ash's stash

the inner machinations of one big idiot


ash's reviews/thoughts

currently playing: kazumi totaka - wii message board gallery (photo channel)

mixtape

mixtape, with bonus annapurna meltdown

not indie, not a game. not even a good mixtape!

2026-05-15
s&box

s&box has reminded me how much of a dick garry newman is

fuck you, i won't do what you tell me! even if it's what i had told you i was gonna do!

2026-05-14
tomodachi life: living the dream

tomodachi life: living the dream - 6/10

it is what you make of it, and little else

2026-04-19
the end is nigh

the end is nigh: 8/10

THE ENDDDD IS NIGGHHHHH MY FRIEEEEND

2026-04-18
mega man

mega man - 4/10

super shite-ing robot more like

2026-04-06
sonic the hedgehog (mega drive)

sonic the hedgehog (mega drive) - 9/10

or "how i learned to stop worrying and grind times"

2026-04-01
minecraft

minecraft: 4/10

when you get too much of too little. i promise it makes sense

2026-03-30
sonic cd

sonic cd - 9/10

an acquired taste, but once you acquire it, you want to stop at nothing to hoard it

2026-03-19
sonic the hedgehog (sega master system)

sonic the hedgehog (sms) - 6/10

he's so wee! and flickering so horribly ow my eyes!

2026-03-18
sonic the hedgehog 2 (mega drive)

sonic the hedgehog 2 (mega drive) - 8/10

reprise, this time we want not just breakneck speed, but break-the-camera speed!

2026-03-17
yakuza kiwami 3

yakuza kiwami 3 - 0/10

kiwami means extreme... ly bad

2026-03-03
toree 3d

toree 3d - 6/10

it's good when it's not trying to get ideas above its station

2026-02-24
super mario bros.

super mario bros. - 8/10

the retro is taking my body over like a symbiote

2026-01-22
super mario bros. 2 (usa)

super mario bros. 2 (usa) - 5/10

who'd have known, the black sheep of the bunch is forgotten for a reason?

2026-01-22
resident evil

resident evil (1996) - 7/10

the spencer mansion is my gaff

2026-01-06
atlyss

atlyss - 8/10

i may be a system but all of my alters are furfags

2026-01-04
sonic the hedgehog 4: episode 1

sonic the hedgehog 4: episode 1 - 6/10

i must have hit my head decently hard. i think this game do game good

2026-01-03
donkey kong bananza

donkey kong bananza - 8/10

donkey kong does what mari-don't

2025-12-31
god of war (2018)

god of war (2018) - dnf

genuinely everything wrong with modern gaming, especially sony's output, and i'm not kidding

2025-12-31
sonic adventure 2

sonic adventure 2 - 4/10

live and learn how to completely fuck up what worked before

2025-12-29
thief simulator

thief simulator - 2/10

i can't even in good faith call it 'at least functional'

2025-12-28
brush burial: gutter world

brush burial: gutter world - 6.5/10

a sandbox of interesting ideas marred by clumsy implementation, saved by gender envy for the protagonist

2025-12-23
superhot

superhot - 6/10

super. hot. soup is. hot. every time i cleared a level i got the reward of stimming

2025-12-17
super mario 64

super mario 64 - 5/10

super mario had a rough transition to 3D

2025-12-13
sonic robo blast 2

sonic robo blast 2 - 9/10

by the mania, for the mania, but not mania, because it's robo blast 2 you idiot

2025-12-13
skyrim

the elder scrolls v skyrim - 6/10

fuck around and never find owt

2025-12-08
ultrakill

ultrakill - dnf

a very harsh reminder that i am in fact disabled and i am unable to engage with the things i loved

2025-12-08
risk of rain 2

risk of rain 2 - 9/10

do it again, but good and 3D this time

2025-12-06
sonic adventure

sonic adventure - 8/10

open your heart and it'll be alright. pretty good, even

2025-12-06
super mario world

super mario world - 7/10

it's good, sure, but i look at it funny for what it's come to stand for

2025-12-06
metroid: zero mission

metroid: zero mission - 7/10

a crazily good metroid remake, and also some other bullshit

2025-12-06
metroid prime 4: beyond

metroid prime 4: beyond - dnf

a disappointment 18 years in the making. but enough about what my family said to me when i came out

2025-12-05
sonic pocket adventure

sonic pocket adventure - 6/10

if snk had sonic on their console why hasn't he appeared in king of fighters thatd be fire. oh uh the game's good yeah

2025-12-05
angel island tour

angel island tour - 8/10

srb2 in minutes. that's a joke for people who watched roger's old videos, all like two of us still alive

2025-12-04
super mario bros. 3

super mario bros. 3 - 5/10

this guy fucking sucks at mario. in this video we can see a player so atrociously bad at mario that he almost gets himself killed multiple times a second.

