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New Fiction 2021 – March

“Berserker and Thumbnail Maker” dev. andretchen (2021)

This is a cool mechanic and I wish I had the imagination to see this expanded as a longer game. But this short experience is still fun. It reminds me of Gyromite which will never be dislodged from my psyche.

“In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines” dev. Dead Idle Games (2019)

This is a rad little text-based adventure game with visuals to go along with it. I love to see small projects like this and always feel inspired by them.

West of Loathing dev. Asymmetric Publications (2017)

What a weird and fun game. The tone is something like Taika Waititi’s old west. I love seeing games like this make it onto home consoles (Nintendo Switch in my case).

Sonic Mania dev. Christian Whitehead, PagodaWest Games, & Headcannon (2017)

Ah okay, it’s a remix of all the good Sonic games. I enjoyed it and it’s certainly the best Sonic game I’ve played since the Sega Genesis days.

Snatcher dev. Konami (1994)

I’m still kinda reeling after playing this. It’s a very Kojima game with equal parts violence, techno-sociological commentary, adolescent horniness, and strong tone/aesthetic. Ultimately, the Sega CD version I played is just really good. The first half is stronger with its genuine take on noir and investigation gameplay, whereas the second half loses steam when they clearly had to cut content and cram it all into long expository cutscenes. It’s still an impressively long game with plenty to chew on.

“Where’s Ghislaine” dir. Molly Lambert (2020)

I had to google the name “Ghislaine” afterward to get it. I enjoyed the romp around Hollywood, just like old times.

“Weirdos Go Shopping” dir. Carrie Brownstein (2016)

Short film? Skit. Anyway this is typical “holy shit, that’s Portland af” territory from the show. And funny, I should mention that.

WandaVision (2021)

Most of it’s a great exploration of grief and horror. The final necessary franchise bits are okay, but not the point of the thing.

New Fiction 2021 – March

“Berserker and Thumbnail Maker” dev. andretchen (2021)

This is a cool mechanic and I wish I had the imagination to see this expanded as a longer game. But this short experience is still fun. It reminds me of Gyromite which will never be dislodged from my psyche.

“In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines” dev. Dead Idle Games (2019)

This is a rad little text-based adventure game with visuals to go along with it. I love to see small projects like this and always feel inspired by them.

West of Loathing dev. Asymmetric Publications (2017)

What a weird and fun game. The tone is something like Taika Waititi’s old west. I love seeing games like this make it onto home consoles (Nintendo Switch in my case).

Sonic Mania dev. Christian Whitehead, PagodaWest Games, & Headcannon (2017)

Ah okay, it’s a remix of all the good Sonic games. I enjoyed it and it’s certainly the best Sonic game I’ve played since the Sega Genesis days.

Snatcher dev. Konami (1994)

I’m still kinda reeling after playing this. It’s a very Kojima game with equal parts violence, techno-sociological commentary, adolescent horniness, and strong tone/aesthetic. Ultimately, the Sega CD version I played is just really good. The first half is stronger with its genuine take on noir and investigation gameplay, whereas the second half loses steam when they clearly had to cut content and cram it all into long expository cutscenes. It’s still an impressively long game with plenty to chew on.

“Where’s Ghislaine” dir. Molly Lambert (2020)

I had to google the name “Ghislaine” afterward to get it. I enjoyed the romp around Hollywood, just like old times.

“Weirdos Go Shopping” dir. Carrie Brownstein (2016)

Short film? Skit. Anyway this is typical “holy shit, that’s Portland af” territory from the show. And funny, I should mention that.

WandaVision (2021)

Most of it’s a great exploration of grief and horror. The final necessary franchise bits are okay, but not the point of the thing.

destiny

I am going to explain destiny. Two men, Ted and Leonard, sit at the edge of a pier and stare into the water, listening to the frogs crick crick. They stare into the water with a sort of intensity and longing, like they lost something they can never recover. They want answers they will never get. Me, I stand behind an open window and look at them. After a relative span of time they become old and turn to look at me with their deepset mad eyes before they lean forward and finally vanish into the stillness. I step out when it’s my turn and find a pale woman standing at the pier, waiting, sometimes holding the hand of the little girl in the yellow dress and white sandals. She smiles and we stand and watch the water together. When a relative span of time has passed the pale woman walks forward without so much as a kiss to the wind and plunges in. I walk and sit at the edge of the pier where Ted and Leonard stared and find myself unable to do anything but stare into the water, listening to the frogs crick crick.

destiny

I am going to explain destiny. Two men, Ted and Leonard, sit at the edge of a pier and stare into the water, listening to the frogs crick crick. They stare into the water with a sort of intensity and longing, like they lost something they can never recover. They want answers they will never get. Me, I stand behind an open window and look at them. After a relative span of time they become old and turn to look at me with their deepset mad eyes before they lean forward and finally vanish into the stillness. I step out when it’s my turn and find a pale woman standing at the pier, waiting, sometimes holding the hand of the little girl in the yellow dress and white sandals. She smiles and we stand and watch the water together. When a relative span of time has passed the pale woman walks forward without so much as a kiss to the wind and plunges in. I walk and sit at the edge of the pier where Ted and Leonard stared and find myself unable to do anything but stare into the water, listening to the frogs crick crick.