The incomparable @iantothemax.bsky.social returns to Video Game Town to talk about the fake Pokémon that won our hearts. Shout out to @ztul.bsky.social for creating such a fun thing! #pokemon #misscigarettes

There Is No Greater Feeling In The World Than Playing A New ‘Katamari’ Game Lonely rolling sta-ar.

Professor Layton And The Nostalgic Power of Relaxation Video Gaming He didn't get all of those degrees just to be called Mr. Layton, god damn it!

Town Hall Episode 033: Free Us From PS3 Jail Grant and Jared discuss how every video game is a remake, the games they play to zen out, and how that "Spongebob" game needs the Ice Spice song.

Grant Tries ‘Into The Breach’ For The First Time And he's gonna try to punch these bugs out of their breeches.

The Best Locations To Set ‘Fallout 6’ How many cities can I list before Microsoft actually makes a new Fallout game?

Regulating My Nervous System One Game At A Time When my brain is buzzing, a soothing game really makes a difference.

Jared’s Salty Spittoon: New Holiday Flavors For 2026 These were recorded in late 2025, which makes more sense for Christmas time.

Looking for a new cozy adventure? @pwfservices.bsky.social chatted with Argyro Brotsi about her upcoming solo project "Seina: A Tale of Spirits."

The Most Anticipated 2026 Games That Will Not Come Out This Year, Ranked There's no way we are this lucky. These games are getting delayed to 2027.

Town Hall Episode 032: Where To Set The Next ‘Fallout’ Grant and Jared explain why certain cities just make sense for "Fallout 5," they get deep into "Pluribus" season one, and dip into how "Final Fantasy X" couldn't be made today.

Ready to get cozy in space? The wonderful @katyar.bsky.social explores what makes "Young Suns" from @ko-op.com such a promising early access release.

The Best Locations To Set ‘Fallout 5’ Let's take a tour of the U.S. and see where Bethesda could fuck up the next game!

Town Hall Episode 031: The Year Of Luigi Part II Grant is watching "Pluribus," Jared joins the "Dogpile," and 2026 has too damn many games on the schedule.

The Top Ten Games Of 2025 Across The Internet These are the best games of the year according to just about everybody.

Jack’s Top Ten Games of 2025 A monster-heavy list if there ever was one.

Have some time off? Play these games! #indiegames #goty #videogames #gaming videogame.town/2025/12/24/g...

Grant’s Top Ten Games Of 2025 For an industry on fire, there sure were a lot of killer games.

Jared’s Top Ten Games Of 2025 Am I allowed to give three different Kojima games all GOTY?

Town Hall Episode 030: What If Howard Dean Did A GOTY Podcast? As December comes to a close, Grant and Jared are forced by internet law to discuss their ten favorite games of the year.

Grant’s Gems: Born To Be Princes Of The Universe "Immortality" is the point-and-click we deserve.

The Ringer Whiffed The Best 100 TV Episodes, We’re Here To Help They missed some episodes from great shows, and we gathered the best snubs for them.

The Best Movies To Watch With Your Dad This Holiday Season These will work even if your dad's name is John Q. Public or Skip Herman. Doesn't matter — all dads will love these picks!

Video Game Town Hall Episode #029: An Award That Randy Pitchford Actually Deserves Welcome to the first annual Townies! In this episode, Grant and Jared chat through the winners of our awards, but we won't get to our Game of the Year picks until next week.

Six Games I’m Dying To Play In 2026 Please note the lack of Rockstar games.

Are Licensed Video Games Being Done Correctly? How, and how not, to do licensed games.

The superb @iantothemax.bsky.social found out why @ballxpit.com has such a strange and wonderful character in it.

‘Marvel Cosmic Invasion’ Is A Perfectly Cromulent Game This sure is a licensed video game!

Town Hall Episode #028: Just One More ‘Andor.’ Trust Me, Bro Jared and Grant discuss "The Berlin Apartment," "Kirby Air Riders," "Absolum," "Dispatch," "Taskmaster," and "Star Trek: The Next Generation."

Scrubbing Around The Christmas Tree Grant and Jared power wash some seasonal filth.

‘The Berlin Apartment’ Isn’t A Horror Game, But It Scared The Hell Out Of Me This fairly sweet walking simulator strikes fear into my heart.

Jared’s Top Ten Games Of 2025 That He Didn’t Have Time For "Call of Duty: Black Ops 7" did not make any list I'm making this year.

New bonus podcast episode for $5 subscribers! www.patreon.com/posts/video-...

What Would My GOTY Lists Have Looked Like: 2008 and 2009 Can anything stop "Fallout 3" or the older, better "Call of Duty" games?

In A Year Of Bethesda Clones, ‘The Outer Worlds 2’ Stands Out All of these games make "Skyrim" look bad in comparison.

Town Hall Episode #027: A Criminal Piece Of Ass Jared and Katy spend their Thanksgiving chatting about the most loathsome characters in "The White Lotus." 

Giving Thanks Don't celebrate genocide, but do enjoy some time off.

Grant’s Gems: Any Given Sun Day Nod your head if you want low-budget sci-fi.

Why Did It Take So Long For The Beat ‘Em Up Genre To Advance? "Absolum" mixes side-scrolling beat 'em up action with roguelike runs. How did it take this long?

Town Hall Episode #026: ‘Ello Guv’na Grant and Jared give thanks for the good things in gaming. Plus, Grant makes Jared think a lot about "Final Fantasy" and Delaware.

Tryna Catch Me Ridin’ Kirby Grant falls in love with the courses even if the roster is very strange in "Kirby Air Riders."

I Would Pay Real Cash Money To Get These Licensed Games Back On Digital Store Shelves Fuck rights issues. Figure it the hell out, and let me give you money.

‘Dispatch’ Let Me Stop Worrying About The ‘Right’ Answer All paths are true. Canon is a myth.

Most Fuckable NHL Mascots, Ranked I apologize to Badaboum of the Quebec Nordiques.

Remember When ‘Call of Duty’ Had Cool, Interesting Game Modes? I Do Reminisce with me as I rediscover when these games used to be actually good and innovative.

Town Hall Episode #025: An Aardvark Or Something Grant and Jared work through our end-of-year GOTY categories, talk through some recent releases, and play a lively game about rejected baseball commentary.

‘Lumines Arise’ And Shine Grant shows Jared just how good this Mizuguchi game is.

The Kirby Khronicles: Air Ride Or Die The aughts were a weird time for this pink puffball.

Every Team’s New NBA Jerseys, Ranked Whether it be City Edition or Statement, these are mostly hideous.

Can ‘Lumines Arise’ Surpass ‘Tetris Effect’s’ Perfect Synesthetic Chaos? If I'm being honest, it's really lacking in the taste and smell departments.