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The Gammelier

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Videogame essays with a focus on screenwriting techniques. Former screenwriter, current nobody https://youtube.com/@thegammelier?si=j5-9q_h0iejLdyVp

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The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social · Nov 13

Apropos of nothing, here’s a few indie games that blew me away lately (some may get videos in the near future)

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The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social · 8h

Pretty much want a Switch 2 just to play Hades 2 and Silksong on a bigger screen

And Bananza too I guess

The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social · 8h

a cartoon of homer simpson talking to a farmer

ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson talking to a farmer

media.tenor.com

The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social · 22h

Made a whole video about this (remember when I made videos…?)

My Crazy Ex-Princess Girlfriend(s)
youtu.be/rMIcc8dCm1E

The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social · 22h

Either way he’ll at least know now why I scream, ‘I NO LONGER WISH TO BE THIS KIND OF ANIMAL’

The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social · 22h

Noticed my 9yo downloaded Disco Elysium to his switch

Not sure whether to be a good parent and tell him that’s for adults or be a *great* parent and let him loose in Revachol

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23h

Thoughts and prayers for Donald J Trump

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social · 22h

Started a new game in Baby Steps for some more footage (SO many hats I missed) and I feel like a gosh darn speed runner

Whole areas that took hours, breezed by in minutes

The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social · 1d

Your FIRST playthrough???

God do I envy you

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social · 1d

But have you climbed to the summit yet…?

The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social · 2d

Let me tell you, my hands were sweating, my heart was hard hammering but I did it

This is one of the greatest games ever made

The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social · 2d

Did the extremely optional end game content in Baby Steps

It’s so optional you have to opt into it four times before Nate will even get off the couch to do it

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The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social · 2d

Should be said, Baby Steps was incredible

Even when I wanted to pull my hair out

And I’m probably gonna go back to Manbreaker Mountain… :)

The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social · 2d

Whelp, Manbreaker Mountain broke me

I took the stairs

I got to see just how close I came to making it but I’m glad I moved on— and finished the game!

The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social · 3d

Followed it up with Led Zepplin IV and I will not be shamed

The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social · 3d

Vibes

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The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social · 3d

Nothing cuter than my 7yo singing Sodapop

Except maybe when he sings Golden

The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social · 3d

Really it’s just one specific spot I keep falling at. Once I figure out how to consistently get past it, the rest should be easy

The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social · 3d

Funny how the game keeps telling you to take the stairs too but I see this as an optional boss

Why did I fight Ruby Weapon? Because it was there

The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social · 3d

Almost got to the top of Manbreaker Mountain, misjudged a gap and fell aaaaaaaaaaaaaaall the way back down

At least I know I can get that high

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The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social · 4d

I thought it was pronounced Fea-stable, as in a stable of Feas

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The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social · 4d

It may make more sense for Nate to take the stairs thematically but I, the player, am here for the lovely walk up an impossible mountain path

Maybe the game will force me to take the stairs so that I’m in ludonarrative harmony with Nate but not yet

Not yet

The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social · 4d

Only purchases I made this Steam sale are La-Mulana and Below

I think I have a problem

The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social · 4d

God as my witness, I will conquer Manbreaker Mountain…

Fell from pretty high up— at least it makes for good footage!

The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social · 5d

Nah, I was done but I pretty much 100% it, everything but the feathers