Game Review: A Short Hike

2020-Apr-17, Friday 11:35
dorchadas: (Warcraft Stormcrow)
  • I Feel: peaceful
  • I Hear: Frank Steiner Jr. - Ch'ien (Heaven)
Hey, remember going outside? That was pretty cool, right? At least, in theory--right now I'm sitting in my sun nook and watching snow come down furiously outside my window, which means that Fool's Spring is over and winter has returned to Chicago. At least until tomorrow, when it'll be 13° C out. Welcome to the Midwest--other places have four seasons, and so do we, we just have them over the course of twenty-four hours.

I first heard of A Short Hike when [twitter.com profile] meowtima played through it a couple weeks ago, so I put it on my wish list. Then a week or so ago it went on sale, and after waffling over it for a couple days I bought it. [facebook.com profile] aaron.hosek had bought it at the same time, and we fired it up at the same time. He works for Chicago Public Schools so he has more free time than me right now and beat it first, and came back into our group chat and said it was a masterpiece. And especially now, in the Plague Year when life is not super great, I agree. Get this game.

A Short Hike soaring over the forest
With the greatest of ease.

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Game review: Proteus

2015-Jan-11, Sunday 16:08
dorchadas: (Cherry Blossoms)
  • I Feel: peaceful
  • I Hear: aliceffekt - The Six New Gods
I'd seen articles about Proteus for a while, but the $10 price tag always put me off. Partially because I'm still stuck in the trap of equating value of gaming money with time spent on the game, and partially because I'm a miser. But during one of the Steam sales the price went down to $2.50, and I couldn't say no to that price. I let it sit for a long while, loading it up briefly to wander around, but I was listening to podcasts (as is my custom) at the time, and so much of what's interesting about Proteus was lost when I wasn't really paying attention to the whole game. But last night [personal profile] schoolpsychnerd was at a party and I was home along, so I turned off the podcasts, loaded up the game, and set out.

When you start up, you're off the coast of a randomly generated island, and when you walk across the water toward it, you'll be greeted by something like this:


It reminds me of ohanami... Emoji kawaii flower

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