Michael Sollosi, Trailing Dawn
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Michael Sollosi, Trailing Dawn
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He/him. Writer/editor/manhole inspector. Former host of RPGFan’s Retro Encounter podcast. Video game, basketball, taco, toku, cat, and dog enthusiast.
Gaming goals for the last 30 days of 2025!

-FINISH Pokemon Legends ZA (maybe 90% done)
-COMPLETE Chained Echoes (maybe 50% done)
-CONQUER Monster Hunter: Wilds (barely started)
-PLAY The Last Guardian (barely started)
-BEAT Mega Man 7 (at Wily stages, final boss is DIABOLICAL)

I’ll do my best!
December 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
GOT ‘IM

#RollCredits on Dragon Quest I HD-2D Remake

This is a very charming modernization of a classic, but… it’s still a grindy one-character RPG, heh. But I had a pretty good time.
December 1, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Thinking about it.
December 1, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Just finished Batman & Robin: Year One by Mark Waid and Chris Samnee. 12-issue limited series that finished last month.

Banger of a book. The hyper-stylized art fits the tone of the story. I love these versions of the key characters. Easy recommendation to anyone that's Batman-curious.
November 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Highlight of my Thanksgiving night was spending time with these two gremlins.

(My aunt and uncle’s dog and cat, who tried to steal people food in broad daylight MULTIPLE times)
November 29, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Hungarian grandmas agree.

(First is layered cabbage and smoked meat in kind of a casserole, second is stuffed cabbage rolls.)
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Physical copies of vanilla Tekken 8 at 75% off?
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
November 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Sadly, Bloodbath & Beyond’s streak of success ended last night, with a 6th-place finish after being in 3rd going into the final.

A few of our wrong answers concerned singer Olivia Dean, the sun on the Argentinian and Uruguayan flags, and the historical origin of jigsaw puzzles.
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Astro Bot is finally on a decent sale, you say?
November 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
lol I beat Kirby’s Dream Land on the Switch GB emulator.

I won’t count this game as a 2025 got’im because I’ve beaten it probably 20+ times over the years. It takes maybe 30 minutes.
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Favorite pulls from each 2025 set:

Tarkir: Ruinous Ultimatum (special guest art
Final Fantasy: Yuna, Grand Summoner (surge foil borderless)
Edge of Eternities: Quantum Riddler
Avatar: The Last Airbender: this guy!
November 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
FIVE NEW SHRINES PLUS FOUR CARDS OF SHRINE SEARCH SYNERGY MY GUY.

…and honestly other than Life’s Origin, shrines are cheap. You can buy the Kamigawa ones (other than Life’s Origin) for like 25 cents each.
November 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
My girlfriend and I drew this spirit bear and five Shrine cards in our packs last night, so now I'm going to try and make a five-color Shrines deck. I don't make the rules.
November 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
MTG Avatar: The Last Airbender prerelease is tonight!

My girlfriend and I are both gonna enter the mini tournament, and I’m hoping to nab at least one of these Very Cool Animals in a booster pack.
November 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I really like Fire and Ice as superheroes, but wish they had better comics than these.

(Love them in the 2000s Booster Gold series)
November 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Congratulations. I am now 4x more likely to watch Predator: Badlands. This sounds dope.

This feels the same as the anti-woke crowd complaining about “Mad Max: Fury Road” or 2025 Superman, two movies I love.
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Me: Wow, Blood on the Clocktower is really fun! How much does the physical main game cost?

BOTC website: $165 plus shipping from Australia

Me:
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Good night, sweet prince.

I'll see you in 8.0.
November 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
On a nature walk with my partner. Found a very well-camouflaged bug.

(I think it’s a juvenile jumping spider but I’m not 100% sure. Little guy is tiny. Maybe a centimeter long.)
November 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Oh dip, I'm late with my Blood, Bath, and Beyond update! We won. Again. Fifth time in six weeks. We're the heel champions of the bar now.

A few of our good gets this time were Nelson Mandela's prisoner number, how to cook tamales, and the many names of the Lady of the Lake.
November 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
In around 3 weeks RGG Studio is holding an event where fans can pay the equivalent of around $980 US to MARRY the Like a Dragon character of their choice.

…and this one’s (mostly) for the ladies.
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
It’s more like a staff or spear! I think he’s inspired by Guan Yu lol.
November 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
August of 2016!

I started out as a Pugilist because I like FF Monks, but as I played more I ultimately became a tank main* to this day.

*Blog post about this topic coming very soon.
November 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This went buttery-smooth. Probably my easiest Typhon fight.

I got a 765-damage Hephaestus blast every 2.2 seconds and 310-damage Zeus blitzes about as often 😂.
November 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM