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The RPS Game Club pick for September is Hypnospace Outlaw!Logging on
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Now that we’ve all emerged from thesubterrean labs of Aperture Scienceand popped our Steam Decks back into their cases, it’s time to crawl into bed and dream of the internet superhighway. That’s right, this month’sRPS Game Clubpick is the alternate-reality detective adventureHypnospace Outlaw!
Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer ReviewSlayer X, a retro-inspired 90s FPS set within the Hypnospace universe, is also a fun thing to spend some time with.Watch on YouTube
Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer Review
Despite its fantastical depiction of the internet as it was pre-millenium, Hypnospace is a suprisingly earnest exploration into the early days of online communities. In stark contrast to the internet of today, Hypnospace celebrates a time where individuals were given the tools and the scope to express themselves within this exciting new frontier. It’s a nostalgia trip through a foreign land, one that resembles something familiar even if it’s very clearly the product of a world that isn’t our own.
Who among us didn’t vent their teenage angst via personal web pages and poorly written blogs? |Image credit:No More Robots
For fans of theIndiescovery podcast(our lovely Jeffa Cakes), my selection will come as no suprise, I’m sure. I enthused about Hypnospace (and it’s excellent spin-off, the brilliantly namedSlayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer)a lot on that podcast, so if you’re still not convinced feel free to give that a listen.
And if you’re a PC Game Pass subscriber, you literally have no excuse not to play, as Hypnospace Outlaw is currently availableas part of that service. You can also buy it viaSteamorGOGinstead, if popping some pounds into Phil Spencer’s pocket isn’t something you’re keen to do. Still, if you fancy a break fromStarfield, you won’t find a better palette cleanser than this.
A small disclaimer: Former RPS contributor Xalavier Nelson Jr. was a writer on Hypnospace Outlaw, long before he posteda Twitter thread so heinous it genuinely left me angry for a full week.
