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
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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.
HORSES video is up a little early for patrons!
YouTube release tomorrow
YouTube release tomorrow
Early Release! HORSES is a masterpiece. | Katie and Catburger
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December 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
HORSES video is up a little early for patrons!
YouTube release tomorrow
YouTube release tomorrow
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Give me a game that looks like this
La Lune à un mètre (The Astronomer's Dream, 1898, dir. Georges Méliès) 🎥
A melancholy, effectively creepy three minutes in which the moon eats people.
A melancholy, effectively creepy three minutes in which the moon eats people.
December 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Give me a game that looks like this
Balatro is a great example. No balatro clone has had *quite* the same heat, and in my opinion it's because the aesthetic choices enhance the feeling of being in some kind of video game opium den. This emphasizes to addictive nature of the gameplay loop, so it sinks its teeth in deeper
AND FURTHERMORE (lol) There is a third leg to this stool: in addition to ludic design, narrative, and aesthetic choices! We all know the music/imagery can make or break a game, but discussion on how aesthetic affects not just the narrative experience but the LUDIC experience is under explored.
Ludo Narrative Dissonance is dead, long live Ludo Narrative Resonance!
This is the whole ball game from my perspective as a person who recommends games.
This is the whole ball game from my perspective as a person who recommends games.
December 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Balatro is a great example. No balatro clone has had *quite* the same heat, and in my opinion it's because the aesthetic choices enhance the feeling of being in some kind of video game opium den. This emphasizes to addictive nature of the gameplay loop, so it sinks its teeth in deeper
AND FURTHERMORE (lol) There is a third leg to this stool: in addition to ludic design, narrative, and aesthetic choices! We all know the music/imagery can make or break a game, but discussion on how aesthetic affects not just the narrative experience but the LUDIC experience is under explored.
Ludo Narrative Dissonance is dead, long live Ludo Narrative Resonance!
This is the whole ball game from my perspective as a person who recommends games.
This is the whole ball game from my perspective as a person who recommends games.
Good games use their story to support the gameplay and use their gameplay to support the story. It's an upward spiraling loop.
Also, most people aren't obsessed with abstract gameplay mechanics (and the few people who are obsessed are probably game devs). You need story to get people to care.
Also, most people aren't obsessed with abstract gameplay mechanics (and the few people who are obsessed are probably game devs). You need story to get people to care.
December 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
AND FURTHERMORE (lol) There is a third leg to this stool: in addition to ludic design, narrative, and aesthetic choices! We all know the music/imagery can make or break a game, but discussion on how aesthetic affects not just the narrative experience but the LUDIC experience is under explored.
Really love this post covering the nuance around Horses' ban and how it interacts with the themes of the game.
I Hope You Get To Live Your Entire Life As A Human Being
I thought this was going to be a review of my time with Santa Ragione's Horses, the controversial art game recently banned from Steam and the Epic Store. To some extent, this will be that but after...
transgamerthoughts.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Really love this post covering the nuance around Horses' ban and how it interacts with the themes of the game.
i hate to say it, but i think my video about one of the darkest games i've ever played and it's very challenging themes is pretty funny
December 9, 2025 at 5:32 AM
i hate to say it, but i think my video about one of the darkest games i've ever played and it's very challenging themes is pretty funny
They say never meet your heroes, and I say if you ever meet anyone from the bsky team in a dark alley, RUN
December 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
They say never meet your heroes, and I say if you ever meet anyone from the bsky team in a dark alley, RUN
Bob is a great sub, there's a lot of retrospective channels these days but he picks games I haven't seen covered anywhere else. He has an eye for detail and you feel his genuine love and appreciation for these bizarre titles come right through the screen.
I swear if this next video doesn't get me over the 5,000 subscriber line before the year is over then I'll have NO CHOICE but to wait until it happens later and celebrate at that moment instead.
December 8, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Bob is a great sub, there's a lot of retrospective channels these days but he picks games I haven't seen covered anywhere else. He has an eye for detail and you feel his genuine love and appreciation for these bizarre titles come right through the screen.
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Poison swamps are of course a classic, and cursed swamps have their place, but I kind of want swamps for all of the other random status ailments that pop up in console RPGs. I want to see the swamp where touching the water turns you into an atheist.
December 8, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Poison swamps are of course a classic, and cursed swamps have their place, but I kind of want swamps for all of the other random status ailments that pop up in console RPGs. I want to see the swamp where touching the water turns you into an atheist.
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A reminder my newest video is out! I try to come up with a solution to horror's worst mechanic - DEATH ITSELF
NEW VIDEO
Survival Horror (and horror games in general) has always had a glaring issue.
"How do you make death matter in a horror game?"
I believe i have a solution...
youtu.be/w59hH3zT-nc
Survival Horror (and horror games in general) has always had a glaring issue.
"How do you make death matter in a horror game?"
I believe i have a solution...
youtu.be/w59hH3zT-nc
Fixing The Survival Horror Problem
YouTube video by Sputnik34
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A reminder my newest video is out! I try to come up with a solution to horror's worst mechanic - DEATH ITSELF
This is so embarrassing lol
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This is so embarrassing lol
Matthew Lillard is great, when I found out he was gonna be in the next flannegan series I flipped my lid. What has Tarantino done for me lately? nadda
December 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Matthew Lillard is great, when I found out he was gonna be in the next flannegan series I flipped my lid. What has Tarantino done for me lately? nadda
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I picked up No Players Online both to support it after the DMCA thing and because I wanted to see how they expanded what was in the Haunted PS1 Demo Disk version, but no one told me it went all-in on the 90s OS/Internet as a framing device! I love this stuff.
