GAME: UNDERTALE

December 24, 2016 in game

Indie RPGs keep blowing me away with how brilliant they are. Undertale isn't only a video game that stresses you out, but it's a epitome of storytelling and surreal pixel art. I've enjoyed every second I spent playing this game, and every second I will spend replaying this game for all sorts of hidden goodies & endings.

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*Thank you, Aziz.

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GAME: MORPHÊ

August 15, 2016 in game

A beautifully calming lil world, where you create your own ambient music and relax on a mountaintop.

This color palette is everything.

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GAME: THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE

May 04, 2016 in game

I'm still taunted by this game, if I can even call it that. The best way to describe this is to call it an emotional experience. My friend said I should just watch the gameplay on youtube, and I completely forgot he said that, and downloaded the game anyway. No regrets. I gasped, cried, smiled, and screamed. When it ended, I felt a lump in my throat and an overwhelming sadness. At times, it felt like I was being forced to read someone's diary, and it made me feel very uncomfortable.

One thing I loved about the gameplay, is that it made me wish games' development courses were taught like this.

The beginner's guide is a collection of mini-games, or ideas for games that weren't completed. It's 'Coda's' journal entries. I wish I had better vocabulary to describe this experience, I wish it was a longer game, and I wish I knew if Coda was real or not.

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GAME: IB

April 23, 2016 in game

Ib changed how I viewed RPGs as a genre. A brilliantly dark story, with very cool puzzles.

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GAME: JOY EXHIBITION

March 10, 2016 in game

A world where you communicate with a mute alien race by making art. Recommended for anyone who just wants to relax.

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GAME: THE STANLEY PARABLE

December 24, 2015 in game

Alternative Title: Office Purgatory

I hate this game for all the right reasons. It has at least 12 different endings so far and it’s brilliantly terrifying with the atomosphere set by the narrator.