okay Absolum really was good for like, 99% of the time, and then the true final boss pops up with the most dogshit opening mechanic I've ever seen 'boss just immediately kills you no matter how much health you have so better save a rez!' is a shitpost mechanic, that's not a real thing you should do

Beyond Citadel really is an amazingly designed game, because they put the REAL horny images in the backend of the game so you have to work to get them oh the gunplay is fantastic too I guess sure

Glad to see my real ones in the comments of Dilbert 3 right now

Angela My favorite from Marvel Rivals

People trying to rehabilitate MindsEye are weird "It's not bad it's like those 360-era cover shooters" you mean those games that are bad?

I don't need to start this year seeing bad opinions about how Torment secretly sucked this whole time, full fucking jerk off motion

"What's the mechanical purpose of charge shots-" WHO CARES CHARGE SHOT GOES bwoooooOOOOOOOwooWOOwooWOO BEEOUGH AND IT'S COOL

I really like Isles of Sea and Sky but fuck me if it isn't also a greatest hits of my most hated mechanics in sokoban games there's FIVE variations of 'slippery sliding ice/object that keeps moving until hitting something' in there, and now also 'mimic that inverse mirrors you' like come on now

Can't believe this is the first thing I see in 2026, playing my Doom stories

kobibri doodle

Somehow, Pipistrello and Ultrakill have a non-zero amount of mechanics in common (Pipistrello is really good by the way)

Man, boxing day sales in Australia aren't even sales anymore huh can't even get a bargain in capitalist hell these days

my signalis secret santa gift for @miwkye.bsky.social !! merry yurimas

If you like point and clicks, and soft sci-fi adventures, go play The Drifter, it's fucken great one of the best of the genre (also watching non-Australians play it and get confused by some of the slang is very funny)

My goal for 2026 is to make people differentiate between actual roguelikes and build simulators

Been playing a lot of ZeroRanger and thought these dorks would look good in green and orange

Ahh my favourite christmas gift of all, tooth pain

Someone actually cares let's gooooo

Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage insider-gaming.com/indie-game-a...

Somehow I actually already have Two Worlds 2 on Steam Somehow I played 8 hours of it, 12 years ago I recall zero amount of this

You know something I really liked about Void Stranger? (spoilers obv) After [REDACTED] you can access a dev room where they show you a bunch of unused artwork and sprites, and show off and explain their creative process and concepting. Isn't that a wonderful part of art and the human experience?

Actually it becomes really easy to throw AI made games in the bin, and remove all excitement and anticipation from your brain, the more you do it. Begin the journey of killing that FOMO in your head right now for an actual ethical reason

Savage Hydrafly

Oh, oh that's another game design youtuber repeating 'the first health upgrade in Silksong does nothing' bullshit 😔

Giant neon sign telling you that this game will also suck ass just like the previous two Lords of the Fallen games.

Man, I really did stop playing ZZZ the exact moment they gave up on having interesting character designs that opening salvo of Nicole, Ellen, Jane, Burnice and Caesar really was too strong (also I know I'm right because those are the only ones I still see porn of, well that and the dog boy)

Tactical KLBR Deployment #SIGNALIS

You know, I do actually think it's important that the new Control game isn't called Control 2, because it makes me think of the difference between Alan Wake's American Nightmare and Alan Wake 2 and also consider FBC: Firebreak doesn't have Control in its name (well, it does technically but shh)

One day people will understand the most important part of a hero shooter is having memorable heroes first

It was cool when E33 won game of the year and they all went up on stage and handed back all their trophies and publicly apologised for using AI

I'm kinda glad Routine is only kinda popping off in popularity, because now it gets to dodge a bunch of thinkpieces about how you can't pause the game

Unfortunately I'm a centrist about Blue Prince, I think it's fine the normal part of the game is all RNG, but I wish the post-game stuff had a set seed to solve

I saw the little robot frens in Routine and now I'm even more sad that game isn't on PS5

Man, few things really do feel as bad as being the only one having a miserable time doing a group activity everyone else is enjoying

Australian sun safety campaign, more like slipslop (slap)

It sounds like they confused Samus not talking much with Samus not having a personality 😔

Chilling out and watching a FUSS (Free of Unnecessary Sex Scenes) approved cartoon when my hand accidentally brushes against my dick, instantly turning it into a Unethical Depiction of Sexual Endorsement And Exploitation and defunding the animation studio immediately

i finished playing final fantasy 9 for the first time recently! wonderful game

"Why was Bilewater designed like that" says person who will remember Bilewater for literally the rest of their life

Tifa Lockhart with more muscles comparison.

If you consider random NPC dialogue "boring and unimportant" and you're okay with relegating that to gen AI, frankly I can't trust that the rest of your narrative is any good either.

The easiest way to tell a roguelike is bad is if it has +10% Damage and +10% Critical Damage as the same level of upgrade

We really did move to a rural enough area for the cockroaches to fly now 😔

melinoë/nemesis movie night! // #Hades2 #HadesII

oh look game studio ceos literally naming Arc Raiders' success as a reason they should start using genAI too, everyone told you these cretins have been looking for one big wedge game for AI, and all you idiots who desperately need to play a live service roguelike for some reason just gave it to them

The E33 vs Silksong goty argument is funny to me because its not even an argument, I would just choose the game I know was 100% made by people

What's that? A silent, powerful protagonist is forcefully teamed up with an annoying twink that only speaks in B-movie tier dialogue that was already dated a decade ago, with his ineptitude putting himself in danger that the protagonist has to save him from? Close enough, welcome back Berdly

Modding my Steam Machine to play Steam Machine everytime I turn it on

I'm glad Rivals is depicting Gambit as the 110% wifeguy that he is

"This use of GenAI is fine because VAs signed contracts to relinquish their rights". Well yeah, have you seen what happens to those who don't want to sign off on this? Can you really call that consent when the alternative is losing (or never getting) a job?