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This game is a fever dream: a walking simulator, a combat nightmare, a political satire, an allegory for the isolation of capitalism and exploitation (patriotism). Plus what other game includes rocking a baby and it singing it nice songs as a fundamental game mechanic?
Nov 26, 2024
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This is the most pi.fyi-core game. You are a post-apocalyptic mailman with a baby that can see ghosts, who wanders a quiet landscape of moss and rock to bring scattered and isolated people things like cd's, sheet music, robot parts, energy drinks, medicine, and a million odd little items.
You quickly find yourself in a rhythm, walking, using ropes and ladders to cross difficult terrain, and suddenly that rhythm is interrupted by ghost whales, lions, and violence that is literally transporting. It's incredibly cryptic but as you form connections between survivors it all begins to make sense.
Feb 8, 2025
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its a perfect post work game, get home grind some bugs, existential crisis, go to bed. it is also becoming sort of an ARG experience from its social media presence, and with the gameplay loop it feels really cool to see in game actions affect *anything at all* besides my dopamine receptors
Mar 14, 2024
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a creature solely known as the knight fights their way through a metroidvania of countless bugs, difficult bosses and platforming challenges, all while uncovering the truth of the eternal kingdom of hallownest
this world is something storytellers DREAM of. got that soulsborne-esque drip fed vague lore (though i highly recommend mossbag's videos on the lore as we know it v entertaining i watch the main one to go to sleep all the time). it's almost addicting to try & discover more of the world, tackle the incredibly fun bosses and meet this world's inhabitants (shout out corniselda hive), which is a great motivator especially for a game this difficult.
and when i say difficult, i am not even remotely mincing words. carpal tunnel gang beware.
true story: i actually had to buy this game twice. i initially got it on switch, but the brief moments of joycon drift i was experiencing was enough to fuck up moments of precision platforming that need to be done pitch perfectly, bc some sections can be extremely unforgiving with checkpoints and backtracking. so, i caved and bought it again on steam, happily, bc a team like this deserves every goddamn penny
no exaggeration, a once in a lifetime experience. the amount of content you get for such a low price tag is staggering. triple a's WISH they could be this complete and satisfying
anyways gimme silksong already i'm not gettin any younger
Apr 17, 2024
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No screen Sundays. If I want to listen to music its CDs or radio. If I want to watch a movie, no I donโt. If I want to see a friend, I will make plans with them on Friday or Saturday to meet up. As a result, I read more, write more, and sit with questions like โdid Citizen Kaneโs 50 year winning streak in the Sight and Sound critics choice survey end in 2012 or 2022? When did Stephen Merritt come out? Whats the etymology of Whitsun?โ
This is something that I have practiced off and on for many years but Iโve been doing it every week since December and I love the way that it just allows me one day of true freedom and rest.
Jan 22, 2025
Mar 3, 2025
My calendar this year has 52 of these week at a glance pages but I donโt think that way. So, I've been inspired by Ross Gayโs Book of Delighs to start recording the little moments and sensations that bring me joy throughout the day. An analog pi.fyi, if you will.
heres some of what I have so far:
- Waking up to the sound of my upstairs neighborโs footstep. It sounded nostalgic. Felt like company.
- Strawberry jam
- feeling tender for strangers: their lips, nail colors, their small wrists. Thinking of all the lives we hold gently.
- A young girl bought an LP at the bookstore just before I left. She stroked its cover with love
- Green tiles โthe mint shade always makes me think of Jancie
- Charlieโs little bop and punch dancing to some German language punk
- lunch with Katherine, curry Brussels sprouts
- small talk at the photo studio. The photographer's brother was named after their dad, stole his identity, bought jet skis.
Jan 13, 2025