TJ Denzer
@johnnychugs.bsky.social
Senior News Editor Shacknews.com & culinary host of tasty indies on Indie-licious. Unofficial Bowser expert/weirdo. contact: tj.denzer (at) http://shacknews.com
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TJ Denzer
@johnnychugs.bsky.social
· Apr 9
Yeah, it's a repost, but please play this at my funeral without explanation or context. It's as good of an understanding of who I am as you're going to get and the people closest to me will understand.
What would ALF find in Silent Hill?
I bet cats. Really angry cats.
I bet cats. Really angry cats.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
What would ALF find in Silent Hill?
I bet cats. Really angry cats.
I bet cats. Really angry cats.
The fact that there are literally zero elements of Rauru or the Zonai present in Queen Sonia’s descendants suggests that even her chromosomes put Rauru’s in their place in their dynamic. Truly Queen of Queens.
December 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The fact that there are literally zero elements of Rauru or the Zonai present in Queen Sonia’s descendants suggests that even her chromosomes put Rauru’s in their place in their dynamic. Truly Queen of Queens.
One of my favorite management games just got a lovely new expansion. Two Point Museum's Zooseum DLC is a HUGE chapter of new content that features animal rescue, care, and sanctuary as you build exhibits that double as satisfying habitats. Excellent expansion for the money.
Two Point Museum's Zooseum DLC provides a delightful blend of animal care & exhibition
Two Point Museum's Zooseum DLC provides a delightful blend of animal care & exhibition
Building appropriate habitats and feeding facilities, pairing certain animals, and housing diverse creatures are just a few charming parts of Zooseum.
dlvr.it
December 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
One of my favorite management games just got a lovely new expansion. Two Point Museum's Zooseum DLC is a HUGE chapter of new content that features animal rescue, care, and sanctuary as you build exhibits that double as satisfying habitats. Excellent expansion for the money.
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my latest review
bubble bobble is good, arbitrary roguelike mechanics are not good
bubble symphony is very good
bubble bobble is good, arbitrary roguelike mechanics are not good
bubble symphony is very good
Bubble Bobble Sugar Dungeons review: Sweet suffering
Bubble Bobble Sugar Dungeons review: Sweet suffering
Everything is a roguelike now, and that includes Bubble Bobble.
dlvr.it
December 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
my latest review
bubble bobble is good, arbitrary roguelike mechanics are not good
bubble symphony is very good
bubble bobble is good, arbitrary roguelike mechanics are not good
bubble symphony is very good
My biggest take-away from this chart is that people must absolutely hate dodging AoE attacks in Elden Ring Nightreign. Lot of fat attack clunkers on this list.
And of course Bell Bearing Hunter, who we all know devours the courage of the strong.
And of course Bell Bearing Hunter, who we all know devours the courage of the strong.
December 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
My biggest take-away from this chart is that people must absolutely hate dodging AoE attacks in Elden Ring Nightreign. Lot of fat attack clunkers on this list.
And of course Bell Bearing Hunter, who we all know devours the courage of the strong.
And of course Bell Bearing Hunter, who we all know devours the courage of the strong.
Erdtree Avatar and Carian Knight feel like skill issues and not knowing the match up. Bell Bearing is a nightmare bastard up close and Drac Tree Sentinel can snipe you with targeted lightning strikes, but y'all just need to learn how to stick and move on the Avatar.
It's interesting how analytics works! Bell-Bearing Hunter would absolutely be higher if people didn't run when they saw him. But they think they can take on Erdtree Avatar and sometimes that goes real wrong quickly.
Calling shenanigans on this chart. I'm guessing it's pulling total deaths and not deaths per encounter.
December 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Erdtree Avatar and Carian Knight feel like skill issues and not knowing the match up. Bell Bearing is a nightmare bastard up close and Drac Tree Sentinel can snipe you with targeted lightning strikes, but y'all just need to learn how to stick and move on the Avatar.
