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Splash banner for video games are good, features the colors white, yellow, and red. The V in video is in the shape of a thumbs up. The white in the top portion of the banner floats upward and away, like a lava lamp.

An animated GIF of Wanderstop. A woman with medium length white hair is tied up with a yellow band. She pulls on a lever that pours out a bright pink liquid into a teacup below. The liquid overflows out of the cup and drains into the grate below.

An animated GIF of Wanderstop. A woman with medium length white hair is tied up with a yellow band. She pulls on a lever that pours out a bright pink liquid into a teacup below. The liquid overflows out of the cup and drains into the grate below.

Steam Next Fest '25 Mini-Preview: 40 minutes with Wanderstop had me doing too much self-reflecting

Uh oh. It's my face reflected back to me in that cup of tea, isn't it?

Nate Hermanson

Feb 284 min read

REVIEW: Lucas Pope's silly community center work sim Mars After Midnight demands to be let into your Playdate library

REVIEW: Lucas Pope's silly community center work sim Mars After Midnight demands to be let into your Playdate library

REVIEW: Lucas Pope's silly community center work sim Mars After Midnight demands to be let into your Playdate library

Lucas Pope's 'Papers, Please-lite' for Playdate is all alien community-building charm.

Nate Hermanson

Apr 27, 20247 min read

REVIEW: Capitalism's a drag in the work-work balance simulator CorpoNation: The Sorting Process

REVIEW: Capitalism's a drag in the work-work balance simulator CorpoNation: The Sorting Process

REVIEW: Capitalism's a drag in the work-work balance simulator CorpoNation: The Sorting Process

CorpoNation's gameplay bravely toes a line between fun and total drudgery (on purpose) in this dystopian corporate world.

Nate Hermanson

Mar 25, 20247 min read

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