Kyle D. Platz
@vascodagamer.bsky.social
Streamer, gamer, cartoon pirate.
Catch me live at www.Twitch.tv/VascoDaGamer or catch up later at https://www.youtube.com/@VascoDaGamer
Catch me live at www.Twitch.tv/VascoDaGamer or catch up later at https://www.youtube.com/@VascoDaGamer
Tonight is my last stream of 2025, and the viewers chose the game through our Giftmas Shopping stream last week. It's the anthropomorphic noir thriller Chicken Police: Paint it Red! Come check it out then catch up on VODs until I return in 2026. What's the matter, chicken? www.twitch.tv/VascoDaGamer
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December 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Tonight is my last stream of 2025, and the viewers chose the game through our Giftmas Shopping stream last week. It's the anthropomorphic noir thriller Chicken Police: Paint it Red! Come check it out then catch up on VODs until I return in 2026. What's the matter, chicken? www.twitch.tv/VascoDaGamer
Saturday's stream was spent entirely on a new stream tradition: Giftmas! As a treat for my regulars we spend a whole stream looking at trailers on Steam and letting them fight amongst themselves to decide on games to buy with a fixed budget. This VOD is that selection process: youtu.be/ytrCLROkv5I
Giftmas Shopping 2025
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December 17, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Saturday's stream was spent entirely on a new stream tradition: Giftmas! As a treat for my regulars we spend a whole stream looking at trailers on Steam and letting them fight amongst themselves to decide on games to buy with a fixed budget. This VOD is that selection process: youtu.be/ytrCLROkv5I
This past weekend saw the conclusion to the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 3D platforming game on my Friday stream. Despite a few rough edges, the game was a real treat, that also provided maybe the most unintentionally hilarious trophy of all time! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh4E...
Sorry Your Friend Died, Here's a Trophy! (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer)
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December 17, 2025 at 3:53 AM
This past weekend saw the conclusion to the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 3D platforming game on my Friday stream. Despite a few rough edges, the game was a real treat, that also provided maybe the most unintentionally hilarious trophy of all time! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh4E...
It's that time of year again! For the second year I take this time as Christmas approaches to give back to my humble crew-munity by spending money on some games of their collective choosing. It would be wholly wholesome if it weren't for the heated debates to come! www.twitch.tv/VascoDaGamer
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December 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
It's that time of year again! For the second year I take this time as Christmas approaches to give back to my humble crew-munity by spending money on some games of their collective choosing. It would be wholly wholesome if it weren't for the heated debates to come! www.twitch.tv/VascoDaGamer
Video game Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer's snowman narrator keeps hinting at a big blizzard coming through, so we better finish Rudolph's story arc in time to unite him with Santa and save Christmas! I'm assuming this post doesn't require a spoiler warning lol www.twitch.tv/VascoDaGamer
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December 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Video game Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer's snowman narrator keeps hinting at a big blizzard coming through, so we better finish Rudolph's story arc in time to unite him with Santa and save Christmas! I'm assuming this post doesn't require a spoiler warning lol www.twitch.tv/VascoDaGamer
As a special holiday treat, I decided to get Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - a 2025 3D platformer release for modern consoles (including the PS5). At first glance it seemed obviously overpriced, but it's been a surprisingly fun and fully realized experience so far: youtu.be/o0HcbImh7eo
This Game is *CUDE*! (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer)
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December 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
As a special holiday treat, I decided to get Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - a 2025 3D platformer release for modern consoles (including the PS5). At first glance it seemed obviously overpriced, but it's been a surprisingly fun and fully realized experience so far: youtu.be/o0HcbImh7eo
This Friday's stream brought a close to our journey with Princess Peach and her adventure to save all the Theets down in...whatever theater showtime takes place in. Which girlboss will reign supreme: Madame Grape or Peach in her final and most powerful costume change!? youtu.be/KVRVuzEWAe0
Dressed to Kill (Princess Peach: Showtime!)
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December 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This Friday's stream brought a close to our journey with Princess Peach and her adventure to save all the Theets down in...whatever theater showtime takes place in. Which girlboss will reign supreme: Madame Grape or Peach in her final and most powerful costume change!? youtu.be/KVRVuzEWAe0
They say the theatre is dead, but I'm pretty sure Princess Peach is a handful of boss fights away from reviving the theater from Madame Grape's control in Princess Peach: Showtime! I'm not sure the scripts being performed are worth saving though, especially not Baking... www.twitch.tv/VascoDaGamer
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December 6, 2025 at 1:55 AM
They say the theatre is dead, but I'm pretty sure Princess Peach is a handful of boss fights away from reviving the theater from Madame Grape's control in Princess Peach: Showtime! I'm not sure the scripts being performed are worth saving though, especially not Baking... www.twitch.tv/VascoDaGamer
Last weekend I streamed Princess Peach: Showtime! I figured it would be a short game we might complete before I take this coming weekend off for Thanksgiving. Turns out I didn't manage to finish it and one of the game's dress-up playstyle mechanics caused me psychic damage! youtu.be/ygANHGUQljY?...
