Trying out Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong Nou for an hour

[@FallenOuroboros]

This is a lot more coherent then I thought it would be, seems to be a bit like Juggernaut with having to live through multiple stories to save a life.

[@volkovoy1191]

Please gamer Jesus, hear my prayer: the one thing I want in this world is for SGF to finish this game.

[@schmity007]

Same

[@Webwielder]

This was one of the killer apps for the CD-ROM drive alongside Myst and The 7th Guest.

[@roecocoa]

Thinking of optical media things as "apps" makes me wither and crumble to dust.

[@GeorgeNoiseless]

@@roecocoa Now now, they're Multimedia App-lications, aren't they? If everyone in the 80s and 90s carried a powerful computer in their pocket like we do today, every rad dude and dudette would be calling 'em "apps" too.

[@SleepingCocoon]

@@roecocoa the phrase "killer app" dates back to the 80s, there were "killer apps" that sold CD-ROM drives, sound cards, graphic cards, etc. was super common in tech publications. today the word means the same, of course, but sprung from a different place.

[@roecocoa]

@@GeorgeNoiseless I had a powerful computer in my pocket in the 1980s. Texas Instruments made it.

[@roecocoa]

@@SleepingCocoonPeople mostly said "program" (incorrectly but commonly) and "software" up through the '90s. Source: I was there.

[@SashaEtro]

Tong-Nou genuinely seems like it'd be a perfect game to continue down the line, but be aware - this game is SUPER obtuse in a lot of its puzzlesolving at times.

[@BurningSunBloodyMoon]

Eastern Mind! There's an old LP of this by SuccinctAndPunchy I love a lot - you stumbling into the Phantom Marketplace and getting the book was very lucky, I think a lot of things make no sense whatsoever without the book to give context and clues. I wouldn't mind seeing you continue this, to see what the game's like to play blind, but I do worry a lot of it will be just aimless stumbling about using items on everything, like much of this episode was.

[@judyhopps9380]

it's like Hellnight from the perspective of the bad guys whilst high

[@FullCircleTZ]

Hopefully this game will have more to offer than Hellnight does

[@LeeONardo]

Azuritereaction's heart nearly bursting out his chest was a massive highlight on this classic.

[@AllisonIsLivid]

Well obviously the best dream is the one about the man who is clean and strong.

[@Raecchi]

I have so much nostalgia for this game, I'd love to see more of this series!

[@natp8387]

Oh geez.... THIS game. Seems to be drifting back to the surface of the gaming zeitgeist.

[@hover2go]

Some things are better forgotten

[@awkwardpenguinftw]

Love the music, atmospheric.

[@mauritzvonclare3807]

If you want to continue this game you're gonna need to brush up on your Chinese alchemy and Buddhist theology if you want it to make a lick of sense.

[@garnon26]

That game seems to be one hell of a fever dream.

[@segaherman_twitch]

Yo LSD DREAM emulator I used to play an emulation of that on the Bleam cast. SGF your kewl 👍

[@bewareoffrog]

oh HELL yeah

[@foxyshibata3783]

The soundscape combined with the Trippy CGI visuals reminds me a lot of Total Distortion

[@TaintedSoulSilver]

Goddamn. Some of this soundtrack is really screechy and hard on the ears.

[@Gato_Malo]

It's weird I guess but it's no Juggernaut

[@DustyMansonOtome]

An LSD dream simulator. So basically Mode😅

[@Achoohorsey]

I recommend taking an edible and watching Osamu’s The Esoteric Retina

[@birdonline2751]

This is boobah zone to me

[@irrelevant8414]

real Osamu Sato hours

[@kartografen4614]

This scone is a little soft, Moku-Gyou.

[@LBYRNTH_]

This game seems impenetrable but I'm really enjoying it's coked up energy and its "child's crayon drawing but on multiple party drugs" aesthetic.