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Supporters only | Prettying up Distant Bloom's alien world is its own reward
Fertility treat
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Supporters only | It should be a sin to sleep on lysergic black comedy INDIKA
Nun Shall Pass
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Supporters only | Pools as a liminal space isn't scary, it's how impractical it all is
No need for a verruca sock
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Supporters only | I want to tell you more about my favourite weird aquarium game, but it has trapped me in my dad's basement
What fresh fish hell?
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Supporters only | Unpacking the cursed digital object that is Steam’s clown reaction emoji
But doctor, I am mostly positive!
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Supporters only | Lethal Company is as much about protecting the mundane, as it is a horror game
They should put my new coffee grinder in there
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Supporters only | Watching Civil War made me want more games with black and white stances on morality
I can't think of any good modern examples!
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Supporters only | Piecing It Together gave me a timely little island of calm
Good thing I got my pieces
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Supporters only | What are ‘solvable’ games, and is being solvable a bad thing?
Balatroptimisation
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Supporters only | An action platformer about getting an eye back from ants affirms my belief that games need a Ronseal approach to their titles
Ants Took My Eyeball is about a man who has had his eyeball taken. By ants.
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Supporters only | Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi takes Castlevania back to basics
And they call it Bela Notmuche
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Supporters only | Fantasy games have a weird relationship with regional British accents
Whose epaulet is that pauldron?
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Supporters only | I am obsessed with this detailed but very weird aquarium sim
Right click to throw away
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Supporters only | Enjoy/endure real serfdom in wonky but loveable Under the Yoke
Unhand me villein
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Supporters only | My obsession with a singular board game makes me fear the unchill passage of time
Spunked cost fallacy
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Supporters only | I hate that I sorta hate twin-stick shooter Windowkill
I can feel the window's pain
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Supporters only | Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s minigames are each a new sensory organ for its many novelties
But also, screw the chicken quest specifically
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Supporters only | I've been playing WitchHand and I really love summoning the cute cat familiars
MEOW
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Supporters only | Tiny builder Summerhouse is even more delightful when you see what inspired it
In addition to Townscaper, solo dev Friedemann also cites A Short Hike, Stronghold Crusader and more as key texts
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Supporters only | Sky sailing is simple but still engaging in Passing By - A Tailwind Journey
Let my people archipelago
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Supporters only | Dragon's Dogma 2's character creator needs a randomiser button
Random is bespoke
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Supporters only | FF7 Rebirth's open world is both one step forward and one step back over FF15
Chocobros vs Roadie Boys
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Supporters only | The success of Helldivers 2 shouldn't come as a surprise
Live service games can be good