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fern 🌻 @fernfolk.bsky.social · 1d

Go watch two of my favorite people being scared silly. 🏃

Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 1d

Our pal @fishpastegg.bsky.social is in the midst of another 🎃 Hallow-Stream, making his way through Is This Game Trying To Kill Me? After, @naetoid.bsky.social is hopping in to join him for the retro-inspired horror collection Haunted ROM: The Lost Cartridge! » twitch.tv/FishpasteGG

fern 🌻 @fernfolk.bsky.social · 2d

Autumn is really doing its thing today, so...

Holding up the Stardew Valley soundtrack vinyl collection with the Fall sleeve out; the art on it shows yellow Junimos holding up flowers.

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Seth Rudy @sethrudy.bsky.social · 2d

Meanwhile in #Portland

Kermit faces off with Hopper in The Muppet Movie

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Women-Led Games @womenledgames.com · 6d

It's official! Women-Led Games returns for our The Game Awards partnered edition in December! 🎉

Submissions are open from now until Oct 27th!! 🗓

Apply here: forms.gle/GTXSsTrCXju2...

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School Night Séance - Wishlist it today! @schoolnightseance.bsky.social · 2d

The demo for the game will launch on Steam on Oct 28th, a day ahead of the Kickstarter launch on the 29th!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sch...

Here's one final trailer! We hope to see you very soon!

#indiegame #schoolnightseance #gamedev

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popagenda @popagenda.co · 2d

We're super happy to be helping out the small but mighty independent Mexican dev team at Recurring Dream on @desktopexplorergame.com!

Explore an old, inherited, and possibly haunted PC. 🖱

Demo is OUT NOW. Perfect for spooky season.

💾 s.team/a/2533590

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💙🖤hum hallelujah (just off the key of reason)🖤💙 @mercutiglo.bsky.social · 3d

this is one of two games i'll be playing as a part of this years Hallow-streams with @videogamesaregood.bsky.social

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💙🖤hum hallelujah (just off the key of reason)🖤💙 @mercutiglo.bsky.social · 3d

gamerssssss i'm back in the streaming chair after an accidental three months off of my channel, and we're playing a game that's been haunting the dark shadows of my steam library, Slayaway Camp! www.twitch.tv/mercutiglo

mercutiglo - Twitch

this camp is so slay(away) || Slayaway Camp!

www.twitch.tv

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fern 🌻 @fernfolk.bsky.social · 4d

Here's where you can find us and our friends for spooky month streams!

Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 4d

To stay up to date and get live notifications, follow the channels!

VGG: twitch.tv/naetoid
FishpasteGG: twitch.tv/fishpastegg
Mercutiglo: twitch.tv/mercutiglo
Svideotheque: twitch.tv/svideotheque
BradleyRose: twitch.tv/bradleyrose
InfinityBreakGaming: twitch.tv/infinitybreakgaming

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Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 4d

I lied. ┐⁠(⁠ ⁠˘⁠_⁠˘⁠)⁠┌ Corrected Hallow-Stream schedule, some game delays and mind-changes later! VGG's sticking with oneway.exe (new release date Oct. 22) for our Hallow-Stream and it'll now be a doubled-up celebration as a @fernfolk.bsky.social birthday stream on Oct. 27!

A corrected graphic with orange blocks and white text, with a grinning jack-o'-lantern. Text says: Hallow-Streams, friends to follow for month-long spooky streams.

Bradleyrose: Castlevania Aria of Sorrow 10/3 to 10/5. More to come!

FishpasteGG: Fear the Spotlight, Haunted ROM: The Lost Cartridge, Heartworm, No I'm Not A Human and more 10/4, 10/6, 10/11, 10/13, 10/18, 10/20.

InfinityBreakGaming: Scratches 10/7 and 10/14, Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2 10/21, Static Dread The Lighthouse 10/28.

Mercutiglo: Slayaway Camp 10/9, Speed Dating for Ghosts 10/23.

Svideotheque: Mondays - Vampire: the Masquerade, Wednesdays - Spooky Watch Wednesday, Fridays - 10/10 Luigi's Mansion, 10/17 Clock Tower, 10/24 Silent Hill PS1, 10/29 Pumpkin Carving, and Goosebumps readings!

Naetoid: oneway.exe Module 1.0 10/27. Bonus VGG Patreon-exclusive Hallow-Streams!

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Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 6d

Character relationships and stories told between friends over a campfire are the anchor of Towa's narrative power. The newest from Brownies Inc. and @bandainamcoent.com is a dense, impressive and snappy action gameplay experience — slightly marred by a bafflingly steep late-game difficulty spike.

REVIEW: The action roguelike's new era is marked by games like Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree

Hard to say goodbye.

www.videogamesgood.com

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Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 6d

HALLOW-STREAMS ARE BACK 🎃

Here's where you can catch us and several of our friends streaming spooky and fall-vibes games all month.

A graphic with orange blocks and white text, with a grinning jack-o'-lantern. Text says: Hallow-Streams, friends to follow for month-long spooky streams.

Bradleyrose: Castlevania Aria of Sorrow 10/3 to 10-5.

FishpasteGG: Fear the Spotlight, Haunted ROM: The Lost Cartridge, Heartworm, No I'm Not A Human and more 10/4, 10/6, 10/13, 10/15, 10/20, and 10/22.

InfinityBreakGaming: Scratches 10/7 and 10/14, Silent Hill 2 (2024) 10/21, Static Dread The Lighthouse 10/28.

Mercutiglo: Slayaway Camp 10/9, Speed Dating for Ghosts 10/23.

Svideotheque: Mondays - Vampire: the Masquerade, Wednesdays - Spooky Watch Wednesday, Fridays - 10/10 Luigi's Mansion, 10/17 Clock Tower, 10/24 Silent Hill PS1, 10/29 Pumpkin Carving, and Goosebumps readings!

Naetoid: oneway.exe Module 1.0 10/18. Bonus VGG Patreon-exclusive Hallow-Streams!

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fern 🌻 @fernfolk.bsky.social · 9d

November??? Yes pleeeeeeease, I'm so excited for this.

Dire Kitten Games @direkittengames.bsky.social · Sep 5

Release Date Trailer, wooooooooooooooooo!

We're so excited to be launching in just a few short months. Any help spreading the word about our cozy, puzzly, heartwarming game is always appreciated. Wishlist and play the demo on steam now!

#indiegames #datingsim

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ7V...

Heartspell Announcement Trailer

YouTube video by Dire Kitten Games

www.youtube.com

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Britt @britt1st.bsky.social · 9d

Early sketch timelapse for Miko the moth fairy 🧚‍♀️
#art #sketch #drawing

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Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 9d

Eclipsium delivers cosmic horror that overwhelms the senses, and in its three-hour runtime, it grabs hold of you and never lets go.

Read @naetoid.bsky.social's full review of the game by @housefiregames.com and published by @cr-games.bsky.social.

REVIEW: Incomprehensibly beautiful and oppressively tense, Eclipsium is a stunning technical achievement in horror gaming

Full-body tension and an experience that overwhelms the senses, in the best way.

www.videogamesgood.com

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Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 9d

Lots of #IndieGames to look forward to in October! Our monthly curated release calendar is up for free on Patreon - check it out and consider joining to help sustain our work.

Games launching in October 2025! | video games are good

www.patreon.com

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Deb JJ Lee 🔜 Lightbox 112 @jdebbiel.bsky.social · 9d

[!nktober day 3] something bothering you?

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 10d

Hey everyone. I’ll be honest, I’ve run out of rope on this “being a writer” business, to the point where my site either takes off, now, or I start applying for whatever local shop/cleaning jobs are available. This isn’t a “threat”, just an honest statement of where I am. Sorry.

ko-fi.com/kimimi

Support Kimimi

Videogame archaeologist and explorer: Player of the untranslated. Lifter-upper of the unloved and misunderstood.

ko-fi.com

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BATTLE SUIT ACES OUT NOW 🤖 @team.trinketstudios.com · 10d

IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT...it's only FIVE days until Battle Suit Aces launches on PC, PS5, and Nintendo Switch! 🤩

if you like mecha, queer found family stories that warm your heart, devastatingly beautiful anime-style characters, and addicting gameplay, check us out!

Byron from Battle Suit Aces is a tall man with prominent mutton chops that almost meet in a mustache. He has an abundance of chest hair peeking out from underneath his cut-up tank top. His expression is stern and his eyebrows are bushy. He is standing in red light and obscuring a mech behind him. The text he is facing toward reads "5 days until launch. Battle Suit Aces. October 7th, 2025".

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 25d

There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to build on the rubble of what’s being destroyed before our eyes. Private corporations bending over to forcefeed everyone government-approved speech is evil and amoral, but more than anything this creates boring, inauthentic, unwatchable shit.

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Aubo 🏳️‍⚧️ Shop update 10/18! 🎃 @aubryjoi.bsky.social · 11d

Happy October 1st! 🐈‍⬛🧡

[ #cuteart #traditionalart ]

Ten sketchy doodle illustrations of black cats made up of brush pen marks and doodles. They’re each made up of shades of a different color, and all colors are Halloween-themed such as browns, yellows, oranges, purples, greens, etc.

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Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social · 12d

Hey it's #SteamSale! You can get
🔥 IMMORTALITY for $9.99
👁️ TELLING LIES for $4.99
☕ HER STORY for $4.99
& wishlist Project C and Project D whilst you are there...
It's a good time to play good games in the present and wish for good games in the future! ✨
store.steampowered.com/developer/Sa...

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yrrameshi @backlogger.bsky.social · 12d

Im understaffed (mentally)

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Natalie @heartimecia.bsky.social · 11d

watching the "this is what it sounds like" scene in kpop demon hunters ALWAYS gonna get me a lil choked up

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Alex @dirtbagboyfriend.bsky.social · 11d

my game Spirit Swap is on sale! We’re a worker owned studio of all marginalized people. Every last one of us. Please check it out if you like dating sims and match-3 gameplay.
store.steampowered.com/app/1592170/...

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