3:10 to YEEHAW! (Princess Peach: Showtime!)
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November 26, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Last weekend I streamed Princess Peach: Showtime! I figured it would be a short game we might complete before I take this coming weekend off for Thanksgiving. Turns out I didn't manage to finish it and one of the game's dress-up playstyle mechanics caused me psychic damage! youtu.be/ygANHGUQljY?...
Having completed Kathy Rain 2 and completing our unfinished 2025 spooky game, I've got two streams to fill before taking Thanksgiving weekend off. What better way to spend that time than To play Princess Peach: Showtime! A game I meant to play for over a year but didn't? www.twitch.tv/VascoDaGamer
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November 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Having completed Kathy Rain 2 and completing our unfinished 2025 spooky game, I've got two streams to fill before taking Thanksgiving weekend off. What better way to spend that time than To play Princess Peach: Showtime! A game I meant to play for over a year but didn't? www.twitch.tv/VascoDaGamer
This past weekend I reached the end of my investigation of the Soothsayer in Kathy Rain 2 on stream. As with the first game, things get pretty strange as Kathy faces a fearsome foe, but do things tie together as well as they did the first time around? You decide! youtu.be/o_JgNMNANbk?...
I'm Tom Burgundy? (Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer)
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November 19, 2025 at 4:19 AM
This past weekend I reached the end of my investigation of the Soothsayer in Kathy Rain 2 on stream. As with the first game, things get pretty strange as Kathy faces a fearsome foe, but do things tie together as well as they did the first time around? You decide! youtu.be/o_JgNMNANbk?...
Last weekend I only had time for 1 more day of Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer, but day 4 is a doozie! The investigation leads to the discovery of some new suspects, strange bedfellows and an unexpected action sequence threatening some real consequences for our pithy punk heroine: youtu.be/bQ2rhBW3efw?...
A Freak in the Sheets (Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer)
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November 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Last weekend I only had time for 1 more day of Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer, but day 4 is a doozie! The investigation leads to the discovery of some new suspects, strange bedfellows and an unexpected action sequence threatening some real consequences for our pithy punk heroine: youtu.be/bQ2rhBW3efw?...
With Spooky Season proper completed, Saturday's stream shifted back to Kathy Rain 2. The game's somewhat spooky but was a slow burn left on the back burner for October. This time we met a definite witch, improvised some poetry and had a family reunion of sorts... www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbaT...
Room-pelstiltskin's Riddle (Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer)
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November 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
With Spooky Season proper completed, Saturday's stream shifted back to Kathy Rain 2. The game's somewhat spooky but was a slow burn left on the back burner for October. This time we met a definite witch, improvised some poetry and had a family reunion of sorts... www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbaT...
Fans of the Somnium Files (which covers most of my stream regulars) will hopefully appreciate my Halloween special, where I dressed as Kagami and created an interactive tool guess the character's name. In addition to traditional donuts and a new Duck Detective Game: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hfp...
Kagami Plays Duck Detective The Ghost of Glamping (Halloween Special 2025)
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November 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Fans of the Somnium Files (which covers most of my stream regulars) will hopefully appreciate my Halloween special, where I dressed as Kagami and created an interactive tool guess the character's name. In addition to traditional donuts and a new Duck Detective Game: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hfp...
Happy Halloween!! Halloween streams are the biggest night of the year for my Twitch Channel. This year I've dressed as my favorite character from a game we recently played and created an interactive channel point redemption. Don't forget Donut tasting and a Duck Detective! www.twitch.tv/VascoDaGamer
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November 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Happy Halloween!! Halloween streams are the biggest night of the year for my Twitch Channel. This year I've dressed as my favorite character from a game we recently played and created an interactive channel point redemption. Don't forget Donut tasting and a Duck Detective! www.twitch.tv/VascoDaGamer
Sorry weekends VODs are up late, I am still making last minute preparations for Friday night's Halloween special stream! We did finish a playthrough of The Devil in Me and boy is it a story! The whole playlist is up including my story of window installation drama 👻 www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMDu...
Stop, Drop and Broil! (The Devil in Me)
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October 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Sorry weekends VODs are up late, I am still making last minute preparations for Friday night's Halloween special stream! We did finish a playthrough of The Devil in Me and boy is it a story! The whole playlist is up including my story of window installation drama 👻 www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMDu...
I ended up a bit off-topic during last night's stream, so we still have plenty of The Devil in Me to finish, courtesy of the Dark Pictures Anthology. Does this house have a directory? Or maybe a pharmacy for everyone in this severely asthmatic cast? www.twitch.tv/VascoDaGamer
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October 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I ended up a bit off-topic during last night's stream, so we still have plenty of The Devil in Me to finish, courtesy of the Dark Pictures Anthology. Does this house have a directory? Or maybe a pharmacy for everyone in this severely asthmatic cast? www.twitch.tv/VascoDaGamer
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The FINAL episode of Season 1 of #EnduringPlay, my #GameDev podcast is out now: “People, Process, & Players: Human-Centered Production with Yesenia Cisneros.” Support this week will help me decide whether to move forward with Season 2! All episodes avail on all major platforms or on the web below.
