I am clinging on to my modest goal of getting these little dispatches out at least monthly. Much like we're all clinging to the cliffs of autumn as winter's tendrils creep upwards towards our ankles, ready to drag us down into half a year of grey misery. Here's a things-from-September| The Komoy Noise Research Unit
LAI Games have thrown back the curtain on their big Amusement Expo 2025 reveal - a new arcade game called Cyberpunk 2077: Turf Wars.| Arcade Heroes
Discussion group about esports of all kinds. Fediverse address:@esport@fedigroups.social| Fedi.Directory – Interesting accounts on Mastodon & the Fediverse
Belsprout| Throne of Salt
In a semi-concerted effort to play and finish games I own rather than buying new ones, several games on this list will be those I’ve played before but haven't touched in many years.| Throne of Salt
Previous posts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6| Throne of Salt
Previous posts: (Part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4). | Throne of Salt
It was five years ago that Lego released its brick version of the Nintendo Entertainment System. The scaled-down replica of the famous video game console came with a buildable game cartridge of Super Mario Bros. as well as a controller and a television. It was a fun set that was released in tandem with the […]| The Nostalgia Spot
The 43rd Golden Joystick Awards are officially here, and this year, the spotlight isn’t just on games, it’s on the incredible talent that brings them to life. Among the nominees, Adriyan Rae stands out as a powerhouse performer, earning a nod for Best Lead Performer for her role as Hazel in South of Midnight. Her… The post Adriyan Rae Shines Among 2025 Golden Joystick Awards Nominees appeared first on Black Girl Nerds.| Black Girl Nerds
Update on hitting 90 hours in Fantasy Life i, grinding for mats, and doing a lot of Ginormosia| An Archaeopteryx
Fantasy Life i update at 70 hours played and 20 villagers.| An Archaeopteryx
The EA deal is a win-win for the Saudis and for MAGA. For those trying to prevent kids from becoming radicalized online, it's game over.| Unprecedented
PODCAST TRANSCRIPT Hello everyone. Welcome to my new podcast, Shortwave Sci-Fi. If you listen to my show from last year, then you might know it wasn’t the most polished or consistent show. It was called Global Transmission. It wasn’t great. I mostly just talked about whatever I felt fitting for the week. But this year,...| The Globe
Today’s post you could think of as a “bonus game”. It appears in the April 1983 edition of Personal Computer World, followed by the first issue of Personal Computer Games that summer (same publisher) and is directly next to the game I was going to be writing about next. To explain in context, when the […]| Renga in Blue
(Continued from my previous posts.) I’m sorry, I’m going to have to pitch this for now. If there’s a future version with save games (or at least where the frequency of knife attacks is greatly reduced!) and perhaps less bugs I can take another swing. (ICL’s Quest which I also bailed on has had recent […]| Renga in Blue
(Continued from my previous post.) The thing I’ve found most fascinating studying the various incarnations of Adventure is the almost philosophical difference in approaches to where the expan…| Renga in Blue
Google DeepMind says it's created a "multi-world" AI agent that can follow your natural-language instructions to perform a range of tasks for you in a variety of 3D virtual environments. That is, it'll do the grindy bits of video games for you.| New Atlas
When playing the opening minutes of Ghost of Yōtei (2025), it’s hard not to get immediately immersed in the vengeful tale of the wandering mercenary Atsu. This first encounter feels incredibly high-stakes for what should be an introductory mission that gets players acquainted with the game’s controls and story. Reminiscent of the opening of Toshiya [...] The post ‘Ghost of Yōtei’ Review – A Powerful Blend of Folklore, Cinema, and Combat appeared first on DiscussingFilm.| DiscussingFilm
Welcome back! This week has given me the first hint of fall. I love a crispy morning. We’re also in the middle of getting a new porch since the old one had only a couple years left anyway. I can’t wait to enjoy a coffee on the new one, wrapped in a big ol’ blanket. Aside from that, I’ve been fully on the Hades II train. Anyone else with me? … Libro.fm is hosting a “read-in” … Continue reading Links: Emily Henry, Banned Books, & More→| Smart Bitches, Trashy BooksSmart Bitches, Trashy Books
