Weekly "What games are you playing?" #101: Indie :marseytunaktunak: Gem :marseygem: of the Year Edition

What are you playing currently?

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Previous Iterations:

2025

#1 --- 095 - [06 Jan 2025] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #95 -- RWBY

#2--- 096 - [12 Jan 2025] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #96 -- lc

#3--- 097 - [17 Jan 2025] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #97 -- lc

#3--- 098 - [24 Jan 2025] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #98 -- Ninjjer

#4--- 099 - [2 Feb 2025] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #99 -- Ninjjer

#5--- 099 - [2 Feb 2025] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #100 -- Ninjjer

2024

I'm aware the dates aren't exactly right but I like to keep things refered to their planned date. They are still weekly after all.

#1 --- 043 - [07 Jan 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #43 -- mayflyalt :marseyblowkiss:

#2 --- 044 - [14 Jan 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #44 -- lc

#3 --- 045 - [21 Jan 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #45 -- lc

#4 --- 046 - [28 Jan 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #46 -- lc

#5 --- 047 - [04 Feb 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #47 -- lc

#6 --- 048 - [11 Feb 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #48 -- lc

#7 --- 049 - [18 Feb 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #49 -- lc

#8 --- 050 - [25 Feb 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #50 -- lc

#9 --- 051 - [03 Mar 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #51 -- lc

#10 --- 052 - [10 Mar 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #52 -- lc

#11 --- 053 - [17 Mar 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #53 -- Ninjjer :marseyloveyou:

#12 --- 054 - [25 Mar 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #54 -- lc

#13 --- 055 - [7 Apr 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #55 -- Ninjjer

#14 --- 056 - [14 Apr 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #56 -- Ninjjer

#15 --- 057 - [21 Apr 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #57 -- Ninjjer

#16 --- 058 - [28 Apr 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #58 -- Ninjjer

#17 --- 059 - [5 May 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #59 -- RWBY

#18 --- 060 - [12 May 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #60 -- Ninjjer

#19 --- 061 - [12 May 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #61 -- Ninjjer

#20 --- 062 - [26 May 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #62 -- Ninjjer

#21 --- 063 - [2 June 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #63 -- RWBY

#22 --- 064 - [9 June 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #64 -- RWBY

#23 --- 065 - [16 June 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #65 -- Ninjjer

#24 --- 066 - [23 June 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #66 -- Ninjjer

#25 --- 067 - [30 June 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #67 -- Ninjjer

#26 --- 068 - [7 July 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #68 -- Ninjjer

#27 --- 069 - [14 July 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #69 -- Ninjjer

#28 --- 070 - [21 July 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #70 -- Ninjjer

#29 --- 071 - [28 July 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #71 -- Ninjjer

#30 --- 072 - [4 Aug 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #72 -- Ninjjer

#31 --- 073 - [11 Aug 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #73 -- Ninjjer

#32 --- 074 - [18 Aug 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #74 -- Ninjjer

#33 --- 075 - [25 Aug 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #75 -- Ninjjer

#34 --- 076 - [1 Sept 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #76 -- Ninjjer

#35 --- 077 - [8 Sept 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #77 -- Ninjjer

#36 --- 078 - [15 Sept 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #78 -- Ninjjer

#37 --- 079 - [22 Sept 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #79 -- Ninjjer

#38 --- 080 - [29 Sept 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #80 -- Ninjjer

#39 --- 081 - [6 Oct 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #81 -- Ninjjer

#40 --- 082 - [13 Oct 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #82 -- Ninjjer

#41 --- 083 - [20 Oct 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #83 -- Ninjjer

#42 --- 084 - [27 Oct 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #84 -- Ninjjer

#43 --- 085 - [03 Nov 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #85 - - Ninjjer

#44 --- 086 - [10 Nov 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #86 - - RWBY

#43 --- 087 - [17 Nov 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #87 - - Ninjjer

#44 --- 088 - [24 Nov 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #88 - - Ninjjer

#45 --- 089 - [1 Dec 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #89 - - Ninjjer

#46 --- 090 - [8 Dec 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #90 - - Ninjjer

#47 --- 091 - [15 Dec 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #91 - - Ninjjer

#48 --- 092 - [22 Dec 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #92 - - Ninjjer

#49 --- 094? - [29 Dec 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #94 - - Ninjjer

2023

I'm aware there are previous weekly or so megathreads and I'll eventually add them ( green = official, red = fake, yellow = misc, blue = losercel)

#0 - [22 Jan 2023] - some1 should make weekly vidya threads marseytf2spy

#1 - [28 Jan 2023] - Weekly "Whatcha Been Playing" Thread #1

#2 - [4 Feb 2023] - Weekly "Whatcha Been Playing" thread #2

#3 - [11 Feb 2023] - Weekly Gaming Thread #3

#3.5 - [13 Feb 2023] - [Weekly Gaming Thread 2] You will own no NFTs of video game microtransactions and you will be happy edition-- dramamine

#4 - [18 Feb 2023] - Weekly 'What're You Playing?' thread #4

#4.5 - [20 Feb 2023] - Welcome to the new weekly vidya thread! Week 1 - 2/20/23 -- robotron2084

#5 - [25 Feb 2023] - Weekly "What're You Playing" Community Thread #5

#5.5 - [2 Mar 2023] - So, what do you dipshits play all day? -- horned waifu shill

#6 - [4 Mar 2023] - Weekly 'What're You Playing' Thread #6

#7 - [11 Mar 2023] - Weekly 'What're you playing?' thread #7

#8 - [18 Mar 2023] - Weekly 'What're you playing?' Thread #8

#9 - [25 Mar 2023] - Weekly 'What're You Playing?' thread #9

#10 - [1 Apr 2023] - Weekly 'What are you playing?' Thread: #10: Whooaaaa Those are some HILARIOUS patch notes edition

