Hana no Maude
@hananomaude.bsky.social
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Cofounder of deargamers.net (@deargamers.bsky.social)
The miracle continued yesterday and I got a good bit of story bc I ended up doing 5 runs for 5 Ws!!!! 4 consecutive up wins + 1 more down for 4 each way in total 👀👀👀
November 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The miracle continued yesterday and I got a good bit of story bc I ended up doing 5 runs for 5 Ws!!!! 4 consecutive up wins + 1 more down for 4 each way in total 👀👀👀
I see the rival battles and wince 🤣🤣🤣
But yesterday turned into GENERATIONAL progress. I did 5 runs. 4 up. 1 down
5 consecutive Ws 👀 I need two more down and then time for some witchy business… 👀
(I’m not very good bc compare yesterdays 5 to the day before… 😅 but it feels possible now)
But yesterday turned into GENERATIONAL progress. I did 5 runs. 4 up. 1 down
5 consecutive Ws 👀 I need two more down and then time for some witchy business… 👀
(I’m not very good bc compare yesterdays 5 to the day before… 😅 but it feels possible now)
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I see the rival battles and wince 🤣🤣🤣
But yesterday turned into GENERATIONAL progress. I did 5 runs. 4 up. 1 down
5 consecutive Ws 👀 I need two more down and then time for some witchy business… 👀
(I’m not very good bc compare yesterdays 5 to the day before… 😅 but it feels possible now)
But yesterday turned into GENERATIONAL progress. I did 5 runs. 4 up. 1 down
5 consecutive Ws 👀 I need two more down and then time for some witchy business… 👀
(I’m not very good bc compare yesterdays 5 to the day before… 😅 but it feels possible now)
What I’m thankful for today is THIS BIG FAT W 😤
Had time for “just one run” in Hades II (but actually just the one 🤣) before Thanksgiving part 2 today
(Enemy names censored for spoilers)
Had time for “just one run” in Hades II (but actually just the one 🤣) before Thanksgiving part 2 today
(Enemy names censored for spoilers)
November 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
What I’m thankful for today is THIS BIG FAT W 😤
Had time for “just one run” in Hades II (but actually just the one 🤣) before Thanksgiving part 2 today
(Enemy names censored for spoilers)
Had time for “just one run” in Hades II (but actually just the one 🤣) before Thanksgiving part 2 today
(Enemy names censored for spoilers)
Some games from my backlog that I’m hoping to play next year! 🫡
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Some games from my backlog that I’m hoping to play next year! 🫡
Update on Hades II progress from last night:
I guess I could summarize my feelings on the game by sayin-
DEATH TO CHRONOS 😤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
First victory achieved & more to come 😤
Can confirm. This WILL be the 1st game since May to break my top 3 of 2025
I guess I could summarize my feelings on the game by sayin-
DEATH TO CHRONOS 😤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
First victory achieved & more to come 😤
Can confirm. This WILL be the 1st game since May to break my top 3 of 2025
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Update on Hades II progress from last night:
I guess I could summarize my feelings on the game by sayin-
DEATH TO CHRONOS 😤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
First victory achieved & more to come 😤
Can confirm. This WILL be the 1st game since May to break my top 3 of 2025
I guess I could summarize my feelings on the game by sayin-
DEATH TO CHRONOS 😤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
First victory achieved & more to come 😤
Can confirm. This WILL be the 1st game since May to break my top 3 of 2025
For some reason or other - none in particular - I have roguelite on the brain today 🧐
SO underrated roguelite indie rec:
Curse of the Dead Gods
SO underrated roguelite indie rec:
Curse of the Dead Gods
November 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
For some reason or other - none in particular - I have roguelite on the brain today 🧐
SO underrated roguelite indie rec:
Curse of the Dead Gods
SO underrated roguelite indie rec:
Curse of the Dead Gods
Last night, by my 5th run I’d made it to Hades 2’s 3rd boss, and I had moment where I felt it:
So long as I don’t burn out on the roguelite repetition, Hades 2 won’t only be a top 5 game for me this year, but it’ll be the 1st contender to break into my top 3 since May 😱
I’m 1000% IN 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
