#tea and video games

[teaandgames]

Atlas Wept - Review!

A game that everyone should play. Absolutely nutty but full to bursting with soul.

#Atlas Wept #Gaming #Review #Video Games #RPG #Writing #Tea and Video Games

[retrogamingblog2]

#pokemon #nintendo #gaming #anime #video games #funny #lol #humor #meme #tea #psyduck #retro #90s #90's #nineties #relatable #pokemon red #pokemon blue #pokemon yellow #gameboy #pokemon stadium #n64 #nostalgia #nostalgic #teapot #retrogaming

[koyoriin]

i cleared TEA a little bit ago so i figured i'd draw a commemorative picture for it like i did for UWU! a huge thank you to the lovely friends i raided with!

https://twitter.com/koyoriin https://patreon.com/koyorin https://instagram.com/koyori_n https://bsky.app/profile/koyorin.bsky.social

#ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #final fantasy 14 #ff14 #fanart #fan art #videogames #video games #gaming #the epic of alexander #ffxiv tea #ff14 tea #miqo'te #miqote

[ffc1cb]

addicted to drawing him. he is so funny to me

#yttd #midori yttd #sou hiyori #shin tsukimi #maple yttd #im going to be completely honest i feel like that one insane anon who was like oh i dont actually interact with the source material i read #fanfics in order to grasp what the plot is about #except i dont read fanfics. i am piercing the plot together from memes youtube videos fandom wiki and my wifes knowledge #i cant play the game horror genre is not my cup of tea but im mesmerized by the characters. midori in particular. as you can see #art stuff

[madame-helen]

#meme #memes #shitposting #shitpost #humor #dark humor #funny humor #funny memes #video games #dark souls #sarcasm #satire #irony #joke #parody #tea

[pinofdnp]

the way dan thought phil was talking about having a housewarming for their own house and saying "we don't know anyone or do anything"

#dnp #dan and phil #dan and phil games #dan and phil play the sims 4 #also them just ordering bubble tea in the middle of the video #i love them #dip and pip

[which-item-poll]

Ingredients for Karlach Tea: blended with black tea, cinnamon, apple pieces, cinnamon ground, orange, natural spicy cinnamon flavor, natural vanilla flavor, natural peach flavor, cloves, peach pieces, rose petals, strawberries, pineapple pieces, mango pieces & papaya flavor

Ingredients for Redd Tea: blended with black tea, yunnan jig tea, wuyi ensemble tea, natural spice flavor, orange, cinnamon, gunpowder, ginger varietal, cloves & cardamom

#which item poll #karlach #karlach baldurs gate 3 #baldur's gate 3 #animal crossing #redd #crazy redd #video games #tea #tea drinker #polls #poll game #random polls #adagio

[teastarfall]

LN2 + 3 (+ an oc) doodles!! because im autistic and that’s the only way to tame the silly within me

#it’s NEVER a tea post without hunter LN2 taking up an entire page I AM NORMAL (not true…) #blame the dantdm let’s play video that got me sucked into this hyperfix #also I got a decent idea on how i wanna draw low + alone rn!! #their faces i mean ermmm #once the games out their designs will most likely change tho lol #LN3 isn’t even out yet and i already love these guys sm #i must prepare for some emotional damage tho it’s gonna sneak up on us… #anyway must rest now (goes off tumblr and back onto procreate to draw) #little nightmares #little nightmares 2 #little nightmares 3 #little nightmares fanart #ln six #ln hunter #ln mono #ln doctor #ln low #ln alone

[oklotea]

TROLLS NOIRE AU ART DUMP PT. 2 !!!!!!

Click for better quality!

At this point this au is all I draw

But honestly I'm attached to this au not just because of the intriguing premise and story so far but also cause these drawings I'm making for it are some of my best work in my opinion! And it's some of the pieces I've put the most thought and effort in.

In a way this au is making me more motivated to draw! And that's amazing!

As always au is by @artroc-ity !!!!!! I hope I'm not overwhelming you with all my drawings

#trolls noire au #trolls #tea art 🎨 #SOME OF THE QUOTES ARE FROM DISCO ELYSIUM GOD BLESS #if you havent checked out disco Elysium DO IT NOW IT IS GOLDEN ISTGGGGGG AGHHHHH #its a video game #branch trolls #branch #chaz trolls #hickory trolls #chaz #hickory #barb trolls #barb #poppy #poppy trolls #oklo makes a post

[brbttee]

boba?

