Alex Culafi
@culafi.bsky.social
Dad, cybersecurity reporter, Talk Nintendo Podcast host and sci-fi booksman.
My new book, A Frightening God, is out now. My first book, The Conqueror is Scared of Death, is also out now!
Mostly post about video games.
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My new book, A Frightening God, is out now. My first book, The Conqueror is Scared of Death, is also out now!
Mostly post about video games.
alexculafi.com
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I beat Half Life 2 and its episodes for the first time this past week and can NOT believe the level of cliffhangery BS Valve left fans with for 20 years. It’s seriously like if the first two Matrix movies came out, were huge successes, and then Revolutions just never happened.
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I beat Half Life 2 and its episodes for the first time this past week and can NOT believe the level of cliffhangery BS Valve left fans with for 20 years. It’s seriously like if the first two Matrix movies came out, were huge successes, and then Revolutions just never happened.
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tetsuya mizuguchi truly, earnestly believes, with his whole heart and whole mind, that generic vocal trance from 2003 has the power to awaken humanity's shared consciousness and guide us to universal peace. The strength of his conviction is so powerful that it might actually cause this to be true
November 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
tetsuya mizuguchi truly, earnestly believes, with his whole heart and whole mind, that generic vocal trance from 2003 has the power to awaken humanity's shared consciousness and guide us to universal peace. The strength of his conviction is so powerful that it might actually cause this to be true
Now that I’m a father, 50 hours of playtime feels a lot more expensive than it used to. I still play like a fiend, but I will now freely drop games if my time feels like it’s being wasted/spent compulsively.
Look, Zelda is great but it might not be YOUR great game. Maybe it’s Minecraft, IDK.
Look, Zelda is great but it might not be YOUR great game. Maybe it’s Minecraft, IDK.
"A friend of mine once told me that when a game isn’t clicking for him, he says “I am going to die one day” out loud, and lets his instincts guide whether he turns the game off and moves on. " - @edgarallanbro.bsky.social
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November 1, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Now that I’m a father, 50 hours of playtime feels a lot more expensive than it used to. I still play like a fiend, but I will now freely drop games if my time feels like it’s being wasted/spent compulsively.
Look, Zelda is great but it might not be YOUR great game. Maybe it’s Minecraft, IDK.
Look, Zelda is great but it might not be YOUR great game. Maybe it’s Minecraft, IDK.
So you’re telling me Pokemon Legends: Z-A has a real time battle system and takes place within the confines of a single city?
October 17, 2025 at 3:26 AM
So you’re telling me Pokemon Legends: Z-A has a real time battle system and takes place within the confines of a single city?
Ghost of Tsushima was my favorite 2020 game but Yotei isn’t hitting me the same way yet. I played 40 hours of AC Shadows (which has a pretty similar premise) in February and the action isn’t quite clicking the way other recent samurai sword games are.
October 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Ghost of Tsushima was my favorite 2020 game but Yotei isn’t hitting me the same way yet. I played 40 hours of AC Shadows (which has a pretty similar premise) in February and the action isn’t quite clicking the way other recent samurai sword games are.
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
Hades II is insanely good. Writing, upgrade systems, everything fully taken up a notch. And it’s supposedly like double the size of the first one???
October 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Hades II is insanely good. Writing, upgrade systems, everything fully taken up a notch. And it’s supposedly like double the size of the first one???
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Sam, this is Bank Spendman. You can use your credit card at Burger King to get that Whopper you're craving.
Hideo Kojima announced a Kojima Productions credit card with MUFG Bank!
He said when he started Kojima Productions no banks wanted to give him a loan but the President of MUFG bank was a big fan of Kojima and knew he could trust him from playing all the Metal Gear Solid games!
He said when he started Kojima Productions no banks wanted to give him a loan but the President of MUFG bank was a big fan of Kojima and knew he could trust him from playing all the Metal Gear Solid games!
September 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Sam, this is Bank Spendman. You can use your credit card at Burger King to get that Whopper you're craving.
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September 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I think Silksong is great but the friction is just high enough that I don’t constantly feel the urge to jump back in.
I don’t mean straight difficulty either…I’m doing fine with boss fights and platforming. The long corpse runs/charging for save points is getting to me.
I don’t mean straight difficulty either…I’m doing fine with boss fights and platforming. The long corpse runs/charging for save points is getting to me.
September 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I think Silksong is great but the friction is just high enough that I don’t constantly feel the urge to jump back in.
I don’t mean straight difficulty either…I’m doing fine with boss fights and platforming. The long corpse runs/charging for save points is getting to me.
I don’t mean straight difficulty either…I’m doing fine with boss fights and platforming. The long corpse runs/charging for save points is getting to me.
What’s your favorite Hollowlike?
September 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
What’s your favorite Hollowlike?
