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–reflections on games, books, comics, video, and the systems they reveal.

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  • Metroid Prime 4:Beyond–thoughts on narrative more than completion

    What bothered me about Metroid Prime 4 isn’t that it signals its ending from the beginning — that’s about all it does. It’s that the signal, much like the game itself, is more self-referential than forward-moving. Everything in this game feels like a mirror: of past glory, of a team that once made intricate worlds,…

    adb

    01/22/2026
    criticism
    gaming, metroid, nintendo, video-games, writing
  • Transience–from the bot

    Object exist in space and time, but their value is contingent upon other variables. As follows— That answer is internally consistent—and it’s doing more work than it might look like on the surface. Let me expand and clarify the list you affirmed, not by redefining the terms, but by making explicit what kind of weight…

    adb

    12/19/2025
    notes
  • Marvel–Defenders 39 ★★★★☆

    FINALLY Val gets free, and Luke Cage is always a treat. I’m ready to move to a new storyline. marvel #defenders #comics

    adb

    12/18/2025
    blue-notes
    #Defenders, #LukeCage, #Marvel, comics
  • X-Men ‘97 Sentinel

    X-Men ‘97 Sentinel

    Hasbro. Marvel Legends—Solid, hunky guy with decent movement. The accessories are great.

    adb

    12/17/2025
    notes
    #Hasbro, action-figures, x-men

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