Michael

Makes little games. Organizes local game dev stuff near Detroit they/them

Adventure Game Club: https://dosgame.club/@adventure
My Games and Other Stuff: https://virtualmoose.org/about/
Locally Sourced: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@locallysourcedmi
Location: Ann Arbor, MI

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michaelklamerus_at_dosgame.club@momostr.pink

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2026-09-22 17:16:28 UTC

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I'm not a games writer but I think it's worth opening it up to them as well.
Game looks very cool though and I'm looking forward to buying it. I was a big fan of the original game when it came out

2026-09-14 23:33:26 UTC

Those new game jam options on Itch are very nice
https://bsky.app/profile/itch.io/post/3mvj6wvzsms2b

2026-08-26 23:11:00 UTC

Double Fine is making Brutal Legend free on Itch.io for the next 666 minutes to celebrate Tim Curry
https://doublefine.itch.io/brutal-legend

2026-08-06 16:42:22 UTC

Idk, I think that if AI is stealing my shit and polluting communities, that’s kinda the end of that debate. No need to find the nuance there. Stop fucking using it

2026-07-01 15:50:10 UTC

if you have your own physical media collection, you can do your own version of the Criterion Closet where you stand in your basement by yourself and saying "oh wow, In the Mood for Love, what a film" to absolutely no one

2026-04-20 21:23:32 UTC

Tim Cook was a bad ceo because he did not bring back HyperCard but now the new Apple CEO has the opportunity to bring it back and be loved forever

2026-02-18 00:43:40 UTC

Even though society has moved past them, I like when library books still have the little list of stamps of when they were checked out a few decades ago
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2026-02-12 18:50:59 UTC

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I think you toggle between the image version and detailed list? I'm still figuring it out. Hopefully this links to a text version
https://backloggd.com/u/MichaelKlamerus/list/games-where-a-person-in-front-of-a-greenscreen-talks-directly-to-you-2/user/detail/

2026-02-12 18:06:19 UTC

sorry I don't have time for discourse. I'm doing important work here
https://backloggd.com/u/MichaelKlamerus/list/games-where-a-person-in-front-of-a-greenscreen-talks-directly-to-you/title/grid?page=1

2026-01-31 16:19:42 UTC

I appreciate @npub1k7x…ceaf updates because there's always a weird game or multimedia cd-rom I never heard of that I can now easily run on my computer. Features of National Fishing? Sure, I'll go track down whatever that is
https://www.scummvm.org/news/20260131/

2025-12-09 18:27:23 UTC

DOS Games Are Alive and Well on Itch.io https://virtualmoose.org/2025/12/09/dos-games-are-alive-and-well-on-itch-io/
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2025-07-23 23:13:24 UTC

Brutal Legend is free on Itch for the next few hours
https://doublefine.itch.io/brutal-legend

2025-06-13 20:01:43 UTC

RIP AdventureGamers 1998 – 2025 https://virtualmoose.org/2025/06/13/rip-adventuregamers-1998-2025/
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2025-06-10 02:48:05 UTC

If you live in the #annarbor area, you should check out the Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival this weekend at the Ann Arbor District Library. It's my favorite comics event
https://aadl.org/a2caf

2025-06-04 19:42:37 UTC

Just a reminder that @npub1lu8…v9tm supports Mastodon profiles in your Itch profile page and you should consider adding them to your page so people can find you here (if you want that)

2025-04-17 15:37:40 UTC

Happy New Llamasoft Game Day to those who celebrate
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2932910/I_Robot/

2025-03-06 13:04:08 UTC

So we got like 5 years before Discord goes in the toilet now?

2025-01-22 04:24:40 UTC

I wish there was more of a push from writers/websites to have people use RSS. I know Google Reader's death really hurt RSS use, but there's apps now like Inoreader and Feedly (as much as I have issues with the latter) that work on phones that I think people would use. It's just so much easier to see something through RSS feeds than always checking social media

2025-01-19 02:17:48 UTC

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I really hope I can do the next one and try your game. This is such a cool setup

2025-01-18 01:33:11 UTC

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ahhh I forgot that was tomorrow and can’t go. Do you know if they meetup often? I only found out about this group a month ago

2024-12-26 03:52:12 UTC

There's DOSember for DOS games, MARCHintosh for Macintosh games, begging someone to organize something for the Amiga.

