This Halloween, we invite you to remember the horror that is...Kirby: "Kirby is a shapeshifter, fueled by the essence of the living beings that he consumes...He shows up, he consumes all, and he leaves, with a trail of corpses in his wake." www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/kir...

"With Mickey Mouse gloves Shadow grabs the steaming drink from the tall frappe and sugary syrup stained counter: 'Thank you again. I know that I am the best – THE ULTIMATE LIFEFORM! Glad you see it too.'" www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/son...

Very cool to see @srtrzinski.bsky.social and @aguaspoints.bsky.social's costume pieces featured this week. We assure @quips.bsky.social that yes, the costume party is ongoing!

For @gamerswithglasses.bsky.social, I wrote about an antihero & Sonic series🦔. "Ludic experiences... before & after play might be where the true beauty of gaming resides... Games live more potently in the before and after. Few digital games are better case studies of this than the Sonic series."

Costume party! "Leave your body and soul at the door"

We are throwing a party and you are invited. www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/hal...

We're at it again! @mayorhere.bsky.social reviews Back to the Dawn by Metal Head Games, a game that uses anthropomorphism as a powerful estrangement tool through which to explore institutional power dynamics. www.gamerswithglasses.com/reviews/back...

They say the NES is 40 today. Read what that means for the man.

Come for the great stuff in the roundup, stay for that critical chaser (feat. @corndruid.bsky.social, @srtrzinski.bsky.social, @aguaspoints.bsky.social, and @aetataureate.bsky.social)!

Nate and Samantha set out to recap and wrap up our summer series on games, childhood, and nostalgia, and end up…somewhere else. We cover all the deep questions, like, “Do any of us leave childhood unscathed?”; and, “Isn’t Assassin’s Creed just Sly Cooper?” www.gamerswithglasses.com/gwgpodcast/t...

Featuring @aetataureate.bsky.social: "In a volunteer survey, we found almost no significant correlation between the zodiac sign and the favorite Mario items of respondents." www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/sup...

Mario fought his way to forty, so we fixed a fancy fête. Enjoy the Super Mario Zodiac, new directions in Mario Studies, crying over fake Yoshi, and, of course, André Breton. www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/sup...

Hey there new folks! We had some good stuff in September (like www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/my-..., www.gamerswithglasses.com/reviews/vile..., and www.gamerswithglasses.com/reviews/blip...). We've got plenty cooked up for October, too.

Check out this week's edition for a GwG triple play, feat. @srtrzinski.bsky.social, @mayorhere.bsky.social, and @patfio.bsky.social!

At the risk of explaining the gag, you can sing the first sentence of this post to the tune of the ending of the chorus of Weird Al's "UHF."

Welcome @patfio.bsky.social to @gamerswithglasses.bsky.social. Awesome review of @blippo.plus! 🔥 www.gamerswithglasses.com/reviews/blip...

New writing! Jazzed to contribute to @gamerswithglasses.bsky.social about such a cool project.

We've got it all, they've got it all, on BLIPPO+. See what YACHT, @telefantasytv.bsky.social, @panic.com, and more have been up to just a ways away in spacetime. New contributor @patfio.bsky.social has the review!

ICYMI, we couldn't wait and started horror posting last week. This will continue.

We are LIVE with @mayorhere.bsky.social on VILE: Exhumed, art, payment processors, profit, gatekeeping, censorship, reactionary politics... I'm going to stop listing things, go read the piece:

This game made me reflect on the horror genre with how Vile: Exhumed unsettles you with implication instead of gore. That kind of discomfort is art. And lawful art, no matter how challenging, should never be at the mercy by payment processors.

This week: Literary editions, punk rock, TikTok nostalgia bait--oh, and videogames, too, we promise: critical-distance.com/2025/09/21/s...

We are LIVE with @mayorhere.bsky.social on VILE: Exhumed, art, payment processors, profit, gatekeeping, censorship, reactionary politics... I'm going to stop listing things, go read the piece:

@srtrzinski.bsky.social on horror sensation My Friendly Neighborhood and the actual horror of defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting: www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/my-...

I think this article makes @srtrzinski.bsky.social game crit's official correspondent on matters related to ducks and geese - games which some have been calling "fowl play." From the mighty @unwinnable.com! unwinnable.com/2025/08/26/d...

