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Stars Die

By Naomi "Bez" Norbez
On Jan 22, 2022

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“Stars Die” by Eric G. Juvillà, Miguel Arroyo, Javier Benitez, Connor ORT Linning, Victor Barroso & Marc Juvillà. “A giant cathedral of flesh has appeared in the middle of the ocean on a dying world. A …

DreadXP Dredge the Depths Jam: CorpseOcean

By Sebastian Standke
On Dec 28, 2021

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“CorpseOcean” by Akuma Kira & Jarren Crist. “Pilot a tiny submersible on a job to retrieve organic material from a sunken navy [submarine]. Follow the coordinates, use [the sonar] and hope you [do not] run into anything on the way.”…

Game Off 2021: ENCORE

By Sebastian Standke
On Dec 19, 2021

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“ENCORE” by Savvy Community (Frédéric Urien, Tom Rivière, Lola Baudet, Milo Kalita, Juliette Pereira & Sacha Mathelet). “[This] is a game about ending things. You play a stage technician who takes care of things after this evening’s …

Game Off 2021: We Follow The Fickle Path

By Sebastian Standke
On Nov 30, 2021

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“We Follow The Fickle Path” by SweetHeart Squad (Sean S. LeBlanc, Michael Hetman & Ian Martin). “[This is a] story about ants.” There are stories that are worth listening to more than once. Stories in which even …

Trial of Fame: Papers, Please

By Steven Harmon
On Nov 14, 2021

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What is “Trial of Fame”? “Trial of Fame” is our series of articles in which authors and friends of our blog play a ‘cult game’ for the first time in their lifes and tell us about the experience. With this,…

HPS1 Summer of Shivers: Courage: The Videogame

By Sebastian Standke
On Oct 31, 2021

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“Courage: The Videogame” by Nathan Gabriel & Francisco Lucas. “[This is a] port for the cancelled [“Courage the Cowardly Dog” PlayStation] game[.] […] Even though this is playable, the game is still incomplete, the hard drive where we …

Ludum Dare 49: LCD DREAM ESCALATOR

By Sebastian Standke
On Oct 9, 2021

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“LCD DREAM ESCALATOR” by Michael Savage-Benoist, Nicholas Black & Mike Crawford. “What am I going to do with all this money[?] Some rats appear to be bigger than others! I hear bubbling.” The sonorous name “LCD DREAM ESCALATOR” obviously …

co-open

By Sebastian Standke
On Aug 7, 2021

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“co-open” by lowpolis (rayzones & Yaffle), Kyle Yerhot, fricochet, Fallon, cool_swords, Scarlet Winter, Sam Machell, Colin Le Duc, samb_rules, Vinzenz, Autumn Rain, Jerry Vishnevsky, Rémi Le Gallo, aido & …

HPS1 Summer of Shivers: THERE SWINGS A SKULL

By Sebastian Standke
On Aug 6, 2021

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“THERE SWINGS A SKULL” by Quinn K., Conor Walsh & Leaf Let. Not only by the evocative title, but also by the content warnings appearing right at the beginning (“Climate-apocalypse, immolation, dehydration, smoking, hanging”) it quickly …