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I play video games with something different to offer, and then I share my experiences with them. For more information, check out my blog by clicking the "about" link below. Current Play-by-play: The Path by Tale of Tales (Or, more accurately, Thomas Was Alone)

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What do I do now that I've seen Extraordinary Tales? Nothing will ever be the same again.

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Extraordinary Tales

If you are a fan of Poe, b-movies, or animation, check this out. Personally, I loved it, though I know not everyone will. It's streaming on Netflix, for whom it may concern.

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5 years ago today we released Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, a game Capy made in collaboration with Superbrothers & Jim Guthrie.

Thank you all for your support, and we are indeed cosmic friends forever.

Thanks to The Verge, we have a little retrospective, including interviews with the development team. Give it a read here: http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/24/11297534/superbrothers-sword-and-sworcery-retrospective

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June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.

Anyone who likes narrative should get this (sort of) game.

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My Best Friend with Wings - Kindle edition by Pete Vellucci Jr. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading My Best Friend with Wings.

A memoir from Pete Vellucci Jr., exploring grief and change surrounding the death of his best friend.

This guy is a vivid and insightful writer, and I recommend this book for anyone going through grief over a personal loss, self included.

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The book is on sale for a dollar, today only!

Happy December, all!

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My Best Friend with Wings - Kindle edition by Pete Vellucci Jr. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading My Best Friend with Wings.

A memoir from Pete Vellucci Jr., exploring grief and change surrounding the death of his best friend.

This guy is a vivid and insightful writer, and I recommend this book for anyone going through grief over a personal loss, self included.

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Thomas Was Alone: Part 3 Thomas meets some new friends while I begin to miss his old ones. Tragedy is afoot, everyone. I just know it.

[Quick Latin lesson (Feel free to skip this): Et cetera, usually abbreviated as etc., is a Latin phrase meaning "and the rest", not to be confused with et alia or et al., meaning "and other things".]

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Not gonna lie, I'm afraid to play any more Thomas Was Alone because potential end-of-game feels.

(Part 3 of the play-by-play coming out soon.)

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After a long silence, I've started playing and reporting on possibly the cutest game ever--Thomas Was Alone.

I talk about my first 30 minutes here, and my latest session here! :D

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The Path: Ruby (Interpretation)

I dance around the words "death" and "decay" whilst explaining some ideas, observations, and headcanon on Ruby's excursion into the woods and the things she found in Grandmother's house.

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Ruby's interpretation incoming

This is not a trick.

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Another #sworcery player reflects on her experience with the Scythian, sharing her insight in this comic strip. (Warning: Spoilers)

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Shelter

Computer animation by Carl Burton of a familiar setting that transforms into an abstract formation:

An epic secret world is revealed within an attic during a rainstorm.

Main animation site: shelteranimation.com/

You can check out Carl’s Tumblr blog here

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It may be that I'm in the midst of playing, but this reminds me of The Path. Something about familiar places becoming strange...

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Update: Because I feel I owe my readers and followers an explanation

Hello, all!

I know I said something about this before, but...

As it stands, I can't do that.

A bit of exposition... For a long time I feared certain emotions, especially sadness. In recent months I began to free myself from that fear. I started this blog as a way to further my progress in that struggle, and to explore things that interest me--video games, art, human expression, the emotions that connect us all.

But sometimes, I don't know how to feel anymore. Truth be told, the past year or so has proven one of the most confusing and difficult times of my life. Sometimes it feels like I've used up all of my emotions. I'd hoped writing this blog might help me heal. And it has helped me, so much. But I also realize that it's a challenge in itself, one I look forward to facing, but sometimes I'm just not up to it.

I'm not giving up. These dead spells are new and scary, but I need to get past them and absolutely will. I will continue to write for this blog at whatever pace I can. This isn't the end of anything, but I feel I should offer some information in case anyone ever wonders where I've been the past few days.

Thank you to everyone who's shown support for what I do here. Even if it doesn't seem like much, it means a lot to me.

-Erica

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Chubby Bunny with Eddie and Erica.

Sorry for the dimness of the video, blame the yellow lighting in my room plus being a cell phone vid!

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So this happened, and I won by virtue of sounding funny.

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The Path: Ruby (Part 2 of 2) Ruby finds a lonely place full of beautiful rust and decay, but someone else has already made it their haunt.

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The Path: Ruby (Part 1 of 2) I take the beautiful morbid Red sister into the forest to see if we can find the purring engine that quaked her dreams.