reading MANSECT

the surest way to defeat a therapist in psychological combat is to tell them you already own an SAD lamp

Baby Steps leads 28th annual IGF Awards nominations

In a world of AI slops, MEDITERRANEA INFERNO is a fully hand-drawn video game. Please support your fav indie pop star while working on their next one: store.steampowered.com/app/2103680/...

My last 2025 interview is now up! It's on DISCOUNTY subverting the expectations of a cozy game by showing the "inherently negative consequences of unlimited growth." Also: its thesis project origins, research done at a real supermarket, and the influence of...DILLON'S DEAD-HEAT BREAKERS?

I think one of the main problems of the "cozy" label is that so many of the functions we ascribe to coziness are in practice methods of control and essentially capitalist terraforming. This is great!

Been rewatching Golden Girls. Grew up with the dub, it's crazy how different the sub is.

My last 2025 interview is now up! It's on DISCOUNTY subverting the expectations of a cozy game by showing the "inherently negative consequences of unlimited growth." Also: its thesis project origins, research done at a real supermarket, and the influence of...DILLON'S DEAD-HEAT BREAKERS?

I've been reading Ghost in the Shell and it is full of the tiniest footnotes I have ever seen

My last column of 2025 is now live: six under-discussed indie games for your consideration

printing out coloring pages the kids will appreciate

Horses was a huge story in games this year and @midfalutin.bsky.social snagged an amazing interview with the devs that is absolutely worth your time. vgbees.com/in-search-of...

a holy sight

the last time I struggled to hit a minimum word count like this was... college, maybe?

ok wait the guy in Marty Supreme is responsible for destroying the edutainment game industry?

Steves unite

whose job do you think it is to change those "WHO IS..." children's biography books to "WHO WAS..." when the subject dies

the best non-2024/25 movies I saw last year:

expanded edition 📽️

does Alien: Earth get, uh, better?

I really hate that my first thought at seeing the shadows of giant fish on the cityscape in Angel's Egg was "hey like Mario Sunshine"

saw the first 10 minutes or so of whatever the latest Stranger Things episode is and why does it look like that lol

Three weeks since HORSES launched. Thank you to everyone who played and shared the news! To celebrate we've put together an accolades trailer with some of our favorite quotes www.youtube.com/watch?v=siQW...

library kids trash talking me during Mario Kart said "I bet you're like 25" 💀

kicking myself for missing out on Matthew Rankin's UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE till now

maybe I'm just fussy but I always thought a quadruple-digit number of reviews was too many when I was making "hidden gem" game lists

Didn't notice until now but chuffed that HALF of these games were made by people profiled in the zine! Going to get that number even higher in 2026!! Got a sale bundle for the ENTIRE FUNLAND BACKLOG for those of you looking to get up to speed! itch.io/s/171581/yul...

you do gotta respect that James Cameron does not really expect you to remember what happened in the previous Avatar movie either

we missed out on a lot of fun box office headlines because they didn't release Ella McCay the same week as Marty Supreme

folks you really gotta check out Death Howl

i feel it is under-discussed that Mussolini: Son of the Century is about him doing Fleabag stuff

Slant Magazine's top 25 games of the year list is up, and we posted individual top 10 lists for...i dunno if it's the first time, but the first time since i've been here!

this is so far beside the point, but was "Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet" really the best title they could come up with

Christmas is upon us, and with it comes the BLACK FLAME ebook for only $2.99! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

it has been... surprisingly difficult to find someone in my circle who has seen the second Avatar movie?

the original Silent Night, Deadly Night feels a lot like early slasher movies, which devote a surprising amount of time to the characters and the world they inhabit

excerpts!

watching The Smashing Machine and The Rock is making himself sound like Patrick Bateman every time he attempts sincerity

excerpts!

i waited till the day after a snowstorm to fully clear out my old apartment but I DID IT

of all that's been said about Santa Ragione's HORSES, we haven't talked much about the people who made the game and all the human processes that brought it together. so i spoke with the developers on what went into making the game: their influences, their aspirations, and more.

there's still some stuff I'm catching up with, but here's where I was at by the deadline:

hey they finally made a good Knives Out movie

there's still some stuff I'm catching up with, but here's where I was at by the deadline:

Finally, @midfalutin.bsky.social conducted an interview with the devs, which is a fantastic look at their influences, their goals for the game, and how the game serves as a correction (maybe even a very effective one) to the anti-art vibes of the current industry. vgbees.com/in-search-of...

should've given them creepy people faces like in his Jungle Book movie tbh

i have no more Official 2025 Lists to vote on so why am i telling myself i still need to catch up on things

ICYMI: I had an excellent, in-depth conversation with the makers of HORSES about their influences, early prototypes, the maturity of games as a medium, and more. vgbees.com/in-search-of...

"These films celebrate the tremendous range of human expression that’s vital to our understanding the context of the age we live in." Presenting our list of the best films of 2025. #BestOf2025 tinyurl.com/3zrchuc3

At the very edge of gaming's most commercially-charged evening, we bring you @midfalutin.bsky.social's interview with the embattled developers of Horses, a game conceived and executed as a corrective to the very nature of modern gaming. vgbees.com/in-search-of...