My big Titanium Court piece on the game's (mis)use of theatrical frameworks of storytelling is now free for everyone to read over on my blog. Please give it a read and even though you don't have to anymore, consider sending me a tip on ko-fi if you like it willarowe.bearblog.dev/titanium-cou...

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one time i filled a ps2 controller with tuna and tried to trade it into a game store

Going live now!

hi gamers, our little podcast hiatus is continuing a little longer BUT @toridp98.bsky.social and Noah are going to stream for a little bit at 1 p.m. EST tomorrow (SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY). catch us at twitch.tv/noahhurts :)

harry du bois and elizabeth holmes are bff

hi gamers, our little podcast hiatus is continuing a little longer BUT @toridp98.bsky.social and Noah are going to stream for a little bit at 1 p.m. EST tomorrow (SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY). catch us at twitch.tv/noahhurts :)

✨ new video! ✨ if the ocarina of time remake is real, the two possibilities are an extremely safe attempt at a faithful retread of familiar ground OR a radical reimagining of the formula and a blending of the two distinct eras of zelda structure. i hope its the latter: youtu.be/AG79QHM2-2w

30 years of RESIDENT EVIL :)

going to the LAN party and disabling this on your friends' computers like you have to disable motion smoothing on your older relatives' TVs when you visit during the holidays

You can play a bunch of video games in Irish aftermath.site/games-from-ire...

No episode this week because Noah (me) got sick. You can join in on clowning on me if you join @theworstgarbage.bsky.social’s discord channel! More info at theworstgarbage.online!!

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001)

Happy International Women's Day ❤️

Really amazing to be asked to write about a game I loved so much for bullet points. I called this piece Baby Steps: or the Modern Pinocchio while I drafted it lol. There is no merit to continuing our own suffering, Nate (and all of us) deserve compassion, most of all from himself.

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children: Kuro no Sho (2000, Game Boy Color)

NEW EPISODE of leaving the party about hit jrpg "CHAINED ECHOES" apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c... spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1aQc... pocket casts: pca.st/sy4qhg87 overcast: overcast.fm/+ABQzGWkb61I youtube: youtu.be/pi742uYQG0o blog post: leavingtheparty.blog/2026/02/20/c...

Sony buys remake studio in 2021, shuts them down in 2026 and lays off 70 workers without them releasing a remake: aftermath.site/sony-buys-rema...

found a god-tier panel in a history of hyrule promo zine

at a certain point you just have to laugh

If you missed my earlier post, I’m now the co editor of Exploits’ books section! If you have a pitch for us, please email [email protected] and find our pitch guide here

After taking a break for the longest week in human history (and the customary annual lay-off of one of our hosts), we’re back to talk about two interesting games: one we like and one we don’t. How novel. shows.acast.com/6393ec46b89a...

"I've always loved thinking about strange people." We spoke with @oniongames.bsky.social's Yoshiro Kimura about STRAY CHILDREN, classical satires and how games change as you grow. MORE funland.itch.io/funland-zine... SUBSCRIBE www.patreon.com/funlandmag

I ported Super Monkey Ball to a website. You can access it in the replies. (or just type what you see in the video, I'm not your boss.)

it’s 🐝 yourself friday!!! and leaving the party podcast is back with an episode about Pokemon Lazarus, a romhack by nemo622. me tess + yvonne talk about why lazarus excites us and why the pokemon company drives us insane, before proudly introducing the ANNUAL LEAVING THE PARTY AWARDS CEREMONY AWARDS

Fire Emblem protagonist: "We need to save the kingdom from these evil invaders!" Grizzled Advisor: "Only you can lead the people to victory, my lord." Love Interest: "Come on, let's go save the villagers!" The Other Two Guys You Start With:

that's goddamn right blog.bandcamp.com/2026/01/13/k...

I was asked to contribute to Eteo Archetypes and wrote about vacation towns and summertime in Persona 4. Enjoy!

Better late then never: my top 10 Wrote up some very quick short blurbs so as not too think too much, but I did link to great supplemental works from people who aren't me (except in a few cases) willarowe.bearblog.dev/top-10-games...

✨ IT'S HERE ✨ Join us in celebrating Into the Aether's 2025 Game of the Year Spectacular, an unsurprisingly lengthy mp3 file for you and yours packed to the brim with the very best games the year had to offer. Listen at intothecast.online, and share it with a friend if you're feeling generous. 💞

It’s here!! Our end of the year ep!! We’re opening gifts we got each other, we’re giving away games, we’re going through our OTYs. This ep has everything.

Guy who's only ever seen Boss Baby

ATTN: 12 a.m. Dec. 27 to enter our holiday Wordatro Steam key giveaway. Entry details are at the top of our latest episode!!

New reaction image potential

Listen to this week's ep for more info about our holiday Wordatro Steam key giveaway 😈

THEY'VE PUT ME ON THE POCKETSTATION COOP. I'M BEING RENDERED IN A 32 BY 32 GRID OF MONOCHROME PIXELS. THE BOYS BACK AT QUANTICO SAID THEY'RE GOING TO RELOCATE ME TO A "DOKO DEMO ISSYO" UNTIL THEY CAN GET THIS STRAIGHTENED OUT.

I guess it's chibi, gameboy, pixelart metroid time again. 4 colors 160x144px

Marina Abramović Fortnite skin

✨ new video! ✨ silksong is a game obsessed with faith. abstractions, literal depictions, corruptions of faith — it's all there. most important though is silksong's faith in its players, and the lengths it goes through to help us find strength within ourselves. youtu.be/G8MB434ddTk

Hironobu Sakaguchi, recently, on his X account, has been posting an absolute treasure trove of design docs and promotional materials from early games. These are early design docs from Final Fantasy 3.

You’ve gotta tune into our latest episode to catch our Big Announcement this week

Fun one this week!! Stream wherever podcasts live!!

This week’s all about Toby Fox’s Undertale!! We had loads of fun playing and discussing it. Listen wherever you listen to podcasts.