Luis Aguasvivas 🔜 Super Magfest

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Always amazing working with the great @exalclaw.bsky.social!

We will connect again next year!

Always amazing working with the great @exalclaw.bsky.social!

Battle Suit Aces Dares You to Love in Frenzied Times — Gamers with Glasses Loving another human when so much can, and will, go wrong is terrifying. Why give yourself another thing for the world to take? In this review, Wallace Truesdale describes how Battle Suit Aces may h...

What was the last game you played that made you say, "I love this crew"? For @exalclaw.bsky.social, that game is Battle Suit Aces by @team.trinketstudios.com, showcasing "a future where people can love without being driven by fear of the known and unknown."
www.gamerswithglasses.com/reviews/batt...

I am glad you liked it jo! The game made me reevaluate a lot of things about what I want out of a ludic experience.

Microphone Marathon Some thoughts on recording my audiobook

I just accomplished something I’ve never done before: recording an audiobook. “Eight Million Ways to Happiness” is coming out in just a few weeks, on December 30th, and I am so happy to have had this precious experience! blog.hirokoyoda.com/p/microphone...

A page from the Guardian's Culture magazine, showing an illustration of a spinner (like from board games of yore) pointing to 'game on' and announcing 'The 30 best board games to play this Christmas, picked by the experts'

A review (or recommendation? What are words?) of Molly House reading: 'Joy, acceptance and betrayal are the cornerstones of one of the smartest, warmest and at times most vicious board games ever designed. Set in the 'molly houses' of Georgian London where 'gay men' (my quotation marks) could discreetly meet, your molly cruises the arcades for companionship, throws wild parties and evades capture at the hands of moralising constables. In this unusually expressive title, there are nights out with new lovers and old friends, but the threat of public punishment, or even death, can spark bitter disputes with those selfsame companions. As both a strategy game and a slice of history, there's nothing like it.'

A screenshot of the NPR website reading 'The best games of 2025, picked by NPR's staff'

A review of Molly House reading 'In a better world, Molly House, designed by Jo Kelly and Cole Wehrle, might replace Monopoly as the ubiquitous household board game. The game has one to five players take on the roles of gender-defying 'Mollies' in Georgian London. Play cards to 'spark joy', seek safe havens for self-expression, or have a ball. Or become an informant for the Society for the Reformation of Manners. Molly House sends a powerful message on queer representation through its consummate gameplay and presentation (illustrations by Rachel Ford). At once historical and timely, few games this topical also managed to look so good' - Luis Aguasvivas, contributor

Really surreal to see Molly House included in both The Guardian's 30 best board games to play this Christmas and NPR's 50 best board games of 2025! What a year.

@wehrlegig.games @colewehrle.bsky.social

My Tokyoiter cover (depecting Ameyoko in Ueno) is now available for a limited time on their online shop. Really pleased to join their illustrious list of contributors. the-tokyoiter-shop.myshopify.com/products/jon...

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This is a really good list of amazing games that came out this year. Reminded me of a few I had been meaning to play, and introduced me to a couple more. Definitely worth a look.

Always!

It is really cool to see how diverse NPR's selection of the best games of the year is. At an age where the situation for game makers has become insanely difficult, you can't argue with the breadth, depth and quality of games delivered to players remains incredible.

An original illustration shows the 16 bosses from Shadow of the Colossus.

An original illustration shows the four games from Design Room's Sensory Overload music game series.

A photograph shows the packaging from the canceled Super Nintendo game Sound Fantasy.

A piece of concept art shows Rez Infinite's Area X level.

Holiday gift idea! Get someone a one-year Design Room subscription. Just go here, tip $70, and put their name, email, and the date you want it to start in the notes. www.designroom.site#/portal/supp...

The best games of 2025, picked by NPR's staff From indies like Blue Prince to big console exclusives like Donkey Kong Bananza, NPR staff members and contributors round up their favorite games of 2025.

Another December marks another @npr.org best games of the year list. Indies ruled 2025. Our list is the most eclectic you will find on the internet. 🧵

www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n...

We have good taste!

The homie @lewisgordon.bsky.social did the best best games list of 2025.

If even around 10% of the people who followed us kicked in just $1 a month, Skybox wouldn't really have to worry about money anymore. If you'd like us to survive, we need your help.

My game of the Year is Many Nights a Whisper by @selkieharbour.com & @deconstructeam.bsky.social 🧵

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The best games of 2025, picked by NPR's staff From indies like Blue Prince to big console exclusives like Donkey Kong Bananza, NPR staff members and contributors round up their favorite games of 2025.

Another December marks another @npr.org best games of the year list. Indies ruled 2025. Our list is the most eclectic you will find on the internet. 🧵

www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n...

a cursive logo says the title "DOLLSWEAT"

a collage shows polaroids of a woman whose face seems to be peeling, and a photo of a kewpie doll with pins in its eye

DOLLSWEAT, my solo ttrpg about turning into a doll, 🐾🪆, will release on january 5, 2026 ⋆｡°✩

it'll be available to download as a free PDF on itch

you can keep up with the OCCULT, CURSED, DANGEROUS project here plantorbeast.itch.io/dollsweat

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Desperate Times, Despelote Dreams — Gamers with Glasses Young Julián has dreams of fútbol . At his age, my friends and I, disaffected by constant deferment, had dreams of taking the Pelham. When the dreams were less like nightmares, and luckily they usual...

I'll boost @aguaspoints.bsky.social on Despelote any chance I can! This was magnificent.

This week: 25 picks on Ball x Pit, 1000x, Hades II, Bloodlines 2, and much more:

critical-distance.com/2025/11/16/n...

thank you Nicholas Quah for spelling out exactly what makes these interviews so inane. also, on SFV you're only ever catching 90 seconds of an exchange, TOPS -- so you end up with what are effectively disembodied soundbites, cut off from context. it stinks!

www.vulture.com/article/dumb...

I need this in my home.