If it's not broke, don't fix it. I feel that's what @tributegames.com and @dotemu.bsky.social did with #MarvelCosmicInvasion. It's everything I liked about Shredder's Revenge, just slightly improved in about every spot, and with an fantasticaly weird roster to boot. Excellent co-op brawler.
Marvel Cosmic Invasion review: Tagging in a Marvelous beatdown
Marvel Cosmic Invasion review: Tagging in a Marvelous beatdown
A diverse array of characters, satisfying co-op brawling, and a plethora of exciting levels and challenges make Marvel Cosmic Invasion an absolute delight.
dlvr.it
December 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
If it's not broke, don't fix it. I feel that's what @tributegames.com and @dotemu.bsky.social did with #MarvelCosmicInvasion. It's everything I liked about Shredder's Revenge, just slightly improved in about every spot, and with an fantasticaly weird roster to boot. Excellent co-op brawler.
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ARC Raiders review: I'm a f(r)iend!
ARC Raiders review: I'm a f(r)iend!
All of ARC Raiders' systems coalesce to create one of the best extraction shooters of our time.
dlvr.it
December 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
ARC Raiders review: I'm a f(r)iend!
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How Denshattack! is making the morning commute radical
How Denshattack! is making the morning commute radical
David Jaumandreu talks about how the team at Undercoders is making the coolest train around, and why trains are rad.
dlvr.it
December 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
How Denshattack! is making the morning commute radical
As we enter the winter holiday season, please remember infestations of elves will be on the rise. Put fly paper on your shelves and keep a tied sock full of iron thumbtacks handy to minimize risk of Santa narcs in your home.
December 1, 2025 at 5:26 AM
As we enter the winter holiday season, please remember infestations of elves will be on the rise. Put fly paper on your shelves and keep a tied sock full of iron thumbtacks handy to minimize risk of Santa narcs in your home.
Thinkin’ bout Breath of Fire 4, which came out in 2000 on my birthday and gave me one of my favorite characters in a game ever, Scias: a stiff drink-lovin’ swordsdog who don’t care about anything but money until he decides otherwise. Happy our day. ☺️🥂
November 30, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Thinkin’ bout Breath of Fire 4, which came out in 2000 on my birthday and gave me one of my favorite characters in a game ever, Scias: a stiff drink-lovin’ swordsdog who don’t care about anything but money until he decides otherwise. Happy our day. ☺️🥂
In this household, it’s not simply having a cup of egg nog. It’s “snoggin’ the nog,” please and thank you. ☺️
November 30, 2025 at 2:58 AM
In this household, it’s not simply having a cup of egg nog. It’s “snoggin’ the nog,” please and thank you. ☺️
Pitch: The Grinch, again, but this time a spoiled thug from the Whos kills his dog Max and steals his sled, forcing Grinch to dig up his past Christmas-stealing life and carry out a bloody rampage that drags him back into the seedy underground that he left behind.
John Grinch
John Grinch
November 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Pitch: The Grinch, again, but this time a spoiled thug from the Whos kills his dog Max and steals his sled, forcing Grinch to dig up his past Christmas-stealing life and carry out a bloody rampage that drags him back into the seedy underground that he left behind.
John Grinch
John Grinch
Happy official day of pulling out the box of Christmas decorations while your family is weakened from the Thanksgiving dinner and pie and can’t easily escape.
A happy “well, since you’re here and all” to all my insistent mutuals.
A happy “well, since you’re here and all” to all my insistent mutuals.
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Happy official day of pulling out the box of Christmas decorations while your family is weakened from the Thanksgiving dinner and pie and can’t easily escape.
A happy “well, since you’re here and all” to all my insistent mutuals.
A happy “well, since you’re here and all” to all my insistent mutuals.
How I’m trynna be in life
November 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
How I’m trynna be in life
Gather ‘round for Thanksgiving tale.
Once upon time, bad fellow told too many lies. It made his family and village upset, so they put stones in his mouth and made him swallow and then threw him in the lake where he drowned. Then they had wine and people lied less.
