Viking Blonde
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Its always wild to write these. I start the day thinking I have a vague guess on what the day might look like and every single time I am proven wrong
To give myself some credit, I didn't think I would clear the challenges we got thrown at us in one day and I really was beat by the end of it. Now we get to spend time in the wonderful city of-JUST KIDDING
Recorded live at PAX West 2025, this was the Let's Make a Video Game: Live on Stage panel. Taken from the official PAX site:
From Fri, Aug 29, 2025
9:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Firebird Theatre (The Summit, Level 5)
Ever wanted to know what it's like to make a game? How about seeing it done live on stage in under an hour? Join a group of award-winning developers from across the industry involved with over 30 games from Indie to AAA as they attempt the impossible. Will they succeed with no time and no budget or will chaos get the best of them?
Panelists:
Eric Mazer (he/him) [Release Engineer]
Alisa Bishop (she/her) [Senior UI/UX Artist]
ZW Buckley (he/him) [Composer, ZW Buckley Music]
Kieran Lampert (he/him) [Senior, Artist Polyarc]
Will Overgard (he/him) [Broadcaster, Viking Blonde]
Sam Winkler (he/him) [Narrative Director, Gearbox]
And then we played spooky game
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Over sixty hours into a game and yet still I'm finding new things, still The Longship are able to show me cool new things I havent even seen yet. How is this game so good? I need answers people!
Fun fact, it turned out we've actually been on the trail of the Terror Key and that all the warcrimes where in fact up the road. Who knew? But still, I couldn't loose the stream title because that read like the best band-name
I wanted to keep this title because I never have a clue how Tunic is going to go. I didn't know I was going to be dissed and dismissed by the Librarian or that I would be stummed by a feather. All I could think of before kickoff was how I would have been all about learning Runic via Duolingo if they hadnt stacked it with their jump to AI Slop
The green owl will only know vengeance
This was supposed to be a long(ship) day of Silksong, but on the stormy seas of gaming, sometimes the ship chooses the course
While a very short run of it, it was none the less an excellent adventure with bosses slain and new toys found
This was supposed to be a long(ship) day of Silksong, but on the stormy seas of gaming, sometimes the ship chooses the course
In the crazy world of high tier competitive eSports, you have to roll with the punches and no one rolls harder than The Longship Tendies, one of the worlds top Q Up teams
What would you do for good tacos? More importantly, what would you do for a twig?! Well, you can answer both of those questions in this very VOD
We dove into a whole chunk of No Im Not A Human and got into the good-weird nonsense
I'm going to level with you, there is a lot of talking before we get to silksong. So much GDC banter, plus Steam decided we had to wait to look at the cool releases of the day
Still, this was an excellent stream and I now have an ant vendetta
I had GDC feelings and coffee to drink, so by the power of guinea pigs we did all of that. And cleaned their cage. Which they then rearranged immediately
Another Gundam kit, this time with a story and the heckin best colour scheme (dont ask me about the pipes)
Underground warriors, strong coffee and haunting situations is the order of the day. The idea of opening a coffee shop inside a timeloop made loads of sense to me, before I'd actually had my first coffee which is another important reminder to caffinate first and name your streams second
All in all, an excellent game and a great day
PEBKAC (problem exists between keyboard and chair), PEBMAC (problem exists between monitor and chair), identity error or ID-10T/1D-10T error (idiot error), PICNIC (problem in chair, not in computer), IBM error (idiot behind machine error), skill issue (lack of skill), and other similar phrases are also used as slang in technical circles with derogatory meaning. This usage implies a lack of computer savviness, asserting that problems arising when using a device are the fault of the user
That and the word AND
Exhaustion hits us all like a brick and I am no exception but even still, we felled mighty bosses and explored, all of which I consider a win
FIRST TIME EVERY TIME!