So long as I don’t burn out on the roguelite repetition, Hades 2 won’t only be a top 5 game for me this year, but it’ll be the 1st contender to break into my top 3 since May 😱
I’m 1000% IN 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Last night, by my 5th run I’d made it to Hades 2’s 3rd boss, and I had moment where I felt it:
So long as I don’t burn out on the roguelite repetition, Hades 2 won’t only be a top 5 game for me this year, but it’ll be the 1st contender to break into my top 3 since May 😱
I’m 1000% IN 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
So long as I don’t burn out on the roguelite repetition, Hades 2 won’t only be a top 5 game for me this year, but it’ll be the 1st contender to break into my top 3 since May 😱
I’m 1000% IN 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
K: Kunitsu-gami Path of the Goddess
Nothing about my usual play habits screams tower defense or RTS and I’m even kinda picky with character action. And Kunitsu-gami is a weird blend of all of those. But the beautiful kabuki presentation pulled me in & it was easily a top 10 game of 2024 for me 🔥
Nothing about my usual play habits screams tower defense or RTS and I’m even kinda picky with character action. And Kunitsu-gami is a weird blend of all of those. But the beautiful kabuki presentation pulled me in & it was easily a top 10 game of 2024 for me 🔥
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
K: Kunitsu-gami Path of the Goddess
Nothing about my usual play habits screams tower defense or RTS and I’m even kinda picky with character action. And Kunitsu-gami is a weird blend of all of those. But the beautiful kabuki presentation pulled me in & it was easily a top 10 game of 2024 for me 🔥
Nothing about my usual play habits screams tower defense or RTS and I’m even kinda picky with character action. And Kunitsu-gami is a weird blend of all of those. But the beautiful kabuki presentation pulled me in & it was easily a top 10 game of 2024 for me 🔥
No these were saved in YOUR camera roll
Not mine
😶🌫️
Not mine
😶🌫️
November 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
No these were saved in YOUR camera roll
Not mine
😶🌫️
Not mine
😶🌫️
Sometimes in life, people commit random acts of kindness that lift up your day 🥹
Thanks to @jwac4780.bsky.social for gifting me eshop credit so I could pick up Absolum 👀🔥🔥🔥
Since I just started Hades 2 I won’t dive in just yet… but now the opportunity is there and waiting 🙌🙏🙌
Thanks to @jwac4780.bsky.social for gifting me eshop credit so I could pick up Absolum 👀🔥🔥🔥
Since I just started Hades 2 I won’t dive in just yet… but now the opportunity is there and waiting 🙌🙏🙌
November 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Sometimes in life, people commit random acts of kindness that lift up your day 🥹
Thanks to @jwac4780.bsky.social for gifting me eshop credit so I could pick up Absolum 👀🔥🔥🔥
Since I just started Hades 2 I won’t dive in just yet… but now the opportunity is there and waiting 🙌🙏🙌
Thanks to @jwac4780.bsky.social for gifting me eshop credit so I could pick up Absolum 👀🔥🔥🔥
Since I just started Hades 2 I won’t dive in just yet… but now the opportunity is there and waiting 🙌🙏🙌
Another stressful week, BUT I had 2 incredible game experiences yesterday. The kind you don’t forget
1: Finished DQII post game 100% TRUE ending to the HD2D trilogy. No spoilers, but damn Square. You did good 🥹
2: Dipped into Hades 2 for a quick 1st run. Made it Hecate & yeah. Shit’s DANGEROUS 🔥
1: Finished DQII post game 100% TRUE ending to the HD2D trilogy. No spoilers, but damn Square. You did good 🥹
2: Dipped into Hades 2 for a quick 1st run. Made it Hecate & yeah. Shit’s DANGEROUS 🔥
November 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Another stressful week, BUT I had 2 incredible game experiences yesterday. The kind you don’t forget
1: Finished DQII post game 100% TRUE ending to the HD2D trilogy. No spoilers, but damn Square. You did good 🥹
2: Dipped into Hades 2 for a quick 1st run. Made it Hecate & yeah. Shit’s DANGEROUS 🔥
1: Finished DQII post game 100% TRUE ending to the HD2D trilogy. No spoilers, but damn Square. You did good 🥹
2: Dipped into Hades 2 for a quick 1st run. Made it Hecate & yeah. Shit’s DANGEROUS 🔥
I replayed it 5 months ago and could go again 🤣 hell it’s my Lock Screen rn
November 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I replayed it 5 months ago and could go again 🤣 hell it’s my Lock Screen rn
G: Greedfall
