Nate E-K
@newertkrocker.bsky.social
Game history enthusiast | Hosted and produced GO BACK AND PLAY (2016 - 2023) | Used to write about VGM for Fanbyte, Paste | he/him | probably shouldn't have hacked those 3DSs for my kids
One of the difficult things about being married, as a man, is that your wife seems to grow more beautiful and radiant with each year that passes while you yourself rapidly begin to look like this
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
One of the difficult things about being married, as a man, is that your wife seems to grow more beautiful and radiant with each year that passes while you yourself rapidly begin to look like this
I don't know why, but all I can think when I see the latter is:
November 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I don't know why, but all I can think when I see the latter is:
I've been noodling around with Aquanaut's Holiday, which was the first game I ever owned for the original PlayStation and which I absolutely did not appreciate as an eleven-year-old
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I've been noodling around with Aquanaut's Holiday, which was the first game I ever owned for the original PlayStation and which I absolutely did not appreciate as an eleven-year-old
Went to a board game cafe with the kids to celebrate making it through the week and unlocked a long-dormant childhood memory by playing Home Alone: The Board Game. (Photo not mine.)
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Went to a board game cafe with the kids to celebrate making it through the week and unlocked a long-dormant childhood memory by playing Home Alone: The Board Game. (Photo not mine.)
#30 - System Shock (2023)
What a lovely remaster! Faithful to the original’s cruelty and poor conveyance (at least on the default difficulty settings), but with plenty of tweaks and new spit and polish to help it *feel* modern. Nightdive did a bang-up job here!
What a lovely remaster! Faithful to the original’s cruelty and poor conveyance (at least on the default difficulty settings), but with plenty of tweaks and new spit and polish to help it *feel* modern. Nightdive did a bang-up job here!
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
#30 - System Shock (2023)
What a lovely remaster! Faithful to the original’s cruelty and poor conveyance (at least on the default difficulty settings), but with plenty of tweaks and new spit and polish to help it *feel* modern. Nightdive did a bang-up job here!
What a lovely remaster! Faithful to the original’s cruelty and poor conveyance (at least on the default difficulty settings), but with plenty of tweaks and new spit and polish to help it *feel* modern. Nightdive did a bang-up job here!
The boys* are back in town**
*the little FF guys Kari painted in 2011
**my office wall instead of stuck in a box for 2+ years
*the little FF guys Kari painted in 2011
**my office wall instead of stuck in a box for 2+ years
November 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The boys* are back in town**
*the little FF guys Kari painted in 2011
**my office wall instead of stuck in a box for 2+ years
*the little FF guys Kari painted in 2011
**my office wall instead of stuck in a box for 2+ years
I verified my age and look at all the incredible content I was missing!!
November 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I verified my age and look at all the incredible content I was missing!!
Yikes. (Cleveland Metro School District announcing their plan to put the entire district into a blender)
November 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Yikes. (Cleveland Metro School District announcing their plan to put the entire district into a blender)
Nearly a million New Yorkers ready to bodily dissolve, joining into colossal, amorphous flesh being if Mamdani elected
November 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Nearly a million New Yorkers ready to bodily dissolve, joining into colossal, amorphous flesh being if Mamdani elected
#29 - Tactical Breach Wizards
Best writing in any game I’ve played this year. Delightful dialogue, lovable characters, and to top it all off, the best thinky strategy in anything I’ve played since Into the Breach. Absolutely do not sleep on this one.
Best writing in any game I’ve played this year. Delightful dialogue, lovable characters, and to top it all off, the best thinky strategy in anything I’ve played since Into the Breach. Absolutely do not sleep on this one.
November 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
#29 - Tactical Breach Wizards
Best writing in any game I’ve played this year. Delightful dialogue, lovable characters, and to top it all off, the best thinky strategy in anything I’ve played since Into the Breach. Absolutely do not sleep on this one.
Best writing in any game I’ve played this year. Delightful dialogue, lovable characters, and to top it all off, the best thinky strategy in anything I’ve played since Into the Breach. Absolutely do not sleep on this one.
PRO TIP: have a little creature come and live with you
November 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
PRO TIP: have a little creature come and live with you
#28 - Alan Wake II: The Lake House
on Halloween, Nate can have little a Control, as a treat
on Halloween, Nate can have little a Control, as a treat
October 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
#28 - Alan Wake II: The Lake House
on Halloween, Nate can have little a Control, as a treat
on Halloween, Nate can have little a Control, as a treat
Never forget what they took from us etc
October 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Never forget what they took from us etc
Actually their staff are quite dedicated, if a bit unorthodox
October 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Actually their staff are quite dedicated, if a bit unorthodox
#27 Alan Wake II: Night Springs
Oh man, what a hoot! Just a couple hours long, clever reuse of assets, confusing and deliberately misleading relationship to “canon” — every element designed to frustrate Gamers and positively delight me. Remedy is cookin’, and I say: let them.
Oh man, what a hoot! Just a couple hours long, clever reuse of assets, confusing and deliberately misleading relationship to “canon” — every element designed to frustrate Gamers and positively delight me. Remedy is cookin’, and I say: let them.
October 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
#27 Alan Wake II: Night Springs
Oh man, what a hoot! Just a couple hours long, clever reuse of assets, confusing and deliberately misleading relationship to “canon” — every element designed to frustrate Gamers and positively delight me. Remedy is cookin’, and I say: let them.
Oh man, what a hoot! Just a couple hours long, clever reuse of assets, confusing and deliberately misleading relationship to “canon” — every element designed to frustrate Gamers and positively delight me. Remedy is cookin’, and I say: let them.
"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults-Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe - living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.
October 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults-Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe - living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.
Read my way through PC Gamer's yearly Top 100 list and realized I had a considerable number of them in my backlog, given away as freebies on various storefronts. Twenty-three of them, to be exact, more than I could finish in a year if it was the only gaming I did. 😩
October 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Read my way through PC Gamer's yearly Top 100 list and realized I had a considerable number of them in my backlog, given away as freebies on various storefronts. Twenty-three of them, to be exact, more than I could finish in a year if it was the only gaming I did. 😩
Finally got around to starting Tactical Breach Wizards, and the writing is incredible. Just great lines all over the place.
October 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Finally got around to starting Tactical Breach Wizards, and the writing is incredible. Just great lines all over the place.
#26 - The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II
Some issues with pace, but only because it attempts to smash two of my favorite things together -- the Searching for Friends section of FFVI and the Building a Private Army element of Suikoden. Seven games in and this series is still going strong.
Some issues with pace, but only because it attempts to smash two of my favorite things together -- the Searching for Friends section of FFVI and the Building a Private Army element of Suikoden. Seven games in and this series is still going strong.
October 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
#26 - The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II
Some issues with pace, but only because it attempts to smash two of my favorite things together -- the Searching for Friends section of FFVI and the Building a Private Army element of Suikoden. Seven games in and this series is still going strong.
Some issues with pace, but only because it attempts to smash two of my favorite things together -- the Searching for Friends section of FFVI and the Building a Private Army element of Suikoden. Seven games in and this series is still going strong.
Who's solving the Louvre robbery?
Right answers only.
Right answers only.
October 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Who's solving the Louvre robbery?
Right answers only.
Right answers only.
when the game has a divertissement
October 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
when the game has a divertissement
I am once again thinking about Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis (2001)
October 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I am once again thinking about Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis (2001)