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0:00 - A great game 1:50 - The expert 2:59 - What games work on Steam 4:21 - Where Season did well 6:01 - Why talk about Steam? 7:38 - Marketing doesn't mean success 8:20 - DATA 8:44 - A secret formula 9:32 - What games don't work 10:53 - What about Steam Deck? 12:11 - A buzzy game you might know 14:48 - Ways to make a game work 15:36 - What about cozy games? 17:16 - Sports games do bad on Steam 1...

🔗 ALL of my links - https://MattHorton.live   Welcome to Terra Nil, the unique city-builder game that challenges you to restore a barren planet rather than exploit it for resources. In this game, you're not the typical city-builder where you bulldoze forests, pollute rivers and strip-mine mountains to build your metropolis. Instead, you must work with nature to heal the planet and create a thrivi...

🔗 ALL of my links - https://MattHorton.live   In Papers, Please, you take the role of a citizen of the fictional nation Arstotzka, modeled after Cold War totalitarian Eastern European nations. The government of Arstotzka has just ended a war with the neighboring country of Kolechia, and the player character has been appointed as an immigration inspector as the tensions from that recent war contin...

While Elden Ring has generated a lot of buzz and excitement, there are other games that interested me more in terms of gameplay, storytelling, and overall enjoyment. I'll be sharing my top picks for the best games of 2022 and explaining why I think they're the ones you should play. If you're a fan of Elden Ring or just want to know what other games to catch up on from this year, you'll find someth...

Credits: Marvel SNAP OST - Chris Alan (https://thechrisalan.com/2022/06/02/who-wrote-the-soundtrack-to-marvel-snap/) Hero - Martin Garrix and JVKE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5spiMVI9U8) Hero (Piano Cover) - Jarel Gomes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RWNBmTIGtY) Links to everything @ https://MattHorton.live 0:00 - I shouldn't love this game 1:20 - What SNAP does right 1:46 - Cards RULE 2:...

0:00 - Content Warnings 0:45 - Is escape possible? 3:34 - Why Citizen Sleeper hit me this hard 6:55 - Who does YOUR body belong to? 9:26 - Citizen Sleeper's characters 16:12 - The body is not the self 20:42 - Content Warning: Body feelings 22:34 - Who do YOU belong to? 27:00 - Lem & Mina: An uncertain future 40:27 - Content Warning: Death and grief 42:01 - Where do you BELONG? 44:02 - Getting...

Andrew Shouldice, creator and lead developer of Tunic, was actually heavily inspired by The Legend of Zelda, a game known for having many secrets that, depending on your perspective, are either genius or obtuse. But Tunic is heavily inspired also by games like Fez, Dark Souls, and Elden Ring. These are all games I have never played. Tunic got me to love a Soulslike. 0:00 - The conundrum 1:24 - Wha...

13 Sentinels pumps out huge reveals, twists and turns that are actually meaningful to its characters rather than being empty fan service, and just super fun story beats every few minutes. And it wears its many sci-fi inspirations on its sleeve.  13 Sentinels is ostensibly a game about teenagers with secret powers that let them call down giant mechs to protect their city from kaiju attacks. But the...

The Forgotten City has a VERY corny ending, and I LOVE it. I love it so much that I played The Forgotten City for a second time just to tell you why. This isn't a review, and it's not a video about The Forgotten City Skyrim mod. Instead, it's me trying to figure out why the ending to the 2021 worked for me and sharing that with you. I love making these kinds of videos, so please settle in and let...

I haven't played Animal Crossing in a while. I bet you haven't either. The game does a lot to shame you when you log back in after a long time, and I have my own guilt attached to my abandoned island. I also have a lot of parallel guilt and shame attached to my body and how I treated food when I was originally playing Animal Crossing New Horizons. That connection is what this video is about. Obvio...

Hironobu Sakaguchi, Final Fantasy creator, has released a new game EXCLUSIVE to Apple Arcade called Fantasian. It's a throwback to the Square Enix FF7 era, but its setting is entirely made of PHYSICAL DIORAMAS. This is how I feel about the game including the issues with iCloud saves that I encountered trying to play an Apple Arcade game on Mac, iPhone, AND iPad (but not Apple TV). 0:00 - PHYSICAL...

In this video, I talk to two trans people about the news that the video game Hogwarts Legacy could have trans options in its character creator. This Hogwarts Legacy news paired with J. K. Rowling's notorious transphobia had my brain flying around, but I didn't want to share my own opinions on Hogwarts Legacy, JK Rowling, and the news surrounding them. I wanted to ask trans folks what they thought....

An Internet acquaintance recently showed off his custom Gameboy Advance collection, and I immediately fell down the rabbit hole of retro modding and custom gameboy builds. When my husband asked what I wanted for my birthday, parts for my own build was the only answer. I bought a Gameboy Advance in 2021 and built it exactly the way that I wanted it. This is that custom GBA build. Kyle Starr's IG: h...

Games That Got Me Through 2020 These are my top 5 games of 2020. These are the games that, looking back at 2020, stick with me the most, built the most important memories, and were the most fun. And with everything that went wrong in 2020, these are the games that kept me going. 0:00 - Looking back on 2020 0:40 - #5 - 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim 3:02 - #4 - Spider-Man: Miles Morales 4:59 - #3 - Animal...

This is a love letter to Kentucky Route Zero. Kentucky Route Zero is a game you can't win. It tells you it's a tragedy. 0:00 - The most important moment of the game 0:14 - Spoiler warning 0:27 - What is Kentucky Route Zero 1:23 - Kentucky Route Zero on capitalism 4:14 - 1st Technique - Magical Realism 12:06 - 2nd Technique - Choice 22:46 - 3rd Technique - Community 28:25 - The game's final act Ken...