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"this silksong boss is so hard" and a pic is posted and this is the boss i see
September 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
"this silksong boss is so hard" and a pic is posted and this is the boss i see
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Man. It was worth the wait
September 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Man. It was worth the wait
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More impressions from The Adventures of Elliot Demo. Plus Balex has been playing some Gears of War: Reloaded!
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August 30, 2025 at 4:40 AM
More impressions from The Adventures of Elliot Demo. Plus Balex has been playing some Gears of War: Reloaded!
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My second novel, A Frightening God, is now available on Kindle and in paperback!
Kindle: amazon.com/Frightening-...
Paperback: amazon.com/Frightening-...
It's a weird, fun sci-fi story about a kid who goes on a journey to meet his maker.
Cover art by the great @nathanandersonart.bsky.social
Kindle: amazon.com/Frightening-...
Paperback: amazon.com/Frightening-...
It's a weird, fun sci-fi story about a kid who goes on a journey to meet his maker.
Cover art by the great @nathanandersonart.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
My second novel, A Frightening God, is now available on Kindle and in paperback!
Kindle: amazon.com/Frightening-...
Paperback: amazon.com/Frightening-...
It's a weird, fun sci-fi story about a kid who goes on a journey to meet his maker.
Cover art by the great @nathanandersonart.bsky.social
Kindle: amazon.com/Frightening-...
Paperback: amazon.com/Frightening-...
It's a weird, fun sci-fi story about a kid who goes on a journey to meet his maker.
Cover art by the great @nathanandersonart.bsky.social
Novel 2 text complete (7 drafts!!!), ebook ready to go, just making sure the author proof is in good shape before I put everything on sale. Basically comes down to picking the right paper and making sure the cover (lil preview below) is aligned right.
Hopefully a week or two! LFG!!!
Hopefully a week or two! LFG!!!
August 21, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Novel 2 text complete (7 drafts!!!), ebook ready to go, just making sure the author proof is in good shape before I put everything on sale. Basically comes down to picking the right paper and making sure the cover (lil preview below) is aligned right.
Hopefully a week or two! LFG!!!
Hopefully a week or two! LFG!!!
It would not be hyperbolic to say Weapons made me feel new emotions I’m not sure I’ve felt in a movie theater before.
August 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
It would not be hyperbolic to say Weapons made me feel new emotions I’m not sure I’ve felt in a movie theater before.
@superpac.bsky.social I just tried Lumines Remastered on a plane ride and its use of HD Rumble (thumping to the beat) is one of the coolest applications of the tech I’ve seen on Switch. If you guys do something similar with Arise/Dualsense that would be very awesome.
August 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
@superpac.bsky.social I just tried Lumines Remastered on a plane ride and its use of HD Rumble (thumping to the beat) is one of the coolest applications of the tech I’ve seen on Switch. If you guys do something similar with Arise/Dualsense that would be very awesome.
Expedition 33 is the first game in a long time where I played it and then said, “Actually, this is exactly as good as everyone says it is.”
August 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Expedition 33 is the first game in a long time where I played it and then said, “Actually, this is exactly as good as everyone says it is.”
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@nwrdonald.bsky.social Just got through the spa escape in Kaname Date. How far would you say I am?
I’m in a weird place with this one where I thought the original two games were really amazing, and while I like this one too I’m struggling a bit to stay motivated to blast through it.
I’m in a weird place with this one where I thought the original two games were really amazing, and while I like this one too I’m struggling a bit to stay motivated to blast through it.
July 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM
@nwrdonald.bsky.social Just got through the spa escape in Kaname Date. How far would you say I am?
I’m in a weird place with this one where I thought the original two games were really amazing, and while I like this one too I’m struggling a bit to stay motivated to blast through it.
I’m in a weird place with this one where I thought the original two games were really amazing, and while I like this one too I’m struggling a bit to stay motivated to blast through it.
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Donkey Kong is finally here and the boys have been busy collecting bananas!
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July 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Donkey Kong is finally here and the boys have been busy collecting bananas!
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One of the few positive side effects of the pandemic causing so much havoc in the games industry is that it (at least partially) led to the creation of a lot of really great remasters/partial remakes.
Remasters of games make old games more accessible to new players (and make it easier for old fans to replay them). And more often than not, remasters help fund new games. They're not taking funds from new games or preventing new games from being made.
July 23, 2025 at 3:09 AM
One of the few positive side effects of the pandemic causing so much havoc in the games industry is that it (at least partially) led to the creation of a lot of really great remasters/partial remakes.
Really zigzagging on Donkey Kong Bananza. I’m having SO much fun with the destruction tech and the DK/Pauline characters. Other elements like environmental design, low difficulty, and how certain systems work make this feel like a B-grade Odyssey sequel more than a new vision for Donkey Kong. Iunno
July 20, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Really zigzagging on Donkey Kong Bananza. I’m having SO much fun with the destruction tech and the DK/Pauline characters. Other elements like environmental design, low difficulty, and how certain systems work make this feel like a B-grade Odyssey sequel more than a new vision for Donkey Kong. Iunno