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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 🖤

lmao i almost replied to you in the review blog but was like “hollup, lemme cook” because i was working on this in the background Read more

as much as sauron is lol all sarcasm aside aside from the final encounter with candle man there are no boss fights in the game because even that last bout with candle man isn’t really a boss fight as much as it is a cutscene Read more

ah damn, terrible mistake that was just corrected. ty, i appreciate the catch ! Read more

tysm ! i really do need like hazard pay or something for suffering through 24 hours of this garbage lol i wish videogames had counters in the settings because i’d LOVE to know how many times i died playing this dumbass game Read more

there’s always a chance something could drop and blow gollum outta the water right? lmao i’m not expecting it but you never know with videogames...i mean i thought redfall was gonna be the worst game of 2023 then here came gollum... Read more

that was my real issue with gollum. as i expressed in the review gollum is quite fascinating as a character. the internal turmoil he experiences is enthralling and gut-wrenching so i was curious to see if that’d translate into some compelling gameplay here and WOW was i hella wrong on that one because while the Read more

lol you sadomasochistic fuck (you’re just like me fr) Read more

lmao it certainly felt that way but really, it’s late because the game’s shitty controls kept killing me ! according to howlongtobeat gollum only takes about 13 hours to complete but i finished it in one week, clocking in 24 hours Read more

tysm for enjoying the read, badprenup ! i appreciate that. and you know what, that’s a fair position: this game (and the studio more specifically) is dead. so this review is kinda like kicking someone when they’re down but because i didn’t play it before this review i was curious if gollum was as bad as all the Read more

ty for the correction ! i think i confused belail for baal Read more

i do wanna be sensitive about folks with mental disabilities especially since i have several family members that exist on various sides of the autism spectrum. so i don’t wanna just say that the commenting dude needs a mental health check...but...i agree, dude could use help calming all that violent aggression he’s Read more

yeah you know it’s something i wanna do more often but i tend to get scared of the comments section. some folks here are beyond mean lol and while i can take it, i’m sometimes too busy for the drama you know? regardless i do wanna do a better job at moderating at least the comments section of my blogs so if you’re Read more

you know what, you’re so right ! i should and will Read more

first off, omg wow ! that’s nice of you to say, thank you for enjoying my writing. i really do appreciate every reader - even the mean ones. y’all make me wanna be a better reporter so keep calling me out on my shit (but be respectful please, i have feewings that i don’t wanna see get hurt lol). anyway i agree with Read more

lmao murderous legos, i love that. yeah that’s a neat feature too. so much of what this game does is pretty cool so i’m stoked to see the final product. have you played the demo? what did you think of that second boss? dude sucks Read more

i never actually played that one - i think i was distracted with other games at the time - so i didn’t feel comfortable making that comparison but totally, knowing steelrising’s aesthetic, lies of p is a close cousin. maybe first cousins? Read more

ok i’m only just now pouring through the comments here and while i always appreciate some thoughtful discussion around my writing and / or the topic, we gotta chill with the threats of violence. like, do i believe that some people should get punched in the face? absolutely, the dude who did this to justfoxii’s car Read more