Dario Marchetti

Parlare di #videogiochi in un altro modo, senza hype e con più emozioni? Si può fare. Per questo ho lanciato #VideoludicaObscura, una newsletter quindicinale (per ora), che è anche un manifesto! Leggetelo, condividetelo e iscrivetevi qui: videoludicaobscura.substack.com/p/manifesto-de…

Since 2015, Will Wright — the legendary video game designer behind 'The Sims' and 'SimCity' — has been consumed by a new obsession: how our ever-shifting library of memories forges the self. In his mind, each personal memory from your life is like a snow globe, a world inside a world. But that world could be connected to countless others in conscious and unconscious ways. He wanted to create a game in which a player could tinker with that unending maze of inner microverses, logging their significant memories for an AI to analyze and then mapping their own psyche the way they had mapped digital metropolises in ‘SimCity.’ It would be called ‘Proxi: Yesterday's You Tomorrow.’ The concept was part computerized LEGO set, part RPG, part Enneagram, part transhumanist mind-uploading fantasy, part reboot of Borges and Proust for the LLM age. It would be, in some ways, Wright's most personal video game yet. Fast forward to October 2024 — after spending ten years, a million dollars of Wright's own money, and a few million from investors; after they’d already started building out the game’s universe — the game was (and still is) nowhere close to being finished. Eric Boodman spent time with Wright and his ‘Proxi’ crew to find out when — or if — one of the most celebrated video-game designers ever's next (and even wilder) act will come to life: nymag.visitlink.me/ElSdEG

@edmundmcmillen Mr. McMillen, what would be the right address to forward a press request for review purposes? Thanks and best of luck with the launch!

What a day… so the review embargo for mewgenics lifts in 6 hours. that means 6+ years of our lives that we poured into this game will be boiled down to a number.. I’m tired, stressed and excited at the same time, and also worried about getting no sleep and being a zombie all day… wish us luck!

@adampi Hello Adam, just sent you an email

if you are press, we are happy to talk more about what happened and the impact the DMCA strike has had on us. i think this story needs to get out! this affects all of us. taking down a game being this easy sets a dangerous precedent. my email is on my itch

A game industry legend died a few mins ago, Rebecca Heineman (@burgerbecky), taken away by aggressive lung cancer. She oversaw the porting of Wizordum to the Mac OS most recently for Apogee. My local friends would often have dinner with her and I loved her industry stories and humor. She will be missed. gofundme.com/f/help-rebecca…

@michaelmicasso Totally love this. Is there any way to get a hold of your mekmode font and experiment with it? Thanks!

@adc_bx @rcl128 Sure! Thanks

@dario_marchetti @rcl128 Hi! Could you bump it up please? It must’ve drowned in the rivers of spam I get hourly 😭 Sorry about that

Priv reminder @rcl128

@adc_bx Hello! Sent you a DM some time ago, let me know if you can check it out, thanks! 🙏

optimizing my game’s meshes by replacing them with billboards 😌

@adc_bx Thanks for this small, beautiful, world. This inspired me a lot, and I wrote a short story inspired by my playthrough. It will come out as the new episode of my newsletter, Videoludica Obscura, which is all about writing stories inspired by the obscure videogames i like to play.

small patch published, featuring: lighting fixes better audio mind blowing binocular lenses a small reminder about controls

This is my way. May it help you find your own. buythebook.online/push-the-wall

Feeling inspired by @michaelmicasso amazing #textmode art so I decided to try my hand at it! #gaming #videogames #retrogames #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegamedev #indiegames

@michaelmicasso May I ask if you use some kind of specific pixel art software for works such as this one? If so, what is it? Thanks for the beautiful things you create.

𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚍𝚍𝚜, 𝚙𝚞𝚜𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑. 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎.

VILE: Exhumed may be banned for sale, but I refuse to let that stop people from playing the game. It’s now available, for free, at VILEISBANNED.COM Please share the site, share the game, and fuck anyone who tries to control storytelling and expression.

My favourite thing from the @JamesGunn Superman? It has to be Edi Gathegi's fabulous Mr.Terrific, with that deadpan line delivery split between Samuel L. Jackson and Cristopher Walken. Great casting, as with Nathan Fillion's Guy Gardner.

This July 11 marks the 10 year anniversary of Satoru Iwata's passing. I still think of him nearly every day. Together, we put a lot of smiles on people's faces.

"That woman deserves her revenge. And we deserve to die" Michael Madsen 1957-2025 #killbill #michaelmadsen #quentintarantino

Dancing with the moonlit knight #gaming #videogames #indiedev #solodev #gamedev #ai #dithering #figma #conceptart #knight #soulslike #mockup #indiegaming #indiegames #indie #grimdark

Su @rainewsofficial @dario_marchetti - che ringrazio molto per la cura e la profonda competenza - mi intervista su Cravuni @greyinterzona (@polidoro_editore di @adrianocorbied - @greyladder @tinybullgames), sul mio gotico siciliano, sul film dello Scuru @w.lombardo.

Ringrazio molto @dario_marchetti, ottimo giornalista di @rainewsofficial che si occupa di videogiochi e ne scrive con qualità obliqua e originalità nel suo blog Videoludica Obscura (seguitelo). Ha parlato con cura e profondità letterina e crossmediale del mio Cravuni :

Perché ancora oggi il pubblico del #videogioco sente il bisogno di definire il valore di un’opera d’arte in base al prezzo? Questo e altro nel nuovo episodio della mia newsletter #VideoludicaObscura: videoludicaobscura.substack.com/p/quanto-vale-… #videogiochi #indiedev #ClairObscurExpedition33