Join @wrenegade.bsky.social and @ironicaccount.bsky.social for a panel at Sundance Collab talking about personal storytelling in games, narrative design, world-building with @brownmoney.bsky.social of Venba & Julián Cordero of despelote Full details here: collab.sundance.org/catalog/Stor...

Happy Half-Life: Decay Monday. @naetoid.bsky.social is live with our pal Sviddy on their channel! www.twitch.tv/svideotheque

Finalists for the 2026 Independent Game Festival Awards have been announced, with Baby Steps picking up the most nominations at five. Grand Prize nominees include Baby Steps, Blippo+, HORSES, Angeline Era, Perfect Tides: Station to Station, and the newly announced Titanium Court.

Games launching this week ‼️ DuneCrawl | 1/5 Death Machine; StarRupture (Early Access) | 1/6 ODDCORE (Early Access) | 1/7 Pathologic 3 | 1/9 These and more, with a primarily #IndieGame tilt, in our free monthly game release roundup on Patreon.

2025 was brutal for games media, but I'm seeing some glimmers of hope as worker-owned sites like @aftermath.site, @rascal.news, and @giantbomb.bsky.social have carved out vital spaces in the games community. Earlier this year, I made a huge Indie Games Media starter pack for y'all. Let's celebrate.

Going into 2026, a reminder for everyone who's fallen off the creative wagon, game dev, writing, art, music, whatever, no matter how long:

We are so honored and excited to announce the winner of VGG's 2025 Game of the Year award... CONSUME ME! Congratulations to @qdork.bsky.social, @apthomson.bsky.social, @frogfungus.bsky.social, Violet W-P, and @codatrigger.bsky.social for making such a special piece of art. WATCH THE VIDEO!

HAPPY VGG GOTY REVEAL DAY

It's time for our end-of-year stream! 🎄 twitch.tv/Naetoid 🎄 We're announcing our Game of the Year winner and VGG community-picked GOTY, and unwinding with some cozy holiday decorating in Light Up the Town. Then, we'll be taking a break from streaming until 2026!

We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier. Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder. thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...

We're excited! We've got a live watch party going in the VGG Discord. ❤️‍🔥

Come watch our friends and please give if you're able! Today's charity stream supports Outside In in Portland and Bridge for Youth in Minneapolis! 💜

We're live now co-streaming The Game Awards (pre-show has begun)! 🔗 twitch.tv/Naetoid

Wholesome Snack is tomorrow! ✨💗✨ Tune in at noon PT / 3 pm ET / 9 pm CEST for approximately 30 minutes of joyful, thoughtful, and hopeful games! We hope it brightens your day ~ Find out where to watch (as well as a full list of all games featured after the show is complete) at wholesomegames.com!

Angeline Era is OUT NOW!!! 🔍Every level hidden in plain sight… 🗺️… chart your own path through the world! ⚔️Tons of thrilling combat, mysterious places… 👼… and a soul-shattering story! GET IT HERE!! store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...

GDC 2026 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS OPEN 📣 Our alumni say it best! 🗣️"This opportunity allowed me to connect with other marginalized game designers, who helped me navigate challenging experiences in AAA & continue to act as mentors for me." ✏️ www.gamedevsofcolor.org/scholarship #GDC2026 #gamedev

10-hour yule log be damned. 3-hour ILA: A Frosty Glide is our new cozy winter ambience of choice. New review up on VGG for @magicrainstudios.bsky.social's small, snowy, and glide-y open world.

Things slow to a crawl during the back half of December, but we managed to fill up the monthly game release calendar nonetheless! Look forward to a busy first two weeks of December. Check out 30+ games releasing this month in our free Patreon post!

🚨 Creator Day is LIVE! 🚨 For the next 24 hours we are waiving our platform fee! Creators will get the most they can from each transaction. Support your favorite developers and check out over 15,000 projects participating in our Black Friday sale itch.io

Many Nights a Whisper has been nominated as VGG's Game of the Year! The nominee line-up is amazing and we're proud to see our game among them. Thank you! 💫

We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.

🎮 VIDEOVERSE fans! 🕹️ You can create your own avatar via the official VIDEOVERSE Picrew! Can we spread these little faces across the internet? 😄 picrew.me/en/image_mak...

sneaky arting with @videogamesaregood.bsky.social come hang out!! www.twitch.tv/rincs

It's that time of year again. Here are our 2025 Game of the Year nominees! As with every year, our list of nominees are synonymous with our favorite games of the year. We highly recommend you check ALL the games out and support these incredible teams. These video games are GOOD.

IT'S TIME. We are live and starting our 24-hour stream, the fifth and final VGG Campout. Come see us! Schedule:

I'm a big fan of Video Games are Good and you should be too. They're a needed voice in video gaming - in any hobby space really. You can check out the full schedule for this weekend at the link above. Hope to see people at www.twitch.tv/Naetoid at noon tomorrow!

