January 2025 Archives
Backlog Bloggery: Pushika - Cat Sukia Game
Posted on January 24
Pushika is an adorable and free cat sukia game – a puzzle game where you stack similar elements to combine them and make larger elements. This may sound simple and silly, but it’s actually quite addicting and very fun!
Nintendo Switch 2 Announcement - Why Should I Switch from Switch?
Posted on January 18
This week, the news many of us have been waiting for arrived – the official announcement of the Nintendo Switch 2. We got a nice hardware trailer and a little bit of information about the system, with a promise of more info to come during the Nintendo Direct on April 2.
Posted on January 17
Buggos is a RTS auto battler where you play as a hive of alien bugs invading a planet and waging conquest over the human race. It’s presented in a retro pixel art style, and has a good sense of humor overall.
Posted on January 16
Today marks the 11th year anniversary of launching this blog! This is the post where I usually go into some history of the blog and what I’ve accomplished since this time last year, but this time, I feel like this might be a shorter post than usual.
Backlog Bloggery: Trading Towns
Posted on January 10
Trading Towns is a pixel graphic economic game where you expand the lands around your town, discover the resources there, and work to make it prosperous. There’s actually a nice game idea to enjoy here, and I really wanted to like it. However, some UX design flaws and the overall unoptimized gameplay put me off after a short time of gameplay.
FFXIV: How to Find an Art Party in 2025
Posted on January 9
Attending art parties in FFXIV is one of my favorite semi-social activities in the game. It’s usually a chill get together where your character hangs out in a set location, sometimes with themed glamour. If you’re an artist and feel like drawing other people’s characters, you have plenty of willing and often thankful folks standing as a model. If you’re not an artist, that’s not a big deal – come to hang out, maybe socialize (not required), and sometimes get your character drawn as a bonus!
Organizing Projects as a Multi-Passionate Creative
Posted on January 8
It was all of a couple days ago that I discovered a new term for what I am – a multi-passionate creative. In a nutshell, this means I pick up many hobbies, explore many creative avenues, and have way too many projects going at one time.
AFK Journey: Season 2 Complete, Season 3 Begins Soon
Posted on January 6
Last week, I finally finished the main story for AFK Journey Season 2. Just in time, too, because Season 3 - Chains of Eternity – is set to start on January 17.
Backlog Bloggery: Aces & Adventures
Posted on January 3
This is an RPG deck building roguelite that incorporates some poker hand elements. I do enjoy a good battle card game roguelite type game, but it took me numerous rounds of failure before I was able to clear the Warrior story tutorial.
Posted on January 2
I was absolutely not intending to get a new desk anytime soon… but I have.
Posted on January 1
Buckle up, I’ve got a big list of goals for 2025! I’m including a few project-type things in here this year, as well, which is new. Some of these goals are repeats of previous year goals, things I want to maintain and do better than last year.