Ryan Zhao 🔜 GDC

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Comedy game that feels like a Rick & Morty-type riff on There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension and The Stanley Parable. Funny plotting and performances, but the core mechanic (the slapping stick) could be better optimized as a physical comedy prop. Plenty of novelty; could use more "glitch"

Every shot in the film has at least one completely unexpected decision.

Uhh. What just happened?!

Chloe Zhao already in talks to continue the Shakespeare's Unfortunate Children cinematic universe with Macneth (2027), Otnello (2029), and the most deliberately named of his children, Taning of the Snew (2030).

28 Weeks Later, The Wash, It Was Just an Accident, An American in Paris
#LastFourWatched

streaming now! (ish)

Do you believe in extra lives after love

I think we view experts of, like, art and music as being studied PhDs in esoteric institutions publishing in insular journals, whereas experts in games can just be anyone and everyone. Speaking only of perception.

Like, it's not unusual to be casual friends with someone "important" in the discourse, which means that we see ourselves as being adjacent to that community and its expectations (refinement of taste stemming from wide exposure and "keeping up"). One viral podcast appearance from being an influencer.

I think there is that expectation amongst those deep in music or movie community or critics. Maybe the accessibility of video game critics (or the wider "professional opinion-havers" pool) contributes to the sense that everyone wants to view themselves as an expert.

For as direct a clue as this is, there are still technically two acceptable answers.

Kurt and the Cobains YouTube video by Ryan Zhao

@tcgs.co Your discussion of Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero made me remember one of my favorite game clips I captured many years ago:

Snoop Dogg has one of the strangest discographies of anyone of his level of success. It feels like R&G in 2004 (or maybe Blue Carpet Treatment in 2006) was the last real studio album he made -- everything since then feels like mixtapes. Has he done anything since 2006 that feels *expertly produced*?

Thanks. I'll DM you.

Not needing support for in-game capture yet. If you're interested in looking at existing clips and suggesting, "I bet we could get a shot like this in [game]", I can send more information.

Would anyone be interested in participating in the creation of a docu-style film made from footage captured from video games? At this stage, needing support identifying games from which we could capture footage that matches specific existing live-action video.

I always loved the purple bug on the cover art.

I know nothing about the movie it's advertising, but this poster is insane.

GIPTM: February 2026 Micro-reviews of the games I've played this month. Featuring: The Séance of Blake Manor, BALL x PIT, Sometimes to Deal with the Difficulty of Being Alive I Need to Believe There Is a Possibility That ...

My monthly post of mini-reviews for all of the games I completed in February.

Includes:
The Séance of Blake Manor
BALL x PIT update
Sometimes to Deal with the Difficulty of Being Alive I Need to Believe There Is a Possibility That Life Is Not Real
Isopod
Babushka's Glitch Dungeon
[...]

Featuring the content of HBO, Paramount, and Viacom, we introduce HPV Max.

I don't think they have Amy Rose's look quite right yet.

[...]
Wheel World
UNBEATABLE
Tall Trails
Grapple Dog
Nikoderiko: The Magical World
to a T
PIG in HELL
Lil Gator Game: In the Dark
Demon Tides
Mini Motorways (Hong Kong & Cape Town updates)

[...]
Wheel World
UNBEATABLE
Tall Trails
Grapple Dog
Nikoderiko: The Magical World
to a T
PIG in HELL
Lil Gator Game: In the Dark
Demon Tides
Mini Motorways (Hong Kong & Cape Town updates)

GIPTM: February 2026 Micro-reviews of the games I've played this month. Featuring: The Séance of Blake Manor, BALL x PIT, Sometimes to Deal with the Difficulty of Being Alive I Need to Believe There Is a Possibility That ...

My monthly post of mini-reviews for all of the games I completed in February.

Includes:
The Séance of Blake Manor
BALL x PIT update
Sometimes to Deal with the Difficulty of Being Alive I Need to Believe There Is a Possibility That Life Is Not Real
Isopod
Babushka's Glitch Dungeon
[...]

album cover for a band called GOITSE

did a quadruple take

FFS we just want to play Bloodborne in 60 frames and it's being treated like the moon landing.

Hale County This Morning This Evening, Time for Sushi, Poetic Justice, Kwaidan
#LastFourWatched

Highlights of the week were Donkey Skin and The Secret Agent.

What's the point of this? I can watch a better version of this whenever I want already. What's the take? What's the angle that justifies its translation across mediums? I'll keep an open mind if there *is* a take, but this looks like some How to Train Your Dragon-esque unnecessary live action.

People are always asking me where to find official artwork for DJ Rotom.