Patrick Klepek

Patrick Klepek

@patrickklepek.bsky.social

editor @ Remap // editor @ Crossplay // pr: patrick@remapradio.com and patrick@crossplay.news // tips: patrick.klepek@protonmail.com // signal: 224-707-1561

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We're recording a subscriber-only podcast tomorrow about Janet and Chia's recent trips to Japan! If you have any questions + observations you want to share for our conversation, send 'em to questions@remapradio.com

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Umurangi Generation captured the collective angst of successive generations inheriting a broken world prepared for them like a shit sandwich. Here's my story for Remap about the developer's follow-up, Penguin Colony https://remapradio.com/articles/penguin-colony-wants-the-world-to-open-its-eyes/

remapradio.comPenguin Colony Wants the World to Open Its EyesHow a video game about waddling forward past Lovecraftian horrors is also, somehow, about the collective sins of humanity.

If anyone has any recommendations as I begin to contemplate crawling out of my skin (aka a repair on our furnace costs enough that it makes more sense to repair the entire HVAC system, as the whole thing is old and on borrowed time), please do pass it on

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I was faced with a video game dilemma about a month ago. I don’t have kids of my own, but I assume a father-figure-like role toward my best friend’s kids. Inside my bumpy journey trying to help my friend’s kid get into video games https://www.crossplay.news/p/teaching-kids-to-play-video-games

crossplay.newsMy Bumpy Journey Trying to Help My Friend’s Kid Get into Video GamesThese days, it’s rarely as simple as having them play a Mario game.

Umurangi Generation captured the collective angst of successive generations inheriting a broken world prepared for them like a shit sandwich. Here's my story for Remap about the developer's follow-up, Penguin Colony https://remapradio.com/articles/penguin-colony-wants-the-world-to-open-its-eyes/

remapradio.comPenguin Colony Wants the World to Open Its EyesHow a video game about waddling forward past Lovecraftian horrors is also, somehow, about the collective sins of humanity.

Anyone in Chicago wanna go to tonight's Chrono Trigger orchestrated performance? I can't make it work, happy to sell/transfer the tickets at face value. DM me if interested.

I've played an hour of Nintendo's Ocarina of Time remake, and found a game that feels like a safe update of an all-time classic, and one that might be more approachable for younger audiences than Breath of the Wild https://www.crossplay.news/p/so-far-nintendos-zelda-remake-feels

crossplay.newsSo Far, Nintendo’s Zelda Remake Feels Safe—And More Approachable for KidsRecent Zelda games are complex affairs. Ocarina of Time, by comparison, is much simpler.

Oldest daughter got spacers in her mouth today in advance of braces. This step is supposed to suck. (I don’t remember this part as a kid.) Any tips to make her journey better?

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Back from my week off tomorrow and desperately desperately in need of work. I’m not getting payments for thing I did, my car is broken down, and I’ve got a big gap in schedule work coming up. In a much tougher position after a vacation than I planned on. If you have any leads on work, let me know

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🎉 HUGE CAREER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉 Today, I'm launching Vertical Slice, a new independent trade outlet committed to producing quality video game journalism that inspires, informs, and interrogates. That means daily news, incisive interviews, vital investigative work, and more. www.verticalslice.news

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We had the chance to talk a bit about Forever Ago and its development with @patrickklepek.bsky.social & @remapradio.bsky.social! It was a fun conversation that you can read about or listen to here 👇👇👇

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Forever Ago is about two best friends ditching the world of advertising to craft a story about grief and whether it's possible to become a better person, even as mortality stares back https://remapradio.com/articles/forever-ago-anger-and-change-in-the-face-of-death/

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I gave Braid an A+ back in my press days. I spent 100s of hours working on The Witness at PlayStation, fighting for it, getting it into conferences, and being Jon's personal wrangler. I even coined "Metroidbrainia" after it. I will not be buying Order of the Sinking Star, and neither should you.

Really been enjoying these 20 minute-ish dispatches that we've been doing to document our weekly emotional sports rollercoaster.

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A week ago, Rob and Patrick were on the brink of throwing up their hands at yet another disastrous season for the Chicago Bears. Now…Super Bowl? Super BEARS? A new Sports! mini is here https://remapradio.com/podcasts/episodes/sports-mini-case-keenum-closed/