SeaBed made me cry for like 20 minutes straight while trying to read it through tears. I've never really read anything else quite like it, and it seems to me that it's truly a shame that it isn't widely regarded as one of the best visual novels out there. Sure, part of what makes it so unique – the extremely slow pace, and a story that is mostly interested in looking at its characters through everyday conversations and the mundane details of their lives – is somewhat off-putting to a lot of people; so it probably makes sense that it's not that well known.

However, by the end of the game I personally felt like there was hardly a wasted moment in it despite how slow and relatively light on plot it is. All the time spent on characterization and building up the central mystery of the game was, to me at least, absolutely essential for the story of SeaBed to be so affecting and end so strongly. It really is a beautifully constructed visual novel, that's well worth reading even if its narrative structure is different from anything else you've ever read.

The way in which both Butterfly Soup 1 and 2 switch back and forth so easily between some really funny shit, that had me laughing to a degree that video games almost never manage to make me laugh, to deeply heartfelt and thoughtful writing has got to be unparalleled. Games like these two make me wish I was better at getting through my backlog, instead of not playing a game like Butterfly Soup until five years later when a sequel is released. I truly could not say enough positive things about them both to fully articulate how happy the simple act of playing them made me. Just fantastic.

Also, I hope Diya is still just as enamored with the Home Depot lights section if there's ever a Butterfly Soup 3.

I probably would have hated TLOU 2's story if I hadn't gone into it already knowing the plot – its nihilism and grim outlook on the nature of people would have been exhausting otherwise – but since I knew what it was going to be like going into it, I was able to enjoy the story a fair bit. It still has a lot of problems of course: its themes are not very deep or interesting despite the writers clearly thinking that they are, the idea that a violent and depressing story = an intelligent and mature story permeates the whole thing and is just tiring, and character's motivations don't always make a ton of sense. But, its characters are mostly likable and there's some good moments between them. And the gameplay is fun and the visuals are quite nice too look at. So, all in all it's an enjoyable game in my opinion – despite being deeply flawed.