WILL BUTLER

Sometimes you play a game that moves you so much you dust off your blog and get to work. Skate Story by @bysameng.com is one such game. I wrote about public spaces, permission and pain and how all of these things feed skating culture. Thanks for reading! killjoy.bearblog.dev/i-hate-skate...

At this point, there's probably a market for a type of game studio that just sunsets live service games to sustain as much capital as possible. A Game Demolitionists.

Star Wars Galactic Racer embodies the best thing about the series. Not just kicking it with little freaks, but being woefully broke the whole time and persisting in spite of it. The best Star Wars is about class consciousness.

Waternoose voice: "I'll flatten a thousand children with my kickflipping car before I let this company die!"

there are about five people left in games media mate. wind it in.

Teaching students today about the complexities of copyright through the Palworld Vs Nintendo suit. Isn't it obvious?

This is Ripley and she's ruining my life.

Watch me!!! *immediately gets stress headache*

🛸 Ben Quadinaros - BT310 Quadra 💿Star Wars Racer Revenge 🎮PlayStation 2🗓️ 2002

NEXT FUCKING ADVENTURE.

"Hey Victor, what's on your mind today? Honestly, I'm down for whatever. Whether you want to mourn your youngest brother William's death or just pursue me tirelessly through the arctic, I'm all in. Just say the word"

From the soles of my feet to the top of my head, I mean this: Nothing meaningful will ever be made using this tool. It is an affront to taste. The casualness of creation being promised is indicative of a way of thinking that is incapable of understanding why people like things.

also and this is not the most important thing here but genuinely how is anyone expected to do creative work under these conditions

Closing out the rally, @nershly.bsky.social beautifully speaks about her experience being fired by Rockstar and how they try to use fear.

Trailer that actually matters just dropped! youtu.be/kw0YhiqOPFg

you call this zelda?

Here's my write-up from the Japanese premiere of Backrooms, where @hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp & Kane Parsons talked about analogue media, liminal horror & Kane's roots in the Source Engine. postmode.org/hideo-kojima...

SO, I've been digging into this concept lately that games culture-at-large does not have a historical consciousness. It just does not consider games as part of longer, more complex histories. 'Gamers' are only responsive to histories that are isolated within the medium or platform they understand.

Have I ever showed you guys my favorite N64 commercial? Here it is, enjoy.

YEah! Yeah! This is the key. Games pres. is so much about custodianship and responsibility. Very nice to see someone with some industry clout put words to it.

Game publishers want the staffing of film and TV without the unions that make gig-to-gig work a viable living and a sustainable business.

I'm happy to share a new 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 for an edited collection on game preservation in Canada, with co-editors @jeanketterling.bsky.social and @videogamehistorian.bsky.social. We welcome essays, material studies, and interviews. Full details at the link below - please share widely!

Prove You’re Human, Sunset Visitor (TBA)

Wonder if anyone would get mad if we started calling games where you improve and learn to play by applying effort "skillslop"

Found an unexpected affinity with Japan's batting cages. Living my best Yakuza minigame life.

Legendary find in a Hard-Off on the outskirts of Osaka

I wonder what ever happened to the FF8 Toyota...

Be sure to check out the fab contributions from @carrythezero.bsky.social, @xurvermilion.bsky.social and @mabinogiongame.bsky.social. Here: www.historicalgames.net/category/the...

Had a great time writing this so thanks to all the @historygamesnet.bsky.social folks for giving me the opportunity!

it's happening again

Saw The Odyssey (70mm IMAX, phwoar)

something horrifying has come to me in a vision

Incredible selection of classics. Something for everyone!

I have now finished Zero Parades for Dead Spies and this statement no longer applies.

Now that I've cooled off post-World Cup, I still stand by this. Final bump for this piece about videogames platforms jangling their keys at us.

New in our digital archive: We're taking you back to E3 like you've never experienced it. Explore thousands of pages of ephemera and nearly 24 hours of video from the history of the Electronic Entertainment Expo Read more: gamehistory.org/e3-history/

For loads of of reasons Marathon is likely going to be my favourite game this year, but the sound design and audio work is the top of that list youtu.be/BJYQDG1ORoY

This week: Let's get historical, from past to present to future: critical-distance.com/2026/07/19/j...

Maybe I'm salty from last night's loss but I finally got some words down on how I'm feeling about the state of the games community. New blog about the Ocarina of Time remake, Trash Culture, Platform Powers and us all needing to 'Grow Up' a bit. killjoy.bearblog.dev/its-time-to-...

Dan Burn has arrived

Some great noises out of this 1986 ad for Metroid. youtu.be/ceoxI8QdcCY

The Titanic received at least six distinct messages over the ship's wireless from others in the region warning of heavy ice sheets and icebergs as it sailed towards disaster; but for various reasons they were ignored