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[wouldyourecognizethisperson-poll]

Would you recognize this person if you saw them in public?

Yes, I know who this is and I feel confident that I would recognize them

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They look familiar but I’m not sure who they are

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Voting ended onOct 8, 2025

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Gonna make a official post about this but any one who'd be down to review and or record themselves playing Ruin Runners I'll send you a butt ton of zines for free.

[starryeyedreviews]

I'm baaaaaaack! 💫

that's right gamers we are so back

Sorry for the break! Life has kind of taken me away from my PC and my beloved games, but I'm back now and ready to review ✨

That said, I'm kind of in a bit of decision paralysis right now :( I've got a lot of games I want to play and review, but I'm not sure where to start! Just gonna list down all the things I'm considering, and if anyone's got a preference I'll keep it in mind 💜

Things I've played recently and am planning to review: TOEM Fossil Corner A Monster's Expedition

Things I've played some time ago and maybe could review?: Moonglow Bay A Little to the Left Capybara Spa Final Profit: A Shop RPG Little Witch in the Woods Smushi Come Home

Things I'm about to play and then review!: Eastward Moonstone Island Wytchwood

(i hope you guys understand my dilemma aaaaaaaaaaaaaa)

So if you want me to talk about any of those games in particular, just let me know, and I'll try my best to get around to writing about it 🌠 Anyway, I'm glad to be back, and can't wait to talk about these games soon ✨

~ Gabi 🌙

P.S. I'm on other social media now too! In case it's more convenient for you to be updated through these when I post 💜 Twitter/X: @stareyedreviews Bluesky: @starryeyedreviews.bsky.social

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Citizen Sleeper is Amazing - Video Game Review

It is a talented studio that can create a seamless experience out of Citizen Sleeper’s several divergent elements. On the one side, I’m faced with this absolutely adorable character art by Guillaume Singelin–dare I call it cutesy? It’s lo-fi art, the kind you expect to see when you open up a really good study playlist on YouTube. You know the type. Wholesome art, calm lo-fi beats, the kind of…

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Quantum Break

Quantum Break is a 3rd person Sci-Fi action-adventure shooter, following the story of Jack Joyce who is granted time manipulation powers after a failed time-machine experiment.

Overview -

Quantum Break is another one of Remedy's strangely beautiful concepts that centers around time and time manipulation abilities, delivering on the promise in providing a brilliant sci-fi experience throughout.

Gameplay -

All of the player's abilities revolve around time manipulation and each of the mechanics are introduced to the players as the game progresses, in a way that makes sense to the story.

Quantum Break, upon introducing a new, mechanic, teaches players about the underlying mechanic and how to use it, forcing players to use it in the encounter it was introduced in.

Players have the ability to control or manipulate instances of fractured time, which play a major role in the combat of the game. Following are the powers players can use in combat -

Time Vision.

Time Stop.

Time Shield.

Time Rush.

Time Dodge.

Paul Serene, the antagonist of the game, also shares the same powers as Jack Joyce, as they were both exposed to high Chronon energy during the malfunction of the Time Machine in the Project Promenade lab.

Players can take weapons from defeated enemies to use alongside their time manipulation powers. Players get their first weapon, the Pistol, in the earlier parts of the game. Players can only carry one of each of the 3 types of weapons; primary, secondary and heavy, with each type having unique characteristics.

Quantum Break has a ton of variety in combat not only due to the various powers and weapons players can use, but also due to the distinct enemy types. Each type of enemy encourages players to use different powers, sometimes a combination of those powers, to defeat them. Different enemy types also deal varying damage and have more resistance to certain attacks, allowing for a more varying and fun combat experience.

The levels are designed with the player's abilities, encounters and types of enemies in mind. Objects and cover locations are placed in a way that makes sense to the world while also supporting the player's movement and abilities.

Quantum Break also has a feature that allows players to be reminded of their objectives with the press of a button.

There are tons of collectibles that can found throughout the game. Many of these collectibles, often referred to as Narrative Objects, provide additional story details, while Chronon Sources are vital to upgrade Jack’s time abilities.

