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Gaming Video Game Reviews LetsPlaySomeDemos LPSD BangkokStoryAStrayDog CageOfRoses LordsOfRavage PoemsAndCodes ArcadeSpiritsTheNewChallengers Gameplay MonriaTitans

Welcome to Part 33 of the "Let's Play Some Demos! | LPSD" series!
For those who are new, I aim to provide commentary and feedback on game demos for educational purposes! In addition, with how saturated Steam is, let's get these Indie games some attention, shall we (and the occasional AAA game I think isn't getting enough attention)?

RULES!
Typically, there are 4 demos. Each demo gets 30 minutes, not including the adjustment of settings and character creation. I might up it to 5 and/or play a great game for longer if there are technical issues. Or a demo finishes before the timer goes off.
And NO AI's spit, aka. plagiarism laundering.

Today, I played 5 demos for your enjoyment:
1. Bangkok Story: A Stray Dog by Shameful Guys Development | Planned Release Date: 2025 | https://store.steampowered.com/app/2121450/Bangkok_Story_A_Stray_Dog | https://shameful-guys.itch.io/bangkok-story-a-stray-dog
A top-down 2D story-driven adventure game inspired by real-life events. Traverse and experience the life of a formerly homeless man through an interview of how he regained his sense of self by telling his past to a stray dog. Set in Bangkok, Thailand 2017.
2. Cage of Roses by ebi-hime | Available | https://store.steampowered.com/app/2993720/Cage_of_Roses | https://ebihime.itch.io/cage-of-roses
A haunting gothic romance set in the 19th century. Follow Meike, a young woman from an impoverished noble family, as she's swept off her feet by the mysterious Magdalena: a vampire who possesses a dark secret.
3. Lords of Ravage by Synthetic Domain | Available | https://store.steampowered.com/app/3021170/Lords_of_Ravage_Demo
Become the Final Boss! Play any way you want, combine followers from different factions, and win spectacular turn-based battles. Expand your Empire of Darkness and seek a powerful artifact that can change the fate of the world.
4. Poems & Codes by Hero Game Co LLC | Available | https://store.steampowered.com/app/2295070/Poems__Codes | https://herogameco.itch.io/poemsandcodes
Explore the wonderful world of poetry through deceptively simple cryptograms. 10% of every purchase benefits Project Gutenberg, an online library of over 60,000 free ebooks.
5. Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers by Fiction Factory Games | Available | https://store.steampowered.com/app/1484620/Arcade_Spirits_The_New_Challengers | https://fictionfactorygames.itch.io/arcade-spirits-the-new-challengers
Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers is the follow-up to 2019's Arcade Spirits, a visual novel of love and pixels, in which you seek friendship and romance while working in an arcade. Now the tables are turned, as you seek friendship and romance while PLAYING in an arcade!

Why 5? Because Poems & Codes could not be recorded, but, thanks to Arcade Spirits, I might have found a way to fix it. Will try again later.

Overall, I want all of them, and they are on my wishlist!

For anyone interested in the mini-reviews, it will be available on the Opinions & Truth | O&T blog at my earliest convenience, here: https://wp.me/p6f7OZ-ck8

If you don't see *Part 33* when you click the link, it means I'm still working on it. Feel free to look at other videos while you wait!
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ARTIST SHOUT-OUT
The Sunday, August 3rd, and 741st, Artist Shout-Out goes to Soheil Shirani!
Check them out here: https://wp.me/p6f7OZ-ej5

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CAUSE OF THE MONTH
The theme for August is National Black Business Month, so, the Cause of the Month is National Black MBA Association | NBMBAA!
For more details, click here: https://wp.me/P6f7OZ-1wc

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Welcome Gamers!
2:32 - Artist Shout-Out
5:37 - Demos' Intro
9:42 - Bangkok Story: A Stray Dog
42:19 - Cage of Roses
1:14:34 - Lords of Ravage
1:46:28 - Poems & Codes
1:47:58 - Artist Shout-Out/Picking Another Demo
1:51:59 - Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers
2:30:20 - Demos Line Up
2:33:50 - Artist Shout-Out
2:34:53 - Thank You/Links
2:36:49 - Rendezvous Point Bookshop Plug/Viewing
2:38:56 - Up Next: Let's Play Some NSFW Demos!
2:39:27 - Farewell