by LepcisMagna 
Strange Antiquities is a semi-sequel to Strange Horticulture, to the point that I almost did not write this impression because the games are so similar and most impressions will overlap. Even so, this one will be short.
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Okay, I had a plan for this to come out two days ago as a nice Halloween-themed special episode. But my utter non-interest in finishing what turned out to be the last ten minutes of this game meant I procrastinated, so here we are. Given that this is a murder mystery, I’ll do my best to get my thoughts out mechanics-wise without spoiling too much of the story (though I will be forced to talk about one thing in the very last part of the game which is kinda-sorta spoiler-related, though it is a spoiler more about the mechanics than the plot).
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A double feature: two puzzle games with very similar gameplay loops and a few unfortunate flaws. Even so, I’ll not bury the lede – they’re both Tier One and recommended for puzzle aficionados, though both come with caveats.
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Yeah, I probably should have just believed Yahtzee: I guess deduction simulators really do need a kraken to show up from time to time to make things interesting.
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What is this? 2018? Yeah, do you really need me to tell you that Celeste is good?
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Pro Philosopher 2: Governments & Grievances. The successor to a flash game called Socrates Jones – this time, it’s political (read that in a stereotypical movie sequel voice). The original was a fantastic jaunt through moral philosophy in a Phoenix Wright-style setting. It was great. So’s the sequel.
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Dome Keeper is a tricky game to evaluate. It lives somewhere between the flash game Motherload and Terraria, with a bit of tower defense built in.
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I mean, it’s an Owlcat cRPG, and you know how I feel about those. For a development studio with three games (and apparently 450 employees), they have an incredibly well-established brand. Unfortunately, that also means I’m going to have to start really criticizing some aspects of their gameplay and implementation of the Warhammer system specifically.
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An English Haunting wants to have its cake and eat it, too. Sadly, it doesn’t work that way.
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One day, many years ago, I was in the car with my dad listening to NPR while they interviewed someone about string theory and additional dimensions of space. At the time, I didn’t understand it at all. Now, I know enough to know that I really didn’t understand it. And that’s where my curse began.
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