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Hello! As we are half way through the year I'm going to announce some of my video game awards. Feel free to add your own awards to the list!

• The WineAllWine prize for excellence. This prize goes to the game most likely to win game of the year. This goes to viewfinder. A great cross between Portal and Superliminal.

• the foetal attraction prize. This prize goes to the video game you're most looking forward to in the next six months: Book of hours. I love Cultist simulator so I'm certain it will be great.

• The Taylor Swift Prize. This goes to the most overrated game of the year: Dave the Diver. Loads of people seem to like this indie hit (even Charlie Brooker, writer of Black Mirror praised it in the Guardian), and I don't hate it; it just couldn't hold my attention for more than a couple of hours.

• The B3st gamm. This award goes to the early access game with the best future. This goes to Shadow of Doubt. I LOVE this game. It could potentially become my favourite game of all time but at the moment it is too buggy to play for very long. I look forward to it being out of early access

• The ..wait, what..?. This award goes for a game that was released before this year that I think people missed. This goes to The Way. Such a fun puzzle platformer. I've replayed it twice this year.

"game that looks like shit but plays like good" would be a good award I think
first off, teardown and the new battlebit

Climbing Games Awards of 2023

• Worst Climbing Game: Only Up! -- Made me appreciate just how good Getting Over It really was. Someone please nuke Twitch HQ from orbit.

• Most Realistic Climbing Game: New Heights -- You have to control each individual limb. Feels weird at first but once you get the hang of it and climb a real-ass cliff face, it's immensely gratifying.

• Most Anticipated Bungee Physics: Surmount -- Spin your little guy as fast as your thumbs can move. Cute art style

• Least Anticipated Bird Enemies: Peaks of Yore -- Not very deep, at least as far as the demo went, but I dig the old-timey look. Fuck seagulls.

• Most Anticipated Climbing Game: Jusant -- Decent mechanical complexity (you can place pitons, jump to ledges, etc.), beautiful aesthetic (70/80s French Sci Fi, Moebius-y). I just hope there's a decent amount of content. Can't wait for this one

Epoc wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 11:13 pm Brilliant awards

Thanks so much for the contribution!

Game concepts that feel like they were cooked up with a snort train - Depth