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David Thatcher
@giraffecat.bsky.social
I make video games, as Giraffe Cat! I made The Sirena Expedition, which is out on Steam and Nintendo Switch:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1957300/?snr=1_5_9__205
https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/the-sirena-expedition-switch/
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The Sirena Expedition is going to be on sale over the Halloween period! But when, and how much?! I got a little help from a certain someone to explain the details.

youtu.be/BpSZwrx_rlA
The Sirena Expedition - Halloween 2024
YouTube video by Giraffe Cat Games
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EARTH MUST DIE is OUT NOW.

Starring Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas, @alexhorne.bsky.social @misterabk.bsky.social @benstarr.bsky.social @5teviem.bsky.social Tamsin Greig, Don Warrington and LOADS of other people.

It's cheap | good | funny, check it out.

store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
Save 25% on Earth Must Die on Steam
These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from ...
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January 27, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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💀💀💀 new game out today! 💀💀💀

A JACKPOT OF SKULLS is a free slot-machine reignslike for the pico-8. you (the sunderer) have once again sundered your realm, and your rivals won't let you hear the end of it.

play it here, even on your phone brainfruit.studio/games/jackpot
A JACKPOT OF SKULLS
A real dial-turner. Made in PICO-8 for _update jam.
brainfruit.studio
January 26, 2026 at 3:16 PM
This week's #RandomGameSaturday is arguably the best racing game on the PS1: Ridge Racer Type 4! I spent the entire summer before starting university in 1999 completing Grand Prix mode the 100+ times required to unlock the Pac-Man car. Pictured here with Andy Kelly's R4 fanzine, One More Win.
January 24, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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You will like our indie game if you played these games:
🐧 Kaze No Notam
🐧 Lil Gator Game
🐧 Pilotwings
🐧Alba A Wildlife Adventure
January 15, 2026 at 4:04 PM
#RandomGameSaturday is three games: Bubsy & Bubsy II for the Mega Drive, and Bubsy 3D for the PS1! I finally picked up a copy of the Mega Drive sequel today, completing the set.
January 17, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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HEY HEY it's NEWS 'O CLOCK.

'EARTH MUST DIE' is coming out on the 27th of Jan, which is alarmingly soon!

Please pop over here and wishlist it, and do share if you're able. Thank you.

store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
January 14, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Earth Must Die🌍💀launches January 27 on Steam!

- Brand new game from THE @danthat.bsky.social
- 8+ hour adventure, designed to feel like a playable cartoon
- Fully voiced, with cast including Alex Horne, Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas, Ben Starr, Sally Beaumont

store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
January 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM
So I'm most of the way through Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story, and I have a lot of thoughts! The first thing that strikes me is how personal the manuals for his games were. They're not just a description of how to play, they're Jeff talking to you about how he made the games, and why.
January 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Because I'm in Ireland, #RandomGameSaturday is just something I picked up at CeX: 1080° Snowboarding for the N64!
January 10, 2026 at 5:04 PM
It's the last 7ish hours of the Steam Winter Sale, so why not add The Sirena Expedition to your cart? It's £1.49, and it contains:

- A mysterious facility under the sea.
- Eyes.
- Lots of low-res rusty textures.
- Eyes.
- A big secret.
- Nice music!
- Eyes?

store.steampowered.com/app/1957300/...
January 5, 2026 at 10:42 AM
A slightly newer one for #RandomGameSaturday. Except that it's a collection of old ones! Looking forward to digging into this collection of Jeff Minter's early work next week.
January 3, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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Twenty years on and I still think this is the most breathtaking sequence ever put in a videogame. Testament to the fact that scale and awe are not virtues of graphical horsepower alone
December 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This week's #RandomGameSaturday is R-Type Tactics for the PSP. This is the Special Edition, but I believe two of the art cards are missing from it. Not bad for £12 from CeX though!
December 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Love to go to Caffé Nero, where I can I can eat a toastie that's toasted so hard it's several microns thick and hotter than the sun.
December 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
This week's #RandomGameSaturday is Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil for the PS2!
December 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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HORSES!! I loved this extremely dark and controversial game, and I made a whole dang video on why:

youtu.be/0uu4v7vI638
This banned steam game is a Masterpiece
YouTube video by Katie and Catburger
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December 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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showing a trailer at the Game Awards costs anywhere from $450,000 to a cool $1 million.. here's my old-ass Tiny Tires trailer for free ❤️ #indiegames
December 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Your favourite rapper's favourite dinner
December 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Borurururu! #RandomGameSaturday is Mr. Heli no Daibouken for the PC Engine. This has long been one of my favourite arcade shooters, and the PCE port is nearly arcade-perfect.
December 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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I'm incredibly excited to launch Effulgence RPG into Early Access. For the launch I also made a "almost official" trailer with my & my wife.
Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/3302080/...
#pcgaming #rpg #turnbased #indiedev #indiegamedev #ascii
December 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This week's #RandomGameSaturday is Zool for the Mega Drive! This port of the ST/Amiga game features a short comic in its manual.
November 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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gathered together some of my old games that had fallen off the internet
smestorp.itch.io/lots-of-mich...
lots of michael brough games by Michael Brough
collection
smestorp.itch.io
November 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
In a number of Heavenly Sword's cutscenes, Kai seems to be staring at something that isn't there. Originally she had a small blue 'sprite' that would fly around during her gameplay segments. It was even in some early versions of the cutscenes, before being removed entirely.

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November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
A couple of games for #RandomGameSaturday! NHK Tensai Bit-kun Gramon Battle and Graffiti Kingdom. The latter is the sequel to Magic Pengel: The Quest for Colour (which wasn't released in Europe), the former is based on the Japanese TV show Tensai Bit-Kun, and uses the same character-creation tech.
November 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM