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Today's featured post: 📖 Castlevania: Bloodlines by Jefklak's Retro Codex https://jefklakscodex.com/games/megadrive/castlevania-bloodlines/

jefklakscodex.comCastlevania: BloodlinesAs part of my ongoing quest to play a couple of Classicvania games that I somehow missed before the upcoming release of Belmont’s Curse , I find myself jumping 16-bit platforms and this time unexpectedly landing on the SEGA MegaDrive. Even stranger: the game was in fact released in the USA and…
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Today's featured post: 📖 Talking to My Boy About Videogames – 28 – Homemade Creations by Maximum Utmost https://maxutmost.com/talking-to-my-boy-about-videogames-28-homemade-creations/

maxutmost.comTalking to My Boy About Videogames – 28 – Homemade CreationsJonathan and Ryan are back talking about Pokemon and Minecraft like usual, but this month they make stops in the Katamari world, Transformers land, and Melon Sandbox dimension. What will Ryan do with the rest of his life? And what happens when you have a heart on your pants? Who is responsible for…
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Today's featured post: 📖 ZeniMax workers rally to save ‘spirit of the studio' after Microsoft cuts by ReaderGrev https://www.readergrev.com/p/zenimax-bethesda-id-workers-rally-microsoft-layoffs-rockville

readergrev.comZeniMax workers rally to save ‘spirit of the studio' after Microsoft cutsHi! I’m Mikhail Klimentov. You may recognize me from my past video game coverage at The Washington Post , like my investigation into the “culture of fear” at TSM , or my essay about sales figures and Steam chart watching: Kill the CEO in your head . I’m publishing this piece in partnership with my…
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Today's featured post: 📖 Qliphah in Providence’s Shadow and the Weird New JRPG by Ogre Run https://ogrerun.com/2026/10/06/qliphah-in-providences-shadow-and-the-weird-new-jrpg/

ogrerun.comQliphah in Providence’s Shadow and the Weird New JRPGDeveloped by Arc System Works and Unite Plus, Qliphah in Providence’s Shadow is a new “Tactical Timeline RPG.” Surrounding the release of Qliphah has been the negative reception towards its truncated story and experimental battle system, a discourse that was perhaps foretold by the game’s initial…
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Today's featured post: 📖 10 New Games to Play in October by The Games Letter https://thegamesletter.com/10-new-games-october-2026-gears-of-war-cod-star-wars/

thegamesletter.com10 New Games to Play in OctoberOctober is another stacked month for video games, as everyone tries to get their new titles out before Grand Theft Auto arrives in November. We picked a few of our favorites:  Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve If you ever wanted to live out your Top Gun fantasies, this looks like the game for you.…
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Today's featured post: 📖 Some games I played in 2024 by Citystate - Exploring Computer Games http://citystate.co.uk/archives/some-games-i-played-in-2024/

citystate.co.ukSome games I played in 2024Previously: 2018 – 2019 – 2020 – 2021 – 2022 – 2023 I think I actually played enough games this year for me to curate some highlights rather than discussing absolutely everything for once. As usual I’ve skipped a fair proportion of the year’s big releases – I have been holding off on starting Astro…
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Today's featured post: 📖 Unfair Flips Friends at the Table Playthrough by Graham builds a blog about video games https://graham.build/s/a-blog/026-unfair-flips-fatt-playthrough/

graham.buildUnfair Flips Friends at the Table PlaythroughThis weekend, I was overcome by the urge to make this extremely specific fanart. I recently watched Austin and Jack from Friends at the Table play Hthrflwrs 's extremely good new video game Unfair Flips by streaming it on Twitch Over the course of the roughly three hour stream, Austin and Jack --…
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Today's featured post: 📖 Rock Band Simulator has me pining for the good ol’ days. by crowbar. https://www.crowbar.diy/read/rock-band-simulator

crowbar.diyRock Band Simulator has me pining for the good ol’ days.Before all of the podcasts, content, and showcases, life revolved around music. The alluring sonic timbres that flesh out songs grasped me by the neck at a severely young age, so much so that I committed every parent's worst nightmare: pursuing a career in music. Bless my parents (mom…
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Today's featured post: 📖 Opening lines by Jon Ingold's blog https://medium.com/@inklestudios/opening-lines-7d4b1a53d03e?source=rss-9383531a175a------2

medium.comOpening linesSo? How should we begin? I’m unashamedly fascinated by words — always have been. But not individual words — rather what they do to each other, when placed in proximity. In writing for games, I’m particularly interested in the opening lines of a game. The first presentation. I iterate on these…
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Today's featured post: 📖 I'm smoking again (but you shouldn't (unless you want to)) by Carlito Calzone 💤 https://carlitocalzone.neocities.org/posts/smoking/

