Video Games

    Top Games (of the Other Years) of 2025

    Games are rated using a star system, with three stars indicating all time favorites, two stars for occasional returns, and one star for enjoyable games that haven’t be replayed.

    Played Wordatro I was hoping for a game more like wordle than Scrabble. I’m not great at figuring out anagrams in my head so I didn’t enjoy the game as much as I hoped. Minute cryptic is my current word game of choice!

    Played Dawnfolk (Darenn Keller, Astra Logical) 🌄

    My steam deck keeps turning on I think it’s from turning my xbox controller on but I’m not using the controller with it. Does the steam deck turn on for reasons other than pressing the power button or charging for anyone else?

    Return to Monkey Island

    Return to Monkey Island is a fun and well-designed game that successfully updates classic point-and-click adventures with its enjoyable puzzles and appealing visuals.

    Animal Well seems like a really fun game. I really like the integration of PS5’s controller haptic feedback. The platforming was too frustrating for me to get far so unfortunately this is another I did not finish (DNF).

    www.backloggd.com/u/Machine…

    I got a Playstation 5 late last year and essentially burnt myself out on (Square Enix) RPGs. This week I played through Wytchwood and it felt like a breath of fresh air. Highly recommended for folks who need a breather between giant AAA games. #indiegames