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Yeah, this looks awesome.

Fun fact: I have never played a Rayman game.

Sold on Wolverine already.

This indie games showcase has been on for so long that out of my window it has gone from rain to sun to thunderstorm and back to sun again.

This really is the Summer of the Survivorslike, isn't it?

It should be mandatory for all game showcases to put the names of the games on the screen. Especially because some of the title cards are truly unreadable.

I played Star Fox on Switch 2 and it's been killing me that I've not been able to talk about it until now www.thegamer.com/star-fox-swi...

Five showcases plus Dragon Quest down, 320 unique titles shown so far. I am le tired.

Here’s a trio of interview pieces with some of the development team behind 007: First Light I put together to mark the launch 🕵️ First up is a chat with combat designer Tom Marcham about building hard hitting fights in compelling sandboxes 🤼 www.thegamer.com/007-first-li...

Why do these showcases keep getting longer and longer? 🙃

Football won tonight.

Hahahahahahaha, get in.

Okay, Infinite Alliance is an AMAZING idea, so many crossovers with games I love. Super Smash JRPG. 😅 #IndieQuest store.steampowered.com/app/3720330/...

SGF silly season showcases are off to a good start. Highlights include "Civilization, but it's Pablo Escobar and drugs" and "GTA Chennai". 😅

It'd be alright if there was some areas of shade in Seaton Carew. But nah, it's just sand and concrete.

Bubsy 4D is bloody brilliant and one of my fave platformers in ages, @fabraz.bsky.social killed it again! www.thegamer.com/bubsy-4d-rev...

It's 2026 and I've been playing Rugrats: Search for Reptar on a PS5. What a time to be alive! www.thegamer.com/rugrats-retr...

That Southampton statement is wild. Imagine saying "we know we cheated to try and get ahead, but you should let us into the Premier League all the same because we want the money" and expecting sympathy.

Truly the worst champions for as long as I can remember.

Second this. Pretty abysmal move from Valve that really hurts visibility for a whole subgenre of grassroots indies.

The circumstances behind Zero Parades: For Dead Spies are pretty complicated, but despite all that it still manages to be an incredibly nuanced and thought provoking RPG. Here's @crustypants.bsky.social's review breaking down everything it does so well: - www.thegamer.com/zero-parades...

Went through ~50 Forza Horizon 6 reviews on Metacritic and only found ~2 others written by women. Feels like a good moment to say: diversify your feature and editorial benches. It matters because coverage isn’t neutral when the same voices keep setting the tone.

Could the refs be any more obvious? Weak AF when it matters most.

Dead as Disco may be in early access, but it’s still my current Game of the Year by a MILE and is filling the hole that Hi-Fi Rush left in my heart! My review: www.thegamer.com/dead-as-disc...

I played Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight and I’m finally allowed to talk about it! (and I have a lot to say) www.thegamer.com/lego-batman-...

That Xbox email says a whole lot without saying anything at all, huh?

"Fixed an issue where cats could remain on the player's shoulder indefinitely, contrary to the intended design. However, considering that many Greymanes actually liked these cats' behavior, we have added an item that allows cats to stay on the shoulder for a longer period of time." GOTY.

I played through some of Yoshi and the Mysterious Book last week and I’ve been itching to get back to it ever since www.thegamer.com/yoshi-and-th...

Zelda Day at TheGamer is officially in full swing! 💚🫶 I got to chat with Princess Zelda’s voice actor about everything from her super-secret audition to shaping Zelda into the incredibly hopeful, layered icon we know her to be today. The full interview . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ www.thegamer.com/zeldas-voice...

YES NO MAN'S SKY!

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Go on then.

Pragmata is the biggest surprise and one of my favourite games of the year. An unflinchingly old school and refreshing subversion of prestige triple-A storytelling. It’s warm, charming, and not afraid of its main characters being sickeningly sweet. My review: www.thegamer.com/pragmata-rev...

The Arsenal choke is real. 🤣

Writing about video games + writing about psychology = something I should have been doing for a long time, considering the 'my entire life' of it all www.thegamer.com/psychology-s...

The two quality-of-life changes I'd love to see in Crimson Desert are a) a camera lock, and b) the ability to lock an item in your inventory so you don't accidentally give it to the camp provisioner, never to be seen again. I miss my Mining Knuckledrill. 😅

Trust me to be ill on what is supposed to be the warmest day of the year. Looking out at people on the beach for the Easter holidays and thinking "as soon as I'm done with work I am hiding under a blanket" 😅

Me: It's sunny, so I finally get to be happy when sitting at my desk and looking out the window. The view: dominated by a nuclear power plant. Pointless even trying to prepare, really. 💀

( hoo boy ) www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAEj...

Mario Wonder is one of my favourite Switch games, and it's even better on Switch 2 Read all about it in my review of the Bellabel Park expansion: www.thegamer.com/super-mario-...

Epic making out it's the 'vanguard of the industry' while justifying these heinous layoffs is laughable. The foundations of its most lucrative game are theft from creators and the quick-buck exploitation of cultural trends. And now it's blaming players for not spending enough. Some vanguard.

I don't think I'll ever get used to the weekly alarm test from the local nuclear power station. Always deeply unnerving.

I probably should have done the first few missions in Crimson Desert before spending 20+ hours exploring, would have saved me a lot of climbing frozen mountains... 😅

Quite randomly, there's a swan bobbing up and down on the waves... about 200m out to sea.

Okay, from a mechanical standpoint, the final boss in Octopath Traveler II is quite possibly the most fun I've ever experienced in all the RPGs I've played. Wow.

10pm and the flat is being shaken to the core by the blowers of massive ships coming into the Tees. Look out the window, and you'd think I live in Silent Hill. 😅

The Crimson Desert metacritic score isn't a big deal, but that hasn't stopped the usual suspects from using it as a shiny new tool in a pointless online culture war. Some words on how this toxic discourse keeps on resurfacing again and again and again. www.thegamer.com/crimson-dese...

If anyone is looking to head to DH!