Looking at my favorite recent games… I might have a type.
Tag: scorn
Some kinda mood.
Looking at my favorite recent games… I might have a type.
Let’s revel in it.
Contra III (Konami –
SNES– 1992)
Fun fact this was the final boss in the NES version of Contra II.
Scorn (2022)
New Fiction 2022 – November
“Esther” ed. Richard Challoner (1752)
A rare tale of the Jewish people catching a break before it hits the fan. (Though it does hit the fan for their enemies.)
“Job” ed. Richard Challoner (1752)
Job’s real disgruntled but you can’t blame him with a god like this.
Dracula Daily – “October” by Bram Stoker & ed. Matt Kirkland (1897, 2021)
What a journey. I’m kinda sad not to receive further correspondence from my good friends in 19th century England. At least now I see how much hornier Francis Ford Coppola made his version of events.
“Clyde” by biomechanicalmash and bogleech (2020)
If you look too closely.
Places of Exile by Christopher L. Bennett (2008)
Everything I wanted.
The New Girl by R.L. Stine (1989)
A simple start to a vast catalog.
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (1959)
The depths of a haunted state.
Seeds of Dissent by James Swallow (2008)
Too good at imagining the worst way to treat people.
“Lenny” by David Cooper (2021)
You might as well tell them.
Scorn dev. Ebb Software (2022)
If you make me fight, make it good.
Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force dev. Raven Software (2000)
A maelstrom of rectangles.
The Legend of Mor’du dir. Brian Larsen (2012)
I didn’t need to know.
Decision to Leave dir. Park Chan-wook (2022)
Just four pills, that’s all.
Tár dir. Todd Field (2022)
The harder you run.
The Banshees of Inisherin dir. Martin McDonagh (2022)
The war at home.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever dir. Ryan Coogler (2022)
Tragedy squared.
Holy Spider dir. Ali Abbasi (2022)
Did you expect a victory?
The Menu dir. Mark Mylod (2022)
We’re not meant to excel.
She Said dir. Maria Schrader (2022)
An insatiable pit.
Ticket to Paradise dir. Ol Parker (2022)
Who accepts the loss?
Wendell & Wild dir. Henry Selick (2022)
Raze the structures.
The Devil’s Own dir. Alan J. Pakula (1997)
No boat will save you.
Brave dir. Mark Andrews & Brenda Chapman (2012)
Choked by the weight of all that matter.
Devotion dir. J. D. Dillard (2022)
They wait decades.
Bones and All dir. Luca Guadagnino (2022)
When you find them.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery dir. Rian Johnson (2022)
Cut to the beginning.
Suspiria dir. Dario Argento (1977)
Mysteries of the prior inhabitant.
Cabinet of Curiosities (2022)
Hold the kite string loosely.
What If…? (2021)
Possibilities amount to one thread.
The Sandman (2022)
Small hits collection.
Ms. Marvel (2022)
Now you’re getting personal.
The Twilight Zone – Season 1 (2019)
A small hook, but still.
Scorn got me like
Scorn was almost there. I wish they’d left out combat completely to make the whole thing an adventure/exploration game.
But it’s still worth the walk through this bleak, gorgeous meditation. You make the attempt because you yearn to get as close as you can.