2024-12-25 18:34:35 UTC

Happy Dogmas
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2024-12-20 17:36:11 UTC

Every Friday I do a new roundup of recently released #indiegames on Steam, Itch.io, and elsewhere and people are still releasing bangers even at this time of the year.
https://virtualmoose.org/2024/12/20/indie-game-roundup-dec-20-2024/
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2024-12-20 17:00:20 UTC

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Die for the Economy is a new game inspired by the classic arcade game Berzerk, featuring psychedelic pixel art and all the robot voices you would hope for from one of these types of games. I played it a bit this morning and it's probably the best Berzerk-inspired game I've ever played. I love the humor about how much capitalism sucks and the difficulty levels make this approachable for any arcade game fan
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3266590/Die_for_the_Economy/
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2024-12-20 14:55:02 UTC

I don't know if an arcade game has a better victory screen than Die for the Economy
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3266590/Die_for_the_Economy/
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2024-12-20 02:59:47 UTC

Doing my annual playthrough of the Jazz Jackrabbit holiday episodes
https://www.twitch.tv/mikeklam

2024-12-18 14:13:59 UTC

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The Anchorite is a very short point-and-click adventure made for the AdventureX jam. Can't say much without spoiling it but I enjoyed the mystery and was impressed by the artwork for this game made in two weeks. Free and playable in the browser
https://beyondbooleans.itch.io/the-anchorite
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2024-12-16 17:54:09 UTC

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Tummy Bonbons: The Sweet Monster is an excellent free arcade game by PUNKCAKE Délicieux where you are a monster chasing children for candy while dodging crows. Features 3 difficulties, endless mode, and lots of color palettes but the default is the Always Good, Actually cga color palette
https://punkcake.itch.io/tummy-bonbons
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3297190/Tummy_Bonbons_The_Sweet_Monster/
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2024-12-15 23:15:14 UTC

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Santatron 2024 is a brand new game for the Amiga inspired by the classic Robotron. Clear rooms of enemies and saves elves to go to the next level. Just a really solid arcade game and fun excuse to fire up my Amiga emulator (WinUAE). Available as Pay-What-You-Want
https://nivrig.itch.io/santatron-2024
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2024-12-15 23:14:19 UTC

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WOLFCLAW is a free game created by Heather Flowers and Noé Charron for the 7Day FPS 2024 jam. You are a werewolf ghost and must claw and eat enemies and possess enemies when the health in your current body is too low. Keep playing until you die and try to get a high score
https://celechii.itch.io/wolfclaw
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2024-12-15 23:13:29 UTC

I suppose this is going to be my indie game recommendation thread where I keep replying to this with stuff I've been enjoying lately. Everything in here will eventually show up in roundups on my blog https://virtualmoose.org/

2024-12-13 17:28:45 UTC

It's Friday so I have published another list of some #indiegames released in the last week on my blog. Maybe you'll find a new favorite game to play
https://virtualmoose.org/2024/12/13/indie-game-roundup-dec-13-2024/
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2024-12-12 03:18:42 UTC

Today in useless information I have to tell everyone about, I just realized the music in the Information Superhighway section of Space Quest 6
https://youtu.be/7IlOGv2DAqE?si=fFMsV2rxGAOsE55w
Is originally from Neil Grandstaff's rejected Rama score. I guess he reused it. I just think that's neat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKMVS3GuvSQ

2024-12-04 17:22:36 UTC

The Adventure X jam wrapped up a few days ago and a lot of cool adventure games were submitted
https://itch.io/jam/advxjam2024/entries

2024-11-30 16:33:00 UTC

wow, someone made a patch for Gabriel Knight 1 that fixes the pops and crackles in the audio. The video on the Itch page shows the before and after
https://alltinker.itch.io/gk-speech-fix

2024-11-30 04:21:17 UTC

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Both Gubble.com and the official product sheet say 1997 and NOT 1996
https://web.archive.org/web/19970617233223/http://www.gubble.com/prprod.htm

2024-11-30 04:14:36 UTC

Spending my Friday night as most people do, submitting corrections on the MobyGames page for Gubble

2024-11-22 15:41:56 UTC

Every Friday I do a roundup of #indiegames that I think look pretty neat and folks? It's a Friday
https://virtualmoose.org/2024/11/22/indie-game-roundup-nov-22-2024/
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2024-11-22 04:54:14 UTC

I can't believe there is finally a Codename: ICEMAN fan game
https://graysond.itch.io/kidname-iceboy

2024-11-22 01:09:33 UTC

I just thought this was a nice tribute to The Secret of Monkey Island made in Bitsy
https://alansuspect.itch.io/monkey-island-manual-game

2024-11-16 21:36:33 UTC

If you’re a game dev, consider having your own blog/site. It’s probably going to last longer than any social media platform, unless you choose to shut it down yourself, and it’s really nice having a “home base” that can’t get destroyed by a bored billionaire.
Even a Bear Blog or Neocities can be fun and they’re free. Sure it’s possible that either platform can become garbage at some point, but it’s easy to move the contents elsewhere if they do
https://bearblog.dev
https://zonelets.net

2024-11-14 21:01:17 UTC

Got rambling on bluesky about it so I might as well post it here to make it official.
Having become frustrated with companies like Piko buying the rights to lots of old games, hoarding them, and generally just kinda being assholes about it, my goal for 2025 is to do what these companies won't and buy the rights to a 20+ year old game and make it public domain. It may be a terrible Klik & Play game that someone made when they were 10, but it will happen.

