THEY ALWAYS RUN IS, OR WILL BE, A SIDE-SCROLLER ABOUT A THREE-ARMED BOUNTY HUNTER IN A WESTERNESQUE SETTING. I WAS ON VACATION LAST WEEK SO THERE IS AN EVEN LONGER GAP BETWEEN POSTS THAN USUAL. BUT THEN, I HAVE NO REGULAR READERS THAT I KNOW OF, SO I GUESS IT’S OK!
PROCEDURALLY GENERATED LOVECRAFTIAN MONSTERS ON THE MOON!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1315610/Source_of_Madness/
TODAY THERE WERE NO LESS THAN 4 RELEASES THAT WERE RELEVANT TO MY INTERESTS:
BIOMUTANT
MANEATER (STEAM)
KING OF SEAS
CLOUDPUNK DLC
MY ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO BE PLAYING BIOMUTANT TONIGHT, BUT GIVEN THE SURPRISE STEAM ARRIVAL OF MANEATER WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN UP FOR A YEAR ON THE TENCENT BETA TEST STORE, VERSUS BIOMUTANT WHICH IS BRAND NEW AND STILL GETTING THE KINKS OUT, I DECIDED TO PLAY MANEATER FOR 4.2 HOURS. IT’S PRETTY NEAT. THE SHEER AMOUNT OF CRAP UNDERWATER MAY EVEN PROVOKE SOME PLAYERS TO A MEASURE OF ECO-CONSCIOUSNESS. THE GAME DOES EVOKE THE FEELING OF A “BRINY HELL.”
I AM PLAYING THE NIER REPLICANT REMASTER BECAUSE NIER AUTOMATA WAS CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AND I FIGURED I SHOULD START WITH THE EARLIER ONE FIRST. I LIKE IT. IT’S A SEMI-OPEN WORLD A LA DRAGON QUEST XI. THE AUTO-BATTLE FEATURE IS FANTASTIC. THE PROTAGONIST, FRUMPUS, HAS A SICK SISTER HE HAS TO FIND A CURE FOR. I’M ABOUT 9 HOURS IN AND SO FAR, SO GOOD.
REGULAR EXPRESSIONS ARE ONE OF THOSE THINGS I’VE ALWAYS MEANT TO GET AROUND TO LEARNING BUT NEVER HAVE. MAYBE NOW I HAVE THE PROPER INCENTIVE.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1489660/Copy_Editor_A_RegEx_Puzzle/
THIS LOOKS RELAXING. YEARS AGO I SPENT SOME TIME TRYING TO FIND AN ALGORITHM TO SOLVE PUZZLES LIKE THIS (FOR MAKING CHARTS OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FICTION CHARACTERS), SO I MIGHT BE GOOD AT IT.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1594810/ASMR_LIGHTness__Light_painting/
I PLAYED A LOT OF GAMES ON THE 64 BUT NEVER THESE. STILL, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY COULD BE FUN, AND IF THEY SELL WELL, MAYBE MORE COSMI GAMES WILL BE FORTHCOMING.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1484980/Super_Huey_1__2_Airdrop/
WHILE I AM TOO CHICKEN TO TRY THIS FOR MYSELF, IT STILL MAY BE WORTH RECOMMENDING TO OTHERS. APPARENTLY IT IS A HORROR ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT GAMES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS, LOOSELY TIED TOGETHER BY A “HUB WORLD” THAT’S AN ANTARCTIC (OR ARCTIC) FACILITY SIMILAR TO U.S. OUTPOST 31 IN THE THING. FUN IDEA.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1569550/Dread_X_Collection_The_Hunt/
BUT MAYBE DOING IT IN A GAME WILL GIVE ME THE IMPETUS TO DO IT IN REAL LIFE? EH, NOT LIKELY.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1290000/PowerWash_Simulator/
THIS UPCOMING GAME IS A “RELAXING HOME BREWING SIM”.