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Our article for MOUTHOLE is now up! So go grab your toothpaste and get ready to climb inside your own mouth. 🦷🪥👄

Discl: I rec'd a review key from Keymailer

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#MOUTHOLE #IndieGames #AnythingNose #SometimesYou #Keymailer #StageSelectStart
First Impressions: MOUTHOLE (NS1 & NS2)
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November 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Our MIDI Week Single is a call to resistance from 1988's Final Fantasy II, with iconic music from Nobuo Uematsu.

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#MIDIWeekSingles #FinalFantasyII #FinalFantasyIIPixelRemaster #Famicom #NobuoUematsu #Square #VideoGameMusic #StageSelectStart
MIDI Week Singles: "Rebel Army Theme" - Final Fantasy II (FAM)
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November 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Our Game EXP article today looks at The Mildew Children, a mix of visual novel, point-and-click, and mysticism:

Discl: I rec'd a review key from Keymailer

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#TheMildewChildren #TheGrowingStones #RussianFolklore #Occult #Keymailer #StageSelectStart
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October 31, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Our MIDI Week Single this week will only be up on our site (due to copyright notices on YouTube), with music composed by Michiru Yamane for 1997's Symphony of the Night.

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#MIDIWeekSingles #SymphonyOfTheNight #Konami #MichiruYamane #StageSelectStart
MIDI Week Singles: "Dracula Castle" - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX)
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October 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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All week we'll be releasing videos from my playthrough of The Mildew Children by The Growing Stones, a walk-and-click visual novel

Discl: I rec'd a review key from Keymailer

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#TheMildewChildren #TheGrowningStones #Witchcraft #IndieGames #Keymailer #StageSelectStart
The Mildew Children [A Stage Select Start Playthrough Series] - YouTube
The Mildew Children Systems: Windows, Steam OS, Nintendo Switch 1 & 2, Linux, & PlayStation 4 Release Date: September 22, 2023 Publisher: Valkyrie Initiative...
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October 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Our Game EXP article today takes a look at the recent console release of The Nameless City by Paradnight Studios on the Nintendo Switch:

Discl: I rec'd a review key from Keymailer

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#TheWalkingCity #ParadnightStudio #Switch #Keymailer #StageSelectStart
Game EXP: The Nameless City (NS/NS2)
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October 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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We now have a playlist up for the new Lovecraft adaptation The Nameless City on the Switch from Paranight Studio & Sometimes You. Article up on Friday.

Discl: I rec'd a review key from Keymailer

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#TheNameLessCity #IndieGames #Playthrough #Keymailer #StageSelectStart
The Nameless City [A Stage Select Start Playthrough] - YouTube
The Nameless City Release Date: September 3, 2025 Systems: Windows, macOS, Xbox Series S/X, PlayStation 4 & 5, Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 Publisher: Sometimes You...
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October 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Today's MIDI Week Single comes from the black sheep of the Castlevania franchise, but is still a great song, even if it's not a great Castlevania song.

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#MIDIWeekSingles #Castlevania #Castlevania64 #Nintemdo64 #Konami #VideoGameMusic #StageSelectStart
MIDI Week Singles: "Castle Center ~ Main Theme" Akumajo Dracula Mokushiroku (N64)
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October 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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We have an interesting First Impressions article for the still-in-alpha, Cursed Dungeon Raider from solo dev Clever AI:

Discl: I rec'd a review code from Keymailer

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#FirstImpressions #CursedDungeonRaider #IndieGame #Keymailer #StageSelectStart
October 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Our Game EXP article today takes a look at the delightfully disturbing and beautiful Necrophosis

Discl: I rec'd a review key from Keymailer

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#Necrophosis #AresDragonis #AdonisBrosteanu #HRGiger #ZdzisławBeksiński #IndieGame #Keymailer #StageSelectStart
Game EXP: Necrophosis (VSD)
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October 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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A reminder that we have a playlist up for Necrophosis (mostly complete due to technical Steam Deck recording issues), along with an article going up tomorrow:

[I rec'd a free code from Keymailer]

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#Necrophosis #AresDraconis #IndieGames #Keymailer #StageSelectStart
Necrophosis [A Stage Select Start Playthrough Series] - YouTube
Necrophosis Systems: Windows, Linux, Steam OS Release Date: April 25, 2025 Publisher: Dragonis Games Developer: Ares Dragonis, Adonis Brosteanu [Disclaimer: ...
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October 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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We continue our MIDI Week Singles with another track from the Castlevania series, this time from Aria of Sorrow, music by Michiru Yamane:

