"If I am to flower into something other than myself, I would rather rot into nothingness as I am." - The Reflecting Pool
I'm currently playing a wonderfully cute marble maze indie puzzle game, "Game With Balls" by #GeertVerhoef on the Nintendo Switch 2. The method of control is the internal gyroscope & the HD rumble when the marble falls into holes.
[Disc: I rec'd a review code from Keymailer]
Article coming soon.
We've added two more indie games to our playlist: Blade of Mercy: Bloody Countess by #PixelBeerGames, & Ashes of Darkness by #Chaka, both playable on the Steam Deck:
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Our MIDI Week Single today is from the 2011 JRPG homage, Cthulhu Saves the World from Zeboyd Games w/ music by Gordon McNiel.
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Three more demos added to our growing playlist: The Sleepless Nights Origins by @blackwingstudio.bsky.social, The Old Flesh of Nuraga by @studioortica.bsky.social, and Tenebris Somnia by @newblood.games
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#SteamNextFest #NextFest2026 #IndieGames #NextFest
For the remaining days of Steam's Next Fest, we'll be releasing a couple of gameplay videos a day for several demos I've played. Some I've played to completion, others, only a portion.
What have you been playing during Next Fest?
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Three more videos for two Metroidvania games are up on our Steam Next Fest Summer 2026 Playlist: Well Dweller by #KyleThompson, & The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest by @programancer.com & @retroware.bsky.social
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We're starting a new series called Game EXP Trilogy, where I take three games I recently finished & do short Game EXP articles about each one: Shank, Cthulhu Saves the World, and Bastion.
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AAA is broken because the “leaders” didn’t understand line never goes up infinitely forever. But guess what: we can break the wheel by making our own wheels. Support smaller studios and be unafraid to strike out on your own. Yes it’s hard, but it is how our craft will persevere now.