Part two of the Silverfish adventures of the day, in which Al Fredo might have encountered new horrors beyond understanding and maybe forgotten how to spell. This is a great example of how wild this game can get
Kind of a Part 1 of 2 situation, with today being a lot. It was however a hold adventure in the lands of Project Silverfish and in Part 2 things got really spicy
Our second session on Hell is Us picks up right in the thick of it so while it doesnt need content warnings per say, it is heavy as a breeze block. Once it gets back to the axe swinging monster hunting it lightens up
Just kidding its hecking going for it. Still, its an exceptional game and I feel like a heckin genius for cracking some of these puzzles
Words and coffee, coffee and words. Thats the day (sans spoilers) and we sure did get right into the paint
Also we cracked a very cool puzzle and I'm still feelings smug about it
First time, every time? Can we test that theory in real time? I THINK WE CAN. The continuation of our Hollow Knight: Silksong adventures introduce us to new characters and strangely haunting lands
ALSO THE PUPPY IS STILL HERE
Where to begin with this one? Its a paradoxical kojima-esk (complimentary) bizarre Bloodborne-like that is a the same time utterly rediculas and maybe the realist game. Like, we have games about modern conflicts but this is _actually_ about the generational scars and the very real horrors of war
Also big cube shape go brrrrrrrrr
Put that clown makeup away because its not a bit: Hollow Knight Silksong is real, it might have crashed three digital stores and its in our hands
The follow up to the game that built this corner of the internet
Loads more PAX banter and some really cool games, plus we looked at a bit of lost media. Then we "played" Tunic and I slowly lost my mind
Good day all in all
I am obsessed with this game
Come PAX time BEACN asked if anyone wanted to stream from their booth and I went all in. This was the hour we got and I had loads of fun, perhaps more than the Monday afternoon PAX Attendees were ready for. So this is me and @LittleFireee, digging deep and having the best time
Broadcasted live on Twitch -- Watch live at twitch.tv/viking_blonde
Broadcasted live on Twitch -- Watch live at twitch.tv/viking_blonde
Broadcasted live on Twitch -- Watch live at twitch.tv/viking_blonde
A lot of talking and a couple of words
Brain slow, coffee good. Im still obsessed with this game
Broadcasted live on Twitch -- Watch live at twitch.tv/viking_blonde
Tonight we did two horror games and they couldn't have been more different. Both were excellent and both are worth your time:
1st Game: Load Shake
2nd Game: s.p.l.i.t
There is more to see of both so if you watch all of this VOD you should still consider grabbing them for yourself
How can it be that the day with the least amount of action can be so intense? All I did today was battle with what I'm calling Runic (Tunic Runes) and talk about Silksong
Not a bad day all in all
Four to the power of ten and the birthday that was. Featuring cake, Silverfish and maybe a montage
It was streamed today as part of my birthday spectacular (VOD pending) and I'm still not sure how to process so many years of you all looking after me, so thank you
All of you
Also, as they put in the hard work please go follow LittleFire: youtube.com/@LittleFireee
And here we are. After a long and winding road, we're finally here. From all the books, gods and street-meat have brought us together
There isn't much else to say here, save that none of this would have been possible without Baron Sheep who kept this campaign going when real-life did its damnedest to stop it. Stay tuned for the post-season fireside chat and be sure to check the discord for the post season questionnaire
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We are a very long way from being done with this game, but today isn't about that. Today is about _BATTLES_
Then me slowly loosing my mind
Usual thursday -- Watch live at twitch.tv/viking_blonde
Sleepy but on point is how this stream went. Sadly we didn't get as far into Cubes and Knights as I would have liked but it was exceptional and VERY worth your time
After that we faffed about in 'One Man's Trash' and my sleepy self just natted on and on and on and on and on and- -- Watch live at twitch.tv/viking_blonde
Today was a lot of talk and a lot of fish. Somehow, despite all attempts otherwise I somehow made a shark. Its too warm -- Watch live at twitch.tv/viking_blonde
Thanks to the prodding of Littlefire, we get to the back half of Devotion. This absolutely pulls no punches and hits like a truck, but is incredible in a way that deserves study and celebration
Its wild to think this game was almost completely scrubbed from the internet and I really do think this is one of the most impressive post PT horror games we've gotten
Boy howdy... -- Watch live at twitch.tv/viking_blonde
Another day, another set of arms for are little MG SD Gundam Wing Zero. With an excellent guest and the incredible power of The Longship, this was a lovely Crafternoon -- Watch live at twitch.tv/viking_blonde
Its myself and @LittleFireee for a series of weird, haunting and downright silly games. Here are tonight's events in order:
EGG
Chairbound
Shift 87
I'm On Observation Duty
I'm On Observation Duty 2
All of these came together into the first (maybe?) annual Office Olympics. Could this happen again? Who knows at this point -- Watch live at twitch.tv/viking_blonde
If you've ever wanted to watch a man unravel in real time, going full cork-board-red-string mode then this will be the VOD for you. Or maybe you just like ambient unhinged Bean Speak
Not much else to say that wouldn't be a spoiler, except to say that I will continue Aura Farming for many more moons to come -- Watch live at twitch.tv/viking_blonde
So the initial plan was to finally tackle Indika, but life has a way of being very odd and today was no exception so we ended up playing the Still Wakes the Deep DLC: Siren's Rest
While we did finish the DLC, there was still way more to find so its not a complete spoiler-run -- Watch live at twitch.tv/viking_blonde
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Today was a lot of banter, a proper attempt at Devil Spire followed by tiny rage and then 'One Man's Trash', an indie game about digging (but not the one about digging a hole, even though you dig a hole)
Not planned, but not awful -- Watch live at twitch.tv/viking_blonde