carlitocalzone.neocities.orgI'm smoking again (but you shouldn't (unless you want to))My therapist says I have oral fixation and that I probably don't even like smoke. She's half right. I'll nibble on anything. I keep two sets of pens, one for me and one to lend out. The "me" pens have gnawed on covers split open from persistent, unusual, dental pressure. You can see teeth marks in…
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Today's featured post: 📖 Can You Narrow Your Focus So Much That Nothing Fits Anymore? by Memory Card https://memorycard.dev/nothing-fits/

memorycard.devCan You Narrow Your Focus So Much That Nothing Fits Anymore?Amusingly, when I started collecting video games, both physical, and "ROMs", I wanted everything. For the ROMs side of things, storage wasn't cheap, but the games were, so why not collect it all? Over the years, when storage did become cheap, I figured I'd grab everything. Plus the ROM management…
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Today's featured post: 📖 Cave CV1000 (DoDonPachi Saidaioujou) by JammArcade https://jammarcade.net/cave-cv1000-dodonpachi-saidaioujou/

jammarcade.netCave CV1000 (DoDonPachi Saidaioujou)In for repair was DoDonPachi Saidaioujou, a Cave shoot-em-up running on a CV1000-D board. This board is one of the recent reproduction bootlegs that’s distinguishable from an original by having gold-plated JAMMA fingers rather than tin-plated. The board would not boot up at all and a D6 LED would…
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Today's featured post: 📖 Dragon Quest VII and Friction by Discard Pile https://discardpile.pika.page/posts/dragon-quest-vii-and-friction

discardpile.pika.pageDragon Quest VII and FrictionI’ve never really been able to get into Dragon Quest. The art is great, and I’m a sucker for fantasy tropes, but…none of the ones I’ve tried have ever fully grabbed me. I mostly enjoy hearing people talk about the franchise more than actually playing it. I’ve played a few hours of V, XI, and III…
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Today's featured post: 📖 Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Bad Dream by birthbydrip https://birthbydrip.neocities.org/reviews/busters_bad_dream/

birthbydrip.neocities.orgTiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Bad DreamAlso known as Scary Dreams 1 , Buster’s Bad Dream has slipped under the radar thanks to its incredibly delayed release stateside, its outdated cartoon license, and its overall limited presentation. If anything, the game has had more discussion as a prototype of sorts for Astro Boy: Omega Factor ,…
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Today's featured post: 📖 007 First Light is shaken, not shipped as Switch 2 version slips to 2027 by Hanafuda Report https://hanafuda.report/articles/007-first-light-delayed-nintendo-switch-2-2027/

hanafuda.report007 First Light is shaken, not shipped as Switch 2 version slips to 2027If there is one thing Bond fans should be used to by now, it’s delays. Yep, 007 First Light for the Nintendo Switch 2 has unfortunately been delayed yet again, and will now launch in March of 2027. The IO Interactive game first arrived on PC, Xbox and PS5 in May of this year, and the Switch 2…
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Today's featured post: 📖 How Long It Takes To Develop A Video Game by SpriteCell https://spritecell.com/bp12-video-game-development-time/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bp12-video-game-development-time

spritecell.comHow Long It Takes To Develop A Video GameHow Long Video Games Take To Make – About This Study Video games take longer to make than they used to, but if you ask how long that is you’ll get wildly varying answers. Many will point to how many years there are between releases in major franchises, but that’s not a good way to gauge development…
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Today's featured post: 📖 Art Tickles - Seeking Comfort from the Apocalypse by TheThesaurusRex https://www.thethesaurusrex.com/art-tickles-seeking-comfort-from-the-apocalypse/

thethesaurusrex.comArt Tickles - Seeking Comfort from the ApocalypseWritten for Haywire Magazine . Weather in The Zone of Exclusion doesn’t behave the same way it does everywhere else. Sometimes a furious energy storm sweeps through the sky, shaking the ground and spilling violent energy in all directions. Sometimes the sky flickers with distant thunderstorms,…
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Today's featured post: 📖 Hades II feels like Purgatory by Obsidian Moonshine https://obsidianmoonshine.com/public/1-blog/posts/games/hades-ii-feels-like-purgatory/

obsidianmoonshine.comHades II feels like PurgatoryI've gladly purchased every game Supergiant has put out either on launch day or as close to it as I'm able. They make great games over there. One might say that Supergiant never misses. Hades II threatens to disabuse me of that notion. After completing both the main story and the epilogue, I stand…
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Today's featured post: 📖 Observing Digital Space Debris #32 - Beholding A One Million Degree Knife by Exalclaw https://exalclaw.com/carrying-a-one-million-degree-knife-todays-star-is-odsd/

exalclaw.comObserving Digital Space Debris #32 - Beholding A One Million Degree KnifeIt's hard to miss, him and that sun radiating from his pocket. Baggy and protruding, heavy and scalding, it's a street sight that makes every eye look down and wonder how scared should they be of the burden's bulge, the shadows under the knife's eyes. It's fear all the same — we've all been burned…
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Today's featured post: 📖 GAME CLEAR No. 300 -- Casual Birder by Nixon Computer http://nixon.computer/blog/gameclear/2026/gameclear300/

