With @naetoid.bsky.social and @fernfolk.bsky.social having played 100+ demos (so far 😱) between Summer Game Fest Week and Steam Next Fest, here are 4 of our favorites — all featured during the 2026 PC Gaming Show, and all still available to play now!

Our own cap to Summer Game Fest every year is choosing from amongst the hundreds of games shown and each naming the one that excited and spoke to us most. @naetoid.bsky.social, @fernfolk.bsky.social, @fishpastegg.bsky.social, and members of our Twitch chat have all made their Best of Show picks.

We were lucky enough to join the many locals who had an opportunity to spend some time at @panic.com HQ to check out Big Walk from @househouse.com and came away delighted with the game's ideas and focus on playful experimentation. Big Walk releases August 4, 2026! Check out our video preview!

The VGG crew is up bright and early to see what Mr. Nintendo has to add to an already exciting week of games with the latest Nintendo Direct. Watch live with the crew at twitch.tv/Naetoid! VIDEO GAMES.

We had plans for Day 2 of our SGF coverage, but a Truth Scrapper demo drop threw all those plans in the trash. @insertdisc5.com's latest is just as messy as promised, with stunning art design, fascinating gameplay concepts, and all the toxic lesbians we could ask for. Find out more inside.

Missed any of our coverage this year so far? Consider checking out our Daily Recaps on YouTube that also come supplied with curated and researched spotlight picks every day! We're also uploading all of our reactions to YouTube!

We're live now for a look at the PC Gaming Show by @pcgaming.bsky.social! It's the last show of the weekend we'll be watching live together. Swing by twitch.tv/Naetoid.

Time to wrap up Day 2 of Summer Game Fest with @frostygamesfest.com! Historically a great show! Join us to see what's in store: twitch.tv/Naetoid.

It's time to see what the @futuregamesshow.bsky.social has in store, hosted by Troy Baker and Alix Wilton Regan! This is always a sneaky favorite and one of the shows that best emulates what E3 used to look like. Live now at twitch.tv/Naetoid!

Starting in five minutes, the @gaymingmag.bsky.social and @gaymingfdn.bsky.social Gayming Pride Parade showcase! Join us to watch this first-timer LGBTQ+ games Summer Game Fest addition! twitch.tv/Naetoid

The day is still early and we're feeling energized by the SEAGS and @wholesomegames.com! Next up, we're watching and reacting to the @fellowtraveller.games Story Rich Showcase, a newcomer to the lineup in 2026! ❤️‍🔥 twitch.tv/Naetoid

Excited to be kicking off another full day of game talk and reveals as an official co-streamer with @seagshowcase.bsky.social! As always, we're on the lookout for Phillipines rep 👀 and hype to see what's in store from SE Asian developers. Grab coffee and join us ☕🔗 twitch.tv/Naetoid

Finally, in our summer showcase catch-up, @womenledgames.com! This showcase of games with women-led or majority-women teams has promised to be their biggest yet. Let's see what's in store. Live now at twitch.tv/Naetoid

It’s time for one of our all-time favorite shows of the week, @dayofthedevs.org! One of the most consistently high-quality showcases every year, you know it’s gonna get us going. Come watch along at twitch.tv/Naetoid.

After the controversial ending to last year’s Game Awards, we’re curious to see what Geoff has in store for Summer Game Fest. Come watch with us at twitch.tv/Naetoid.

Next on the catch-up train is the @lagshowcase.bsky.social, another one of our favorites. LAGS has played host to two of our Best of Show winners over the years, so you know it’s got that special sauce. Will it get a third? Come watch with us and find out: twitch.tv/Naetoid

We kick off our streams with a trio of catch-up reacts. We start like we always do, with @laurakbuzz.bsky.social's Access-Ability Summer Showcase. This show never fails to put a smile on our face, so come learn about how games can and are becoming more accessible every day: twitch.tv/Naetoid

We’re live with Day 1 of our VGG x SGF streams! If you’re looking for a place to find your next favorite game, to get hype with friends, and to do bits with the best of them, twitch.tv/Naetoid is the place for you. We’re live until 4 p.m. today! Don’t miss a moment of a jampacked day of games!

Tomorrow, VGG's official SGF coverage begins! @naetoid.bsky.social, @fernfolk.bsky.social, and @fishpastegg.bsky.social will be reacting to ALL The big shows over the weekend and we invite you to come along with us. Catch it all live at twitch.tv/Naetoid and get hype with us about indies galore!

