Ok I’m trying but I really can’t with the Quad God shit.

Your subscriber dollars at work: Aftermath has a new regular contributor and monthly columnist. Welcome @adashtra.bsky.social and @jmrivera.bsky.social to our regular rotation of writers! aftermath.site/podcasts/after...

Date Everything may be the first game I’ve ever played that started from the premise, “how do we give the stage to voice talent as frequently as possible,” and just followed through at every turn.

50 shares and I’ll review this game on the show.

I miss Montreal man. Got to get back up there.

No new pictures. Where you at mentally?

Jusant, Peak, Baby Steps, Cairn. That’s a future dissertation chapter for somebody.

I am, I regret to inform you, about to become very Winter Olympics pilled for the next several weeks.

Dosa Divas, a spicy narrative turn-based JRPG, launches on April 14 for PC, PS5, Xbox, Switch, and Switch 2. Demo is now available on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2950710/...

A day late, but we're here! Bit of a different approach than usual for this week's edition of The Crossover Appeal. Rather than a smattering of recs I'm going deep on my experience with a remarkable little tabletop game, The Quiet Year. Check it out here www.thecrossoverappeal.com/february-5-a...

The February issue of Exploits is out now. That's @unwinnable.com's monthly cultural diary, a collection of recommendations, warnings and short form essays to inspire you to read, watch, play and listen to new things this month. Let's see what is inside, yea?

The relief you feel when your selvedge denim still fits after the first wash.... wewlads.

Newsletter will be getting out later tonight once again. Took me a while to conceptualize this week's post. Thanks for your patience!

Oh hey. It's me. I'm back. I wanted to talk to all the devs who took the war chest from their popular games (and YouTube careers!) and turned it into a publishing studio to find out what they're doing differently and if its working out for them. Turns out...yeah seems like its going good!

Unbelievable

Convinced my DM to name the final location in our three year campaign “The Pillar of Autumn” as a private joke to myself but now I can’t keep a straight face through any of our scenes.

A month shy of our 6 month anniversary (!), we're opening up freelance at Rogue. We're a small business, but we want to help build a place where new writers can flourish. [email protected] Instructions below! www.rogue.site/news/were-op...

I know this is not an original thought at the moment, but a big hearty fuck you to anyone using Tolkien's work as branding for paramilitary surveillance state nightmares. Illiterate douchebags.

100% agree with this. And if I’m honest, I think the reason for this kind of post hoc re-evaluation has a lot more to do with our constant state of mutual moral surveillance than it does with an interest in keeping communities safe or the value of art to us.

holy shit

The thing that cracks me up about this kind of objection is how obviously insincere it is on face. Like, if you're simply going to discredit critics of ICE from the Democratic Party by saying "Obama did it too," then why did you hate Obama in the first place? Deeply unserious people.

Good morning! February marks the 10th anniversary of Stardew Valley. I had the great pleasure of speaking to ConcernedApe ahead of the occasion about the last ten years and his plans for the future. It's a nice long one, please enjoy: www.ign.com/articles/sta...

you may think fanfiction's influence on the novel stops at bargain-bin romance books; you would be wrong - it's everywhere. i went deep on the relationship between fanfiction and contemporary publishing for @defector.com defector.com/fanfictions-...

Since we’re all talking about remakes today, seems like a good time to remind you I did a whole interview series on why we’re obsessed with remaking games, with six different developers, including Dragon Quest. (Also hire me, I can do this kimd of stuff for you) www.inverse.com/remade

My Cairn review is in this week's roundup, alongside some absolutely bangers in just about every category.

I’ll be wrapping up Veilguard tonight after about 60+ hours. I have so many mixed feelings about this game. I’m glad I played it, but the BioWare formula is really straining in this one. It’s like I’m saying goodbye to an old friend for the last time who I’ve already fallen out with.

