carkus8

video game player, collector, & enjoyer 🏳️‍🌈

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Hi! My name is Carlos, or carkus8!

Welcome to carkus8.net!

I am a video game player, collector, and enjoyer.

Here, you’ll find mainly screenshots and discussions about video games, including modern Nintendo games, retro games, and more.

Find me elsewhere online:

bluesky • youtube • ign playlist

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My mom has been crocheting a lot the past for years! I sent her a bunch of video game characters I loved in case she ever had some free time.

This is her version of Scoot from Animal Crossing! He was genuinely one of my favorites from New Horizons back in the day, so I thought it’d be cool to have him represented on my shelves somehow.

She based her pattern on CrochetConiDesigns’ pattern on Etsy in case you were interested!

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Pokémon Champions (2026) - developed by The Pokémon Works. Played on Nintendo Switch 2.

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Tembo the Badass Elephant (2015) - developed by GAME FREAK. Played on PlayStation 5.

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I love birthdays on Pokémon games.

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I transferred my original Charizard to Pokémon Champions

Transcript:

This is my Charizard from Pokémon FireRed that I caught in 2005.

In the past few years, we traveled across space and time, gathering so many experiences (and ribbons) in every region and game we could. You should definitely watch that video by the way, wink wink.

But now, here we are battling together on Pokémon Champions!

Can you believe this twenty-year-old Pokémon from the Game Boy Advance era is kicking ass on the Nintendo Switch 2?

I really wanna transfer Charizard to Legends: Z-A, but I’m not quite ready to cut it off from the other Switch games yet. So I’m just glad I get to move freely to and from Champions!

I mean, I’m no battler. I’m a novice! But luckily the power level is low enough to give me some chances to win. Hopefully, I can move all the way up the ranks with Charizard just for the experience!

Please tell me other people are also using their living legends to earn some wins!

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Pokémon Pokopia (2026) - developed by GAME FREAK and Omega Force. Played on Nintendo Switch 2.

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The Forest (2018) - developed by Endnight Games. Played on PlayStation 5.

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Warzone Tower Defense Extended (2009) - developed by Mad Cow Interactive.

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Gaming Year in Review 2025

I played a lot of video games in 2025, then made a video about it.

Please enjoy.

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These are all the games I played in 2025.

I can’t wait to see what 2026 looks like!

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Pokémon Legends: Z-A - Mega Dimension (2025) - developed by GAME FREAK. Played on Nintendo Switch 2.

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Help, I’m trapped in Hyperspace Lumiose

This short is part of my Gaming Year in Review 2025 video!

Pokémon Legends: Z-A - Mega Dimension is the sixteenth and final game I beat in 2025. Okay, I know it's DLC, but you know what I mean!

Transcript:

Last but not least, Pokémon Legends: Z-A - Mega Dimension.

After the events of the main story, a little girl and her mythical Pokémon, Hoopa, appear as pocket dimensions start spawning everywhere. You’re tasked to investigate with your new bestie Korrina and your old bestie rival in what’s being called Hyperspace Lumiose. Pokémon previously not available start to appear, as well as a few more new mega Pokémon. Oh, how do you enter those pocket dimensions? Why, donuts, of course!

Why would you even ask? You see, because of Hoopa’s rings, and—actually, this is my favorite thing about Pokémon. They’re not afraid to get silly goofy. In fact, they should continue to be silly goofy. I mean, they’re games for kids!

With the DLC, they also add a bunch of side quests from the insane citizens of Lumiose, and every now and then, they hit you with some meaningful dialogue. In a game where a major death occurs, and the events of this game are a direct result of a previous game, there’s a lot of conversation about embracing change. Honestly, it makes me feel better about not being 10 years old anymore.

Pokémon has always had dialogue that gets you like that from random NPCs, and it may just be because it was the right time for me to play this game, but this game hit home for me on multiple occasions, and the DLC was no different.

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Etiology of Kill Screen

In college, I recorded the sound that the Game Boy Advance makes when you remove a game cartridge while the system was on.

Then, I used that sound in a song I was composing for one of my classes.

I still love how it came out, so I decided to share!

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Dragon Quest (2000) - developed by TOSE. From Dragon Warrior I + II on the Game Boy Color.

Originally released as Dragon Warrior in 1986 on the NES.

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Saving the princess is optional

This short is part of my Gaming Year in Review 2025 video!

Dragon Quest I is the fifteenth game I beat in 2025. I absolutely loved the Game Boy Color version, but should I try other versions of the game?

Transcript:

It’s the first Dragon Quest game for the Game Boy Color.

Before the events of the game, the king’s daughter, Lady Lora, is kidnapped by the DracoLord. You, as a descendant of the legendary hero, Loto, are tasked to save her and defeat the DracoLord.

As it turns out, you gotta traverse the land to collect sacred artifacts entrusted to sages. Along the way, you slay a million Slimes, Golems, and other monsters to level up your strength and magic.

At each town, there are various upgrades to purchase at the local shops and NPCs to share chisme.

Once you have collected everything you need, you can go ahead and summon the bridge to the castle where the DracoLord will offer to share half the world with you. As a thanks, you kill him twice and seize the entire world for yourself.

If you happened to save Lady Lora, she thanks you and offers to run off with you on your journey, which is kinda sweet considering how saving her is apparently optional.

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What are YOU doing here?

This is my website! I post screenshots of video games I beat. I used to only post on other platforms like Bluesky, but I kinda like having tumblr being the main archive of everything.