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Played the three games developed Accidental Queens because I've been in an interactive fiction/detective mood.

Started off with A Normal Lost Phone and Another Lost Phone, then headed into their gem of a game they later developed called Alt-Frequencies. Super fun narrative-focused game with a cool time loop premise. Great voice acting as well.

It's been nice playing these short little games lately. Enjoying them quite a bit.

It was confirmed Sublinks a little while ago:

https://beehaw.org/comment/3686715

Anyway I finished another game! This time chants of senaar. This game is sooooo good. One of my faves all time id say. Scratches the obra dinn outer wilds itch.

Yeah, really great game. Without getting into spoiler territory, I appreciate how there's that one thing that every society in the game appreciates and it's what brings them together despite their differences, most of which were down to (obviously) lack of communication. It's just this simple, yet emotional touch of humanity that unites them all over the course of the game.

Anyway, as for me, I finished up Song of Farca, which was a fun little experience. Then I played Overboard!, a darkly humourous narrative/interactive fiction/puzzle game about getting away with murder.

Took me a little while, but I successfully murdered the husband, got the insurance, tied up all loose ends, and got a delicious snack as a bonus.

There's a jazz/soul radio station in the first game that has some real bangers as well if you're into that.

Song of Farca.

A fun little hacky detective puzzle game reminiscent of games like Orwell and its sequel, but with a more engaging cast of characters.

Thanks very much, I appreciate that.

I hope the same thing but in the meantime, just gonna try to practice some mindfulness and let it flow.

Thanks for the kind words!

Unfortunately, it's a little too complicated and I think I just need a break from most stuff, including the ranting, lol.

Thanks for asking, though. Really appreciate it.

Not great.

To be honest, I feel quite hopeless.

Just a lot of bullshit not in my control that's taking its toll.

After taking a couple of days to digest the ending I got in Not for Broadcast, I'm hoping to go back and replay it differently sometime soon. One moment in particular, I need to approach differently.

Man, that game is equal parts hilarious and fucked up. Not much I can say without spoiling it, but it's really worth a shot if you like dystopian fiction (especially the kind that starts just before everything slowly goes to shit), dark humour, satirical takes on news media, or just narrative-focused games in general with a fair amount of choices and consequences which gradually play out over time.

Like, there are 14 main endings and within all of those there are also "mini news stories" which play out over the game that have a wealth of different outcomes themselves. The amount of variables is pretty impressive, honestly.

Anyway, now I'm playing Do Not Feed The Monkeys for a similar darkly humourous experience of "fuck with the people on the other side of the camera".

Yeah, that definitely sounds like something that I'd love to sink a bunch of time into. On to the wishlist it goes!

Oh, now that looks interesting! Immediately wishlisted.

Thanks for letting me know about that!

That's that procedurally generated detective game, right?

I really need to try it because it seems right up my alley. From what I understand, it can get pretty intricate when it comes to the detective work which seems really interesting.