2024-11-12 19:25:05 UTC

I don't think I've actually posted anything from my adventure game yet? It's just a short and free point-and-click adventure for the Ann Arbor District Library about local Ann Arbor figure Dr. Chase, who made a book of recipes in the late 1800s. The game will use his recipes real puzzle solutions, but I don't actually recommend making them in real life
https://fisher.library.utoronto.ca/fisher-blog/ia-book-week-dr-chases-recipes
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2024-11-12 17:48:39 UTC

Game Review: Deja Vu: A Nightmares Comes True!! (1985) https://virtualmoose.org/2024/11/12/game-review-deja-vu-a-nightmares-comes-true-1985/
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2024-11-08 17:20:22 UTC

Trying to take my mind off things by writing about recent indie games I've been excited about
https://virtualmoose.org/2024/11/08/indie-game-roundup-nov-08-2024/
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2024-10-25 18:02:05 UTC

Indie Game Roundup (Oct. 25, 2024) https://virtualmoose.org/2024/10/25/indie-game-roundup-oct-25-2024/
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2024-10-12 15:41:54 UTC

Gobliins 6 Kickstarter Launched https://virtualmoose.org/2024/10/12/gobliins-6-kickstarter-launched/

2024-10-11 14:19:59 UTC

Indie Game Roundup (Oct. 11, 2024) https://virtualmoose.org/2024/10/11/indie-game-roundup-oct-11-2024/
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2024-10-04 17:36:09 UTC

Indie Game Roundup (Oct. 4, 2024) https://virtualmoose.org/2024/10/04/indie-game-roundup-oct-4-2024/
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2024-09-27 13:13:39 UTC

Indie Game Roundup (Sept. 27, 2024) https://virtualmoose.org/2024/09/27/indie-game-roundup-sept-27-2024/
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2024-09-26 20:23:35 UTC

found that 50 game anthology everyone was talking about
https://thecatamites.itch.io/50-short-games

2024-09-24 16:49:44 UTC

Myst: The Prequel to Riven merch
https://store.cyan.com/products/white-glossy-mug-9

2024-09-21 03:25:31 UTC

Indie Game Roundup (Sept. 20, 2024) https://virtualmoose.org/2024/09/21/indie-game-roundup-sept-20-2024/
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2024-09-10 14:03:19 UTC

ATTN #Cohost posters
I'm going to try to make a blogroll with as many links as possible to other cohost folks with blogs/sites. I've got some but please reply with a link to your site and your cohost username
It's definitely still a work in progress but if you want to see the current state, here you go:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BCJ7PFpUEjaysOA4C77z9Ckdo0YbutPihTh7oimm2AA/edit?usp=sharing

2024-09-02 15:37:33 UTC

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It's so unfortunate this is no longer available. It was the only way to buy most of those infocom games and the bonus stuff was so nice

2024-08-31 04:13:46 UTC

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Well that was fun. Maybe I should do more random assortments of Itch games in the future and being better prepared. I enjoyed playing the following games:
Five Years Old Memories
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2932550/Five_Years_Old_Memories/
Nightmare Superhighway
https://korkskrew2000.itch.io/nightmare-superhighway
Armored Shell Nightjar
https://modus-interactive.itch.io/armored-shell-nightjar
Chalicebound
https://warrrkus.itch.io/chalicebound
Star Cadre
https://cyningstan.itch.io/star-cadre-combat-class
Wherever You Hike
https://smoldreamers.itch.io/wherever-you-hike

2024-08-31 01:59:12 UTC

Just streaming a variety of random short indie games tonight
https://www.twitch.tv/mikeklam

2024-08-26 12:45:50 UTC

After taking a break, I've started doing blog posts again about recently released indie games that I think are pretty neat.
https://virtualmoose.org/2024/08/26/indie-game-roundup-august-26-2024/
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2024-08-17 17:07:53 UTC

Hit the absolute game novelization jackpot for sale at my library
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2024-08-10 19:11:28 UTC

Polygon published a defense of the Unskippable Peter Gabriel Cutscene from Myst 4 and it’s the most laser targeted towards my interests article that could exist
https://www.polygon.com/24216047/myst-game-peter-gabriel

2024-01-01 21:45:50 UTC

Wrote about all the indie games I'm looking forward to in 2024
https://virtualmoose.org/2024/01/01/games-im-looking-forward-to-in-2024/
#indiegames #adventuregames