Worth Playing 08/16/2013

That Delver game really reminds me of Ultima Underworld 1 and 2, minus the really ackward controls it has.

So we start out tripping on dxm, have a bit of a downer in Delver, then suddenly realize our girlfriend is dead in a tub of thai food. Sounds like a Friday night!

Scoops! Need that Worth Reading! Please!

This feature is awesome patrick! Don't stop doing these.

"Save the Date"... oh... oh!

Keep 'em comin', just don't exhaust yourself.

Also, I really look forward to Worth Reading every week, so I'm hoping it returns next week.

I love this feature Patrick! I'd like to see it more frequently for sure.

Patrick moving to Chicago has been sort of a blessing in disguise.

this is a great feature and most of these games seem terribo

this roguelike seems kinda neat though. reminds me of daggerfall

@patrickklepek You have to finish Save the Date! If you haven't played any more than you showed then you haven't even seen the game yet.

Where does Scoops find these weird ass games... freaking crazy.

There's some other strange/amazing stuff in Slave of God that got missed; there's a toilet where you pee a stream of yellow pixels into a trough but it's utterly impossible to get the trajectory right so you end up pissing all over the floor. Also, and I have no idea how to replicate this, but going to the bar sometimes plays a chime and something appears hovering in the air? That happens MOST of the time. Sometimes a car crashes behind the bar.

Absolutely loving this feature.

@patrickklepek Save the Date is totally cool! I played it after watching this and it gets pretty interesting / ridiculous. The writing is really good. Thanks for sharing! (My date hasn't survived yet)

I understand this approach. Still here and there please include a little worth reading...came across some good articles you did the work to find and pass on

Delver is nice, I have that on my phone.

I really hope that Save the Date isn't trying to take itself too seriously, because I was laughing the whole time. I really like dark humor.

I had a few nights that looked a bit like this. I kinda swore off going to clubs around the time I turned 30 and quit taking E.

The second game is more like Ultima Underworld than Minecraft. Just because it's pixely and blocky 3d doesn't mean it minecraft.

In the immortal words of Ryan T. Davis... I am tripping balls right now.

The moment in Save the Date when the first date goes wrong -- Patrick's shocked silence is priceless. I can only imagine the fellow who made the game watching this video and saying "Yeah, exactly."

Thanks for this, Mr. Klepek!

Yes! Please do this twice a week!

Finally, Save the Date! That game is one of my top favorites of the year for sure.

I would like to inquire as to what video game is... 0_o

So its like being in a dance club on Mescaline. Got it.

@patrickklepek: AC stands for Armor Class! It represents your current defense. In most games an enemy's attack (or to-hit accuracy) is rolled against your AC in order to see whether or not they have hit you.

"Let's give that date another shot" - Patrick Klepek, 2013

You have to keep playing Save The Date, Patrick, it is on the real maybe my favorite game this year. Just keep trying man. You can save the date.

Patrick's face when the first date went sour. Man.

Wow, Save the Date was amazing.

Wow that Save the Date game was pretty depressing.

Also, twice a week would be awesome.

Really been digging this feature thus far, and most definitely in favor of it occurring multiple times a week. Keep up the superb work, Patrick.

Rouge-like: any game that borrows from the concepts that Rouge had

Most people think to interpret it as a perma death rpg with levels of dungeon with stat based combat. I think that is outdated with modern interpretations on the genre, but I love Dungeon Crawl and I'm still trying to ascend.

I really love this segment, keep it up Patrick. As for the games, the first one seemed really neat in a crazy drugged out sort of sort of way. The second game looks like a dungeon crawling Minecraft, meh not interested. The third game was straight up bullshit, interesting just to see what kind of unpredictable shock nonsense happens on the date, but can barely even be considered a game even for a visual novel.

Worth playing twice a week? I would love that!

Confusion from drugs and alcohol are usually post experience unless you overdo it, but maybe I'm prone to blackouts. Everyone has always told me I was acting normal at the times I don't remember.

Save The Date sounds like a great game for necrophiliacs.

More of this is always welcome because I wouldn't go ahead and try most of the games you'd highlight out of sheer laziness or lack of time, so this is nice to have so that I can go back and watch you give a tip to the coolest ones.

Also, AC = Armor Class.

As former a clubgoer, and having gone to clubs on lots of drugs. That's not too accurate.

Unless the kids are doing some new drug that I don't know about.

In which case, I would like to get my hands on some.

But that game is pretty rad looking.

that interactive club thing would be AMAZING with the oculus rift.

and maybe im a bad person, but i found save the date to be funny

@patrickklepek im all down for this to be twice a week, or hell just showcase all the games in one worth playing and take as long as you need to.

Holy crap when the music kicks in at the end of the first date I was dying.

This feature rules, Patrick. Make more of them!

Jesus, what was even with that last game. Does it end up being some sort of time loop shit?

@mrfluke: agree; awesome

seconded i as well am all for patrick playing the weird games.

THIS is clubbing (of the fingers) Patrick. :(

Yes. I would like to see this kind of thing more often. Watching Patrick play all manner of obscure stuff is great.

hell yeah Patrick we like this feature :D More would be great as you let me see games I would never ever come into contact with.