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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 18h

On Monday, Jordan and I will be shooting a new episode of Yeah, I've Played. We're looking for your questions and comments on CONTROL Resonant to cover on the episode! Reply below or hit us up wherever

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his infernal disciple @thelastdisciple.itch.io · 29/09/2026

Play this game, it's highly addicting and it's chill but can also be a cheek clencher if you're trying to best some high scores. A lot of chance and dumb luck involved but also some careful placement. hat tip to @hiddenmachine.bsky.social for putting me on! store.steampowered.com/app/1946560/...

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sobosuba on Steam

sobosuba is a merge game with ultra-squishy soft-body physics. Satisfying and relaxing -but strategy, tricks, and skill matter for chasing high scores.

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Jordan's journey through CONTROL Resonant picks back up at 9:15 pm EST! That's in 25 minutes!

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

On a long car ride earlier, thought I’d finally play Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. Can’t launch the game without an Ubisoft account. That shit is so lame. Try for High on Life 2, it’s “deck verified”. 20 minutes to load shaders, runs at single digit FPS. I struck out tonight!

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sometimes I’m down about the ephemeral nature of art online, all prone to being “content”, seen once and forgotten, then I see pieces like this and remember how much great art I saw once and then recycled, pieces made for newspapers or magazines. The volume is greater now, but we’ve always done this

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Seeing the #my9games thing go around, here's mine! I tried to think about games that actually impacted me in my youth or shaped my worldview or personality in some significant way, or games that expanded my idea of what a game could be.

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hairspray is a classic, it gets better every time I watch it. Splendor and Rabbit were disappointing for me, both felt like they fell a bit short in different ways. Black Samson was thoroughly gritty and entertaining. The guy has a pet lion who lives in his topless bar!

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Local sandwich shop had the mini Marvel vs Capcom 2 out today. What a game! I remember when it came out, I thought I was pretty good at the time, I could get pretty far on one credit. In reality, I was just button mashing and the difficulty was probably set very low.

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

i got my own ideas after CONTROL Resonant but i am dying to hear new theories after all of this stuff. so grateful to have been able to get an advance key, but not having the community weighing in is killing me!

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

super mario bros super show theme really does go hard, totally gets me ready for remarkable feats

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Got it! Still searching out a few documents, really enjoying the new game+ run so far

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

One achievement shy of the trophy in CONTROL Resonant. The game rewards persistence.

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My review for CONTROL Resonant is live now! I have spent over 50 hours with the game, and I have a lot to say, but I kept this one spoiler-free. I went so far as to cover up any story related text in the gameplay clips I used!

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Up now on the second channel: my playthrough of the new Hellraiser Revival demo. Very brutal! I've been skeptical about this one for a while, but the demo piqued my interest. Video is age restricted; this game is not going to be streamer friendly!

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

special sneak preview of my upcoming CONTROL Resonant review

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

suggestion for a new Hiss chant: SURF CLAY, WHERE WE GO TREAT YOURSELF A ROUND OF SAUSAGE POPSICLE BIKE

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This current wave of AI vibe coded recompilations and translations are like the AI upscaled versions of videos that smudge all the fine details and, in many cases, become the most widely distributed version of the work online. Reminds me of what happens to many reprinted comics!

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

organizing some mp3s how does my "unreleased/rare" mountain goats folder have 415 songs in it

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I saw Violent Femmes last night. Very inspiring! 45 years as a band. Wild! Very little banter, mostly just rocking out, being in the moment with one another, freely swapping instruments. One of my favorite bands since high school, and one of the few that still hold up today.

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

People my age are trapped in perpetual adolescence through their consumer identities. You’ll see a ~40 year old man in an all over print Ninja Turtles hoodie. A unique phenomenon? You never saw guys in the 80s or 90s decked out in Howdy Doody gear.

