hours in and I'm already enjoying The Dark Ages 100x more than I did Eternal.

Good stuff
November 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Plan was to start Avowed now, but considering I started the month with another Obsidian RPG I'll wait a few more days before I dive into it.

But the Xbox November binge can't stop! So Doom The Dark Ages it is I guess.

Really liked 2016, didn't like Eternal. So I'm curious about this one.
November 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
First person gritty medieval-based RPGs are going through a renaissance and I am so here for it
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
One of my biggest surprises in 2025. I was expecting a cute game but not this contemplative, strangely emotional journey with visual & environmental peak. Feels like a metaphor for the human experience but maybe I'm too dumb to see a deeper layer.

Regardless, Keeper is awesome.
November 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I'm at a loss for words to describe the visuals in #Keeper. I was definitely not prepared for this.

The environments alone make this more than worth a playthrough. I'll take whatever the folks at Double Fine are smoking pls
November 19, 2025 at 6:55 AM
This to me is the main downside of us being absolutely flooded with games every month now.

It's inevitable that tons of potentially great titles just fall by the wayside and go by unnoticed.
Four side-scrolling indies I'm looking forward to - gameplay below 👇 🔊
November 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Four side-scrolling indies I'm looking forward to - gameplay below 👇 🔊
November 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Dude this whole game's like a moving painting.

God damn
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Right then, let's see what crazy shenanigans this spunky lighthouse gets up to
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Next in line on my November Xbox binge is #Keeper

I wasn't (and I'm still not) exactly hyped for this game since I'm not really sure what I'm getting with it. But it's a short playthrough, and the art style looks so striking that I just have to try it for myself.
November 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Timely reminder that whatever a random show composed of a select few random people deems 'GOTY material' means absolutely nothing to you as a gamer, your personal GOTY choices or the gaming industry as a whole.

Just keep on enjoying whatever you enjoy. That's all that matters 👍
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November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Though I cannot possibly justify spending another 160+ hours on it so soon when my backlog's so massive, everybody please stop making me want to 😩
November 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Warms my heart seeing so many mutuals enjoy Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 right now.

Nothing came close to it for me this year. The level of care, freedom, detail & reactivity that went into this game is incredible. It crafted a world I truly wanted to live in.

One of my top 5 all-time favourites.
Medieval DUI, Kingdom Come style
November 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Seriously bring back full-time Hayabusa for the next game pls

Bro has too much aura to spend time on the sidelines
November 17, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I had real issues with some of NG4's design choices, not least the fact I play NG to fight as Ryu and there was simply too little of him. But there are lots of incredible combat sections here to elevate the experience.

Clearly more Platinum than Team Ninja, but still a strong NG game regardless.
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM
If any of my fine mutuals want a key for Metro 2033 Redux on Steam let me know 👍

Oldie but goodie!
November 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Took a while for this game to win me over but I think I'm invested now
November 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM