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Ryan Gilliam

@rygilliam.bsky.social
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Co-founder and owner of @rogue.site. Former Guides Producer at Polygon. Lifelong KC liver. Work: Ryan(at)Rogue(dot)site

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Rogue @rogue.site · 18h
Diablo 4 on Switch has been huge in Ryan’s house www.rogue.site/editorials/t...
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The Switch version of Diablo 4 has finally united my family
Diablo 4 is officially on the go
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Rogue @rogue.site · 26/09/2026
Is Wolverine a great PS exclusive? Well. Let's ask a different question. Is there some stuff to really admire in Wolverine? Ryan thinks so www.rogue.site/editorials/d...
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Despite all of its obvious faults, I couldn't help but really like Wolverine
Wolverine is a flawed game. But like so many flawed first titles, it could be truly spectacular in a sequel or a full-blown X-Men game
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Ryan Gilliam @rygilliam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I WILL beat this game And it WILL kill me
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Patrick Klepek @patrickklepek.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Really excited to finally check this out! And flop around with my friends!
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Crossplay @crossplayblog.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
With Insomniac allowing players to flip off gore and swears, Marvel's Wolverine now joins a long tradition of violent video games that kids might want to play www.crossplay.news/p/ps5-wolverine-…
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Wolverine Joins a Long Tradition of Violent Video Games That Kids Want to Play
When I was a kid, it was GoldenEye...but with Painball Mode on. For today’s kids, it might be Wolverine...but with gore and swears turned off.
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Ryan Gilliam @rygilliam.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hey! I wrote this! Absolutely love Crossplay and am so honored Patrick asked me to write this up. Please enjoy this personal story about cousins I don’t really talk to anymore
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Crossplay @crossplayblog.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
What video game would your parents not let you play when you were a kid?
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Rogue @rogue.site · 12/09/2026
BlizzCon 2026 is happening here! www.rogue.site/news/blizzco...
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BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony Live Blog
BlizzCon 2026 is here, and it looks like it’s gonna be a big show
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Rogue @rogue.site · 11/09/2026
Dawnwalker’s constraints are what makes it worth playing www.rogue.site/editorials/m...
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My Real-life OCD Diagnosis Makes Me Thankful for The Blood of Dawnwalker
Please god give me more timers, I need them so bad
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Ryan Gilliam @rygilliam.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This game is rad and super mysterious and a little confusing.
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Matthew Reynolds @mattreyn.games · 10/09/2026
For subscribers, a dink on the Mega Finale weekend, and not wanting to waste rare in-game resources on anything less than the 'perfect' Pokémon:
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I'm still sitting on 8,600 Delphox Mega Energy because I couldn't find a Fennekin good enough
Out Phoxed.
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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Polygon job listing reads in part, "The more views your content generates, the more commensurate your payment becomes." "More commensurate" with what, with the salary you SHOULD be paying this person in the first place? collider.applytojob.com/apply/TzVU1N...
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Polygon High-Performance Writer (Entertainment & Gaming) - Collider - Career Page
Apply to Polygon High-Performance Writer (Entertainment & Gaming) at Collider in Remote.
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One More Catch @onemorecatch.site · 05/09/2026
Today is day one of the Mega Finale in Pokémon Go! It sees Armored Mewtwo, Mega Mewtwo X, and a rotating list of Mega Pokémon return to raids. Here's the full schedule for today and tomorrow: www.onemorecatch.site/pokemon-go-f...
Saturday:
All day (10am to 6pm): Armored Mewtwo (five-star raids), Mega Mewtwo X (Super Mega Raid)
10am to 11am: Mega Beedrill, Mega Victreebel, Mega Pinsir, Mega Abomasnow
11am to 12pm: Mega Alakazam, Mega Slowbro, Mega Starmie, Mega Medicham
12pm to 1pm: Mega Gengar, Mega Houndoom, Mega Banette, Mega Malamar
1pm to 2pm: Mega Raichu X, Mega Ampharos, Mega Manectric
2pm to 3pm: Mega Beedrill, Mega Victreebel, Mega Pinsir, Mega Abomasnow
3pm to 4pm: Mega Alakazam, Mega Slowbro, Mega Starmie, Mega Medicham
4pm to 5pm: Mega Gengar, Mega Houndoom, Mega Banette, Mega Malamar
5pm to 6pm: Mega Raichu X, Mega Ampharos, Mega Manectric
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Austin @pfhorbear.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
So happy to see Rogue reach their first anniversary and happier still to be a small part of it with some incredibly talent folks. Here's to many, many more <3
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Ryan Gilliam @rygilliam.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Time flies. What a weird year. Here’s to another weird one.
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Rogue @rogue.site · 01/09/2026
Double Fine just launched a new Kickstarter and it's already almost reached it's goal! www.rogue.site/news/double-...