As we wrap up VGG's Day 0, consider checking out our recap and highlights from a day full of coverage. Inside are highlights for these six special games that stood out amidst 100+ games shown today: - Signy and Mino: Against All Gods (@anpshawn.bsky.social @armorgamesstudios.com) (1/2)

We're live with Day 0 of our Summer Game Fest coverage! Since this batch of shows is away from the rest of the weekend, Nate and Fish are live reacting to yesterday's @themix.bsky.social Summer Showcase, the Black Voices in Gaming show, and State of Play! Don't miss it! twitch.tv/Naetoid

Fishbowl's melancholy coziness makes for a uniquely wholesome and powerful game, finding the beauty in routine and showcasing a way forward in the face of grief. It's a project we've followed for a long time and loved reviewing. Congrats @imissmyfriends.bsky.social for making something special.

Bubsy 4D is simultaneously two things: a grand return for an oft-mocked mascot and a showcase of @fabraz.bsky.social's platforming chops. At times feeling like a Demon Tides DLC pack (a good thing), it achieves platforming bliss with an emphasis on speed and fun. @atari.com is doing it right.

We're live with a full playthrough of our first 10 of 2026 RIGHT NOW. Come join us because, like all good music, it's all about the live experience. THERE WILL BE NO VOD. So if you miss it, you miss it. Live now at twitch.tv/Naetoid!

In a world built to stamp the whimsy out of us, Mixtape's magical reality is one we were happy to get lost in. It's an exploration of friendship and love, the bone-deep kind that many of us chase desperately as we get older. It's our first 10 of 2026. @mixtapegame.bsky.social @annapurna.com

📢 CALLING ALL NONBINARY GAME DEVS! 📢 i'm helping run a steam sale event to showcase games made by nonbinary devs during the week of international nonbinary day! if you fit this description, fill out the form by may 18 👉 forms.gle/cx9AqFfPqzF9... please share & send to all your nb dev friends!!

Keeping up with this month's game releases and early access debuts? Here's what's on our radar! This week brings: - MOTORSLICE (@regularstudio.bsky.social) - Wax Heads (@waxheadsgame.bsky.social) - Mixtape (@mixtapegame.bsky.social) - And more!

Now with over +350 active publications!

TALK ANNOUNCEMENTS📢 No Games For Genocide Palestinian Voices in Games Multiple orgs will be speaking on the intersections between the games industry and Palestine, exploring the ways in which the games industry can divest from an ongoing genocide, and how to support Palestinian game creators

Want to do something meaningful this AAPI Heritage Month? Buy a game. The first-ever AAPI Games Steam Sale (May 1–10) features games made by Asian-American and Pacific Islander developers. 🎮 Shop the sale: tinyurl.com/AAPISteamSale #AAPIHeritageMonth #IndieGames #AAPI #Gaming

Games journalism is an unstable business; that’s how you know it’s an art. If you’ve sweated to craft beautiful prose, and introduced readers to beloved games, then trust me: your work has mattered to more people than you know. Much love to the Paste crew tonight.

The only thing that feels forbidden about this review is the fact that @naetoid.bsky.social discloses that he has 700+ hours of solitaire experience. And yet he hungers for more. @nightsignalentertainment.com and @greyalien.bsky.social have fed the beast well.

Announcement: 💻 We created a Steam Festival of over 150 #FakeOS games 📲 InterfaceX26 is live on Steam! Enjoy discounts, game announcements and a fantastic showcase event with some of your fave streamers! Please check it out, 👍+ 🔁 store.steampowered.com/sale/Interfa... #indiedev #signalboost

I've been looking forward to the first VGG article, and here it is! Feels late, but it's right on time. In a world where everything seems to be speeding up, it's nice to be reminded and we can be slow and take our own pace. 3 amazing games covered, and wonderfully written about! Check it out!!!!!!

Climbing up from some low lows thanks to a lifting hand from three of our favorite games of the year so far: @thegamebakers.com's Cairn, @meredithgran.com's Perfect Tides: Station to Station, and @heavylunchco.bsky.social's Hermit and Pig. 🧡 bit.ly/VGG-Is-Back

Happy Scott Pilgrim EX release day to all who celebrate and happy almost birthday to these 33 March games! We share a curated game release calendar for free on Patreon every month, because frankly there are too many good games coming out to keep track of and somebody's gotta do it.

If you're looking for something light, it's Pokemon night! To quote Matty, this is either the best we ever do or the worst it'll ever go! We ride historic on the victory road! twitch.tv/InfinityBrea...

We're live on Twitch! Join us for some classic VGG co-op as we play LEGO Voyagers together to celebrate Nate and Julie's 12th anniversary and 6th streamiversary! 🫶 www.twitch.tv/naetoid

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! 💜