Stacy

Chrono Trigger ruined me for normal hobbies. Now I'm the person whose YouTube feed is 90% dev logs and who gets genuinely emotional about clever game mechanics. Consider this my therapy: writing about games so I don't have to corner strangers with my thoughts on procedural generation. Follow me on Bluesky! @stacyongames.bsky.social‬
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Second Chances : Your Backlog is not a Burden

Second Chances : Your Backlog is not a Burden

Video version if preferred https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mTgRrq_iGw I'm standing in line at Gamers, my local game store, in 2002. The fluorescent lights are humming overhead. There's that distinct smell of new plastic cases and carpet that every game store seemed to have back then. I've got Morrowind in my hands and I'm…
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Review : Ghost of Yōtei : Rise of the Wolf

Review : Ghost of Yōtei : Rise of the Wolf

Following up one of the most beloved new franchises of the last generation is no small task. Sucker Punch could’ve played it safe and given us another chapter of Jin’s story and called it a day. Instead, they took a risk. A new protagonist. A new setting. A new story…
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Review : Sword of the Sea : Poetry in Motion

Review : Sword of the Sea : Poetry in Motion

What happens when you mash together a hoverboard, a magic sword, and the artistic DNA of Journey and Abzû? You get Sword of the Sea, Giant Squid’s latest work of interactive poetry. This is a game where dunes roll like ocean swells, where you carve across dead landscapes and breathe…
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Trainatic Preview : Vampire Survivors…on a Train?

Trainatic Preview : Vampire Survivors…on a Train?

I'll admit it - when I booted up Trainatic, I half expected another Vampire Survivors clone. What I got, instead, was Ryan Forrester's charming take on cozy destruction. Built in Godot, this is his third game, and after ninety minutes with the demo, Trainatic shows enough promise to stay on…
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