What prompted you to send the gods away?

Coming into this generation, we were given lofty promises about the value to the consumer and what the new technology could afford developers. Now that we're nearing the end of this era for both PlayStation and Xbox, it's clear this generation will not be defined by the incredible games that released during the PS5 and Xbox Series X's lifecycles (of which there were many), nor by the powerful technology that has all but eliminated load times and allowed for unprecedented performance and graphical fidelity. Instead, the ninth console generation will be defined by corporate greed, mismanagement, and anti-consumer practices that could very well alter the course of the games industry itself. If you pay attention to the news within the games space, you couldn't possibly miss that we have been in the midst of persistent layoffs and closures for the last half decade. Beloved, successful studios with storied histories have been forced to lay off tens of thousands of workers in aggregate as the corporate pursuit of eternal profit has disenfranchised millennia of collective institutional knowledge. When you factor in how many of those long-tenured games industry workers may simply never return because they can't find steady or secure work, as well as how many younger would-be developers have simply decided to pursue other careers in the name of not having to look over their shoulders in fear of their jobs, the damage to this industry by the shareholder-appeasing corporations has been immense and, likely, irreversible. That, in and of itself, is enough to potentially kill the entire industry, but that's far from the only dramatic downturn gaming has faced this generation.

rough sketch of some zelda and midna outfit designs for a pic I'm working on!

Outfit 21: Astrologian

"When Venat gazed up at the heavens, did she see the same stars as we today? Midgardsormr flew through the heavens and happened upon a Sundered world. What would have happened had he chanced upon Her reflections instead? I shall ask him, if I yet live when he awakes."

Glamour Recipe below cut

So unlike Mario, who continues to be essentially a void with no internality, I actually act with thoughts and intent and already did do that when writing this post.

dishonored 1 is literally 2 dollars on steam right now blease do yourself a favor and acquire/play it if you haven't already

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MY BROTHER ; THE PARASITE

People die, and sometimes they come back. Your brother is one of those. Even as his body rots and his mind unravels, he still has control over you— just like when you were kids.

A short, interactive story about a corpse, a complicated sibling relationship, and the things we forget. Made in Twine. Written, illustrated, and coded in about three weeks for the IFComp.

Content warnings included on the itch.io page and in the story itself.