Guess who it is? It's the one and only @jmrivera.bsky.social, here to explore the fascinating relationship between profit and preservation in the return of dormant franchises like Power Rangers and the Mana series! www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/the...

What's it really like to be in the booth with the actors, making the choices that determine how a game's story will feel to us, the players? @aeneas-nin.bsky.social interviews Tom Keegan on his new book, The Complete Guide to Videogame Performance Directing. www.gamerswithglasses.com/interviews/v...

What games with climbing feel most like actually climbing to you? @mayorhere.bsky.social has the full scoop on the Cairn demo by @thegamebakers.com, which along with being the climbiest climbing game also concludes a trilogy on different kinds of freedom www.gamerswithglasses.com/impressions/...

still don't be a yarvin!!! also that piece feels so long ago bc of the Collective Shout stuff since -- check out some great coverage in here

Read Wallace on the latest censorship news, then take action. Amongst many others, there are GwG contributors who have had their games deindexed by itch.io. Payment processors and credit card companies are responsible for this, so let's do something about it.

We've got the full series out now! Check the thread or the series header post here to read 'em all.

The latest in Ode to the Memory Card - @aetataureate.bsky.social on being the kind of kid who wandered the halls of MindMaze and competed in the gladiatorial arena of Quiz Bowl.

Congrats to @exalclaw.bsky.social on hitting the CD roundup with his GwG debut! Lots of good stuff around in the last week, check it out.

@skycherry.bsky.social, our special Next Fest correspondent, returns! Would you rather live in the House of Necrosis or the Prison of Husks? Other featured games include Aeromachina, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, and Phase Zero. www.gamerswithglasses.com/gwg-recommen...

Thrilled to announce the GwG debut of @exalclaw.bsky.social, writing on Nitro Gen Omega, cutscene combat, and "the fact that these mechs are not magical tech, but intense and dangerous labor." Get these pilots a union already! www.gamerswithglasses.com/impressions/...

PSA: the next season of @bossfightbooks.com is on Kickstarter, featuring the uncontainable and prolific @aeneas-nin.bsky.social on Legend of the River King www.kickstarter.com/projects/gab...

Ah, well, nevertheless something to look forward to, then.

And if you want to see Luis (and @nathangrayson.bsky.social ) live and discussing Twitch and streaming, you could check this out tonight. In Hoboken!

Thanks to the good folks at @gamerswithglasses.bsky.social something weird on From Software's Lost Kingdom series exist. I think it turned out ok😈🃏. www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/nos...

Y'know what would make for good additional reading? @corndruid.bsky.social's on We Know the Devil from back in 2021. That one was part of an earlier series, too. (this post brought to you by the Nate! gang, aka Don)

“My mother’s pastor affirmed that the Lost Kingdoms games were the true gateway to the real devil’s spirit. Pokémon was just training wheels.” Raw. As fuck

This is so very, very cool from Lex. Check it out!

This one's for everybody who ever suffered the tragedy of the kitchen timer, the shock of the deleted save, and all the drama and glory of sharing a console with a sibling...or five. By @mayorhere.bsky.social. www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/the...

Have we ever run more than one audio thing in a day? Maybe not, but it's release day for Quantum Witch, and you know that's a big deal. Check out our wide-ranging interview with developer @nikkijay.games on the making of one of the year's best indie titles: www.gamerswithglasses.com/gwgpodcast/s...

Seriously, though - what actually makes learning fun? What are we even talking about when we talk about educational games? For this one, our crew of humanities nerds finally asked a research scientist for help. Is Portal edutainment? Only one way to find out www.gamerswithglasses.com/gwgpodcast/t...

ICYMI, @aeneas-nin.bsky.social also recently reviewed Herald: Complete Edition for the site. A general critique of European colonialism in stylish form!

The series continues with @aeneas-nin.bsky.social on the irreverent goodness (and surprisingly thoughtful co-operative play structure) of The Legend of the Mystical Ninja.

@srtrzinski.bsky.social also wrote our first feature in the series, about Pokémon Emerald, long car rides between houses, and realizing her Pokémon parents lived in different homes. www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/par...

It's got jokes. Puns. Absurd in-game facts. How could we resist? Check @srtrzinski.bsky.social's impressions on Duck Detective 2.

@skycherry.bsky.social reviews Look Outside! "Despite the apocalyptic circumstances, there are still people trying to get through the day despite their transformations, which is somewhat uplifting in a grim way." www.gamerswithglasses.com/reviews/look...