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We are saddened by the news that friend and fellow member Steve Dee has passed away. In accordance with their partner's wishes, we'd like to invite each of you to read one of Steve's recent posts and call to action in their memory:

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I work as an elder and hospice caregiver, which I am oddly passionate about. I can love on them shamelessly and no one complains about my codependence. It's a win-win situation. Many of my caregiving colleagues complain about the repetitive questions and, sometimes reactions, of the elderly, especially when those patients happen to read the newspaper, especially with the current downward spiral of our country — as if these people haven't lived through enough horror... I love my dementia peeps, but sometimes wonder if there's a Guinness Book World Record for how many times an hour a dementia patient can repeat the same question — it's got to be in the hundreds. At least with small children, they ask different questions. Dementia patients will get stuck on one short question and ask it until you can interrupt their train(carousel) of thought and successfully redirect their attention. That carousel is pretty manic sometimes. A couple days ago, I picked up my mail from the post office and drove over to the nursing home to take (let's call her "Miss Daisy") Miss Daisy out for a drive. Before we took off on our road trip, to the end of The Road and back, in our landlocked little town (Juneau, Alaska), I set my copy of The Onion down in front of her. Over our two-hour excursion, tiny Miss Daisy read that front page at least a dozen times and each time she would snicker, giggle, and guffaw, then put it down on the dash board and, a minute later, discover it anew. I think it was the best afternoon of my life. We don't often hear them laugh and when they do, it's the sweetest thing you've ever heard. ... Thank you, thank you, thank you, for the really important work all of you do. You make the world a better place.

I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.

The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.

This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.

you know, what if they aren't actually a commentary on journalism or the state of media. what if these people are just extremely weird

Original EN Paimon +Corina) announced they resigned a while ago

I know the prevailing idea was that the VAs that stopped work to flip Hoyoverse into a union game (on top of the SAG-AFTRA strike) were wrong somehow, but that can't be the whole truth. Tbh the replacement VAs being anonymous feels more like "we won't out the scabs" rather than troll protection.

This is probably too old news by now, but after People Make Games's great coverage on Rockstar & union-busting, I wish they'd cover the Hoyoverse English VAs dealing with the SAG-AFTRA strike & how messy that was with no clarity on who was right. @chrisbratt.bsky.social

Infinity Nikki Official Website – Side by side, the world unfolds in beauty "Infinity Nikki" is the fifth installment in the beloved Nikki series, developed by Infold Games. Powered by Unreal Engine 5, this cross-platform open-world adventure invites players on a journey to c...

Infinity Nikki can be played for free on Android, iOS, Windows (via Steam) and PlayStation 5.

infinitynikki.infoldgames.com/en/m/home

#infinitynikki #infold #cookinggame #cookingminigame #cooking #gaming

Screenshot from Infinity Nikki. Nikki is in a kitchen shaking a cocktail shaker. There is a "quick / slow" bar up top. The text reads "Keep tapping A/D key at varying speeds to match the rhythm".

As of the 1.11 update, Infinity Nikki now has a cooking mini game!

You can unlock a Cooking outfit that lets you cook all sorts of meals with ingredients from across Miraland, and even cook for friends.

#infinitynikki #cookingminigame #cookinggame #cooking #gaming #infold

Here's Your Fuckin' Papers by Creatrix Tiara Finally understand what the immigration process is like from the applicant's POV.

And credits to @creatrixtiara.bsky.social for screaming about that long before I ever did, see creatrixtiara.itch.io/heres-your-f...

The Critical Distance discord recently had an excellent convo around Spec Ops The Line and similar and: there is in fact A Problem when art focuses on the complex moral woes of the agent of empire and not on the immense harm perpetrated by said empire as a system. So no, I don’t like Papers Please

I would rather have the witch in the Alps mystery game any day rather than some kind of pseudo Socialist Alternative (iykyk) stuff that couldn't even treat its developers right

Funny how the article also props up Disco Elysium as some kind of empire busting game or whatever when there's literally a Black Supremacist that you, the Middle Aged White Guy, have to Call Out Racism on to proceed

Honestly I'm on @cookingminigames.bsky.social way more often than I am on my own account, but yes if you're at #MIGW and your game has anything to do with cooking, even minorly, give me a shout!

Screenshot from Everdream Valley. A pana with sliced vegetables is frying on a small cooktop. There is a dial with an arrow pointing to a ring of colours on the side, as well as a progress bar on top, at 25%. The frying pan is labeled as "Perfect!".

