October 2026 Roundup 🎃

With October heading out the door almost as soon as it arrived, I thought now would be as good a time as ever for another roundup of what I’m playing, games I’ve beaten, what’s currently in my backlog, and whatever else I decide to add at the end. Being the chronic “game-not-finisher” that I am, last week I decided to make myself go back to games that I stopped playing halfway through and finish the goddamn things, so expect plenty more of those in next month’s roundup. Weirdly enough, I did not play any spooky games for spooky season. Whoops. ▶️ Now Playing 🔨 Beats 📜 Backlog 🎧 Latest Episodes ▶️ Now Playing Our Feature Presentation. Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse (Switch 2) After hearing some great things about Belmont’s Curse from the awesome folks in the SuperPod Network Discord server, I decided to pull the trigger and treat myself to some metroidvania goodness, and this game does not disappoint. I’m not finished with it yet, but I plan on seeing this thing all the way through, and…