Rapping dog PaRappa the Rapper, ‘90s PlayStation game character, in Tokyo

there's a resetera thread about death of the author and everyone is just agreeing with each other that creators always know their work best and it's impossible to disagree with anything they say. what happened to everybody

i made this custom jingle for my animal crossing town like 5 years ago. it's so familiar, but i cannot identify what it's from lmao

new Zelda DLC looks wild

need everyone to see the CRITICAL ERROR art that was posted by a listener (Johnsco) on Discord

okay you know what the "videogame" people have me convinced

reading Winesburg, Ohio and thinking “okay but when do all these people team up??"

Over my holiday break, I listened to pretty much every episode of @jakesteinberg.substack.com and @peterspittech.bsky.social’s Critical Error, quite possibly my new fav podcast. These two dudes talk about games better than most, and take a (much needed) aim at our industry’s practices.

it is weird (but probably for the best) how much marty supreme analysis/discourse/reviews etc. just ignores the extremely important and overt jewishness of the film

and a big retrospective discussion on this year of games media with Critical Error, plus a game of the year pick (people were convinced!!)

dear god

dreaming about a new Super Smash Bros

MAGFest panel THIS week??

first pick-ups of 2026!

now whenever I get @joshgondelman.bsky.social's newsletter I think of the evil playwright in Octopath Traveler 0

more like Octopath Traveler 0h my god

Every video I come across on YouTube these days is so obviously scripted. More and more creators are just fully reading ChatGPT generated scripts to the camera 24/7 and it's total garbage I hate it!

Trying to be super on the ball with indie releases this year. January starting off strong!

We have SO much stuff on the patreon already and (as we talked about in this week's bonus pod) we have SO much planned for 2026!! Subscribe!!!

CRITICAL ERROR Bonus Podcasts are available for $5 and up subscribers right now! Give us a try while you wait for all your favorite creators and outlets to get back into the swing of things in 2026! www.patreon.com/criticalerror

2026 Ratchet & Clank collection on PS5 please

Referring to all scientific theories as rumors from now on

Do Pokemon Black & White have "the best story" in the franchise? I don't think so! Read: jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/pokemon-bl...

Ball X Pit has the opposite effect of most roguelites: when I win I feel incredibly lucky but when I lose I feel like a gigantic moron

are we predicting GOTY 2026 already?

get out of the way, Grand Theft Auto

Listening to a lot of end of year pods and, i'm not gonna lie, i am genuinely surprised how much the finale to DK Bananza worked for people

Without a public lie about what's going on in Venezuela, I do hope this brings many more in the US past a threshold of understanding concerning what we have done in places like Panama, Honduras, Chile, etc. Trump obviously highlights/escalates in new ways, but we have to look in the mirror, too

Hearing wild news about a violent and vengeful dictator with a stranglehold on the local politics and media through the use of illegal concentration camps and a lack of respect for the law or the people he governs

Melissa saw what was happening in the middle of the night and ran online to tell the world they have to trust mainstream journalism lmao www.reuters.com/world/americ...

im so obsessed with that content creator who said Dispatch is Twilight for men. im going to have to think about this critically for a few days

I wanna be there rn

craziest "but the games were good" jumpscare i've seen yet

go to your friend's wedding✅ hit the photo booth with Jeff Probst✅ get IRL time with your podcast co-host✅ don't mention the pod a single time all week✅ 💕 SHOUT OUT TO LOVE 💕

thank you @critdistance.bsky.social for featuring my work here twice! 2025 was kinda my debut doing this type of thing, so the actual support here means so much 🫣 Really happy to see friends and role models on this page, too. shout out to games ✌️

Marty Supreme is a good enough movie but you cannot imagine how hard it hits as a narcissist

I am on a panel at MAGfest next weekend! Will you be there?!? What is MAGfest? Will I get overwhelmed by the CROWD? Will you comfort me?! A lot of questions. A lot of questions.

if i am a total mark for the Octopath Traveler games should I try one of those Dragon Quest HD-2D remakes??

2025 GOTYs: 10. 🐙 🛣️ 🚶 0️⃣ 9. 🤝 🎭 🏢 8. 🧽 👑 🌊 7. 🍄 🏎️ 🌍 6. 🚌 💥 👯 5. 🦸‍♂️ 🌌 🛸 4. 🔥 💀 🏛️ 2️⃣ 3. 💯 ➖ 🔚🛡️ 🏫 2. 👾 📜 💤 🅰️ 1. 🔵 👑

🚨 GAMES OF THE YEAR 🚨 Another list for the pile 🫡 jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/jakes-game...

New Year's Eve WEDDING TONIGHT see you all in 2026 🫡

Very excited that at Super MAGFest on Friday January 9th (12:30 pm - 1:30pm) @stuartgipp.bsky.social, @theautumnwright.bsky.social, @jakesteinberg.substack.com, & I will discuss writing about games. Join us if you can. It will be a riot.

a heater to close out 2025 from @pempem.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/mentalhe...

two hour flight to Chicago felt like 8 minutes because of the Switch 2 lmao absolutely elite travel console

"did you like the game or just the people you played with?" oh sorry I have to apologize to The Gamer for having actual friends lmao I know that destroys the integrity of the Objective Gaming Experience 🫡

A delightfully unique list, mercifully devoid of broad pontificating in its intro & so grounded in Jake's perspective. Such a fun read. That said: most of these games sound miserable

🚨 GAMES OF THE YEAR 🚨 Another list for the pile 🫡 jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/jakes-game...

How i'm walking out of 2025

My dad got an ereader and wants to get into reading ~fiction~ All he has given me is that he used to read James Bond books when he was younger! What do I recommend?? How do you pick books for your dad???

It’s really funny to see people get mad about historical accuracy in the Odyssey adaptation because there’s a cyclops in that story. There’s a witch who turns men into pig. gods are literally real and manifest physically. It’s okay if there’s a black guy.