The Gameyard

I first bought TBOI and it's DLC Afterbirth in 2014-2016, played it for less than an hour and then never touched it until in 2024 I decided to boot it up looking for something to play and oh boy I got into it. It probably helped I now had friends also into it though I think in some ways it's also because I've changed since I was 14-15. It's just fun even when I get frustrated from losing runs over and over I find myself coming back to it. it's dirty and gross and full of outdated memes and I like that about it. Thanks to steam family sharing I now have access to the the newer DLCs too so I've been putting even more time into it!

OFF is my favourite game. It's by no means perfect and there may be other games I "enjoyed" playing more but OFF is I think the most important game to me. I played it when I was 13 when it had gotten big on tumblr at the time and I think it had the biggest influence on how I view art at that age and helped me become the person I am today. I was already predisposed to enjoying indie titles, I grew up on RPGmaker horror games, OFF isn't really a horror game but even ignoring that it stands out so distinctly from the other RPGmaker games to me. It's a game I've come to appreciate more over time, going from weird little game I played with I was 13 and lacked critical thinking skills to a fully grown adult replaying it in 2025 with so so many thoughts about it. It amazes me that it's something Mortis Ghost made as just a funny little thing to share with his friends and that's kind of inspiring.

I played through the Silent Hill games for the first time back in 2022 through emulating. I think in terms of things the future Silent Hill games are improvements when it comes to story, character, and gameplay but the first one feels the most concentrated in the industrial aesthetic so it holds relatively equal footing with the others for me. I see how the series influenced many games to come including OFF!