2023 games thread: a small review of every game I play and like. Ratings:
[★] Neat and worthwhile, but limited in scope / quality.
[★★] Stronger games falling short somewhat in concept, scope or execution.
[★★★] All-time greats. Sylvie's Slime Time [★]. Super short but the last level rules, lots of different ways to approach traversing the space.

2022 games thread: a small review of every game I play and like. Ratings:
[★] Neat and worthwhile, but limited in scope / quality.
[★★] Stronger games falling short somewhat in concept, scope or execution.
[★★★] All-time greats. Yugo Puzzle [★★]. Early on the gleeful bouncing is unintuitive in a comical way, and once that's internalized it makes for really wild possibilities despite small, concise levels. Jelly is a bit more minimalistic, less brain load, but this manages to do more with fewer pieces.

2021 games thread: a small review of every game I play and like. Ratings:
[★] Neat and worthwhile, but limited in scope / quality.
[★★] Stronger games falling short somewhat in concept, scope or execution.
[★★★] All-time greats. Star Fox 64 [★]. A charmingly clunky 3D shmup with plenty of routes to explore. There’s some room to test the player, but it fails to do so cleanly, relying more on messy gimmicks and the less functional all range mode, as well as extreme punishments for tiny mistakes.

I'll try to tweet out every game I play and like in 2020. Rated out of 3: 1 is a bunch of neat and nice games but nothing too special; 2 is a decently long list of good games, lots of variety; 3 is my favorites, currently exactly 10 games so it's a rarity. Touhou Luna Nights [⋆⋆]. Smooth movement and great fast-paced ranged combat. Time mechanics and grazing work great for bosses, though not so well for platforming/enemies so that gets a bit gimmicky/tedious later, and the structure is very basic too.