Jordan Cassidy 🔜 PAX East

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Screamer has me jonesing.

Michelle Kwan is appearing on my feed and honestly that’s what’s keeping me going right now

A screenshot from Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass. It's a character called a Low-Level Goon saying, "Scram, punk. Goon applications were due by 12:30 sharp. Everyone knows the first rule of gooning is "be punctual." You don't got what it takes, kid."

I'm not sure that's the first rule...

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A screenshot from my first Little Victories podcast, published on February 28, 2025.

A year ago today, gaming industry leader and indie icon Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou (@kanaratron.bsky.social) became the first guest of my Little Victories videogame podcast.

Since then, it has taken me on a journey to interview all types of creatives.

Happy anniversary, Little Victories!

Wild thing to text me this morning, CB2

Especially for games that were already slavishly devoted to replicating cinematic styles of storytelling. Aesthetic ouroboros.

Good morning friends! Thank you for sharing Zach's post and call to action. We've all but smashed our goal overnight! This will help us stabilize and start doing more cool stuff... starting now!

For good and ill, Stardew Valley is *the* cultural expression of my generation’s go-to response in adversity: find authenticity, seek community, protect your peace, and when all else fails, write fanfic about marry-able npcs.

It is the quintessential enduring video game comfort object of our age. Its aesthetics and rhythms provided the foundation for our current notions of “cozy” and “wholesome” games. And it’s no coincidence that as many felt less and less safe, a game like SV would prove so appealing.

Stardew Valley, ultimately, will be remembered for providing ten years of counterprogramming for a generation of American millennials wanting something to look at other than the long Trump presidency and everything that has entailed.

Hey ya'll, I'm really hustling through some demos this week and trying to share as many of my finds.

Follow this thread if you're looking for some deep cuts.

I'm trying to play *exclusively* stuff I'd never heard of before the fest, casting as wide a net across genres and tones as I can.

Gambonanza on Steam Gambonanza is a turn-based chess roguelike, set on a tiny board with higher stakes. Master tactical twists, invest your winnings and discover new rule-bending Gambits, tile and piece combinations. Fac...

Gambonanza

It's Balatro Chess. That's it.

And if you're fan of chess, you should probably be worried about this game's impending release because it works reeeeeally well at first glance.

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Phonopolis on Steam Phonopolis is a story-driven puzzle adventure set in a hand-painted 3D world made of cardboard. Solve a wide variety of playful puzzles and help Felix end the Leader's oppressive influence in a resona...

Phonopolis

Tragically short demo, but it's an insta-wishlist for me on this visual stunner of a puzzle fable. You're a hapless Brit who accidentally found earmuffs in a world mind-controlled by loudspeakers. Both a brain and a heart - can't wait for the rest.

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Enter the Chronosphere on Steam Everything moves when you do in Enter the Chronosphere, the turn-based bullet hell roguelike. Each chronosphere is procedurally generated with defenders and biomes from the worlds it has consumed. Bre...

Enter The Chronosphere

Might be my fav of the fest so far. Turn-based bullet hell is an crazy pitch but this instantly works. Characters and tone are immediately appealing - picture something halfway between Adventure Time and Citizen Sleeper, you'll be close

store.steampowered.com/app/1969810/...

Fallen Tear: The Ascension on Steam A story-driven Metroidvania where the allies you choose to bond with change how you fight and explore. Journey through the high-fantasy world of Raoah, uncover lost civilizations, and forge bonds that...

Fallen Tear: The Ascension

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I don't know man, this one could be special. Embedding the traditional metroidvania abilities acquisition in social bonds is *so* smart, I can't believe I haven't seen it done before. Plus it looks like a million bucks.

Starting to get very pumped about PAX East.

#SteamNextFest is a great occasion to realign your priorities as a person who loves video games. Remind yourself that hype cycles expose you to a tiny fragment of what's out there. It's an avalanche of people doing it for the love the game.

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Travel has been one of the most important parts of my reeducation from a childhood and young adulthood steeped in American exceptionalism.

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Wax Heads on Steam Wax Heads is a cozy-punk narrative sim about working in a struggling record store. Chat to quirky customers with unique tastes, explore a handcrafted record collection, fall in love with bands (and th...

Wax Heads

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A bright music-recommendation game full of personality, good tunes, and light shopkeep mechanics. A lot here is going to depend on whether the story can deliver, but as a demo, I really enjoyed my time here.

Vapor World: Over The Mind on Steam Lost in darkness, a boy drawn into a twisted dream, no way out. Vapor World is a narrative-driven souls-like platformer focused on deflection combat set in atmospheric world of dream. Descend within s...

Vapor World: Over the Mind

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Including this one despite having only an ok time with it because the visuals and core ideas here are genuinely special. Frequently let down by its line-by-line writing as well as some strange voicework choices; still has to be seen

Thank You For Your Application on Steam Thank you for your application. After 15 rounds of interviews, you do not match our requirements for the position. You are transferred as a Junior Interviewer to review the candidate's resume accordin...

Thank You For Your Application

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It's going to be called Papers Please but for job applications, and that's fair I suppose, but I think there's enough juice here to help it stand out. Loving the labor and immigration politics being taken on here too.

In Falsus on Steam In a world bound by truths: connect. In Falsus is a mesmerizing rhythm game tied to an intricate card system brought together through a layered narrative. Taking place in a near-future world, traverse...

More demos I checked out!

In Falsus

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The demo really only shows off the rhythm game portion, leaving most of the advertised card stuff to the side, but what was here felt great and vibrant to play. Not an expert in the genre by any means, but i had fun!

Letterkenny has such a weirdly high concentration of super hot people.

The Venn diagram between people whose favorite Radiohead album is In Rainbows and people whose favorite Death Cab album is Narrow Stairs is a circle.

The men's hockey team obviously deservers all the shit they've been getting. But don't forget, if you are wishing you could still hit the celly, the women's team *ALSO* won gold, and they didn't party with a genocidal wart afterward.