October 2025

Solid month, but not as good as previous month. I only knocked three SG wins, and I wished a few more, but two of them were moderately long games that took a few sittings to beat. On the other hand, I also worked a lot on my backlog, knocking 4 games from there, so I can’t really complain. Highlights of the month were definitely playing F.E.A.R for the first time, since it’s such a polished and well-crafted game, and There Is No Light, which has one of the best combat systems I’ve ever seen and is an underrated gem in my opinion. Finally playing Snakebird Primer was also a nice change of pace. Biggest letdown was Axiom Verge, it’s frequently touted as one of the best Metroid-clones out there but maybe I’m just more of a Castlevania fan than a Metroid fan and it didn’t really click with me. Ah, also finally reached A5 with the Defect on Slay the Spire hahaha

I also spent a decent chunk of time programming the SG Minesweeper game instead of playing games, and that time added up. The last half of the month probably could have fitted one or two more medium-sized games had I not pursued that project, but I’m glad I did.

A lot of freebies I got this month somehow are not showing on BLAEO, so I assume it has to do with the change in how free games are reported. If this persists, I’ll just drop this section next month

I’ll be traveling most of November so I’ll focus on short games, and games I can play with KBM.