Stay in from the snowcrete and get cozy with some micro-criticism. This month's Exploits includes writing on topics like The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives and Materialists. Buy: buff.ly/tbqYoVp Subscribe: buff.ly/tGadYLN Read @kellymerka.bsky.social's essay on puppets: buff.ly/YRqFcGZ

"I'm speechless." Here's a thank you letter from VEAP for everybody who donated to our ICE Out Charity Stream with @giantbomb.bsky.social! You can still donate, help us cross $275,000! bit.ly/iceoutminnea...

New video alert: Back at it again, this time with a new format: five pieces of games crit / games writing I thought was worth a damn in January. Imma tag and link all the recs I make in the vid below. youtu.be/XgwBd5FaPmM

About to "talk ball" with the one and only @matchquarters.bsky.social Digging into what to expect from NEW Bills DC Jim Leonhard!

Happy #ZineMonth / #ZiMo26! Are you working on a project? I want to hear about it. Use this as your soapbox.

Are you doing #ZineMonth??? Post on Lone's post below and if you'd like, submit a recording to be on (one of the at least two) special episodes that I'm doing for @whatchadoingpod.bsky.social highlighting zine projects!!! Form below! tally.so/r/Pd94yx

I'm offline for like, not even a day, and apparently all my friends have gotten catfished by someone? What's going on?

This week: some FA, some FO: critical-distance.com/2026/02/01/f...

Memory controller on my 7600 is going kaput. Just ordered a new 9600x for a mostly lateral move in terms of performance but hopefully will keep me going for a few more years. CPUs really are the only part of hobby computing that aren't super breaking the bank right now. Crazy.

I realize Saturday at 5p is probably the worst time to post a new video, but hey - it's up! Here's my round up of the games writing I thought was worth a damn this past month! youtu.be/XgwBd5FaPmM

lol the Melania movie being directed by Brett Ratner is so funny. I don’t know I guess I expected it to be directed by, like, a nephew or something. Brought to you by the guy who gave us X-Men: The Last Stand is amazing.

Inspired by a recent completion, I decided that it was time to rank my top 10 video game endings ever. It ended up being a surprisingly emotional journey, because these endings all hit very hard. I hope you enjoy reliving them as well. bignerdgaming.com/2026/01/30/b...

4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government

Last chance to take advantage of the Unwinnable year-end special subscription offer: sign up for $5, get all 24 issues from 2025. Ends tonight! Easily one whole day of distraction from doomscrolling. unwinnable.com/subscribe/ @unwinnable.com

Springfield was a second home for me for the four years I was in college. I’m incredibly nervous about what’s coming for that community and the people I still know there.

Beep beep, special delivery! I've got a medium sized package and a small package for y'all today! First up: a review of Skate Story that I think is really more an examination of vibes. noescapevg.com/ruminations-...

2025 was a hard year for game devs according to a new survey: layoffs have increased, generative AI’s use is increasing despite users increasingly disliking it, 3/4 of devs work more than 40 hours a week, and, while 82% want to unionize, only 12% have game.substack.com/p/a-tumultuo...

Just finished watching the latest entry in the growing subgenre of "I Left LTT" videos and the vibe I keep getting out of these videos is something like the Pikachu shocked meme about how basic capitalism works. And like, good. It's good for people to realize companies are inherently exploitative.

Bumping this again - check it out if you're looking for a YouTube algo refresh. It's four of my fav videos from last year. Thanks to all who have already checked it out!

Bovino to Homan is not a victory, it’s a palette swap meant to get Schumer to stop cussing so much.

More than a quarter of developers surveyed by GDC were laid off in the past two years, and half of them don’t have a new job. vgc.news/news/more-th...

It's out a bit later than usual, but this week's edition of The Crossover Appeal is officially out! This week I'm talking about four of my favorite YouTube videos from 2025 - take a peek! I'll link all the videos I talk about in the 🧵 below! www.thecrossoverappeal.com/january-28-h...

AKA, the only Discord community I've ever managed to stick with. Lovely hang facilitated by a lovely guy.