Anyway please go play Mina the Hollower
Jun. 10th, 2026 07:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynlingHey man, did you see the trailer for the Ocarina of Time remake yesterday morning? They sure didn’t show us much, did they. I hear you. The Unreal Engine 5 graphics they used are kind of generic and weird, let’s be honest. And a Switch 2 costs one wamillion dollars, which is wild. That’s not Nintendo’s fault, but nobody has that kind of money these days, you know?
So the great news is that there are all sorts of indie games created in the style of old Zelda titles that people upload to Steam and Itch.io, and a lot of them are totally free! It’s true that most of these games are garbage, but that’s where curators and reviewers like me come in to shift through the pile and promote good work – a lot of which is made by female, queer, and trans creators, as well as people outside the imperial center. And did I mention that a lot of these games are free, and that you can play them on whatever computer or laptop you already have?
But you’re saying that these reviews and promo posts aren’t interesting to you? That you don’t actually care about supporting indie devs or indie game reviews? You’re not going to share these posts on social media, or even drop a quick heart as a gesture of goodwill? You’re saying that you just wanted to show that you’re cool because you hate Nintendo, right.
Oh, okay then. That’s... that’s fine I guess.
So the great news is that there are all sorts of indie games created in the style of old Zelda titles that people upload to Steam and Itch.io, and a lot of them are totally free! It’s true that most of these games are garbage, but that’s where curators and reviewers like me come in to shift through the pile and promote good work – a lot of which is made by female, queer, and trans creators, as well as people outside the imperial center. And did I mention that a lot of these games are free, and that you can play them on whatever computer or laptop you already have?
But you’re saying that these reviews and promo posts aren’t interesting to you? That you don’t actually care about supporting indie devs or indie game reviews? You’re not going to share these posts on social media, or even drop a quick heart as a gesture of goodwill? You’re saying that you just wanted to show that you’re cool because you hate Nintendo, right.
Oh, okay then. That’s... that’s fine I guess.