I play a lot of RPGs. *JRPGs. I don’t have much experience at all with western RPGs. And Greedfall followed the spiders tradition of being a janky buggy mess at launch
But I loved every. Single. Damn. Minute of it
I play a lot of RPGs. *JRPGs. I don’t have much experience at all with western RPGs. And Greedfall followed the spiders tradition of being a janky buggy mess at launch
But I loved every. Single. Damn. Minute of it
November 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
G: Greedfall
I play a lot of RPGs. *JRPGs. I don’t have much experience at all with western RPGs. And Greedfall followed the spiders tradition of being a janky buggy mess at launch
But I loved every. Single. Damn. Minute of it
I play a lot of RPGs. *JRPGs. I don’t have much experience at all with western RPGs. And Greedfall followed the spiders tradition of being a janky buggy mess at launch
But I loved every. Single. Damn. Minute of it
As a Supergiant Superfan, the wait for this has been long and hard
But so so SO worth it 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
(ICYMI they’re my favorite indie dev, Pyre is my favorite indie game, and I’m still a physical gamer at heart)
But so so SO worth it 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
(ICYMI they’re my favorite indie dev, Pyre is my favorite indie game, and I’m still a physical gamer at heart)
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
As a Supergiant Superfan, the wait for this has been long and hard
But so so SO worth it 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
(ICYMI they’re my favorite indie dev, Pyre is my favorite indie game, and I’m still a physical gamer at heart)
But so so SO worth it 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
(ICYMI they’re my favorite indie dev, Pyre is my favorite indie game, and I’m still a physical gamer at heart)
36th game of 2025:
DQII 🐉
I still have post game but I want to say this now: I’ve often called DQ “Smile, the game.” DQ is the classic JRPG gameplay I love w a perfect blend of levity & tragedy. Playing these 2 remakes while dealing w bad news these past weeks has literally been a saving grace 🥹💙
DQII 🐉
I still have post game but I want to say this now: I’ve often called DQ “Smile, the game.” DQ is the classic JRPG gameplay I love w a perfect blend of levity & tragedy. Playing these 2 remakes while dealing w bad news these past weeks has literally been a saving grace 🥹💙
November 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
36th game of 2025:
DQII 🐉
I still have post game but I want to say this now: I’ve often called DQ “Smile, the game.” DQ is the classic JRPG gameplay I love w a perfect blend of levity & tragedy. Playing these 2 remakes while dealing w bad news these past weeks has literally been a saving grace 🥹💙
DQII 🐉
I still have post game but I want to say this now: I’ve often called DQ “Smile, the game.” DQ is the classic JRPG gameplay I love w a perfect blend of levity & tragedy. Playing these 2 remakes while dealing w bad news these past weeks has literally been a saving grace 🥹💙
Okay anyone who knows me knows I don’t do a lot of these quote posts BUT the hidden skill made me laugh WAY too hard 🤣
This is a skill I’ve intentionally honed for meetings 😶
This is a skill I’ve intentionally honed for meetings 😶
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Okay anyone who knows me knows I don’t do a lot of these quote posts BUT the hidden skill made me laugh WAY too hard 🤣
This is a skill I’ve intentionally honed for meetings 😶
This is a skill I’ve intentionally honed for meetings 😶
Time is an illusion
And so are pants
And so are pants
November 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Time is an illusion
And so are pants
And so are pants
Ya know what? For you I break out the mirror selfie
And yes, I have a baseball hat on under a beanie under a hood. This is how I go to the gym in winter 🤣
And yes, I have a baseball hat on under a beanie under a hood. This is how I go to the gym in winter 🤣
November 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Ya know what? For you I break out the mirror selfie
And yes, I have a baseball hat on under a beanie under a hood. This is how I go to the gym in winter 🤣
And yes, I have a baseball hat on under a beanie under a hood. This is how I go to the gym in winter 🤣
Gentle reminder: Game Awards celebrate games & the devs working hard to make them
Not every Awards can recognize every game. But it’s not all zero sum
Love a game? Shout it out! Be loud w support!