Everdream Valley has a cooking minigame!

You will need to spin the pan correctly according to the directions shown on screen.

#everdreamvalley #mooneaters #indiegames #gaming #cookingminigame #cooking #cozygames

Screenshot from Date Everything. Stefan, the personification of a stove, is announced as a New Dateable. He is a stocky black male chef with his top and sleeves resembling a stove cooktop and oven, while his apron is based on a cooling rack with utensils hanging off the belt. He wears an oven mitt as a hat. He is holding up a saucepan and stirring its contents with a spatula.

You can't cook in Date Everything - but you can date various kitchen appliances and even the food!

#dateeverything #indiegames #gaming #cooking #cookingminigame #sassychapgames

You can cook in Animal Crossing: New Horizons!

You can cook using ingredients you farm or fish (or buy) and get recipes from villagers, events, or bottles. It's the first Animal Crossing game with cooking!

#animalcrossing #newhorizons #cooking #cookingminigame #nintendo #gaming #acnh

Screenshot from Cozy Grove, taken at 1:38 AM on August 31st. The Salad Recipes collection box is open with 16 out of 17 recipes found, listed as icons of the various dishes. Vegan Potstickers is highlighted, with the description: "A scrumptious dry fried dumpling made by grandparents and tiny grandparents in training. Found: 8/28/2022 11:17PM". It is also tagged as "food, master, cooked, salad, mushroom". The player character, a Spirit Scout camper, stands in the background.

You can cook in Cozy Grove and its sequel Camp Spirit!

You unlock the ability to cook, as well as obtain recipes, through helping spirit bears as part of being a Spirit Scout.

#cozygrove #campspirit #spryfox #cooking #cookingminigame #indiegames #gaming

Not a cooking mini game per se, but a helpful resource for your own cooking mini games!

Screenshot from KuloNiku: Bowl Up. A satisfied customer emotes a happy smiley face (while smiling herself) with her bowl of noodles at the restaurant's bar. There is also a tip jar and an order pad & pen next to her.

KuloNiku: Bowl Up! is a cooking game!

You cook up various meatball dishes (with actual cooking mini games) at your restaurant & even join cooking battles!

#kuloniku #bowlup #gambirstudio #cookinggame #cookingminigame #indiegames #cooking #food #meatballs

Screenshot for Fallout 4. In a dingy looking area, an old pot is suspended over a makeshift fire, with the "hob" being a metal scrap wheel balanced over cinderblocks. There are other cinderblocks next to the makeshift stove.

You can cook in Fallout 4!

Find or make a cooking station with a campfire, cooking spit, and stove.

Thank you @eli-aleth.itch.io for the suggestion!

#fallout4 #fallout #bethesda #cookingminigame #cooking #gaming #food

This worked out! As a bonus side-effect, if you might ever need "incredible, soft, ephemeral magical water painting-style" art - this thread is full of incredible artists that do exactly that. Give them a follow if you like their work.

Steam Curator: Is There A Cooking MiniGame? These games are cooking games, have cooking mini-games/mechanics, or even have cookbooks & cafes & other food goodies! Follow us on BlueSky: @cookingminigames.bsky.social

We now have a Steam Curator page!

Follow it to track the games featured here that are available on Steam - cooking games, cooking mini-games and mechanics, cookbooks, cafes, and other food goodies.

#cookingminigame #cooking #food #gaming #indiegames #steam

store.steampowered.com/curator/4568...

Game art from Elder Scrolls: Skyrim. A chef in a medieval tavern tastes a bowl of lobster stew. A table of diners is awaiting their meal.

You can cook in The Elder Scrolls!

At least in Skyrim, so long as you have the right ingredients and are at a cooking area, you can make all kinds of recipes near instantaneously.

#elderscrolls #gaming #skyrim #cooking #cookingminigame #bethesda #food

Screenshot from Kitchen Sync Aloha. In the background is a left panel for Today's Menu. The Top Middle panel shows Trends, Goals (Serve all customers, Seaeoning Station is included in a recipe for a twist), and Bonus (Use Seasoning Stations 5x, Menu includes 3 twists). The bottom middle panel shows a picture of Spam Musubi (2 pieces of sushi topped with fried spam), 16% Recipe Mastery, a Tasty seal, an unclear Star Quality ribbon, and an unclear ribbon under the picture that may indicate cooking methods. The right panel shows the picture of spam musubi again captioned "Side, savoury" and has a box containing Recipe (icons of a frying pan and seasoning bottles), Twists (the seasoning bottles again with a badge), slightly unclear flavour text, and "Twists in Menu 0/5". Kai, one of the characters in the game, stands in front of the UI. He says "Complementing spam with another cut of meat makes the dish a bit heavier, but just as tasty".

