groggydog
@groggy.dog
Founder of @ys-link.net, semi-retired speedrunner, Master's student @ NYU Games for Learning. https://groggy.dog
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CrossCode remains one of my all time favorites
If you're loving Clair Obscur, check out these other European RPGs! Europe's been killing it the past few years with really bringing back the golden ages of JRPGs
April 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
CrossCode remains one of my all time favorites
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I am VERY excited to announce the launch of YsLink (ys-link.net), a brand new Ys fan site.
Find information about games and characters, as well as interactive maps and timelines. If you're a huge #Falcom fan or a #JRPG enthusiast who's never dipped their toe in, now's a great time to be playing Ys!
Find information about games and characters, as well as interactive maps and timelines. If you're a huge #Falcom fan or a #JRPG enthusiast who's never dipped their toe in, now's a great time to be playing Ys!
March 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I am VERY excited to announce the launch of YsLink (ys-link.net), a brand new Ys fan site.
Find information about games and characters, as well as interactive maps and timelines. If you're a huge #Falcom fan or a #JRPG enthusiast who's never dipped their toe in, now's a great time to be playing Ys!
Find information about games and characters, as well as interactive maps and timelines. If you're a huge #Falcom fan or a #JRPG enthusiast who's never dipped their toe in, now's a great time to be playing Ys!
This bodes... poorly. Scopely's Monopoly Go game is one of the most predatory mobile games out there.
www.vooks.net/scopely-acqu...
www.vooks.net/scopely-acqu...
Scopely acquires Pokémon Go developer Niantic's game catalog - Vooks
Pokémon Gone?
www.vooks.net
March 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This bodes... poorly. Scopely's Monopoly Go game is one of the most predatory mobile games out there.
www.vooks.net/scopely-acqu...
www.vooks.net/scopely-acqu...
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Columbia grad student with a green card and a pregnant US citizen wife, abducted by ICE because of his political organizing, and now his lawyers can't find him.
Hey, @schumer.senate.gov. This is your constituent. Bring him back home.
Hey, @schumer.senate.gov. This is your constituent. Bring him back home.
UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
March 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Columbia grad student with a green card and a pregnant US citizen wife, abducted by ICE because of his political organizing, and now his lawyers can't find him.
Hey, @schumer.senate.gov. This is your constituent. Bring him back home.
Hey, @schumer.senate.gov. This is your constituent. Bring him back home.
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Final Fantasy adventures combine in 1994! Now for your new AV Famicom (released the year prior): the chance to enjoy Final Fantasy I & II on one sleek cart. Its arrival heralded by this live-action commercial.
Bonus trivia: the AV Fami/HVC-101 would be in production until 2003.
#VideoBytes
Bonus trivia: the AV Fami/HVC-101 would be in production until 2003.
#VideoBytes
March 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Final Fantasy adventures combine in 1994! Now for your new AV Famicom (released the year prior): the chance to enjoy Final Fantasy I & II on one sleek cart. Its arrival heralded by this live-action commercial.
Bonus trivia: the AV Fami/HVC-101 would be in production until 2003.
#VideoBytes
Bonus trivia: the AV Fami/HVC-101 would be in production until 2003.
#VideoBytes
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this is also my take for video games
my International Women’s Day (Sports Edition) take: put women on panels about sports at sports conferences, rather than just putting them on panels about being women in sports
March 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
this is also my take for video games
Put some thoughts up on @backloggd.com for Ys: Memories of Celceta. A really competent Vita game that has stuck with me more than I thought it would.
backloggd.com/games/ys-mem...
backloggd.com/games/ys-mem...
Ys: Memories of Celceta (2012)
A bustling town deep in the frontier at the foot of an endless sea of trees... It is into this wild and untamed setting that a young man collapses, memories gone and only his name to guide him.
Beref...
backloggd.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Put some thoughts up on @backloggd.com for Ys: Memories of Celceta. A really competent Vita game that has stuck with me more than I thought it would.
backloggd.com/games/ys-mem...
backloggd.com/games/ys-mem...
This was a great overview, and it has absolutely started tipping me towards the "hype" side of things
i got to play clair obscur: expedition 33 last week, and it continues to live up to the hype 👏
THEY PUT A SEKIRO PARRY IN A NEXT-GEN JRPG LMAO
it is DEFINITELY still my most anticipated game of 2025!!!!!!! i made a whole ass video reviewing the (SIX HOUR) preview, pls go watch
THEY PUT A SEKIRO PARRY IN A NEXT-GEN JRPG LMAO
it is DEFINITELY still my most anticipated game of 2025!!!!!!! i made a whole ass video reviewing the (SIX HOUR) preview, pls go watch
March 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This was a great overview, and it has absolutely started tipping me towards the "hype" side of things
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Vita has been my most played hand-held outside of Switch. I hadn’t touched mine in a while since I recently also got a 3DS, but playing Ys: Celceta on there (plus occasional bouts of Shovel Knight) has been a genuine treat
The #PSVita launched globally 13 years ago today!
I remember getting mine with Uncharted and Wipeout and downloading Escape Plan, Stardust, Plants V Zombies & MotorStorm RC. It’s still my favourite console. Over time, I collected all the launch games.
Who else got one at launch?
I remember getting mine with Uncharted and Wipeout and downloading Escape Plan, Stardust, Plants V Zombies & MotorStorm RC. It’s still my favourite console. Over time, I collected all the launch games.
Who else got one at launch?
February 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Vita has been my most played hand-held outside of Switch. I hadn’t touched mine in a while since I recently also got a 3DS, but playing Ys: Celceta on there (plus occasional bouts of Shovel Knight) has been a genuine treat
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NY was ready for this, they’ve already filed in court to fight it.
