Sam Kahn 📽️ / Explodist Media
@explodist.media
I love movies and games (and some other things)! Follow me on-- LB: https://boxd.it/2mUF Reviews: https://www.thegeeklygrind.com/archives/tag/samkahn YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@explodistmedia
Helix: Descent N Ascent has some of the most striking black-and-white art I've seen. It's like playing through a graphic novel with beautiful inkwork. #indiegames @piratepr.com 🎮 My review on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social:
Helix: Descent N Ascent Review — The Geekly Grind
Explore a monochrome wasteland in Helix: Descent N Ascent, a puzzle adventure with clever abilities and rewarding challenges.
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day represents a huge missed opportunity. The best version of this movie gets buried by the main plotline. #filmsky 🎥 📽️ My review on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social:
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Review — The Geekly Grind
Spider-Man: Brand New Day represents a huge missed opportunity. The best version of this movie gets buried by the main plotline.
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I love this game's concept. There isn’t much here, but it’s still worth the $5 price. If they make collectible toys of the sushi, I'd buy them. #indiegame @kodanshagamelab.bsky.social 🎮 My Wabisabi Sushi Derby review on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social:
Wabisabi Sushi Derby Review — The Geekly Grind
Wabisabi Sushi Derby turns living sushi into racers, pairing a hilarious concept with charming presentation, even if the novelty doesn't last.
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The Moss games are finally available outside of VR. It was about time. Absolutely magical: 9/10. @polyarcgames.com @uberstrategist.com #indiegames #PS5 #NintendoSwitch #SteamDeck #Xbox 🎮 My review on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social:
Moss: The Forgotten Relic Review — The Geekly Grind
Polyarc’s Moss: The Forgotten Relic brings two acclaimed VR platformers to flatscreen players with tactile gameplay and an emotional player-protagonist bond.
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As desperately as I want SFB Games to make another survival horror after Crow Country, I hope they make a hundred more Grimoire and Sally adventures. 9/10 @shikaboom.bsky.social @sfbtom.bsky.social @sfbdim.bsky.social #indiegame 🎮 My review of The Mermaid's Mask on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social:
The Mermaid’s Mask Review — The Geekly Grind
Detective Grimoire and Sally return in SFB Games’ The Mermaid’s Mask, a locked-room mystery with exceptional writing, inventive puzzles, and memorable characters.
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"The truth is, I don't really make video games for the love of games." For my latest game dev interview video, Serenity Forge founder Zhenghua "Z" Yang and I talked about trauma, Fractured Blooms, and why he believes games can change lives. #gamedev #indiegames #horrorsky @serenityforge.com 🎮
Serenity Forge Founder Zhenghua "Z" Yang on Trauma, Horror, and Why Games Matter
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Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey uses Homer's epic to tell an intimate story about the burden of surviving war. It's one of his best. Just make sure your theater's 70mm film projection isn't garbage before choosing that format. #filmsky #AMCTheaters 📽️ 🎥 My review on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social:
The Odyssey Review — The Geekly Grind
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is a sweeping adaptation of Homer's epic that emphasizes Odysseus's emotional journey, delivering one of the director's strongest films.
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Denshattack! is a loud, ridiculous riff on Tony Hawk that still feels completely fresh. If you miss 2000s Sega, you'll love this one. #indiegame @fireshinegames.bsky.social @denshattack.bsky.social @officialtinsley.bsky.social 🎮 My review on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social:
Denshattack! Review — The Geekly Grind
Undercoders' Denshattack! is an arcade action game inspired by Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, delivering exhilarating rail grinding, spectacular set pieces, and nonstop momentum.
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Black Lantern Collective is quietly putting together one of the best indie horror catalogs around. Don't Let It Starve continues that streak, taking the CloverPit formula into a twisted scenario that's part Saw and part Top Chef. #indiegames #horror 🎮 My review on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social:
Don't Let It Starve Review — The Geekly Grind
Don't Let It Starve is a CloverPit-inspired horror roguelite from Black Lantern Collective that combines inventory-style puzzle solving with grotesque horror and dark comedy.
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Hyperwired lifts Chibi-Robo!'s plug into a twin-stick shooter. It's a brilliant idea, but the rest of the game never quite rises to meet it. #indiegame @selectaplay.bsky.social @sidralgames.bsky.social #roguelite 🎮 My review on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social:
Hyperwired Review — The Geekly Grind
Sidralgames' Hyperwired is a twin-stick action roguelite with a clever plug-and-socket combat mechanic that stands above its otherwise familiar progression.
