Andrew Brown

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Opinion-haver at playcritically.com. #Indie reviewer of indie videogames. Your post reminds me of a Simpsons episode. he/him

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince key art. The three heroes of the Trine, Amadeus the Wizard, Zoya the Thief, and Pontius the Knight, look confident and prepared for anything that may come towards them. Behind them, a dark figure stands on a bluff, looking over a shadowed valley.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League key art. Task Force X team members Harley Quinn, King Shark, Captain Boomerang, and Deadshot cavort acrobatically through the air in front of a white, desaturated image of the Metropolis cityscape.
A solved 15x15 nonogram puzzle depicting a jack-o-lantern with a crooked smile and slanted, menacing eyes.
A togo box containing wide cut fries and a mushroom swiss cheese burger wrapped in checked paper.
A Chase bank in downtown Portland with plywood nailed across all its windows.
A physical copy of RetroRealms Double Feature Halloween and Ash vs Evil Dead for Switch set on an ugly carpet.
Physical copies of A Little to the Left Extra Tidy Edition and Core Keeper for Switch set on an ugly carpet.
A solved 10x15 nonogram puzzle depicting a ghost.
A solved 10x15 nonogram puzzle depicting a light bulb.
A solved 10x15 nonogram puzzle depicting a microscope.
Harley Quinn looking along a ruined Metropolis Skyline. A colossal space ship shaped liked a skull gazes down on the city with disturbing, purple eyes. Huge black discs float along the sky, casting beams of purple energy onto rooftops. From on top of a statue of Wonder Woman, Batman can just be seen looking down on Harley Quinn.
Cocoon key art. A bipedal creature with arm-like wings looks into a sphere containing rocky mesa, which contains a sphere containing a green swamp, which contains a sphere that contains purple clouds.
Europa key art. Protagonist Zee, a boy in a red cape with a rocket strapped to his back, looks across a lush, green landscape filled with advanced, but decayed structures. An island flies in the sky in the top-left corner and the planet Jupiter is seen in the distance, partially masked by atmosphere and clouds.
Harley Quinn, dressed in prison garb, looks at a commemorative plaque for Arleen Sorkin. From Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.
Physical copies of Cult of the Lamb and The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe for Switch and Resident Evil 4 Xbox Series X set on an ugly carpet.
A Bluesky profile that has apparently been overwritten by a cartoon spammer.
Physical copies of Darkest Dungeon II and Tin Hearts for Switch set on an ugly carpet.
A large, steel ballot drop box set on brick flooring flanked by white flower planters.
A mayoral candidate profile for Michael O'Callaghan, written by the candidate.
A mayoral candidate profile for Michael Hayes.
A mayoral candidate profile for Martin Ward, written by the candidate, that includes multiple references to his own unemployment and "doing God's work."
Physical copies of Farm Together Deluxe Edition and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Mayhem for Switch set on an ugly carpet.
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare key art. Protagonist John Marston is resurrected as a rotting zombie, with green skin around his face except for his nose and around his mouth, where the flesh has rotted completely away, revealing bare muscle and bone. He wears tattered clothes, a red bandanda and a vest over a torn white shirt. Across his chest is a belt of large caliber bullets. He points a broad-barrelled short firearm at the viewer.
God of War Ragnarök key art. Protagonists Kratos and Atreus stand on a frozen glacier, near a fissure. Kratos is a tall, imposing man with ash white skin and a red stripe tattoo across on eye. He wields a massive axe, but he's so strong he can bear it with one hand. Atreus is a boy in his late teens with a red fauxhawk and wielding a wooden bow. Both are dressed in armor with warming additions.
Donald Trump, an overweight psychopath wearing an apron.
A solved 10x15 nonogram puzzle depicting an alchemy flask, filled with liquid, with smoke billowing from its mouth.
Physical copies of Tomb Raider I-III Remastered and Disney Epic Mickey Rebrushed for Switch set on an ugly carpet.
A physical copy of Mail Mole for Switch set on an ugly carpet.
Fred Rogers using crayons to draw a simple box house and stick figures on a large pad of paper attached to an easel. Across five panels, he explained, "I'm not very good at it. But it doesn't matter. It's the fun of doing it that's important. No matter how anybody says it is. It feels good to have made something."
An image from Dungeons of Hinterberg, depicting Renaud, a too-serious man dressed all in black, with slicked black hair, a black van dyke beard, black sunglasses, and black sword strapped to his back. The texture of the image is embellished by a speckling pattern.
A stylized version of Edward Scissorhands, the gentle and pacifist creation of a mad scientist with a childlike face and scissors for hands, created to be a playable character in Fortnite,
The Fear Business key art. In an image stylized like an an ad for an old horror movie, two figures in black cloaks lit by bloodred light stand menacingly in the shadows. Their white, skull-like faces are barely visible beneath their hoods.
