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.
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.
It's beloved, seems a little weird, love that it's inspired by Twin Peaks, and I haven't gosh darn played it!
If it ever gets chosen by the Dice Gods of Randomness, I'll play the GBC DX version myself. But it'd be cool if other people played the Switch ver or original ver.
I don't know much about the game aside from some screenshots. I'm not a huge Zelda fan but I've played a few of them.
Anyway, that's it! We've got our first nomination!
Definitely interested in “book club for games”, now the two wolves inside me are battling over selfishly nominating stuff from my backlog or stuff that would be actually interesting for a group to discuss… does that venn diagram even intersect anywhere?
I'll nominate A Mind Forever Voyaging - cool and interesting in and of itself, a prime example of its genre, historically important, kind of overlooked, and also pretty sure its free these days
@“messemet”#p104247 selfishly nominating stuff from my backlog or stuff that would be actually interesting for a group to discuss… does that venn diagram even intersect anywhere?
If you're here in forums.insertcredit.com, that venn diagram is probably like a lumpy circle.
shoot, it‘s too late for me now, but someone should do atlantis no nazo or tower of druaga (or a game similarly obtuse and secret-filled); it’d be fun for everyone to work together to find a route through, without using any guides!
