Katie, world renowned Little Lady
@katieandcatburger.bsky.social
YouTube Videosmith | indie games & video essays | Time Magazine's Goober of the Year | I'm like a truffle pig for indie games | VTuber too I guess | she/her
https://youtube.com/@KatieAndCatburger
https://youtube.com/@KatieAndCatburger
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I'm Katie and I write about #IndieGames on YouTube.
I specialize in video essays about game themes, and discuss how games can make us more resilient to real world challenges.
I'm usually hanging out with catburger, a talking hamburger cat. We run a diner in space together. It's a whole thing.
I specialize in video essays about game themes, and discuss how games can make us more resilient to real world challenges.
I'm usually hanging out with catburger, a talking hamburger cat. We run a diner in space together. It's a whole thing.
so it's Hallmark Chirstmas Movie season at Chez Katie and I can confidently say that the Opposite of a Hallmark Christmas Movies is HORSES
December 4, 2025 at 5:40 AM
so it's Hallmark Chirstmas Movie season at Chez Katie and I can confidently say that the Opposite of a Hallmark Christmas Movies is HORSES
I'm loving reading the discourse around HORSES ban, but I also just wanna add to the convo, I'm badapbaba lovin' it so far. It has the DNA of a DreadX-style indie horror game, but the soul of a Neorealist film. Big Bicycle Thieves Energy. Real excited to make a vid about it
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I'm loving reading the discourse around HORSES ban, but I also just wanna add to the convo, I'm badapbaba lovin' it so far. It has the DNA of a DreadX-style indie horror game, but the soul of a Neorealist film. Big Bicycle Thieves Energy. Real excited to make a vid about it
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i've seen a significant volume of people who are interested in making "games as art" essentially stop making games as art because of thE lack of clarity and acceptance here. you can't just say "games are obviously art" & then still primarily valourize games for the features which make good products.
the HORSES stuff is obviously ridiculous and depressing, but it is also worth asking ourselves: who has benefited from the "games are art" campaign? it has certainly not been the artgame makers, whose work continues to be shunned and dismissed as "not games"
holy fuck this is ridiculous, how can we claim games are art if art is this scary to our two primary distribution channels?
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
i've seen a significant volume of people who are interested in making "games as art" essentially stop making games as art because of thE lack of clarity and acceptance here. you can't just say "games are obviously art" & then still primarily valourize games for the features which make good products.
Watching Marshall McLuhan dissolve like he's seen the ark of the covenant after I ask if AI is a hot or cold medium
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Watching Marshall McLuhan dissolve like he's seen the ark of the covenant after I ask if AI is a hot or cold medium
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More than once I've been told to do YT shorts for the sake of channel growth. I'm real skeptical about if it would work, but I came to realize I have a lot of ideas that will likely never become long form videos.
So here's me trying something different.
youtube.com/shorts/1Z1W-...
So here's me trying something different.
youtube.com/shorts/1Z1W-...
Mini Essay: Metal Garden is MASSIVE!
YouTube video by Pim's Crypt
youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
More than once I've been told to do YT shorts for the sake of channel growth. I'm real skeptical about if it would work, but I came to realize I have a lot of ideas that will likely never become long form videos.
So here's me trying something different.
youtube.com/shorts/1Z1W-...
So here's me trying something different.
youtube.com/shorts/1Z1W-...
They should remake home alone as a series of tiktoks send post
December 1, 2025 at 4:24 AM
They should remake home alone as a series of tiktoks send post
And if yooooouuu can believe it, I'm live here right now!
This Saturday, Indiepocalypse Radio returns at 2pm ET with guests @wriks.motorcycles and @katieandcatburger.bsky.social!
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November 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
And if yooooouuu can believe it, I'm live here right now!
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Entering the massaging-tens-of-pages-of-notes-and-bon-mots-into-something-resembling-a-cohesive-script phase
November 29, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Entering the massaging-tens-of-pages-of-notes-and-bon-mots-into-something-resembling-a-cohesive-script phase
An absolute menace all day, would die for her
November 28, 2025 at 6:42 AM
An absolute menace all day, would die for her
If smallbu makes another game I'm gonna cry tears of joy
SmallBu is looking for a freelance BG artist for a new animated project!
-multi month job
-must have significant prior experience working professionally on animation/game BGs
-must have several examples available online portfolio
-no students
Link your portfolio of BG work here if ur interested!
