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Pepper Grinder: Dirt Dolphin Dopamine
Pepper Grinder is an excellent 2d-action platformer with responsive controls, a fun art style and wonderfully creative level design, that is held back by mediocre bosses and rewards.
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Matcha Do About ...
Finding comfort in games
Why and how do we find comfort in games? What is a comfortable gaming experience even? A short look into Mischief's games library and their thoughts on their favourite 'comfort games'.
PourOverThink
PoT: Death Note (2003 - 2006)
Death Note could probably be considered a classic in its own right. It’s been adapted multiple times and has remained at least partially relevant in the cultural zeitgeist. It’s time to grab a bag of BBQ flavoured potato chips and get your notebooks ready.
Latte Thoughts
Slay, Leave, Save, Repeat?
Slay the Princess is a love story. Yes. It's also a trauma narrative. It also heavily uses repetition as a means to engage with that trauma narrative. Just a few thoughts.
Matcha Do About ...
Horror Games and "The Exit 8" (2024)
I'm actually really bad at horror games. That hasn't stopped me from trying to leave this horrible and unending underground passageway.
PourOverThink
PoT: Slay the Princess (2023)
Today, Sherigan and Mischief find themselves on a path in the woods. We’re talking about the psychological visual novel Slay the Princess (2023) published by Black Tabby Games. Careful, there are some glass shards on the floor.
EspressOpinion
Enshrouded needs Stakes
Enshrouded had me immensely curious about its voxel-based building system. It promised a very engaging and versatile system, and I was keen to see what I could do with it. However, without any fault of the building system, I lost interest in the game within an hour. Why? There were no stakes.
EspressOpinion
The Crew: A Eulogy
A retrospective on why The Crew was my favourite racing game of the last decade, and why always-online, all-digital product models are problematic.
PourOverThink
PoT: Dracula, Nosferatu, and Castlevania
Welcome to our first podcast episode! Listen freely and of your own will!