Grotesque videogames

The Petz games and especially the still quite active hex modding community have an alternate-futuristic grotesquerie that haunts me a bit. The games as-is could qualify but there is something about the labor intensive process of generating new creatures from such an outdated interface testing the limits of possibility from a long defunct system to create new and worse creatures and steadfastly maintaining independent domains to host their creations that tips the scale. Many of the modders still host websites devoted to their work. Its like a time capsule but gross. image

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