Jack P
@jpetkov.bsky.social
Games writer and player and rarely a game maker. Runs Life While {} Find my work at https://lifewhileloop.wordpress.com
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Jack P
@jpetkov.bsky.social
· Feb 27
Life While{ }
Trying to sound smart about stuff
lifewhileloop.wordpress.com
I am still writing that video essay and by god it will get done at some point, until then please feel free to read my middling writing at: lifewhileloop.wordpress.com
Finally cool enough here to where my something rotten merch. The smoking nun shirt goes crazy hard. Makes me want to replay Indika too.
October 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Finally cool enough here to where my something rotten merch. The smoking nun shirt goes crazy hard. Makes me want to replay Indika too.
Being Creative isn't easy and a capitalistic society makes it harder to do it for the love of the game. This is just a rant on the struggles to create when life takes it all out of you.
Creativity in a Post Capitalist Hell:
Like many people on the internet, I hope to have some kind of creative outlet in my life, something beyond the consumption of the arts, movies, game, and other media. Something I can call my own. L…
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September 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Being Creative isn't easy and a capitalistic society makes it harder to do it for the love of the game. This is just a rant on the struggles to create when life takes it all out of you.
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It's been 1 year since we released the Shroom and Gloom prototype!🎉
Created over 3 months, the prototype was created to asses the viability of turning Shroom and Gloom into a full game.
Here's how it turned out, alongside the OG jam game made in 10 days:
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedevelopment
Created over 3 months, the prototype was created to asses the viability of turning Shroom and Gloom into a full game.
Here's how it turned out, alongside the OG jam game made in 10 days:
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedevelopment
September 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
It's been 1 year since we released the Shroom and Gloom prototype!🎉
Created over 3 months, the prototype was created to asses the viability of turning Shroom and Gloom into a full game.
Here's how it turned out, alongside the OG jam game made in 10 days:
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedevelopment
Created over 3 months, the prototype was created to asses the viability of turning Shroom and Gloom into a full game.
Here's how it turned out, alongside the OG jam game made in 10 days:
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedevelopment
Please support writing on games if you can, genuinely some of the best games writing out there with peak production quality.
Hate to do this but money is prrretty tight right now. If my vids have brought you some enjoyment or comfort over the years and you want to see them continue, please consider pledging even a dollar a month over at patreon.com/writingongames. Sincerely, every pledge helps tremendously!
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September 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Please support writing on games if you can, genuinely some of the best games writing out there with peak production quality.
I just finished spec ops the line. I will think about it for a while I think
May 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I just finished spec ops the line. I will think about it for a while I think
I still can't stop thinking about Sinners, haven't had a movie make me want to see it a second time in theaters in so long, I will be buying a ticket for the 70mm Imax cut ASAP.
April 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I still can't stop thinking about Sinners, haven't had a movie make me want to see it a second time in theaters in so long, I will be buying a ticket for the 70mm Imax cut ASAP.
I finally watched I saw the tv glow. The ending left me feeling gutted, almost empty. I haven’t seen such a display of pain, resentment, regret, and ultimately a sad kind of acceptance on film in a long time.
April 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I finally watched I saw the tv glow. The ending left me feeling gutted, almost empty. I haven’t seen such a display of pain, resentment, regret, and ultimately a sad kind of acceptance on film in a long time.
"In some of the most iconic stories told, the settings hold just as much weight as the characters within them. The Overlook Hotel, The Shire, Rapture, and Silent Hill. These places are almost characters themselves, reflecting the narrative's turns and the characters' development.
April 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
"In some of the most iconic stories told, the settings hold just as much weight as the characters within them. The Overlook Hotel, The Shire, Rapture, and Silent Hill. These places are almost characters themselves, reflecting the narrative's turns and the characters' development.
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🔥 3+ years at Lost in Cult! Just some of the stuff we've produced.
April 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🔥 3+ years at Lost in Cult! Just some of the stuff we've produced.
