@mushwrites.bsky.social
Freelance writer on all things videogames. https://buttonmusher.substack.com/
So begins Gamescom
14.08.2025 13:37 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A collage of game controllers on a Eurogamer blue background.
It's a big day today on Eurogamer. We're making some changes to give you more of the deep, original coverage you love, a new place to get involved as a community, and the same level of comprehensive news reporting as ever.
You can read more here: www.eurogamer.net/eurogamer-is...
Harvest asteroids in the deceptively casual mining/automation game Star Birds from @toukana.bsky.social and @kurzgesagt.org. We take a look at the Steam demo.
indiegames.substack.com/p/cosmic-can...
Wizards of the Coast is building an internal team of artists and world builders that the various studios building D&D games etcetera can use
www.thegamebusiness.com/p/wizards-of...
ICYMI
13.08.2025 07:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
a scoop: krafton has filed its response to the subnautica 2 lawsuit, and it's doubling down on its allegations that charlie cleveland, max mcguire, and ted gill abandoned development and the game.
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Censorship is back on the menu, so I wanted to contribute to the payment processor debacle with an example from my small little corner of Europe, Portugal.
✍️ Collective Shout's Vague Demands Would Ban Books That Are Read In Portuguese High Schools
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talked with @abubakarsalim.bsky.social about his new game, Hollywood, and why AI sucks: "To have this idea of a generation being brought up on computer generated, weird AI slop, it's terrifying. You're all gonna start thinking the same.” www.wired.com/story/house-...
11.08.2025 20:56 — 👍 106 🔁 27 💬 1 📌 0
Here is my early review of Grounded 2. It is a game that builds on what came before without reinventing the wheel. Which is great, because the wheel already worked very well.
TLDR: if you enjoyed the original Grounded, the sequel is a must-buy.
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Almost upgrade my subscription to paid last week, perfect timing!
06.08.2025 19:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Enjoy western pixel shooters? The intense Colt Canyon is on heavy sale:
store.steampowered.com/app/940710/C...
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Why game demos should be ubiquitous and performance issues should not be brushed over.
I'm seeing this headline make the rounds on Reddit but it is incredibly misleading. The people who worked on Blackbird at ZeniMax Online Studios are only still employed while their union negotiates a severance package. Almost all of them are losing their jobs. Just hasn't formally happened yet
15.07.2025 19:14 — 👍 1121 🔁 176 💬 14 📌 2
The future of Everywhere, led by GTA producer Leslie Benzies, is in doubt as its studio confirms to VGC that MindsEye has adopted its creation suite.
MindsEye was originally planned to be part of the Everywhere platform, but is now a standalone game.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-fut...
NEW: The biggest video game on Earth right now may be Grow a Garden. It reported 2 million concurrent players today (5m over the weekend!)
For Game File, @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social explains the game, talks to its developer and explores the drama around its stats
www.gamefile.news/p/grow-a-gar...
Wrote a piece on the best game of 2025 that you haven't heard of: Haste. @landfall.se is an exciting stuidio, and if you are not keeping an eye out for what they develop next, you're missing out.
Haste- Sensational Sense Of Speed
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@aliviamantel.bsky.social Hey Alivia! Wasn’t able to message you privately, so I’m trying the public route, hope you don’t mind.
Would you be able to message me? I have a few questions about Haste for a review I’m writing. Thank you!