You can cook in Kitchen Sync: Aloha!

You manage a restaurant serving Hawaiian cuisine - choosing the menu, adapting recipes, befriending the locals, and getting to know your town.

#kitchensyncaloha #lemonpeppergames #cooking #cookingminigame #hawaiian #indiegames #gaming #food

Screenshot from Pawsta, in a claymation-esque art style. A roll of sushi is being cut up on a cutting board. One slice of sushi has been sliced so far.

Pawsta is a cooking game!

You make food from scratch in a claymation-styled world, such as kneading bread or cutting sushi rolls.

#pawsta #coldsector #cookingminigame #cookinggame #indiegames #gaming #food #cooking #cozygames

Screenshot of Persona 5: The Phantom X. The main character, a young man code named Wonder, is at home cooking what seems to be a big pot of yellow stew.

You can cook in Persona 5: The Phantom X!

While there isn't a specific mini game, you can unlock recipes to cook at home through missions.

#persona5 #phantomx #cookingminigame #atlus #cooking #gaming #food #sega

Screenshot of Cooking Simulator. It's a first person view of the kitchen. The player is currently flipping a few steaks on a grill top. Next to the grill is a cooking hob with eggs being fried in a pan and a couple of small pots. There are also other spatulas and an assortment of ingredients.

Cooking Simulator, as you'd expect, is a cooking game!

Besides the base game, there are DLCs to make pizzas, bunker food, cakes and cookies, and abject chaos.

#cookingsimulator #cooking #bigcheesestudio #food #indiegames #gaming

I should really start adding hashtags to these posts.

In the meantime, here's a master list of every game posted here so far up to 29th June 2025 (with hashtags) - let me know of any other games we should cover for cooking mini-games!

#indiegames #gaming #cookingminigame #cooking #videogames #food

Screenshot from My Time at Portia. A book is open with 2 diagrams, one for a Fish Display and another for a Cooking Set. The Fish Display instructions read "Assemble with an Assembly Station", "Sand x32 - Sand can be obtained in the Abandoned Ruins" with an arrow to "Glass x9 - Smelt with a Furnace!", "Marble x2 - Smooth stones found on the fields of Portia", and "Hardwood x20 - The bigger the tree, the harder its wood!" with an arrow to "Hardwood Plank x9 - Cut with a Civil Cutter!" The Cooking Set instructions read "Assemble with an Assembly Station", "Stone x98" with an arrow to "Stone Brick x6", "Marble x9" with an arrow to "Marble Plank x3 - Cut with a Civil Cutter!", and a box that contains "Iron Ore x15" with an arrow to "Iron Bar x5" plus "Rubber Fruit x5". That box then has an arrow to "Iron Pan x1" with the notes "Craft with a Level 2 Worktable" and "Collect the following materials and smelt them in the Civil Furnace". All materials are accompanied with a small picture, and there are larger drawings of the machines.

Screenshot from My Time at Sandrock, of the Advanced Cooking Station UI. On the left are options for cooking: Steamer, Wok, Overn, and Cooking Pot. On the right are a selection of various meats, herbs vegetables, fish, and other ingredients, shown through pictorial icons. In the middle is a diagram; the cooking method box connects to a question mark box (to show the final dish), there are 5 blank circles for ingredients, as well as a Confirm button.

You can cook in both My Time at Portia and My Time at Sandrock!

You assemble the cooking stations yourself and can experiment with recipes or gain recipes from quests, treasure chests, and befriending the locals.

Screenshot of Dosa Divas. One character is spreading out dosa batter on a futuristic-looking pan with a giant spoon. Another character is watching them from the drivers seat of a mech. The atmosphere is futuristic, blocky, mostly deep red with pops of colour.

Dosa Divas has a cooking mini-game!

You & your sister fight an evil fast-food empire through mechs, flavour-themed elements, and home-cooked dosas (South Indian crepes - also known as thosai in South East Asia).