Mr Wendal
@mrwendal-on-games.bsky.social
A psychologist is expensive, but if you join a pen & paper RPG you can act out all your insecurities in character to get free therapy from players and the DM
December 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
A psychologist is expensive, but if you join a pen & paper RPG you can act out all your insecurities in character to get free therapy from players and the DM
Dispatch is rad but I could've done without being told my performance was "better than 20% of players" or in other words, worse than about 80% of players.
Ignorance is bliss.
Ignorance is bliss.
December 14, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Dispatch is rad but I could've done without being told my performance was "better than 20% of players" or in other words, worse than about 80% of players.
Ignorance is bliss.
Ignorance is bliss.
I love the idea of Interactive Fiction (I've even written some) but often struggle to find ones I really like.
Found one!
Pulls you in slow but steady, varied choices - but all reasonable choices (that's harder it sounds), and nice short snackable length. Give it a shot!
jgesq.itch.io/the-package
Found one!
Pulls you in slow but steady, varied choices - but all reasonable choices (that's harder it sounds), and nice short snackable length. Give it a shot!
jgesq.itch.io/the-package
The Package by Jgesq
An unmarked package. A childhood photograph. A face scratched from memory. Some mysteries demand to be solved.
jgesq.itch.io
December 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I love the idea of Interactive Fiction (I've even written some) but often struggle to find ones I really like.
Found one!
Pulls you in slow but steady, varied choices - but all reasonable choices (that's harder it sounds), and nice short snackable length. Give it a shot!
jgesq.itch.io/the-package
Found one!
Pulls you in slow but steady, varied choices - but all reasonable choices (that's harder it sounds), and nice short snackable length. Give it a shot!
jgesq.itch.io/the-package
Watching a youtube video, decent concept with animated illustrations that really support its points, the exact thing I appreciate much more than face-talks-to-the-camera.
Then I realized they drew sketches and animated them with AI.
Oh no. This was not slop, it was good. Thanks, I hate it.
Then I realized they drew sketches and animated them with AI.
Oh no. This was not slop, it was good. Thanks, I hate it.
November 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Watching a youtube video, decent concept with animated illustrations that really support its points, the exact thing I appreciate much more than face-talks-to-the-camera.
Then I realized they drew sketches and animated them with AI.
Oh no. This was not slop, it was good. Thanks, I hate it.
Then I realized they drew sketches and animated them with AI.
Oh no. This was not slop, it was good. Thanks, I hate it.
Valve said they've said they're not working on a new VR game.
I'll buy a Steam Frame as soon as they're available but what am I gonna play on it? I've already played everything.
I'll buy a Steam Frame as soon as they're available but what am I gonna play on it? I've already played everything.
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Valve said they've said they're not working on a new VR game.
I'll buy a Steam Frame as soon as they're available but what am I gonna play on it? I've already played everything.
I'll buy a Steam Frame as soon as they're available but what am I gonna play on it? I've already played everything.
Enjoying Alien Earth. It's refreshing to see a leading cast of mostly 20 somethings.
Back in the 80s some young actors got leading roles... but then they jusy stopped doing that and we got 45 years of Tom Cruise and his friends.
Back in the 80s some young actors got leading roles... but then they jusy stopped doing that and we got 45 years of Tom Cruise and his friends.
October 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Enjoying Alien Earth. It's refreshing to see a leading cast of mostly 20 somethings.
Back in the 80s some young actors got leading roles... but then they jusy stopped doing that and we got 45 years of Tom Cruise and his friends.
Back in the 80s some young actors got leading roles... but then they jusy stopped doing that and we got 45 years of Tom Cruise and his friends.
Errant Signal and Super Bunnyhop both released a video on the same day?
It's like 2015 all over again.
Enjoy it folks, these stars probably ain't aligning ever again.
It's like 2015 all over again.
Enjoy it folks, these stars probably ain't aligning ever again.
I wrote up a longer thing about Corpus Edax. I liked it. If you like physical comedy and immersive sims and throwing things at jerks, you may like it too.
medium.com/errant-signa...
medium.com/errant-signa...
Corpus Edax: Bar Brawls as Physical Comedy
YouTube video by Errant Signal
youtu.be
October 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Errant Signal and Super Bunnyhop both released a video on the same day?
It's like 2015 all over again.
Enjoy it folks, these stars probably ain't aligning ever again.
It's like 2015 all over again.
Enjoy it folks, these stars probably ain't aligning ever again.
Recently been arguing about AI. Everyone thinks AI sucks now but one day they'll be human-like like data from Star Trek.
They won't. They'll be a completely alien intelligence nothing like us.
Here's a game in which you'll become an AI and start to understand:
www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips
They won't. They'll be a completely alien intelligence nothing like us.
Here's a game in which you'll become an AI and start to understand:
www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips
www.decisionproblem.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Recently been arguing about AI. Everyone thinks AI sucks now but one day they'll be human-like like data from Star Trek.
