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Levi Winslow
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staff writer, kotaku. they/them. beats: esports, creator culture + internet discourse, preservation + sustainability, news. send me tea and tips 🖤

if my eyes had to see it this morning then so do your eyes Read more

that’s exactly why i love the lone wolf ashes so much. not the hardest-hitting summons in the game but definitely some of the most effective at ganging on up a target and providing enough of a distraction for you to plan what comes next Read more

what can we say, a lotta us love getting our asses kicked by elden ring Read more

tiche looks particularly cool but kinda erratic. is it a good summon? Read more

lol it’s a fair grievance and maybe we’ll all get sick of it one day but tbh i always enjoyed how tim rogers ended his videos. it feels silly, like a videogame website taking itself too seriously. like trent crimm, the independent (if you get that) Read more

i agree ! i was taken aback by the consistency of the game’s difficulty (or lack thereof) across multiple reviews. it’s kirby ! it’s supposed to be cute and fun Read more

yeah some reviews seemed oddly fixated on the game’s lack of challenge. kirby is a cute adventure-platformer with super lite action. it’s not elden ring or devil may cry 5 or whatever so why expect it to be something it’s just not? it’s weird Read more

imo i think the only reason we view older kirby games as “hard” is because we were kids at the time. i wasn’t even born when the first game came out. ofc the lexicon of videogame mechanics weren’t in our child brains: we sucked ! but now that we’ve played videogames for 20+ years kirby’s easy. and that’s because we’ve Read more

yeah that’s part of it. that whole week put us behind and we’re still kinda playing catch up. hence all the elden ring blogs (partly because there’s so much of it, mostly because a few staffers are playing it rn (myself included)). the elden ring review is totally coming tho not too sure about pokemon 🤔 Read more

tbh it’s a bummer. my partner and i are stoked about this game lol Read more

yeah if you aren’t already interested in souls games then elden ring is a tough sell but cheesing enemies like this makes the game entirely worth the struggle. i’ve gone something similar with a handful of bosses so while it isn’t a complete cakewalk elden ring is by far the easiest time i’ve had in a souls games  Read more

i wanted to when it first launched but nah the game was too janky. maybe it’s solid now but why go back when shredders is right there and it’s way better? Read more

lol that’s exactly it. elden ring is just the hottest game out rn and it’s rife with content. also i’m playing the shit outta it. and by playing i really me dying lmao but 2022's gonna start ramping up with kirby and i’m so stoked ! are yall playing anything interesting? tell me wassup in your world Read more

things are only so negative because the industry itself is so shitty but you’re not wrong that we could do a bit more to highlight the cool and positive stuff too. it’s awesome seeing ironmouse skyrocket in popularity so it felt nature to cover but yall know we love streaming shit so lemme know what i should look at Read more

nice, thanks for bringing this to my attention. it’s something i wanna include in a possible follow-up. if she ever gets in contact with me T0T Read more

glad you enjoyed the read :) im thinking of a follow-up digging a bit more into ironmouse’s background and what her stream setup is like Read more