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mind_combatant   California, United States
 
 
My Website [waluigi.net]
Various Things I've Done
Games That I've Helped Crowdfund

STARWHAL

Obduction

Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure

Thaumistry: In Charm's Way

Myst 25th Anniversary Collection

Firmament

The Wonderful 101: Remastered

Fraymakers

Furquest

Bits & Bops

Star Racer

Distributed Computing I've Helped With

My BOINC Stats [stats.free-dc.org]

URLTeam leaderboard [tracker.archiveteam.org] and other ArchiveTeam leaderboards [tracker.archiveteam.org] where I should show up under the username "mind_combatant"
Review Showcase
This is the first two thirds of one of the greatest story trilogies in gaming, finally on PC after a long time! 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors (or 999) and Virtue's Last Reward (or VLR) are both amazing Visual Novels, and were critically acclaimed when they first came out. 999 has been remastered with brand-new voice acting and other changes, while VLR hasn't changed much (which is fine, it's already an amazing game as-is). You can choose to have the voices in English (which is fantastically well done and very convincing) or, for those who prefer subs over dubs, the original Japanese audio is available as well.
For those who might think the asking price is too high I say, this package includes TWO whole games, both of which have over 80% aggregate scores on Metacritic, and take at minimum 37 hours to beat both, though you're much more likely to spend 55+ (stats pulled from howlongtobeat; for comparison, they say a completionist run of Nier: Automata is around 56 hours).
So go on, treat yourself to the story of a lifetime, filled to the brim with Sci-Fi and Pseudoscience, Philosophy and Morality, Horror and Paranoia, Difficult Decisions, and plenty of excellent escape-the-room puzzles along the way, all with mood-setting music. This game will leave you sitting at the edge of your seat at 2:00 in the morning because you just want to know what comes next!
Review Showcase
as a huge fan of Superbrothers' previous audiovisual experience, Sword & Sworcery EP, JETT: The Far Shore was the only game to ever tempt me into getting a PS5, being in one of the system's earliest showcases. it was the only game that tempted me to buy a game on EGS. but i waited, and it came to Steam finally this year along with the second half of the game i didn't know was missing, Given Time, as well as many optimizations to make sure it runs well on the PC platform. i'm glad i waited, and i love the game, though i haven't played much of the second half still, as it's more open world, and i'm not as big a fan of that as most people, but for those who are, that's good news, i suppose. anyway, this game ended up being all i wanted and more, and a hugely more ambitious project than the devs' previous game, in very much a positive way!
Video Showcase
Gabe Newell - "Late is just for a little while, Suck is forever"
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