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I’m Having A Blast Waiting In Line For An Hour To Play One Minute Of A Platformer With One Million Levels

I'm doing my part!

By Rebekah Valentine Published October 26, 2026

13 Short And Sweet Scary Games To Treat Yourself To Before Halloween

If you're lagging behind on your annual intake of ghouls and goblins, enjoy this selection of brief creeps, from retro classics to odd indie frights

By Zack Kotzer Published October 25, 2026

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Steam Pricing Analyst Found Hollow Knight: Silksong’s $20 Price Annoying: ‘I Was A Bit Like, Oh God, Please Price It Higher’

Indie devs are facing tighter pricing pressures than ever

By Ethan Gach Published October 22, 2026

Culture

The Most Compelling Lovecraft Video Game Is About Hundreds Of Adorable Penguins

Penguin Colony tears down colonial overtones of H.P. Lovecraft's works by removing the player from any anthropological sensibilities, exhuming the genre instead of excusing it

By Zack Kotzer Published October 18, 2026

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Gaming’s Vibe-Coded Apocalypse Even Has Devs Who Rip Off Viral Steam Hits Complaining

The developers of the Needle In A Haystack Simulator clone accused another clone of being a 'byte-for-byte identical' rip-off of their work

By Lewis Parker Published October 18, 2026

Culture

Car Park Capital Is The World’s Most Evil Simulator (Complimentary)

Step into Robert Moses’ shoes as you dismantle civilization and ensure these little computer people never witness a 15-minute city in their lifetime

By Zack Kotzer Published October 17, 2026

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AI Vibe-Coding Just Hit The Video Game Industry Like An Avalanche

We spoke to Take-Two’s former head of AI and Godot Engine’s executive director about the Claude Opus–shaped problem that the industry is currently facing

By Lewis Parker Published October 15, 2026

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Valve Will Make $20 Billion This Year Via Steam, And It Owes Developers Big-Time

There are so many ways Steam could work better for the people that generate the profit

By John Walker Published October 6, 2026

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Keepsake County Is A Nihilistic Delinquency Simulator Where Anything That Isn’t Bolted Down Is Yours For The Taking

The creators of Midnight Ultra return for a cartoony immersive sim about surviving in America

By Zack Kotzer Published September 28, 2026

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Creator Behind 1999 Cult-Classic King Of Dragon Pass Has A Great New RPG

In Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists, breaking into a world of ever shifting nightmares is only half of challenge, the other is getting out alive

By Zack Kotzer Published September 27, 2026

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YouTube Channel Accused Of Taking Advantage Of ‘Vulnerable, First-Time Indie Developers’ With Expensive Advertising Campaigns

Indie developers are complaining about a content creator's expensive marketing package, which apparently results in little, if any, return on investment

By Lewis Parker Published September 19, 2026