Astro Bot, Hi-Fi Rush, and a new definition for cozy games, part one

What makes a game as fun to watch as it is to play?

The Banished Vault and what remains

Guest Backlog by Brandon Walsh

Big-Ass RPG Month Part 2: Gameplay

The one where I probably ruffle some feathers

Big-Ass RPG Month Part 1: Story

Comparing Baldur’s Gate 3 and Dragon Quest XI, just because

Hot take: music games are good

Lumines Remastered and Katamari Damacy Reroll

I’m never going to beat Okami, am I?

Forever backlogged

Storyteller gets writing right—because it’s about revision

Writing is rewriting, and rewriting, and rewriting

Midnight Suns and my midnight son

Guest Backlog from Brandon Walsh

Animal Well and reading poems for hidden meaning

I prefer interpretation to deciphering

Hades II and my work-in-progress

Give me the book on the shelf, not the Word doc

Personas 3 and the liminal space of possibility

Guest Backlog by Alex Galka

Is it Balatro, or is it me?

How roguelikes mirror the mind