December 7, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I picked up No Players Online both to support it after the DMCA thing and because I wanted to see how they expanded what was in the Haunted PS1 Demo Disk version, but no one told me it went all-in on the 90s OS/Internet as a framing device! I love this stuff.
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Hello watch my new video and tell me how smart and funny and cool and handsome I am in the comments!
NEW VIDEO! REPOSTS APPRECIATED!
I talk about an often overlooked part of the best game of 2024, @sunsetvisitor.studio 's 1000xResist! Its Gameplay, or rather, the lack of it, and what it does for the overall experience! youtu.be/Jjy0DvtfsEk
I talk about an often overlooked part of the best game of 2024, @sunsetvisitor.studio 's 1000xResist! Its Gameplay, or rather, the lack of it, and what it does for the overall experience! youtu.be/Jjy0DvtfsEk
The Best Game Of 2024 Has No Gameplay
YouTube video by Darkfry
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Hello watch my new video and tell me how smart and funny and cool and handsome I am in the comments!
Ludo Narrative Dissonance is dead, long live Ludo Narrative Resonance!
This is the whole ball game from my perspective as a person who recommends games.
This is the whole ball game from my perspective as a person who recommends games.
Good games use their story to support the gameplay and use their gameplay to support the story. It's an upward spiraling loop.
Also, most people aren't obsessed with abstract gameplay mechanics (and the few people who are obsessed are probably game devs). You need story to get people to care.
Also, most people aren't obsessed with abstract gameplay mechanics (and the few people who are obsessed are probably game devs). You need story to get people to care.
December 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Ludo Narrative Dissonance is dead, long live Ludo Narrative Resonance!
This is the whole ball game from my perspective as a person who recommends games.
This is the whole ball game from my perspective as a person who recommends games.
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Today is the day! Looking back on the Warframe Lore from the Zariman 10-0 ARG. Last chance to look before we head to Tau on Wednesday
youtu.be/jv68Pm8lr-0
youtu.be/jv68Pm8lr-0
The Mirror Queen & Our First Trip to Tau
YouTube video by SocraTetris
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Today is the day! Looking back on the Warframe Lore from the Zariman 10-0 ARG. Last chance to look before we head to Tau on Wednesday
youtu.be/jv68Pm8lr-0
youtu.be/jv68Pm8lr-0
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Hey folks, the first 24 hour fund-raising stream to get Nina to safety - and into my lovin' arms - in Australia is starting up shortly!
Please spread this around, and donate if you can! Every pair of eyes and every dollar counts!
Watch live here:
Please spread this around, and donate if you can! Every pair of eyes and every dollar counts!
Watch live here:
December 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Hey folks, the first 24 hour fund-raising stream to get Nina to safety - and into my lovin' arms - in Australia is starting up shortly!
Please spread this around, and donate if you can! Every pair of eyes and every dollar counts!
Watch live here:
Please spread this around, and donate if you can! Every pair of eyes and every dollar counts!
Watch live here:
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🐺GIVEAWAY CONTEST🐺
Win 1 bundle of The Night is Grey that includes: the Game + Soundtrack + Artbook!
To join the pack:
1️⃣ Like ❤️
2️⃣ Repost 🔁
3️⃣ Follow 🐾
Don’t let the wolves catch you unprepared…
#Giveaway #IndieGame
Win 1 bundle of The Night is Grey that includes: the Game + Soundtrack + Artbook!
To join the pack:
1️⃣ Like ❤️
2️⃣ Repost 🔁
3️⃣ Follow 🐾
Don’t let the wolves catch you unprepared…
#Giveaway #IndieGame
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🐺GIVEAWAY CONTEST🐺
Win 1 bundle of The Night is Grey that includes: the Game + Soundtrack + Artbook!
To join the pack:
1️⃣ Like ❤️
2️⃣ Repost 🔁
3️⃣ Follow 🐾
Don’t let the wolves catch you unprepared…
#Giveaway #IndieGame
Win 1 bundle of The Night is Grey that includes: the Game + Soundtrack + Artbook!
To join the pack:
1️⃣ Like ❤️
2️⃣ Repost 🔁
3️⃣ Follow 🐾
Don’t let the wolves catch you unprepared…
#Giveaway #IndieGame
Me: WHO DARES DISTURB MY SLUMBER?
Person messaging me on discord: hey I had a quick question sorry to bug you
Person messaging me on discord: hey I had a quick question sorry to bug you
December 6, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Me: WHO DARES DISTURB MY SLUMBER?
Person messaging me on discord: hey I had a quick question sorry to bug you
Person messaging me on discord: hey I had a quick question sorry to bug you
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A bar in the city of Dis.
December 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM
A bar in the city of Dis.
HORSES Script recorded today! New video by next Friday or bust
December 6, 2025 at 7:16 AM
HORSES Script recorded today! New video by next Friday or bust
U kno what u must do
Subscribe to a couple cool guys talkin about videogame books, u kno its right
Subscribe to a couple cool guys talkin about videogame books, u kno its right
Following Jesse’s lead it would be also satisfying for my brain if the Pixel Lit youtube hit 500 before the year was out:
youtube.com/@pixellit
youtube.com/@pixellit
December 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
U kno what u must do
Subscribe to a couple cool guys talkin about videogame books, u kno its right
Subscribe to a couple cool guys talkin about videogame books, u kno its right
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a bit of a deeper cut for modelling practice today, any old school Toonami heads out there? Tenchi Muyo rocks, Mihoshi is bae
December 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
a bit of a deeper cut for modelling practice today, any old school Toonami heads out there? Tenchi Muyo rocks, Mihoshi is bae
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donald trump cannot be trusted with chiral crystals
December 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
donald trump cannot be trusted with chiral crystals