Sifner
67 posts
Unicorns, cursing, and (true) survival games - usually in that order.
Jordan writes about the chaos and bullshit of survival games with equal parts sarcasm, curiosity, and frustration. He runs Hashtag Survival, tracks bad actors, and curates the good stuff so you don’t have to dig through the mess. This is how he keeps from screaming into the void. Mostly.
Friday Forage: June 6th
A heavily modified and quick Forage, minus some tweaks.
Friday Forage: May 30th
New bushcraft titles are showing up out of nowhere, which feels... suspiciously like progress?
Dead, Done, or Ditched: The Early Access Exit Strategy
Some games are dead. Some are done. And some get quietly dumped into 1.0 with no pulse.
Derelicts Returns: Catching Up with Romain
Six months off the radar, and still making progress. Romain joins us for another round of questions about Derelicts and the road ahead.
May Kickstarter Compass: Back It or Bin It?
Your survival-flavored Kickstarter compass. Back smart. Mock freely!
Fixed or Rebuilt?
Does modding breathe new life into games - or erase what made them memorable?
HumanitZ Isn’t an Immersive Sim – But It Shares the Same Spirit
HumanitZ feels better when you treat it like a sandbox of possibilities, instead of a survival to-do list.
When Did Genre Stop Being a Warning Label?
What’s the dividing line between mechanical betrayal and the cost to play?
Friday Forage: April 25th
This week’s Forage proves that dying alone in the woods is still an evolving art.
Whatever Happened to Serum?
Is Serum relegated to Early Access purgatory, or buried under a failed studio and a flickering roadmap?