14th Game Completed of 2026: Mewgenics Take a seat everyone. 🪑 Let me start by stating that every single dang time I booted up this game, I had the thought: "this is so much freaking fun." Genuinely. Honest. I have deeply enjoyed my time with this game. I want to say that one of the first - - -

Insane that I can still easily name 15 games I’m hype for in 2026 🤯 Fire Emblem Adventures of Elliot Trails (Sky SC) Well Dweller Castlevania Eternal Life of Goldman Kena 2 Plague Tale (Resonance) Neverway At Fate’s End Tomb Raider Mina the Hollower Beast of Reincarnation Wolverine Phantom Blade 0

On this day 12 years ago, we launched Transistor, our second game.🎤 To everyone who experienced Red's journey through Cloudbank, thank you for playing! Please enjoy a slice of Junction Jan's, on us. Your choice? 🍕Supremo Deluxe 🥦Harvest Garden 🦐Sea Monster ❓Mystery Jan's

I reveal a couple of personal stories in this article. It was fun to think back on a time without consequences but also much turbulence. Never thought I'd say this, but I'm glad I live a calm life now. Here's what Mixtape made me think about.

I loved my time with Mixtape, but seen purely as a game; it kinda sucks. As an experience, however, it's fantastic. And there should be plenty of room for that in the gaming scene as well. Not everything has to be a shooter, a platformer or whatever 👇

After years flirting with a platform-agnostic future, the industry seems to be leaning back to exclusives. So is this a good thing, bad thing, or more complicated? #promosky #videogames #substack

You can officially count me in the camp of people who were blown away by Mixtape. Such a beautiful, charming, and creative game that wonderfully captures the way music can change the world around us. Here’s my review: sightingames.wordpress.com/2026/05/20/r...

A shorter review today, but Watch Dogs: Bad Blood is a perfect example of “one step forward, two steps back”. Improvements in storytelling and character at the cost of recycled gameplay. Here’s my review: sightingames.wordpress.com/2026/05/19/d...

Portal 2 lived up to the hype for me, playing it for the first time in 2026. My short review of this all-timer: www.talontrotgames.com/portal-2-rev...

Eclipse #Saros | #Playstation #VPGoldenTuesday| #VPRepost | #VPSupport | #VPInspired #VirtualPhotography

Started getting into this Game finally and oh my goodness.. If you love Retro styled graphics and turn-based RPGs then don't sleep on this one! Loving everything about this so far. ☺️👍🎮

Here is my review of Zero Parades: For Dead Spies. In this case, I'll let the words do the talking.

The Big Nerd Gaming Podcast has returned! New look. And now a permanent crew. @dsundy.bsky.social and @themcmr.bsky.social -Watch the first 5 minutes. I'm literally begging you. -Mixtape, Replaced, Vampire Crawlers and more are discussed. -Games that will age the worst youtu.be/TLY87GflFsI?...

I have decided that I don’t play enough RPGs (Sarcasm) So I’m playing an RPG (Not sarcasm) 🎮 Now playing: Quartet (Done w 3 of the intro chapters, currently working on the 4th character’s)

youtu.be/5HQvqcBqkaE?... A wild Jason appears! Check out this video from @thefandomfoundry.bsky.social and @toddoxtra.bsky.social

One of my favourite aspects of Disco Elysium is how the bleak tone and apathy of the world sets up a hopeful counterpoint. People exist in a decrepit bombed-out town, in a world slowly being destroyed by the pale's progress - and yet they persist 1/3

2026 game #22: Disco Elysium After loving Esoteric Ebb, I promised to give Disco a 2nd try. I’m VERY glad I did. I still don’t love the tone, but I love the gameplay & marvel at its intricate design. It’s fascinating to see this landmark title firsthand & I found the fun More thoughts below 👇

Hii friends! It is Seeds of Calamity 10|1|10|1 Review release day! Find out how I felt about the game after 10 mins, 1 hour, 10 hours, and 1 year (in-game)! Of course my experience is subjective but I do talk about what I like and things I wish were different! Check it out (⁠*⁠˘⁠︶⁠˘⁠*⁠)⁠.⁠｡⁠*⁠♡

Jumping on to share some art! First Beyblade art collab is done! The line art was drawn by atealeaf_ on instagram (or adailytea on tumblr) I did the colouring and the fire! I had a lot of fun on this! Soon going to start colouring the next collab! #beyblade #KaiHiwatari #ShadowDragon22Art #Art

I tried to let the never-ending Mixtape discourse blow past, but ya'll left me no choice. I had to pull the blog out. This is every Mixtape take I've seen thrown around, condensed into one piece, with the intent to terminate the worst offenders, acknowledge the better ones, and hopefully move on.

New #PromoSky time! I’m Alex, 36, dad to 2 beautiful girls I lift weights and run miles PC games - currently playing Final Fantasy X and Slay the Spire 2 Anime fan - Gundam, JJK, Dungeon Meshi, Frieren Recently started streaming on Twitch

Mixtape 💿 is a coming of age story, which is new for a video game. It lacks gameplay but makes it up with cool ideas and storytelling styles. I couldn’t find myself relating to its characters and themes, but it was a solid short experience. #mixtape #reviews #promosky

Mixtape makes one bold choice after another. In baseball terms, it is almost never trying to hit a single. It wants to hit home runs. It could be mildly disappointing for me, as there are a fair number of strikeouts. But man, the home runs are awesome. bignerdgaming.com/2026/05/15/m...

Doing a big search to find more moots on here. Looking for more capital G Gamers who love capital G Games ❤️ If I’ve followed you recently, HELLO! If we go back a fair while, ALSO HELLO!

Gods, Death & Reapers is an upcoming extraction aRPG that fuses these two genres, and honestly? It may just have caught lightning in a bottle.

Red Alert/ #Pragmata #VPRedFriday | #VPRepost | #VPSupport #VirtualPhotography

Still working out the logistics, but I believe I’m going to start selling off some old guitar and video game equipment, to try to make extra money and cover my gas bills to get to work. Not going to ask or pressure anyone to help. But if anything about this interests you, feel free to reach out.

2026 game #21: Bastion (NG+ replay) Replayed Transistor last year, now it was Bastion’s turn. What I learned: I love Supergiant Games even more every time I play them. Next in line will be Pyre. My top indie game *of all time*. These games scream into my soul. I’m coming home, sweet home 🤘🔥💙

Quite happy with this picture from the other day, especially seeing as I shot it from a moving car #Photography

Thank you again to @somethingclassic.bsky.social for another opportunity to review their wonderful game. Can I make an early request for the PS4/5 code??

As always for the non-readers: my video review of Pragmata is now live as well! 👇

I did a thing And I had to yap about it TLDR: coming home to a Supergiant Game hits SO DAMN HARD 🔥

Esquisse dans l'air Ta magie opère, poussière d’éther Source de création Créatures de ton imagination #Lune | #ClairObscur | #Expedition33 #VPinBokeh | #VPMagentaThursday | #VPRepost | #VPSupport #VirtualPhotography

Biker Mice From Mars is a fantastic isometric battle racer for the #SNES. Having no knowledge of the IP, I still found the game to be a lot of fun. Strong, tight controls as you navigate fun tracks while attacking to slow down your competition. My review: www.talontrotgames.com/biker-mice-f...

1 - Wax Heads Major thanks to @andresplays.bsky.social for the opportunity to write for Pixelbyte. The support and feedback are truly appreciated.

It's time for my last console top 10 list before I finally unveil my top 25 games of all time. Today, it's the Nintendo Switch. This was my first "mainline" Nintendo console since the N64. This might be one of my most unhinged top 10s yet! bignerdgaming.com/2026/05/13/b...

Game #39: wishlist/backlog time! What is a video game that you are really looking towards playing one day? 😁🎮 One Caveat! Answers must be in A-Z order! (so look at the furthest comment and answer w/ a game that begins w/ the next letter alphabetically). 😊 #gamingsky #gqotd #AZaskDatvi

Pragmata's unique mix of shooting and hacking stays engaging throughout most of the game, while collecting items and upgrades always feels fun and worthwhile. It helps make up for a story that's mostly cute, but rarely very interesting. My full review 👇

Check out these 4 things we did to help Mina navigate precarious platforms precisely in Tenebrous Isle. 😱 We are taking jumping mechanics to the next level making the experience fun for players and mice!🐁 🎮What are some of your favorite top down game mechanics?

Final Fantasy X is one of the greatest games in the franchise As a life-long fan of Final Fantasy, I love X. The story is emotional and bittersweet, and the turn-based active party switch gameplay is so fun. There's a lot to say about why it's special And in the next Retro Blast episode, we will!

I know it's not Friday, but I spent Friday night finishing this so I could write about it, and it was a busy weekend so I didn't get to write until today...soooooo here it is! cozy-corner.blog/2026/05/11/r...

Mixtape is everything the non-gross parts of the internet is saying it is. A wonderful coming-of-age story thoughtfully wrapped in a killer soundtrack. I couldn't relate to everything here, but there was enough to hook me. My review: www.talontrotgames.com/mixtape-revi...

2026 game #20: Mixtape Didn’t plan to play but curiosity & mood got me. It proved to me that this is a story others love, but that I like & that’s okay! A beautiful game & I enjoyed it a lot, but it doesn’t hit for me emotionally as much as others (details in thread). Big congrats to the devs tho!

Comedy, tragedy all the highs and lows It's funny how the music put times in perspective Add a soundtrack to your life and perfect it Whenever you are feeling blue, keep walking, and we can get far #Atsu | #GhostofYotei #VPSilhouetteSunday | #VPRepost | #VPSupport | #VPInspired

Dans le silence et la nuit Magie et poésie prennent vie Lueur taciturne Muse des âmes nocturnes #Lune | #ClairObscur | #Expedition33 #VPinBokeh | #VPContrastSaturday | #VPRepost | #VPSupport #VirtualPhotography

2026 game #19: The Artful Escape Just played & platinumed Beethoven and Dinosaur’s hit new game! Oh wait. I mean. Their old hit new game! 🤣 For a game about music, it was actually the art style & lighting that stole the show for me so I guess, well done Violetta. A simple game, but w a lotta heart

2026 game #18: Esoteric Ebb The start: uncertain. The end: Big ass smile. In b/w: more laughs & fun than I could have ever predicted. What a fun, witty, fantastic adventure. Saying yes to this fiction opened a new door of gaming for me. Ebb WILL be on my GOTY list 🔥 *repost, messed up before 🙂‍↕️

As usual, I am game hopping, so I felt like it was time to do a little update on several indies I'm currently playing. Here are my thoughts on -MOUSE (where I mostly give takes on the 6/10 IGN review as a treat to myself) -Tombwater -Vampire Crawlers bignerdgaming.com/2026/05/08/i...

It’s been a bit since I did one of these, but here’s a recap of everything that was shown during the Nacon Connect event yesterday. sightingames.wordpress.com/2026/05/08/e...

Gustave: Only you could choose empathy at a moment like this. Sophie: It’s one of the few choices I can make. #Sophie | #ClairObscur | #Expedition33 #VPInspired | #VPSupport | #VPRepost | #VPRedFriday