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Queer & self-authored. Perpetually enthusiastic about first aid and safety preparedness. Has too many hot takes about using the right kinds of glues.
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I decided to watch The Amazing Digital Circus.
imo it was pretty good.
Around The Corner - How Differential Steering Works (1937)
I feel like these guys just created the future of music, except they're the only ones skilled enough to actually perform it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ssi-9wS1so
(no, seriously, I extra super recommend you give this a click)
Angine de Poitrine - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
Bit late to the party but yeah, this one's a real gem.
What I knew ahead of time was "spooky-themed deckbuilder with metafiction stuff going on". This was a tough sell; I'm meh on deckbuilding and tons of media advertised as metatextual has some "I'm 12 and this is deep" energy imo.
Right off the top though, the game itself is damn finely crafted. Not high production value per-se but clearly an immense amount of care put into creating a cohesive mood and tone. Also card-battling is mechanically great -- the central "pay in sacrifices" card-cost paradigm leads to a nifty feeling of back-against-the-wall tension.
Past that, the way Inscryption deploys metafiction brought me genuine surprise and delight. Cheeky comments about the mechanics are table stakes from the start. The big swings, though, take a while to fully hit -- and when they do, the impact is uncanny.
terror of opening up fediverse on desktop browser when unbenkownst to me the view scale was somehow set +500%