They won't. They'll be a completely alien intelligence nothing like us.
Here's a game in which you'll become an AI and start to understand:
www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips
They won't. They'll be a completely alien intelligence nothing like us.
Here's a game in which you'll become an AI and start to understand:
www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips
So facebook's new big thing is you can scan your room in high detail so you can visit it in VR.
What would I do with it? Invite people over for intangible tea? Look at my new sofa, just don't sit on it?
What would I do with it? Invite people over for intangible tea? Look at my new sofa, just don't sit on it?
September 24, 2025 at 5:38 AM
So facebook's new big thing is you can scan your room in high detail so you can visit it in VR.
What would I do with it? Invite people over for intangible tea? Look at my new sofa, just don't sit on it?
What would I do with it? Invite people over for intangible tea? Look at my new sofa, just don't sit on it?
VR is an escape for a bit, an extension of video games. A fun way to spend some time at home.
These AR / AI glasses are an extension of the smartphone. A way to occupy our time, constantly, to have our eyes and ears amused and advertised to while we ignore the friends & family at our cafe table.
These AR / AI glasses are an extension of the smartphone. A way to occupy our time, constantly, to have our eyes and ears amused and advertised to while we ignore the friends & family at our cafe table.
September 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
VR is an escape for a bit, an extension of video games. A fun way to spend some time at home.
These AR / AI glasses are an extension of the smartphone. A way to occupy our time, constantly, to have our eyes and ears amused and advertised to while we ignore the friends & family at our cafe table.
These AR / AI glasses are an extension of the smartphone. A way to occupy our time, constantly, to have our eyes and ears amused and advertised to while we ignore the friends & family at our cafe table.
Seven times a day i see a cool looking youtube video but before i click i see the 40+ min duration and nope out
aint mr wendal got time for that
aint mr wendal got time for that
September 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Seven times a day i see a cool looking youtube video but before i click i see the 40+ min duration and nope out
aint mr wendal got time for that
aint mr wendal got time for that
Planes aren't real, they don't look like they should stay up. Whole catching a flight thing's just a hack to hide a loading screen
August 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Planes aren't real, they don't look like they should stay up. Whole catching a flight thing's just a hack to hide a loading screen
I played a Switch 2 for an hour. It seems nice but even as a train commuter I can't imagine ever wanting a portable gaming device. I game at home.
Nintendo games are cool but I shouldn't need an extra box with a 2nd CPU, GPU, and screen to play them.
Nintendo games are cool but I shouldn't need an extra box with a 2nd CPU, GPU, and screen to play them.
June 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I played a Switch 2 for an hour. It seems nice but even as a train commuter I can't imagine ever wanting a portable gaming device. I game at home.
Nintendo games are cool but I shouldn't need an extra box with a 2nd CPU, GPU, and screen to play them.
Nintendo games are cool but I shouldn't need an extra box with a 2nd CPU, GPU, and screen to play them.
Stellar Blade is just Baywatch all over again.
June 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Stellar Blade is just Baywatch all over again.
Years ago Stellaris used to be the role-player's / new player friendly grand strategy game.
Then they removed the characters on worlds, and introduced happiness etc as abstracted numbers. It became just like every other grand strategy game, a complicated mess of spreadsheets. I still mourn
Then they removed the characters on worlds, and introduced happiness etc as abstracted numbers. It became just like every other grand strategy game, a complicated mess of spreadsheets. I still mourn
May 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Years ago Stellaris used to be the role-player's / new player friendly grand strategy game.
Then they removed the characters on worlds, and introduced happiness etc as abstracted numbers. It became just like every other grand strategy game, a complicated mess of spreadsheets. I still mourn
Then they removed the characters on worlds, and introduced happiness etc as abstracted numbers. It became just like every other grand strategy game, a complicated mess of spreadsheets. I still mourn
The people posting shit about Bella not looking like Ellie etc can go suck a lemon. You want everything just like the game? Fine. Watch this instead and shut up:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS80...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS80...
The Last of Us Part 2 Full Movie [4k 60fps]
YouTube video by MegsBoringLife
www.youtube.com
May 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The people posting shit about Bella not looking like Ellie etc can go suck a lemon. You want everything just like the game? Fine. Watch this instead and shut up:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS80...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS80...
There's a lot big youtubers than me out there struggling right now. Super Bunnyhop, Innuendo Studios ...
I'm glad I never found real success or tried to make a real go of it. Don't quit your day job. Mine don't pay that much but it is rewarding and ... stable (at least compared to youtube.)
I'm glad I never found real success or tried to make a real go of it. Don't quit your day job. Mine don't pay that much but it is rewarding and ... stable (at least compared to youtube.)
May 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
There's a lot big youtubers than me out there struggling right now. Super Bunnyhop, Innuendo Studios ...
