Reposted by Rishi AlwaniBryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 8hRooting for the remaining devs—this team made a stellar game and they all deserve to reap the rewards. 0244
Reposted by Rishi AlwaniNadia Oxford @nadiaoxford.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Hmm hard to say. Let me consult the whole-ass book I wrote on this exact topic, awwww shiiiiit son. 😎 retrogamebooks.com/products/fro...retrogamebooks.comFrom Pixels to Prose: What Video Games Taught Me About StorytellingIn From Pixels to Prose: What Video Games Taught Me About Storytelling writer and games journalist Nadia Oxford traces how a lifetime spent in digital worlds shaped her craft and her understanding of ... 211229
Reposted by Rishi AlwaniJeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Every month Failbetter invites a guest writer from the wider world of games and fiction to contribute a subscriber story. They’re brave and weird and funny and choice-driven and perhaps they could become a welcome part of your routine too. www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/fa...pcgamer.comFallen London is where the writers of Baldur's Gate 3, Dishonored and Stellaris come to let their hair downThese interactive short stories are too bold and surprising to stay secret. 121256
Reposted by Rishi AlwaniGiada Zavarise ➡️ AdvX @cheerfulgoth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The funniest/saddest reaction to this amazing article has been people going "wait, Stellaris has WRITERS?" Yes folks, if a game has words... someone probably got paid to write them... even if that game isn't an RPG or a visual novel... 17577103
Reposted by Rishi AlwaniJim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This gets said constantly, but it worth reiterating: Games Workshop being bigger than fishing is important to shout about because you wouldn't know it from government talking points, which are rarely about anything creative or artistic. Growth won't involve fish or steel, it will involve goblins. 502614642
Reposted by Rishi AlwaniAftermath @aftermath.site · 05/10/2026Luke half-seriously wonders: What if...everyone just re-released old consoles instead of trying to sell $1000+ new ones? aftermath.site/ps2-xbox-re-re... 4263784
Rishi Alwani @rishialwani.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Happy E-Day for those who celebrate. #GearsofWar #GearsofWarEday #xbox 000
Reposted by Rishi AlwaniLow Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Friendly reminder that megacorporations like Amazon are ruining the world, and you can instead support small independent businesses that make weird little things like today's Low Quality Ad, this Glocktopus Pin. collabs.shop/ion9he 721732
Reposted by Rishi AlwaniShaun Musgrave @shaunmusgrave.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I’ve got a hot take that I don’t particularly want to fight about so I’m gonna turn off interactions. In terms of my enjoyment of the medium, no single title has done more damage to gaming than Dark Souls. It’s a great game! Popular! Extremely influential! And I hate almost everything it does. 1513
Rishi Alwani @rishialwani.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My 9 games that shaped who I am. Yes I’m doing the trend thing. So mainstream I know.🤡 000
Reposted by Rishi AlwaniNon-Stop-Infinite-Wuh-Oh @ccromien.itch.io · 30/01/2025Come check out my new game, From The Ashes. It's about communities after a revolution and how they come together. ccromien.itch.io/from-the-ashesccromien.itch.ioFrom The Ashes by ccromienThe revolution is over; where do we go from here? 6154
Reposted by Rishi AlwaniNon-Stop-Infinite-Wuh-Oh @ccromien.itch.io · 26/09/2026It is a compelling game that really gets at the urge of "I have a job to do, but what if instead I opened 50 packs" 011
Rishi Alwani @rishialwani.bsky.social · 26/09/2026nice to see a game i worked on pop off like this www.gamesradar.com/games/simula...gamesradar.comTCG Card Shop Simulator finally hits 1.0 on Steam after 4 million players, 96% positive reviews, and 2 years in early accessThe viral Steam hit exits early access with 4,436 Pokemon-style cards to collect 120
Rishi Alwani @rishialwani.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Wolverine ends with Logan looking at the player saying he guesses he really is the last of us. 000
Reposted by Rishi AlwaniShaun Musgrave @shaunmusgrave.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Like, it's not like all of this stuff isn't important, especially in certain contexts. But gosh, do hardcore game players even like playing games anymore? 3124
Reposted by Rishi AlwaniShaun Musgrave @shaunmusgrave.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It's always been a problem with gaming discourse, but it's frustrating how little discussion there is about the actual games now. Between sales data, layoffs, delivery media, performance analysis, weirdo extremists, review scores, etc it's like the game is the least important thing about games now. 14311
Rishi Alwani @rishialwani.bsky.social · 10/09/2026India midnight launches for Wolverine are going to be just that — mid. You’d think by now Sony India would realise these work best when reviews are good. Should have taken a call after they went live. 000
Rishi Alwani @rishialwani.bsky.social · 10/09/2026peak bullshit from square enix and hamaguchi just say you hate your fans and you want to control games ownership instead of lying 000
Reposted by Rishi AlwaniDerek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Extremely ready for a $1000 PS6 that launches with only the same third party games that exist on everything you already own but you have to spend $80 a pop for digital licenses (or just $20 for the digital upgrades!) and promises of future first party titles releasing halfway through the generation. 36911
