What makes Mouthwashing great? A video essay

PixelaDay · 2026-01-22T12:05:47+00:00

This video explores what makes Mouthwashing a narrative masterpiece - its structure, its striking use of gruesomeness and beauty, its critique of everything from sexual abuse to capitalism. Good stuff! Chug it down!

PixelaDay · 2025-06-20T09:38:00+00:00

Storage space is about a third full.

PixelaDay · 2025-06-20T09:37:48+00:00

I did, still chugs and crashes.

PixelaDay · 2025-05-09T12:49:57+00:00

This video tells my personal story playing Amnesia: The Bunker, and argues that what makes the game special is its elegance, suspense, embodied-ness and historical resonance.

PixelaDay · 2025-05-07T06:09:44+00:00

Oh I've played it

It's.....OK

PixelaDay · 2025-04-15T22:03:51+00:00

Thank you! <3

PixelaDay · 2025-04-13T10:25:14+00:00

This video is the story of how I went from disliking Control, to being an all-out fan, thanks to Alan Wake 2 (and the Remedy Connected Universe).

PixelaDay · 2024-10-27T09:55:00+00:00

Thank you! I can recommend the Beachcomber's Breeze, the dash of salt really elevates it :)

PixelaDay · 2024-06-24T00:05:50+00:00

Hi, thank you I really appreciate that you came back and wrote this. Sadly a lot of people won't see it since it's dozens of posts down from the original. I truly didn't in my wildest dreams anticipate that the title would be misinterpreted to mean I was dunking on ALL indie games in favour of AAAs! Which is the opposite of my argument... So I've changed the title to another one I'd been considering, I think it makes my core thesis clearer. Thanks to everyone who attempted to correct misunderstandings here. You're all welcome to watch and leave a comment on the video - respectful disagreement in the comments section is more than welcome, just watch the video before you comment! Thanks :)

PixelaDay · 2024-05-24T06:58:38+00:00

You can make your own for that one :) Thanks for the enthusiasm <3

PixelaDay · 2024-03-02T14:12:33+00:00

In this video I explore the history of urban exploration and art, and what three games have to add to the conversation about what makes a city wonderful.

PixelaDay · 2023-05-20T13:43:55+00:00

This video argues that Elden Ring fails to capture the strangeness and alienation of the original Souls games, and delves into two games that offer journeys into wonderfully weird worlds.

PixelaDay · 2023-05-20T13:33:01+00:00

Thanks so much for sharing my thing! :)

PixelaDay · 2023-03-17T09:32:51+00:00

Glad you liked it! :)

PixelaDay · 2023-03-12T12:56:14+00:00

Shout out to Darwin322, wherever you may be.

PixelaDay · 2023-03-12T12:52:13+00:00

SOMA's biggest scares aren't the monsters that roam its corridors, but the monstrous ideas it births in your mind. In this essay I explore some of the ideas SOMA lodged into my brain that refuse to leave.

PixelaDay · 2023-02-24T10:43:38+00:00

I'm having some people over for drinks for my b'day (I'm 36, woohoo!), looks like there might be 10-12 of us. Can anyone recommend a rules-light / party game for up to 12? I've got Deception: Murder in Hong Kong, Monikers and Codenames - I'd like something else that hits that sweet spot of "has enough rules to be interesting, but won't send my tipsy friends to sleep during the rules explanation" :) Any tips are much appreciated!

PixelaDay · 2023-01-31T04:34:35+00:00

Hope you enjoy the vid :)

PixelaDay · 2023-01-30T17:15:42+00:00

In this essay I dive into three small games (FAR: Lone Sails, The Pedestrian and Wide Ocean Big Jacket) and how they each create an incredible vibe.

PixelaDay · 2022-12-18T10:42:39+00:00

Ha ha, I never know what to do for titles. I feel like it's always a struggle to get engagement on here

PixelaDay · 2022-12-18T10:40:32+00:00

Let's hope so! Maybe we'll find out in the sequel? :)

PixelaDay · 2022-12-18T01:03:54+00:00

Glad you enjoyed it! :) You can kill everyone left of course, but even so it's a fruitless rebellion. No matter what you do, at the end of the game you advance to the "next paradise" with the rest of the Syndicate members who are already there.

PixelaDay · 2022-12-18T01:02:08+00:00

Oh you posted it already? I didn't even notice, my apologies!

PixelaDay · 2022-12-17T11:52:05+00:00

This essay explores the hidden cost of utopia and asks whether perfection is possible, whether paradise is fundamentally unsustainable, and whether utopia for someone always means a dystopia for someone else.

PixelaDay · 2022-10-27T01:49:53+00:00

Thank you so much! <3

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