If you’re wondering what it’s like to read user reviews on Steam at the moment, then it’s like this.

I don't think I'm overstating it when I say I am ECSTATIC to be flying from Montreal through La Guardia on my way to Seattle to watch Iran play Egypt in the Pride Match of the World Cup soon. I'll pack some extra de-icer in case the weather is inclement.

Shocking development. Completely unforseeable. Luckily they only spent $70b.

i feel like if i was tasked with not starting a war and bringing back US manufacturing jobs, i could have done a better job than this

So 20,000 games were released on Steam, last year. And Valve just released data that only around 5,000 earned even $100,000. Valve takes 30% of that immediately... And then tax on top of that. It means 75% of the games on Steam lost money EVEN IF they were made by solo devs. Which they weren't.

Between confusion about what and who it’s for, the state of the US / world, and the state of the industry I wouldn’t be surprised if this was the final GDC.

This has put an all new spin on Jimmy whites whirlwind snooker for the Amiga.l 500. www.instagram.com/reel/DUX9C61...

V/O: 'VR had in fact been dead for almost 30 years, propped up by the same tiny group of passionate fools for the entire time. Zombie tech, shuffling through an imitation of life, never fixing any core issues, never finding a killer app. Doomed to unlife.' www.gamesindustry.biz/vr-experts-s...

'Piss... piss... piss...' Wait what?

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

Thanks @polygon.com! www.polygon.com/best-xbox-ga...

I am SHOCKED. SHOCKED I say by the continual failure of VR for the 38th consecutive year.

The first episode of Industry season 4 was AWFUL. All the characters looked like they were wearing their parents clothes. It felt like cosplay. And the scrip! Cheese filled dialog spouting buzz words but expressing nothing coherent. And then a few bonus edgelord ‘shocks’. Awful.

One day we’ll find the sweet spot between the idiocy of Luddites and the complacency of relentless unionization. Or we’ll just fight another world war I guess. www.instagram.com/reel/DS8CYaQ...

The lovely folks at @twopointstudios.bsky.social made this awesome video to highlight the crossover between Two Point Museum and Revenge of the Savage Planet! And remember you can unlock a few new Two Point objects for your Habitat in RotSP too! youtu.be/86l8eR4q8Ds

Happy holidays from all of us at Raccoon Logic!

I am as anti AI art as anyone, but it's weird that gamers are so angry about any usage in the tool chain. If you like Taylor Swift, her stuff is full of AI through autotune. If you use Google search, that's AI. If you take photos with your iPhone, you are using AI. It's everywhere.

I think we are officially in the 'Caligula marries his horse and makes them a senator' of the American Empire. Next comes the fall.

My homeland continuing to lead the way after the first mass shooting in 29 years following the original assault weapons ban. Notice that even in this tragedy the shooters did not have access to automatic weapons. Imagine the death toll that could have been if they did.

Everyone remembers that the Star Wars pod racing game was mostly ass right?

So Bradley the Badger is Conker's Bad Fur Day 2?

Thanks @screenrant.bsky.social! screenrant.com/xbox-game-pa...

What does it say about the industry, or how games are marketed now, or something else, that this game had a 'multi million dollar' campaign and I never even heard its name? insider-gaming.com/king-of-meat...

Trump accepting the just invented, first ever, not a weird bribe of some kind ‘FIFA peace prize’… When make-a-wish goes wrong.

I made another.

I finally found a use for nasty AI slop.

In the days when parents could buy physical games for their progeny this may have carried more weight, but super cool to be featured by @npr.org as a game of the year! www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n...

I feel like this is one of the later signs of the apocalypse. So many awful things in one shared moment.

How can the Avatar films be so huge and yet I have never met anyone who truly loves them.

To heal our divided nation I propose splitting Game of the Year awards into two categories: - Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy - Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever

This makes me sad on at least eleven levels.

Original hometown slop: A Four 'n Twnety meat pie, preferably at the footy. Current hometown slop: A galvaude poutine.

Olivia Nuzzi watching Cocoon with a towel on the bed

Some nice words about our free competitive mode we just launched @savingcontent.bsky.social! www.savingcontent.com/2025/11/19/r...

So Battlefield solo is now Call of Duty. And Call of Duty is... Dante's Inferno?

True for the game playing audience as well, although it's often hard to convince execs that the noise from a loud corner is not necessarily a big corner.

We're on the front page of Steam. Neat! Never been a better time to buy it... and a new competitive mode coming soon!

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Everything about making video games is harder than you think.

Kirk Cameron must be FURIOUS. www.popularmechanics.com/science/a691...

All the EA staff got super lucky this year. And good for them. The share price would have just tanked. 53% year on year drop in income! www.gamesindustry.biz/ea-reports-d...

We live in an episode of Veep

People today complain about horse armor. I paid $40 for 11 recorded dialog lines for Ultima 8. They came in their own box and everything. ‘AVATAAAAAAR!’

We are busy testing our new Bingo Brawl game mode (free to all owners of Revenge of the Savage Planet) which comes out soon, and our erstwhile Game Director Steve has bought enamel Raccoon pins to reward the daily high score... Let the competition begin!

Imagine telling someone at a bar in 1989 that you were in all three of these movies and nobody ever believing you. And then when thewy asked who did you play you had to look at the floor and say '...Porkins. They... they named me Porkins.'

Preach, Zelnick! Preach! www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...