I'm glad I never found real success or tried to make a real go of it. Don't quit your day job. Mine don't pay that much but it is rewarding and ... stable (at least compared to youtube.)
I'm glad I never found real success or tried to make a real go of it. Don't quit your day job. Mine don't pay that much but it is rewarding and ... stable (at least compared to youtube.)
Was doomscrolling and this gave me hope! Seems like the most effective thing I can do to help climate change and deforestation.
youtu.be/sug9b__KL-Y?...
youtu.be/sug9b__KL-Y?...
The most effective way to stop deforestation
YouTube video by Simon Clark
youtu.be
May 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Was doomscrolling and this gave me hope! Seems like the most effective thing I can do to help climate change and deforestation.
youtu.be/sug9b__KL-Y?...
youtu.be/sug9b__KL-Y?...
Atomfall looks rad, but ... I'm no longer interested in playing a first person game that's not in VR. It feels stupid, unnatural, to use a mouse to control where I'm looking.
That's what my head is for.
That's what my head is for.
April 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Atomfall looks rad, but ... I'm no longer interested in playing a first person game that's not in VR. It feels stupid, unnatural, to use a mouse to control where I'm looking.
That's what my head is for.
That's what my head is for.
Motortown is a buncha fun. Drive around a cute world doing odd-jobs, getting money to buy cars like this totally-not-an-mx5.
The best part is - don't tell anyone this it might put them off - underneath the hood is a hardcore physics driving Sim.
Its GTA online x Gran Turismo x Animal Crossing.
The best part is - don't tell anyone this it might put them off - underneath the hood is a hardcore physics driving Sim.
Its GTA online x Gran Turismo x Animal Crossing.
April 19, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Motortown is a buncha fun. Drive around a cute world doing odd-jobs, getting money to buy cars like this totally-not-an-mx5.
The best part is - don't tell anyone this it might put them off - underneath the hood is a hardcore physics driving Sim.
Its GTA online x Gran Turismo x Animal Crossing.
The best part is - don't tell anyone this it might put them off - underneath the hood is a hardcore physics driving Sim.
Its GTA online x Gran Turismo x Animal Crossing.
I'll be joining Unit327's livestream in the annual Nethackathon this weekend.
Hit the link and scroll down to see when this will be in your local time.
nethackathon.org#schedule
Hit the link and scroll down to see when this will be in your local time.
nethackathon.org#schedule
NetHackathon
Twice a year, Twitch content creators stream NetHack continuously for over 48 hours!
nethackathon.org
April 5, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I'll be joining Unit327's livestream in the annual Nethackathon this weekend.
Hit the link and scroll down to see when this will be in your local time.
nethackathon.org#schedule
Hit the link and scroll down to see when this will be in your local time.
nethackathon.org#schedule
Reposted by Mr Wendal
New video on Outer Wilds. I examine the game from a design and philosophical perspective, attempting to place it among similar games (Majora’s Mask). It is also a meditation on loops, liminal spaces, and the distances we travel to arrive where we are meant to be.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISm6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISm6...
Consider The Loop In Outer Wilds
YouTube video by Mason Miller
www.youtube.com
March 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
New video on Outer Wilds. I examine the game from a design and philosophical perspective, attempting to place it among similar games (Majora’s Mask). It is also a meditation on loops, liminal spaces, and the distances we travel to arrive where we are meant to be.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISm6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISm6...
I posted this pic on r/projectzomboid. Some people wrote comments about this zombie and what led *him* here.
"It's a woman" I said.
This is all it takes to set off conservatives. What a shitshow
www.reddit.com/r/projectzom...
"It's a woman" I said.
This is all it takes to set off conservatives. What a shitshow
www.reddit.com/r/projectzom...
March 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I posted this pic on r/projectzomboid. Some people wrote comments about this zombie and what led *him* here.
"It's a woman" I said.
This is all it takes to set off conservatives. What a shitshow
www.reddit.com/r/projectzom...
"It's a woman" I said.
This is all it takes to set off conservatives. What a shitshow
www.reddit.com/r/projectzom...
My brother won third place in the Godot XR Game Jam for Feb 2025! (I did the tiniest bit of writing for the entry.)
copper-tunic.itch.io/the-chant
copper-tunic.itch.io/the-chant
The Chant of Cthulhu by Copper Tunic
Sing with your own clones to summon an eldritch horror (VR)
copper-tunic.itch.io
February 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
My brother won third place in the Godot XR Game Jam for Feb 2025! (I did the tiniest bit of writing for the entry.)
copper-tunic.itch.io/the-chant
copper-tunic.itch.io/the-chant
I heard they're making an Evangelion VR game. Really hope the whole game is just a folding chair in a spotlight.
February 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I heard they're making an Evangelion VR game. Really hope the whole game is just a folding chair in a spotlight.