Sunday, January 5, 2025

Community Game-Along 2025 Stream Line-up




For my 2025 stream lineup, I'm pleased to be participating in the Community Game-Along! Additionally, this will be my first year streaming as part of a Twitch team, ClubCRT

One of my goals this year is to stream more retro games and spread them out throughout the year. Below you'll see the list of themes for 2025 and the games (or type of games) I'm considering for each theme. My Twitch followers can use Capsule Creds to request games to fill the open slots.

I'll update this post throughout the year as I populate the line-up with more games.

January: Farming Games (and Backlog Catch-up)

  • Neva
  • Infinity Nikki
  • Five Star Stories (model kit)

February: Dating Sims (and Backlog Catch-up)

  • Metroid Prime 3
  • Bakeru
  • <1 slot open>

March: Monster Hunter-likes

  • Monster Hunter Wilds
  • TBD retro game
  • <1 slot open>

April: Platformers

  • TBD retro platformer
  • TBD modern platformer
  • Ninja 1987
  • <1 slots open>

May: Fighting & Brawlers 

  • Street Fighter 6
  • TBD retro fighter/brawler
  • <2 slots open>

June: Games featuring Akira Toriyama's art

  • Sand Land
  • TBD retro Toriyama Game
  • Model Kit

July: JRPGs

  • TBD modern JRPG or carry-over from June
  • TBD retro JRPG

August: Detective

  • Later Alligator
  • TBD retro detective game

September: Shmups

  • TBD retro shmup
  • TBD modern Shmuptember
  • Ranger-X
  • <5 slots open>

October: Horror

  • TBD retro horror game
  • TBD modern horror game
  • <2 slots open>

November: Visual Novels (and Backlog Catch-up)

  • TBD retro game
  • <1 slot open>

December: Music Games and DOS Games

  • Loom
  • <3 slots open>

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Game of the Year 2024

A collage of box art of all the names I beat this year

It's been many years since I've written one of these, but I find myself feeling inspired to write a quick roundup of my favorite games I've played this year. For this list, the only requirement is that I beat these games at some point in 2024.

Here are my top 5 favorite games that I played in 2024, regardless of release date:

#5) Star Wars Tie Fighter

This is a game I've been meaning to play since I was about 10 years old. I'm so glad I finally got around to it! The learning curve was steep, but even 30 years after its release, it's one of the most immersive space flight sims you can play.

#4) Iron Meat

With great run-and-gun action and a face-melting heavy metal soundtrack, I had a blast with Iron Meat. It's the best game in this style since the original Contra games!

#3) Prodigal

I had a really hard time putting down ColorGrave's Gameboy-style Zelda-like. I didn't think the inclusion of dating-sim elements would gel well with this type of game, but they actually helped me get further engrossed in the game's world.

#2) Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

It's about time Princess Zelda got a starring role in a Nintendo-made Legend of Zelda game. It was worth the wait! This game does a great job of fusing modern BotW elements with the classic Zelda formula.

#1) Lies of P

Dark Souls meets Pinocchio sounds like a totally ridiculous concept, but it works so well! Lies of P's gameplay, world, and characters had me completely obsessed for the first few months of this year.

Happy New Year!
What were your favorite games you played in 2024?