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Double Fine launches a Kickstarter for their next big Indie game jam and the pitches rule
Double Fine might not be at XBOX anymore, but they have bigger goals than ever before
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Ryan Gilliam @rygilliam.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
OK folks, I’m 75 subscribers away from 1000. I’m gonna be at BlizzCon next week and uploading a ton of stuff to my channel. Please consider sharing me around and helping me reach that 1k milestone before I go! New video out today! youtube.com/@ryan_gillia...
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Ryan Gilliam
I'm Ryan Gilliam, host of Escape Will Make Me Pod, former Guides Producer at Polygon, and co-owner of Rogue.site. I'm here to use my years of experience covering the games industry to provide analys...
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Ryan Gilliam @rygilliam.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We’re less than two weeks away from the BlizzCon opening ceremony. So what kind of game will the StarCraft shooter be? youtu.be/S15_0h-aXZY?...
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What Kind of Game Will the StarCraft Shooter Be?
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Rogue @rogue.site · 30/08/2026
It's our final day of the sale! And the final weekend before the site's first birthday! Get in here and sign-up today to join our Discord and support the site for year 2!
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Rogue @rogue.site · 28/08/2026
Marvel's Wolverine gives you the option to make Logan's bark way worse than his bite www.rogue.site/news/marvels...
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Marvel's Wolverine might be a bloody mess, but it doesn't have to be!
Logan's claws come with optional sheaths in Insomniac's upcoming Marvel's Wolverine.
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Rogue @rogue.site · 28/08/2026
Combolands: For The Sickos www.rogue.site/editorials/c...
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Combolands is Balatro for all us infrastructure heads
Combolands perverts the combo roguelite formula into a beautiful, pixelated city builder
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Rogue @rogue.site · 27/08/2026
Geoff Keighley's showcase events might be due for an AI disclosure after what we found this week www.rogue.site/editorials/i...
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It's probably time Geoff Keighley's shows give an AI disclosure
Generative AI is working its way into more and more games, but it shouldn't be our responsibility to figure out which ones they are.
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Palette Swap @paletteswap.site · 27/08/2026
Netflix's newest original series, Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look, will reportedly have a much shorter run than fans have been hoping. paletteswap.site/dif...
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Rogue @rogue.site · 27/08/2026
A great game that's missing a small piece of the puzzle www.rogue.site/editorials/i...
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I had hoped for a little bit more from Star Wars: Zero Company
Zero Company is a great tactics game that’s just a little too shallow in the progression department
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Rogue @rogue.site · 26/08/2026
Please support our friends! Support independent journalism!
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Ryan Gilliam @rygilliam.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Rogue wouldn’t exist without Rascal. Without Chase. Or without Rowan. Rogue has seen similar issues here (times are hard, and it’s hard to spend money on games), but we don’t have the same overhead because it’s sadly not our main job. But Rascal has earned FT pay. Help them get it!
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Rogue @rogue.site · 26/08/2026
This article has so many YouTube embeds that we got our first warning ever from our host site to NOT email this to subscribers or it'll break www.rogue.site/news/an-exha...
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An Exhaustingly Exhaustive List of the Gamescom Opening Night Live Trailers
Gamescom ONL was just over 2 hours long. We took all of that and crammed it into this article, just for you.
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Ryan Gilliam @rygilliam.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Diving into some Helldivers 2 with @rogue.site friends! www.twitch.tv/ryan_gilliam15
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Ryan_Gilliam15 - Live on Twitch
Doing some Helldiving 2 with work friends | Streaming helldivers 2.
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Rogue @rogue.site · 21/08/2026
Two quick coverage announcements to end the week: 1) @rygilliam.bsky.social will be attending BlizzCon for us next month! 2) @jasonschreier.bsky.social stopped by Ryan's YouTube channel to talk about what StarCraft means to the folks at Blizzard. Check their discussion out! youtu.be/psmaSABMiH0
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Why StarCraft Took So Long To Return (w/⁨@jason-schreier)
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Ryan Gilliam @rygilliam.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I have been prepping really hard for BlizzCon this year and the return of StarCraft! So I'm super excited to say that @jasonschreier.bsky.social stopped by my channel to chat with my cohost Jake and I about StarCraft, and what it means to the folks at Blizzard! youtu.be/psmaSABMiH0
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Why StarCraft Took So Long To Return (w/⁨@jason-schreier)
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Rogue @rogue.site · 20/08/2026
The end of Big Walk turns a silly puzzle game into a beautiful meditation on friendship www.rogue.site/editorials/t...
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The Big Walk's finale cements it as a GOTY contender
House House's masterpiece rebukes the name "friendslop" more than anything else out there
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Rogue @rogue.site · 19/08/2026
Sony's live service struggles continue as the publisher reboots the next Horizon title www.rogue.site/news/sony-co...
