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mantron @mantron.bsky.social · 10h

gonna be very difficult working on this next fest vid tomorrow knowing Mohrta is out and I could be playin it!

mantron @mantron.bsky.social · 18h

prettty sure i'm gonna do a Next Fest Demo Disc vid this week; it's been very long since my last one! if you find anything cool you think i'd like let me know!

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Six-Eyed Kitten (But Scary) @andrewkozma.net · 1d

If you like video game series' retrospectives, let me introduce you to this one about the Sin franchise. @mantron.bsky.social is great at editing, the analysis is always interesting, and the vibe is always chill.

SiN and the Anime Adaptation That (Couldn't Have) Saved the Series

YouTube video by mantron

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mantron @mantron.bsky.social · 1d

ahh thank you!

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mantron @mantron.bsky.social · 2d

the haul from the vhs convention today. and 5$ off of Small Soldiers for the PS1?! freakin epic

mantron @mantron.bsky.social · 5d

i think i'm a few months late to the party, but i played the demo for Phase Zero last night and this shit is so good.

this game is a great example of how there's still plenty of value to pre rendered bg's and (especially) static camera angles in terms of how they can enhance horror games

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Houseplants in Videogames @houseplantsinvg.bsky.social · 5d

Interior Worlds (2023, PC)

(highly recommend this game if you're looking for something spooky to play this month! no combat, no jumpscares, just taking photos in eerie environments. genuinely scary at times and also surprisingly funny on occasion!)

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mantron @mantron.bsky.social · 5d

really enjoying it so far! i've always wanted to love mystery dungeon games but never stuck with them very long. but this one's got me itching to go back to it

mantron @mantron.bsky.social · 5d

they actually added title a/b testing pretty recently

mantron @mantron.bsky.social · 5d

hoping some Goldsrc/Xash3d heads might know the answer to this; is there any way to disable the hud in mods that don't have the hud_draw command? in this case, i'm trying to disable the hud in Action Half-Life, but i can't seem to find any way to do so.

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mantron @mantron.bsky.social · 6d

nice! I think you'll dig it

mantron @mantron.bsky.social · 6d

played this a little last night and it's very cool, def recommend checking it out

Warkus @warkus.bsky.social · 7d

House of Necrosis is OUT NOW on Steam!

House of Necrosis features turnbased dungeon-crawling as well as a tank-controlled hubworld, complete with pre-rendered backgrounds! This is SURVIVAL HORROR MYSTERY DUNGEON

💀Buy the game now, 10% launch discount!💀

store.steampowered.com/app/2005870/...

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mantron @mantron.bsky.social · 6d

this game is so cool

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mantron @mantron.bsky.social · 6d

woah that new silent hill sounds cool

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mantron @mantron.bsky.social · 8d

damn you were not kidding, this game owns, thanks for pointing this out

mantron @mantron.bsky.social · 8d

grabbed Interior Worlds tonight on a whim cause I was feeling the spooky itch and damn, this game is good.

while getting footage from tons of old and empty CS/HL maps, i've come across some that absolutely feel "haunted". this game is like a distillation of that experience, it rules.

spookyraptor 🎃🎮 @sodaraptor.bsky.social · 11d

To honor everyone's favorite spooky month this year, all my games are 20% off until Monday

Perfect time to grab Interior Worlds, Late Homework, or Hypnagogia and settle in for some cozy horror 🍬🎃🔪

Links to everything below ▼

2025 Raptorsoft Games Fall Sale: Interior Worlds, Late Homework, and Hypnagogia: Boundless Dreams are listed for 20% off

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Houseplants in Videogames @houseplantsinvg.bsky.social · 8d

Half-Life (1998, PC) mod: BrainBread (2004)

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mantron @mantron.bsky.social · 8d

it's the year of F13, gamers

RagnarRox @ragnarrox.bsky.social · 9d

My new video is Out!
Today I'm doing something a bit different. We're looking at a delightfully 90s, Horrifyingly Bad Cashgrab Shovelware Multimedia Package. By Stephen King... F13!

It's an absolute trashfire that I have a strange, nostalgic fondness for. Let's check it out!
youtu.be/uqjanV0r3EE

STEPHEN KING's F13: A Forgotten Shovelware "Horror" Trashfire

YouTube video by RagnarRox

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mantron @mantron.bsky.social · 9d

i'm not a troma head either, but i guess i just wanted something a little grimier. i think i wanted something Greasy Strangler-esque haha

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mantron @mantron.bsky.social · 9d

mann I really went into the new toxic avenger wanting to like it but it was kinda bad. feels like it was made in 2014

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mantron @mantron.bsky.social · 9d

Malignant is a great recent example of this IMHO. Plays things mostly straight until a late tonal shift. One Cut of the Dead maybe fits this criteria as well.

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Houseplants in Videogames @houseplantsinvg.bsky.social · 9d

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare (2001, PS1, PC, Dreamcast)

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mantron @mantron.bsky.social · 10d

I was able to find it actually! bsky.app/profile/mant...

mantron @mantron.bsky.social · 10d

found it! the mod was called Desert Crisis. took some screenshots from a beta version from 2001, likely what i would have played.

i distinctly remember there was a map that played the song Safety Dance, and the mp3 for the song *is* in the files, but i couldn't find any map that uses it. oh well!

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mantron @mantron.bsky.social · 10d

found it! the mod was called Desert Crisis. took some screenshots from a beta version from 2001, likely what i would have played.

i distinctly remember there was a map that played the song Safety Dance, and the mp3 for the song *is* in the files, but i couldn't find any map that uses it. oh well!

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mantron @mantron.bsky.social · 11d

haha yeah it was everywhere, and i'm pretty sure i did the same thing on CS!

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