2025-12-02
sonic mania

sonic mania - 9/10

sends me into a mania that taxman and stealth made kino and then sega told them to never cook again

2025-12-02
super mario 3D all-stars

super mario 3D all-stars - 2/10

otherwise known as: ash gets vindicated for their deep distrust of nintendo post-wii u

2025-12-01
sonic the hedgehog 3

sonic the hedgehog 3 - 10/10

what if they put ketamine into video game form

2025-12-01
sonic origins plus

sonic origins plus - 8/10

a perfectly cromulent collection

2025-12-01
animal crossing: new horizons

animal crossing: new horizons - 5/10

rock it til the edges are sanded off

2025-11-30
dispatch

dispatch - 4/10

at least the average visual novel makes you click to continue reading

2025-11-30
super mario bros. 2

super mario bros. 2 - 1/10

actual commercial rom hack

2025-11-30
yakuza 3

yakuza 3 - 9/10

father of the year simulator that filters the weak

2025-10-24
mario kart world

mario kart world - 6/10

i hope nintendo sees a doctor for their open-world fever sometime soon

2025-10-19
yakuza 2

yakuza 2 - 10/10

my favorite christmas game

2025-10-18
yakuza restored

yakuza restored - 9/10

hey when that dogshit english dub isn't on this game is actually fire

2025-10-18
pac-man world re-pac

pac-man world re-pac - 6/10

complete left-field release but one i warmly enjoyed

2025-10-15
cave story

cave story - 6/10

talking bout a ...

2025-10-04
super metroid

super metroid - 9/10

god this shit is so peak except the one area where it's dogshit

2025-09-23
hollow knight

hollow knight - 8/10

the first time in my life i have thought "maybe bugs are okay actually"

2025-09-22
killing floor

killing floor - 7/10

genuine soul that'll have you proper clamming for a chippy how

2025-09-18
sonic superstars

sonic superstars - 4/10

its no mania 2.

2025-09-18
one piece: pirate warriors 3

one piece: pirate warriors 3 - dnf

genuinely like actually unplayable on several bases

2025-09-15
sonic r

sonic r - 7/10

living in the city you knowww you got to surviiiiive

2025-09-11
worms crazy golf

worms crazy golf - dnf

one... bad... putt

2025-09-11
katana zero

katana zero - 8/10

drugs are bad except they really do enhance your performance

2025-08-24
sonic colors

sonic colors - 6/10

i'm going to the one place uncorrupted by other playable characters... SPACE!

2025-04-27
like a dragon: pirate yakuza in hawaii

like a dragon: pirate yakuza in hawaii - 8/10

CAN'T STOP ... MY MIDNIGHT BURGER

2025-03-04
monster hunter rise

monster hunter rise - 5/10

what a fall-off. oh i see what you did there

2024-11-03
shadow generations

shadow generations - 9/10

shadow 05 shooters vindicated at last

2024-10-28
webfishing

webfishing - 8/10

ouhhh yeah... i'm fishin ... on Da Web !

2024-10-16
celeste

celeste - 10/10

this just in: transgender fem-leaning individual enjoys celeste

2024-10-08
super smash bros. ultimate

super smash bros. ultimate - 6/10

everyone is here, and yet i'm still mentally checked out

2024-10-08
resident evil 5

resident evil 5 - 7/10

so much fun in co-op! so horribly racist all the time!

2024-10-04
children of the sun

children of the sun - 8/10

came out of nowhere and blindsided me with good shit. much like a sniper in a sense

2024-09-07
worms pinball

worms pinball - dnf

wow this is like cataclysmically bad

2024-09-07
hotline miami

hotline miami - 6/10

i'm not entirely sure that i get it but its a haze of semi-fun violence

2024-08-28
puyo puyo tetris

puyo puyo tetris - 7/10

my beautiful wife appears to have driven me insane by being better than me

2024-07-26
no more room in hell

no more room in hell - 5/10

dude whoever put the patrick bateman skin as a preinstalled asset in the game and not a mod, thank you. you are the reason we got a whole night out of this shit

2024-07-05
half-life

half-life - 9/10

the best one and its not even close

2024-06-27
half-life: source

half-life source - 2/10

what the fuck

2024-06-27
like a dragon: infinite wealth

like a dragon: infinite wealth - 9/10

TOMIZAAAWAAAAAA....

2024-03-17
donkey kong country

donkey kong country - 8/10

this shit is bananas. b-a-n-a-n-a-s

2024-01-31
half-life 2: episode two

half-life 2: episode two - 7/10

i'm sure they'll finish up the story sometime before apes retake the earth

2023-12-30
half-life 2: episode one

half-life 2: episode one - 4/10

you're lucky you're paired with some of the best games of this era because holy shit who invited you

2023-12-27
half-life 2

half-life 2 - 6/10

it pioneered so much. it's so fucking overhyped though

2023-12-26
like a dragon gaiden: the man who erased his name

like a dragon gaiden: the man who erased his name - 9/10

my partners had to try to console me for genuinely two hours as i manically sobbed my eyes out after the ending of this game

2023-11-23
cars

cars - 6/10

okay don't laugh man

2023-11-08
yakuza 0

yakuza 0 - 9/10

the birthplace of autism

2023-06-17
inscryption

inscryption - 10/10

the best deckbuilder with incredible plot to boot. also one of the first games i played for my wife i love you honey <3

2023-06-09
the beginner's guide

the beginner's guide - 10/10

davey wreden demonstrates that the stanley parable's yin does have a harrowing yang

2023-06-06
the stanley parable: ultra deluxe

the stanley parable: ultra deluxe - 10/10

davey wreden is a fucking madman elevated by kevan brighting

2023-03-29
portal

portal - 10/10

you will play kino. and then there will be cake

2022-08-29