Enduring Play: A Game Development Podcast
Creative director, game designer, and author of The Game Development Strategy Guide Cheryl Platz hosts this engaging look behind the scenes at what it takes to make video games that transcend the test...
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October 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The FINAL episode of Season 1 of #EnduringPlay, my #GameDev podcast is out now: “People, Process, & Players: Human-Centered Production with Yesenia Cisneros.” Support this week will help me decide whether to move forward with Season 2! All episodes avail on all major platforms or on the web below.
I've been talking for a while about wanting to play some of the interactive horror movie games I didn't try out on their release, and last Saturday I started with the apparently much maligned The Devil In Me. I assume these grievances are mistaken hotel reviews, though... youtu.be/74uNaug_h1w
A Close Shave at the Murder Castle (The Devil in Me)
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October 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I've been talking for a while about wanting to play some of the interactive horror movie games I didn't try out on their release, and last Saturday I started with the apparently much maligned The Devil In Me. I assume these grievances are mistaken hotel reviews, though... youtu.be/74uNaug_h1w
Kathy Rain 1 was a lot of fun and a suitable entry among our Halloween streams. While I have enjoyed Kathy Rain 2's intrigue I've decided to pick the game back up in November to prioritize something that gets spooky more quickly. That gives you time to get caught up though! youtu.be/tArFtcbBLnQ?...
Perfectly Imbalanced (Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer)
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October 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Kathy Rain 1 was a lot of fun and a suitable entry among our Halloween streams. While I have enjoyed Kathy Rain 2's intrigue I've decided to pick the game back up in November to prioritize something that gets spooky more quickly. That gives you time to get caught up though! youtu.be/tArFtcbBLnQ?...
Knowing how well the 1st Kathy Rain game came together, I'm excited to see how its recent sequel "Soothsayer" and its hunt for an occult serial killer go. However I will warn that this game starts slowly with somewhat realistic research into basic leads we need to proceed: youtu.be/bwc5KgUR5_w?...
Kathy Rain vs the Card Catalog (Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer)
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October 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Knowing how well the 1st Kathy Rain game came together, I'm excited to see how its recent sequel "Soothsayer" and its hunt for an occult serial killer go. However I will warn that this game starts slowly with somewhat realistic research into basic leads we need to proceed: youtu.be/bwc5KgUR5_w?...
The final act of Kathy Rain: Director's Cut makes me feel a bit silly for ever questioning if the game would be spooky enough for October. To rescue Eileen, Kathy will need to escape jail, challenge a cult leader with ominous abilities and then complete an otherworldly rite: youtu.be/4bRqEQ5i6Wg?...
Escalator to Hell (Kathy Rain : Director's Cut)
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October 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The final act of Kathy Rain: Director's Cut makes me feel a bit silly for ever questioning if the game would be spooky enough for October. To rescue Eileen, Kathy will need to escape jail, challenge a cult leader with ominous abilities and then complete an otherworldly rite: youtu.be/4bRqEQ5i6Wg?...
As one storm closes another one opens. We finished playing through Kathy Rain: Director's Cut on last night's stream and I'm more dedicated than ever to playing through Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer. If you check your crystal ball you'll find that happens well NOW: www.twitch.tv/VascoDaGamer
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October 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
As one storm closes another one opens. We finished playing through Kathy Rain: Director's Cut on last night's stream and I'm more dedicated than ever to playing through Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer. If you check your crystal ball you'll find that happens well NOW: www.twitch.tv/VascoDaGamer
The Halloween streams continue with more Kathy Rain. Despite some arguments to the contrary in chat, I think there may be something ominous at the end of this game... Either way the game has been a ton of fun so far and we finish early we're booting up the sequel! www.twitch.tv/VascoDaGamer
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October 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The Halloween streams continue with more Kathy Rain. Despite some arguments to the contrary in chat, I think there may be something ominous at the end of this game... Either way the game has been a ton of fun so far and we finish early we're booting up the sequel! www.twitch.tv/VascoDaGamer
As an avid fan of point and click adventure games and narrative games in general, how have I not heard of Kathy Rain before? Its puzzles may not all be my cup of tea, but the characters, story and art are all exceptional! I strongly urge you to check this one out! youtu.be/fzsZFc3gM3Q?...
Gothic Geometry (Kathy Rain - Director's Cut)
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October 8, 2025 at 2:38 AM
As an avid fan of point and click adventure games and narrative games in general, how have I not heard of Kathy Rain before? Its puzzles may not all be my cup of tea, but the characters, story and art are all exceptional! I strongly urge you to check this one out! youtu.be/fzsZFc3gM3Q?...