Not everyone is Cloud Strife. Not everyone has a Buster Sword.

Not everyone is Cloud Strife. Not everyone has a Buster Sword.

1000xRESIST wants us to think not just about the impact our choices will have on the world, but what impact we have on our choices.

Age of Mythology: Retold is a challenging but rewarding real-time strategy that even first-time players of the genre will enjoy.

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Nine Sols, a Taiwanese game that's part Metroid and part Dark Souls, decries the false utopia engineered by the People's Republic of China.

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Indika wants us to read it as a piece of folklore, and in turn examine the ways religion also resembles folklore.

Squid Shock Studios' debut game Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus is a gorgeous love letter to the Metroid-style genre, but has a few warts.

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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth begs us not to compare it to the original game in the most thought-provoking way.

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GTA VI will be out in the Fall of 2025, according to a new earnings report from its layoff-happy publisher Take-Two Interactive.

Andrea Saravia Pérez is a Narrative Designer formerly of Firaxis Games. In this final interview, we discuss the importance of not staying down. Played Off is a video interview series with those affected by the layoffs in the video game industry. Renaissance Hat Productions: https://renaissancehatproductions.carrd.co/ Small Loan Studio's itch page: https://smallloanstudio.itch.io/ Untamed: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2570160/Untamed/ Games Industry Job Hunt Slack: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbQPuhhYxmDzPNAKrYtDCmAPsz_JGTuqYFuYA-8syeYWrJag/viewform Amir Satvat's Games Jobs Resources: amirsatvat.com

Blake Hester - Something Rotten cohost, formerly of Game Informer - joins me this episode. In this interview, we talk about the state of journalism inside an...

James Bartholomeou is a Public Relations freelancer in the games industry. In this interview, we discuss UK labor law, imposter syndrome, and how to help those getting laid off during this time. Played Off is a video interview series with those affected by the layoffs in the video game industry. Women-led Games: https://www.womenledgames.com/ Latin American Games Showcase: https://www.lagshowcase.com/ Games Industry Job Hunt Slack: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbQPuhhYxmDzPNAKrYtDCmAPsz_JGTuqYFuYA-8syeYWrJag/viewform Amir Satvat's Games Jobs Resources: amirsatvat.com

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Andrew Buczacki is a Senior Mission Designer formerly of Drifter Entertainment. In this interview, we discuss post layoff systemic violence, the potential fu...

Welcome back readers. Per my lofty aspirations last week, I did technically manage to publish our Fansite Jam Roundup before the next TWIVGB–even if I had to fudge things a bit and put this i…

This is the real lesson of Emily is Away and the series as a whole. It isn’t a statement that over time, friendships fade. It’s that the experiences you have with them are vastly more personal than wh...

This is the real lesson of Emily is Away and the series as a whole. It isn’t a statement that over time, friendships fade. It’s that the experiences you have with them are vastly more personal than wh...

Welcome back, viewers. Thank you all for checking out the first two videogame video essay roundups! The response was quite nice and we got a little landslide of recommendations based on it. Also, i…

Shonté Daniels is a Narrative Designer/Poet formerly of Blizzard Entertainment and Poorly Timed Games. In this interview, we discuss games as poetry, the gam...

Jared Mitchell is a Level Designer formerly of Deck Nine Games and OtherSide Entertainment. In this interview, we discuss unemployment, the immersive sim gen...

59 Days Into 2024 And 8,100+ Video Game Layoffs Have Been Announced Played Off is a video interview series with those affected by the layoffs in the video ga...

Don’t come to these games as experts of others, come to these games as someone who has never played one.

Don’t come to these games as experts of others, come to these games as someone who has never played one.

The Zero is the community left in its wake. The Zero is for the misplaced, for the survivors.

The Zero is the community left in its wake. The Zero is for the misplaced, for the survivors.