-multi month job
-must have significant prior experience working professionally on animation/game BGs
-must have several examples available online portfolio
-no students
Link your portfolio of BG work here if ur interested!
a black and white drawing of a person laying on a bench with their feet up and a sign that says 2 feet
ALT: a black and white drawing of a person laying on a bench with their feet up and a sign that says 2 feet
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:54 AM
If smallbu makes another game I'm gonna cry tears of joy
Clown: Doctor, I'm so depressed
Doctor: go see Pagliacci the clown, he'll cheer you up!
Clown: but doctor, I fucking hate that guy, he stole my job!
Doctor: go see Pagliacci the clown, he'll cheer you up!
Clown: but doctor, I fucking hate that guy, he stole my job!
November 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Clown: Doctor, I'm so depressed
Doctor: go see Pagliacci the clown, he'll cheer you up!
Clown: but doctor, I fucking hate that guy, he stole my job!
Doctor: go see Pagliacci the clown, he'll cheer you up!
Clown: but doctor, I fucking hate that guy, he stole my job!
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Alternative Games From The Fringes Of Cyberspace (fighting for art and something better in this dystopian digital world)
www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/alt...
"It seems more pressing than ever to stand up to that type of fascist censorship that is eating digital culture."
#GameDev #IndieGame
www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/alt...
"It seems more pressing than ever to stand up to that type of fascist censorship that is eating digital culture."
#GameDev #IndieGame
Alternative Games From The Fringes Of Cyberspace (fighting for art and something better in this dystopian digital world)
www.nathalielawhead.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Alternative Games From The Fringes Of Cyberspace (fighting for art and something better in this dystopian digital world)
www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/alt...
"It seems more pressing than ever to stand up to that type of fascist censorship that is eating digital culture."
#GameDev #IndieGame
www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/alt...
"It seems more pressing than ever to stand up to that type of fascist censorship that is eating digital culture."
#GameDev #IndieGame
I wish all my fellow US introverts a very good luck with dinner, today
November 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I wish all my fellow US introverts a very good luck with dinner, today
Manifesting this for myself
magazine screenshot, computer graphics (1997) archive.org/details/mico...
November 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Manifesting this for myself
I think this thread on Horses' steam ban is more for my fellow sickos than poor Webster who probably didn't need me gabbing his ear off (typing his eyes off?) today. If you like art games like me it might be a neat read?
(Anyone who is even a little mean to Webster gets my wrath)
(Anyone who is even a little mean to Webster gets my wrath)
Okay. This is quite long and I'm sorry for words-walling you. I'm apparently pretty passionate about this. I don't intend this as an attack at all at all, I just think a comprehensive answer is deserved here.
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I think this thread on Horses' steam ban is more for my fellow sickos than poor Webster who probably didn't need me gabbing his ear off (typing his eyes off?) today. If you like art games like me it might be a neat read?
(Anyone who is even a little mean to Webster gets my wrath)
(Anyone who is even a little mean to Webster gets my wrath)
I can't believe the people who made the gay scaley game would do this
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I can't believe the people who made the gay scaley game would do this
Gonna be turning the ol' turntables this weekend on Indiepocalypse radio!
This Saturday, Indiepocalypse Radio returns at 2pm ET with guests @wriks.motorcycles and @katieandcatburger.bsky.social!
Tune in it at www.indiepocalypse.com/radio
Send questions to www.indiepocalypse.com/questions
Tune in it at www.indiepocalypse.com/radio
Send questions to www.indiepocalypse.com/questions
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Gonna be turning the ol' turntables this weekend on Indiepocalypse radio!
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Dungeon by Chariot Rider
A Flick Dungeon Crawler
chariot-rider.itch.io
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Very proud to say I don't know her
November 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Very proud to say I don't know her
Feel old yet?
What do you mean yet! I've felt old since my first visit to the chiropractor and that was a decade ago!
What do you mean yet! I've felt old since my first visit to the chiropractor and that was a decade ago!
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Feel old yet?
What do you mean yet! I've felt old since my first visit to the chiropractor and that was a decade ago!
What do you mean yet! I've felt old since my first visit to the chiropractor and that was a decade ago!
All the more reason to cover it!
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
All the more reason to cover it!
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Santa Ragione are a well-known studio, covered by a great many mainstream outlets. Their latest game will not be releasing on Steam for... reasons? Steam won't tell them why, won't tell them what needs fixing, and won't communicate in general.
Every other store will carry it. Just not Steam.
Every other store will carry it. Just not Steam.
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Santa Ragione are a well-known studio, covered by a great many mainstream outlets. Their latest game will not be releasing on Steam for... reasons? Steam won't tell them why, won't tell them what needs fixing, and won't communicate in general.
Every other store will carry it. Just not Steam.
Every other store will carry it. Just not Steam.