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Sony confirms it still doesn't understand live-service games as it reboots Horizon Hunters Gathering
Sony just can't seem to understand what makes a live service game tick as it changes course on yet another IP
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Ryan Gilliam @rygilliam.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Making some changes to our subscriber benefits before we turn 1! And offering a steep sale for annual subscriptions! Join us. We're just getting started :)
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Austin @pfhorbear.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Please go check out the site and support us if you can! Even if you can’t spend the money, sharing our BS’s is a huge help too ❤️
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Ryan Gilliam @rygilliam.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
With the first anniversary of Rogue coming up early next month, we are still going strong and will be continuing with new voices Rogue will be here for our readers as long as our readers continue to support us. It's my hope that the site will live even as founders inevitably move on to other things
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Ryan Gilliam @rygilliam.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Could a subscription model have saved Destiny 2? Could it have paved the way to Destiny 3? Let's look at some hypotheticals in my latest video: youtu.be/-gzpKRImE_U?...
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Would a Subscription Model Have Worked For Destiny?
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Rogue @rogue.site · 13/08/2026
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls' single-player mode features some truly gorgeous art, if you're into that kind of thing www.rogue.site/editorials/s...
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So, how are the single player offerings in Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls?
Is it worth diving in if you don't want to get your ass beat online?
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Ryan Gilliam @rygilliam.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I learned how to make thumbnails, and the results are mixed to say the least www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MhQ...
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Horde Siege's Random Squads Help Reinvent Gears' Most Beloved Mode
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Rogue @rogue.site · 07/08/2026
There’s a little bit too much vanilla Diablo 3 in Mistfall Hunter www.rogue.site/editorials/m...
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Mistfall Hunter reminds me a bit too much of vanilla Diablo 3
The auction house is killing my fun
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Ryan Gilliam @rygilliam.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This week, I made an introduction to StarCraft, which goes over the series’ history, universe, and more. Check it out before BlizzCon next month! youtu.be/r6hzSySBF9Q?...
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Blizzard's Forgotten Franchise is Finally Coming Back ... Here's Everything You Need to Know!
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Rogue @rogue.site · 04/08/2026
SteamDB and its ilk hardly tell the whole story www.rogue.site/editorials/s...
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Steam charts don’t tell you how successful a game is
People use Steam charts websites to inform their discussions about which games are doing well, which games are failing, and which games are likely to get shut down. Unfortunately, they don't show what...
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Rogue @rogue.site · 01/08/2026
Tears of Metal is a stylish roguelite that just hit early-access www.rogue.site/editorials/t...
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Tears of Metal is an extremely deep Scottish history Musou game
Take to the Scottish Highlands with your armies over and over again
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Ryan Gilliam @rygilliam.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
New one from me, all about Destiny, and the hope dash Blizzard’s StarCraft shooter might deliver us into a new age youtu.be/OLaGEEN1WFg?...
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Is Blizzard Our Best Hope for a Destiny 3?
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Rogue @rogue.site · 29/07/2026
Corsair Cove is a visual powerhouse that really sells the fantasy of building a pirate base for you and your drunken, swashbuckling pals. www.rogue.site/editorials/c...
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Corsair Cove is as stylish a city builder as any pirate could hope for
Cliffside buildings, gorgeous visuals, rum ... what else do you need?
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Ryan Gilliam @rygilliam.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Is ANYONE willing to share contacts for Star Wars: Zero Company? I want to cover it extremely badly for both @rogue.site and my YouTube channel. Does anyone know a PR contact for it? Star Wars XCOM has fascinated me since it first got announced. I want to see if it lives up to the hype
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Rogue @rogue.site · 24/07/2026
We’re not saying Splatoon is Destiny now … but also, hey, maybe … you know what, actually www.rogue.site/editorials/f...
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Finally, a Splatoon game for me
They got so much Destiny in my Splatoon
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Ryan Gilliam @rygilliam.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I’ve made my very first solo YouTube video, and it’s all about how a Destiny 3 might have to work to exist in the current market. youtu.be/XZtTn7_ZEes?...
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I have a pitch for Destiny 3, but you're not gonna like it
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Rogue @rogue.site · 17/07/2026
These things might look a lot like Pokeman, but there’s some extra sauce going on with Palworld that makes it much more than a clone www.rogue.site/editorials/f...
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Fine ... Palworld is pretty damn good
Palworld is a great time ... even if it's as derivative as the screenshots lead you to believe
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Rogue @rogue.site · 15/07/2026
Fogpiercer is another interesting roguelite from indie publisher @hoodedhorse.bsky.social — one that marries trains and tactics together www.rogue.site/editorials/f...
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Fogpiercer is a chaotic, stylish, and deceptively difficult train roguelite
Fogpiercer mixes Snowpiercer with Fights in Tight Spaces
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