Jay
@notfunnyj.bsky.social
Freelance horror writer, yapper, and purveyor of nonsense. Apologies in advance.
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Winter enjoyers be like, ahh 4 pm
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Winter enjoyers be like, ahh 4 pm
Casual quarterly re-introduction post!
Hey! I'm Jay, a freelance writer and podcaster yapping about all things indie horror!
If you’re an editor or developer in need of coverage, I’m your guy!
DM or email Jaykrieger7(@)gmail.com
Portfolio: clippings.me/jaykrieger
Blog: medium.com/@SaveScum
Hey! I'm Jay, a freelance writer and podcaster yapping about all things indie horror!
If you’re an editor or developer in need of coverage, I’m your guy!
DM or email Jaykrieger7(@)gmail.com
Portfolio: clippings.me/jaykrieger
Blog: medium.com/@SaveScum
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Casual quarterly re-introduction post!
Hey! I'm Jay, a freelance writer and podcaster yapping about all things indie horror!
If you’re an editor or developer in need of coverage, I’m your guy!
DM or email Jaykrieger7(@)gmail.com
Portfolio: clippings.me/jaykrieger
Blog: medium.com/@SaveScum
Hey! I'm Jay, a freelance writer and podcaster yapping about all things indie horror!
If you’re an editor or developer in need of coverage, I’m your guy!
DM or email Jaykrieger7(@)gmail.com
Portfolio: clippings.me/jaykrieger
Blog: medium.com/@SaveScum
when you’re being mean to me just know this is who you’re being mean to
November 19, 2025 at 12:14 AM
when you’re being mean to me just know this is who you’re being mean to
The wonderfully trashy (complimentary) and challenging SNES era JRPG @kingdomsofthedump.bsky.social is out today!
And a PSA for fellow horror sickos who fell in love with Look Outside’s monster design, dev & pixel artist Francis Coulombe serves as KotD's lead boss/ enemy artist for the game!
And a PSA for fellow horror sickos who fell in love with Look Outside’s monster design, dev & pixel artist Francis Coulombe serves as KotD's lead boss/ enemy artist for the game!
November 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The wonderfully trashy (complimentary) and challenging SNES era JRPG @kingdomsofthedump.bsky.social is out today!
And a PSA for fellow horror sickos who fell in love with Look Outside’s monster design, dev & pixel artist Francis Coulombe serves as KotD's lead boss/ enemy artist for the game!
And a PSA for fellow horror sickos who fell in love with Look Outside’s monster design, dev & pixel artist Francis Coulombe serves as KotD's lead boss/ enemy artist for the game!
Necromancer enthusiasts will be like, "I know a spot," and then take you here
November 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Necromancer enthusiasts will be like, "I know a spot," and then take you here
Discovered a way to play Heroes of Might & Magic 2 in my browser, and I am almost positive that this discovery is going to ruin my life.
November 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Discovered a way to play Heroes of Might & Magic 2 in my browser, and I am almost positive that this discovery is going to ruin my life.
My GF shouted, "are you serious?!" from the next room lol
November 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
My GF shouted, "are you serious?!" from the next room lol
kids when they hear you have games on your phone
November 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
kids when they hear you have games on your phone
For this week's episode, @neilbolt.bsky.social and I checked out Last Report, which nicely pairs woodland horror with office drudgery, making for one of my favorite point-and-click horror games of the year.
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@bloody-disgusting.com @bloodyfm.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
For this week's episode, @neilbolt.bsky.social and I checked out Last Report, which nicely pairs woodland horror with office drudgery, making for one of my favorite point-and-click horror games of the year.
🍎 apple.co/47lZFRb
🟢 bit.ly/4oRosCB
@bloody-disgusting.com @bloodyfm.bsky.social
🍎 apple.co/47lZFRb
🟢 bit.ly/4oRosCB
@bloody-disgusting.com @bloodyfm.bsky.social
As someone who was never wowed by the FNF series, I enjoyed FNF: Into the Pit for being a deviation from the routine nature of its predecessors. My review from a previous issue of @fearzinemagazine.com .
