Geoffrey Keighley (1979) presents The Game Annouments (2022), and other Expositions of Electronic Entertainment

doolittle · June 10, 2022, 8:10pm

damn gottem

captainlove · June 11, 2022, 3:35pm

Looked cool

Mikey · June 11, 2022, 3:56pm

I dig this as an alternative to Mario Kart

Brooks · June 11, 2022, 3:59pm

chicken in a frying pan is cold as hell

Mikey · June 11, 2022, 4:11pm

I guess Tetris 99 has spawned an “Old Arcade Game with a Battle Royale Mode” genre. But I this one seems weak. I’m not sure how this is more meaningful than just a high score board for an infinite mode or something. Unless you get junk blocks dumped on you, etc.

captainlove · June 11, 2022, 4:13pm

Maybe you can steal each other’s balls? Or slow them down?

captainlove · June 11, 2022, 4:22pm

There are too many showcases

ellaguro · June 11, 2022, 4:23pm

don’t think i have it in me to watch the W******** Direct this year…

not after that DoubleFine one was already putting me in The Bad Zone

captainlove · June 11, 2022, 4:35pm

Little Bear Chef… fuck I’m already tired

doolittle · June 11, 2022, 4:40pm

All of these games explicitly marketed as “stress-free” — is it not also relaxing to experience and conquer stress you control? I have trouble settling in to something if it’s all idyllic meditation asmr etc.

captainlove · June 11, 2022, 4:46pm

This has come up a lot here before but I feel like the problem is just wholesome being a euphemism for ‘non-violent’ or ‘games aiming to provide family friendly content, but not just targeted at children’. It’s alternative but in a very pigeonholed way. The alternative has become as one-note as what it presumably aims to challenge.

Edit: If I see another cute frog I think I’m going to lose consciousness.

doolittle · June 11, 2022, 4:48pm

The psychopomp games are painfully trite now I can’t help but roll my eyes

Felix · June 11, 2022, 4:48pm

yeah Japanese Breakfast’s new album isn’t as good either

doolittle · June 11, 2022, 4:51pm

Coffee Talk trailer starts: please let this be about a person, maybe?? OK, like, demon people, fine!

Furries who like pastels deserve better fare

doolittle · June 11, 2022, 5:03pm

rip

ellaguro · June 11, 2022, 5:21pm

Mikey · June 11, 2022, 5:22pm

haha the density of cute frogs, @captainlove you summoned them all

captainlove · June 11, 2022, 5:23pm

They won’t stop!

doolittle · June 11, 2022, 5:26pm

I even like cute shit but the art direction is so indistinct among these it does a disservice to the handful that stick out, then the friendliness-forward tone obliterates any personality

This montage at the end has been the most interesting so far because no one is reassuring me

captainlove · June 11, 2022, 5:30pm

Yeah, the constant pressure to feel relaxed and fuzzy is intense.

I’m a fan of some of the concepts, like Doki Toki was intriguing for how sinister it felt but overall there was a massive amount of pandering with that template cuteness. So much of the framing infantilises the viewer it becomes unsettling.

Edit: I think it’s the VO that creeps me out