Grant Orban
@grantorban.bsky.social
Principal Game Designer on Fable at Playground Games. JRPG Enthusiast. Comedy Improviser. EFC. Fantasy/SciFi Books. Dad. He/Him. Views Own.
I completed Klonoa.
The whole thing is like a dream that ramps up in trippiness.
We don't really make games that look like this anymore.
The whole thing is like a dream that ramps up in trippiness.
We don't really make games that look like this anymore.
February 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I completed Klonoa.
The whole thing is like a dream that ramps up in trippiness.
We don't really make games that look like this anymore.
The whole thing is like a dream that ramps up in trippiness.
We don't really make games that look like this anymore.
I needed something bright and colourful next so picked a game from my childhood.
February 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I needed something bright and colourful next so picked a game from my childhood.
I completed Final Fantasy Strangers of Paradise.
A very strange game that is never not entertaining. Nioh 2 with Final Fantasy classes and 7 seconds of Limp Bizkit.
Chaos.
A very strange game that is never not entertaining. Nioh 2 with Final Fantasy classes and 7 seconds of Limp Bizkit.
Chaos.
February 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I completed Final Fantasy Strangers of Paradise.
A very strange game that is never not entertaining. Nioh 2 with Final Fantasy classes and 7 seconds of Limp Bizkit.
Chaos.
A very strange game that is never not entertaining. Nioh 2 with Final Fantasy classes and 7 seconds of Limp Bizkit.
Chaos.
Absolutely gutted to hear about Ubisoft Leamington being shut down today. Such a huge waste.
So many talented people there and a real loss for the Leamington and UK industry.
I hope everyone lands on their feet.
So many talented people there and a real loss for the Leamington and UK industry.
I hope everyone lands on their feet.
January 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Absolutely gutted to hear about Ubisoft Leamington being shut down today. Such a huge waste.
So many talented people there and a real loss for the Leamington and UK industry.
I hope everyone lands on their feet.
So many talented people there and a real loss for the Leamington and UK industry.
I hope everyone lands on their feet.
I completed Duck Detective.
A cute, short Cursed Idol like. A little esoteric in places but a fun couple of evenings overall.
Ducks were invented in 1692 by Sir Jeffery Duck.
A cute, short Cursed Idol like. A little esoteric in places but a fun couple of evenings overall.
Ducks were invented in 1692 by Sir Jeffery Duck.
January 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I completed Duck Detective.
A cute, short Cursed Idol like. A little esoteric in places but a fun couple of evenings overall.
Ducks were invented in 1692 by Sir Jeffery Duck.
A cute, short Cursed Idol like. A little esoteric in places but a fun couple of evenings overall.
Ducks were invented in 1692 by Sir Jeffery Duck.
First completion of the year - Thank Goodness You're Here.
If you grew up on Salad Fingers, Weebly and Bob, Burnt Face Man and Magical Trevor then this game is an insta-buy. Easily the funniest game I've ever played.
If you grew up on Salad Fingers, Weebly and Bob, Burnt Face Man and Magical Trevor then this game is an insta-buy. Easily the funniest game I've ever played.
January 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
First completion of the year - Thank Goodness You're Here.
If you grew up on Salad Fingers, Weebly and Bob, Burnt Face Man and Magical Trevor then this game is an insta-buy. Easily the funniest game I've ever played.
If you grew up on Salad Fingers, Weebly and Bob, Burnt Face Man and Magical Trevor then this game is an insta-buy. Easily the funniest game I've ever played.
All of the games I completed (or in the case of Pokémon, played significantly) in 2024.
January 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
All of the games I completed (or in the case of Pokémon, played significantly) in 2024.
Show me what you got.
December 30, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Show me what you got.
My wife's second novel comes out on Harper Perennial tomorrow available at all good US Bookstores.
So proud of her. She wrote this while growing a human.
So proud of her. She wrote this while growing a human.
December 30, 2024 at 8:20 PM
My wife's second novel comes out on Harper Perennial tomorrow available at all good US Bookstores.
So proud of her. She wrote this while growing a human.
So proud of her. She wrote this while growing a human.
Finally starting Inscryption and ticking it off my list of shame.
December 17, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Finally starting Inscryption and ticking it off my list of shame.
After 8 weeks of chipping away I beat Metaphor Refantazio.
An almost perfect JRPG with one of the best battle and progression systems I've experienced for some time.
Really curious to see what Atlus does with it next.
