GAMES
OF THE KILLER
Tier: Legendary
Discovered: ~22 years old
Notes: Colorful, atmospheric and a little disturbing.
"HCAIFLT": 8
Link: Anthology of the Killer
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CHU-TENG/EASTERN MIND
Tier: Super Cool
Discovered: ~22 years old
Notes: Psychedelic adventures from Osamu Sato
"HCAIFLT": 7
Link: Osamu Sato Wikipedia
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JUICE GALAXY
Tier: Very Cool
Discovered: ~21 years old
Notes: Floppy physics based RPG with a lot of fog (nice)
"HCAIFLT": 6
Link: Juice Galaxy
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DELTARUNE
Tier: Inherited
Discovered: ~19 years old
Notes: Generation-defining and crazy innovative
"HCAIFLT": 2
Link: you dont live under a rock
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AKUMA KIRA
Tier: Legendary
Discovered: ~12 years old
Notes: Their stuff has this goth/black metal sensibility to me thats kind of hard to describe.
"HCAIFLT": 9
Link: Kira LLC
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NEMURU MAYU
Tier: Super Cool
Discovered: ~21 years old
Notes: Like Osamu Sato meets washed out shoegaze but visually
"HCAIFLT": 9
Link: Nemuru Mayu HCG101
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THE NEVERHOOD
Tier: Super Cool
Discovered: ~22 years old
Notes: A beautiful stop motion point and click game
"HCAIFLT": 6
Link: Neverhood HCG101
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GARAGE BAD DREAM ADVENTURE
Tier: Super Cool
Discovered: ~22 years old
Notes: Creepy, very unique point and click
"HCAIFLT": 7
Link: Wikipedia
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MOON RPG
Tier: Super Cool
Discovered: ~22 years old
Notes: A major inspiration for Undertale and very good in its own right. Dreamy atmosphere, amazing creature design.
"HCAIFLT": 5
Link: Steam Page
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PLANET DOB
Tier: Very Cool
Discovered: ~22 years old
Notes: Bowling pin animations the game
"HCAIFLT": 6
Link: Longplay
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78641: TARG ADVENTURE
Tier: Super Cool
Discovered: ~22 years old
Notes: Edgy 4chan game where you play as a frying pan, suprisingly there's nothing overtly offensive in it afaik.
"HCAIFLT": 10
Link: Longplay
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MUSIC/BAND
RYU UMEMOTO
Tier: Legendary
Discovered: ~23 years old
Notes: Elegant, peaceful and kind of melancholic music. YU-NO especially. I know some of these are eroge.. haven't played them
"HCAIFLT": 7
Link: YU-NO OST
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PATRICIA TAXXON
Tier: Legendary
Discovered: ~21 years old
Notes: The only love songs I can really stand ("Kitty", "Like", etc.), some very weird chord changes
"HCAIFLT": 8
Link: Bandcamp
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STEREOLAB
Tier: Inherited
Discovered: ~5 years old
Notes: Sometimes very emotionally neutral, which I love. Dots + Loops and Cobra + Phases are my favorites.
"HCAIFLT": 7
Link: Bandcamp
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NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION
Tier: Inherited
Discovered: ~8 years old
Notes: Every album is excellent. Their style is very distinct
"HCAIFLT": 9
Link: Bandcamp
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DM DOKURO
Tier: Legendary
Discovered: ~18 years old
Notes: A true chord change master, decorated with breakcore-infused symphonic metal.
"HCAIFLT": 5
Link: Bandcamp
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CIRCADIA - TECHNOUCHI
Tier: Legendary
Discovered: ~21 years old
Notes: Weird and very mysterious music for spelunking an alien ruin
"HCAIFLT": 10
Link: Khinsider
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WRITING
SCP FOUNDATION
Tier: Legendary
Discovered: ~15 years old
Notes: Awesome speculative Sci-Fi horror that brings up interesting ideas
"HCAIFLT": 5
Link: Website
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CLINICAL ACT THERAPY
Tier: Inherited
Discovered: ~21 years old
Notes: The ultimate therapy for people who struggle with transitions. Contains useful insights from zen and existentialism without any of the pretentiousness.
"HCAIFLT": 0
Link: Information
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BAYES' RULE + DECISION THEORY
Tier: Super Cool
Discovered: ~23 years old
Notes: Bayes is a famous formalization for updating your beliefs about something given new evidence. Decision theory tries maximizing expected utility based on the updated belief. Used a lot in economics, empirical science, and machine learning.
"HCAIFLT": 1
Link: Wikipedia
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NONDUALISM
Tier: Legendary
Discovered: ~23 years old
Notes: Undoing linguistic difference to return to a more direct experience of the world where nothing is one thing or another but just is.
"HCAIFLT": 1
Link: Wikipedia
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TRADITIONAL ANIMISM
Tier: Inherited
Discovered: ~5 years old
Notes: Everything is alive/cute. Helps you feel more care for things in your surroundings.
"HCAIFLT": 5
Link: Wikipedia
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MORE GAMES
RAKUGAKI SHOWTIME
Tier: Very Cool
Discovered: 23 years old
Notes: Crazy doodle style fighting game that has very crispy pixels. Looks like a modern indie game.
"HCAIFLT": 8
Link: Longplay
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OTHER/ART
MSPA/HOMESTUCK
Tier: Inherited
Discovered: ~20 years old (Late!!)
Notes: Half puzzle, half narrative, 100% crazy and awesome
"HCAIFLT": 5
Link: Website
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ESPIMYTE
Tier: Legendary
Discovered: ~22 years old
Notes: Beautiful art that feels like a butterfly wing.
"HCAIFLT": 10
Link: espy.world
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SKIGOTHY
Tier: Legendary
Discovered: ~22 years old
Notes: Mythical music taste and art style, also just a great guy.
"HCAIFLT": 10
Link: skigosite
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SAINT
Tier: Legendary
Discovered: ~20 years old
Notes: Youtuber that streams old/weird games. Not a good guy, like at all. Want nothing to do with him but I've discovered cool stuff from him.
"HCAIFLT": 10
Link: YT Channel
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KIMBERLY KUBUS + JINXTENGU
Tier: Legendary
Discovered: ~21 years old
Notes: Very genuine and has some interesting things to say. Jinxtengu is like his slightly more developed protege.
"HCAIFLT": 10
Link: Site, has links to kubus
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GLORIOUS TRAINWRECKS
Tier: Super Cool
Discovered: ~22 years old
Notes: A forum and posting place kind of like neocities thats specifically focused on bad games.
"HCAIFLT": 9
Link: Glorious Trainwrecks
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CANDY CARRIES
Tier: Super Cool
Discovered: 23 years old
Notes: Beautiful resin based stop-motion.
"HCAIFLT": 5
Link: Episode 1
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MAZE OF THE BLUE MEDUSA
Tier: Very Cool
Discovered: 20 years old
Notes: A huge painting that also functions as a DnD dungeon.
"HCAIFLT": 6
Link: Blog post about it
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MEOW WOLF
Tier: SUPER Cool
Discovered: 23 years old
Notes: Like Osamu Sato.. BUT IRL!!
"HCAIFLT": 5
Link: Website
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TRIBUTE TO ANOMALOCARIS
Tier: Legendary
Discovered: ~21 years old
Notes: Witness the legend of anomalocaris
"HCAIFLT": 10
Link: Tribute
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