What's that game (Paratext mode)

In literary interpretation, paratext is material that surrounds a published main text (e.g., the story, non-fiction description, poems, etc.) supplied by the authors, editors, printers, and publishers.
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This is the game where you post stuff that is not a game but was published to accompany, advertise, or explain it (among other purposes) and people guess what game it’s linked to. Manuals, art books, soundtracks (the physical item, not the songs), covers/back cases, etc. Things “around” the game that are not the game.

One person posts something related to a game, people guess, and the person who gets it right gets to post the next thing.

Generally, the easy mode rules also apply. It should be a game most people would know, obscured in any way you want to make it a little more difficult to guess.

̶T̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶g̶o̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶g̶e̶t̶ ̶m̶e̶r̶g̶e̶d̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶p̶o̶s̶t̶s̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶r̶e̶a̶d̶,̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶I̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶n̶k̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶l̶a̶s̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶h̶a̶p̶p̶e̶n̶e̶d̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶@̶S̶t̶u̶a̶r̶t̶G̶i̶p̶p̶ ̶g̶u̶e̶s̶s̶e̶d̶ ̶@̶T̶r̶a̶d̶e̶g̶o̶o̶d̶’̶s̶ ̶̶C̶r̶a̶z̶y̶ ̶T̶a̶x̶i̶̶ ̶m̶a̶n̶u̶a̶l̶,̶ ̶s̶o̶ ̶w̶e̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶r̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶r̶e̶.̶ ̶I̶f̶ ̶@̶S̶t̶u̶a̶r̶t̶G̶i̶p̶p̶ ̶d̶o̶e̶s̶n̶’̶t̶ ̶w̶a̶n̶t̶ ̶t̶o̶,̶ ̶I̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶ ̶d̶o̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶.̶ ̶B̶u̶t̶ ̶s̶i̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶w̶e̶ ̶h̶a̶d̶ ̶a̶l̶r̶e̶a̶d̶y̶ ̶k̶i̶n̶d̶a̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶r̶t̶e̶d̶,̶ ̶I̶ ̶d̶i̶d̶n̶’̶t̶ ̶w̶a̶n̶t̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶r̶e̶b̶o̶o̶t̶ ̶i̶t̶.̶

Edit: we are not doing that.

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I just want to say that when this was being discussed I was thinking, “An apt label for referring to the supporting materials is ‘paratext,’ but I’m not sure if that’s too jargony.”

Your title warms my literary heart.

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Paratext is perfect.

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I knew this graduate degree would be useful eventually.

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Parrot text it is!

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Oh I misunderstood! I thought we were migrating posts. I’ll post something to get us started later or if somebody wants to just hop in and make a post, go for it.

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I figured as @StuartGipp won the last round they could get the game going here!

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Works for me!

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I will do this imminently. The only reason I am not doing it right now is that I am in the bathroom. WORRY NOT: nothing appalling is happening. I will edit this shortly.

Edit: It begins

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I’m not sure what this is but it feels British to me.

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James Pond

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You are correct. For future reference, every entry from me will also be James Pond.

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i was doing some googling for British games with orchids and came across this game called Sabre Wulf and wanted to share a screenshot. ZX spectrum games just look fantastical to me
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Wow, did not expect my complete shot in the dark to be a bullseye. What the hell?

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Let’s try this one. It has always baffled me.

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Glover would never do this, would he?

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Shantae maybe?

Mario Paint

Rayman

Tails and the Music Maker.