still kinda bums me out that it seemed like we were getting a resurgence of couch/splitscreen multiplayer until 2020 swung things back towards online play. i guess i'm in the minority but i find it way easier to to get friends over for a game night vs convincing them to bust out the headsets etc.
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to celebrate the anniversary of VILE: Exhumed's un-release, we are announcing a physical PC edition coming soon. Sign up to be notified at vileisbanned.com
I'm Erin, a photographer focusing on the desolate feeling of urban isolation and capturing the eerie energy emanating from utility poles. Always looking to collaborate if you want to use my photos, just DM me! I post photos daily. You can buy prints of my art here: ersatzautonomy.darkroom.com
NEW VIDEO: In 2006 a Washington DC based think tank hired future lead designers of Civilization and XCOM to make a strategy game based on a documentary about nonviolent protest. 20 years later I'm here to tell you why. youtu.be/dmL7Ph4Us8o
A Force More Powerful: this game is political
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💍NEW VIDEO!💍 Come with us on a dreamlike journey in this 6 HOUR extravaganza where we explore Klonoa: Door to Phantomile and beyond. [With closed captions] www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9AR...
Farewell Phantomile | A Klonoa Analysis
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In 1996, Nintendo founded Marigul Management, a company who would help develop and fund games for the N64... However they actually did so much more than that, including helping to develop games for the PlayStation and Dreamcast?? youtu.be/mIMw3JFL-D0
The PlayStation and Dreamcast Games Funded by Nintendo? - Marigul Management
YouTube video by LEXX
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Ringwyrm is an immersive action horror game with survival elements. Explore a nonlinear interconnected world, meet a large cast of memorable characters, slay sickly monstrosities and avoid myriad diseases. Coming 2027.... wishlist below!
In response to the N64's lack of third party support, Nintendo co-founded a company called Marigul Management to fund studios to create more games it. This video is all about the games they made, the ones that got cancelled, and even how they helped make games... For the PS1?? youtu.be/TUIbiTI0Flo
Nintendo's Weirdest Company and the Games They Failed to Make - Marigul Management
YouTube video by LEXX
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Finally got to this video, really great (and well-edited!) stuff here on found footage games + movies and what does/doesn't make the genre effective at being unnerving. Highly recommend giving a watch
New video! About found footage horror, how it does (and doesn't) work in videogames, and how it all intersects with my childhood memory of finding something spooky hidden deep below the bounds of a multiplayer FPS map. youtu.be/JJqprfoOMnM
New video! There are so, so, so many picross games. Why? What makes them unique? And can I ever my wasted free time back?
Searching for the Perfect Picross
YouTube video by Jack Ververis
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I made a room for Chariot's submission to the 2026 SOUP JAM! If you aren't familiar, I'd also reccomend checking out last years SOUP ROOMS. It's essentially a minimalist "game" of a series of rooms with neat art to look at. If you've watched any of my vids you won't be surprised I love these lol.
Explore a series of surreal, dreamlike rooms in Recollections of Soup, my entry for the 2026 SOUP JAM. Each room is its own unique experience, a small ludic or aesthetic idea. Check it out! chariot-rider.itch.io/recollection...
can't stop thinking about the two morrowind mods that, in tandem, make it FFXI (FF11 Style Menu BG and Button Replacer + FF-HUD). it's uncanny and I kind of have to respect how it doesn't even feel all that anachronistic www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mo... www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mo...
Explore a series of surreal, dreamlike rooms in Recollections of Soup, my entry for the 2026 SOUP JAM. Each room is its own unique experience, a small ludic or aesthetic idea. Check it out! chariot-rider.itch.io/recollection...
Recollections of Soup by Chariot Rider
Available for Windows
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YouTube pushing my own videos to me while I'm logged out is like getting jump scared by my own appearance when I accidentally open the front camera on my phone. A new video is out! You can watch it here, enjoy!: youtu.be/jBlDARlQ1b0
Area D: The Best Worst Dinosaur Game - A Deep Dive | MNTM
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gameplay demo of despecholia is out! go look at it NOW! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iept...
Despecholia Gameplay Demo
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Old but hey if you haven't seen it, I DID make a vid essay once! It's about how true schmoovement isn't double jumping -- it's tripping through memories (thinking bout it bc I'm writing about kinda similar ideas again oops)
Moving Through Myst (an essay)
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hey folks - i'm going to do a belated Steam Next Fest stream starting around 5:30pm ET this evening. feel free to come on by: twitch.tv/ellaguro
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audrey was sleeping under the weighted blanket this morning see if u can spot her
really bummed but i'm going to have to can my new Next Fest vid. bad weather here has caused water leaking into the basement, almost entirely in my office (lol), so i've had to pull up carpet and move everything and run a bunch of fans etc. every time it rains more than a sprinkle.
Hey! This is your periodic reminder to try out the prequel demo for Ares, Half Life: Paradigm! It's got so many cool people voicing blorbos in it, but don't take my word for it, give the demo a try here: www.moddb.com/mods/half-li...
Stream is well underway! twitch.com/pimscrypt
TOMORROW is the day! Well, my birthday is on Sunday, but the stream is tomorrow!! Will be joined by some lovely guests, like Delaney from Infinite Snow Productions, Codex Entry, talistheintrovert, Casey Explosion, Noah Gervais AND MORE!
The Lands Between Fundraiser Stream is Live! youtube.com/live/3ETgCSF... Direct donations can be made here: www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
Lands Between Fundraiser Stream Benefiting KOI
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Found out there's like a "press preview" version of Next Fest that starts ~a week early. Searched "Next Fest press preview" & the 1st result is the press page lol. It's even like "don't share this URL press only!" I coulda been spreading this work across 2 weeks instead of crunching so hard for 1 😭