As parents, we all know how much our children love gaming. Whether it’s on a console, tablet, or mobile phone, online games have become part of everyday family life. While gaming can be fun and even educational, it also comes with new risks we didn’t have growing up — one of the biggest being gambling-like […] The post How to Protect Children from Gambling in Online Games and Loot Boxes appeared first on A Moment With Franca.| A Moment With Franca
Trade shows have soaked up a bit of news lately, but they aren’t the only things to talk about in the arcade world. exA-Arcadia has a couple of fighting games to discuss, so let’s see what is going on with Vanguard Princess R and the major content update to Axel City 2. Vanguard Princess R [&hellip The post exA-Arcadia Opens Pre-Orders For Vanguard Princess R; Tests For Axel City 2: The Final Storm appeared first on Arcade Heroes.| Arcade Heroes
FastSpring goes Platinum at PGC Helsinki Oct. 7-8. Stop by booth P1 to learn how to monetize smarter, scale globally, and future-proof D2C.| FastSpring
Activists pressure payment processors, who in turn pressure game marketplaces. Now many video games and visual novels are disappearing.| Reason.com
On a recent Friday night, I installed a video game on my computer: Civilization 5. I don’t play “hardcore” (that is: long, complex, time-consuming) video games much anymore. Really, barely ever. The last time I did before this was probably nearly three years ago. But there was a time when I played them regularly and really […]| Frozen Toothpaste
We don't know exactly when TXR will hit PS5, but with the game now leaving Steam Early Access, the wait shouldn't be too long. The post Tokyo Xtreme Racer Is Headed to PS5 at Last appeared first on The Drive.| The Drive
Japan will represent Forza Horizon's largest open world yet—and FH6's take on Tokyo will be denser and more detailed than any city in the series to date. The post Why Forza Horizon 6 Is Finally Ready to Take the Series to Japan appeared first on The Drive.| The Drive
The modern gaming world forgot the classic games and their beauty. Platforms like Hypackel are still offering users the decades-old games to play online. It is the home of free online games. Most of these games are from the earlier versions of Nintendo, PS, and PC games.Hypackel users love to play the most popular nostalgic games like Mario Kart DS, Minecraft case simulator, Rocket League, Super| eAskme | How to : Ask Me Anything : Learn Blogging Online
A short tale of heads, memory, and virtual farms. I was hanging the laundry to dry outside on a sunny morning, and there it was: a headless field mouse resting on the lawn. Then I remembered the camera had caught a dry-heaving cat the previous night. A domestic, well-fed cat with outside access is probably not that interested in eating its prey. In fact, my husband found the mouse’s head elsewhere in the garden a few days later. What a grim end for the poor little thing. --- I finished read...| Design & other obsessions by Silvia Maggi
Hey Bookworm friends! I kept intending to do wrap-ups for June and July and somehow time got away from me. The summer flew by so I’ll just share my August… The post The Summer Flew By: August Highlights│Monthly Reset #11 appeared first on Dark Shelf of Wonders.| Dark Shelf of Wonders
Don’t miss your chance to win a Lenovo Legion Go S SteamOS Edition gaming handheld! Enter now before the giveaway ends on October 3rd.| Techlicious Latest Articles
Examples of gamification include additive grading, using levels of progress, creating learning badges or trophies to include, and more. Source| TeachThought
The thing about these recent Star Wars games is that they’re unified by a very specific visual aesthetic. They have all of their crossover characters, of course, all the people linking togeth…| Death is a Whale
Discover how skilled project management ensures seamless video game localization by balancing strategy, collaboration, and innovation.| Terra Localizations
Discover how skilled project management ensures seamless video game localization by balancing strategy, collaboration, and innovation.| Terra Localizations
This post assumes some familiarity with the original Adventure; if you haven’t yet seen, my series on the Software Toolworks version (the only one that paid the authors Crowther and Woods) is…| Renga in Blue
Video game inspired action figures are quite the hot ticket right now. I’m not entirely sure why that is, but maybe some of that is owed to Jada Toys and how well received their line of Ultra Street Fighter 2 action figures have been received. Hasbro, for their part, has had a “Gamerverse” subline of […]| The Nostalgia Spot
Virtual reality gaming company Sandbox VR will be opening its first Houston location in 2026, combining the community and physical aspects of laser tag with the immersive environment of modern virtual reality video gaming. The location will open at 797 Sorella Court in CityCentre early next year.| CultureMap Houston
FastSpring’s Head of Gaming Chip Thurston joins 2.5 Gamers to discuss Apple and Google rulings, web stores, steering, and the future of D2C. The post Steering, Web Stores, and the Future of Game Payments, on the 2.5 Gamers Podcast appeared first on FastSpring.| FastSpring
With our Steer Safe™ Approach, in-game steering has never been easier to implement. Learn more about how FastSpring can support your game. The post Introducing: FastSpring’s Steer Safe™ Approach for In-Game Steering From Game to Web (D2C) appeared first on FastSpring.| FastSpring
I’ve finished the game. (Previous posts here.) I had missed a couple things in the open, and then missed one (1) mostly absurd puzzle, then had to struggle a bit more with the parser to get to the end. Back when I had found the letter and the rubbish bins, I had missed (because it […]| Renga in Blue
(Continued from my previous post.) I have only made a little progress, but I thought I’d at least give an update. I went through my verb list and found only a very small list… READ, OPE…| Renga in Blue
RFK Jr. said there was a possible connection between video games and a rise in gun violence without providing evidence.| Futurism
One of the more popular games with my kids is Fortnite which is not able to run because of a fight between Tim Cook and Tim Sweeney over iOS App Store rules and pricing| Faraway, So Close
Iterating through my favorite video games from every handheld & console we've owned.| Connor Tumbleson
These video games, considered the top 10 most popular video games of all time, represent entertainment, innovation, and community engagement.| AllBusiness.com
Coming hot on the heels of the news that Sophie Turner is set to star as video game icon Lara Croft in Prime Video’s live-action Tomb Raider series, we now have word that we’ll be bidding farewell to Hayley Atwell’s animated incarnation of the character with the upcoming second season of Netflix’s Tomb Raider: The […]| Flickering Myth
Some more thoughts after about 29 hours of gameplay.| An Archaeopteryx
Being a huge fan of the first two Mass Effect games (and at least mostly satisfied with the third), getting the fourth game in the series was pretty much inevitable.| Mikkel Høgh
When Donkey Kong Bananza dropped, I wasn’t sure what to expect- I’ve never played a Donkey Kong game before {unless Diddy Kong Racing counts}, but I love a good story-driven adventure, and I’m always up| {Not Quite} Susie Homemaker
I reflect on the last decade of the site and talk about why I haven’t written anything at all this year.| Adventure Rules
Back in the 2010s there was a rash of daughters in games. The generation of developers from the turn of the century were getting older, went the rationale, and having kids of their own, who emerged…| Death is a Whale
I’ve finished the game, and my previous posts are needed for context. I was quite close to the end last time. The most comparable game I can think of on the last puzzle — and the other reference-puzzles — is the game Avon. That game was chock full of Shakespearean references and in some cases […]| Renga in Blue
(Continued from my previous posts.) I’m gone through essentially the whole map now, with two major chunks and two minor chunks remaining I can’t reach. The red highlights are areas I explored, although I decided not to go through the tedium of filling in every single square to the southwest, as they’re all “wandering aimlessly” […]| Renga in Blue
(Continued from my previous posts.) While I’ve made a fair amount of progress I’ve also hit two points that make me wonder if the game is too buggy to complete. Updates to the map are s…| Renga in Blue
Getting a high score or completing a game is a nice feat, but perhaps you want more to show off your gaming prowess. At Arcade Galactic, we’ve always taken photos (for those who want it) of those who get the #1 score on a game that we’ve recorded; now, you can also win a REAL,… The post Announcement: Earn A Real Arcade Game Patch appeared first on Arcade Galactic - Video Arcade & Pinball Gaming at Valley Fair Mall in West Valley City, Utah.| Arcade Galactic – Video Arcade & Pinball Gaming at Valley Fair Mall in West...
