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Steven Santana

Steven Santana
The drifter stands on the edge of a cliff looking into the distance at a giant humanoid skeleton that is leaning against a mountain and is covered in snow and decaying

Replaying Hyper Light Drifter

[Today marks 10 years since the release of Hyper Light Drifter. Special thanks to Artemis Octavio for their edits/suggestions on this piece.] I did not play it while I was sick. I did not play it preceding or during or after a death. Playing it did not teach me

By Steven Santana 16 Mar 2026
Resident Evil Requiem mines horror from hallways and our own atomic wrath

Reading Games Writing: Resident Evil Requiem review by Giovanni Colantonio

less posting and more conversation This article is part of my series on responding to games writing and is a good faith attempt at starting a dialogue, not a personal attack or to feed the chuds on the usual channels of toxicity and trolling. Thank you for your time. This

By Steven Santana 25 Feb 2026
Despelote (2025)

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Despelote (2025)

developed (primarily) by Julián Cordero and Sebastián Valbuena (and many others) spoilers for Despelote Everyone is taller than you. Inanimate objects obtain movement when you touch them. Posters wink at you or sparkle or embiggen the number one, projecting the dream of Ecuador’s football team winning the 2002 World

By Steven Santana 09 Feb 2026
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