#valorant #valorant art #valorant wingman #gekko valorant #gekko #wingman #boba tea #riot games #art #gaming #video games

[glittertomb]

Current Obsessions 🌸🍄🐸💜🌿🌼

(Haven’t done one in 3 years, I think, and I have half an ounce of energy right now but here goes)

Scavengers Reign… an animated science-fiction show about a beautiful but dangerous planet with unusual biological mechanisms… watch for free here

Winternight Trilogy… a historical fantasy series spun with Russian fairytales, old gods, and curious creatures… rent on Libby with a library card

The Boy and the Heron… I know the latest Ghibli got some mixed reviews, but I’m just giddy to have another super magical film from our favorite Japanese retiree, and understanding how this film relates to his legacy and his son makes it much more emotional for me… it will be on Max at some point or watch for free on fmoviesz.to

Southern Reach Trilogy… I realized that the Annihilation movie was loosely based off of these books, so I had to know more about this quarantined (but ever-expanding) area where strange and psychedelic phenomena occurs… these are probably also on Libby

The Scholomance Trilogy… re-reading one of my favorite magical series in which students navigate a deadly world where monsters and even their own school seem to be coming for them at every turn… the first audiobook is available for free with a Spotify premium account, or just find them on Libby lol

Dave the Diver… explore the deep seas by day, run a sushi restaurant by night, and more… I dunno, I play it at my sister’s house so go look for it on Steam

This last one is kinda random but I’ve been really into Ito En teas at the moment… I usually get the giant bottles of unsweetened green tea from my local Asian markets… I’ve also been drinking a lot of giant bottles of unsweetened Aloe because I’m a giant ball of inflammation but I couldn’t find my brand.

So, the end! I hope these give you comfort as we wait for spring! If you’ve been feeling gloomy, stir-crazy, or otherwise glum, remember to keep taking your vitamin D and keep your chin up, cause spring is so close we can almost taste it. 🌸 ~love, laue

#personal #current obsessions #obsessions #animation #anime #tea #books #video games #fantasy

[teaandgames]

Top And Bottom of 2023

2023, we hardly knew ye. Everyone says the years go by fast but this one barely shook my hand before running off. Maybe it’s because I’m thirty now. Maybe as the decades pass, the years get faster. In which case, by the time I’m eighty I should be able to do a decade of games in one post. Now that’s efficiency.

Anyway, this list only contains games I’ve actually played, so you can blame time and money for the lack of games like Baldur’s Gate 3 on this list. Instead, it’s going to be a little bit of a strange list, so bear with me. I’ll be doing top and bottom five, just to get straight to the point really, and alternating them, to try and drum up some suspense.

That leads me to…

Fifth Bottom - Dead Island 2

From a purely functional standpoint, Dead Island 2 doesn’t really do anything wrong. Hitting the zombies is fun, strapping batteries to machetes is fun, walking along beaches is fun. But at the end of the day, functional is all it is. The fun I had with it is not unique to Dead Island 2 and is done better in pretty much every other big zombie release. Dead Island 2 is just a zombie game, with no other thought or creativity poured into it. Doomed to slide out of your brain the moment it’s done.

I’d say to play Dying Light 2 instead but, to be honest, I didn’t have time to play that one either.

Fifth Top - I’m On Observation Duty 6

This one is a bit of a cheat, as I’ve not actually played that much of number 6 itself. But I haven’t given the previous ones the props they deserve, so sod it, I’m doing it here. I’m on Observation Duty has a unique mechanic - a sort of horror spot-the-difference. You man security cameras, pointing out differences and looking out for intruders. It’s thoroughly unsettling, wonderfully engaging and yet so brutally simple.

It shows the value of a good idea that’s given a lot of room to breathe. You could probably make the case that 6 is little more than a rehash of the previous ones but I don’t care. Just give me more.

Fourth Bottom - Rogue Cards

I feel a little bad about this one, not least because the developer sent me a classy email after the review went up. Still, this was a year that was saturated in roguelikes. I’ve lost count of the amount of cards I’ve thrown at bad guys. It’s like if Vegas was taken over by goblins. Rogue Cards drew the short straw, unfortunately, by being a below average roguelike in a saturated year.

Its runs all feel a bit repetitive, it doesn’t look that great and the good ideas it has are dragged down by the rest of it. My fondest hope is that it becomes a learning experience and those lessons can be fed into another bloody genre.

Fourth Top - DREDGE

I only learned about DREDGE days before I reviewed it. I just liked the title. It turned out to be an absolutely wonderful game and one of the few titles this year that I played after I had finished reviewing it. It’s a lesson in how horror can build up at the pace of the player, as that first mutated fish you catch changes everything. There’s no going back after fishing a bloated, pus-filled mass out of your nets.

It also potentially shows that nearly anything can go together with a life simulator. Eldritch horror? Why not? I’ll be over here playing fish tetris when you need me.

Third Bottom - Nimbus INFINITY

Part of why I started reviewing games was to dip my toes into genres I’d never experienced before. You never know when you might find something new and exciting. Probably won’t be the Mecha genre though, going by Nimbus INFINITY, which was a lesson in crashes, awkward writing and awful voice acting. My only real memory from the game is the mispronunciation of ‘biplanes’, which really isn’t a good thing.

The combat did have its moments but really just boiled down to locking on and mashing the fire button. Final boss fight was a pain in the arse too.

Third Top - The Talos Principle 2

At one point in my life, I considered doing a philosophy degree. I’d quite enjoyed it in school. Decided against it though, which was a shame. It might have helped me appreciate what The Talos Principle 2 was banging on about. I joke - I did genuinely appreciate the philosophy in The Talos Principle 2. Its characters were deep and the central issue of growth vs. destruction gets more relevant by the day.

