Learned tonight that John Green from YouTube and John Green from fault in our stars are the same person and not 2 different famous people coincidentally named John Green
But yeah it is the game you shoot poop so that it can drop coins and you can buy a car battery to trigger a “firin mah lazar” reference beam more often. It’s a truly strange work that I think is uniquely *video game* in a way not many others are.
I often forget about just how brutal the thematic ideas surrounding Isaac are, it’s a game with so much subtext of trauma. Truly crushing piece of art based on a game I love almost wholly for its game design choices and reminds me of the encompassing artistic vision of it all
I think the ways in which the game portrays a child attempting to grapple with his own innocence and guilt in death are way more mature and well thought out than the aesthetic and gameplay patterns would have you believe.
I tried the Avatar fighting game and I have never felt so truly demoralized at a game in my life
So many people seem to really enjoy it so I’m again coming to the conclusion I actually don’t like fighting games at all
A buddy was like “yeah I bought Isaac on that steam sale” me and another friend asked him to play co-op and he was like “where’s the online option” he screen shared and we saw this
@fortayee anyone wanting to open Pokemon is just saddled with hundreds of dice, sleeves, etc. they’ll never use cause the Pokemon company still sells some sets as if people are getting just 1 I etb. I don’t want them to cater to collectors exclusively but there’s gotta be a middle ground