#11 - [8 Apr 2023] - Weekly 'What are you playing' Thread #11

#12 - [15 Apr 2023] - Weekly 'What are you playing' thread #12

#13 - [23 Apr 2023] - What're you playing thread #idk

#14 - [29 Apr 2023] - Weekly 'What Are You Playing' thread #14

#15(1) - [6 May 2023] - Weekly 'What're you playing?' thread #15

#15(1).5 - [10 May 2023] - marseyg*mer Gaming Thread - What are you playing this week? -- cynic

#15(2) - [13 May 2023] - Weekend 'What've you been playing?' Thread #15 -- he fricked up the ordering here I'll just go with it

#16 - [20 May 2023] - Weekly "What Are You Playing?" Thread #16

#16.5 - [28 May 2023] - Weekly "What are you playing" thread -- carp

#17 - [3 Jun 2023] - Weekly "What have you been playing?" Thread #new one

#18 - [10 Jun 2023] - Weekly "What are you playing" thread #18

#19 - [17 Jun 2023] - Weekly 'What're You Playing' thread #19!

#20(1) - [24 Jun 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are you Playing?' Thread #20: Modern Warfare III

#20(2) - [1 Jul 2023] - Weekly 'What're you playing?' Thread #20: Summer Salestice -- same reason as above

#21 - [10 Jul 2023] - Weekly 'What're you playing?' Thread #21: loli_esports forgot got chudded edition -- basad

#23 - [15 Jul 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are You Playing?' thread #I think it's actually 23 -- should be 22 but I'll go with his ordering

#24 - [22 Jul 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are You Playing?' thread #24: Lot of stuff coming out all of a sudden, feels like

#25 - [29 Jul 2023] - Weekly 'What games have you been playing' thread #25

#26 - [5 Aug 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are You Playing' thread #26

#27 - [12 Aug 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are You Playing' thread #27

#28 - [19 Aug 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are You Playing' thread #28

#29 - [26 Aug 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are You Playing' thread #29

#30 - [2 Sep 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are You Playing' thread #30

#31 - [9 Sep 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are You Playing' thread #31

#32 - [16 Sep 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are You Playing' thread #32

#33 - [23 Sep 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are You Playing' thread #33

#34 - [30 Sep 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread # 34

#35 - [7 Oct 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #35

#36 - [27 Oct 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #36 -- tulpa

#37 - [26 Nov 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #37 -- losercel

#38 - [03 Dec 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #38 -- losercel

#39 - [10 Dec 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #39 -- losercel

#40 - [17 Dec 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #40 -- losercel

#41 - [24 Dec 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #41 -- losercel

#42 - [31 Dec 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #42 -- losercel


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Game to Discuss?

Jonathan Blow, at this point best known for sperging out on Twitter at inferior game devs, was at one point best known as an indie darling. While Braid may seem like a simple Mario clone, to the cretins of 2008, Braid represented the coming indie golden age, and honestly, its best remembered that way. The game itself is indeed a fairly simple Mario clone, with some interesting twists, and theoretically is about some deep themes. I wouldn't know, I've never beaten it.


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Braid :marseyselfsuck:

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Interesting time capsule for when the hot new indie game to make was a platformer and not a shitty metriodvania or rougelike (without understanding what even makes those genres good)

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Metroidvanias are platformers too Doughbeit, also people make twinsticks not roguelikes

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Good roguelikes are very good tho so I don't mind a few fails in the search for another good one

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I only remember this game because of Soulja Boy's video which caused the dev to get upsetti :soyjaktantrum:

And Soulja Boy only had compliments for the game too :marseyxd:

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Blow claims he was talking about game reviewers there, the documentary just cut it too seem like he was talking about Soulja Boy

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God bless his heart :marseyrapperpat:

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Just the bois havin a good time

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This game caused pixelshit indie platformers so it's bad

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Blame that on Fez. Braid has a much prettier and coherent aesthetic than pixelslop.

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Fez had a very interesting dev as well btw. Would've assumed the guy was a generic hipster soyboy indie game dev from his appearance, but apparently he packed some heat :marseyselfimmolation:

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The developer was in a documentary where he cried about how hard everything was. I think that he later rage quit part 2 cause people kept making fun of him.

Dude was just weak. But fez was free on ps plus and it was a decent puzzle game overall.

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Fishman was only one side of the dev team of Fez. When he 'cancelled' Fez 2, he no longer was working with the other lead dev so there's always a question of just how much did he contribute to Fez 1's development

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I didnt realize that. The Doc made him sound like he did all the work.

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Braid is the top of the hill that it all rolls down from

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Fez had consistent aesthetic too and was head and shoulders above Braid as far as gameplay went.

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The thing I remember from Fez is the qrcode on the wall puzzle. Very forgettable game.

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It was actually Cave Story that invented the pixel art indie metroidvania.

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Actually it was donkey Kong

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Fez had great music

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I never played Braid, but I really liked his other game, The Witness. I still think it's the best puzzle game on the PC (Talos Principle is right up there too though). Too bad this guy only releases a game like once every 10 years.

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Witness was cool for awhile but the mechanic got kinda old like halfway through the game.

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It's up there as one of the best puzzle games of all time. And honestly only The Witness is really competing with it.

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didn't finish. I just got bored with the mechanic after a while and for game that is 5h according to howlongtobeat that's really bad

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It was good back in the day, now still not bad.

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I started playing it long ago and didn't dislike it but for some reason never got round to finishing it.

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YOOOOOUUUUU!

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