There's a cutscene%???

Hey, so I tried that Nex Playground that all the kids are raving about. I think we all slept on this thing, you guys, and I am dead serious. It's not a PC, it's not a traditional console, but it's great at what it does and it's not going anywhere.

I dunno, man. I kinda miss the days when I'd check out a beefy overpriced laptop from Razer. But maybe there's a market for AI waifus (or husbandos), what do I know? (Other than it's not my jam, of course.) The upside is that Project Madison looks like quite the status symbol chair.

I'm not even technically back on the clock yet and my schedule this week already has me like

Gonna turn to dust now. Thanks, @gamesdonequick.com. @skybilz.bsky.social @glitchcat7.bsky.social

Nothing auto about this side scroller skip by @danthevp.bsky.social #AGDQ2026

Everyone's back tomorrow, but the GDQ schedule waits for no one.

The Silksong shirt is A+, but a PIPISTRELLO shirt??? Amazing!

If he was doing this for the Venezuelan people, why did he bomb civilian targets? If he was doing this for the Venezuelan people, why did he bomb civilian targets? IF HE WAS DOING THIS FOR THE VENEZUELAN PEOPLE, WHY DID HE BOMB CIVILIAN TARGETS?

*pulls pin* Hey, look where Call of Duty culture has gotten us.

Not nearly enough is said about how Cranky Kong was ahead of the big Donkey Kong Bananza twist from the very beginning.

*looks at CES schedule* Yeah, not wasting ANY time getting back at it for 2026.

Happy New Year to everyone! And a hearty "Eat shit" to everyone on my block launching fireworks (IN THE RAIN!) and scaring the shit out of my dog.

This is gonna make me want to play the remake again.

86K+ for the Stranger Things finale edition of #BestGuessLive. No luck here either, but I did give this game side eye when the second $111,111 puzzle would be up being 7-Eleven.

Thanks @shacknews.com for naming Dispatch Game of the Year for 2025! 🥂

Stop me if you've heard this one before: A private equity firm buys a company and now it's suddenly gone forever.

The eclectic tastes of the Shacknews staff strike again and have led to a very unexpected, but totally worthy, #1 Game of the Year for us.

Shacknews Top 25 Games of the Year 2025

Hey! So one new thing we did as a staff this year was that we wrote up our personal Top 10s of the year. And here's mine!

80K... LETS HEAR IT FOR 80K Thank you for your continued support for @makeawishamerica.bsky.social #zeldathon

We're proud to present. . . The #FrostFatales 2026 schedule!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats to all of our runners and thank you to everyone who submitted a run!! 💜💛 https://gamesdonequick.com/schedule/64#FrostFatales

Shacknews Top 25 Indie Games of the Year 2025

Late-stage era Simpsons is nutty, because we're now at the point in the show where we're actually getting an episode about BUMBLEBEE MAN. And the wildest thing of all is... it was actually pretty good.

We are absolutely HONORED to announce we have none other than Patricia Summersett, the voice actress for Zelda herself, dropping by on our stream today to help us raise money for @makeawishamerica.bsky.social. ✨ Tune in at 2:25PM EST to see Patricia take on #Zeldathon! 🤩 Twitch.tv/Zeldathon

Charge Shot served me well for years. You won't regret getting it.

You ever find yourself going just a liiiiiiiiiiiittle bit too far with what was originally meant to be a low-effort shitpost? Anybody, I made Speedigami for GDQ. docs.google.com/spreadsheets... (with apologies to @jonbois.bsky.social, and probably also @chrishanel.com)

You can also make friends with people because friends are great! I love friends! It doesn't have to be transactional! You can just enjoy other people, because having people in your life who root for you is amazing. I only wish I could be there for more people. I try. I fall short. But I keep trying

The big $500K show is a hell of a time to have technical difficulties. Oops!

80K+ for the Christmas episode of #BestGuessLive, another new record. Amazingly, the player count didn't go down as soon as Howie pointed out that the new Stranger Things season was live. Didn't win this one either. But I'll be back tomorrow for the big $500K show.

Capping of Christmas Eve with the DuckTales reboot's holiday episode, which is still one of my favorites ever made.

My greatest Christmas blessing is that my dad's still standing. (And so is my mom, for that matter.) Hug your loved ones this holiday. ❤️❤️❤️

The Shacknews Year of the Games: 2025 article has been updated with the latest awards announced including Best Strand Game, Best Multiplayer Game, Esports Hero, Best Comeback, and much more! www.shacknews.com/article/1472... #Awards #GOTY

Our Year of the Games: 2025 article has been updated with all of the latest Shacknews Awards winners including Best Voice Actor, Biggest Surprise, Best Action-Adventure Game, and much more! www.shacknews.com/article/1472... #ShacknewsAwards #GOTY

8,900 on Day 1, they're now at 60,000+ for #BestGuessLive. Still sitting at zero wins.

The first of our year-end awards are up and I'd like to draw attention to our Best NPC, where I was the deciding vote on a three-way tie. Ultimately, Chase from Dispatch being a curmudgeonly bastard who hated everyone, but whose heart melted for Robert's furry little chonk of a doggo won me over.

Our first round of Shacknews Awards are up, including Best Water, Best Music, Best Presentation, and Best NPC of 2025! #GOTY

Over 47,000 for the start of the holiday week on #BestGuessLive. They're giving away a cumulative $1 million this week.

I know I said we were on vacation and would not be posting. But sometimes life and tragedy happens. And this is indeed a heartbreaking tragedy.

The best way to cap off this day. May this put an end to the farce that is Jake Paul's "boxing" career for good.

Today's the last work day of the year at Shacknews and days like today make me grateful for being in this line of work, working with the people that I do, meeting all sorts of friendly faces, and gradually growing more comfortable with who I am. I love you all. Let's do it again in 2026.

I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.

They're going to do the Secret Empire thing and it's gonna SUUUUUUUUUUUCK.

The @shacknews.com Hall of Fame Class of 2025 is live! Come celebrate the games, developers, and tech that made this year’s class so memorable. www.shacknews.com/article/1471...

It's Hall of Fame time at Shacknews!

I say every year that I need to attend these panels because they're full of fascinating stories that are worth covering. It almost never pans out because I get buried by appointments. WILL THIS BE THE YEAR?

The Shacknews Awards 2025 nominees

This is precisely why you don't gotta hand shit to MTG for "finding a conscience" or whatever, because she's still a cretinous ghoul.

Ok, I'll play.

In the spirit of defending the free press and encouraging more grassroots journalism, I hope Angelenos will discover The LA Local, which just got its start in the last few months.