Verdict -

With an innovative concept and story, intricate combat mechanics, seamless integration of its TV show in the game, excellent voice acting and great world and level design, Quantum Break is a brilliant yet underrated game that strives to provide an experience so fresh, making it one of my favorites of the genre.

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L4D2

You want to know the reason I registered on Steam, years ago? It was because of L4D2. My best friend and her boyfriend were playing L4D2 and told us about it. They bought us the game and, there we went, spending a lot of time playing it.

Currently, I have 160 hours of L4D2 and my boyfriend has 215. I should have more but there were a few months where I didn’t have a computer so I and my boyfriend played together on his computer. Occasionally we changed users but more frequent than not, we played on his account.

L4D2 is an FPS (First Person Shooter) with zombies. The news here is that it also has special infected. There are a lot of campaigns and it has all the maps that appeared in L4D original.

There are 6 special infected.

You have the Boomer, a really fat guy that vomits on you and attracts hordes of zombies. If you are directly hit you lose your eyesight for a few seconds; the jockey, a small humanoid that jumps on you and drives you to whatever direction he wants; the hunter, a small guy that jumps on you and puts you down while attacking you furiously;  the charger, a huge weird ass zombie that charges (hence the name). He can plow through an entire team and, when he grabs a survivor, he will keep hitting him until killed; the smoker, a weird looking guy that has a gigantic tongue. He can pull a survivor and kill him if not killed; the spitter, a humanoid zombie that spits (hence the name, again). His spit hurts a lot and you can fall if you stay too long on it;

Then we have the two boss special infected.

They are the witch, a random woman that walks around crying and with her hands on her face. If disturbed, she will ravenously hurt the person and incapacitate the survivor who hit her and the rest of the team. 

And then the Tank. The Tank is the hardest special infected to kill. He appears in some maps of the campaign. He’s a gigantic monster that hurls around rocks and stomps you around. He can kill an entire team. Trust me, I’ve done that.

You can play Campaigns (up to 4 players), Versus (4 human and 4 special infected), Mutation (lots of different changes, like only boomers and spitters, or unlimited ammo), Survival (you’re in a house with your teammates and you can upgrade your weapons and there are waves of zombies), Scavenge (you play as special infected or survivor and you have to catch a few bidons of fuel and make the objective without being killed while being timed. The infected try to stop the survivors as they collect the bidons).

This is a really fun game to play with friends, either campaigns or versus. Versus is one of my favorites modes. With just another person you can play versus. One is a special infected with three NPCs and the other is a survivor with another three NPCs.

You can also play fan-made campaigns. Each campaign normally has 4 maps, some might have 5 maps. You get started in a safe house, filled with two or three guns, pistols, melee weapons (if you’re lucky), health packs and sometimes pills or adrenaline shots. 

You have 5 slots. The first to a primary weapon (shotgun, sniper rifle or assault rifle), the second to two pistols, a magnum or a melee weapon (lots of choices), the third to your health pack or a defibrillator, the fourth to a bile bomb (attracts hordes to a place of choosing or a special infected) , a pipe bomb (attracts and kills zombies) or a molotov (fire away!) and the last to an adrenaline shot or pills.

You can buy this game on Steam (it’s currently at 14.99 but on Summer/Winter/whatever Sales it goes to 2.99). 

It’s better to just buy L4D2 because it has L4D1 maps and characters. 

It also has Steam Achievements which is an awesome awesome stuff. You can get them by completing campaigns or doing a combo of Spitter and Boomer, doing all the campaigns on expert, carrying a survivor (as charger) and stomping him for X seconds, etc. 

Each campaign has 4 difficulties - Easy, Normal, Advanced and Expert. They can be more difficult if you add realism. On normal campaigns, if your teammate is being carried away by special infected, you see his silhouette, and where he is and whatever is hurting him. On realism? You see shit. You can’t see through walls. If your teammate is being carried away? Oh, tough luck.

The only downside is that it should have more updates. Like, daily wins or daily missions. Like, kill 100 zombies with a melee weapon.And, we’re still waiting for L4D3.

So, buy this game! And add me on steam, or contact me!