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Huntdown: Overtime is one of those rare Early Access launches where you completely forget the game isn't finished. This thing already feels fantastic. #indigame #earlyaccess #roguelite @coffeestain.com 🎮 My review on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social -
Huntdown Overtime Early Access Review — The Geekly Grind
Easy Trigger’s Huntdown: Overtime is an impressively polished Early Access roguelite featuring brutal arcade combat, absurd boss fights, and 1980s action excess.
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Freefall ’95 is Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater while falling out of an exploding plane. #indiegames #roguelite #steamdeck My review on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social -
Freefall '95 Review — The Geekly Grind
S-Bend Games’ Freefall ’95 is a fast-paced roguelite that combines Tony Hawk-style aerial trick combos, arcade score chasing, and a genuinely absurd premise.
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Supergirl is fine. Though “fine” feels disappointing when you’re adapting one of the best DC comics in recent memory. Still, Milly Alcock is fantastic in the role. Even though he didn’t need to be here, Momoa is also great. #filmsky #movies #dcu 🎥 📽️ My review on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social -
Supergirl Review — The Geekly Grind
Supergirl brings Tom King’s acclaimed comic to theaters, though Milly Alcock’s strong performance outshines an otherwise uneven adaptation.
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A game built around doing historical research probably sounds miserable to most people. But if you’re a weirdo nostalgic for Encarta and love wiki wormholes, Mysteries of Old Tokyo is for you. #indiegames #pcgaming @bolerosoft.bsky.social 🎮 My review on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social -
Mysteries of Old Tokyo Review — The Geekly Grind
Bolerosoft’s Mysteries of Old Tokyo blends detective adventure gameplay with historical research and deduction, creating one of 2026’s most unusual indie releases.
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Huh! My worlds are colliding 😅 www.thegeeklygrind.com/all-posts/in... @explodist.media wrote about @reelrank.bsky.social for @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social, a terrific article that touches on the #ReelRank platform and philosophy. Very auspicious. Go give it a read! 🤓 #FilmSky 🎥 #MovieSky #tech
Interview: ReelRank’s Tanner Jenkins Wants to Fix Online Movie Culture — The Geekly Grind
Tanner Jenkins thinks online movie communities stopped serving movie fans. ReelRank is his attempt to build something better.
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Black Jacket looks like another card roguelite. It absolutely is not. One of the smartest games I’ve played this year, with an emotionally affecting story that came as a complete surprise. #indiegames #roguelite @skystonegames.bsky.social @mipumi.com 🎮 My review on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social -
Black Jacket Review — The Geekly Grind
Mi’pu’mi Games’ Black Jacket is a standout roguelite that uses blackjack as the basis for deep strategic card play and a surprisingly emotional story about family trauma.
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I didn't think Toy Story 5 needed to exist, but I was glad to see this franchise still has a little juice left. #pixar #toystory #animation #filmsky 📽️ 🎥 My review on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social -
Toy Story 5 Review — The Geekly Grind
Toy Story 5 finds Pixar returning with another thoughtful animated adventure, even if the beloved franchise no longer reaches its former heights.
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STICKER/BALL is pure chaotic joy. 10/10 @bilgetbd.itch.io @futurefriendsgames.com #indiegames #roguelike #steamdeck 🎮 My review on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social -
STICKER/BALL Review — The Geekly Grind
STICKER/BALL is a brilliant roguelite where absurd sticker combinations create chaotic chain reactions and endlessly satisfying score-chasing gameplay.
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Disclosure Day isn't going on the same shelf as Jaws, Raiders, or Jurassic Park. That's less a criticism of the movie than a reminder of just how great Spielberg is. #filmsky #scifi #spielberg #disclosureday 🎥 📽️ My review on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social -
Disclosure Day Review — The Geekly Grind
Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day returns to alien-focused science fiction with a conspiracy thriller about a hidden extraterrestrial secret and the race to expose it.
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Incremental games are basically digital dopamine machines. Fracture Field is not good at it. #incrementalgame #indiegame #steam 🎮 Review on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social -
Fracture Field Review — The Geekly Grind
Type-Ten’s mining-themed incremental game Fracture Field challenges players to break rocks, automate progression, and chase ever-growing numbers.
