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  • Losing Control in Consume Me

    Losing Control in Consume Me
    Sep 24 2025

    Consume Me is an auto-biographical story of a young girl and the untenable pressures she feels to be a success, whatever that means. It is serious, but it is goofy. The game has sad moments, but it’s not somber. Far more often, it’s really funny, chronicling Jenny’s young adulthood through a series of WarioWare-style mini-games. They are chaotic and funny and messed up in all the ways that real life can often be.

    • (00:00) - - A goofy game about real stuff
    • (02:19) - - Consume Me's big mechanic
    • (04:22) - - What even is this game?
    • (06:03) - - It starts out fun...
    • (08:42) - - The breaking point
    • (12:46) - - The broken ways we seek control
    • (16:08) - - Consume Me is extremely well-made

    Consume Me releases Sep 25, 2025: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2359120/Consume_Me/

    Music in the video is by Ken "coda" Snyder, including some music from Consume Me

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    17 m
  • It's A Miracle Fretless Got Made

    It's A Miracle Fretless Got Made
    Aug 26 2025

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    • (00:00) - - Fretless has a magic
    • (01:41) - - What is Fretless?
    • (02:42) - - Getting QTEs just right
    • (09:15) - - The musical theme of Fretless
    • (16:27) - - The game is great! And that's it.
    • (19:32) - - Fretless almost didn't get made

    There’s a magic in the game feel of Fretless, and it’s immediately noticeable. Quick-time events in battle form the foundation of this game's incredible game feel. The wild thing, is that despite being a musical RPG from the very beginning of development about 8 years ago, these quick time events weren’t present until about a year before its release. This is a game that had so many chances to fail or be something much lesser. But the team at Ritual Studios were relentless, and they’ve made something special.

    Fretless on Steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2429050/Fretless__The_Wrath_of_Riffson/

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    25 m
  • The Puzzle Game Where a Minotaur Starts a Union

    The Puzzle Game Where a Minotaur Starts a Union
    Aug 5 2025

    Hoard's LLC: Limited Labyrinth Corporation is a block puzzle game about a minotaur who wants to unionize his workplace, a corporate dungeon. I sat down with Cephalopod Ink, the developer of Hoard's LLC, to learn just what kind of team makes a game like that.

    • (00:00) - - NO BENEFITS
    • (02:09) - - Meet Cephalopod Ink
    • (06:10) - - A corporate dungeon???
    • (07:47) - - The inspiration for the game
    • (08:59) - - The games industry is a nightmare for workers
    • (11:23) - - Cephalopod's experience with unions
    • (15:43) - - Scoping down to find success
    • (19:13) - - Keeping it light
    • (21:56) - - The art is great!
    • (23:23) - - How do you market a game like Hoard's LLC?
    • (25:54) - - Can games actually make change?
    • (27:28) - - How will Cephalopod Ink be better?
    • (31:21) - - They said the name of the show

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    32 m
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