This is a really useful resource. I spend most of my time in the games industry bubble, and when I wander outside it, I'm regularly surprised by just how little people know about the industry. Having a website like this that can act as a primer is extremely useful.

Great piece from @jeremypeel.bsky.social here! www.gamesindustry.biz/the-painful-...

This is even funnier if you imagine the Colonel from Monty Python delivering the lines. "Stop that, it's silly!"

Ah, what a good idea. Now all that's left is for @digitaleclipse.bsky.social to do their wonderful documentary thing for these games 😎

OMG Metroid amiibo. My only vice.

I did not have a Virtual Boy revival on my Nintendo Direct bingo card. Wild.

Do I know any freelance writers going to DICE Europe?

Huh! Really interesting bit of Arcade history here!

Hi I’m writing a silly article on strangely memorable lines of video game dialogue - I don’t mean the classic quotes, I mean things YOU’VE remembered, maybe from lesser known games/scenes, and you don’t really know why. Do you have examples?!

Adrian Chiles is on Radio 4 interviewing Michael Rosen and a dry stone waller who lives with her two ex-husbands. This is radio GOLD.

I love that Playnist has chosen a beige laptop to advertise their new 'Goodreads but for games' thing. Now I want one. I think it's about time that beige made a comeback. #inspiring #beigeisback www.gamesindustry.biz/playnist-aim...

Well this looks flippin' fantastic. www.timeextension.com/news/2025/09...

A reminder of the importance of physical game events - and sausages 🌭 Atari’s Wade Rosen had lunch at a “really awesome bratwurst place” with Thunderful’s Martin Walfisz at Gamescom two years ago, and now Atari owns Martin’s company. www.gamesindustry.biz/atari-head-w...

If I ever get round to writing Curious Video Game Machines 2, I will definitely be featuring the Pioneer LaserActive - and I will definitely be interviewing the guy who spent 16 years making an emulator for it. Amazing work.

Here’s a story for you, @damienmcferran.bsky.social!

I know it's Amazon but if you a) want to get a copy of my From Coin-Ops to Table-Tops book and b) want it for 62%(!) off, now is your time. Never seen it that cheap. I'm biased, obvs, but it's a wonderful thing that covers a usually neglected part of gaming history. www.amazon.co.uk/Coin-Ops-Tab...

The Art of Still Wakes the Deep is here! Here are a couple of highlights - starting my cat, Totoro. I’m so proud of this book, it turned out BEAUTIFULLY 🤩

Did a bit of pre-work harvesting. The apples are ready very early this year!

Thinking about decimating my emails in the strict sense of the word - i.e. deleting one in ten of them. Not sure how sensible a strategy this will be, but at least it will lighten the pressing inbox load.

Wow, that’s an impressively prominent typo. One for the hall of fame.

Another quality feature from @jeremypeel.bsky.social! The UK's Online Safety Act is causing chaos out there.

This is amazing news - I was always disappointed The Settlers II never came to the Amiga! Tempted to buy an Amiga again just to play this…

This is a very cool book - both inside and out! @lewispackwood.bsky.social did an amazing job writing it, and I look forward to sharing some more of the production details and techniques we used here soon (we really nailed what we set out to achieve, I think!) 🌊

Ooooh, interesting!

This is an absolute stunner, one of my favourite things we’ve published to date

I wrote this book - and from the sneak peek I’ve had of the finished thing, it looks flipping FANTASTIC. I’m so pleased with how it’s turned out. If you’re a fan of Still Wakes The Deep, you’re going to absolutely LOVE this. ⚓️

Former Bungie head Harold Ryan had this to say about his old company when I spoke to him: “It feels like they're in the very same place that almost everyone in the industry is, where the things that were working and reliable before aren't quite as reliable." www.gamesindustry.biz/weve-had-to-...

