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New on the Secret Area: "Halo with chips" has been found.

A dumb back of the box quote from Maxim magazine promoting a poker video game had become a small meme. I wanted to find out where it came from.

Likes, shares and comments are really appreciated. https://asecretarea.com/2025/02/21/halo-with-chips-found/

Hey, remember when I was talking about wanting a cat fursona?

Well, thanks to a picrew, and a friend who was willing to help, it's now a reality.

Say hi to Tonya! She's soft, cuddly, and friendly!

(art by Megahand6 on birdsite)

ps visit my website it has cool dumb video game things

I made a new post yesterday to cover devolver digital's silly advergame

http://asecretarea.com

23 minutes until it is safe to be invisible again

Something I realized as I was playing through Hexen and the Deathkings of the Dark Citadel expansion: A good chunk of the game's levels are nice and symmetrical, almost like a multiplayer arena.

Suddenly I wonder if Hexen has (had?) a deathmatch scene...

I think it's time to post random game show music again

especially since I just saw the pilot of Jeopardy from 1977 and forgot it had this banger for closing theme song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtQfqBeG48U

Yesterday while checking a thrift store, I stumbled upon this

I cannot get away from this dumb little soundtrack, I swear to god

(I didn't buy it because I already have a copy, I don't need a sealed one.)

After a fairly mundane doctor's appointment, I decided to treat myself with a cinnabon and a few more goofy CDs and movies found at a thrift store

Sometimes it's those little things I find enjoyment in

Some of the things I watched today:

- A goofball kids game show with a host who has the most Larry Fine/Carrot Top hair I've ever seen
- A game show based off Mad Libs
- A "modern" take on Name that Tune
- That Donny Osmond Pyramid revival that wasn't great

Can you tell I'm a trash connoisseur? 😛

New Secret Area post: It's Shadowgrounds: Survivor.

Back in 2016, I wrote about Shadowgrounds, a fun little top-down horror/action shooter. Now in 2025, I finally play its sequel.

Likes, shares, and comments appreciated, as always.

https://asecretarea.com/2025/03/19/shadowgrounds-survivor-pc/

Played a bit through Alien Breed: Impact and my god this feels generic and not very fun

Also it crashed on me like twice and had to use task manager to close it

The hunt for a good top-down shooter continues....

the pusheen store has a cowboy pusheen plush and I am *so* tempted to grab it

look at the boots!!

https://shop.pusheen.com/collections/cowboy-pusheen/products/cowboy-pusheen-plush

one day we must find "hot dance 98" just to hear the other covers on that besides Block Rockin Beats

Listening to SomaFM's Groove Salad and this song came up

Almost sounds like music you'd hear in Unreal Tournament

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_JLQWv9elg

New Patreon post: It's Shadowgrounds: Survivor.

The original Shadowgrounds was a fun little top-down shooter. For the followup, Frozenbyte decided to get a little Phun with PhysX.

Available now for all patrons: https://www.patreon.com/posts/shadowgrounds-124507651