I ain’t no Oprah but I’ve been thinking it would be fun to have a monthly game club, similar to a book club, where those of us interested in a given month’s game all play it throughout the month and share our thoughts. It’d be a way to share an experience together and check out some games we might not otherwise.
How it works
Nominate a game. Ideally no more than one per person per month so it doesn’t get flooded. Old and new games are welcome. Any platform is fine but hopefully it’s widely playable. Ideally the game will be in English or have a fan translation. Nominations stick around until they get chosen!
At the beginning of each month a random game that’s been nominated will be selected and a new forum thread will be created to play and discuss it.
We’ll start the first game in Mar '23. That gives us some time to gather nominations and feedback on this.
View the nominations
Here’s a spreadsheet to view the nominated games!
History
- Mar '23 - Xanadu Next
- Apr '23 - Mega Man Legends
- May '23 - Crystalis
- Jun '23 - Arx Fatalis
- Jul '23 (Summer Special) - OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
- Aug '23 - Marathon
- Sep '23 - Tomato Way
- Oct '23 - Shining Force II
- Nov '23 - February 2003
- Dec '23 - The Tower of Druaga
- Jan '24 - Ufouria: The Saga
- Feb '24 - Mega Man Legends 2
- Mar '24 - Grizzly’s Day Out
- Apr '24 - Team Buddies
- May '24 - 140
- Jun '24 - The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
- Jul '24 - The Guardian Legend
- Aug '24 - Mad TV
- Sep '24 - E.V.O: Search for Eden
- Oct '24 (Spooky Special) - Baroque
- Nov '24 - Factorio
- Dec '24 - Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble!
- Jan '25 - Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale
- Feb '25 - Nethack 3.6.7
- Mar '25 - VVVVVV
- Apr '25 - Kaze no Notam
- May '25 - SaGa Frontier 2
What do you think?
Would this be fun? Are you interested in participating? I like the idea of being asynchronously social about playing games. If you aren’t interested in a game that month, just don’t participate and wait for next month.
And when you nominate a game, post about a little bit about it here if ya’ want. I’ll use that in the game’s introduction post when that month starts.
Thanks!!