Up today at GameCritics.com, Ben Schwartz reviews Demon Tides from @fabraz.bsky.social and find it to be a mechanical masterpiece full of joy and fun. An early contender for one of the year's best? MAYBE! gamecritics.com/ben-schwartz...

Why? Just, why? ---------------------------------------------- Idaho Republicans pass bill making it a felony for transgender people to use public bathrooms www.advocate.com/politics/sta...

In the new episode of So Videogames, Carlos returns and the guys chat about: Star Trek Voyager: Across the Universe Nioh 3 Sumerian Six Resident Evil Requiem Seven Deadly Sins Minishoot’ Adventures Greedfall: The Dying World Pokopia ...And more! gamecritics.com/brad-gallawa...

The only thing prohibiting developers from having artistic control right now is DLSS demolishing your artistic control. It is open for artistic control should DLSS not do that. www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...

DLSS 5 OFF vs DLSS 5 ON

My first 25-30 hours of Marathon (including the Server Slam) have been marred with a lot of dying and great loot being lost. It's also filled with some of the best PvP and gunplay I've experienced in ages. Read my impressions below.

Up today at GameCritics.com, CJ Salcedo offers a look at Marathon. The full review is still coming, but he's logged a good number of hours and definitely has some thoughts! gamecritics.com/c-j-salcedo/...

I read the “Save America Act,” so you don’t have to. Most of the media apparently *hasn’t* read it because, if they had, they would be sounding the alarm about the provision in Point 1, below, which almost none of them have even mentioned. I hope this summary helps raise awareness. 1/

Up today at GameCritics.com, Jason Ricardo reviews John Carpenter's Toxic Commando and finds it to be a better use of the World War Z framework than World War Z was! gamecritics.com/jason-ricci/...

Slotkin: "If Russia is helping to kill US forces, we have crossed a rubicon. We have to take decisive action on that. Instead, we're giving them breaks on oil. They're making a ton of money."

Iran has officially pulled out of the World Cup, stating that conditions in the US are not safe for players or fans. More countries must follow suit. The US will only respond to public pressure and financial retaliation. Boycott the World Cup. Boycott the Olympics. Boycott America.

The first state in the US to remove statutory protections for an entire class, gender identity, has just enacted a bill preventing local municipalities from having their own protections for trans people. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...

Anybody know what this type of basement window is called? Specifically, the dug-out part around the window that is below ground. Sunken window? Dug-out window? Below-ground window box?

Up today at GameCritics.com, Darren Forman reviews Lovish -- it's a retro-styled platformer that offers a gazillion weird cutscenes between levels. (Also, the ethics of the main hero are... absent?) gamecritics.com/darren-forma...

What if there were a better way to discover new games? 🌎Explore a universe of games. 🎯Bigger cards = most similar. 📚Card behaviour = genre. 🍿Click = trailers and screenshots. 💰Flip = game details and price. Ludocene subscribers are testing the prototype this month: www.ludocene.com/subscription

4 days ago, NPR reported that the Trump administration is still withholding, in violation of the Epstein files statutes, 37 pages of documents that implicate him in the rape of a child. This should end his presidency. www.npr.org/2026/03/05/n...

Up today at GameCritics.com, Jack Dunn reviews Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator from @strangescaffold.bsky.social and finds that you are ONLY ONE BABY AWAY FROM FINANCIAL FREEDOM! gamecritics.com/jack-dunn/sp...

I just backed CRYPTOIDS: War For The Green Planet - Cryptid Action Figures on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/cry...

The new So Videogames Podcast is up! In episode 478 I cover: Soulstone Survivors Star Trek: Across the Universe Sumerian Six ...and before that, a passel of listener Qs! gamecritics.com/brad-gallawa...

Checking out Starfleet Academy this week, it's been a pleasant surprise! Not sure what I expected but it wasn't this, but what this is is actually pretty good!

"As tech giants force-feed AI inevitability marketing and trumpet the technology's supposed benefits to society, a robust AI-resistance movement has emerged in response. ... The backlash against Friend was not just a rejection of one company, but emblematic of a larger struggle."

Also up today at GameCritics.com, jack Bray reviews Disco Simulator and finds out it's harder than you think to earn money running a dance floor. gamecritics.com/gc-staff/dis...

Up today at GameCritics.com, Jason Ricardo reviews Resident Evil Requiem, the latest in Capcom's long-running horror series. The balance of elements combined with callbacks to previous entries and perfect pacing make it a showstopper every RE fan needs to play. gamecritics.com/jason-ricci/...

A new California law says all operating systems, including Linux, need to have some form of ID verification (which they’re calling age verification) at account setup. This makes absolutely ZERO sense if you have even the most basic understanding of technology

Up today at GameCritics.com, Ryan Nalley reviews the lates release in the long-running but little known Styx series, this entry titled Blades of Greed. Role play a bloodthirsty amoral goblin running rampant in an open-world city! gamecritics.com/ryan-nalley/...