About halfway through editing the video. Hopefully I can get it done in another week or so.
April 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
About halfway through editing the video. Hopefully I can get it done in another week or so.
Just finished still wakes the deep. A fantastic story. A heart breaking end. It’s just as much a horror game as it is a meditation on love, obligation, and what it means to care for your own and for others. Every character is magnetic and the writing is so well done you forget you just met them.
April 1, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Just finished still wakes the deep. A fantastic story. A heart breaking end. It’s just as much a horror game as it is a meditation on love, obligation, and what it means to care for your own and for others. Every character is magnetic and the writing is so well done you forget you just met them.
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Missed out? We’re back, bay-bee 🫵
Stumpy Frog Records x Lost In Cult's Arctic Eggs ❄️🥚 release returns for one more variant: Frying Pan black 🍳
👉 Limited to 300 copies, this edition includes alternate center labels ❤️🔥
Pre-orders are open through stumpyfrog.com & @lostincult.co.uk 👏
Stumpy Frog Records x Lost In Cult's Arctic Eggs ❄️🥚 release returns for one more variant: Frying Pan black 🍳
👉 Limited to 300 copies, this edition includes alternate center labels ❤️🔥
Pre-orders are open through stumpyfrog.com & @lostincult.co.uk 👏
March 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Missed out? We’re back, bay-bee 🫵
Stumpy Frog Records x Lost In Cult's Arctic Eggs ❄️🥚 release returns for one more variant: Frying Pan black 🍳
👉 Limited to 300 copies, this edition includes alternate center labels ❤️🔥
Pre-orders are open through stumpyfrog.com & @lostincult.co.uk 👏
Stumpy Frog Records x Lost In Cult's Arctic Eggs ❄️🥚 release returns for one more variant: Frying Pan black 🍳
👉 Limited to 300 copies, this edition includes alternate center labels ❤️🔥
Pre-orders are open through stumpyfrog.com & @lostincult.co.uk 👏
I've been playing so much @abioticfactor.com with two of my friends and it still feels like we are scratching the surface. I can't sing the game's praises enough, the concept is novel, the gameplay is solid and the aesthetics and story are scratching the HL1 Itch. It needs so much more attention.
March 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I've been playing so much @abioticfactor.com with two of my friends and it still feels like we are scratching the surface. I can't sing the game's praises enough, the concept is novel, the gameplay is solid and the aesthetics and story are scratching the HL1 Itch. It needs so much more attention.
The script is done??? I’m giving it a day to sit before I get to story boarding and filming. Here is the thumbnail. I will be put out at some point.
March 3, 2025 at 5:59 AM
The script is done??? I’m giving it a day to sit before I get to story boarding and filming. Here is the thumbnail. I will be put out at some point.
I am still writing that video essay and by god it will get done at some point, until then please feel free to read my middling writing at: lifewhileloop.wordpress.com
Life While{ }
Trying to sound smart about stuff
lifewhileloop.wordpress.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I am still writing that video essay and by god it will get done at some point, until then please feel free to read my middling writing at: lifewhileloop.wordpress.com
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been going through the VGHF archives today and so delighted to see the trove of stuff in the FromSoft promotional materials collection
January 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
been going through the VGHF archives today and so delighted to see the trove of stuff in the FromSoft promotional materials collection
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I got the WinRAR bag. I am not ashamed. But I should be.
December 27, 2024 at 12:04 AM
I got the WinRAR bag. I am not ashamed. But I should be.
To all the people who have followed me here recently, thank you yall are the goats. Winter break is almost here which means I will have more time to work on the video adaption of one of my first articles on life while loop, maybe with some cool snow footage depending on the weather when i travel
December 2, 2024 at 2:37 AM
To all the people who have followed me here recently, thank you yall are the goats. Winter break is almost here which means I will have more time to work on the video adaption of one of my first articles on life while loop, maybe with some cool snow footage depending on the weather when i travel
I am very much one of the copy paste white guys who would say unironic dark souls saved me. And I’m not ashamed to admit that. I still want to write about dark souls I just need to think of something that hasn’t been said already.
