January: @daddydisco.bsky.social & @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social kick off 2026 with some 2025 favorites while we catch up on the “28…” franchise! • 28 WEEKS LATER • 28 YEARS LATER ft. @blondekwaidan.bsky.social • 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE • IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU ft. @kathughes.bsky.social

In keeping with new beginnings, here is a thread of games I have played in 2026. And as always, if I share a game that happens to be free, please support the devs by buying their Steam supporter pack or paying above their game's asking price on itch.io. It all helps. 🧵🎮 2026🎮🧵

I couldn't help myself, and decided to write one last blog highlighting more of my favorite horror games of 2025. Feat: @titolovesyou.bsky.social @ludogram.io @rawfury.bsky.social @taintedpactgames.bsky.social @beyondbooleans.bsky.social @fernandotittz.bsky.social medium.com/@SaveScum/20...

Matt & Geoff share their Top Ten games of the year, what they're excited to see in 2026, and where they hope the conversation in games can go in the new year. funandgames.libsyn.com/special-2025...

In keeping with new beginnings, here is a thread of games I have played in 2026. And as always, if I share a game that happens to be free, please support the devs by buying their Steam supporter pack or paying above their game's asking price on itch.io. It all helps. 🧵🎮 2026🎮🧵

ICYMI: You can still hear me yap about my love of mechs, monstahs, and my favorite forever game Into the Breach over on @funandgamespod.bsky.social. Thank you again to @djstormageddon.com for the opportunity! 🍎 apple.co/49AmFgm 🟢 bit.ly/4jsVcRi

New Episode ☕️ // TWIN PEAKS Season 1 (1990): @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social & @daddydisco.bsky.social are called upon by the owls amongst the Douglas firs to solve a murder! Sub-genres include: mystery noir, soap opera, small town drama, Lynchian • #HorrorSky 🍎: bit.ly/48ETuan 🟢: bit.ly/48hbZ5M

I’m honored and humbled to be a part of this for the second year in a row. Please go read it!

With 2025 drawing to a close, @Baronaim.bsky.social and I rounded up our best horror games of the year for @bloody-disgusting.com It was tough whittling it down to just 10 spots but I’m very happy with the list we ended up with and think we landed on a very worthy number 1 pick!

I couldn't help myself, and decided to write one last blog highlighting more of my favorite horror games of 2025. Feat: @titolovesyou.bsky.social @ludogram.io @rawfury.bsky.social @taintedpactgames.bsky.social @beyondbooleans.bsky.social @fernandotittz.bsky.social medium.com/@SaveScum/20...

2025 was the most chaotic year of my life, filled with personal and professional challenges. And yet, I came out the other end with a new job, living with my GF, an ADHD diagnosis (SHOCKING), while also completing more writing than in 2024. 🧵 Here are my favorite pieces I wrote this year:

In a surprise to no one who has played it, The Seance of Blake Manor made both @neilbolt.bsky.social & @notfunnyj.bsky.social G.O.T.Y. lists! G.O.T.Y. '25-Part 2: 🍎 apple.co/4jbbApk 🟢 bit.ly/494Qd4l @rawfury.bsky.social @spookydoorway.bsky.social @blakemanorgame.bsky.social @bloody-disgusting.com

Side Quests is back and this episode's host is writer, podcaster and mech pilot, @notfunnyj.bsky.social! The game he is talking about today is Into the Breach by Subset Games. funandgames.libsyn.com/side-quests-...

New Episode 👻 // BEST OF 2025: @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social @daddydisco.bsky.social & @whatascream.bsky.social disuss their personal Top 5 genre films of the year and give out some special awards! #HorrorSky 🍎: bit.ly/3NmkdBm 🟢: bit.ly/3NlvBgO

Notorious inventory shuffler @notfunnyj.bsky.social gushes about the brutal melee carnage of Total Chaos and why the game made his G.O.T.Y. list! Games of the year 2025- Part 2: 🍎 apple.co/4jbbApk 🟢 bit.ly/494Qd4l @bloody-disgusting.com @bloodyfm.bsky.social

#NowWatching Tonight's 2025 dbl feature catch-up

2025 has been a phenomenal year for horror, with the genre putting up a remarkably strong performance on both the big and small screens. It’s also been dominating the gaming space.

