Jill Lloyd Flanagan

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

Musician, philosophy and game writing

soulslike, video games, criticism

Oct 26, 2025

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12 min read

"Silksong"

an unplanned follow-up (spoilers for acts 2 and 3)

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

“Hollow Knight: Silksong”A Mastered Shatterpiece

Sep 10, 2025

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8 min read

“Hollow Knight: Silksong”A Mastered Shatterpiece

I wrote this in a hurry on vacation because I haven’t published anything since July!

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

Jul 9, 2025

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14 min read

"The Specter Files: Deathstalker"

A review of a historic oddity

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

Jun 15, 2025

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11 min read

Steam Next Fest: June 2025

possible salmonella and reviews of demos for new games soon to be released on Steam

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

Jun 9, 2025

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8 min read

Paglia's Paragraph

TW/CW: discussion of terrible opinions about sexual assault and forced marriage,

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

May 19, 2025

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13 min read

Dark Souls 3 of 3

"Fires are known to fade in quiet..."

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

horror

May 1, 2025

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16 min read

Strange and Scary Things

Why the 2019 adaptation of "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" was not very good

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

Apr 12, 2025

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13 min read

It will be ok: Amarillo

Texas tour horror stories p.2

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

Mar 31, 2025

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16 min read

Dark Souls 3-p.II of III

I have been slightly burned out by everything and have played a lot of shows this month with my band Shrift.

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

Feb 26, 2025

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15 min read

Another Dogged Contender...

Dark Souls Part 1 of 2

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

Feb 6, 2025

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4 min read

Puppets in the News

The annoying antics of some Democrats in name only

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

soulslike, video games, criticism

Dark Devotion and a Metroidvania roundup

Jan 19, 2025

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12 min read

Dark Devotion and a Metroidvania roundup

In which the author realizes that some titles end up not being worthy of an exhaustive review

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

A few people care what I think about Bloodborne

Jan 12, 2025

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25 min read

A few people care what I think about Bloodborne

In which the author resorts to republishing to accomodate her ravenous public

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

Dec 28, 2024

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15 min read

Nine Sols

An essay in which the author recalls that this substack was supposed to focus on video game criticism

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

Dec 3, 2024

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6 min read

LGBTQ+ people are not going back

In which the author attempts a half-baked turn towards the political....

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

Nov 1, 2024

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7 min read

On Horror and Slasher Villains

being the author's musings on the banality of an unkillable evil force

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

Oct 25, 2024

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7 min read

Earl's II

Being the first part of the esteemed author's travels with her musical group The Coughs in the great state of Texas

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

Pitchfork ruined my and mostly Travis Morrison's career

Oct 6, 2024

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10 min read

Pitchfork ruined my and mostly Travis Morrison's career

A bit of a ramble down the old garden path

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

Lord, I don’t like “Lords of the Fallen”

Aug 31, 2024

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20 min read

Lord, I don’t like “Lords of the Fallen”

I tried how I did try

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

Dec 29, 2023

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24 min read

Lunacid

A soulslike that while receiving the correct amount of love could use more

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

Some Soulslikes That Deserve More Love, Part III

Nov 23, 2023

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15 min read

Some Soulslikes That Deserve More Love, Part III

Mortal Shell

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

“GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon”: a rip-off twice removed

Oct 27, 2023

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9 min read

“GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon”: a rip-off twice removed

and “Genpei Toma Den”, the bizarre classic semi-forgotten

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

soulslike, video games, criticism

Some soulslikes that deserve more love, Part. 2

Oct 22, 2023

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14 min read

Some soulslikes that deserve more love, Part. 2

"Immortal Unchained"

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

Some Soulslikes that deserve more love (a series)

Oct 6, 2023

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10 min read

Some Soulslikes that deserve more love (a series)

we begin our series with a review of "Salt and Sacrifice"

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

The Hollow Object: Ari Aster's Midsommar and Hegel's Religious Community

Apr 10, 2023

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17 min read

The Hollow Object: Ari Aster's Midsommar and Hegel's Religious Community

In this paper, I will contrast the fictional Harga community in Ari Aster’s film “Midsommar” (2019) with Hegel’s idealized religious community and the process of self-realization which Hegel’s idealized community relies on.

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

Jill Lloyd Flanagan

"Silksong"

“Hollow Knight: Silksong”A Mastered Shatterpiece

"The Specter Files: Deathstalker"

Steam Next Fest: June 2025

Paglia's Paragraph

Dark Souls 3 of 3

Strange and Scary Things

It will be ok: Amarillo

Dark Souls 3-p.II of III

Another Dogged Contender...

Puppets in the News

Dark Devotion and a Metroidvania roundup

A few people care what I think about Bloodborne

Nine Sols

LGBTQ+ people are not going back

On Horror and Slasher Villains

Earl's II

Pitchfork ruined my and mostly Travis Morrison's career

Lord, I don’t like “Lords of the Fallen”

Lunacid

Some Soulslikes That Deserve More Love, Part III

“GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon”: a rip-off twice removed

Some soulslikes that deserve more love, Part. 2

Some Soulslikes that deserve more love (a series)

The Hollow Object: Ari Aster's Midsommar and Hegel's Religious Community

Gremory