October 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
As someone who was never wowed by the FNF series, I enjoyed FNF: Into the Pit for being a deviation from the routine nature of its predecessors. My review from a previous issue of @fearzinemagazine.com .
I had a blast putting together a point-and-click horror starter guide for @dreadcentral.bsky.social .
www.dreadcentral.com/editorials/5...
@beyondbooleans.bsky.social @octavinavarro.bsky.social @cloakanddaggerg.bsky.social @shaunaitcheson.bsky.social @dave.powerhoof.com @barney.powerhoof.com
www.dreadcentral.com/editorials/5...
@beyondbooleans.bsky.social @octavinavarro.bsky.social @cloakanddaggerg.bsky.social @shaunaitcheson.bsky.social @dave.powerhoof.com @barney.powerhoof.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I had a blast putting together a point-and-click horror starter guide for @dreadcentral.bsky.social .
www.dreadcentral.com/editorials/5...
@beyondbooleans.bsky.social @octavinavarro.bsky.social @cloakanddaggerg.bsky.social @shaunaitcheson.bsky.social @dave.powerhoof.com @barney.powerhoof.com
www.dreadcentral.com/editorials/5...
@beyondbooleans.bsky.social @octavinavarro.bsky.social @cloakanddaggerg.bsky.social @shaunaitcheson.bsky.social @dave.powerhoof.com @barney.powerhoof.com
For this week's @saferoompod.bsky.social , I was joined by @baronaim.bsky.social to unpack the nuances of how Bloober Team's latest does enough to differentiate itself from THAT sci-fi horror counterpart. #HorrorSky
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October 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
For this week's @saferoompod.bsky.social , I was joined by @baronaim.bsky.social to unpack the nuances of how Bloober Team's latest does enough to differentiate itself from THAT sci-fi horror counterpart. #HorrorSky
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🟢 bit.ly/4ocfFeB
@bloody-disgusting.com @bloodyfm.bsky.social
🍎 apple.co/49t6q4W
🟢 bit.ly/4ocfFeB
@bloody-disgusting.com @bloodyfm.bsky.social
Early on, you encounter a family who was bitten by their daughter, who looked outside, so naturally, a plethora informs their body horror designs of additional teeth. A brief, however chilling narrative beat that has stuck with me for months.
October 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Early on, you encounter a family who was bitten by their daughter, who looked outside, so naturally, a plethora informs their body horror designs of additional teeth. A brief, however chilling narrative beat that has stuck with me for months.
Of Look Outside's many GOTY qualities, the vignette approach to storytelling may be its strongest unsung quality. Giving some groups of monsters (residents) small, gruesome, themed backstories adds to the inherent horror of the tenement microcosm setting and is reflected in their body-horror design.
October 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Of Look Outside's many GOTY qualities, the vignette approach to storytelling may be its strongest unsung quality. Giving some groups of monsters (residents) small, gruesome, themed backstories adds to the inherent horror of the tenement microcosm setting and is reflected in their body-horror design.
Chasing Doom 2016's coattails nearly a decade after the fact was never going to bode well for a Painkiller reboot. Furthermore, pairing a budget imitation with a live service framework, which sadly offers a baffling lack of content, results in a lackluster rendition of a 00's PC classic.
October 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Chasing Doom 2016's coattails nearly a decade after the fact was never going to bode well for a Painkiller reboot. Furthermore, pairing a budget imitation with a live service framework, which sadly offers a baffling lack of content, results in a lackluster rendition of a 00's PC classic.
Imagining all the uninformed parents who are going to be talked into showing their kids Terrifier this holiday season lmao
October 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Imagining all the uninformed parents who are going to be talked into showing their kids Terrifier this holiday season lmao
My pals over at @spectercinema.bsky.social have been putting in that spooky WORK this month, reviewing the entirety of both the F13 & Nightmare series, culminating in two sequel ranking episodes. Absolute madness that ya truly love to see.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
My pals over at @spectercinema.bsky.social have been putting in that spooky WORK this month, reviewing the entirety of both the F13 & Nightmare series, culminating in two sequel ranking episodes. Absolute madness that ya truly love to see.