Do you like supporting local businesses? How about supporting two local companies in one visit to the arcade? Alan-1 Inc. is based out of Tooele, and has been designing several arcade games. Late last year and earlier this one, they released Asteroids Recharged and Avian Knights, respectively; then they launched Soda Slam! and Missile Command:…| Arcade Galactic - Video Arcade & Pinball Gaming at Valley Fair Mall in West V...
Welcome to the weekend!| Wasteland And Sky
Who’s cooler than Ryu? Ken! One of my most anticipated releases of 2025 came out of no where. I was a kid during the early 90s and into video games so I know a thing or two about Street Fight…| The Nostalgia Spot
(Continued from my previous posts.) I have the One Ring to rule them all, that means the rest of this ought to be easy, right? My count otherwise is unchanged: 4 out of 9 Man-Rings, 0 out of 3 Elf-…| Renga in Blue
(Continued from my last post.) The grey-rain curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a far green country under a swift sunrise. — Re…| Renga in Blue
Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor w…| Renga in Blue
Dark Souls will make you suffer. But you will be the one to end your suffering and survive. It's a good feeling that other games merely pretend to provoke.| PopMatters
Today, we move back in time to 1975: personal computers were only starting to become real; the Altair wasn’t out until the very end of the year. This means if you wanted to play a coin-op gam…| Renga in Blue
(Continued from my previous post.) Last time I left off having trouble with getting both the ring (for the girlfriend) and a diving suit (apparently needed due to the kidnapping). The solution is o…| Renga in Blue
It’s time for another Top Ten Tuesday! Don’t forget to head over to That Artsy Reader Girl and join the linkup! Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June…| BookWyrm Knits
The population of the world is currently in an uproar as everyone panics about AI stealing jobs. But nobody seems to be concerned about the possibility of plants stealing video games. Nobody, that is, except a team of researchers from KAIST and the Royal College of Art, who decided to just go ahead and make […]| Arduino Blog
I dont know if people particularly remember this, but Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel was a weird, slightly hateful game. Developed by 2K Australia in 2014, the game is set on the moon of Elpis between the events of Borderlands 1 and 2. It featured moon monsters, space lasers, low gravity, and all the characters were Australian. […]| Death is a Whale
There’s an Iain Banks novel, I think possibly The Bridge, with a line that goes something like “Her breasts were a pair of ( )s.” It’s some tortured postmodern thing about d…| Death is a Whale
A few months back I learned that you canemulate handheld video games from the early 80s on systems like Retropie or Batocera. That seemed pretty crazy to me. I had luck getting it working on the Batocera, so I started … Continue reading →| bavatuesdays
The Game Kitchen delivers one of the best games of the year with Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound. Peep our full review.| Hip-Hop Wired
One of my favorite things to do is browse itch.io for games I like to refer to as "small games." They're indies, usually made by only one person, that I can ...| Syl's Blog
It’s time to stock your bunkers with two survival-ready Cable Guy holders.| The Pop Insider
FastSpring is at Unlocked: Mobile & App Growth Summit in Shanghai, Sept. 4. Catch our live Tech Talk at 12:45: The Direct Monetization Shift: Unlocking Global App Growth Through Smarter Subscriptions and Payments The post FastSpring at Unlocked: Mobile & App Growth Summit Singapore 2025 appeared first on FastSpring.| FastSpring
Japan’s Fair Trade Commission has published guidelines requiring companies such as Apple and Google to allow third-party payment systems and app stores. The post News: Japan Releases ‘Mobile Software Competition Act Guidelines’ Targeting Apple and Google appeared first on FastSpring.| FastSpring
FastSpring is at devcom, Community Clubhouse, and gamescom in 2025! Our global payment solutions help game developers monetize worldwide.| FastSpring
