Martha ✶ archive

The film follows a criminal psychologist and a homicide detective who must work together to find a serial killer who is committing copycat crimes modeled after notorious murderers.

A tale of dark and troubling things.

✶ If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers – is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.

The silent room. In a luxurious hotel room in Rome, freshly arrived from Turin, Carlo awaits for his lover Patrick to arrive. However, as the shadow of fascism looms ever larger, the tension of meeting in constant hiding is beginning to take its toll.

The slow vanishing of lady Winterbourne. Lady Winterbourne has lost her husband in a tragic accident. Now letters from pretenders to her vast fortune keep arriving every day at her mansion, yet the only thing she's interested in is the bottle of laudanum in her cabinet.

The nameless ritual. Harassed, ridiculed and belittled by his peers, Dr. Jordan Samuels has resorted to the occult sciences in a desperate attempt to turn the tables on his tormentors. But is he truly ready to face the Guardian of the Threshold?

If on a winter's night. As much as Laylah enjoys her job, sometimes she yearns for a bit of variety to distract her from her daily routine -- even if it means going against her very powerful bosses' orders.

❕ Trigger Warning: This game contains references to thematic elements such as racism, homophobia, mental illness, murder and suicide. ❕

✶ Scratches –  mystery horror adventure game with immersive story, references to Lovecraft and gothic-type of aesthetic.

In 1976, American author Michael Arthate becomes the newest owner of Blackwood manor. Seeking seclusion to work on his next book, he instead becomes more interested in researching the house's history when he finds that the place echoes its horrific past, which manifests as a scratching sound that is particularly loud in the basement and near fireplaces.

P.S. The game's creators encourage piracy (using safe methods, which can be found on their Discord server), as there is currently no way to purchase the game on Steam, or any other website, for legal reasons.

✶ Arctic Eggs – sci-fi cooking game with atmospheric first-person exploration, where you take up the role of a Poultry Peddler stuck in Antarctica and longing for a way out. Fried egg philosophy and the lore-rich world of Arctic cyberpunk.

«Eggs: perfection in two parts. The simple whites. The sublime yolk. Each the lesser without its partner. Chorus and verse. A symphony of flavor. The catchy tune reminding us of warm baths and late-night movies. The elevator music to whatever lies beyond.»

He was diagnosed with cancer after filming concluded, and by 1986, was unable to attend its presentation at the Cannes Film Festival due to his illness. Like 1972's Solaris by Tarkovsky, The Sacrifice also won the Grand Prix at the Cannes.

Tarkovsky considered The Sacrifice different from his earlier films because, while his recent films had been "impressionistic in structure", in this case he not only "aimed...to develop [its] episodes in the light of my own experience and of the rules of dramatic structure", but also to "[build] the picture into a poetic whole in which all the episodes were harmoniously linked", and because of this, it "took on the form of a poetic parable".

✶Doloc Town – cozy pixel art farm simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Gather resources to get your farm started. As a farmer, you're tasked with planting, watering, harvesting, and even shielding crops from adverse weather. Construct buildings, upgrade facilities, and craft advanced tools to turn your little corner into a farming paradise.

Revitalizing this empty land and get to know the townies around. Thrive and discover your destiny as you explore deeper into this unknown territory.

🔗demo on steam #recommendation g.ep19

✶Urban Myth Dissolution Center – A visual novel with pixel graphics and point & click elements, where you, as Azami Fukurai, work under the supervision of Ayumu Meguriya, an level S psychic and director of a center that investigates cursed relics, paranormal oddities, and other urban anomalies.

The game takes you on an episodic adventure full of mystery as you explore various urban myths that haunt the internet. The player takes control of Azami for detective work, collecting circumstantial evidence and social media posts to uncover the truth behind each myth, as well as each client's hidden past and why they encountered the paranormal. Deconstructing each urban myth leads to unexpected consequences and hidden truths.

🔗itch.io site #recommendation g.ep18

★ Hamilton –  a short horror game in which you delve into a mysterious, defiled place purposefully forgotten by both man and nature.

It's been three weeks since she, your dear friend, disappeared with her boyfriend in the Hamilton Forest. When the search party has found absolutely nothing, and despite all the warnings from the officers, you step forward with your own investigation.

🔗itch.io site #recommendation g.ep17

The plot follows a member of a Japanese idol Mima who retires from music to pursue an acting career. As she becomes a victim of stalking by her obsessive fan, gruesome murders take place, and she begins losing her grip on reality. The film deals with the blurring of the line between fantasy and reality, a commonly found theme in Kon's other works, such as Millennium Actress (2001) and Paprika (2006).

In an analysis of Perfect Blue, professor Susan Napier states that "Perfect Blue announces its preoccupation with perception, identity, voyeurism, and performance – especially in relation to the female – right from its opening sequence. The perception of reality cannot be trusted, with the visual set up only to not be reality, especially as the psychodrama heights towards the climax." Napier also sees themes related to pop idols and their performances as impacting the gaze and the issue of their roles.