They are the OG indie devs.

I still play Atom Zombie Smasher once in 3-4 years (you can get the mods off the dev’s website).

Some background on Embracer.

Their piece of shit CEO, Lars Wingefors, was in discussion with a gulf national fund on a huge $2 billion investment.

He never got anything legally binding, but before securing the investment he went on a massive spending spree.

The national fund got cold feet and Wingefors had to cut up all of Embracer to account for his mistake.

You would think such a childish error would result in immediate dismissal and essentially a permanent blacklisting from executive positions (not only in the gaming industry).

Nothing like that happened, I believe the Embracer board is full of his friends and family. He just went with it.

This is the kind of stuff that shows that polemics around hard works and meritocracy are at least partially propaganda to keep the plebs in line.

Blendo games is a really unique developer.

I really liked Atom Zombie Smasher and Thirty Flights of Loving (even though it’s very short for some reason I found the experience to be unique).

Tried Quadrilateral Cowboy, I liked the setting and aesthetic, but I wish the gameplay was bit more varied. Have not tried Flotilla.

Skin Deep looks interesting.

Not sure how an animated series would work with Soma (the OG game has a clear beginning, middle and end), but I will agree with the subject of the article that Soma is a top 5 / top 10 best game of all time type experience.

Better late than never I guess.

More kitties!

I do like the visuals AC shadows. They are very satisfying and I say this as someone who is willing to tolerate even bad art (not just average) as long as the gamplay is good.

The art is gorgeous in this game.

Love the 2.5D isometric view as well.

Might have to check this out when it gets released.

I do like the innovation attempted here

How is this innovation, though?

It’s a specific type of DRM/sharing scheme, but it’s not really innovative.

It turns into a surprise hentai game in the later levels 🤣

I don’t think in store location are paid.

I would guess they are algorithmic and something about the game purchase dynamics resulted in a positive feedback loop.

This applies to the two streamers mentioned as well.

They are both grifters and scoundrels. Elmo is much worse of course, but it’s not exactly much of an achievement if one is better than the most corrupt and degenerate American oligarch.

Cute kitty. 😀

This article/situation reeks of the damp, hot, pungent smell of degeneracy.

E.h. Snoop Dog the game would be shilling yourself out in every manner imaginable.

Bad Rats.

On a more serious note, my personal best of all time would be SimCity 3000.

Soma, TF2, Fallout 2, Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines, Deus Ex, StarCraft: Brood War, Civ 5 would all be in the top 10 (in no particular order).