But you don’t have to take love away from one game to give it to another. Celebrate more, not less
Not every Awards can recognize every game. But it’s not all zero sum
Love a game? Shout it out! Be loud w support!
But you don’t have to take love away from one game to give it to another. Celebrate more, not less
November 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Gentle reminder: Game Awards celebrate games & the devs working hard to make them
Not every Awards can recognize every game. But it’s not all zero sum
Love a game? Shout it out! Be loud w support!
But you don’t have to take love away from one game to give it to another. Celebrate more, not less
Not every Awards can recognize every game. But it’s not all zero sum
Love a game? Shout it out! Be loud w support!
But you don’t have to take love away from one game to give it to another. Celebrate more, not less
These are definitely less “high end” compared to an Elite but the model closest to it (albeit lighter I imagine to hold) would be the Ultimate 2
My 3 favs are the Ultimate 2, my new toy (Pro 3), & the SN30 Pro (I have the discontinued SNES color way, but the second they drop a new one… #7 coming)
My 3 favs are the Ultimate 2, my new toy (Pro 3), & the SN30 Pro (I have the discontinued SNES color way, but the second they drop a new one… #7 coming)
November 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
These are definitely less “high end” compared to an Elite but the model closest to it (albeit lighter I imagine to hold) would be the Ultimate 2
My 3 favs are the Ultimate 2, my new toy (Pro 3), & the SN30 Pro (I have the discontinued SNES color way, but the second they drop a new one… #7 coming)
My 3 favs are the Ultimate 2, my new toy (Pro 3), & the SN30 Pro (I have the discontinued SNES color way, but the second they drop a new one… #7 coming)
I usually budget & plan purchases extensively. I don’t impulse buy
But w how hard things have been, I let myself do a lil emotional spending 👀
Since 8bitdo dropped this color, my nostalgia has been dying to grab it - so I said yes & even bought a couple Square tees too
Nice things feel nice 🥹
But w how hard things have been, I let myself do a lil emotional spending 👀
Since 8bitdo dropped this color, my nostalgia has been dying to grab it - so I said yes & even bought a couple Square tees too
Nice things feel nice 🥹
November 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I usually budget & plan purchases extensively. I don’t impulse buy
But w how hard things have been, I let myself do a lil emotional spending 👀
Since 8bitdo dropped this color, my nostalgia has been dying to grab it - so I said yes & even bought a couple Square tees too
Nice things feel nice 🥹
But w how hard things have been, I let myself do a lil emotional spending 👀
Since 8bitdo dropped this color, my nostalgia has been dying to grab it - so I said yes & even bought a couple Square tees too
Nice things feel nice 🥹
Timing/fate seems to be messing with us rn 😳
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Timing/fate seems to be messing with us rn 😳
Mostly what I’ll remember is the strong characterization across writing, animation & gameplay scenarios. Plus the episodes are a near perfect length & pacing w smart narrative stopping points. Extremely glad I did this weekly with everyone
Mostly pros here w 3 fairly minor & personal cons:
Mostly pros here w 3 fairly minor & personal cons:
November 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Mostly what I’ll remember is the strong characterization across writing, animation & gameplay scenarios. Plus the episodes are a near perfect length & pacing w smart narrative stopping points. Extremely glad I did this weekly with everyone
Mostly pros here w 3 fairly minor & personal cons:
Mostly pros here w 3 fairly minor & personal cons: