GamesBaldur's Gate 3
It made mainstream audiences learn what a d20 is. That's not an accident.
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GamesCave Story
One man spent five years making this and gave it away.
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GamesChained Echoes
One person made this. Play it anyway.
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Video EssaysFavourite Things (SuperEyepatchWolf)
One man, one hour, nothing but genuine enthusiasm.
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GamesLike a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
It's a game where you can run a ramen restaurant, fight a tiger, and attend a funeral for a man who isn't dead yet.
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GamesMetaphor: ReFantazio
You don't play JRPGs. Play this one anyway.
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GamesPersona 5 Royal
The most stylish game ever made, and underneath the style is a story about teenagers fighting abuse of power.
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BooksRedwall
Children's books about woodland mice that are shamelessly, gloriously violent.
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GamesSlay the Spire
The deckbuilder that ate the rest of your library.
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TVThe Sopranos
Every prestige drama you love is copying this one's homework.
you'll think about it for weeksstory that mattersfunny until it isn't
BooksThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
A man sits in a well and everything means something.
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