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868-BACK looks like it was built in MS Paint. It’s ugly, mean, and incredibly hard to put down. A truly fantastic roguelike. @smestorp.bsky.social @finjico.bsky.social #indiegame #roguelike 🎮 Review on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social
868-BACK Review — The Geekly Grind
FINJI and Michael Brough's 868-BACK delivers tense cyberpunk roguelike strategy in which repeated failure teaches hard lessons that lead to mastery.
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Echo Isle succeeds at exactly what it sets out to do. That's also my biggest criticism of it. A pleasant one-evening Zelda-like that never quite steps out from the shadow of the game that inspired it. #indiegame #zelda #gameboy #steamdeck 🎮 Review on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social -
Echo Isle Review — The Geekly Grind
Josh Koenig’s Echo Isle is a compact Link's Awakening homage with charming dungeon exploration and handheld-era spirit, but little identity beyond its inspiration.
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I knew how this story ended before the movie started. Didn't matter. Pressure still finds plenty of tension in the anguish of making the final, fateful decision for D-Day to go ahead. #movies #filmsky @focusfeatures.bsky.social 🎥 📽️ Review on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social -
Pressure Review — The Geekly Grind
Pressure stars Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser in a WWII drama about the weather forecasts, military pressure, and difficult decisions behind D-Day.
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I liked Tides of Tomorrow's Story-Link system. Seeing other players' choices ripple in your own game is genuinely cool. I got kinda tired of characters telling me how awesome or awful the last guy was, though. @digixart.bsky.social @deadgoodmedia.bsky.social Review on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social-
Tides of Tomorrow Review — The Geekly Grind
DigixArt's Tides of Tomorrow uses an asynchronous multiplayer story system to connect players through shared choices in a flooded post-apocalyptic world.
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Cleaning Up! from @koobazaur.bsky.social swaps out the chaotic joy of Just Crow Things for a quieter cozy-game vibe. It's pleasant and relaxing, but I miss Crowy's gremlin energy. #indiegames #ps5 #switch #steam #cozygame 🎮 Review on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social:
Cleaning Up! Review — The Geekly Grind
Unbound Creations’ Cleaning Up! delivers satisfying cleanup gameplay and cozy pacing, even if it lacks the personality of the studio’s earlier work.
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Sigono’s OPUS: Prism Peak is surprisingly raw about regret, self-worth, and middle-aged burnout. Feels like if Miyazaki and Shinkai made a movie about a man's midlife crisis. @shueisha-games.bsky.social #indiegame #adventure #steam #switch 🎮 Review on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social
OPUS: Prism Peak Review — The Geekly Grind
Sigono’s OPUS: Prism Peak uses photography mechanics and a Ghibliesque spirit world to tell a thoughtful story about regret, memory, and self-worth.
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Sektori from @gimblll.com finally hit Switch 2 today and I still can’t stop playing it. This is the closest any modern arcade shooter has come to Geometry Wars for me. #Indiegame #switch2 #arcade #shooter 🎮 Read about it on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social:
Arcade Shooter Sektori Brings Neon Sensory Overload to Switch 2 — The Geekly Grind
Former Housemarque developer Kimmo Lahtinen brings acclaimed twin-stick shooter Sektori to Nintendo Switch 2 after a breakout 2025.
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My addiction to All Hail the Orb from @legingerdev.bsky.social made me play through it melting down on my Steam Deck. Highly recommend this one, but definitely play it on a computer instead. #Indiegame #Incremental #steamdeck 🎮 Review on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social:
All Hail the Orb Review — The Geekly Grind
All Hail the Orb mixes duck-filled cult management with addictive incremental progression, though Steam Deck performance and worker automation drag it down.
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I'm so impressed by the pixel art and animation in Alabaster Dawn from @radicalfishgames.com. If the Early Access launch is already this polished, I can't wait to see how it ends up at 1.0. @lachsen.bsky.social #earlyaccess #Indiegame #steam #rpg 🎮 Wrote about it at @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social -
Alabaster Dawn Early Access Review — The Geekly Grind
Alabaster Dawn from Radical Fish Games delivers fast combat, gorgeous pixel art, and impressive polish in its Steam Early Access launch.
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Really liked TerraTech Legion from @terratechgame.bsky.social. Ramming straight through enemy swarms in a barely-controlled pile of guns and drills feels great. #steam #xbox #survivors #Indiegame 🎮 Review on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social-
TerraTech Legion Review — The Geekly Grind
Payload Studios’ TerraTech Legion mixes survivors-style progression with customizable combat vehicles, creating a tactile and aggressive bullet heaven.
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