2019

Wow.

No idea how I missed this but in the age of ChatGPT and LLM's, Eliza asked important and thought provoking questions of the player's own views of the technology, the collection of private intimate data of everyday people and how that can be used to help or hinder humans efforts for a better world rather than a thicker bottom line.

I played it start to finish on Steam Deck, took me 7 hours and would highly recommend.

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Stardew Death Valley

if you're willing to look for it, there are a good 8 hours of fun to be had here.

You can play through the first dungeon and work out if the game is for you or not, you have seen the majority of the content at that point, and Into The Pit spends a good chunk of time pretending that by tweaking enemy health bars and cycling in different chunks of floor tiles over the same 10 maps, you'll somehow not notice that it's too stretched for its own good.

That being said, the combat and movement are both tight and snappy, you can clear a dungeon in about 25-35 minutes and it's a great way to 'switch off' after a long day.,

good but by the half way point you've seen most of what the game has to offer. Getting 3 stars on each campus is mostly just a waiting game for the numbers to tick up to the nessecary goals.

That being said, an incredibly fun game if you're in the mood for its min/max gameplay and also a fantastic second-screen game.

a streamlined and concise narrative choice game, taking elements of tabletop and games like Disco Elysium to construct a very pleasant and relaxing 10-15 hour experience.

I adore the development choices, music, and aesthetic of this game, such a nicely crafted package and struggled to put down.

2022

what an odd little game. Took me a little while to get into the flow of the story but was hooked once it did.

It's hard for me to recommend Moonglow to anyone, not because it's a bad game but because its issues, bugs and glitches can often be extremely frustrating and stressful in a game about lazily fishing.

What a charming and relaxing game that will (hopefully) only increase in quality as it gets more time with the QA team.

beautiful world and fun mechanics but I hated the characters and dialogue.

2022

Incredible. This one will stay with me a while

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I hate creepy dolls.

2021

I was really rooting for Lake to blow me away but the second half is plodding and forgettable. What a wonderful concept, poorly realised.