Long ago I reached @superbunnyhop.bsky.social to play Monster Garden by sending him a DM that said "JAWJA!" because we're both from Georgia. So never be afraid to yell local slang at youtubers! youtu.be/emvJxRFeuYg?... (Monster Garden is at 1:06, weirdly the "most replayed" part of the video)
Games From My Inbox: Volume 7
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Monster Garden's been stuck at 5 dollars away from a payout for months *hint hint* store.steampowered.com/app/719660/M...
Monster Garden on Steam
Befriend strange monsters as you explore the surreal magic of the monster garden and discover its secrets!
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This was SO MUCH FUN ✨😁✨
Emma Geen@emmageen.bsky.social · 4mo agoGreat first trial walkabout with @agaitcheson.bsky.social for our climate distress monster. Honking cars, pepple waving from restaurants, children desperate to dance with us. We asked people to write and stick their feelings of climate distress to us, and share a bit of whimsy on a late afternoon.
How does a card reading in a video game compare to the real deal? Zack Wood examines The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, finding the game successfully invokes "sense of wonder and imagination that makes divination fun". www.eteogames.com/card-creatio...
Card Creation and Divination in The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood often strays from the confines of traditional Tarot, successfully evoking the wonder and creativity of giving card readings.
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I just released a side project I've been working for the last weeks! 🪐🧵🎶 Solar System String Sequencer, a playful music instrument made to explore the musicality of our solar system through the sonification of its planets and their orbits. You can play it right now on itch at fonserbc.itch.io/ssss
Any fans of Lovecraft/Cthulhu Mythos stories? Need recommendations of some with striking visuals for illustrations (I also remember reading a few I can't find now...)
Did I mention Monster Garden's on sale for the RPG Maker Sale? "Very Positive" RPG Maker game alert! store.steampowered.com/app/719660/M...
Save 67% on Monster Garden on Steam
Befriend strange monsters as you explore the surreal magic of the monster garden and discover its secrets!
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Had an amazing time as a ballerina at Lost Cabaret in Bristol 😁 I get the audience to draw pictures on their phones and come up with a dance inspired by each one. Not pictured: me rolling on the floor pretending to be an orange 🍊
My game curation project @exhibitplay.com received its first supporter! This will go towards a fund for commissioning written pieces and original micro games based on one of the current lists. A call for pitches will happen soon. If you have the means, you can support the project on buymeacoffee.
Exhibit Play
Welcome to Exhibit Play. We're dedicated to discovering and sharing hyper specific curated game lists. All human curated.Created by Farfama
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It's time for our monthly roundup! Here we recap our articles on the seasons, with pieces on Harvest Moon, Persona 4 and Animal Crossing. There's also recommended reading on the seasons theme, and a selection of our favourite community comments from this month. ❄️ www.eteogames.com/the-monthly-...
The Monthly Roundup: Seasons
This month on Archetypes our writers explored the theme of seasons, examining games including Harvest Moon, Persona 4 and Animal Crossing.
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Tickets still available for my upcoming show! www.ticketsource.co.uk/alistair-ait... If you have friends in London who'd enjoy a bit of clown anarchy please share with them 😊🧡
All of our articles on seasons are now live. Have you read them all yet? There's still time to catch up! 🍂 👉 vist.ly/4nnyq
This year's award trophies are tarot cards made by past awardees and luminaries. I had the great honour of creating the trophy for the Performance Award for the incredible Ferryman Collective @ferrymanvr.bsky.social and their latest groundbreaking VR performance 🧡
IndieCade@indiecade.bsky.social · 7mo agoThe winner for the Performance Spotlight Award goes to Uncanny Alley: A New Day, by Ferryman Collective! @ferrymanvr.bsky.social www.ferrymancollective.com Award by Alistair Aitcheson! @agaitcheson.bsky.social
Check out this wonderful collection of game poems! I helped out as one of many first readers, reviewing a lot of submissions. So many incredibly projects that explored the poetic potential of games really well. The final selection has a wide range of thought provoking, and visually unique games.
Jordan Magnuson@jordanmagnuson.bsky.social · 7mo agoI'm excited to share that Game Poems Issue 1 is now live at www.gamepoems.com/issue01 A new online literary magazine dedicated to exploring the artistic and poetic potential of short-form videogames by publishing new games directly in a playable format. Thanks for playing and sharing!
LONDON! The most romantic immersive show starring a talking dummy and a clown is coming to you on FRIDAY 6 FEBRUARY Tell your friends, tell your enemies, tell your lovers! 💖 Play Cupid using your phone, and wreak havoc as my guests in the café of lonely hearts 🥰 Tickets: alistair.games/tickets
Though sad and uncomfortable, winter - and death - are often necessary to prevent game worlds from feeling stagnant. In our first article on Seasons, @hollynielsen.bsky.social explores how winter provides vital friction in the Harvest Moon series: vist.ly/4kb34
Winter and Death in Harvest Moon
While letting go of a beloved pet is hard, death plays an essential role in preventing farming sims from feeling stagnant.
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Cookoo year in summary. (no paywall, just bloggin) www.patreon.com/posts/2025-w...
2025 Wrapped (slightly early) | Zack
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My GOTY is the fan hack of Chrono Trigger. The translation is noticeably much better, they balanced the tech system, and I think added new story content (haven't finished yet). Now I wanna play balanced/boosted mods of all the classics!
My GOTY this year is Magic Garden :) I pick a GOTY based on what I've discovered this year, not what came out this year, and UFO 50 has been an absolute gem. Still only tried about a third of the games!
Alistair Aitcheson & Mademoiselle Cafetière@agaitcheson.bsky.social · 11mo agoOne of the things I love about Magic Garden is the difficulty curve. The hardest part is fairly near the beginning, getting a run going. As it goes on you get a lot of opportunities to get invincibility and can kinda just coast and bask in your own glory for a while. It's lovely.
Shared some end of the year reflections. Check it out!
Til Nomi@thenomi.bsky.social · 7mo ago🎄🐐NEW GOTY POD STUFF🐐🎄 I asked the current hosts for @gaemz.bsky.social about some end of the year questions! Thanks @fakefrogsonly.bsky.social @andrewgoodknight.bsky.social @farfama.bsky.social @ferran.games Read it here (you can also download it as a PDF maybe): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I've been doing monster making workshops for a while, where we play a bunch of games and imagine, draw and embody new monsters. I always wanted to exhibit the drawings in some special way, and finally got to try it as an installation called "Portal to Monster World" Pics: wzackw.com?p=2795
Monster Portal
Project at El Hacedor artist residency in Burgos, Spain. September 21 to October 5th, 2025. Held monster creation workshop where participants imagined, embodied and drew new monsters. Exhibited the…
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Howdy! Do I know anyone who will be at @playtopia.bsky.social in Cape Town next month?
I made a "portal to monster world" at an artist residency and wrote a little about it. www.patreon.com/posts/140654... (It's on my "patreon," but I'm just doing free posts there now like a blog, so feel free to follow (for free) for more posts
Artist Residency at El Hacedor ("A Portal to Monster World") | Zack
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