FOREST COMPLEX 88 PRESENTSA LOST 1993 CARTRIDGE, RECOVERED
The Becky Gentrifiers of Ohiodessa have opened portals. The jazz clubs are becoming dog spas. And only one warrior can send them back — you.
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16 Bits of Righteous Fury
ACTUAL GAME FOOTAGE
Serpent Beckys
Battle waves of snake-bodied gentrifiers armed with venti oat lattes, tote bags and a hunger for YOUR home.
The Beat Blast
Wield the Flavor Blade and unleash the BEAT BLAST. Blocking negates projectile damage — even while ducking.
Auntie's Green Juice
Baby, you look exhausted. Restore +2 HP with Dick Gregory Green Juice. Remarkable.
Two Endings
Win: the jazz club reopens tonight and rent is stabilized. Lose: a Sweetgreen opens where the jazz club stood.
“Not while breath remains within me.”
— LYTESKEN D'BOUGIE, IN-GAME
“The secret awaits eyes unclouded by ambition.”
— B. LEEROY
“Basically.”
— MAURICE
The Rant Behind the Game
Lytesken is a playable rant — a 16-bit tantrum about watching the neighborhood turn into a bike lane with a candle store attached. It was committed by Duval Culpepper, a comedian and writer who has been working this material since long before the scaffolding went up.
If the game made you laugh (or clutch your lease), the written version lives at Ever the Outsider— essays and commentary challenging extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds.
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