Wow, great piece by @thetenthletter.bsky.social. I already wanted to play this game, but this took it to another level

I've not experienced much art that has forced itself under my skin in the way that 1000xRESIST did. It gave me a lot to think about and to do, the first of which being writing this piece. Thank you startmenu for the space for this, and to @kellymerka.bsky.social for making it the best it can be.

Iron Lung uses its longer run time to recreate the vivid tangibility of the short game that inspired it and, in doing so, establishes Mark Fischbach’s directoral voice as one more than worth paying attention to. @thetenthletter.bsky.social reviews. www.startmenu.co.uk/home/review-...

After a painful experience, Jay Weaver found comfort in one of Olivier Bouchard’s tradermark “sad games” — Camille and Laura.

I think a fundamental problem here, and why people are bouncing off, is that the new, too sleek, too polished visuals don't take me back to the original, or even look how I pictured them in my mind's eye. They severe me from that and remind me that it's 2025. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUvS...

In Ubik Studios’ Leila, the titular character brings the player along on a journey of self-reflection. A meditative experience guided by gentle narration, the game examines what it means to be human — both when we’re at our best, and our worst. Jay Weaver reviews.

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.

It has been pleasantly mind melting to see the cover informed by piece in this issue, and to see it featured as an excerpt on the website, and closing the issue with its own title page. Huge thanks to everyone involved for making this happen, this is so cool and huge for me

This would be mine :) Very happy to see my review published so thank you @startmenu.bsky.social Great God Grove was an excellent experience and I’m glad I had the space to recommend it

This is a bit old now but thank you to Exeposé for allowing me the opportunity to talk about ‘Alien: Romulus’. Check out my review on their website in my bio Linktree!

This is an old piece and I’m doing some catch up but thank you to Razz Magazine for publishing my piece (right).