86maylin

2026 January update

Currently Bashing My Head Against

Most Looking Forward To

Alphabetron

2.2 hours of playtime, 21 of 21 achievements
Personal rating: 6/10, Date of finish: January/08
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This is a word search game. Takes me back to when I was little, my mom bought me one of these books where you reveal word lines with these invisible ink pen, and the book was cat themes which is neat. I had fond memories. :3 The BGM is pretty alright, although there's only 3 so I still ended up muting and playing my own music. Towards the end I got a little bit bored tho with the bigger boards, I think I prefer smaller boards. Still a pretty alright game tho.

Spilled!

1 hours of playtime, 11 of 11 achievements
Personal rating: 7/10, Date of finish: January/11
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This game is both exactly what I expected, but also not. I expected it to be a ship cleaning game, it delivered that and I enjoyed it a lot. What I did not expect is for it to be this short, only a single hour of content. On one hand, if it had been longer it might overstay its welcome given the core mechanic is not strong enough and also doesn't change much, on the other hand I just kinda want more. xD The only thing I didn't like about the game is the "end boss", you fight the big ship by spraying water on it to make it sink...which just makes me go: Omg this seems like an environmental disaster. I mean, technically I know sink ships could become habitat for sea creatures, and with the special sucking equipment in the game, oil spills aren't that much of an issue, but still...it doesn't seem to fit the game's focus, cuz afaik most oil spills happen with boat accidents? Idk, I just don't agree with it is all. :P

Mizi NO!

1 hours of playtime, 20 of 20 achievements
Personal rating: 6.5/10, Date of finish: January/11
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It's a free puzzle game about a cat smashing pots and cups and what not. It is charming and I love the hints you can do(align pieces so no rotation needed, show silhouette and show the full picture temporarily), tho I played it primarily without hints. There's 15 free levels, rest are DLC which I probably won't buy, cuz I think I'm out of the jigsaw puzzle phase atm. Used to enjoy them a ton back in collage, now not as much plus they put a lot of strain on my wrists due to many mouse clicks. I would recommend this game tho if you like jigsaw puzzles! :3

A Building Full of Cats

36 minutes of playtime, 23 of 23 achievements
Personal rating: 8.5/10, Date of finish: January/12
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Very cute, wholesome, short and sweet. Only thing I didn't like was some of the interactible cats are hidden in 1 of the x cups, or 1 of the x containers in a specific pile and I'd have to click all of them to be sure. I like it better if it's something clever like clicking on the computer button shows a cat on the screen, which there's quite a lot of which I like, just wish all of them are like that. :3

Time played 161 hours 51 minutes
Achievements gotten 114
Games 100% completed 4

It’s a purple month! Lots of game with purple in their thumbnail, so it’s a variety shade of purples, quite pretty. :3 I started Lies of P cuz of Alienware task actually, but then I kept playing cuz it’s a lot of fun! It’s my first ever souls-like game, so lots to learn. :P I am enjoying the “hit a wall and keep hitting it until you pass it” learning curve, and I must say I think I’m quite good, cuz I generally don’t get stuck on a boss for too long ever since I learned to actually block. The first boss did a great job and forcing that. xD

coleypollockfilet

Lol i love Mizi No concept ! Congratz for this new month that makes a beautiful final image !

86maylin

It is such a fun concept, and before starting every puzzle, a short “cutscene” plays where Mizi pushes the object down and smash it, it’s awesome. xD

fernandopa

Congrats on your beaten games!

Hahahah gotta say I loved your reflection on Spilled! Hoping to play it one day hahaha

Lies of P sounds incredible and I can’t wait to purchase/win it eventually, once I cleared my Souls backlog. I’m super interested in Fall of Porcupine so looking forward for your review :)

86maylin

Spilled is fun and super charming, would recommend picking it up on sale or in a bundle cuz of the short playtime tho. :3
Lies of P makes me understand part of the appeal of Souls-like actually! Just going at a boss repeatedly and learning the patterns until you finally beat it, it’s an awesome feeling. Although I wish there’s not as many “bad homages” to Souls games like bad platforming and what not. lol Oh and the game is very gorgeous to look at, reminds me of bloodborne since I’ve watched playthroughs of that before, and they nailed the vibe.

fernandopa

Yeah I heard incredible things about Lies of P’s vibe, the monster design, and the soundtrack as well

The only proper 3D Souls that I’ve played was Elden Ring, and I heard it’s easier and harder than many other Souls games. Easier because you have so many busted tools to tackle the challenges that might make some of them trivial, like summoning Spirit Ashes. Harder because there are some bosses with patterns so tricky to coem up with that you are almost forced to use some of the tools the game gives you, like Malenia, making a ‘naked’ run borderline impossible.

I personally struggled a lot before I got good summons, and generally had an easier (not easy) time afterwards. Malenia took a few tries, for instance, but wasn’t as crushing as I expected. It’s a very interesting genre and I’m really fond of it. But yeah, could totally live without the bad platforming hehe