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A Backlog by Any Other Name
Does a game count towards your backlog if you bought it knowing you'd never play it? Asking for a friend.
OpenBox RPG: The Genre That Doesn’t Know Its Own Name
This could be the start of something recognizable.
The Age Gate Nobody Asked For
Yelling at Discord won’t fix the bigger problem. (Though it probably feels good!)
When Survival Becomes Meter Management
A meter tells you you’re cold. Survival decides what happens because of it.
What Survival Gamers ACTUALLY Want From Zombie Survival Games
A recent Reddit thread shows what gamers actually want: survival with real consequence.
Derelicts’ Patreon Delivers Radio Silence
When supporters are paying monthly, they're entitled to communication. Not perfection.
Your AI Replacement Skipped the Struggle
My beef isn't even about the ethical impacts-it's about what we lose when we skip the hard part.
One More Workbench: Playing Indie Dev Jenga
Are side projects a strategy or a distraction? And do they make it harder to finish what you started?
LEGO My Survival
No Suffer, No Point.
Architecturally Offensive, Functionally Perfect!
The Gamer HOA would hate me, but I sleep just fine in my box-shaped bunker.