FUN LINKS
A gallery of my favorite things you can do for free on the computer. Note that these are being endorsed as artistic experiences, not as ideologies. Please consume responsibly, you hereby release Quadriformis.net of any and all liability, et cetera.
READABLE THINGS
(including readable things with pictures)
| Cleveland Quixotic |
A Beginner's Guide to the End of the Universe |
| self-aware isekai with excellent character writing & setting design. if you've heard of worth the candle, it's that but shorter, punchier, and generally better. |
suggestion-powered webcomic originally posted to the mspaintadventures forums in 2010. guaranteed to contain less than 2% homestuck by weight. |
| Has anyone heard of the Left/Right Game? |
Mother Horse Eyes |
| r/nosleep story that manages to outperform others in its genre by cleverly subverting the asinine plausibility rules and telling an actually compelling narrative. |
reddit's favorite anonymously guerilla-published nonlinear danielewski-vania. about a lot of things, including alien crab romance. |
| 17776 |
GODHEAD |
| text-and-video story about sports in post-mortality america, starring three sapient space probes. punches (emotionally) above its weight class and wins every time. |
wonderfully stylized and experimental webcomic pushing the boundaries of browser-based art. has music, animation, interactive pages, hovertext narration, 3D screens, et cetera. we're not in 2009 anymore, dorothy. |
| The Northern Caves |
The Privilege of the Happy Ending |
| unique story about all-consuming obsession, pattern-seeking, and filling in the gaps. not as bombastic as some, but of the type to stick in your brain for months after reading. |
a metanarrative fairy tale about a talking chicken. my favorite of many works by kij johnson. other short stories are available online, or in that rare medium known as "print"; i recommend them all. |
| The Grief Complex |
Meanies Comic |
| strikingly illustrated picture book for grownups. described by the author as being "about psychic parasitism", and i can't top that. currently awaiting further phases. |
episodic adventures of some color-themed guys. it's fun! can't we just have fun for once. |
| Tapers |
Drop-Out |
| short novel about, broadly speaking, obsession. it's not just the prototype petscop with petscop characters by the guy who did petscop. please engage with it on its own merits. |
emotionally intense and deeply layered. anything i could describe it as would be selling it short. yeah, it's "a furry roadtrip comic" in the same way a hatchet to the neck is "a sore throat". |
PLAYABLE THINGS
| Heisei Pistol Show |
With Those We Love Alive |
| punchy neon-coated rpgmaker game that manages to be both absurdly hilarious and emotionally sincere. RM2k jank adds to the charm. |
bridging the gap between "readable thing" and "playable thing", an interactive story set in a dreamlike and macabre world. frankly ahead of its time. |
| Our Dirge |
OFF |
| (currently in demo) dialogue-centered VNRPG set in a painterly liminal space. personable, precise in scope, and naturally engaging. |
you have definitely already heard about this much-beloved french/belgian indie rpg, but god dammit, go play it (again). |
WATCHABLE THINGS
| Petscop |
After Last Season |
| chronically misinterpreted video series. captivating, meticulously crafted, represents the distilled and bottled aspirations of every video game creepypasta from the past decade. by the guy who did tapers! |
extraordinarily bad movie from 2009 that fails in literally every aspect. genuinely difficult to watch. holds a special place in my heart and brain for its weird barren sets, clumsy CGI sequences, and incoherent sound mixing. |