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Jack Nicholls

@jackwnicholls.bsky.social

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Rocking. Writer, Youtuber, Journalism Grad. He/Him. https://www.youtube.com/@PowerPakGames

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Jack Nicholls @jackwnicholls.bsky.social · Jul 31

NEW VIDEO:

A game where you have to kidnap and sacrifice innocent people every year, or else the world will end.

This is Life Eater.

Watch here - youtu.be/qeI8MxtQvSs

Life Eater - A Horror Kidnapping Simulator

YouTube video by Power Pak

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Jack Nicholls @jackwnicholls.bsky.social · 11h

This is listed as a selling point for Pathologic 3 they were so real for this

"Teeter on the verge of mental breakdown"

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Jack Nicholls @jackwnicholls.bsky.social · 1d

uh huh

The listing for a Steam demo for a game called "I want to run away from my goth mommy... or do I?" In the thumbnail is a busty woman in a tiny vest staring directly to the camera with ambiguous intentions.

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 1d

Three indie games, three different takes on a digital nightmare. While Proximate, Without a Dawn, and Dead Letter Dept. differ in their approaches, the takeaway is the same: our very perception of the world has been warped by systems outside our control. youtu.be/0zxQ9YAzy00

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Jack Nicholls @jackwnicholls.bsky.social · 1d

Weird. It unpinned. Thanks for pointing that out.

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Jack Nicholls @jackwnicholls.bsky.social · 1d

I gave Jacob some of my Proximate footage for this video. In a way, I am a SonaVisor for him to wear, except I break down more somehow.

Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 2d

NEW VIDEO on spooks and indie horror games and computers distorting our understanding of the world, available right now on Nebula! nebula.tv/videos/jacob...

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Jack Nicholls @jackwnicholls.bsky.social · 1d

Yep! Even updated the top comment of the MyHouse video with FEX.

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 2d

NEW VIDEO on spooks and indie horror games and computers distorting our understanding of the world, available right now on Nebula! nebula.tv/videos/jacob...

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SKATE STORY @skatestory.com · 4d

SKATE STORY
Release Date Trailer - "Emptylands"

Skate Story | OUT DECEMBER 8 🛹

YouTube video by DevolverDigital

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Jack Nicholls @jackwnicholls.bsky.social · 4d

I love playing perfectly normal demos for perfectly normal games. [UMIGARI]

First person view of someone holding a harpoon on a boat carrying two large tunas, one much bigger than the other. Both fish are wearing white Japanese schoolgirl sailor outfits.

Jack Nicholls @jackwnicholls.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations!

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cain @cmddx.itch.io · 5d

at least i'm an award-winning game developer now

me, homosexual, squatting in a short dress and holding an agda award

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Jack Nicholls @jackwnicholls.bsky.social · 5d

Been having a blast with Cultic Chapter 2, but then hit the Fairground level and it's such a sudden halt to the momentum and good vibes I'd been riding that I'm actually paranoid I've not missed something and am playing the level wrong.

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Jack Nicholls @jackwnicholls.bsky.social · 6d

God, this explains the horrible off-model Terriermon. They look like a Sonic character and of course Ken Penders is why!

A weird off-model rendition of Terriermon from digimon. He has a giant head with a weird snout and side mouth like a Sonic character, plus white pupils with black irises.

A regular Terriermon, who looks perfect, with his cute mouth, button nose, and rabbit eyes.

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Jarkes, CEO of Juna @therealjarkes.bsky.social · 7d

Fun fact: this artwork was done by Ken Penders. Yes, THAT Ken Penders.

Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · 7d

Today is the 25th anniversary of the release of Digimon: The Movie and y'all, when they talk about films that "couldn't be made today," THIS is it. A weird, funny and fascinating time capsule.

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Jack Nicholls @jackwnicholls.bsky.social · 10d

youtu.be/huztQAY5S7s?...

The Sound

YouTube video by Swans - Topic

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Jack Nicholls @jackwnicholls.bsky.social · 13d

Update post on my Patreon for members regarding being sick, what I'm working on, and my progress with both. The blurry thumbnail is a bit of a tease too.

www.patreon.com/posts/update...

Update: Feeling VILE, but there's a Crossing | Power Pak - Jack Nicholls

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JVG 骨 @jasonv.bsky.social · 14d

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

"some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily execute civilians" says today's New York Times, continuing their long tradition of whitewashing fascism

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Jack Nicholls @jackwnicholls.bsky.social · 14d

Finished Soma late last night. God damn, that's an incredibly thoughtful and nuanced story. I'm still thinking about it now.

Also there were some monsters, I guess.

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Jack Nicholls @jackwnicholls.bsky.social · 16d

Game freezes, lets me move the mouse but won't let me close it, alt tab, or let task manager appear over it: "we're roomies now :3"

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Jack Nicholls @jackwnicholls.bsky.social · 16d

There's a specific period of time, maybe like mid '00s to mid' 10s, where a lot of PC games disabled alt-f4 for some reason, and boy everytime I find one of these specific relics and it locks up on me, I really want to grab a programmer's head and ask them why they did that.

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Jack Nicholls @jackwnicholls.bsky.social · 16d

Just catching Utopia on TV was like walking in on a cult meeting and then realising actually I like the vibes here and joining on the spot.

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Jack Nicholls @jackwnicholls.bsky.social · 16d

The poster for the UK TV show Utopia. Several people run away in a stark yellow void. One man stares uneasily into the middle distance covered in blood.

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Jack Nicholls @jackwnicholls.bsky.social · 17d

I love YT's weird rollout of updates creating a wave of fear for bullshit to come for people who have yet to be afflicted.

Personally, it looks bad. Like we're actively trying to approach "sketchy website filled with MP4 streams of cartoons/anime" vibe.

Captain Disillusion @captaindisillusion.bsky.social · 17d

Ya'll's don't look like this? 🤔

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Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 17d

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.

If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!

Donate at blinkingguy.com

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Jack Nicholls @jackwnicholls.bsky.social · 18d

I have fixed my TV remote. Turns out the problem was my Smart TV decided to become a Dumb TV, and the solution to make my TV remote work was to unplug the TV for an hour or so.

The future is silly.

Jack Nicholls @jackwnicholls.bsky.social · 22d

Some buttons on my TV remote have stopped working for some reason, including "OK" meaning I can't select anything to watch on my TV anymore, and nothing has made me yearn more for a big chonky CRT with all the buttons on the front panel again...