nixon.computerGAME CLEAR No. 300 -- Casual BirderCasual Birder (2022, Playdate) Developer: Diego Garcia Publisher: Panic Clear Version: Playdate Clear Platform: Playdate Clear Date: 6/19/26 Why should I care? This debut title for the charming Playdate seems to lay out pretty well what the point of this device is (positive). Fowl shots Wow, 2022!…
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Today's featured post: 📖 Thrilling Machine: A Brief History of George Gomez by Noah's Barks https://noahsbarks.com/video-games/thrilling-machine-osgm/

noahsbarks.comThrilling Machine: A Brief History of George GomezThe post Thrilling Machine: A Brief History of George Gomez appeared first on Noah's Barks . Issue 52 of Old School Gamer Magazine allowed me the honor of interviewing industry legend George Gomez. The post Thrilling Machine: A Brief History of George Gomez appeared first on Noah's Barks .
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Today's featured post: 📖 Mage Magazine – April 2026 – Issue #3 – Taito Arcade Classics by The Thirsty Mage https://thethirstymage.com/2026/04/15/mage-magazine-april-2026-issue-3-taito-arcade-classics/

thethirstymage.comMage Magazine – April 2026 – Issue #3 – Taito Arcade ClassicsMAGE MAGAZINE THE MAGAZINE TO DISCOVER SOMETHING NEW ISSUE #3 – APRIL 2026 Click on the Cover Above to Download Discover the Present and Past of Gaming: Mage Magazine Issue #3 is Now Available! From the team behind the long-running Thirsty Mage Podcast comes the Third issue of MAGE , a video game…
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Today's featured post: 📖 One Hundred Tales of Solidarity by Rascal News https://www.rascal.news/one-hundred-tales-of-solidarity/

rascal.newsOne Hundred Tales of SolidarityContent warning: mention of threats of suicide In 2019, a very special campaign of Band of Blades took place at Phoenix Community College in Ballarat, Australia. Normally, the game is played with about four players. This campaign had somewhere between 30 to 60. Phoenix is far from a fancy school.…
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Today's featured post: 📖 Soul Blazer: all things bright and beautiful by MoeGamer https://moegamer.net/2026/07/14/soul-blazer-all-things-bright-and-beautiful/

moegamer.netSoul Blazer: all things bright and beautifulI’m not a religious man, but I do have some enduring memories of my time attending a Church of England primary school. One of those was, presumably as part of our government-mandated Daily Collective Act of Worship , hearing stories of what God, Jesus and friends had been getting up to in Olden…
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Today's featured post: 📖 Fin or Bin: Devil May Cry 3 by BB's Backlog Challenge https://bblc.beebs.xyz/post/817430607655321600/fin-or-bin-devil-may-cry-3

bblc.beebs.xyzFin or Bin: Devil May Cry 3Fin or Bin: Devil May Cry 3 ALT Good news! The operation to restore our boy Dante’s personality after he lost 90% of it in a tragic sequelisation incident was a complete success, and he even gained a little extra. DMC3’s Dante is the cocksure bell-end we all love and cherish, and he absolutely…
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Today's featured post: 📖 Making a Game for My Friends by Equip Story https://www.equipstory.com/making-a-game-for-my-friends/

equipstory.comMaking a Game for My FriendsMost games are designed for thousands or millions of players. I decided to make my next game for a target player base of four humans: my wife, our friends Frank and Becky, and Becky’s sister Carol Ann. I thought the game would take a month or two to develop, even around the busyness of a full-time…
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Today's featured post: 📖 Sony Removes 15 Countries from Marvel Tokon PC Restricted List by Special Cancel https://specialcancel.com/sony-removes-15-countries-from-marvel-tokon-pc-restricted-list/

specialcancel.comSony Removes 15 Countries from Marvel Tokon PC Restricted ListEstimated reading time: 2 minutes Sony Interactive Entertainment has made Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls available for purchase in some previously restricted countries. Recently, this site reported on the PC version of the game being region-locked in 130 or so countries due to Sony’s PSN limitations…
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Today's featured post: 📖 Do Not Buy The War Crime Games by Dialed Indie https://dialedindie.net/p/do-not-buy-the-war-crime-games

dialedindie.netDo Not Buy The War Crime GamesSatya Nadella is an evil fucking worm and dipshit beneficiary of government contracts. He’s the Azure jackass with a tall ass melon who runs an AI company called Microsoft. I could continue to talk about the general ways I dislike him on a personal level, but I’ll instead focus on a specific one:…
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Today's featured post: 📖 Cross-Play Chronicles by Pixels and Polygons https://pixelsandpolygons.beehiiv.com/p/cross-play-chronicles

pixelsandpolygons.beehiiv.comCross-Play ChroniclesI’ve been digging into the PlayStation 2 recently, coincidentally, for a few projects. I was working on a new episode of Millennium Edition about Final Fantasy XI and its unique history as one of the earliest cross-platform games, and that got me thinking. What are some other early cross-platform…