No cheating - Repost with the most recent picture of your pet(s) This was Christmas and my bearded dragon joined us for pictures and immediately crawled up to snuggle against my neck.

Gamer Social Club’s 2026 Most Anticipated

Here's my personal GOTY since 2000. A Retrospective on a Quarter Century of Gaming How many of these am I way off on??

After playing the 1st Chapter remake I've been wanting to continue the series, but wanted to wait for the 2nd Chapter remake in the Fall, but... Finished the prologue this morning and absolutely hooked already. Great game to start 2026 with!

My 4 most anticipated games of 2026 (May change immediately upon posting) There are some I'd put above two of these... @riyogames.bsky.social Threads of Time 2026??? And a few remasters sprinkled in there too.

As our team has been mostly enjoying some tike away from the website grind for the holidays we just wanted to say thank you to all our readers and supporters. 2025 saw us grow by 970% 🤯 YoY as we published nearly 300 reviews alone. Here’s to a fantastic 2026!

Get ready to update your wardrobe for 2026 with the new clothing collaboration between Final Fantasy IX and vaultroom, revealed today.

So I fell in love with Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter and am now impatiently waiting the 2nd Chapter next Fall. In the mean time, I've decided to start with Cold Steel 1 & 2 before then trying to play OG 3rd Chapter and the Crossbell games. This year is a Trails year.

Gamer Social Club’s 2025 Game of the Year Award Winners The very best of 2025 according to us

With fighting games for Avatar, Invincible, and League of Legends releasing next year, I thought about what other IPs I'd want to see enter the ring.

My Personal Game of the Year Winners in The Game Awards Era

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter Announcement Trailer Released

Gamer Social Club’s 2025 Game Of The Year Award Nominees

In case you haven't heard, the 2025 Game of the Year (well deserved) has some new content! gamersocialclub.ca/2025/12/12/e... Go check it out!

Expedition 33’s Low Budget Saves Enough “For Those Who Come After” Despite all it's success, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was developed on a shoestring budget of less than $10m, confirms Sandfall CEO.

Check out this article about Expedition 33's crazy low budget! Good luck to @expedition33.bsky.social at the game awards and here's hoping you've started a new trend in game development! gamersocialclub.ca/2025/12/11/e...

Check out my long form review for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 ko-fi.com/post/Long-fo...

This is pretty decent. Quite a few games I haven't managed to play yet and a couple I've been actually curious about previously. A small Christmas miracle from Sony here.

TIME TAX + The art, music, story, characters and combat - can be long P.U.P. + Good balance of different things - can be tough to return too after a break CHALLENGE FLEXIBILITY +Many options and ways to play - Might not be clear to everyone what each difficulty means @sandfallgames.bsky.social

No big shock here for me, except my son has played that many hours of ARK!? My son has taken the first place spot...I'm a proud dad.

Long Form review out now ko-fi.com/post/Trails-...

TIME TAX + Lived in world, amazing characters, great story - Slow start P.U.P. + Fun combat and more time with the cast - can feel grindy, long cutscenes cut into free time, takes time to get bearings CHALLENGE FLEXIBILITY + All the choice - Nothing FINAL GRADE One of the best JRPGs of the year

My 4 favorite games I finished this year: Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Lunar Remastered Collection Chained Echoes I know the Lunar collection is two games but I don't care, you won't make me Sophie's Choice this!

Long-form review out now ko-fi.com/mag123456

Ghost of Yotei Time Tax - 5/5 + starts with a bang, freedom of choice, worth time/effort - maybe needs short refresher P.U.P. (Pick Up and Play) - 4/5 + satisfying in short bursts, freedom - big world, maybe repetitive Challenge flexibility - 5/5 + Many difficulty options, even custom - none

Gaming as a parent or just a busy adult can sometimes feel like a tough hobby to have. Hopefully I can answer a few questions about the newest games or some old favorites for the time-strapped gamer

I'm just a guy with a controller in my hand and a dream in my heart...that dream being finding a job I can do from home that pays me just enough to pay the bills, feeds the kids and leaves a bit left for games. My CV is ready...

Dear Bluesky, I'll be leaning on you and the great people here to help me out. My comfort and my bright spots and my unceasing joy is lessening more and more because of work and money, so I'm trying to find any extra boosts I can so it's not all on my family (and video games).

I'm truly in the midst of a dilemma. I am loving every second of Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, but Ghost of Yotei is coming soon! Another dilemma I'm facing is numerous sales happening for games but I still want to feed my family! Tough choices!

Oh, if only I were rich and could play video games all day...tomorrow I'd wake up and play Trails in the Sky all day long until the kids were done with school. I'd also accept an online job the let me pay the bills and be in my pyjamas all day. Wink wink, nudge nudge (someone save me)

I am SO FUCKING HAPPY to be done with work for the week. I swear, some people just crank their dipshititude up to 11 when I'm around and just TRY to piss me off and god damn done. Bring me Trails in the Sky and the world can fuck off.

It's Trails in the Sky day today! I hope my copy is ready when I'm out of work...I desperately need it.

Dear everyone, Please buy this game. It releases Friday and it would be great if it did well and they'd churn a few more of these out. Play the demo. It'll convince you to buy it. It's great! Love, Me

Work has just started (prep week) and I already want to defenestrate myself. Things are starting to feel untenable and just the tram rides give me more anxiety as it gets closer and the thought of going makes my chest hurt. Someone give me a fully remote job please!

Chained Echoes is a glorious little gem and I'm for it. And thank the game gods that I have about a metric fuck ton of demos to play between the end of that game and pay day.

No cheating, post your lock screen I've been cycling through so many lately. I've settled on this for a bit. Mx wallpaper is, as ever, a picture of my sons. (Ignore the time, my sleep schedule is 'summer vacation')

Post a "fuck you" song youtu.be/ESGI0W8FKFE?...

I have no shortage of new or new to me games to play, so of course I'm going to start 3 new playthroughs of Baldur's Gate 3 on the same day!

I just left the theater after having seen Superman and god DAMN was it good!

4 favorite games of 1998 There are several others I could put on here too...crazy good year for games.

What movie did you see at way too young of an age? The first thing that pops up in my mind is Showgirls when I was about 10. However, the first movie I saw in theaters was a horror movie when I was 4. Monkey Shines. So watching movies way too early is a hallmark of my childhood.

Show me your... 🎮 Current game ⏭️ Next game 🔥 Best Game you've played this year 🤔 Most anticipated game

Day ?? of trying to grow roots. I lost track pretty quickly. My birthday came and went with me on the couch. That was great. I'm coming up on a week of activities. Movies, game nights, short trips...I think I'll need to retire to continue my experiment.

If you see this, quote this post with your first gaming console!

Wantonly murdering soldiers of various armies gathering at a central location for a "peace summit"

Day 3 of trying to get my ass to grow roots into my couch. Day 2 did not produce roots, but the effort was certainly there. Very little movement from the area. If nothing else, it was a very successful Sunday.

Day 2 of trying to see if my ass grows roots into the couch. Day 1 was interrupted by a surprise early birthday party for me and resulted in imbibed substances, city wide meanders, and strangely strenuous bowling.

Day 1. Two month science experiment. "Will my ass grow roots into my couch?" Added condition(s): married, father of two Hypothesis: no idea, can't wait to try Old, stretched out gym shorts and slightly stained tank top activated. Coffee brewed. Coke chilling in the fridge. We are a go.

Summer vacation has begun. Two months of glorious freedom is ahead of me! Happy summer holidays to northern hemisphere teachers and happy nearly July to everyone else, regardless.