Love the comparison between VG remakes and the classics. The Iliad was constantly changed in performance, sometimes to flatter regional audiences or simply avoid giving mortal offence. So I'm not sure, given the chance, ancient Greek poets would've been above The Last of Us-style re-remakes!

Another big one for @space.com involving astrophysicists: I talked to EVE Frontier's Helgi Freyr Rúnarsson and Guðlaugur Jóhannesson about galaxy merger models, black holes, and the thin line between science and fun. Read here: www.space.com/entertainmen...

In Ambrosia Sky, two things are inevitable: death and fungus. @joelburgess.bsky.social and @kaittremblay.bsky.social told me how their upcoming sci-fi clean 'em up gives death the attention and dignity it deserves. store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/a...

This interview was a really lovely experience! I talk a little bit about my philosophy on designing interactivity in narrative moments and the relationship of interactivity to responsibility, and how I see Dalia navigating what her responsibility is to those around her, both living and deceased

If you think I can talk your ear off about mycelium, just avoid getting me started on ska! (thanks for the writeup on Ambrosia Sky, @dominguezf.bsky.social) store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/a...

In Ambrosia Sky, two things are inevitable: death and fungus. @joelburgess.bsky.social and @kaittremblay.bsky.social told me how their upcoming sci-fi clean 'em up gives death the attention and dignity it deserves. store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/a...

In Cronos: The New Dawn, martial law struggled to maintain its grip on a society falling apart. For many, this would be speculative fiction. For Jacek Zięba and Wojciech Piejko, this was a trip into not-so-distant history. store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/c...

In Cronos: The New Dawn, martial law struggled to maintain its grip on a society falling apart. For many, this would be speculative fiction. For Jacek Zięba and Wojciech Piejko, this was a trip into not-so-distant history. store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/c...

Rogue.site is now a reality! Thank you to everyone along the way who helped make it possible. If you like what you see, and want more of it. Consider pledging your support with a subscription. Your funds will go to support independent games journalism written by humans, for humans.

Are you a game developer who, when faced with the prospect of making layoffs, found another way forward for their studio instead? If so, I'd love to speak to you for GamesIndustry.Biz. We're working on an article with the working title, 'You don't always have to make people redundant'. Get in touch!

Good luck to them. The best Sekiro animation already exists, and will take some beating. youtu.be/-zcOUnXd-HQ?...

i’m back on the new york times with a piece about off, its influence on a myriad of surrealist rpgs — including chats with the folks behind oneshot and in stars and time — and what it meant for its designer to revisit the work of his pessimist 21 year old self www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/a...

This was excellent - really captured that turning point where live updates made print guides increasingly irrelevant, and an interesting period where magazine guides writers were scouring GameFAQs for cheat codes from the new authoritative source.

Fashionably late to the party (like Chase Lowry): here's my Dead Take interview with @abubakarsalim.bsky.social We discussed the hair-raising performances @surgentstudios.bsky.social got by putting talented actors like Neil Newbon and Ben Starr front-and-centre! store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/d...

It's a big day today on Eurogamer. We're making some changes to give you more of the deep, original coverage you love, a new place to get involved as a community, and the same level of comprehensive news reporting as ever. You can read more here: www.eurogamer.net/eurogamer-is...

This is a great discussion with @friede.bsky.social and @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social about RPG history, and particularly the online element of it. You need to be supporting @rascal.news with your dollars -- nowhere else on the internet is publishing stuff like this. www.rascal.news/we-cant-let-...

For the evening crowd: I’m launching a new oral histories site called designroom.bsky.social. Won’t be much there for another month or so, but follow now to get in early!

This interview was really funny, because I was mostly there to be quiet and take notes on what my colleagues said, but then Francisco asked about animal animation in games and I just HAD TO jump in and briefly derail the conversation 😂 bsky.app/profile/domi...

I talked about the delights and difficulties of recreating the animal kingdom with @okomotive.ch. With Herdling's packs of distinctive yak-like calicorns, they're giving animal animation the rare focus it deserves. store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/h...

I talked about the delights and difficulties of recreating the animal kingdom with @okomotive.ch. With Herdling's packs of distinctive yak-like calicorns, they're giving animal animation the rare focus it deserves. store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/h...

Hello! You may have seen it, but I am one of the employees that have been impacted by layoffs at IGN. It's been a great six years, but this now means I am looking to apply my talents to something new and exciting.

Square Enix's Department of Wacky Names out in full force. I swear they just pick up a pile of Scrabble tiles to come up with these things!

Can't help feeling this endless speculation is a natural consequence of Nintendo's modus operandi: surprise. Second-guessing a wildly unpredictable and inscrutable company is pretty futile. But, when nothing's ever off the table, reading the tea leaves is hard to resist.

Excited to co-write a story with @lukeplunkett.com that puts the Vice/Waypoint saga of the past few days into the context of the wider destruction of games journalism, not just of sites themselves but of professional development, secure jobs, and living wages

Hello. About a year and a half ago, some guy called Ralph asked me if I wanted to make a new videogame website. We're launching it today. Maybe you can even visit it if people stop hammering the server for a second.

Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream is out today. @riverendgames.bsky.social told me how they applied Studio Ghibli's sense of wonder to a uniquely-realised Scandinavian stealth adventure. store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/e...

Ecstatic to finally share this one: At @guadalindie.bsky.social 2025, I was able to chat with @wrongorgan.bsky.social's Johanna Kasurinen, Jeffrey Tomec, and Kai Moore about #Mouthwashing, what came before, and what comes after. Read here: skyboxcritics.com/2025/07/14/m...

I’m no expert but I would’ve got a person to do it.

I was re-assessing how we should approach covering Microsoft and then the layoffs happened so it seemed like a good time to talk about it. The long and short of it is Skybox isn't covering Microsoft products until they're no longer abetting a genocide and we don't think you should buy their games.

Welcome to Endless Mode: infinite possibilities in games, anime, theme parks, and more. www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...

Streuth, my latest vid is up! I'm really proud of this one. Collaborating with our Death Stranding 2 guides team and turning out a really fun script while getting to highlight funny bits of Australian sayings and phrases throughout, it's been really rewarding youtu.be/Jm72kxxNqEU?...

it has never been Great out here but it is extremely obvious that the decimation of games media has not only hit marginalised writers very hard but also made considering the diversity of the space less and less important for those who are left

Yoko Shimomura is one of the most pleasant, humble people I have ever interviewed -- even after becoming a BAFTA Fellow. I loved the whole process in this piece, from our very first chat to the crafting of the article, it feels like it's got soul.

I have been so busy writing through The Trials (con crude and the destruction of my laptop) that I haven't had time to post any of my work since SGF. I can’t write any more today, so I'm going to play catchup. First up: I previewed Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound for @ign.com and it rules.

What I'd give to hear the long sigh that preceded the Nintendo PR rep giving that statement.

anyway i spoke to kojima the other day about death stranding 2. amazing pics by jess hromas who managed to almost literally corner kojima in a whirlwind 5 or 10 minutes in between other organisation's photo shoots www.theguardian.com/games/2025/j...

For @nytimes.com, @playrematch.com's Pierre Tarno explains how Sloclap used their impressive martial arts know-how to give football an exhilarating sense of physicality. Plus insight on sports games innovation from Pierre & @newzoo.bsky.social's Emmanuel Rosier. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/a...

For @nytimes.com, @playrematch.com's Pierre Tarno explains how Sloclap used their impressive martial arts know-how to give football an exhilarating sense of physicality. Plus insight on sports games innovation from Pierre & @newzoo.bsky.social's Emmanuel Rosier. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/a...

I got to interview @hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp at the Death Stranding 2 World Tour's Sydney stop last week. I expected deep themes, cinematic idols and awe-inspiring Australian landscapes. What I didn't expect was a pretty decent koala impression. www.gamesradar.com/games/action...

I got to interview @hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp at the Death Stranding 2 World Tour's Sydney stop last week. I expected deep themes, cinematic idols and awe-inspiring Australian landscapes. What I didn't expect was a pretty decent koala impression. www.gamesradar.com/games/action...

Surreal day. I got to loom menacingly in the background behind Hideo Kojima! And interview him too, I guess. His games really helped me realise how much more games were capable of when I played them as a teenager. Real wow moment!

I wrote about the reflective rhythms of @deconstructeam.bsky.social's Many Nights a Whisper over at Skybox. A quietly provocative game I definitely recommend!

@dominguezf.bsky.social constructs the history of the so-called J'RPG (lol) and the ways translation and access to consoles and software has shaped the Francophone videogame scene. Fascinating! www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/cl...

As part of this, I talked about being a Magic player before Final Fantasy signals the end of the game I once knew. "I’m playing cards on the Titanic, waiting to see whether it’s an iceberg or FFX’s colossal whale Sin that sinks me first."

Today I've published the first free edition of The Peel Perspective, a solo newsletter dedicated to covering games outside the hype cycle. Think retrospectives on forgotten classics and inspired game mechanics - drawing on my years of writing for Edge and PC Gamer. www.patreon.com/posts/peel-p...

Immersive sim mechanics have always been one step away from total farce. Skin Deep crosses that line with a giddy leap. I chatted to @blendogames.bsky.social and programmer Sanjay Madhav about how they made a slapstick im-sim in the 21-year-old Doom 3 engine. store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/s...

Pentiment last year into 1000xRESIST for 2024? The Peabody panel has good taste.