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December 8, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Odin Sphere Leifthrasir (flushed)

This might be outing myself as a scrub but the menuing to use items and plant consumables drove me up the wall. Apparently it made more sense in the original game whereas the faster pace of the remaster makes it less suitable? Oh well
December 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
SANABI (cyberpunk grappling hook platformer, ++-)

The last third of the game has you play through the past areas again, but with your full set of abilities, and it's really fun to flow state everywhere chaining grapples and enemy kills.

Game is kinda simple without all the unlocks though :(
December 2, 2025 at 3:01 AM
continuing to use the aggrandized metaphor, a puyo chain "sentence" can be decomposed into "words" and "phonics", and learning how to spot the puyo phonics and what words they can create is a better way to learn chaining?
November 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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For the very first time - Riichi Mahjong will be a part of our in-person Vortex Gallery event at @FrostyFaustings! Looking forward to seeing you at the tables between your obscure favorites and mainstage runs in January.
November 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Gunfire Reborn (furry roguelite fps, +-/)

Has the same issue as every other roguelite where the metaprogression treadmill is the only thing keeping any given run from feeling like a waste of time.

The core gameplay itself is... fine? but only after getting to the later branches of the skill tree.
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
plus on the user side I do think there's some network/locked-in effects going on. Just like netflix and spotify, the entire ecosystem goes to complete shit the instant platform fragmentation kicks in, so users gravitate towards the one they have the most games on
November 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
steam is a /monopsony/ which is a little different, and we are just lucky it doesn't choose to abuse its market position.

here's a simple question: if you're a dev wanting to distribute elsewhere, for example because of the adult games squeeze, can you expect to reach the same size of audience?
November 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
we don't talk about my performance in the mystery/TAP tournaments
November 3, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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For the last time, here's a preview of the currently confirmed PGRS events for November! The next graphic update will show the final standings for the circuit, and who's qualifying for the Other Region Finals at the end of the month!
October 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM