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Survivor-like bias

I spent a lot of time last week looking at Vampire Survivors and other Survivor Likes. Mainly just 3. This type of autobattler is popular amoung the indie game community as a way to "make money" by playing the "steam meta" I did get deeper…

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Four Games

I've had a very open schedule so that means I have been playing actual videogames and can form new opinions on them. This game is highly lauded, having won the IGF Grand Prize this year. I would describe it as a "Match 3 Tower Defense"…

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I beat Hang-On

Among my mechanic and bar owner friend group is a collection of arcade games that float around, and one of those is a stand up Hang-On arcade cabinet. This machine has motorcycle handlebars on it and a real motorcycle throttle on it, and after finding…

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Black Beauty

I have a very good track record of losing my job and then immediatly going on a life altering adventure. When I lost my job at Midwinter I got on a plane to San Francisco for a moped rally hosted by The Creatures of The…

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post games

I lost my job this week. The current games industry, if you can call it that, is pretty much in free fall. In the span of 6 years it has gone from the Zero Intrest Rate Policy and Covid boom to whatever this is. Not…

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