i didn't realize this was a sad occasion
This is Steven’s Substack. I believe this will mainly be used as another way of posting my various writings in addition to the Google Docs and Tumblr posts I currently use.
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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
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
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
Notable Things in 2025
“Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole."