Thursday, May 15, 2025

Lets Play Dungeon Crawler Torchlight Part 18

Hi friends! Grab your potions and stuff that backpack until it screams, because we’re heading into Part 18 of Torchlight, one of my favorite dungeon crawlers of all time. Eighteen parts. Yeah, we’ve been at this so long that if Torchlight were a Netflix series, we’d be waiting for the renewal announcement by now.

Torchlight is one of those games where you go in thinking, “Okay, I’ll just play for a little bit, kill a few goblins, maybe loot a chest or two.” Then suddenly, three hours later, your pet wolf is running back to town to sell off the 47 rusty swords you’ve hoarded because you swear you might need one of them someday. Spoiler: you won’t.

But here we are, still crawling through this endless labyrinth like IKEA customers looking for the exit. Except instead of meatballs at the end, we get fire breathing dragons, skeletons and questionable magical jewelry.

So buckle up, sharpen your axe, and don’t forget to feed your pet because if there’s one thing Torchlight teaches us, it’s that fighting hordes of monsters is cool, but having a dog who can run errands for you? That’s priceless.

Monday, May 12, 2025

Lets Play Twinkle Star Sprites From SNK (Retro Gaming)

Hi! Today we’re playing Twinkle Star Sprites, a retro fever dream SNK decided to relaunch just to test my reflexes and patience. This game looks all cute and glittery at first, like “aww, magical girls throwing sparkles”, but five seconds in, it’s pure chaos. It’s like Mario Kart if everyone ditched their karts and started firing rainbow death lasers.

You’ve got fireballs, you’ve got counter-attacks, you’ve got screen-filling explosions that make you question whether you’re actually winning or just slowly ascending into another dimension and the best part? You can get totally annihilated by a character who looks like they belong on a third grader’s sticker sheet. Humiliating and yet also adorable.

Grab your snacks, don’t blink, and watch me get turned into sparkling retro rubble.