🎙️ t.co/ObGCQpU3EI
🎙️ t.co/ObGCQpU3EI
Skinfreak is a sleazy giallo-inspired immersive sim trapping players in a high rise with a chainsaw wielding killer. A fully voiced, colorful cast, refined UI & mechanics make for a thoroughly fleshed out experience and easily King's most despicable game yet (complimentary). @puppetcombo.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Skinfreak is a sleazy giallo-inspired immersive sim trapping players in a high rise with a chainsaw wielding killer. A fully voiced, colorful cast, refined UI & mechanics make for a thoroughly fleshed out experience and easily King's most despicable game yet (complimentary). @puppetcombo.bsky.social
For this week's @saferoompod.bsky.social , @neilbolt.bsky.social and I chatted about the introspective horrors of While We Wait Here, a game with much more under the surface than just flipping burgers.
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🟢 bit.ly/4q9QHOk
@bloody-disgusting.com @bloodyfm.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
For this week's @saferoompod.bsky.social , @neilbolt.bsky.social and I chatted about the introspective horrors of While We Wait Here, a game with much more under the surface than just flipping burgers.
🍎 apple.co/47nMOOf
🟢 bit.ly/4q9QHOk
@bloody-disgusting.com @bloodyfm.bsky.social
🍎 apple.co/47nMOOf
🟢 bit.ly/4q9QHOk
@bloody-disgusting.com @bloodyfm.bsky.social
Horror sickos rejoice! One of the most staggeringly original FPS roguelikes, Golden Light, is free to own!
For fans of oppressively phantasmagoric worlds that reward player experimentation in the face of crippling odds, ala Cruelty Squad, Golden Light is the game for YOU.
For fans of oppressively phantasmagoric worlds that reward player experimentation in the face of crippling odds, ala Cruelty Squad, Golden Light is the game for YOU.
October 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Horror sickos rejoice! One of the most staggeringly original FPS roguelikes, Golden Light, is free to own!
For fans of oppressively phantasmagoric worlds that reward player experimentation in the face of crippling odds, ala Cruelty Squad, Golden Light is the game for YOU.
For fans of oppressively phantasmagoric worlds that reward player experimentation in the face of crippling odds, ala Cruelty Squad, Golden Light is the game for YOU.
Fill Up the Hole is an incremental base builder where players do, well, just that: Fill up a sprawling hole to reach SOMETHING...on the other side. Simple & straightforward, but the lo-fi chilldom of the gameplay low-stakes loop makes this a brief and relaxing deviation from the norm.
October 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Fill Up the Hole is an incremental base builder where players do, well, just that: Fill up a sprawling hole to reach SOMETHING...on the other side. Simple & straightforward, but the lo-fi chilldom of the gameplay low-stakes loop makes this a brief and relaxing deviation from the norm.
Spin like your life depends on it (it does) in Cloverpit, an industrial hell gambler. Gameplay seems simple, but the inclusion of collectible score-boosting modifiers adds an addictive strategic element to the inherent mindlessness of spinning. Kind of shocked by how this has its hooks in me.
October 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Spin like your life depends on it (it does) in Cloverpit, an industrial hell gambler. Gameplay seems simple, but the inclusion of collectible score-boosting modifiers adds an addictive strategic element to the inherent mindlessness of spinning. Kind of shocked by how this has its hooks in me.
This Week, @neilbolt.bsky.social & I chatted about Vile: Exhumed, a time capsule of the internet that tackles contemporary issues with engrossing unease. #HorrorSky
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October 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
This Week, @neilbolt.bsky.social & I chatted about Vile: Exhumed, a time capsule of the internet that tackles contemporary issues with engrossing unease. #HorrorSky
🍎 apple.co/3IK9ZZQ
🟢 bit.ly/46YC1c8
@bloody-disgusting.com @bloody-disgusting.com @dreadxp.bsky.social @dirtlord77.bsky.social
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🟢 bit.ly/46YC1c8
@bloody-disgusting.com @bloody-disgusting.com @dreadxp.bsky.social @dirtlord77.bsky.social