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Russian folklore galore in BLACK BOOK & the dense and grimey cyperpunk world of THE ASCENT

Enter the packed filthy world of twin-stick shooter The Ascent, or head to the Russian wilds to learn dark folk magic with Black Book.

August 16, 2021 1:20 PM

Dive into Russian folklore and the nature of the self with card battler Black Book by Morteska with Nick, and Adam explores twin stick shooter The Ascent which actually asks a few smart questions about the nature of hypercapitalist cyberpunk future by Swedish developers Neon Giant.

Pixel Sift is produced by Scott Quigg, Sarah Ireland, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Mitch Loh is our Senior Producer, Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer.

Brian Fairbanks from Salty Dog Sounds composed the Mainstream theme music.

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