Reposted by Rishi AlwaniLiam Robertson @liamrobertson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Maybe one of the worst possible outcomes to this situation. 4638
Reposted by Rishi AlwaniAlex Donaldson @apzonerunner.com · 10/09/2026Third! @hdkirin.bsky.social sat down with Naoki Hamaguchi for RPG Site and got into the weeds on costumes, DLC, and combating icon vomit on the map: bsky.app/profile/rpgs... 184
Reposted by Rishi AlwaniAlex Donaldson @apzonerunner.com · 10/09/2026Then @professorrpg.bsky.social took a very classically focused RPG Site approach to the demo, putting his attention specifically on this: what's it like to fight Ruby Weapon in Revelation? He did it. Or tried, anyway. bsky.app/profile/rpgs... 184
Reposted by Rishi AlwaniAlex Donaldson @apzonerunner.com · 10/09/2026And finally, @luckychanjr.bsky.social spoke to Hamaguchi /again/, for @respec.net, where he talked about the push for Revelation to be a game that redefines FF as more than "just a JRPG"! bsky.app/profile/resp... 084
Reposted by Rishi AlwaniAlex Donaldson @apzonerunner.com · 10/09/2026That interview also includes the quiet reveal that the 'Steamlined Progression' some latecomer fans got used to in Remake/Rebirth will NOT be in Revelation at launch: bsky.app/profile/rpgs...rpgsite.netFinal Fantasy VII Revelation will not have Streamlined Progression at launch | RPG SiteIt will be patched in at a later date. 184
Reposted by Rishi AlwaniAlex Donaldson @apzonerunner.com · 10/09/2026Busy FF7 day here! First off, here's me on RPG Site absolutely mind-blown by the size of the game but made a bit nervous by the kitchen sink approach (less can be more sometimes, after all)... 42410
Reposted by Rishi Alwaniheadfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 10/09/2026i know after having his loyalty betrayed big boss took money from war criminals to fund his dream but this is a bit on the nose 92710821
Rishi Alwani @rishialwani.bsky.social · 10/09/2026PlayStation losing Kojima would be a mythical screw up in any console generation except this one. As Sony has already been hellbent on burning down everything it built up. 000
Rishi Alwani @rishialwani.bsky.social · 10/09/2026remember, you might be bad at your job but you're never going to be as bad as the playstation exec that fumbled the company's relationship with kojima to the point where xbox took advantage of it 000
Rishi Alwani @rishialwani.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Kojima is the realest one. While some said boycotting PlayStation over them killing physical media wouldn’t make a difference homeboy yeeted his entire business from PlayStation to make a point. 000
Rishi Alwani @rishialwani.bsky.social · 10/09/2026normies: gotta preorder a digital rental of muh gta 6 now because it’ll go out of stock if i don’t and struggling indie rockstar needs the money ps5 fans: why boycott, it doesn’t matter, slop me up daddy sony kojima: fuck it, i’ll just move my projects to xbox 000
Reposted by Rishi AlwaniTauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Hello hello, decided I'm just going to start writing my essays on my own thing, instead of bottling them. Here's my first on Dawnwalker's use of time as narrative toolcriticalverdict.beehiiv.comWhy The Blood of Dawnwalker's time mechanic is better than you realiseFar from being a hindrance, making time a finite resource shapes stories and undermines the idea of open-world bloat 47620
Rishi Alwani @rishialwani.bsky.social · 05/09/2026new day, new day zero podcast the one where @darthrahul.bsky.social and me rail against all things gta 6 substacktools.com/sharex/CUoT4... #gta6substacktools.comWhy GTA 6’s Anti-Consumer Strategy Threatens the Future of Video GamesPaywalls, missing discs, and obscenely high stakes make GTA 6 more than just another game launch. 001
Rishi Alwani @rishialwani.bsky.social · 04/09/2026“People keep asking if I'm back and I haven't really had an answer. But now, yeah, I'm thinkin' I'm back.” 000
Reposted by Rishi AlwaniLiam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 04/09/2026"Yes, no AI is now a feature" - LibreOffice / The Document Foundation #AI #GenAI #OpenSource #LibreOfficegamingonlinux.com"Yes, no AI is now a feature" - LibreOffice / The Document FoundationSomething I found interesting that deserved a write-up this morning is the blog post from LibreOffice / The Document Foundation on no AI being a feature. 116035
Rishi Alwani @rishialwani.bsky.social · 02/09/2026we're flexing games making it to the google play for you page now🤡 000
Rishi Alwani @rishialwani.bsky.social · 02/09/2026not too bad given the length of the 1st and 2nd games 000
Reposted by Rishi Alwanidrew 🔜 GeekGirl Con @imodrew.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Baldur’s Gate gfs: “why haven’t you cracked the demon lady yet?” GTA VI gfs: “say a word to that hoe & it’s over btwn us” 0102
Reposted by Rishi AlwaniWholesome Games @wholesomegames.com · 01/09/2026Wholesome Snack will return this December, and submissions are live now! Similar to Wholesome Direct, Wholesome Snack offers a delightful assortment of new trailers, exclusive announcements, and surprise world premieres. Developers can submit their projects now until Sep. 15 ⬇️ 219269
Rishi Alwani @rishialwani.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Read through so you know what we are up against. The dissent is real. Just because not all of it is online doesn’t mean it’s not true. A large part of the industry is cheesed off with PlayStation, most have contractual obligations so they can’t say anything publicly on record. 010