"[Pretentious Jam spawned] games by nine distinct creators, each tackling themes of art, pretension, statements, and design in nine distinct ways. Because these games are niche and not everybody is trawling itch.io for games purposefully billed as pretentious, I bring them to you, along with a pretentiousness rating (which, importantly, is not a rating of quality) to help sell you on the value of art that rankles and irritates and maybe makes you feel a bit stupid."

https://sidequest.zone/2025/10/20/pretentious-game-jam-is-authentically-good/