a game i’ve been working on for a year has released on steam!! i’m the narrative lead for the hack n’ slash co-op stitchlings! i’m so proud of this project and team and had such a blast developing this story go grab a friend and play stitchlings now!! store.steampowered.com/app/4200560/...

have really been struggling but the weekend is here, i get to cuddle with my kitty, i’m gonna play deadlock with friends, and i’m super excited about a consulting engagement i start next week. the little things are the big things in life

It's heartbreaking that games as a medium remain out of reach for people telling the stories worth telling most. www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...

a beautiful friend recently told me, “Natalie too is simply a scared creature trying to survive, and we don’t expect animals to be perfect to deserve comfort or care or gentle love.” holding tightly onto such a gift, especially on difficult nights.

rest in peace, juniper blessing, you deserved so much more from this world

tfw the sunset visitor writers do the cat version of What Was I Made For at full volume and the composer messages us on slack like “???????”

Happy 10th Anniversary! Today marks 10 years since The House in Fata Morgana first arrived on Steam! Since its release in 2016, the game has continued to be loved by so many people, expanded into multiple languages, and reached farther than we ever imagined. Thank you💞

everyone say congratulations natalie because the internet in our apartment has been restored and i can finally play deadlock all the time again!!!!!!

BREAKING: "Alligator Alcatraz," the internment camp in the Everglades, is closing. Here's what you need to know:

all this for a fairly conservative game is so crazy

thanks to everyone who spoke to me for this story. i had over 20k words between research and transcripts, so there's a ton i left out, which ironically provides an even bigger scale to how much of an issue this is

you really do need to try to be kind. it's so important.

there is a me and it is yours for the taking. 1000xRESIST's second anniversary was just two days ago, so why not get your own ✨ OCCUPLUSHIE ✨ to celebrate the occasion? your new friend has just gone live, gogogo! ❤️ LINK: youtooz.com/products/occ...

We made a pretty good coming of age story game but most players won’t even give it a chance because it’s got too much color. We’re not all that different in love, relationships, and generational issues. I promise you can relate to these characters. store.steampowered.com/app/1617220/...

i’m so tired from not sleeping a wink that i walked into my roommate’s room while he was still in bed and started kirking

the British are awake and i have not fallen asleep lmao i had such a good weekend, things were going so well, and yet i unexpectedly started crying on the way home they need to invent a trauma healing that is linear and easy!!!

every game that i love is morally righteous. especially deadlock, the shooter made by a small indie team called valve

played deadlock after over a week of not being able to because we don’t have internet at home

it's her day!!!!! nobody else matters!!!!

there is a game that remains, that remains and remains... and it's all because of you incredible fans. 💖 on this second anniversary of 1000xRESIST, we thank you endlessly for your love for our game. what's your favorite memory of playing it? hekki grace 🫡

Now that she's officially been announced, I'm stoked to say I worked on Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2! Really excited to share more later, but back to NDA mines I go (for now)

I still think about all of the people who gushed about Life is Strange 1 who ignored Life is Strange 2.

embarrassing to see a studio brag about not using consultants. clearly, you don't know how consultants work or their function! also... if you can afford it, and if you care enough about your game, which you should, because why should anyone buy it if not, then you want consultants to work on it!

@heartimecia.bsky.social is not a believer. yet

me wearing the pants Indrani makes me

i tried to connect some dots and had an existential crisis about it www.gamespot.com/articles/mor...

don’t want to go into it on a public account, but i had a deeply traumatizing experience this weekend. i only mention it to let people know that i’m struggling to be present, so i apologize if my responses are short or non-existent for a while. as the classic saying goes: it’s not you, it’s me!

who up pondering Judy Alvarez

Pretending to be your own mom to tell yourself that you’re a good boy is very Norman Bates Coded except Bates ran a successful business

have no internet until god knows when at home, so i be making plans to come into the office after hours + during the weekend in order to play deadlock #committed #hardworker #gamer

You can dislike something without trying to talk people out of loving it. Not every joy needs your review. Not every favorite thing needs your correction. Sometimes the kindest thing you can do is see someone happy and leave the light on.

🗣️ 100k WISHLISTS IN LESS THAN 25 DAYS 🗣️ thank you so, so much for your support!! you’ve all filled with us with determination to make Prove You’re Human the best game it can be 💖

Sorry for the delay. Here's the living memorial roundup for Paste Games. If your favorites didn't make the cut, feel free to add to the replies on this post, and we'll get them added as soon as possible. critical-distance.com/2026/05/04/r...

have no internet and can’t play deadlock. i fear even jesus himself did not know this level of suffering

Chat does this mean the economy is good

!! if you wrote for Paste Games/Endless Mode/The A.V. Club !! make sure to back up your work!! i just backed up 10 pages worth of articles, and Microsoft Edge made it much less painful than it could've been. open the article in Microsoft Edge > right-click > Screenshot > Full Page > Save

Top 15 shows ever, gut instincts only: Arcane Interview with the Vampire Avatar: The Last Airbender Legend of Korra She-Ra Blue Eye Samurai Andor The Haunting of Bly Manor CLANNAD Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni 1 Litre of Tears Winter Sonata How to Get Away with Murder You Severance

Been on the record that Garrett Martin is the best individual talent scout in the history of games media. Whatever you think about the current state of the medium, a ton of its brightest examples started with or passed through a Garrett Martin outlet.

heard a wild new rumor???????? omg apparently people who main mina and celeste in deadlock are sexy and cute and super smart and destined to be richer than their enemies??? that's so crazy............

A eulogy for Paste Games

🗣️ HAPPY AAPI MONTH 🗣️ what better way to spend it than playing a game about generational trauma, motherhood, a pandemic, and so much more? we're so happy that 1000xRESIST is part of the first-ever AAPI Steam Sale, running May 1-10. 💖 SALE: tinyurl.com/AAPISteamSale

Our team has been working hard on Red Rain, the story of a mother raising her daughter in a decimated yet beautiful post-apocalyptic landscape. To celebrate moms everywhere, we're excited to announce that our demo will be out Mother's Day weekend! ❤️

we're cooking so many things at the sunset visitor factory y'all AREN'T THEY SO CUTIEFUL

wrote this piece as a starry-eyed intern with big dreams. the inimitable @winnersusedrugs.bsky.social edited it, & the care with which she did it defined my editing style years later at Fanbyte. grateful for her + Garrett's openness to publishing this. still relevant! www.avclub.com/what-other-g...

Going back to this thread for a second, and why this moment was so important. At the time...games criticism was trying to diversify. And what that meant was learning to meet people where they are at. Value the idea. Polish the execution. Teach. Sacrifice your time.

I would not have a career in games if it wasn't for Paste. It's simple as that.

I wrote for Paste Games for 13 years basically without pause, give or take a couple breaks during that time. Garrett is the only reason I did that, and he recruited well over a hundred writers who have gone on to define games criticism. What a foolish managerial decision to fuck with that vision.

distraught that Paste Games is no more. not once throughout my internship, or the time i spent afterwards as a contributor, did Garrett say no to an idea. i was never too loud or political. that meant everything as a young WOC with dreams to be a games writer in this male and white-dominated field.

Games criticism owes so much to Garrett Martin. Quietly one of the most influential people in the space, a guy who was happy to publish anyone that had something interesting to say. A shame AV Club is shuttering its games coverage. End of an era, long live Paste Games

hey. thanks! thanks to everybody who wrote for us, thanks to Eli, Moises, Holly, Jenn, Gita, and Maddy for helping edit it, thanks to Kirk for passing the baton, thanks to Chris for starting it up, and thanks to everybody who ever read it. see ya around.