Frowny Biscuit

Inspired by Casey's beautiful list, I decided to give the "fifty game recs" challenge a shot as well! ...I'm only doing 10 a day though, because I am mortal and weak. :| Anyway, check the replies for the fiftiest niftiest games I loved this year (in no particular order)!

Remember the 90s Schwarzenegger movie Eraser? Or the Charlie Sheen alien conspiracy thriller The Arrival? Or Keanu as Johnny Mnemonic? Well all three of these received FMV adventure games that CRUSHED MY ENTIRE SOUL IN UNIQUE AND HELLISH WAYS. My suffering distilled into 90 minutes, just for you:

If you have more than a little extra at the end of the month to spare, I've got some bills due that are making me sweat that I would love to get some relief from ko-fi.com/alienbob

Live now praying for zero leaky capacitors twitch.tv/alienbob youtube.com/@alienboblives/live

Okay, so now you can hire me. Game trailers, proofreading, or design consultation. If you think I'd be a good fit for your game project, check out jeremyoduber.com/hire-me

Trans women will be like "you have GOT to hop on this game, it's peak" and it's some Japan-exclusive shmup for the Sega Saturn called

Bill Skarsgaard sounds like the name for a Kojima character who has a shield and a lot of scars

Happy Baby Safety Month.

It's the Steam Party-Based RPG Fest and Cosmic Star Heroine, Cthulhu Saves Christmas, This Way Madness Lies, and our other RPGs are heavily discounted! It's been a rough few weeks so if you could share this, I'd greatly appreciate it. :) store.steampowered.com/search?term=...

Isle of Reveries sets flight to consoles September 4! You are Lief, cunning owl-- tasked to traverse seven mysterious dungeons, each with its own unique themes, puzzles, and combat challenges! #RetroGaming #ZeldaLike #PixelArt #IndieGames

Need to know how they made this guy look in the remake

…wait, is the reason the movie is called “The Legend of Zelda” because it is based on the video game series “The Legend of Zelda”?

Bob’s not done yet, folks:

the sickest part of Dark Knight Rises

So many people get to experience the Beauty & the Beast unit soon

[resident evil voice] resident evil

👁️!!NEW VIDEO!!👁️ In which we enter the world of Backrooms video games, in an attempt to understand what makes the original creepypasta so culturally relevant even seven years on. youtu.be/bNXj0Huz6E0

philosophy friday starting in 5-10 mins! we're reading rebuttals to aaallll ur fav critiques of communism!

people are really getting into a row about spreadsheets. my column:

every so often bluesky breaks images to allow its audience of 38 year olds to retvrn to the text-based internet of their youth

Kal is DOING IT.

Hate to ask but, while I'm working on stuff in the background, my income situation is still very far from ideal. If you enjoy my videos and would like to see me continue to dive deep into bizarre game obscurities and you have some to spare, a couple of bucks can go a long way. ko-fi.com/alienbob

in the case of baby v bathwater i find the defendant not guilty

Come see the game William Gibson says has a, quote, “Killer interface”

NEW VIDEO: In 2006 a Washington DC based think tank hired future lead designers of Civilization and XCOM to make a strategy game based on a documentary about nonviolent protest. 20 years later I'm here to tell you why. youtu.be/dmL7Ph4Us8o

Creedence Clearwater Revengeance send skeet

Wanna do me a little birthday favour? It's a bit of an uphill struggle for me to get eyeballs on my videos, lots of people don't know I have a YouTube channel and I'm working on video essays these days, so if folks could help me out and spread the word? That'd be nice! youtube.com/@caseyexplos...

damn it. he's running really fast again. right past all the shit i put all over the damn place. fuck me dude. he's opened the fuckin, capsule theres birds everywhere. jesus christ. fuckin. holy shit.

NEW: Starting Friday, two Viceland seasons of NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW plus movie will stream on Disney+/Hulu in U.S., marking first time show has ever been available on American streamer. On Aug. 7, show will stream on Disney+/Hulu in Canada. (Movie will remain on Crave here.)

The Expert drum chart for "Visions" by Abnormality from Rock Band 2. www.youtube.com/watch?v=brCR...

Someone should let those guys know that the soul sacrifice spell doesn’t work if the recipient is already dead.

Another script converted into an article for posterity. It's Starwinder: The Ultimate Space Race, the futuristic PlayStation racer made by a devoted Trekkie, and it shows! jeremyoduber.com/writing/star...

The Bob is back, babyyyyy

Kitsune Tails is 35% off on Steam and itch and very queer! kitsunegames.com/kitsunetails Or help our queer studio survive into the future by getting all four of our games as a bundle for $17.99 on itch (itch.io/s/192877/sum...) or $18.75 on Steam (store.steampowered.com/bundle/15673...)

You wouldn't think the developer of Papers, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn has a direct connection to the founder of eBay through a third person shooter built as part of a clinical trial to help young people stick to their cancer treatments, but it do: youtu.be/RTSOaThtFS4

Another Bobathon highlight has gone up on the side channel. Was if Barbie did a Crash Bandicoot by way of Tomb Raider? And had Metal Gear Solid VR training? youtu.be/morCksNS6po

It's pride month, we're a queer studio, and Kitsune Tails is extremely gay. Please buy our games, we could use the money

The second highlight of the Bobathon is up on the side channel. It's the big Aruba tour! I go deep into the history and culture of the island and why it matters to me and may matter to you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_69I...

It’s called X25 because they’ll sell it for 25 times the launch price of the original console.