idea's never walk alone

That would explain the awkward laughter I hear every so often.

Have we invented Blitzball yet?

"The best we can do is PickleBall"

The worst thing about this is that the ball does not even taste like pickles.

Common misconception, it's actually named after it's creator: Mr. Pickles

Huh, learn something new every day.

Just don't look up Mr. Pickles lest ye have a strong stomach or eye bleach handy.

Thanks for the warning.

He's not the nicest of doggos, so I figured i'd throw out a bit o' caution.

Have we invented Pickle Wars?

Any of them gay couples, or only hets?

You'll have to be more specific. We just went through a decade of sad dad games.

Mostly man/woman. Usually its the guy who is alive and the woman is dead but in the Senua games its the woman who is alive.
I don't know the names, just seeing the article title: "Insert Game Name Here: a game about loss" My brain just turns off and leaves.

The trend has been around for a long time but there's been a sudden increase in them from various small indie studios. I can only give generic descriptions of what I saw before my brain just said: "Nah fam, I'm tired of loss."

Kid with guitar strapped to back standing next to ghost girl.

Lumberjack man standing next to tree and ghost of dead wife.

Small trend but growing annoying, there's probably more coming.

Okay. Please link to a minimum of one of these articles. Indie games are a dime a dozen and plenty of them aren't going to be creative.