This was a very well-meaning game that should have been a documentary or a kid’s show or something, because it was a terrible platformer with possibly the worst control layout I’ve ever experienced. Road to hell is paved, etc etc.
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Category: Puzzle Platformer
Mimpi
I’m on vacation, but while I put off finishing the Higurashi conclusion, y’all should check out Mimpi, an absolutely adorable little platformer about a cute pupper trying to find their human. Everything about it is endearing, and it’s nice to see a game with a built-in hint system so all the puzzles are actually solvable. Check it out!
(Semi-related: is there any interest in a DQ Steam Curator account?)
QuickPans: Steam Winter Sale Edition
I wrote my entire Baldur’s Gate/Planescape post only to have my browser crash and lose it, so you’re getting this instead. Fuck everything. I’m going to go cry in the corner.
It was once again that glorious time of year where you could get 47 games for $3.50, and I have to say, I’m getting better at vetting games for myself. I ended up with tons of great stuff this year, three mediocre games, and the two I really didn’t like were things y’all subjected me to.
There is an upcoming Recs post that will accompany this one.
Inside: Karma Miwa, Forgotten Not Lost, We Know the Devil, Limbo, Always the Same Blue Sky
QuickRecs: Steam Winter Sale Edition
It was once again that glorious time of year where you could get 47 games for $3.50, and some of the ones I got were even very good!
Inside: Mimpi Dreams, Slime Rancher, ABZU, Botanicula, Reigns, Nihilumbra
QuickRecs: Steam Summer Sale 2017
Inside: Beholder, Wuppo, OVIVO, Refunct
Christmas Steam Games (2017)
pid
Pid (stylized ‘pid‘) is a really incredible little platformer by Might and Delight, the makers of Shelter. (more…)
QuickRecs: Humble Spring 2018 Sale Edition
As usual, I bought a shitton of games for very little money and liked a bunch of them.
Inside: Haunt the House, Cat Quest, ibb&obb, Hue, Shu
QuickPans: Humble Spring Sale 2018 Edition
Yin and yang, as always.
Inside: Chronology, Whispering Willows, FLY’N, The Night of the Rabbit, Millenium: A New Hope
Christmas Steam Games 2018: QuickRecs
Our sacred holiday tradition continues! I got so many this year that we get to divide this into recs and pans. Most of these are puzzle games; I suppose those are the ones that go for cheap.
Inside: Hollow Knight, Recursed, Ittle Dew 2, The Dweller, Zasa: An AI Story, NO THING, Quell, Qbik, Reveal the Deep.
I also got Hue, which Act already reviewed. It is wonderful and I second her recommendation.
QuickPans: Steam Summer Sale 2019 Edition
Inside: Niche, Guacamelee!, I & Me
QuickRecs: Steam Summer Sale 2019 Edition
Inside: Semblance, SteamWorld Dig, Islanders, Equilinox
Games For Racial Justice and Equality (Part 1)
So, itch.io ran a bundle to fundraise for Black Lives Matter, offering over a thousand games for only $5. As a fundraiser, I found the ethos… questionable (“Give us money so we can do actual activism while you play video games”), but it was a good deal, so I got it.
A good chunk of the items included aren’t actual games; they are either assets or tabletop RPGs. There are still a ton, though. Here are my thoughts on the games I’ve gotten through in the first half of the year: