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Game Night: Dare to Disturb the Universe in ‘Peppered’ (Minus World column by @stolisomancer.bsky.social) hard-drive.net/news-games/g...

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It's Friday, which means I'm once again talking indie games at @hard-drive.net. This week, I'm covering the Singaporean horror game SCARRED. Here are my thoughts:

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As promised by ancient prophecy, I'm back at @hard-drive.net to talk about indie games. This week, I've been playing WHITE KNUCKLE, which is about free-hand climbing the sides of a ventilation shaft before you get digested into slurry. Check it out:

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I have a great joke about Ayn Rand. What, did you think I was going to give it away for free?

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It's Friday, and as real fans of me are aware, that means I'm back at @hard-drive.net to talk about indie games. This week, I've been playing the fantasy tactics game DARK DEITY 2, which is very much a FIRE EMBLEM clone, but of a specific bygone era of the series. Check it out:

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It's Friday, which means I'm back at @hard-drive.net with another column about indie video games. I've been playing the Canadian social-distancing RPG LOOK OUTSIDE. Spoiler: don't look outside.

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It's Friday, which means I'm back at @hard-drive.net to talk about indie games. This week, I played through the Spanish visual novel/virtual escape room YOUR HOUSE, which does some interesting things with interactive text.

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My column went up late this weekend, but usually on Fridays, I'm at @hard-drive.net covering a new indie game. This week I've been playing CENTUM from Serenity Forge, an Estonian adventure game that might be a little too inaccessible for its own good.

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Wizards of the Coast reportedly lays off staff working on virtual tabletop Sigil https://www.geekwire.com/2025/wizards-of-the-coast-reportedly-lays-off-staff-working-on-virtual-tabletop-sigil/

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Share some of the best eyes in movies 🎥👀🖤

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4 fav horror films of 2020's #horrorsky #filmsky Willy's Wonderland is there just for me. That film makes me so happy

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It's Friday, and that means I'm back at @hard-drive.net to talk indie games. This week I've been playing MEMORY LOST, the debut project from Magic Hazard, which... could honestly have used a little more time in the oven before release.

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Game Night: Let’s (Carpal) Tunnel To the Earth’s Core in ‘A Game About Digging A Hole’ (Minus World column by @stolisomancer.bsky.social ) hard-drive.net/news-games/g...

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My latest column on indie games is up on @hard-drive.net. This week, in a nod to my roots as a KING'S QUEST dork, I've been playing the Argentinian adventure game SLENDER THREADS. It has way more murder than you'd think!

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New from me at @geekwire.com: the shutdown of Monolith Productions, which celebrated its 30th anniversary last year.

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It's Friday, so I'm back at @hard-drive.net with another indie review. This week, by recommendation, I've been doing some action genealogy in the Steam remake of THE ROOTTREES ARE DEAD.

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It's Friday, and you know what that means: I'm back at @hard-drive.net to talk about indie video games. This week, I checked out URBAN MYTH DISSOLUTION CENTER, a game that followed me around last year's PAX West show like an omen of doom. Turns out that was appropriate.

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It's Friday, so I'm back at @hard-drive.net to play a new indie game. This week, I checked out the Washington state-created SPIRIT SWAP, which sells itself on vibes, but is secretly a solid take on old head-to-head puzzle fighters.

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I'm back at @hard-drive.net with my weekly indie column. Today I'm here to discuss BLADE CHIMERA, a classically-styled Metroidvania that's kind of easy right up until it suddenly isn't.

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New from me at @geekwire.bsky.social - I visited Wizards of the Coast's offices here in Washington for a tour, as well as a presentation on what's coming next for DUNGEONS & DRAGONS.

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My latest indie column is up. This week, I played through DEAD OF DARKNESS: hard-drive.net/news-games/g...

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You can really tell that my first experience with Lynch was LOST HIGHWAY.

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It's Friday, so I'm back at @hard-drive.net with my weekly indie column. This week is a 2024 wrap-up edition, as I go through a bunch of the games that I skipped last year, accidentally or otherwise. Check it out:

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It was inevitable, but it’s still good to be aware that this is happening here, now. If you see suspicious account/comment, remember: Don’t engage. Don’t argue. Don’t clap back. Don’t screenshot and share. Just block and move on. today.rtl.lu/news/busines...

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I usually post a column every Friday to talk about a new indie game I've been playing. This week, both due to addiction and travel, I'm running late. Here are my thoughts on this year's TACTICAL BREACH WIZARDS:

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I'd be interested in seeing how these numbers stack up against other media in 2024, too. It seems like we're in a cultural rut across the board.

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It's Friday, and that means I'm back on @hard-drive.net to pontificate for about 800 words about an indie game. Check back every week about now for a new column. Many people I trust and respect love ANTONBLAST. Turns out I love it... less. Here's where I try to resolve that.

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It's Friday, and that means I'm back at @hard-drive.net talking about indie games. This week, while traveling, I've been playing the Seattle-made pachinko roguelike BALLIONAIRE. Take a look:

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New from me at GeekWire: a new report's argument that the games industry will rebound in 2025.

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People keep following me for some reason, so the least I can do is force you all to read my latest column. Every Friday, I cover a new indie game at @hard-drive.net. This week, it's the vaguely holiday-themed horror game AMONG ASHES. I could've written another 1,000 words, but they'd be spoilers.

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Hello, new followers. It's Friday, which means I've got a new column about indie games for you on @hard-drive.net. This week, I've been playing Wishes Unlimited's monster collector BEASTIEBALL, a game that has some very pointed observations to make about POKEMON. Check it out:

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Between the South Korea attempted coup, Trump's re-election and now the UHC CEO getting got, it's like the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future have been replaced by the Poltergeists of Fucking Around and Finding Out

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Every Friday, I cover a new indie video game for @hard-drive.net in my regular column Game Night. This week, I played Cat Society's Steam Early Access game DUNGEON INN, which is sort of a cozy tower defense/business sim/occasional murder simulator. It's easier to play than to explain.

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New from me at @geekwire.bsky.social - a new game studio in Seattle has raised money to make the CEO's dream game, about using the power of cuisine to fight fascism in magical alternate mid-20th century Italy.

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It's Friday. To celebrate inexplicably hitting 700 followers today, I present to you my weekly indie-game column on @hard-drive.net. This week, I've been playing WayForward's platformer revival RETROREALMS. Look at that delicately reproduced Bruce Campbell jawline. There's craft there.

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The toilet on this plane is the last level in Powerwash Simulator

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It's Friday, and that means my indie gaming column is up on @hard-drive.net. This is what you signed up for, 500+ new followers. Drink it in. Come back every Friday for my thoughts on another new/new-ish indie game.

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