November 24, 2024 at 2:43 AM
I am very much one of the copy paste white guys who would say unironic dark souls saved me. And I’m not ashamed to admit that. I still want to write about dark souls I just need to think of something that hasn’t been said already.
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🦋 Competition time 🦋
To celebrate our near-4000(!) new followers this month, we're running a Bsky-exclusive giveaway.
Three random winners will win a £100 voucher to spend at lostincult.co.uk
To enter, follow + like & repost this lil guy.
Winners announced Thur 28th November @ 1pm GMT
To celebrate our near-4000(!) new followers this month, we're running a Bsky-exclusive giveaway.
Three random winners will win a £100 voucher to spend at lostincult.co.uk
To enter, follow + like & repost this lil guy.
Winners announced Thur 28th November @ 1pm GMT
November 20, 2024 at 5:55 PM
🦋 Competition time 🦋
To celebrate our near-4000(!) new followers this month, we're running a Bsky-exclusive giveaway.
Three random winners will win a £100 voucher to spend at lostincult.co.uk
To enter, follow + like & repost this lil guy.
Winners announced Thur 28th November @ 1pm GMT
To celebrate our near-4000(!) new followers this month, we're running a Bsky-exclusive giveaway.
Three random winners will win a £100 voucher to spend at lostincult.co.uk
To enter, follow + like & repost this lil guy.
Winners announced Thur 28th November @ 1pm GMT
In the last English class I took for my major, we had been talking about Baldwin and his work for the better part of 2 weeks when someone who I had seen in class almost every day ask “Who the Fuck is James Baldwin”. Later that semester he gave a talk on identity politics for a project.
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
- James Baldwin
- James Baldwin
November 18, 2024 at 6:19 PM
In the last English class I took for my major, we had been talking about Baldwin and his work for the better part of 2 weeks when someone who I had seen in class almost every day ask “Who the Fuck is James Baldwin”. Later that semester he gave a talk on identity politics for a project.
The new half life documentary gives some really good insight into the development of episode 3 and its reason for being shelved. The long and short of it is valve sees the half life ip as a mechanism to deliver innovative new gameplay, hl 1,2, and Alex all focused on innovation in engine. 🧵
November 17, 2024 at 12:50 AM
The new half life documentary gives some really good insight into the development of episode 3 and its reason for being shelved. The long and short of it is valve sees the half life ip as a mechanism to deliver innovative new gameplay, hl 1,2, and Alex all focused on innovation in engine. 🧵
I have been going on another binge into Yusef Lateef's discography and man, some of these tracks feel like period pieces in the best way.
November 13, 2024 at 11:40 PM
I have been going on another binge into Yusef Lateef's discography and man, some of these tracks feel like period pieces in the best way.
Doing my best to continue to write in the midst of college stuff and my regular job, that being said I did make a logo for my website.
The W clipping into the h is intentional btw.
Anyways please read through my posts if you enjoy them consider following so you know when I write something next.
The W clipping into the h is intentional btw.
Anyways please read through my posts if you enjoy them consider following so you know when I write something next.
November 13, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Doing my best to continue to write in the midst of college stuff and my regular job, that being said I did make a logo for my website.
The W clipping into the h is intentional btw.
Anyways please read through my posts if you enjoy them consider following so you know when I write something next.
The W clipping into the h is intentional btw.
Anyways please read through my posts if you enjoy them consider following so you know when I write something next.
The mass exodus to what feels like a stable platform that doesn’t do everything In its power to ruin your day feels like a no-brainer that should have happened years ago.
November 13, 2024 at 6:22 PM
The mass exodus to what feels like a stable platform that doesn’t do everything In its power to ruin your day feels like a no-brainer that should have happened years ago.