Deciding this is done for now

A year ago I got wrapped up in a project to do an isometric drawing of a hypothetical studio apartment in Chicago for Steve & Eddie Stranger Things. And then I stalled out and it's just been sitting there. I did a quick and dirty clean up and am deciding it's done for now. I may color it or something at a point, but it's past time I like posted a postable version. Really should have posted what I had last year.

Gaming Thots

One of the biggest games right now is an indie horror game made by a solo dev, Lethal Company was for a time top of the Steam sales charts. It's hit metrics that would be respectable for a AAA title. On one hand it's a horror co-op game with janky mechanics and opportunities for hilarity. Co-op horror is popular and this is a great platform for influencer shenanigans, but also lots of games all want to be that.

Lethal Company is also a game about being in a capitalist dystopia that destroyed not just the world, but every world and every moon. There is nothing left but scraps to scavenge for and a glimpses of what life was like before the collapse. Workers are literally disposable. That is striking a chord.

I have zero interest in playing it and get bored watching it. Janky mechanics = hilarity is not my thing. But it's a very interesting phenomenon, especially since such a big satisfaction point for players is deciding to hold back salvage from the company, even though that can mean not hitting quota.

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* If you want to see a short video about content thieves losing their channels. Nice to see people actually cleaning up some of the garbage.

* My Three For The Memories post is here.