New episode of Side Quests with @notfunnyj.bsky.social. Go listen!!

SKALD: Against the Black Priory is free on Epic Games Store for the next 24 hours. Another mystery freebie tomorrow buff.ly/aadJJDg

Raw Fury continues their banner year with the fantastic Monsters are Coming! Rock & Road. Immortal Engines meets tower defense, pairing roguelite progression with an action-oriented approach to base building. Truly a one of a kind game that, had I played it sooner, would have made my GOTY list.

#NowWatching There are 4 days left in the year; time to catch up on some feature films.

For their last chat of 2025, @neilbolt.bsky.social & @notfunnyj.bsky.social share the remainder of their game of the year picks! 🍎 apple.co/4jbbApk 🟢 bit.ly/494Qd4l @bloody-disgusting.com @bloodyfm.bsky.social @frankiepixel.bsky.social

Hear why The Drifter was one of @neilbolt.bsky.social & @notfunnyj.bsky.social favorite point and click horror games of 2025! Games of the Year 2025: Part 2: 🍎 apple.co/4jbbApk 🟢 bit.ly/494Qd4l @bloody-disgusting.com @bloodyfm.bsky.social @barney.powerhoof.com @dave.powerhoof.com

Merry Christmas, you filthy animals!

My family couldn't decide what to watch, so while they were busy deliberating, I took ACTION, and put on ol' reliable

Tune in to hear why Vile: Exhumed from @dirtlord77.bsky.social was a top five game of the year for both @neilbolt.bsky.social & @notfunnyj.bsky.social ! Games of the Year 2025: Part 2: 🍎 apple.co/4jbbApk 🟢 bit.ly/494Qd4l @bloodyfm.bsky.social @bloody-disgusting.com @dreadxp.bsky.social

Shirts that go hard AF

New episode 🎰 // TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN (2017): @daddydisco.bsky.social @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social & @chewywalrus.bsky.social go on a sprawling, cosmic journey on the search for Dale Cooper(s)! Sub-genres include: manhunt, existentialism, Lynchian • #HorrorSky 🍎: bit.ly/3LbMg5X 🟢: bit.ly/49qj44n

Hear all about why Luto from @brokenbird.bsky.social made @neilbolt.bsky.social GOTY '25 list! Games of the Year 2025: Part 2: 🍎 apple.co/4jbbApk 🟢 bit.ly/494Qd4l @bloody-disgusting.com @bloodyfm.bsky.social

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is free on Epic Games Store for the next 24 hours. Another mystery freebie tomorrow buff.ly/aadJJDg

Nice long chat about top 5 favourite horror games of 2025 with @notfunnyj.bsky.social! I love making lists, so this is always my favourite time of year.

Paradise Killer is free on Epic Games Store for the next 24 hours. Another mystery freebie tomorrow buff.ly/aadJJDg

Sorry We're Closed is free on Epic Games Store for the next 24 hours. Another mystery freebie tomorrow buff.ly/aadJJDg

Before Part 2's release, check out part 1 of @neilbolt.bsky.social & @notfunnyj.bsky.social GOTY discussion, where they discuss one of the years most NORMAL and not at all STRANGE games. 🍎 apple.co/48EJIX5 🟢 bit.ly/4pWVgex @bloody-disgusting.com @bloodyfm.bsky.social @santaragione.com

"I'd be unemployed if Clover Pit were on Mobile" is literally something I say whenever discussing it, so this is possibly, but most definitely, going to be problematic for me. Whelp *buys*.

