I stand corrected. Thanks for the information, I wasn't fully aware of it.

Same here. I even did write a feature article on the whole Let's Play-phenomenon back when it got big, interviewing a lot of people… and why I know all the reasons why people might like them, I just can't get into it myself.

I think I've read somewhere else that Weerasethakul decided to let himself be called "Joe" simply because people couldn't bother to learn his actual name, even less pronouncing it correctly. (All of which made reading "Joe" all throughout this piece a bit grating, I have to admit.) Also, it's been a while since I have…

Yeah, it's like the developers read that Saving Zelda essay in which the author (rightfully) argues that the series has lost all mystery and then decided that, well, Son, we will give you mystery and secrets, we'll give you ALL OF THEM. I won't complain, though, this kind of discovery is still very much exciting to me.

If you want a gentle hint for Nelly Cootalot without having the puzzle solved outright for you, I might maybe be of assistance. I finished the game earlier this week. "Charming" is very much the word I'd use for it, too.

I just wonder if Greenwald had to battle Schwartzmann in order to get to date Larson, which might have been… awkward.

Some suggestions: I personally liked Lone Survivor a lot. Great soundtrack, really dense atmosphere. Also, it does not overstay its welcome. The creator once made a de-made of Silent Hill, and this one is a personal take on the subject.

Color out of space?

For a more nuanced take on the "he was a colossally bad writer" argument, I'd like to direct your attention to Joyce Carol Oates essay on Lovecraft in the New York Review of Books:

You know that one of the very first mods for the game is/was one called " "Into Free", which restores the original song?

That makes two of you already! Patrick, here's another one!

Do you guys know that there is a pretty interesting Twine game called The Domovoi by Kevin Snow? Is it a spin-off of the Gameological project?

Man, whenever you mention it, I'm reminded of the fact that I really, really, really want to check out Moon Remix. Any handy guide somewhere on what you have to do to get to play it in its localized version?

It takes about the amount of time and patience I have for gaming anymore to do a run.

a) not buy or play any rogue-likes anymore. While I deeply respect and love(d) Binding of Isaac, Nuclear Throne, Crypt of The Necrodancer and FTL, those games are basically slot machines for me. I realized that I play them way beyond the point of enjoying them, and that I often feel bad about it afterwards. (Not only,…

I liked Nuclear Throne because it made my reflexes feel young again. Nuclear Throne was so long — and so good — in Early Access, that most outlets seem not to have registered that it officially "came out" in 2015. I guess it would have made more Best of-lists otherwise, because it is a really exciting game. At its…

The name you are looking for is Undertale.
And yeah, it's a bit suprising that it didn't make any impression on the AV Club whatsoever. (The one review one AV Club regular wrote for another outlet was mostly critical, and here, it only ever was mentioned in a thinkpiece that seemed to be a bit so-so on the game, too.)…

Probably too late to still make it into Keyboard Geniuses, but I still have a few things I'd like to mention!

There have been… well, not exactly regular or a lot of backer updates. But there have been updates since 2013. Enough so to give the imprission that the game is still on course (well, on some course), with a release in 2016 possible, or even likely. Also, what they have shown so far looks good indeed.

As I said, my experience with the newer Fallout games is limited — I only ever played Fallout New Vegas, which, as you correctly pointed out, was done by Obsidian. The specifics that you give are interesting, though, so that partly answers my question — thanks.