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27. The Case of the Golden Idol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCnsGq3D0oY

Whatever you'd call this very specific type of vaguely supernatural murder mystery game, I want more of them. The game is visually hideous, but intentionally so? Like it's well-made in how ugly it is, because characters are so memorable that when you see them appear in later chapters, you can immediately put together who they are, which puts you at a (much needed) head start as you start to put together the pieces of what is happening in any given scene that you're haphazardly thrown into. When I really think about it, what makes games like this so fascinating is that, in a way, they're the adult version of educational games you play as a kid. You are quite literally learning as you play, but instead of learning the alphabet or multiplication, you're learning the rules of the world you're in. This is a dark and fascinatingly complex story tied together with an equally fascinating system of problem solving and deduction.

26. Hypnospace Outlaw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb4Jul496QE

This game is way too dumb to be as much of a gut punch as it is. It's slightly nostalgic to an era of internet where the internet was just starting out, with absolutely ridiculous pre-Wordpress website creations. But there's a sort of sense of uneasiness to it, because it's not quite right. It's not a horror game by any stretch, but there's still something dark and every so slightly off behind everything here. It's another mystery solving game of sorts, but not in the way most mystery games are. You essentially take the role of an internet cop, censoring and demeriting websites for not following mostly arbitrary rules, from the more reasonable cyberbully and harassment to the more ridiculous deletion of children's drawings of copyrighted characters. You're free to explore on your own pace, learning the stories of various characters as their sites develop over time and you learn secrets about the creation of these version of the internet. What really cements Hypnospace Outlaw even more though is its ending, which I still think about years later.