If you've ever wondered what would happen if someone made a SNES RPG based on Fist of the North Star with Earthbound style combat and a story written by the dudes behind Bojack Horseman, first of all seek help but also here's your answer. Lisa is one of those games I felt was just made for me; its take on the 16 bit RPG formula along with the weird sense of humor and writing that hits close to home all tickles my brain in just the right ways. There's a ton of dudes in this game and the battle system is actually pretty fun, so there's plenty of ways you can tackle its challenges. And while the world of Olathe can be bleak, it can also be hilarious and fascinating enough to make you wanna see what's behind every corner.

Lisa could be thought of as Undertale's gross sweaty older cousin. It's funny as hell, depressing as hell and a game that I consider an absolute must experience for anyone that resonates with it. But please I implore you, look up a list of content warnings or something beforehand, because when Lisa gets serious, it gets damn serious in a way that (understandably) some people just won't be down to experience. Lisa is definitely not for everyone, but when it's for you...holy shit is it for you.

Toilet in Wonderland is a game where the heroine has severe constipation. One day, when you try to go poopie, you awaken to find yourself in a strange world where nothing seems quite normal. You are visited by MJ, who tells you your purpose: this is a world born when you started your poop, and only by releasing the poop from your tushie can you free yourself. You must now explore the corners of the world, gather up a party, and search for six mystical toilets, all in the name of freeing yourself — both from this wonderland, and from your severe constipation.

This game is wild. It was made by, like, 100 different devs as part of a con, and while you can see the different visions create vastly different events, it's all in service of the… incredibly surreal, shitposty (that's not a pun this game's about constipation you are literally not shitting) tone. The game doesn’t operate by any sort of rules or sense — and anything can happen around any corner. That’s not to say that there’s no consistency, or it’s just a game where weird stuff happens — there’s a sense of cause and effect, and jokes you thought were one-and-done can sometimes sneak back up when you don’t expect it. I also love the way the graphics kind of contribute to it: the majority of it is store-bought RPGMaker assets… but then out of nowhere you'll also just see these crudely hand-drawn pictures or ripped photos of real people. It's inconsistent, in a way that catches you off guard, but also in a way that really helps contribute to the specific vibe the game's going for.

And honestly, like… there’s not, particularly much more I can say than that? This is the kind of thing where I can’t really go into specifics without ruining the experience. I’d say that maybe I could’ve used some indication of where items/doors were things I could actually interact with, but aside from that… it’s a free, quick game that does a lot with a little, and handles its out-there vibes so well. 7/10.