Ben’s being very sweet in this post so I’m gonna go on the other side of the coin and say support vgg this weekend and all other times or else 🪓

We LOVE a VGG x IB skirmish. So much gratitude for our pals and (unserious) rivals — Infinity Break's been a staple and gone five for five at the VGG Campout. Come see them in LEGO Party and other multiplayer shenanigans tomorrow 😈 All our guests & schedule listed here > bit.ly/VGG-Campout-...

Enormous W for print media!!! We've been loving having our subscription this year. 🤘

Your one-stop link for all things VGG Campout: We've just revealed the full schedule, list of guest streamers and more details about our 24-hour stream celebrating the 5th anniversary of our website!

I will be a guest at this event, Gamers.

Fun to collab with a video game streamer community ^_^ Just for the sake of announcing a theme for Video Games Are Good's annual 24-hour stream event. My partner and I make an appearance in this vid!

In case you missed it, our 2025 VGG Campout 24-hour stream will be... THE FINAL CAMPOUT. Join us November 22-23, noon to noon, to celebrate the 5th anniversary of our website, all the unhinged Campout memories we've made and will make one last time, and the future of VGG. ❤️‍🔥

🏁TIME 🏁 #GDQueer has raised a total amount of $51,030 for @lambdalegal.org!!! Thank you to everyone who made GDQueer possible and to everyone who tuned in and donated!! Remember, you are loved and you are welcome here 💙🏳️‍🌈

Our third and final Patreon Hallow-Stream is Night Bus! 🚍 Fern is in the driver's seat and does NOT have the commercial driver's license necessary to operate this vehicle. Pretty scary... But maybe there's something scarier out there? 👀 All patron tiers have access - happy Halloween, everyone!

Sunsgrove founder @tdcpresents.bsky.social had a chance to chat with the fine folks at @videogamesaregood.bsky.social about why we're making War of the Western Deep and the importance of balancing the light and the dark in all-ages stories. Check it out here! www.videogamesgood.com/post/pax-wes...

Our website is turning 5, and we're embarking on our 5th VGG Campout 24-hour stream to celebrate. The reveal for this year's theme is here and it's huge. Watch the announcement to see what's coming in November. 🫶

🐾 ICYMI: Puppergeist was revealed at the ID@Xbox Showcase! Join Claire, a witch, on a heartfelt adventure in the Doggie Underworld, helping ghost pups find peace. Don't miss out - wishlist now! 💖 Check out the recap here: news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/1...

Hi creepy creatures. Our Hallow-Stream is TONIGHT at twitch.tv/naetoid! Join us! 🕕 6 p.m. - Starting @disorderedmedia.com's oneway.exe 🕗 8 p.m. - Revealing the VGG Campout theme, our 5th annual 24-hour anniversary stream 🎂 All night - Celebrating the birthday of @fernfolk.bsky.social, 1/2 of VGG

The ASMR-driven cleaning gameplay of Undusted: Letters from the Past is deeply satisfying and is only made better by its emotional tale of regret. The latest from 5minlab and @togeproductions.bsky.social is worth a look for cozy gamers of all types. Read our review!

Another Hallow-Stream with Glory! Come by and watch with us. 👻🫰

Our second of three Hallow-Streams coming to Patreon this month just went live: Without a Dawn, a game with a unique pseudo-ASCII visual style and some good slow-burn, paranoid, psychological horror moments.

🎮 Info for queer game devs around the world 🏳️‍🌈 GLAAD launched the Queer Emerging Developers (QED) Program for LGBTQ+ game developers and is accepting applicants worldwide. For more information, including the eligibility criteria and application deadline, visit the official website: glaad.org/qed/

On Patreon now — our playthrough of Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling. We have two more spooky and eerie indie game playthroughs going up in October for all subscriber tiers, along with Hallow-Streams! 🫶

The Filipino game dev scene is getting bigger every day and we were so excited to meet with the folks behind @fallenteargame.bsky.social and try the latest demo at PAX. Come find out the sneaky Filipino references, how good the action feels, and more in our write-up!

Our pal @fishpastegg.bsky.social is in the midst of another 🎃 Hallow-Stream, making his way through Is This Game Trying To Kill Me? After, @naetoid.bsky.social is hopping in to join him for the retro-inspired horror collection Haunted ROM: The Lost Cartridge! » twitch.tv/FishpasteGG

Go catch Glory with Slayaway Camp!

I lied. ┐⁠(⁠ ⁠˘⁠_⁠˘⁠)⁠┌ Corrected Hallow-Stream schedule, some game delays and mind-changes later! VGG's sticking with oneway.exe (new release date Oct. 22) for our Hallow-Stream and it'll now be a doubled-up celebration as a @fernfolk.bsky.social birthday stream on Oct. 27!

Character relationships and stories told between friends over a campfire are the anchor of Towa's narrative power. The newest from Brownies Inc. and @bandainamcoent.com is a dense, impressive and snappy action gameplay experience — slightly marred by a bafflingly steep late-game difficulty spike.

HALLOW-STREAMS ARE BACK 🎃 Here's where you can catch us and several of our friends streaming spooky and fall-vibes games all month.