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Dominic Tarason

@dominictarason.com

12K followers 3.1K following 11K posts

Veteran freelance games crit & PR. Hyped for indie games & mods. Bylines on RPS, PC Gamer, PCGamesN. Find my work, Steam curation & contact info below - He/Him Find me elsewhere online at dominictarason.com Contact email: [email protected]

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · Apr 26

Wow, I apparently cleared 10,000 followers!

You've all made a terrible mistake and are going to spend too much on obscure games!

I am terribly sorry, but relieved to see others suffering from my curse.

I also have a Steam curator page, and accept tips (which helps me find games). Details below:

Dominic Tarason - Games Crit & PR

Professional Profile, Contact Details & Links

dominictarason.com

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Three More Years @threemoreyears.bsky.social · 21m

There's this saying in our neck of the woods - a squirrel's sustenance is achieved through tedium.
But slowly things come together. For this #screenshotsaturday, it's a first glimpse at the gameplay loop!
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame

store.steampowered.com/app/3727200/...

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 1h

A new era of Oops All Gokus begins.

Anime FGC News @afgcnews.bsky.social · 1h

Super Saiyan 4 Goku from Dragon Ball Daima is coming to Dragon Ball FighterZ!!!

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 1h

Plus they're taking their sweet time, but I know the Project Wingman devs are working on something, which is likely to be amazing.

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 1h

There's a bunch on my wishlist. If I've missed any, let me know!

store.steampowered.com/app/3911300/...
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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 1h

There's a whole bunch of indie Ace Combats on the horizon and somehow they all look equally great.

Clara Gale ✈️ NS 0.4.1 out now! @claradoth.bsky.social · 3h

but also, you can wishlist Delivery Must Complete:
store.steampowered.com/app/3639060/...

DELIVERY MUST COMPLETE on Steam

High speed Acelike Roguelike with SSSTYLE. Cut across cel-shaded, action-packed, arcade-paced dogfights as you fly, fight, and upgrade your roster of kickass planes. Every battle is massive, every loc...

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 10h

Yaaay, the first story update is out for Xtreme Formula.

Ever wanted to play an F-Zero game where you can go Falcon Punching bad guys between races?

store.steampowered.com/app/2539910/...

It's by the Spark The Electric Jester guy, and the on-foot stuff kinda feels like a slower, heavier Spark 3.

XF Extreme Formula - Story Mode "Chapter 0&1" Release Trailer.

YouTube video by LakeFeperd

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 13h

I use Mullvad. Folks still talk highly of its security and anonymity. And it's cheap.

Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 13h

Ooh, Sunken Engine looks interesting - out next week. Reminds me of Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop, only instead of fixing weird spaceships, you're exorcising incredibly haunted ships.

Sunken Engine on Steam

Sunken Engine Lovecraftian Ship Repair Simulation. Restore your father’s old shipyard. Each arriving ship carries a dark mystery to be solved. Keep your customers satisfied while dealing with the stra...

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 13h

You're probably thinking of Nebulous? That's more fleet command, while this is more single-ship flight.

Save 50% on NEBULOUS: Fleet Command on Steam

Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your o...

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 13h

Ooh, I need to check if the Freelancer Variations mod has been updated to support this update too! Adds a ton of time-of-day variants with different NPC spawn patterns to make Freelancer mode even more unpredictable/varied. Plus the training maps reworked into 'real world' versions.

Freelancer Variations

Brings Bonus Missions, new maps, random times of day/weather and more to Freelancer. A must have!

www.nexusmods.com

Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 13h

I honestly thought this Hitman VR update would never come to PC. Looks like it lets you play the ENTIRE game that way too, now, including Freelancer mode and the Sarajevo Six campaign.

Which makes it one of the biggest AAA VR games around now, if you have all of the games/expansions.

Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 13h

Just as an aside, it's interesting how many non-VR games can be retrofit to play great in VR (I've been replaying Half-Life 2 in VR and it's GREAT), but games designed for VR feel really weird when you strip them back to mouse-and-keyboard controls.

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 13h

Welp.

Time to reinstall Hitman.

WAYNERADIOTV @wayneradio.tv · 16h

tonight @ 9pm EST..... i waited 3 years. 3 long years. and against all odds. it finally happened. IOI updated the PC version of HITMAN VR... to be good. we can move now. we can throw ANYTHING. we can kill ANYONE ! let's play tha whole damn game it's been so long... 🥹

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 14h

Ah, the demo's live for In The Black - a very Expanse-inspired space combat sim. I figure a few of you might be interested in that!

In The Black on Steam

Nuclear-powered space combat in the 23rd century! In The Black ® is an intense, realistic space combat simulator with a serious respect for science. It is laser focused on the pilot experience and fea...

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mbbendt @bendts2cents.bsky.social · 15h

"Thus says the Lord: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. If you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs." - Exodus 8:1b-2

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mbbendt @bendts2cents.bsky.social · 15h

Pretty sure that when you have giant frogs everywhere, God is very disappointed in how you are treating immigrants.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 14h

Blood West is a fascinating (and cool) game. Looks like a boomer shooter, plays like a hybrid of souls-like and immersive sim, spicy death penalties, respawning enemies and all.

Dave NewBlood @dave.newblood.games · 14h

BLOOD WEST [XBOX & PS5] REVIEW KEYS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!

EMAIL ME [[email protected]] WITH SERIOUS INQUIRIES AND YOUR CHANNEL/OUTLET LINKS.

RELEASES OCTOBER 16TH 🤠

GLHF

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 14h

I'm still in awe that The Incredible Machine got an official Ghosts & Goblins spinoff.

Also it got an official remake from the original devs.

Contraption Maker on Steam

The spiritual successor to The Incredible Machine from its original designer and programmer. Play 100s of puzzles. Build and share elaborate contraptions with an huge variety of parts and critters.

store.steampowered.com

Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 15h

I'd use mine more often but the buttons have been a bit worn out and unresponsive for a while and no amount of contact cleaner seems to improve matters, so emulation is nice to have.

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 23h

I just noticed that Jimmy And The Pulsating Mass - one of the best indie JRPGs I've ever played - is JUST shy of 500 reviews and the Overwhelmingly Positive rating.

We should make that happen. One of the best Earthbound-inspired games I've played while having its own, very strong identity.

Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass on Steam

One day, Jimmy looked inside.

store.steampowered.com

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 16h

Also, one of the best Vita exclusives - Muramasa Rebirth - has an HD mod to make it even nicer when played on a modern big screen.

Muramasa Rebirth PS Vita Hd textures project

So this is the finished project with the help of a user Xibalva we managed to finish this project ,xibalva helped me so much ,that this became our project at the end not just mine :) If there are s...

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 16h

Last I checked, PS Vita emulation was pretty wonky, often having problem with basic rendering. Seems that in the year or two since I last checked, it has Gotten Good. The vast majority of games are listed as fully playable start to finish with Vita3K.

There were a lot of rad games on that handheld!

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 16h

Frog Fractions 5: Frog Faction

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Team Fastest Furs @fastestfurs.com · 22h

And now it's time for a game that only @brossentia.bsky.social could describe! It's time for Fastest Furs to get silly for the next few runs, starting off with The Legend of Tiger and Phoenix! Come watch a ridiculous game with... a 158 button quicktime event?!

twitch.tv/fastestfurs #FallFest2025

A man in a blue shirt and ski mask faces the camera. A bald man glares angrily over his shoulder.

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 23h

The inflatable costumes really are an amazing decision. Largely anonymous, insulating, probably some protection against pepper balls and spray, and even the most overbearing of jackbooted thugs will hesitate to be the guy caught on video brutalizing a goofy cartoon character on national TV.

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