Ok here goes, my review of Baby Steps and my ambulatory adventures til the mudslide brought me down. I don't know that it's a good review, or even A review. But I'm bringing the energy 'just make the thing and make it human' in 2026.

Kyle MacLachlan makes a Twin Peaks themed Bento Box youtu.be/YmI5iG0qakU

Boy, I tell ya. #pixelart

Today, I'm releasing our (my, I guess, which feels wrong) final podcast with Steve. It was, fittingly enough, about him and his work. tinstargames.podbean.com/e/episode-4-...

I want to support small business but they're all using fucking AI now: the local butcher, the local ice cream joint, the new game cafe and now my old favorite board game pizza spot. Not only does it suck on principal but it makes your food look like shit.

I run through some of my favorite games, both tabletop and digital, though not necessarily released in 2025. Between rising exploitation, rising costs (and my own employment) it's never been a better time to dust off your backlog or shelf of shame. I'll highlight a few more here.

Library holds coming in like a breath of fresh air to relax after Baby Steps

Using this to catch up on all the prog I missed over the year, and my god is Pachinko a revelation.

Ok here goes, my review of Baby Steps and my ambulatory adventures til the mudslide brought me down. I don't know that it's a good review, or even A review. But I'm bringing the energy 'just make the thing and make it human' in 2026.

2026 is kicking off with pretty foul energy, but I'm full of beans (literally) and have a fresh trim for a job interview later this week 🤞

you know what, this is as good an opportunity as any I have a new website! It's the Wack Game Boy Zone! I'll be talking and ranking Game Boy and Game Boy Color games, from black & green to brand new indie releases. I've got more pieces in the hopper for upload, but it's live now! wackgameboy.zone

It's the year of Tolkien, so finally cracking out my Tolkien cookbook, starting with stewed beans.

We're back for a new year, and once again joined by @quaidrayn.bsky.social to look back at 2025, some gaming highlights and trends that have defined the year.

Every day I'm further radicalized into never playing a AAA game ever again.

A friend has been meaning to bring Sweet Lands to Tuesday night games for over a month and a comically large number of things keep coming up at the last minute. It's finally candy time!

It's Cardboard Time! Episode 126 is now live! (tinyurl.com/4ds32efp) On today's episode, Arwen and special guest Olivia Lothary (@olloplays.bsky.social) discuss The Hobby: Tales from the Tabletop and our Top 10 "new to us" games of 2025.

anyway it's a new year, a year in which we plan* to release 4 (+ actually) issues, and so for the fifth year running I am on my hands & knees begging people to try sending us info about what they're working on, ideally 2-3 months before release our inbox for all press releases is [email protected]

Time to start building rafts to the next platform before this one sinks I guess

Hi! I'm Jonathon Greenall, also known as Starshine Scribbles! I'm a freelance writer and the multi-award-winning #TTRPG designer behind games like Pöltr and Mantigiest! I've also written for Polygon, Lost in Cult, Nintendo Life, and many others! I'm open for work in 2026! starshinescribbles.com

Been messing with the Dragon Quest 1 remake over the break and there's no denying a lot of work went into it but I can't help but feel that something's been lost in how much has been added. Theres a flattening in making all 3 remakes look and feel the same that erases what makes each of them special

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Finally got to the pasta chapter of the Food Lab cookbook and homing straight in on broccoli bacon pasta with 3 kinds of garlic

When you go for a walk in the PNW, it can turn into Twin Peaks at a moments notice.

Well I wrote my first written review of 2026 (on Baby Steps), but it feels too self indulgent (and long) to post on Steam. I really need to find a new blog option.

First they came for King Ludd And I did not speak out Because I was not a Luddite

Been messing with Two Point Museum in between Baby Step binges and it's...exactly what it says on the box, in a way that is both an extremely satisfying art farm but also by the numbers: follow the mission goals, get a loot box, find somewhere in your museum to dump it, rinse, repeat.

The level of vigilance required for every. single. thing. right now is exhausting and it's absolutely the AI industry's mission to wear everyone down into submission. But... While we're at it can we just keep Uber Eats in the bin where it belongs.

Been messing with Two Point Museum in between Baby Step binges and it's...exactly what it says on the box, in a way that is both an extremely satisfying art farm but also by the numbers: follow the mission goals, get a loot box, find somewhere in your museum to dump it, rinse, repeat.

This looks pretty metal, but first what's the best way to play original Quake in 2026?

Every TCG we play really does end in "wanna play some Keyforge instead?"

We managed to squeeze in a bonus game day for some 2 player card hijinks

First they came for King Ludd And I did not speak out Because I was not a Luddite

I appreciate games writing and criticism but much of it exists in a bubble. The thing I appreciate about Unwinnable is that it puts games alongside film, books and more, all as equally valid mediums in conversation with each other. Ive already discovered several new gems since subscribing last month

Chat, is D&D the Fortnite of Tabletop?

Kid is back at school so making time to touch grass

Either you're paying for less people or you're paying people less. Otherwise, why the hell are you using it?

Today is the final day you can grab two months of a Rascal subscription at $1/month! Strap in for another year of tabletop journalism once the team returns tomorrow. Help us continue growing and biting even more ankles in 2026! www.rascal.news/yippee-ki-ya...

Incredibly shocked and saddened to learn of Steve Dee’s passing. His passion for making games and sharing the craft of gamemaking was unmatched. He made a whole bunch of great games (It Is Forbidden is stellar), and in his memory I want to share my favourite:

every powerful man at the vanguard of this AI stuff is 6 months away from believing using autocorrect is the same as looking into the eyes of god (if they're not there already) and every single one of them needs to go

Hear me out. Mario Kart 64s Block Fort as a 4x4 skirmish games table.

New year Harvest

That Trump and his cronies would use every opportunity to profit from the misfortune of others was never a question, nor was the fact that they would create that misfortune. Saying "this is fucked up" in increasingly loud and exasperated ways isn't really cutting it anymore.

Found the coolest website that takes random found cassette tapes people submit and digitizes them. I’m listening to an NYC hip hop station from 1994: intertapes.net

Finished a re-read of Carpe Jugulum and thought this is a useful section to consider right now, and always. "There is a very interesting debate raging at the moment about the nature of sin, for example,” said Oats. “And what do they think? Against it, are they?” said Granny Weatherwax.

Found in the Winners bargain win. I know it's somewhat maligned vs Burgundy but at a "so cheap I have to know that the deal is" price.

My 2025 @letterboxd.social wrapped. Very few films of 2025 but found several classic favorites.

That Trump and his cronies would use every opportunity to profit from the misfortune of others was never a question, nor was the fact that they would create that misfortune. Saying "this is fucked up" in increasingly loud and exasperated ways isn't really cutting it anymore.

I know it’s probably deeply annoying to see Americans go “holy shit, the nakedness of this” after our history of indigenous genocide and global regime change, but what is especially scary about this is that the more recent bullshit alibis at least took some time to drum up and put into place.

We've revamped our website! In addition, we've put out a new blog post with all of our latest news. You can visit the site here: coyoteandcrow.net You can read the blog post here: coyoteandcrow.net/blog/ TLDR: Ahu Tiiko and C&C Digital Kickstarters are finishing fulfillment this month + more.

First film of 2026 off with a bang.