It also had some excellent laser puzzles, even if it can’t find many philosophical things to say about them.

Second Bottom - Assassin’s Creed Mirage

Might be a controversial one this, but Ubisoft has ten times the resources of others on this list and they still churned out something that’s fundamentally shallow. Frustrating, given the interesting setting. Basim is a suitable face for it, being as deep as a Disney prince, who spends his every second of screen time talking about how he wants a better future. Too busy for a personality, bless him. Then all the side-content followed suit by being as shallow as a teaspoon.

It was a brave return to the original formula and I applaud that. Assassin’s Creed desperately needs to get rid of its bloat. Still, this feels more like a chicken bone thrown to fans of the original rather than any real attempt to rekindle the fire.

Second Top - Blasphemous 2

A very valid criticism of Blasphemous 2 is that it’s little more than an extension of the original. My rebuttal is simple: I don’t care. If I had found a suitable replacement for Blasphemous in the meantime, it might have held water but I didn’t. Blasphemous’ world is idiosyncratic and I’ll take whatever I can get. It helps that Blasphemous 2 did a lot to make its gameplay a lot smoother and a lot less frustrating.

Granted, it did that by shaving down the ‘Vania’ part of Metroidvania. Maybe I’m just more of a Metroid Man?

The Bottom! - Anthology of Fear

Horror is one of my favourite genres - certainly my favourite film genre. So I’m always inclined to be a bit more critical towards it. That certainly didn’t do Anthology of Fear any favours but you don’t need to be a critic to see its flaws. Brutally short with barely any interaction on our part, it fails to either engage or scare. You’d get much the same experience by browsing the new releases on itch.io and at least they would be free.

Looked nice though.

The Top! - World of Horror

It’s rare to stumble across a game that could have been personally made for you. I’m a huge fan of Junji Ito-style body-horror and World of Horror serves that up in a unique style. It somehow preserves the unsettling, skin-crawling feeling that comes from reading body horror manga, which is no mean feat. I think it’s down to the stories contained within and the constant knowledge that death is never too far away.

It’s not everyone’s cup of tea and the graphics and general feel might turn some people off but I’ll be damned if it didn’t charm the hell out of me. Just as well, seeing as I’d been following it for about half a decade.

So that’s the year - even I wasn’t expecting to put a horror game as the first place on both lists but, hey, it’s been a scary year. Here’s to 2024. I hope you have fun with your 2024 games. I’ll be busy saving my pennies for all the 2023 releases I missed. If you come back next year, I might even be able to tell you how Like a Dragon: Gaiden is.

For fun, here's a quick list of others that didn't quite make it to my top list:

Like a Dragon: Ishin - was a lot of fun, but the updated faces ruined the plot a bit.

Dave the Diver - the best game that I keep forgetting about.

Riftbound - mistakenly got a code for it this year but released last year, so wasn't viable. Wonderful tower defence game. What Plants vs. Zombies 2 should have been.

Astrea: Six Sided Oracles - The best roguelite I played this (last?) year. Maybe because it didn't use cards.

TEVI - an adorable metroidvania with great movement, if flat combat

Hope 2024 brings good things!

#World of Horror #Anthology of Fear #Assassin's Creed Mirage #Dead Island 2 #The Talos Principle 2 #Rogue Cards #DREDGE #Blasphemous 2 #Nimbus INFINITY #I'm on Observation Duty 6 #Gaming #Video Games #2023 #Tea And Video Games

[retrogamingblog2]

Handmade Pokemon Mugs made by Bespokemon

#pokemon #art #nintendo #crafts #artists #gaming #video games #anime #bulbasaur #starter pokemon #eeveelutions #umbreon #jigglypuff #cute #kawaii #mug #coffee #tea #gifts #merch #handmade #handcrafted #retro #gameboy #gba #ds #3ds #switch #nintendo switch #pokemon go

[oldphanny]

This is a smosh blog for today cause what the fuck is going on over there 👀

#smosh #shourtney #smoshmouth #smosh mouth #smoshgames #smosh games #courtney miller #shayne topp #yall the longer i look the more dake it is but damn i would like to believe #i havent even watched the new dnpc video cause im so engrossed in the shourtney tea #smosh pit #smoshblr #smosh squad #smosh shayne #smosh courtney #smosh cast

[darkparablesgainira]

I'm going to eat Belladonna in this dress

#dark parables #video games #hidden object #blue tea games #alice: madness returns #pc games #hidden object game #belladonna #ballad of rapunzel

[midautumngame]

Had the joy of commissioning @peevishpants for fanart and they created this lovely scene of Robin sharing a boba power-up with Terracotta Warrior.

Weiwei Xu is a Chinese-Canadian illustrator and creature of the night. They work in video games and animation as a backgrounds/concept artist. You can find more of their beautiful work here!

#indie game #fanart #game dev #indie dev #boba tea #boba #gamedev #indiedev #indie games #video games #midautumn #midautumn game #Terracotta Warrior #Robin Lam