There's never been such an abundance of games and consoles as there is now. There are more games than anyone could ever play, both new and old. Releasing another poorly made remaster doesn't mean no ones making new original games. I don't think there hasn't been a year I didn't play an original, engaging and creative new video game. It's literally the golden age of gaming.

Can't recommend Bandcamp fridays enough.

A dream with spiders.

The first one is my all-time favourite, the second one is alright/watchable and I absolutely detested 28 years later. The first act seemed interesting enough and I liked the "Junji Ito" slug zombies, but it was all downhill from there and I just felt weird watching it. What a mess.

Also in Fromsoft games runbacks are a deliberate design choice that forces the player to take a quick break after dying to a boss.

Immediately thought about Le Guin. Probably my all time favourite author. So many great novels and short story collections to choose from. Even her YA novels are thoughtful, wise and the prose is pretty much flawless. OP, let me know what you're in the mood for and I'll recommend a few books.

"Welcome home, good Hunter. What is it you desire?"

There are no alphabets in Japanese language.

Japanese and Italian. What is life without katsukaree and pizza?

Yes. Both are brilliant and although I'm not sure, I feel like the former had a big influence on Cameron's Avatar (much more so than Pocahontas tbh). Hard to pick a favourite but I really like the Western shore trilogy.

Totally. There are some excellent AAA developers too (e.g. Naughty Dog, Remedy, Santa Monica, FromSoft, Kojima) but I'd say the biggest surprises for me have come from AA studios and indie developers – Animal Well, Clair Obscur, Returnal, Silksong, Crypt Custodian, Celeste, to name a few. I mean, there are tons of crappy indie games too, but the amount of creativity and quality in the indie scene is stunning.

Blasphemous 2 is more enjoyable than Hollow Knight

Blasphemy!

Blasphemous 2 never dethroned Hollow Knight.

Porcupine Tree - Blackest Eyes

Mew - She came Home for Christmas