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Toast @smoketoast.bsky.social · Jun 24

Felt like sharing 25 of my all time favorite video games, in no particular order

#promosky #gaming

Infamous Second Son, Dark Souls 3, Assassins Creed 3, God of War (2018), Devil May Cry 5, Elden Ring, Dead Space 2, Ghost of Tsushima, Fallout 4, Darksiders 3, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Gravity Rush, Halo: Reach, Spider-Man (2018), Stellar Blade, inFAMOUS 2, Warframe, The Last of Us, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Dragon Ball: Xenoverse, Mortal Kombat (2011), Super Smash Bro. Ultimate, DOOM 64

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Toast @smoketoast.bsky.social · 3h

The Onryō
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#VirtualPhotography | #VPGamers I #ThePhotoMode I #GhostOfYōtei |
#VPSupport I #VPRepost I #VideoGames |

A dramatic black and white photograph of Atsu from Ghost of Yōtei. She sheaths her sword as a dead body lays in front of her in the grass. Lightning strikes behind her, illuminating a mountain range in the distance.

Toast @smoketoast.bsky.social · 5h

🔊🔊🔊

A screenshot of my phone showing that I'm listening to "The Laugh Track" by Ice Nine Kills

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Feodor Chin @feochin.bsky.social · 22h

Let’s be clear. Our government isn’t shut down because Democratic lawmakers want “free healthcare for illegal immigrants.” It’s shut down because Republicans want tax breaks for billionaires and pardons for pedophiles.

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Feodor Chin @feochin.bsky.social · 20h

BREAKING: Only thing Donald Trump making great in America again is measles.

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Toast @smoketoast.bsky.social · 1d

Haunted Grounds
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#VirtualPhotography | #VPGamers I #ThePhotoMode I #GhostOfYōtei |
#VPSupport I #VPRepost I #VideoGames |

A misty meadow sprouting with red spider lily flowers

Atsu stands in a courtyard, gazing at a pagoda in a dense green fog

Atsu walks up stars covered with thick fog, the way is lit with paper lanterns

Toast @smoketoast.bsky.social · 1d

"Half as long, twice as bright"
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Bro it was so cool to come across this 😭🙏 I love inFAMOUS so much and it makes me happy to see Sucker Punch still giving it love in 2025 🥹
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#VPSupport I #VPRepost I #VideoGames |

A mural depicting Cole Macgrath from inFAMOUS fighting his enemy, The Beast. It's stylized in classic Japanese folktale art.

Toast @smoketoast.bsky.social · 2d

Halo 3 is top 50 video games ever made, I wouldn't take it down either

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 2d

GameStop's response to one of their stores still having a 'Halo 3' mural from 2007:

"We'll take it down when something better comes out"

Toast @smoketoast.bsky.social · 2d

and even then, Tsushima presented the checklist format in an immersive and engaging way that no other AAA open world game at the time really did

sure you could say it's essentially just a fresh coat of paint but that already put it leaps and bounds over a lot of Ubisoft's output

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Toast @smoketoast.bsky.social · 2d

genuinely a wild leap in logic but it's your loss, man

Toast @smoketoast.bsky.social · 2d

if Tsushima to you was a noticeable step above Ubisoft's typical output with great design and mechanics, then how did you come to the conclusion that it's sequel (which is being universally praised for being an improvement in every regard) is somehow "ubisoft slop"?

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Toast @smoketoast.bsky.social · 2d

ubisoft doesn't define open world action adventure games and it's close minded to think every game in the genre feeds into the same slop that ubisoft does

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Toast @smoketoast.bsky.social · 3d

yōtei wasn't developed by ubisoft

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Toast @smoketoast.bsky.social · 3d

Here's a bonus picture I took cleaning out this same camp.

Atsu and her wolf campion take out a pair of Oni raiders in unison.

Toast @smoketoast.bsky.social · 3d

Never Saw It Coming
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Atsu leaps from the top of a watchtower, sword held in a stabbing motion. She angled to assassinate an Oni Raider. The screenshot is stylized to only be in black, white, and red.

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Toast @smoketoast.bsky.social · 4d

I am extremely jealous of your composition skills 😭🙏

Toast @smoketoast.bsky.social · 4d

Winding Tears
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I am profoundly impressed by how good this game looks dude. This shrine in particular took my breath away.
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#VPSupport I #VPRepost I #VideoGames |

Atsu swings across a mountainous and rock valley utilizing a rope and hook. Orange leaved trees sprout from the mountains surrounding her.

Atsu stands in the entrance of a cave, looking over the same valley. A shrine is visible in the distance.

Atsu stands atop the valley and gazes over the wilds of Ezo. A burning castle is seen in the distance, and Mount Yōtei rises high above everything else, cradling the land.

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Amich 🖤 @amich-vp.bsky.social · 4d

Ghost of Yotei

#GhostOfYotei
#VirtualPhotography #ThePhotoMode

@suckerpunchprod.bsky.social
@lorderk.bsky.social

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Toast @smoketoast.bsky.social · 4d

I've been having a blast

Toast @smoketoast.bsky.social · 4d

> "fascist collaborators"
> a single individual on a team of 160 people

this is a miserable way to go about life, there's far more tangible and actual fascist sympathizers to direct your anger towards

Toast @smoketoast.bsky.social · 4d

I chose the restless one, named them Mochizuki 🫶

Toast @smoketoast.bsky.social · 4d

wouldn't be a silent hill game if it didn't leave you profoundly perplexed at the end, lmao

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Adam Ellis @adamtots.bsky.social · 4d

When I was a kid, I saw diversity all over the media I consumed because we all understood it was a good thing. Now suddenly any display of diversity is considered dangerous. Wonder why.

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Toast @smoketoast.bsky.social · 4d

The Ghost.
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#VPSupport I #VPRepost I #VideoGames |

A screenshot from Ghost of Yōtei. Atsu stands in the center of the image in heavy shadow and high contrast, the full moon shines behind her silhouette.

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Toast @smoketoast.bsky.social · 5d

Ezo
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#VPSupport I #VPRepost I #VideoGames |

A scenic screenshot from Ghost of Yōtei featuring a mountainous forest.

A scenic screenshot from Ghost of Yōtei, featuring the majestic mountain herself.

A scenic screenshot from Ghost of Yōtei from atop Mount Yōtei, looking down at the wilds of Ezo through clouds.

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Toast @smoketoast.bsky.social · 5d

capturing this with mount yōtei in the background 🤌🤌🤌
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