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elseleth (52)in #hivegc • 5 years ago
Justice Bundle Reviews #9: Sky Rogue
I've had a theory of sorts bouncing around my head that ended up relevant to my experience of Sky Rogue by Fractal Phase . It goes like this: advancing in a video game…
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elseleth (52)in #gaming • 5 years ago
Justice Bundle Reviews #8: The Testimony of Trixie Glimmer Smith
Creators Digital Poppy have over time built up an oeuvre called the Bluehills County Stories , with three noteworthy features: furry characters, Lovecraftian cosmic…
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elseleth (52)in #gaming • 5 years ago
Justice Bundle Reviews #7: Highway Blossoms
I've appreciated the sheer variety of items in the Racial Justice Bundle. The first games I picked out were quick-play shmups; then I played some meatier action and exploration…
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elseleth (52)in #gaming • 5 years ago
Justice Bundle Reviews #6: 10S
Itch has a reputation for hosting weird games. Half-finished prototypes, entries for high-concept game jams, pornographic visual novels, whatever! I find it delightful, a…
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elseleth (52)in #gaming • 5 years ago
Justice Bundle Reviews #5: Haque
Ever since the Chainmail era of fantasy wargames, fantastical hacky-slashy RPGs have grappled with the conceit of "magic" as "the ability to hurl battlefield-leveling…
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elseleth (52)in #gaming • 5 years ago
Justice Bundle Reviews #4: Switch 'N' Shoot
As an 80's child, I barely missed the heyday of the video arcade. I fondly remember a couple of glorious birthday parties at a local Atari-branded mall spot, burning bags of…
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elseleth (52)in #gaming • 5 years ago
Justice Bundle Reviews #3: Tamashii
Tamashii * is another game from the Big Bundle whose tagline succeeded in grabbing my attention. "Weird Luciferian Puzzle Platformer". Luciferian, eh? Not "Satanic"? When I saw…
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elseleth (52)in #gaming • 5 years ago
Justice Bundle Reviews #2: Lenna's Inception
If you were to conduct a Family Feud survey titled "Trendy Elements in Indie Video Games", Lenna's Inception would hit at least five of the top ten. Retro visuals…
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elseleth (52)in #gaming • 5 years ago
Justice Bundle Reviews #1: Task Force Kampas
Task Force Kampas ' tag line is "A classic arcade space shooter on steroids", which strikes me as a rather trite--and maybe even slightly offensive--attempt to describe what…
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elseleth (52)in #gaming • 6 years ago
Inside: Visceral Terror! Demiboy vs. Backlog, Game #15
Games are powerful vehicles for emotion. The most common, perhaps, are frustration and gratification: the cycle of failing repeatedly at a challenge until, eventually, you…
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elseleth (52)in #gaming • 7 years ago
The Needless Battle Lines of Genre Division
A few days ago, this gem of a Steam discussion got referenced in a forum thread about Caves of Qud that I follow: If you're literate in the vocabulary of computer game…
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elseleth (52)in #gaming • 7 years ago
Star Saviors: All You Need Is Shmup?
Steam's most recent seasonal event--not quite a sale, at least in the sense of deep, store-wide discounts the platform is known for--encouraged users to play games from their…
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elseleth (52)in #gaming • 7 years ago
Caves of Qud: Wild-Eyed Roguelike Excellence
It should surprise no one, given the length of delay since last post, that I've gotten distracted again. The culprit this time? Caves of Qud , an early access, tile graphics…
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elseleth (52)in #gaming • 7 years ago
Let's Play Arcanum, Part 4: Move Quest! Take Up Every Quest!
Last episode , I screwed up a bunch of stuff in my Arcanum playthrough. Some of it, like pissing off the whole town by throwing a bomb in the wrong place, was fixable by a…
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elseleth (52)in #gaming • 7 years ago
Let's Play Arcanum, Part 3: Fail! Fail! Fail!
Oh boy, y'all. Going to briefly depart from the chronological narrative approach , here, to tell the story of Amaira Grayson's No Good Very Bad Day, or, An Arcanum Comedy of…
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elseleth (52)in #gaming • 7 years ago
Let's Play Arcanum, Part 2!
When we left off , we'd created our heroine, Amaira Grayson, a sickly Half-Orc given a new lease on life. Seeking fortune, she boards a zeppelin headed for the great…
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elseleth (52)in #gaming • 7 years ago
Let's Play Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura! Demiboy vs. Backlog, Game #15
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura is a peculiar title. It was in some ways the last of a dying breed, occupying a similar historical niche to other isometric…
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elseleth (52)in #gaming • 7 years ago
Legend of Grimrock: Tactical Rhythm Action! Demiboy vs. Backlog, Game #14
Some games tell you what they are right in the title. Fire up a Street Fighter and you know you're down for a brawl. Others are a little cagier, but tell you what they're…
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elseleth (52)in #books • 7 years ago
Tumblr Perfect: A Review of the Light Novel "Cat Wishes"
When The Red Strings Club , a cyberpunk video game, hit the market, there was a bit of hue and cry. A kerfuffle, if you will. The game featured a transgender character, and it…
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elseleth (52)in #gaming • 7 years ago
Endless Space 2: Galactic Number-Go-Up! Demiboy vs. Backlog, Game #13
Welp, I got distracted from my queue again. But I did manage to play my distraction game to completion, so here's a review thereof! Endless Space 2 is the latest from…
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