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WIP enlightenment list--
Michael Brough
Treasure
Zachtronics / Coincedence
increpare
Sorath
sylvie
Locomalito
System Erasure
Subset Games
droqen
Jeff Vogel / Spiderweb
...?
Shoutout October 2026, when life-eating creative achievements of impossible narrative/ludic ambition descended upon me—each in four parts
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going to be such an interesting release. I trust Evil Empire on combat; my memories of Dead Cells biomes like the Sepulcher & Clock Tower stand out a lot more than my time w/ the 2D CV games that aren't Rondo, SotN, or Dracula's Curse (1/x)
on the one hand I don't think recent fans of the "lore"--who could possibly care?--have done their diligence with the gameplay friction of stuff like OoE, CotM, or HoD; on the other, I'd agree w/ them that something seems off, maybe even bland, about the BC? (2/)
More lists! And a better prompt. Relative to critical consensus & to my own time with them--beat most of these or got very close--here's the stuff that disappoints me the most:
This was a lot harder for me because there aren't many games I've played that have tremendously disappointed me to a significant degree, or that I just outright hate. I tend to avoid games I don't think I would enjoy. I put GTA3 in there but it's in reference to the entire series. GTA is probably the worst IP in the history of video games as a medium.
Jingling keys: the metroidvania. That these dull games constantly end up on lists alongside the likes of Super/Dread, SotN/OoE/Aria/Dawn, Axiom Verge 1/2, Silksong, Cave Story, etc, is so baffling to me
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Tough! Top 5 I've played from this decade-
UFO 50
868-BACK
Mewgenics
Factorio (1.0)
Elden Ring + SotE
(Honorable mentions: Sektori, Spelunky 2, Derelict Star, Love Eternal, Night Striker Gear, Last Call BBS, Axiom Verge 2, Silksong, TotK, LOU: 2, Hitman WoA, Unexplored 2...)
there's actually a five-way tie for BEST BOOKSTORE IN CHICAGO, generally. All world-class:
Unabridged (@UnabridgedBooks)
Seminary Co-op (@SeminaryCoop )
Open Books West Loop
Exile in Bookville (@BookvillExiles)
Quimby's
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26: Backrooms // Obsession
25: 28 Year Later // Marty Supreme // Eddington
24: Dune Part 2 // In a Violent Nature
23: Evil Does Not Exist // Anatomy of a Fall
22: Tar // Aftersun // Skinamarink
21: Mad God
20: Another Round
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would absolutely rec Big Walk, a superb game about hanging out, and a pretty good collaborative puzzler-social experiment to boot, thus far!