This is a great feature from @chrissutcliffe.bsky.social, looking into the many decisions that go into game pricing. "There's 100,000 people in the world that would make the decision of not buying something at $24.99 that they would buy at $19.99" - Chris Bergman, Gylee Games.

🎉LUDOCENE LAUNCHED 🎉 So excited (and nervous) to send our game-finder into the world. Ludocene.com If you want a better way to find amazing games that rewards experts and is in the hands of players, this is our shot. Thank you to the 1000's backers and supporters.This is just the beginning.

Hello! I'm looking to speak to developers about the challenges of making UGC-focussed games in the shadow of behemoths like Roblox and Fortnite for GamesIndustry.biz. If you worked or are working on such a game, drop me a line at [email protected]

I had a fascinating interview with former Bungie head Harold Ryan, now chief of ProbablyMonsters. This one is well worth a read.

i wrote about TRAFFIC the forbidden topic mobilegamer.biz/why-games-we...

Great article! And wonderful to see The Driver here - I wrote about it in Curious Video Game Machines. It was remarkable that the Japanese firm Kasco was still making electromechanical machines long after the rise of video games. There’s a brilliant article about them here: shmuplations.com/kasco/

Getting my arms around a story this big and mercurial hasn’t been easy. I’m really grateful to Gil Tov-Ly and @radiatoryang.bsky.social for expanding my knowledge, and hope the result helps clarify a situation that’s been scary for a lot of creators and fans. www.gamesindustry.biz/whats-going-...

Some brilliant work from @jeremypeel.bsky.social here, looking into how Steam and Itch were forced to delist adult content, and what it means for developers.

The amazing thing about this is how much gets said with no words, through just a few eye movements and blinks. It just goes to show how increased fidelity can add so much more nuance.

The PNG Courier on the crime against humanity currently being permitted to take place in Gaza. Substack - mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/the-png-co...

Well, that’s it Wordle, you’ve jumped the shark. Thousands of Brits will be screaming in frustration today. We have crossed the Rubicon.

Another feature from me at GIbiz, this time on the new demographic of VR natives, via an interview with Compass Studio head Callum Godfrey. Many thanks to @lewispackwood.bsky.social for the opportunity to explore this interesting section of the VR audience. www.gamesindustry.biz/meet-vr-nati...

This is a cracking interview, well worth a read. And buy Dan's games, they're great.

I'm working on a GamesIndustry.biz article about the Steam and Itch content crackdowns, and I'd love to hear from someone in a country where payment options online are limited. If you're reliant on PayPal or another highly specific processor to get hold of games, please get in touch!

Did a double take at this. Was @mrbasilpesto.bsky.social writing cover lines for Amiga Action back in the early nineties?

It's 1991, what are you picking up from Argos? I'm kind of tempted by F1 Race and the four player adaptor, providing I can find four Game Boy-owning friends who have F1 Race too. Seems a tall order. Did anyone ever manage a four-player session of that game?

FYI I’m having a clear out. Any Deadly Premonition fans out there? ebay.us/m/FWoaTo

Please note that the miniature horse who plays a miniature keyboard to wake people from anesthesia also appears to have its own staff badge with a photo of itself (my favorite genre)

I know this is a custom build, but we really need actual third-party peripherals like this - because it is hella uncomfortable to use those Switch 2 JoyCons in mouse mode. I tried using mouse mode for Civ VII and had to give up after ten minutes because of the hand cramp.

You may have noticed the typo in this post. This is what happens when you’re rushing to social a feature minutes before you have to leave to pick up from school. I’m not going to change it. Let it stand as a monument of solidarity to harassed parents everywhere. ✊

Great story here about the history of the homegrown MSX computer from the Middle East.

Ay carumba. That's not good. Guess I won't be using WeTransfer any more, then.

In a Develop:Brighton talk on product/market fit, former Deep Silver head of communications Martin Wein described what led to the change of developers on Dead Island 2. #developconf www.gamesindustry.biz/it-would-hav...