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

scraping the bottom of the barrel for horror reboots and retreads: a whole movie about the New Orleans radio dj from Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh

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his infernal disciple @thelastdisciple.itch.io · 01/09/2026

I've posted this before but i think it deserves to be in front of more eyes. If you're into the history of video games or are appreciative of OG game makers then you owe it to yourself to check out this doc about Ed Logg's work. youtu.be/Krq5BXntmAo

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Super Duper Game Guy: Celebrating the Career of Ed Logg

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Is this supposed to be THE tape? It makes no sense to have a commercial sleeve and spine label and then have the face label look like a home recording, especially not one that someone seemingly ran through a typewriter. A fun concept,but the delivery is very confused & uninspired

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Played a show tonight in a field of bubbles

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

enjoying a nice tall glass of that goo from the matrix pods

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Now alive on Hidden Machine, forty different games from the past thirty years that I've been playing in 2026! Maybe you'll find some hidden gems, some of these games don't even have any Steam reviews yet.

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The Games I Played This Year

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Figured I'd try out Gotham Knights for an hour or so before bed last night. It took 24 minutes for me to get control of my character. I understand wanting to set the scene, but extended cutscenes before gameplay feel disrespectful to me.

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I did it. A new hour-long video coming tomorrow, covering forty different games from the past thirty years

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I'm really gonna do it I'm gonna finish my coffee and then make a new Hidden Machine video that I've been trying to complete for the past four months

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

HELLO GEOFF! Excited to see what this show has to reveal. The Onimusha trailer from the pre-show was pretty sick! More Gamescom impressions coming in real time... 🧵

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I've been data hoarding for twenty or more years now. I'm trying hard to clean up right now, organize things, delete things. It'd be nice to compress my digital life to maybe 1TB. Is that reasonable? Does anyone go through this?

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Solid $7 thrifting haul. Excited to check out this guided meditation CD that looks like a lost point and click adventure

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

re: the gta leak The video I saw was watermarked and super compressed, but it was a bit sickening to see such high-fidelity violence. The stylized visuals of older entries really put a filter on that stuff, seeing a man beaten to death in GTA6 just felt off to me.

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I’ve given up on any deadlines or expectations on when my game will be done, but progress is happening almost every day, and it is steadily adding up. It’d be faster with more hands on deck, but that isn’t in the budget. Still, feels like good, honest work. Grueling, but exciting

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Every time I see this logo, I think of Dragon Quest. Will CONTROL Resonant feature some 2D RPG elements? I've been planning something very similar my own game, I love when games can mix a variety of styles together!

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

After an extended hiatus, Jordan and I are once again playing a game for a new episode of Yeah, I've Played. I cannot remember who suggested Marlow Briggs, but if you are reading this, thank you! The game is fun; I am loving the pacing. Just gets right into it and doesn't quit!

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Can anyone recommend headphones that won't flake? They don't need to sound great! I won't be using them for mixing, I just need to be able to track vocals without getting little bits of old headphone cover all over my bald ass head

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Reviews almost kept me away from watching The Comedian (2016) but I'm so glad that I didn't listen to the haters

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Just spent an hour with @agent64game.bsky.social. I love it! Playthrough of the first act is now live on the Hidden Machine Annex!

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This is just anecdotal, but recently, every non-gamer who speaks with me about the game I'm working on makes a comment about how much easier it must be to do now that I can use AI (I don't use AI)

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Just posted another exclusive behind-the-scenes update on our game over on Patreon! If you want to help support development and stay in the loop, you can sign on for as little as a buck a month!

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Been playing a bunch of Neon Chrome this week on the Steam Deck. It's a top down, twin stick roguelite. Pretty standard for the genre in most ways, but the gameplay feels so good, sound design is great, and it has a lot of variety. Highly recommended, currently $3.44 on Steam!

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Looking at new #CONTROLResonant footage, I see a poster that looks like it says, "SALTY LANDS". Might that relate to the salt flats we saw in Dylan's vision from the first game?

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

been quoting this for months and I don't know if I'll ever meet anyone who will get it

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Hi! That detective is the protagonist of the game that I am working on. I don't like posting a lot of WIP stuff on here, but I am now making exclusive weekly updates over on our Patreon. $1 a month can help fund development, and you get to see how the sausage is made!

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Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Had to rebuild my PC after some hardware failures. Elated to discover that I can now run Alan Wake 2 on High at 1440p with a solid 60 FPS. Feeling very ready to take on CONTROL Resonant with this thing!

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