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THE FUNGUS AMONG US

I WROTE A VERY SIMPLE BYOND GAME BY THAT NAME ONCE. IT WAS A SHAMELESS HOMAGE TO JOHN CARPENTER’S “THE THING”. YEARS LATER, SOMEONE TRUNCATED THE TITLE AND ADAPTED IT INTO ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR GAMES IN THE WORLD. I’M NOT BITTER, I JUST HOPE THE AUTHORS ARE USING THEIR MONEY FOR GOOD AND NOT SUPPORTING THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.

ANYWAY, HERE IS ANOTHER SHAMELESS HOMAGE IN PROGRESS. IT EVEN HAS A TAG LINE (“THE WARMEST PLACE TO HIDE, IS A LIVING BEING”) THAT IS A SLIGHTLY LESS ELEGANT ADAPTATION OF THE MOVIE’S ORIGINAL TAG LINE (“MAN IS THE WARMEST PLACE TO HIDE”). LOOKS COOL BUT SADLY, SURVIVAL AND HORROR ARE NOT REALLY MY JAM. THEY MAY BE YOURS THOUGH!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1459980/Buried_in_Ice/

SUMMER IN MARA’S APARTMENT

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-01-18-hellblade-dev-talks-the-ultra-realistic-environments-of-mental-terror-experience-project-mara

THIS IS KIND OF NEAT. THIS DEVELOPER IS MAKING AN ULTRA-DETAILED MODEL OF A SINGLE APARTMENT, WHEREIN PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR WILL ALLEGEDLY TRANSPIRE.

THE SECTION OF THE VIDEO SHOWING EXAMPLES OF THE LIDAR SCANNING IS ESPECIALLY COOL. IT REMINDS ME OF SCANNER SOMBRE (WHAT I’VE SEEN OF IT; HAVEN’T ACTUALLY PLAYED YET). BUT THE GAME ITSELF IS NOT DOT CLOUDS — THE DOT CLOUDS ARE JUST AN INTERMEDIATE STEP IN METICULOUSLY MODELING THE APARTMENT.

ANYWAY, MY LIFE IS ALREADY JAM-PACKED WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR BUT I ADMIRE THE ATTENTION (OR OBSESSION) TO DETAIL.

LET ME GUESS, SOMEONE STOLE YOUR SWEET HORSE

https://store.steampowered.com/app/844260/Rustler_Grand_Theft_Horse/

THE GAMING WEBSITES ARE ALL A-TWITTER TODAY (NOT AN ENDORSEMENT OF TWITTER, I DELETED MY ACCOUNT WHEN THEY SHUT DOWN THE PRESIDENT’S) ABOUT RUSTLER, OR AS ITS MAKERS ARE BILLING IT, “GRAND THEFT HORSE.” YES, THAT TERM HAS ALREADY BEEN APPLIED TO TWO RED DEAD REDEMPTIONS, BUT THIS TIME IT’S MEDIEVAL. ANYWAY, ON FEBRUARY 18 IT LEAVES EARLY ACCESS AND ENTERS THE REALM OF PERFECTLY BUGLESS GAMES.

GRAPHICS-WISE IT SEEMS NOT DISSIMILAR TO A MEDIEVAL VERSION OF AMERICAN FUGITIVE. I WILL MOST ASSUREDLY BE BUYING IT. IN FACT I WOULD BUY IT NOW BUT THEY AREN’T SELLING IT YET.