Today at GameCritics.com, Sparky Clarkson reviews Relooted, and finds that his parkour heist games comes close to greatness, falling short only by not spending enough time with its interesting, charismatic characters. gamecritics.com/sparky-clark...

The new So Videogames Podcast is up! In ep 477, Carlos Rodela returns and we discuss: Bylina UFO 50 Lost in Space: The First Adventure Resident Evil: Requiem Carmageddon: Rogue Shift …And more! gamecritics.com/brad-gallawa...

I ask again, what the fuck are we doing?!

A rare weekend update today at GameCritics.com - Stephen Cook reviews Mewgenics and finds that it marries tactical action with deep breeding mechanics that unfold over time, and all of it draped in signature McMillen (Binding of Isaac) style. It's a winner. gamecritics.com/stephencooke...

Every major disaster in this country over my lifetime has been self inflicted by right wing ideologues with just enough complicit or inert Democrats to enable or ratify them. That's why we've been on this doom trajectory for the last ~50 years and it'll keep getting worse if that doesn't change

What’s wrong, Congress? You’ve barely even touched your checks and balances

Also up at GameCritics.com today, Konstantin Koteski covers Carmageddon: Rogue Shift. This classic series reappears in updated fashion, yet the experience is humble and bland in a way that just can't measure up to its glory days. gamecritics.com/kkoteski/car...

Up today at GameCritics.com, Alex Prakken offers up a preview of Starsand Island. This life/farm/chill sim offers great vibes and a compelling balance of elements -- it just needs a better onramp. gamecritics.com/alex-prakken...

Over at GameCritics.com today, Ben Schwartz covers Total Chaos and finds that this new horror title delivers a fully weapons-grade experience gamecritics.com/ben-schwartz...

The new So Videogames podcast is up! In episode 476, I cover: Sovereign Syndicate Death Howl Showgunners Vampire Therapist ...And more! gamecritics.com/brad-gallawa...

Us in 2018: All these “reasonable concerns” about gender-affirming care for trans kids is just step one in banning it for adults as well! “Reasonable” moderate types: Don’t be ridiculous. 2026:

I don't understand people who have the "Or Best Offer" option turned on with eBay, and then turn down every offer that's below their asking price. If you won't accept less than your asking price, why accept offers?? Nobody will offer you *above* what you're asking, so what's the point???

I told my grandma Phil Spencer retired and she started sobbing. Through the cascade of tears rolling down her face and hyperventilating she muttered “Co-Pilot please draft an email thanking Phil for his brave service in the console wars” She then died. Her ashes sprinkled at a data center nearby

Up today at GameCritics.com, new writer John Powell covers Salt 2: Shores of Gold and finds that this low-stakes pirate adventure is bad enough to give the kraken a tummyache. gamecritics.com/gc-staff/sal...

This is well put. So *many* technologies are joyous and progressive. The web was invented in a PUBLICLY FUNDED UNIVERSITY! It is, in fact, an aberration that the fascist VCs think they're the default with their approach to tech. They were only ever supposed to be a tiny fraction of the ecosystem.

is abject stupidity a defense from an attempted murder charge? at the least we're looking at potential negligent homicide

Ted Lieu: “Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands and thousands of times. In those files, there are highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children … of Donald Trump threatening to kill children. So I encourage the press to go look at these allegations.”

Up today at GameCritics.com, Jason Ricardo reviews REANIMAL from @tarsierstudios.bsky.social. It might not be called Little Nightmares, but it still fits the description and still brings the same sort of skin-crawling horror that will keep you up at night! gamecritics.com/jason-ricci/...

@bigpapanito.bsky.social hey, thanks for sharing! appreciated! = D

Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading. Now we’ve got mumps rolling up. Expect more. This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.

In what I am convinced will be the last 2025 Top 10 list to be posted at GameCritics.com, Jarrod Johnston is last but not least as he shares his look back with some very unconventional (and a few very conventional!) picks! gamecritics.com/jarrod-johns...

Stephen Colbert went against CBS’ wishes and discussed why his interview with Texas State Representative James Talarico would not air on “The Late Show.” ca.news.yahoo.com/stephen-colb...

given this won't appeal to people who care for the process or understanding of how to make things, and exists solely for people who view games as a means to some other profitable end, unity wants to imply these games can be profitable. were that true unity would pump them out instead of selling this

The new So Videogames podcast is up! In ep. 475, Carlos Rodela returns and we chat about: Mewgenics Reanimal God of War: Sons of Sparta Centipede Gun Nioh 3 Lovish Starless Abyss High on Life 2... And more! gamecritics.com/brad-gallawa...