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.

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 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...

@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...

Summer means it's time for a whole new feature series! @srtrzinski.bsky.social kicks things off with a short discussion of the meaning of childhood, the complexities of nostalgia, and the need for preservation. www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/pre...

I haven't yet watched the second season of The Last of Us, but in the spirit of the show and Christian Haines's post, here are my reflections on playing the game during the pandemic. www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/lou...

Quite a while ago, I wrote a piece on the game The Last of Us, Part 2, the adaptation of which is currently airing on HBO. Well, here's what I had to say (it lines up pretty well with the recently released episode): www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/fam... #thelastofus #TLOU

We promised more fútbol! @aguaspoints.bsky.social offers a poignant, lyrical review of @despelote.game. "As I played and thought about the game, I found myself kicking collective dreams past each other in perpetuity..." www.gamerswithglasses.com/reviews/desp...

We promised more fútbol! @aguaspoints.bsky.social returns with a poignant, lyrical review of @despelote.game. "As I played and thought about the game, I found myself kicking collective dreams past each other in perpetuity..." www.gamerswithglasses.com/reviews/desp...

The first of two soccer-related games we're covering this week, neither of which actually have anything to do with the actual FIFA franchise. "FIFA-meets-Silent-Hill" definitely gets points for creativity; just don't expect too much, you know, actual soccer www.gamerswithglasses.com/impressions/...

Hey, remember that podcast we used to have? The one we haven't done a new episode of since February? Turns out, we've had it all along! Please enjoy this "Oops, No Games" episode with founding editors @cphiliphaines.bsky.social and @rogerwhitson.bsky.social! www.gamerswithglasses.com/gwgpodcast/e...

South of Midnight could reasonably be described as a game in the Southern Gothic tradition - but what, specifically, does that mean? And how might it anticipate the future of emergent regionalisms in games? @mayorhere.bsky.social explores these questions. www.gamerswithglasses.com/reviews/sout...

This week: Clair Obscur, Shadows of the Damned, 1000XResist, Despelote, and more: critical-distance.com/2025/05/06/m...

Also, while we're sharing stuff from our recent-ish archives, here's @aguaspoints.bsky.social putting the whole concept of "genre" to the test in this truly comprehensive review: www.gamerswithglasses.com/reviews/revi...

New on the site - @srtrzinski.bsky.social on the creepy/cozy dynamics of Kiosk!

Continuing our brief (lol) introduction, we also write game criticism inspired by literature and history, like @mayorhere.bsky.social's piece on Citizen Sleeper 2 (www.gamerswithglasses.com/impressions/...) or @optional.bsky.social's piece on Blue Prince (www.gamerswithglasses.com/reviews/fami...)

To the many people who are joining us for the first time: hello and welcome! We're so glad you're here, although we do wish it were under better circumstances re: the state of independent gaming media. Here's a little primer/sample of some of our work (🧵)

Really enjoyed writing about Kiosk! Check out my review:

This guy sounds like he only buys things that use AAA batteries because he thinks that means those are the best ones www.theverge.com/games/660635...

New on the site - @srtrzinski.bsky.social on the creepy/cozy dynamics of Kiosk!

And of course where would we even be without the indomitable @tofeklund.bsky.social, who played all of Anthology of the Killer on the bus and lived to tell the tale www.gamerswithglasses.com/reviews/aotk...

Continuing some highlights from our last few months, we were so delighted to host @theautumnwright.bsky.social's truly moving essay on the Trails in the Sky series - we'd try to assign it a genre but honestly just file it under Really Fantastic Game Writing