Author: Josh Bycer

Owner of Game Wisdom with more than a decade of experience writing and talking about game design and the industry. I'm also the author of the "Game Design Deep Dive" series and "20 Essential Games to Study"

Haunted PS1 Demo Showcase

This is a showcase of almost every demo featured in the Haunted PS1 Demo Disc Flipside Frights.

0:00 Intro
00:55 Sorrow
2:15 Spyrit Walker
3:46 Subversive Memories
5:08 Axyz
6:14 Scissors In Hell
7:36 Ticky’s Tower of Time
8:24 Prison of Husks
9:27 500 Calibur Contractz
10:39 Blessed Burden
11:34 Toree Saturn
12:26 Death in Abyss
13:44 Eclipsium
15:00 FriendShapes
16:37 The Hungry Fly
17:45 No Strings Attached/ Vladimere Lhore Collection
18:36 No Players Online
20:03 Trip
21:09 Children of Saturn

Short and Stylish Platformer Reviews

This is a double review of Inmost and Transiruby played with retail keys.

0:00 Intro
00:17 Inmost
3:45 Transiruby

Josh’s Favorite Action Games of 2024

For this part, it’s my (Josh Bycer’s) favorite action, or action-adjacent games of 2024.

Josh’s Favorite Horror Games of 2024

For this entry, it’s my (Josh Bycer’s) favorite horror games for 2024.

Indie Showcase for 3/12/25

The weekly showcases highlight the many indie games we play here on the channel. If you want me (Josh Bycer) to look at your game for a future one please reach out.

0:00 Intro
00:14 Sheepy A Short Adventure
1:40 Dungeons & Doomknights
2:57 Sky Settlers
4:26 Into the Necrovale
5:44 Immortal Life
7:08 Clown Meat

From Casual Jumping to Casual Cleanup

The weekly indie showcases highlight the games we play on stream, all games shown are either press keys or demo submissions.

0:00 Intro
00:14 Anomaly Agent
2:16 Ak-Xolotl
4:35 Ve Than: Divine Guardian
6:12 Dream of the Star Haven
7:14 Boxes: Lost Fragments
9:38 Spilled

Two Stylish Action Games

This is a double review of #blud and Void Sols, both played with press keys.

0:00 Intro
00:18 #blud
4:08 Void Sols

Serious and Sweet Adventure Games

This is a double review for the adventure games The Night is Grey and Prim, both played with press keys provided by the developers.

0:00 Intro
00:14 The Night is Grey
4:33 Prim

6 Degrees of Roguelikes to Enjoy

The weekly showcases highlight the many games we check out on the channel. Games shown are either press keys, demos, or from my collection. Reach out if you would like me to look at your game.

0:00 Intro
00:14 Terracards
2:26 Lucky Mayor
4:09 Aetheris
6:22 Rogue Labyrinth
7:57 Alien Frontier
9:14 Zero Sievert

Six Indie Games For Everyone to Enjoy

The indie showcases highlight the many games we check out on (Josh Bycer’s) channel, games shown are either demos or press key submissions.

0:00 Intro
00:14 Verses of Enchantment
1:41 Stopdead
3:44 Garbage Crew
4:46 Jello
6:12 Guardians of Holme
8:18 Reaver

Two Takes of Original Gaming

A double review of two of the stranger games I’ve seen in 2024. Both games were played with press keys while doing IGF judging.

0:00 Intro
00:21 Judero
3:17 Extreme Evolution: Drive to Divinity

Josh’s 2024 Favorite Platformers

Every year, I put together a video list of my favorite games categorized by genres that I’ll be posting over here, starting with platformers.