Ryan Brown 🎮 @Toadsanime@mas.to

Reposting my #introduction with the hashtag this time! ✨

Like many others, I'm trying this place out given the recent Twitter news!

So, hi! I'm Ryan - better known as Toadsanime on Twitter (RIP my verification badge).

I work in #gaming as marketing director at Super Rare Games, where I also do some biz dev stuff + created the Mixtape, a physical compilation of #indiegames!

I'm previously a games journo, a BAFTA Games judge, and am mostly known on #Twitter for sharing #videogame #news 👋

I have no problem with indie games emulating art styles of games they feel inspired by - there's nothing stolen here.

What I have a problem with is trying to pronounce it as 'misplaced' and not 'MySpace' with an L.
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RT @IGN
Mysplaced is extremely reminiscent of the recent Link's Awakening remake, but there may be a bit more to it than meets the eye.

It's also one of the contenders on this week's Audience Choice episode of Rogue Jam. You c…
https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1526291850214232076

Spirittea is a rural-life RPG, described as 'Stardew Valley x Spirited Away', coming to Steam this year:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1931010/Spirittea/

I read the right side 3x faster than the left. Would love to see this bionic reading format be implemented in places.
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RT @juanbuis
it’s incredible how reading this feels like finally unlocking 100% of your brain

(via @Christophepas)
https://twitter.com/juanbuis/status/1526900107379105793

Greedfall 2 announced, launching for consoles + PC:

https://wccftech.com/greedfall-2-announced-will-launch-next-year-on-pc-and-consoles/

Final Fantasy VII Remake director Tetsuya Nomura says to expect FF7 news next month:

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/final-fantasy-7-news-will-be-shared-next-month-remake-director-reveals/

Classic digital PS3 game Shatter is coming back in remastered form for consoles & PC in late 2022:

https://www.eurogamer.net/playstation_classic_shatter_is_getting_remastered

NieR ice cube trays are now a thing, for if your summer needs a lil more existential dread:

https://www.aitaikuji.com/products/nier-replicant-ver-1-22474487139-silicone-ice-tray-emil

(I've been reminded public companies have no control over who buys their stock, which y'know, fair, but still, boooooooo)

I'm just going to leak it - I'm developing the new Silent Hill.

It'll be out 2024, playable only on a potato.

It will have Pyramid Head, but his head is now oval. He is called Oval Head.

Harry Mason is back and really into model trains but they're, like, spooky or something

Wonderful that as a gay man and a gamer, I now knowingly have to help fund a state that arrests and kills people for being gay if I want to play video games. Cheers for that, gaming executives.

Saudi Arabia's crown prince, who is responsible for the assassination of a journalist + human rights violations, has acquired a 5% stake in Nintendo (now 5th largest shareholder).

They also own shares in Capcom, Nexon, SNK, EA, Acti-Blizz & Take-Two:

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/saudi-arabia-has-bought-a-5-stake-in-nintendo/

Shan't tweet it for anyone else attending, but I've just looked up My Chemical Romance's setlist from their first UK performance yesterday, and I'll be veryyy happy if my gig on Sunday is the same or similar 😍

Unrelated: I'll have some big personal news on Friday, something that means a lot to me that I'll be literally begging you to share when it drops. 🧡💙💚3️⃣

If you remember the late 90s indie darling Dink Smallwood, we can be friends. ♥

This game influenced the likes of Baldur's Gate and Borderlands.

Imagine if someone gave the HD version a physical release in, say, an indie game compilation revealed on Friday. That'd be wild.

PlayStation 5's blue, purple, and pink console covers are available from June 17:

http://direct.playstation.com

Miasma Chronicles is the next game from the devs behind Mutant Year Zero, coming in 2023. #505GamesShowcase

A lil bit on Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising, which is available now. #505GamesShowcase

Stray Blade is an upcoming action-RPG for consoles + PC, coming in 2023. #505GamesShowcase