{"id":448597,"date":"2024-01-11T11:31:28","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T17:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/?p=448597"},"modified":"2024-01-11T11:31:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T17:31:33","slug":"the-pc-cursed-98-game-jam-gives-you-the-full-warped-90s-magazine-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/the-pc-cursed-98-game-jam-gives-you-the-full-warped-90s-magazine-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"The PC Cursed 98 game jam gives you the full warped &#8217;90s magazine experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you miss the days of physical magazines packed with demo discs? Would you like to see it perverted in sinister ways? <em>PC Cursed 98<\/em> will give you the whole experience you\u2019ve been looking for, it&#8217;s free, and it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/jacobjazz.itch.io\/pccursed98\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">available for PC now<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>PC Cursed 98<\/em> is a compilation of short indie games in the framework of the sort of demo disc that came with magazines in the &#8217;90s and &#8217;00s. This makes it adjacent to Haunted PS1 and its variety of PS1-styled cursed demo discs. What makes PC Cursed 98 a bit different is that it comes packed with an actual magazine. I\u2019m not even talking about a short pamphlet, either. It\u2019s 52 pages of articles and twisted advertisements. That\u2019s commitment. It\u2019s even set up in such a way that you can have it professionally printed out. On top of that, there are even covers for a CD case for the demo disc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trailer PC CURSED 98 Magazine\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vkgtTrk994A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The (free) demo disc contains 21-ish shortform horror games from a slew of creators. From the list, I only really recognize Jacob Jazz, who made the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/reviews\/review-baobabs-mausoleum-volume-1-ovnifagos-dont-eat-flamingos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Baobabs Mausoleum<\/a><\/em> games. But that\u2019s kind of the point of these compilations: you get a glimpse into the minds of a variety of small, indie developers. Maybe you\u2019ll like what you see and will form a brand-new parasocial relationship with them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The games are supposedly all horror-themed, but their style runs the gamut between lo-fi, jank pop, and retro-inspired. Typically, for these jams, a lot of the included games are very experimental. As such, some of them fail. Others might make you wish you could unsee them. But a few may echo in the darkest recesses of your soul. It\u2019s worth a look. Jam games, I guess you could call them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>PC Cursed 98<\/em> is now available for <a href=\"https:\/\/jacobjazz.itch.io\/pccursed98\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PC through itch.io<\/a>. It\u2019s free, so it probably doesn\u2019t hurt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t wait for the cereal box game jam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":448599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","ub_ctt_via":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[1625,19109,478,24281],"internal-label":[24255],"invoiceable_action":[23730],"article_type":[23116],"coauthors":[{"id":17,"display_name":"Zoey Handley","user_nicename":"adzuken"}],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PCCursed98_Box_Interior.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","author_info":{"display_name":"Zoey Handley","author_link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/author\/adzuken\/"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PCCursed98_Box_Interior.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448597"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448597"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":448601,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448597\/revisions\/448601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448597"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=448597"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=448597"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=448597"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=448597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}