The Admin didn’t even give a timeline for when they will revoke the approval.
Hochul said “We are a nation of laws, not ruled by a king. We’ll see you in court.”
Tolling is gonna continue until the courts decide.
The Admin didn’t even give a timeline for when they will revoke the approval.
Hochul said “We are a nation of laws, not ruled by a king. We’ll see you in court.”
Tolling is gonna continue until the courts decide.
Trump Administration Moves to End New York’s Congestion Pricing Tolls (Gift Article)
The transportation secretary said he would revoke federal approval for the program, citing the cost to motorists; the Metropolitan Transportation Authority quickly filed a lawsuit to stop the move.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
NY was ready for this, they’ve already filed in court to fight it.
The Admin didn’t even give a timeline for when they will revoke the approval.
Hochul said “We are a nation of laws, not ruled by a king. We’ll see you in court.”
Tolling is gonna continue until the courts decide.
The Admin didn’t even give a timeline for when they will revoke the approval.
Hochul said “We are a nation of laws, not ruled by a king. We’ll see you in court.”
Tolling is gonna continue until the courts decide.
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Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes.
You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.
My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.
www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...
You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.
My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.
www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...
Public comment on US passport form changes related to trans
www.reddit.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes.
You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.
My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.
www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...
You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.
My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.
www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...
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Your outie has spent more than 400 hours playing the critically acclaimed MMORPG final fantasy XIV, with an expanded free trial which you can play through the entirety of A Realm Reborn and the award-winning --
February 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Your outie has spent more than 400 hours playing the critically acclaimed MMORPG final fantasy XIV, with an expanded free trial which you can play through the entirety of A Realm Reborn and the award-winning --
To combat the general feeling of helplessness, I've tried to get more involved in my local politics. It's nice to see that pressure from NYC constituents against Adams is leading somewhere (for the moment) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/n...
Hochul to Meet With City Leaders to Discuss the ‘Path Forward’ for Mayor
After four top aides to Mayor Eric Adams resigned, calls for him to step down are growing.
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
To combat the general feeling of helplessness, I've tried to get more involved in my local politics. It's nice to see that pressure from NYC constituents against Adams is leading somewhere (for the moment) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/n...
Some good coverage of the NYC anti-fascist protests in Union Square today: www.reddit.com/r/Micromobil...
From the MicromobilityNYC community on Reddit: Enormous crowd takes over downtown to fight back against fascism, call for the removal of Eric Adams
Explore this post and more from the MicromobilityNYC community
www.reddit.com
February 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Some good coverage of the NYC anti-fascist protests in Union Square today: www.reddit.com/r/Micromobil...
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Please see my previous reskeet for why there are red flags with this project with its use of GenAI and a couple of other things, but yeah, old style text adventures are one things that have never gone away. And there are more graphical IF/visual novels than ever.
ifdb.org#games
ifdb.org#games
February 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Please see my previous reskeet for why there are red flags with this project with its use of GenAI and a couple of other things, but yeah, old style text adventures are one things that have never gone away. And there are more graphical IF/visual novels than ever.
ifdb.org#games
ifdb.org#games
Next up in my story path playthrough of the entire Ys series is Ys IV: Memories of Celceta. A very good excuse to bring out my Vita for the first time since my Japan trip!
February 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Next up in my story path playthrough of the entire Ys series is Ys IV: Memories of Celceta. A very good excuse to bring out my Vita for the first time since my Japan trip!
Wrapped up Ys X: Nordics today, a game which I very much enjoyed but also felt like a weaker imitation of Ys VIII. Thoughts over on Backloggd:
backloggd.com/games/ys-x-n...
backloggd.com/games/ys-x-n...
Ys X: Nordics (2023)
Ys X: Nordics is a brand-new adventure set in the northern sea Obelia Bay, featuring young adventurer Adol Christin as the protagonist. Please look forward to this latest title in the Ys series, from ...
backloggd.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Wrapped up Ys X: Nordics today, a game which I very much enjoyed but also felt like a weaker imitation of Ys VIII. Thoughts over on Backloggd:
backloggd.com/games/ys-x-n...
backloggd.com/games/ys-x-n...
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Please register in NYC if you haven’t already.
Friends in NYC, today is the LAST DAY to register as a Democrat online so you can vote in the June primary against Eric Adams! Please do it now!
Direct link to the NYC voter registration portal! Register as a DEMOCRAT to vote in the June primary and kick Eric Adams out of office!
e-register.vote.nyc
e-register.vote.nyc
February 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Please register in NYC if you haven’t already.
As I've learned more in my master's program about gamification being co-opted by gambling sectors, I'm more appreciative of videos like this that really lay out in incontrovertibly clear terms how predatory that whole ecosystem is. Worth a watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZvX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZvX...
What Everyone Gets Wrong About Gambling on Sports
YouTube video by Extranet Shaquille
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
As I've learned more in my master's program about gamification being co-opted by gambling sectors, I'm more appreciative of videos like this that really lay out in incontrovertibly clear terms how predatory that whole ecosystem is. Worth a watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZvX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZvX...
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Official Taiwanese poster for "Nausicaa" (in cinemas there on March 6).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fuR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fuR...
February 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Official Taiwanese poster for "Nausicaa" (in cinemas there on March 6).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fuR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fuR...
Continuing to practice segments and cut time off my Ys I Complete run. Happy to have so readily cleared 50 minutes already. Need to still work on my Y&O/Dark Fact double whammy boss fight.
February 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Continuing to practice segments and cut time off my Ys I Complete run. Happy to have so readily cleared 50 minutes already. Need to still work on my Y&O/Dark Fact double whammy boss fight.
