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Recurring themes in Yuppie Psycho

(Spoilers for Yuppie Psycho.) Yuppie Psycho has a lot of recurring themes. For example: 1. The snake. Symbolizes Domori's powers, or the Witch. Also serves as a symbol of evil and temptation. The snake tempts Domori to use her powers to take revenge on Rei Sintra for hurting

What is witch paper?

(Spoilers for Yuppie Psycho and for Worm. Play Yuppie Psycho and read Worm if you haven't.) Yuppie Psycho has a special resource, "witch paper," which you spend to save your progress in the game. It looks like an ordinary page of printer paper except that there&

Yuppie Psycho's delightful Mr. Swery

(Minor spoilers for Yuppie Psycho.) I love Mr. Swery from Yuppie Psycho. He's a delightful bright spot in a wasteland of an office building. He's the "ayy lmao" of this game. Mr. Swery lives in a gruesome, dangerous, and surreal world. Monsters, blood, and

Ghost stories come with a paranoid aftertaste

I find ghost stories often come with a paranoid aftertaste. I just finished playing Yuppie Psycho, a ghost story type of game. It's not the most intense example, and yet it still had me feeling slightly on edge after playing it intensely for two days and after thinking

Second thoughts on Hades

I played a lot more of Hades yesterday vs. the first day, around 9 hours. Some thoughts from that. The Tartaros boss got way easier by hour 12 compared with hour 3. Part of that could be me getting better. I've also been spending nectar to get keepsakes,

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