BlogHide Resteemselseleth (52)in gaming • 4 years agoJustice Bundle Reviews #8: The Testimony of Trixie Glimmer SmithCreators Digital Poppy have over time built up an oeuvre called the Bluehills County Stories , with three noteworthy features: furry characters, Lovecraftian cosmic horror, and unapologetic…elseleth (52)in gaming • 4 years agoJustice Bundle Reviews #7: Highway BlossomsI've appreciated the sheer variety of items in the Racial Justice Bundle. The first games I picked out were quick-play shmups; then I played some meatier action and exploration titles; then recently…elseleth (52)in gaming • 4 years agoJustice Bundle Reviews #6: 10SItch has a reputation for hosting weird games. Half-finished prototypes, entries for high-concept game jams, pornographic visual novels, whatever! I find it delightful, a hotbed of creativity…elseleth (52)in gaming • 4 years agoJustice Bundle Reviews #5: HaqueEver since the Chainmail era of fantasy wargames, fantastical hacky-slashy RPGs have grappled with the conceit of "magic" as "the ability to hurl battlefield-leveling artillery from one's bare…elseleth (52)in gaming • 4 years agoJustice Bundle Reviews #4: Switch 'N' ShootAs an 80's child, I barely missed the heyday of the video arcade. I fondly remember a couple of glorious birthday parties at a local Atari-branded mall spot, burning bags of tokens on Turtles in…elseleth (52)in gaming • 4 years agoJustice Bundle Reviews #3: TamashiiTamashii * is another game from the Big Bundle whose tagline succeeded in grabbing my attention. "Weird Luciferian Puzzle Platformer". Luciferian, eh? Not "Satanic"? When I saw the option to choose…elseleth (52)in gaming • 4 years agoJustice Bundle Reviews #2: Lenna's InceptionIf you were to conduct a Family Feud survey titled "Trendy Elements in Indie Video Games", Lenna's Inception would hit at least five of the top ten. Retro visuals! Procedurally generated…elseleth (52)in gaming • 4 years agoJustice Bundle Reviews #1: Task Force KampasTask Force Kampas ' tag line is "A classic arcade space shooter on steroids", which strikes me as a rather trite--and maybe even slightly offensive--attempt to describe what sets it apart from…elseleth (52)in gaming • 6 years agoInside: Visceral Terror! Demiboy vs. Backlog, Game #15Games are powerful vehicles for emotion. The most common, perhaps, are frustration and gratification: the cycle of failing repeatedly at a challenge until, eventually, you triumph. But there's also…elseleth (52)in gaming • 6 years agoThe Needless Battle Lines of Genre DivisionA few days ago, this gem of a Steam discussion got referenced in a forum thread about Caves of Qud that I follow: If you're literate in the vocabulary of computer game genres, you're likely…elseleth (52)in gaming • 6 years agoStar Saviors: All You Need Is Shmup?Steam's most recent seasonal event--not quite a sale, at least in the sense of deep, store-wide discounts the platform is known for--encouraged users to play games from their libraries that hadn't…elseleth (52)in gaming • 6 years agoCaves of Qud: Wild-Eyed Roguelike ExcellenceIt should surprise no one, given the length of delay since last post, that I've gotten distracted again. The culprit this time? Caves of Qud , an early access, tile graphics, weird…elseleth (52)in gaming • 6 years agoLet's Play Arcanum, Part 4: Move Quest! Take Up Every Quest!Last episode , I screwed up a bunch of stuff in my Arcanum playthrough. Some of it, like pissing off the whole town by throwing a bomb in the wrong place, was fixable by a saved-game reload.…elseleth (52)in gaming • 6 years agoLet's Play Arcanum, Part 3: Fail! Fail! Fail!Oh boy, y'all. Going to briefly depart from the chronological narrative approach , here, to tell the story of Amaira Grayson's No Good Very Bad Day, or, An Arcanum Comedy of Errors . When…elseleth (52)in gaming • 6 years agoLet's Play Arcanum, Part 2!When we left off , we'd created our heroine, Amaira Grayson, a sickly Half-Orc given a new lease on life. Seeking fortune, she boards a zeppelin headed for the great industrial city of Tarant.…elseleth (52)in gaming • 6 years agoLet's Play Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura! Demiboy vs. Backlog, Game #15Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura is a peculiar title. It was in some ways the last of a dying breed, occupying a similar historical niche to other isometric, choice-driven RPGs like…elseleth (52)in gaming • 6 years agoLegend of Grimrock: Tactical Rhythm Action! Demiboy vs. Backlog, Game #14Some games tell you what they are right in the title. Fire up a Street Fighter and you know you're down for a brawl. Others are a little cagier, but tell you what they're about with a subtitle…elseleth (52)in books • 6 years agoTumblr Perfect: A Review of the Light Novel "Cat Wishes"When The Red Strings Club , a cyberpunk video game, hit the market, there was a bit of hue and cry. A kerfuffle, if you will. The game featured a transgender character, and it turned out that in…elseleth (52)in gaming • 6 years agoEndless Space 2: Galactic Number-Go-Up! Demiboy vs. Backlog, Game #13Welp, I got distracted from my queue again. But I did manage to play my distraction game to completion, so here's a review thereof! Endless Space 2 is the latest from Amplitude Studios …elseleth (52)in gaming • 6 years agoA Distraction! Kingdom Death: MonsterI've been lax in posting here the last few weeks! I haven't intentionally abandoned Steemit or my games review project--rather, I've been distracted by a game that doesn't neatly fit into my queue.…