The end. Happy Thanksgiving. 🦃
Once upon time, bad fellow told too many lies. It made his family and village upset, so they put stones in his mouth and made him swallow and then threw him in the lake where he drowned. Then they had wine and people lied less.
The end. Happy Thanksgiving. 🦃
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Gather ‘round for Thanksgiving tale.
Once upon time, bad fellow told too many lies. It made his family and village upset, so they put stones in his mouth and made him swallow and then threw him in the lake where he drowned. Then they had wine and people lied less.
The end. Happy Thanksgiving. 🦃
Once upon time, bad fellow told too many lies. It made his family and village upset, so they put stones in his mouth and made him swallow and then threw him in the lake where he drowned. Then they had wine and people lied less.
The end. Happy Thanksgiving. 🦃
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Busting up laughing at the thought of bulging-eyed skeleton-faced Peter Thiel trying to explain to any lifelong Catholic why the Pope is the antichrist in between scheduled sessions of being slathered with The Goo.
November 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Busting up laughing at the thought of bulging-eyed skeleton-faced Peter Thiel trying to explain to any lifelong Catholic why the Pope is the antichrist in between scheduled sessions of being slathered with The Goo.
Do the authorities have to google the street price of drugs when they seize them to come up with the values disclosed on busts or does someone in the department just follow the market trends and stay on top of daily price changes like a day trader, but for meth?
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Do the authorities have to google the street price of drugs when they seize them to come up with the values disclosed on busts or does someone in the department just follow the market trends and stay on top of daily price changes like a day trader, but for meth?
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Nintendo Switch 2 review: Irritating and incredible iterative innovations
Nintendo Switch 2 review: Irritating and incredible iterative innovations
The Nintendo Switch 2 builds on the transformative success of its predecessor while being held back by hardware and software design choices in frustrating ways.
dlvr.it
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Nintendo Switch 2 review: Irritating and incredible iterative innovations
Blue Moon Factory (Mr. BIG Theme) - Art of Fighting 2 OST (1994)
Excited to put this one back in rotation when we start playing him. #COTW
Excited to put this one back in rotation when we start playing him. #COTW
November 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Blue Moon Factory (Mr. BIG Theme) - Art of Fighting 2 OST (1994)
Excited to put this one back in rotation when we start playing him. #COTW
Excited to put this one back in rotation when we start playing him. #COTW
I have a sneaking suspicion that the real reason behind the Far Cry TV series announcement was to get people used to the idea of calling him "Rob Mac." Because this is the first time I've heard that moniker and it is literally everywhere now, specifically from this announcement.
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I have a sneaking suspicion that the real reason behind the Far Cry TV series announcement was to get people used to the idea of calling him "Rob Mac." Because this is the first time I've heard that moniker and it is literally everywhere now, specifically from this announcement.
Pokemon Legends: Z-A just straight up gives you the entire starter line-up of Pokemon X/Y for a couple measly side missions. Rad.
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Pokemon Legends: Z-A just straight up gives you the entire starter line-up of Pokemon X/Y for a couple measly side missions. Rad.
The funniest thing about Hello Kitty Island Adventure is how lowkey good it is as a comfort/cozy game. Literally, turn your brain off and be swept away on waves of fluff and island resort shenanigans.
Hello Kitty Island Adventure Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – Launch Trailer #HelloKitty #NintendoSwitch2 #Gaming
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The funniest thing about Hello Kitty Island Adventure is how lowkey good it is as a comfort/cozy game. Literally, turn your brain off and be swept away on waves of fluff and island resort shenanigans.
Alrighty, just gotta sneak into this facility, play it cool, blend in with the- HOLY SHIT!!! What was that?! Did you guys see that?! #TheOuterWorlds2
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Alrighty, just gotta sneak into this facility, play it cool, blend in with the- HOLY SHIT!!! What was that?! Did you guys see that?! #TheOuterWorlds2