'Mortal Kombat' prioritizes on delivering fan service and nods to the games more than actually delivering a well-told story.| DiscussingFilm
I share what I've been into during December 2024, including Elden Ring and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure!| Adventure Rules
I reflect on three big RPGs I decided not to finish.| Adventure Rules
Wildgate IS pretty fun!| videodante
Berlin, a city renowned for its rich history and vibrant cultural scene, is also one of Europe's central hubs for the gaming industry. As a prospective MetStudios Berlin student, you’ll find yourself in a city that offers a huge variety of opportunities to immerse yourself in the world of gaming.| MetFilm School
Judges in the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said they will not overturn the unanimous jury verdict from 2023 that said Google’s app store and payments system are illegal monopolies. The post Latest Epic Win in Epic vs. Google Means Major Changes Ahead for Android App Developers appeared first on FastSpring.| FastSpring
Dying Light 2 is the second game in Techland’s zombie parkour series. Released in 2022, it follows a formula set by the first Dying Light in 2015 and Dead Island in 2011: it’s a game ab…| Death is a Whale
Video games will not fix a broken world, but queering them can show players and non-players alike how to reimagine ours.| YES! Magazine
A former project coordinator for Sweet Baby Inc. stated in a GDC talk from 2022 that people should steal from books for narrative ideas.| That Park Place
Alan-1 has announced that their next Atari remake, Missile Command: Recharged Arcade, is now available to order. Check it out.| Arcade Heroes
Sony’s next-generation gaming console, the PlayStation 5, is almost here. New Atlas rounds up everything we know about the PS5’s hardware, games, controllers, features and services.| New Atlas
Sony has finally whipped the covers off the PlayStation 5 – well, mostly. We still don’t know what the thing itself actually looks like, but we got a pretty good peek under the hood. The PS5 is set to be a massive improvement over the PS4, with a powerful new graphics processor and "instantaneous"…| New Atlas
After a solid year of playing coy, Sony finally cut to the chase today and revealed what the PlayStation 5 actually looks like. It turns out, there are two versions – one with a disc slot and one without. And of course, we got our first major glimpse of the lineup of games at launch and beyond, as…| New Atlas
The stage is set, the battle lines are drawn, it’s high noon and the pistols are out – however you want to frame it, Microsoft and Sony have both just launched their next-generation consoles. But which one is best for you? New Atlas compares the specs, features, hardware and games of the…| New Atlas
A (not so) brief comment on technology and community.| Faraway, So Close
FastSpring is at ChinaJoy 2025 in Shanghai, August 1-4, booth W4-A792. Our global payment solutions help game developers monetize worldwide.| FastSpring
I haven't finished Death Stranding yet but boy am I playing it.| videodante
So back in I wrote about the 'main' cube; now, as we enter another lull in between major set releases, the 'Chromatic Cube' variant is available, and I've ...| Azhdarchid
Please note: I received a copy of the game to facilitate this review but all opinions are my own. This post contains affiliate links. When I first heard that Mario Kart World would be exclusive to the new Nintendo Switch 2, I was all in- no hesitation. After countless hours over SEVERAL years playing Mario […] The post Mario Kart World Review: A Stunning New Era on Nintendo Switch 2 appeared first on {Not Quite} Susie Homemaker.| {Not Quite} Susie Homemaker
Please note that I received a Nintendo Switch 2 to facilitate this review. This has not impacted my review in any way. This post contains affiliate links. I’ve been using the new Nintendo Switch 2| {Not Quite} Susie Homemaker
There’s this thing where sidescroller video games all seem to be about some sickness at the heart of the world. Many of them portray a good and beautiful world invaded by a parasitic rot. In …| Death is a Whale
