Game EXP: Pigeon's Mission (VSD) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

Our Game EXP article yesterday was for Pigeon's Mission, a fun retro-styled platformer, started out strong, but turned unreasonably difficult partway through.

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We have a short Game EXP article for a short stop-motion horror game, The Children of Clay from indie developer Balazs Ronyai.

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#GameEXP #TheChildrenOfClay #BalazsRonyai #IndieGames #StopMotion #ArcheologyHorror #StageSelectStart

Game EXP: The Grandfather (PC) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

Our Game EXP article today is from The Grandfather, a game by David Szymanski and Mikeypoo's Games, that I pledged on Indiegogo 10 years ago, and I just finally got around to playing & reviewing.

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Game EXP: Car Quest (NS) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

Our Game EXP article today takes a look at the 2018 indie adventure game Car Quest from the Edis Brothers, Ezone PTY Ltd. on the Nintendo Switch.

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Game EXP: Minestrone (VSD) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

Our Game EXP today is an interesting Unreal 5.5 Engine walking-sim collection game from Archor Games on the Valve Steam Deck.

Disc: I rec'd a review code from Keymailer

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Game EXP: Ale & Tale Tavern (VSD) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

We now have our Game EXP article up for Ale & Tale Tavern from Scienart Games, a cozy tavern management sim w/ a lot of charm.

[Discl: I rec'd a review copy through Keymailer.co]

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Game EXP: BAISU (VSD) - Walkthrough Video & Commentary A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

Today we have a textual commentary for my playthrough of BAISU, played on the Steam Deck.

[Disclaimer: I received a review copy from Keymailer]

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#GameEXP #BAISU #Walkthrough #TripleDucksStudio #Keymailer #StageSelectStart

Game EXP: BAISU (VSD) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

Our Game EXP article today looks at the first-person/body cam horror game, BAISU, from TripleDuck Studio on the Steam Deck:

[Discl: I rec'd a review copy from Keymailer]

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Game EXP: Final Fantasy VII (PC & VSD) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

I've finally beaten the original Final Fantasy VII after 35 years & 5-6 attempts, I have my article up and a slough of mostly related pictures.

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Game EXP: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (NS) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

10 months & 355 hours later, I have my Game EXP article up for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. That is all.

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Game EXP: INDIKA (VSD) [Part 1] A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

In Part 1 of 2, we take a look at INDIKA, a haunting game where you play as a nun in fictionalized Russia who's on a journey of faith:

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[Discl: I rec'd a review copy from Keymailer]

#GameEXP #INDIKA #OddMeter #11bitGames #Keymailer #StageSelectStart

Game EXP: Frontiers Reach - Part 2 (VSD) A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

Part 2 of our take on Frontiers Reach from Blind Alien Productions mainly focuses on the three different playable modes. Good luck!
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[Disclaimer: I received a free review code through Keymailer]

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Our final article of the year takes a look at Playdead's INSIDE as played on the Nintendo Switch. An amazing follow-up to LIMBO that fully stands on its own and is a great game in its own right.

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#GameEXP #INSIDE #Playdead #IndieGames #StageSelectStart

A short Game EXP article for a short visual novel adaptation of Lovecraft's short story, "Dagon" by Bit Golem:
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#GameEXP #DagonByHPLovecraft #Dagon #BitGolem #VisualNovel #InteractiveVisualNovel #SteamDeck #StageSelectStart

Our article today takes a look at the hilariously titled Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate from PUNKCAKE Délicieux, where you solo a game of chess playing as a King armed with a shotgun:

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#GameEXP #ShotgunKing #PUNKCAKEDélicieux #StageSelectStart

Game EXP: Dead Space (Mobile) - Chapters 9 & 10 A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

Mixed feelings overall about chapters 9 and 10 in Dead Space (Mobile) and they require a lot more discussion than I can provide in a short headline:

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Game EXP: Dead Space (Mobile) - Chapters 7 & 8 A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

We're now in the back half of Dead Space (Mobile) with chapters 7 and 8. A decent mix of level design, environmental storytelling, some gimmicky traversals & a shit tonne of Necromorphs.

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Game EXP: Dead Space (Mobile) - Chapters 5 & 6 A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

Today we enter the middle chapters in Dead Space (Mobile), and with a few exceptions, are pretty middling:

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Game EXP: Dead Space (Mobile) - Chapters 3 & 4 A blog about video games. Game Reviews, analysis, thoughts, sentiments, stories, anecdotes.

We continue with our in-depth look at Dead Space (Mobile), all with written commentary and analysis for chapters 3 & 4, complete with visual hallucinations and our first of many tram rides.

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