Caught up on some TV this week! Fallout S2: Goggins & Purnell remain a treat Pe-blast espionage story has legs Already tired of exploding heads as a punchline Welcome to Derry Ep 1: Largely felt like a soft-baked retreading Ending makes ep 1 feel like a waste of time Airbase plot is intriguing

For the last 2025 edition of Horror Bytes, @neilbolt.bsky.social & @notfunnyj.bsky.social delve into their favorite bite-sized slices of horror of 2025! 🍎 apple.co/44ueb7K 🟢 bit.ly/4qazN1a @bloody-disgusting.com @bloodyfm.bsky.social @jessemakkonen.com @mikeklubnika.bsky.social

Given @neilbolt.bsky.social & @notfunnyj.bsky.social extensive coverage of point-and-click horror games, it was only natural that Carnival would make one of their lists! #HorrorSky 🍎 apple.co/48EJIX5 🟢 bit.ly/4pWVgex @bloody-disgusting.com @bloodyfm.bsky.social @beyondbooleans.bsky.social

New Episode ❤️‍🔥 // TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992): @daddydisco.bsky.social & @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social witness the murder of Laura Palmer! Sub-genres include: mystery, smalltown drama, cosmic horror, possession, Lynchian • #HorrorSky 🍎: bit.ly/3YlmcZf 🟢: bit.ly/3L8TjfA

Kicking myself for not getting to The Séance of Blake Manor sooner. A gothic mystery delight from the budding personalities of its cast to the grassroots detective mechanics that are in-depth but very intuitive. And, as the cover art shows, the entire thing is stunningly illustrated. Unforgettable.

In Part #1 of their GOTY ep, @neilbolt.bsky.social & @notfunnyj.bsky.social reveal that they both had the fantastic immersive giallo sim, Skinfreak, on their lists! Full discussion below! 🍎 apple.co/48EJIX5 🟢 bit.ly/4pWVgex @bloody-disgusting.com @bloodyfm.bsky.social @puppetcombo.bsky.social

It's the most horrifying time of the year, as @neilbolt.bsky.social and @notfunnyj.bsky.social kick off the game of the year season by sharing their #10 - #6 picks on their respective G.O.T.Y. lists! 🍎 apple.co/48EJIX5 🟢 bit.ly/4pWVgex @bloodyfm.bsky.social @bdisgustingpod.bsky.social

At the end of 2024 I decided I would try my hand at regular review writing & write 1 per month for Jan thru Nov. Now 11 months & 11 reviews later I'm really proud of how far I've come as a writer. I found my voice & it feels good. TY to all who read & cheered me on. www.patreon.com/collection/2...

Interviewed Rohan Campbell for @dreadcentral.bsky.social on the new Silent Night, Deadly Night. We talked stepping into the boots of Billy, that insane Nazi massacre scene, and what horror franchise he’d like to appear in next.

The latest article in @djstormageddon.com's monthly review series is out & free to read over on our Patreon! This time they are covering the indie tactics RPG Demonschool by @necrosoftgames.com & @ysbryd.net. Also special thanks to @chipdip.bsky.social for editing! www.patreon.com/posts/matts-...

Thank you to the guys at Safe Room for allowing Carnival to creep into their top ten games of the year! :)

It's the most horrifying time of year, as @neilbolt.bsky.social & @notfunnyj.bsky.social share their #10 - #6 picks for part 1 of their Game of the Year special! 🍎 apple.co/48EJIX5 🟢 bit.ly/4pWVgex @bloody-disgusting.com @bloodyfm.bsky.social @santaragione.com @panikarcade.bsky.social

New episode ♟️// TWIN PEAKS Season 2 (1990-1991): @daddydisco.bsky.social & @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social go deeper into the idyllic town and solve Laura Palmer’s murder! Sub-genre include: cosmic horror, Lynchian, romance, mystery • #HorrorSky 🍎: bit.ly/4rNXe1Y 🟢: bit.ly/4q3nBPW

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Tonight @neilbolt.bsky.social & I are recording Part 1 of @saferoompod.bsky.social super spooky & spectacular G.O.T.Y. special! Surely my #10-6 picks will be LOCKED IN loooong before our record time. Unless 👀 What are some of your favorite games of 2025?