A brown tabby cat investigating a Nintendo Alarmo set up at the corner of a bed.
A brown tabby cat sitting on a blanket suspended between a pair of erect legs like a hammock.
A block of text cut from a text processor. It reads REVIEW Dungeons of Hinterberg (October 19th) Introduction of Hinterberg Time of Hinterberg Explorable Areas of Hinterberg Combat of Hinterberg Dungeons of Hinterberg Social Sims of Hinterberg Plot and Themes of Hinterberg Conclusion of Hinterberg
A solved 10x15 nonogram puzzle depicting... something with a round top and a pointed bottom with two sharp edges, I can't tell what it is.
A brown tabby cat witb a white muzzle and sock markings lounging on a plush blanket.
Physical copies of Balatro and Sky Oceans: Wings for Hire for Switch set on an ugly carpet.
Dungeons of Hinterberg key art. Protagonist Luisa leaps in the middle of the frame, dressed in a green jacket and tight exercise pants, holding a sword as though to swing it with great effort. She leaps in front of a purple beam of energy that bisects the image. On the left side is Hinterberg, a European mountain village filled with normal people and a suspended railcar line. On the right side is a dark quarry filled with fantasy monsters, black figures wearing masks that give them identity.
A solved 10x15 nonogram puzzle depicting a Knight chess piece in profile.
A physical copy of LEGO 2K Drive for Switch set on an ugly carpet.
A Bluesky post from more than two months ago from user @playcritically. It reads "Trump has always been the antagonist, which is why Biden had to be the hero who overcomes his personal flaws to save the day and Trump is Orcus waiting on his throne to be vanquished by the heroes."
Physical copies with manuals of Super Mario Allstars, Family Feud, Jeopardy! Final Fantasy Mystic Quest, and The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past, and Complete In Box copies of Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong Country 2, and Pitfall The Mayan Adventure, all for SNES, set on an ugly carpet.
A Google Docs "Outline" which has been modified to have something called "Document Tabs," a change nobody asked for, nobody wanted, but we all get to have for some reason.
A frame from the title sequence to Adventures in Wonderland, depicting Alice sliding down a red slide from her mirror into a void filled with clocks. The "Jumping Elon" figure has been edited into the image beside her.
The Karate Kid: Street Rumble key art. Protagonist Daniel Larusso stands in the iconic "Crane Kick" pose, his arms raised at his sides and balancing on one leg with the other lifted above his torso. Behind him are his girlfriends, Ali Larter and Kumiko, posing as though ready for combat. Looming behind them all is karate master Mr. Miyagi, his white hair tied back by a headband and his face mostly obscured by a stereotypical Fu Manchu-cut beard and mustache.
An HD TV set against a wall crowded out by dozens of pumpkin figures of many different sizes.
The exterior of the Moreland theater, a tiny entrance crammed between a cafe and the Limelight Restaurant & Lounge.
The Last Faith key art. A man with long black hair stands in front of a gothic cathedral. He is dressed in Victorian garb, a long black duster and a vest with a collar so high it hides his mouth. His hands are covered by gauntlets, one of them glowing with tendrils of red energy.
A solved 10x16 nonogram puzzle depicting two cherries connected by their stem.
A physical copy of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom for Switch set on an ugly carpet.
A physical copy of Cocoon for Switch set on an ugly carpet.
A Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom promotional thing set on an ugly carpet.
Fan-made Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time key art. Muscular, scowling versions of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, green mutants wearing masks and colored knee and shoulder pads, swirl around a time void at the center of which stands the Statue of Liberty.
Bart Simpson wearing slicked hair, thick glasses, and exaggeratedly tall orthopedic shoes. The image is captioned "Oy, I feel so much better, Mr. Medical Science-Type Person" in parody of Jerry Lewis' Nutty Professor character. From The Simpsons Season 5 Episode 9 "The Last Temptation of Homer."
Fanmade Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin key art. Despite events taking during World War II, protagonists Jonathan and Charlotte are two fashionable mid-2000s teenagers. Jonathan wears a red trench coat over a black wife beater and has long, blonde hair with his bangs hanging moodily over his determined face. Charlotte appears bookish and angry, with long straight brown hair and a blue cape over a modest white blouse and blue dress.
A physical copy of The Karate Kid Street Rumble for Switch set on an ugly carpet.
Outer Wilds key art. A tiny, pock-marked planet in a void of stars is lit by a campfire surrounded by dead trees. The silhouette of a figure and their simple, retro spaceship sit beside the fire.