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A Rant about Comics Part 2 – Grump Week
Read more: A Rant about Comics Part 2 – Grump WeekHey, so this post is a bit of a bummer. Maybe read Part 1 first, where I talk about a bunch of cool comics you should read? For the better part of a decade, I’ve been trying to figure out why I quietly loathe most American comics. I’ve gone through a variety of theories, ranging…
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PAX East 2025 – Day One and Two Quick Thoughts
Read more: PAX East 2025 – Day One and Two Quick ThoughtsLong time readers will know that I do daily writeups and wrapups of what I saw, and what I played during conventions. Unfortunately, I’m a bit busier this year than I normally am. So allow me to offer a brief and undetailed account, written in a mild fugue state, just around midnight of day 2.…
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Skin Deep
Read more: Skin DeepI like Skin Deep. I like it more than Quadrilateral Cowboy, the previous title by BLENDO Games. I wouldn’t have mainlined thirteen hours of it over two days the day it released if I didn’t like it. If you like weird indie stuff, and find yourself interested by an immersive sim where you save cats…
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The Player Experience of Puzzles in Blue Prince
Read more: The Player Experience of Puzzles in Blue PrinceI was gonna put this in my Blue Prince write-up, but it’s kind of its own thing, so I’m pulling it out real quick. While playing Blue Prince I wasn’t hitting the same wall of frustration I’ve hit with other puzzle games like Type Help or Return of the Obra Dinn, or even things like…
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TowerFall
Read more: TowerFallDo you remember the Ouya? The Kickstarted Android console that cost $100 ($140 adjusted for inflation) and was never a commercial success? The one that released 12 years ago? No? You don’t? Oh. Okay. Well, it was sort of a thing. Not a “thing” thing, but boy did people like talking shit about it, and…