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Peer Review #16

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Valentine's Day has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean we can’t use this Peer Review to celebrate one of our top three healthiest relationships. Yes, she’s a bit frigid but that’s just part of the charm.

A Chill Ran Down Our Spine by kokVuk on Discord
Theories & Krasue Sketch by Void Wanderer on Discord
Krasue by Blooberton on Discord
Krasue by 4slugcats on Discord
Krasue by floortank.avi on Steam
Krasue by NutmanButtman on Reddit
Krasue made by piligrim on Discord
Right Behind Me by Internet_trash on Steam
Friendship Ended by NoRED on Discord


Sorry, looks like we accidentally shared a bunch of blank pngs. We’ll do better next month. See you then, scientists!

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Happy Lunar New Year (Sale)!

[h5][color]Happy Lunar New Year, esteemed colleagues![/color][/h5]


It's also the year of the horse now! So to celebrate, we had one of our Epimedical Bionomicists ride a peccary like a noble steed. Unfortunately, he was promptly thrown off. It seems residences of certain Anteverses are not quite ready to be mounted. Research on that will need to continue at a later date… a much later date.

But we are ready to be on sale for the next two weeks!

There are some Status Reports coming your way soon, so keep your eyes peeled, scientists.


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"A lot of survival games are really boring": Abiotic Factor developer says many game makers are too focused on mechanics and not enough on vibes

"I think a lot of survival games are really boring," Geoff 'Zag' Keene, founder of Deep Field Games, developers of Half-Life adjacent co-op survival game Abiotic Factor, said in a recent interview. However, despite these strong words, please hold onto your spit take for just a moment.


It's not the first time Keene's said something like it and, in fact, in the episode of The AIAS Game Maker's Notebook, he's responding to a question about when he said it to cheery RPS fanzine PC Gamer back in 2024. So, please, calmly swallow your spit take liquid of choice, so I can explain why I'm reporting on something Keene originally said two years ago.


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Peer Review #15

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New year, new Abiotic Factor! Well, new systems in the works, anyway. But we’ll talk about those in another post. For now, fan art!

Abe the DBZ Fan by Ormstone on Discord
Abe's Hair by Kailunsite on Steam
Kamen Rider Forms by Fennec on Discord
Janet With The Face by Mura on Discord
Vocaloid by Mura on Discord
Stand by Sewer Monk on Discord
Kawaii Leyak by Doreans on Steam
Leyak Ghost by reKoil_smoll on Steam
Leyak Miku(S) by MeoChine on Steam
Miku Reaper by Palladium346 on Discord
T-Posing Leyak(D) by Seraphin_The_Bat on Discord


Thanks for joining us for this month’s Peer Review. Update news is soon to come, so keep an eye out and some Anteverse wheat and/or nachos handy.

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It was a good year for survival crafting sickos, and I'll be playing some of these well into 2026




I am the survival crafting menace of my friend group—the person in Discord always suggesting we go play in a new sandbox when we haven't even finished building castles in the last. It's like being friends with a sentient Steam Discover, but for some reason I can only recommend games where we're each given a Barbie and a pile of Legos...
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