An almost perfect JRPG with one of the best battle and progression systems I've experienced for some time.
Really curious to see what Atlus does with it next.
December 17, 2024 at 10:30 AM
After 8 weeks of chipping away I beat Metaphor Refantazio.
An almost perfect JRPG with one of the best battle and progression systems I've experienced for some time.
Really curious to see what Atlus does with it next.
An almost perfect JRPG with one of the best battle and progression systems I've experienced for some time.
Really curious to see what Atlus does with it next.
I'm so glad this little guy won Game of the Year at the game awards.
December 13, 2024 at 8:08 AM
I'm so glad this little guy won Game of the Year at the game awards.
Holy crap! I finished Way of Kings last night and it's instantly one of my all time favourites.
I feel like I've just unknowingly made a 10 year commitment to this series 😅
I feel like I've just unknowingly made a 10 year commitment to this series 😅
December 11, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Holy crap! I finished Way of Kings last night and it's instantly one of my all time favourites.
I feel like I've just unknowingly made a 10 year commitment to this series 😅
I feel like I've just unknowingly made a 10 year commitment to this series 😅
Okay I'm enjoying the second Murderbot novella much more than the first. It's really digging into the themes I was hoping it would.
Absolutely love A.R.T.
Absolutely love A.R.T.
December 8, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Okay I'm enjoying the second Murderbot novella much more than the first. It's really digging into the themes I was hoping it would.
Absolutely love A.R.T.
Absolutely love A.R.T.
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So much of game criticism right now is about some level of realism or coherence within a fantasy world when none of that matters. You used to play Chrono Trigger and you’d run into a talking frog and it wouldn’t be a thing, he’d just be a frog who talked in Medieval English. You’d go ok and have fun
December 4, 2024 at 8:14 PM
So much of game criticism right now is about some level of realism or coherence within a fantasy world when none of that matters. You used to play Chrono Trigger and you’d run into a talking frog and it wouldn’t be a thing, he’d just be a frog who talked in Medieval English. You’d go ok and have fun
I finished the first Murderbot Diaries book. I really love the concept of an introverted killing machine that just wants to chill and watch TV.
I do want a little more plot and world building in the next one though (which I have already purchased 😅)
I do want a little more plot and world building in the next one though (which I have already purchased 😅)
December 2, 2024 at 9:12 PM
I finished the first Murderbot Diaries book. I really love the concept of an introverted killing machine that just wants to chill and watch TV.
I do want a little more plot and world building in the next one though (which I have already purchased 😅)
I do want a little more plot and world building in the next one though (which I have already purchased 😅)
Testing out the Astrophotography mode on my new Pixel 8. Unbelievable results.
December 1, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Testing out the Astrophotography mode on my new Pixel 8. Unbelievable results.
I finished Piranesi by Susanna Clark.
This book has an incredible dreamlike quality and memorable prose. I've never read anything like it.
"The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite."
This book has an incredible dreamlike quality and memorable prose. I've never read anything like it.
"The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite."
November 28, 2024 at 2:01 PM
I finished Piranesi by Susanna Clark.
This book has an incredible dreamlike quality and memorable prose. I've never read anything like it.
"The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite."
This book has an incredible dreamlike quality and memorable prose. I've never read anything like it.
"The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite."
Kojima does it again.
November 27, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Kojima does it again.
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Turning a big dial that says “New Vegas woke level” and constantly looking back at the audience for approval
November 26, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Turning a big dial that says “New Vegas woke level” and constantly looking back at the audience for approval
Turning into him more and more each day.
November 26, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Turning into him more and more each day.
It's Black Friday week but I live in the knowledge I will never get a better deal than the one I saw in Thailand a decade ago.
November 25, 2024 at 9:40 AM
It's Black Friday week but I live in the knowledge I will never get a better deal than the one I saw in Thailand a decade ago.
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cozy wholesome gardening games don’t prepare you for real life gardening, where all these plants are trying to kill each other very slowly, like very confident horror movie murderers who just stand there
November 24, 2024 at 7:47 PM
cozy wholesome gardening games don’t prepare you for real life gardening, where all these plants are trying to kill each other very slowly, like very confident horror movie murderers who just stand there
Name a game with a 10/10 soundtrack.
Uematsu is God.
Uematsu is God.
November 23, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Name a game with a 10/10 soundtrack.
Uematsu is God.
Uematsu is God.