# inside garming's steam roulette funhaus what steam roulette series says about modern (/outie) garmes if anything // video here inside garming's cool video series "steam roulette" is an ongoing deadpan gag-real about the / ig's perceived low quality of garmes on steam what's interesting is how (/what ig call) outie garmes sometimes appear to get singled out for being particularly bad or fake as though ig considers steam's regular shovelled crapolaware seems somehow more honest or direct in / about its blatant naked awfulness compare and contrast with the mighty stephanie sterling's general low view about steam garmes - which is more a scientist's lament for ongoing dreadfulness and a lack of potential better choices ## navigating ig's perspective analysing standard steam fare vs. outie titles from a unique ('inside garming') perspective standard steam fare: often merely awful in some temporarily amusing andor unexpected manner - makes for good ig video material outie garmes: an extra layer of pretension overly elf-important regard some smug outie vibe lofty / arty (complex? not-immediately-accessible? european even?) ideas - generally not instantly ugly enough to signal fun!! (however they define it) - makes for bad ig video the outie label seems directly associated in the ign mindset with somehow standing against some (very specific ideological) kind of all amerikan honesty and hard won earthiness apparently seen in the garmes they regularly (really) enjoy playing - cod gta destiny etc it also seems to categorize old titles like chaster as outie perhaps ig's steam roulette suggests some false split between mainstream and outie garming - between what is popular and what seems deliberately obscure or elitist - and therefore more worthy of derision if not outright contempt > those outie devs just have ir finger on the pulse.. unfortunately that pulse doesn't have a heartbeat.. it's the pulse of a corpse" - @ justriggz boom. what ig exactly considers outie: garmes like minecraft braid and studios like double fine yet if there's anything that's more truly elitist shirley it's the popular culture of mainstream master race garmes - with its rock star garme devs with the ability to throw money around like there's no tomorrow and the industry's about to crash never mind.. we're all lost in the funhaus now // republic of bob