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MIDI Week Singles: "Ruined Castle Corridor" - Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (NDS)
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October 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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If you haven't recently checked our YT channel, we have a semi-complete playthrough of the indie horror walking-sim Necrophosis by Ares Dragonis

Disc: I rec'd a free key from Keymailer

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#Necrophosis #AresDragonis #IndieGame #Keymailer #StageSelectStart
Necrophosis [A Stage Select Start Playthrough Series] - YouTube
Necrophosis Systems: Windows, Linux, Steam OS Release Date: April 25, 2025 Publisher: Dragonis Games Developer: Ares Dragonis, Adonis Brosteanu [Disclaimer: ...
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October 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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We're starting off our spooky MIDI Week Singles with a bloody bang! "Bloody Tears" by Kenichi Matsubara from Castlevania II: Simon's Quest.

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MIDI Week Singles: "Bloody Tears (Street-day time-BGM)" - Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES)
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October 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Our Game EXP article today looks at Only Cards, a deck-building adult puzzle game mashed with a mystery visual novel

Discl: I rec'd a review key from Keymailer

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#OnlyCards #GrimsStudio #DeckBuilding #IndieGames #AdultGames #Keymailer #StageSelectStart
Game EXP: Only Cards (VSD)
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September 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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We have a new video in our playthrough playlist for Only Cards, a detective visual novel & deck-building adult puzzle game from Grim's Studio.

Discl: I rec'd a key from Keymailer

#OnlyCards #GrimsStudio #IndieGames #AdultGames #Keymailer #StageSelectStart

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Only Cards [A Stage Select Start Playthrough] - YouTube
Only Cards Release Date: September 4, 2025 Systems: Windows, Steam OS Publisher: Grim's Studio Developer: Grim's Studio [Disclaimer: I received a free review...
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September 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Our MIDI Week Single today was randomly chosen, but it's 15-second classic from 1987's Bases Loaded.

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MIDI Week Singles: "Track 2: Visitors at Bat" - Bases Loaded (NES)
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September 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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In a first for our site and YT channel, we'll be reviewing the new deck-building and comedic adult visual novel, Only Cards:

Disc: I rec'd a key from Keymailer

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#OnlyCards #GrimsStudio #IndieGames #AdultGames #Keymailer #StageSelectStart
Only Cards [A Stage Select Start Playthrough] - YouTube
Only Cards Release Date: September 4, 2025 Systems: Windows, Steam OS Publisher: Grim's Studio Developer: Grim's Studio [Disclaimer: I received a free review...
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September 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Today we have my written reaction to last week's Nintendo Direct, complete with time stamps and blistering commentary.

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#Xennial #DeathMetal #NintendoDirect #BellabelPark #VirtualBoy #MetroidPrime4 #ResidentEvil #FireEmblem #StageSelectStart
September 12th Nintendo Direct: Stage Select Start Reacts!!
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September 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Stage Select Start is now a stan account for Alberto Jose Gonzalez and the one song he wrote for Metal Masters, released on the Game Boy in 1993.

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September 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Our MIDI Week Single today is a return to "Creative Exercise" but rearranged for Mario Kart: World with a multi-genre-jumping banger, just watch out for that solo.

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MIDI Week Singles: "Creative Exercise" - Mario Kart: World (NS2)
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September 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Our article today is part troubleshooting, part call for help, in regards to some troubles I have with Steam's native Screen Recording functionality.

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#SteamDeck #ScreenRecording #BackgroundRecording #VideoFreezing #Troubleshooting #StageSelectStart
Recording Tribulations on the Steam Deck
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September 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Our MIDI Week Single is from the 33-year-old Mario Paint, released on the SNES in 1992 and is the first song you hear when you're ready to get creative.

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#MIDIWeekSingles #MarioPaint #SNES #HirokazuTanaka #VideoGameMusic #SuperNintendo #StageSelectStart
MIDI Week Singles: "Creative Exercise" - Mario Paint (SNES)
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September 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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A new month means a new Monthly Update & all I'd like to add is that I'm also playing Final Fantasy II Pixel Remaster after finishing Final Fantasy 1 PR.

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#MonthlyUpdate #September2025 #FinalFantasyPixelRemaster #ResidentEvil6 #Bacon #StageSelectStart
Monthly Update: September, 2025
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September 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Our GameEXP article today is for the 2019 VR escape room horror game Last Labyrinth from AMATA K.K. & played on the Quest 2.

Discl: I rec'd a review code from Keymailer

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#LastLabyrinth #AMATAKK #EscapeRoom #VRGame #VRHorror #Keymailer #StageSelectStart
Game EXP: Last Labyrinth (MQ2)
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August 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM