Videoverse is so dang good. Heartfelt, funny, and a love letter to consoles, self-discovery and early online communities. If you missed it on PC, you have no excuse not to pick it up now. It's out everywhere!

Been thinking about Flat Eye again recently after rediscovering its wonderfully ambient soundtrack, and cor, more people should have played that game! A speculative management sim from the devs behind Night Call, I mean, what's not to like? store.steampowered.com/app/1358840/...

How lucky we are to have Cas and the team throwing everything at every issue of APWOT. An honour to be asked to contribute - so many great writers I can't wait to dig into. Its annual arrival is a highlight of my gaming year. Treat yourself to a copy and you won't be disappointed.

You're all sleeping on Drop Duchy, a Tetris-infused deck-building roguelike that's also sort of a city builder, and you don't even know it. store.steampowered.com/app/2525310/...

Some great horror book picks in here. Would also add Olga Tokarczuk's The Empusium and Hye-Young Pyun's The Hole if you're after some more sinister reads!

Incredible evening hearing Sayaka Murata talk about Vanishing World, the reality of modern relationships (with real and non-real people) and *checks notes*, yep, "caves of meat" tonight at the London Literature Festival.

I've been wondering whether Nintendo's London Pop-Up was going to offer anything different to what's already available online (which is surprisingly hidden on the UK store but has been live for over a year, FYI: store.nintendo.co.uk/en/nintendo-...). Lots of crossover, but some Japan-only stuff too.

We need another boxout.

Absolum should be an instant addition to any best co-op games list. A fantasy beat 'em up is such a great fit for a roguelite. Its magic powers, trinkets & new moves offer so much depth + variety, and sidequests keep its map fresh on repeat runs. A steal at £20! store.playstation.com/en-gb/produc...

One Battle After Another (1986) Director: Yu Suzuki Publisher: Sega

Would have killed for this kind of resource on RPS and Eurogamer. Staying on top of calendars like this takes so much work, but planning coverage was so much harder when you could see major crunch points forming in real time. Huge props to @indieformer.com for releasing this into the wild!

Finally getting round to Öoo, the latest from Elechead genius NamaTakahashi, and cor, this puzzler really has the juice, the sauce AND the gravy. Lovely stuff. store.steampowered.com/app/2721890/...

Now that's how you kick off a Friday.

"Where's my Breakfast?" by Daniel Arthur

The end of DK Bananza goes so hard and absolutely smashes it.

I've had to abandon the Indiana Jones DLC after a glitch has made any further progress impossible, and I'm absolutely gutted. A great game brought low by a goddamn pipe puzzle of all things.

Hot damn, new Fire Emblem looks rad as heck.

Oh man, clocking Phanto in Super Mario Wonder Switch 2 Edition has awoken long hidden memories of his endless, It Follows-style pursuits in SMB 2. Looking forward to excavating some good childhood trauma there...

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie better have a stonking rendition of Gusty Garden Galaxy or rampages will be had.

New Toukana game day is always a good day.

Been thinking a lot about Yasuke since finishing AC Shadows. I didn't use him nearly as much as I thought, despite really liking everything about him at preview (and still do even now), and I think that comes down to the friction he creates as you move through the world. BUT! This isn't a bad thing!

Seeing people go "Reviews aren't needed for this. People will buy it regardless," and like... reviews aren't just a thing to be used by people to decide if they should buy something. A critical appraisal of a game is still worth having even if a bunch of fans are going to buy it anyway.

A powerfully ominous cloud.

The only good announcement today. youtu.be/o_Xmv9eAIZA?...

Done.

prepared for sakurai "why is making a game so hard?" memes for the rest of forever, congrats game devs

Give these champs the AC Shadows spin-off they deserve.

Finally rolling credits on Assassin's Creed Shadows be like

Right now, there is no editorial leadership on RPS, GI.Biz, VG247, and from the end of August, also IGN? Cool. Cool cool cool. kotaku.com/ign-john-dav...

Clearly today's the day for exciting game announcements. Extremely pumped to see the developer of Six Ages: Ride Like The Wind and King of Dragon Pass still cooking up the good stuff.

Hot damn, Heretic is a core gaming memory for young Katharine (or at least the first couple of free shareware levels were, anyway - we never did get the full version back in the day!). This is excellent news.

Nice to see Ludocene out in the wild. If it serves up my 'expert' card, adding it to your search will serve up loads of detective and mystery games I've enjoyed. Hey, I'll take any chance I get to push The Centennial Case.

Is it me, or is there a hint of Fi's Theme in that Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment tease at the end there? youtu.be/0SLxs5kgcOs?...

If Inkle's A Highland Song has taught me anything, it's that I just need to hop through a couple of background layers and I'll be at the top in no time, yeah?

You take the high road, I'll take the Lo(mond) road 💙

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If you're lucky enough to work with someone like @grahamsmith.bsky.social who cares deeply about the art and craft of writing, criticism and making a damn good website, HANG ON TO THEM FOR DEAR LIFE. They're the most important people you'll ever work with. www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-sunday-p...

Tag yourself, I'm backward-facing grimace no.6.

And if *I* get murdered, it was definitely Matthew.

Suddenly, I'm 12 again. Perfection! youtu.be/ueB0oNajuEg?...

Can't believe Nintendo buried DK's Link audition like this.

I still stand by my old pitch for what the Assassin's Creed TV show could/should be. Come on, you know this would be great! www.rockpapershotgun.com/give-us-the-...

Donkey Kong Bananza takes a moment to find its feet, but once it does it's every bit as glorious as you'd hope from the brains behind Odyssey, Galaxy and the like. Few better feeling games.

Best bit of the Donkey Kong Bananza Ask The Developer interview is the revelation that they prototyped it with a goomba with two giant stone fists.

Listening to @itsjensim.bsky.social on this week's @backpagepod.bsky.social reminded me of an old RPS supporter article I wrote once about how I thought creating the same character again and again made me really *boring* and unimaginative, but maybe not! www.rockpapershotgun.com/i-always-cre...

Going to be at Develop next week (Tues & Weds), so if we haven't seen each other in person for a while, let's meet up!

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