Matthew Gallant

YouTube video by blankis1337 Reboot Mainframe Strolling Players

You mean the song from ReBoot.

Tournament Design as Game Design For many years, I’ve been casually following the competitive LoL esports scene, especially enjoying the Worlds championship tournament that caps off each year. Worlds 2023 has been particularly great ...

Been enjoying another great year for the League World Championship. Credit to Riot's always-excellent production, but also a continued benefit of the switch over to a Swiss tournament format 2 years ago. I wrote at the time how much it helped create drama & dynamism (through the lens of game design)

Screenshot of Parasite Eve. A woman in a black dress aims a pistol at a clown in a dressing room. Dialogue caption: “Man: Ahhhh! Here! Take it! Take everything! It’s all on the counter!”

Inspired by a recent episode of @intothecast.bsky.social, I am playing Parasite Eve.

Screenshot from Silksong, Hornet standing next to a dead and disintegrating boss (The Last Judge).

My accomplishment for the day 😪

Been fun seeing a 2XKO bracket at EVO France, works really well as a spectator esport. Made some early attempts to learn myself, appreciate that the basic combos seem relatively straightforward.

Screenshot of Metal Garden. FPS view: a player with a sniper rifle overlooks a massive grey dam extending into the horizon and getting lost in the fog. Above them the sky is grey and metallic.

Enjoyed playing through Metal Garden this weekend. Vibey atmospheric indie FPS; great level design, minimalist but flavourful, punches far above its weight. store.steampowered.com/app/3539440/...

Atsu (based on Erika Ishii from Ghost of Yōtei) and Ellie (from The Last of Us Part 2) sit on a cliff, making music. Atsu plays a shamisen and Ellie the guitar. A large wolf lies relaxed between them, eyes closed, one ear turned toward Ellie. A huge iconic mountain lies in the background, and yellow-orange ginkgo tree leaves swirl. The entirely hand-drawn, digital illustration looks like an ink work and is entirely in black and white; only the leaves and the kintsugi-repaired mask on Atsu's belt are yellow-orange.

I really enjoyed working on this image! Congratulations @suckerpunchprod.bsky.social and @erikaishii.bsky.social on the release of Ghost of Yōtei! 🧡

It looks stunning, and I can't wait to play it myself!

Steam screenshot. Baby Steps, Neva and Sworn at discounted prices.

For sale:

A screenshot from Blue Prince. Text on screen: "Select a room to draft", with options "Closet", "Lavatory", "Observatory". The first two rooms fail to connect to the final Antechamber, the third option costs a gem and the player doesn't have one.

Finally checked out Blue Prince this weekend. Got as far as this this heartbreaking near-run, one gem short of the Antechamber.

Experience Ellie and Abby’s journeys in a new way with The Last of Us Part II Remastered's Chronological mode, out today.

The free update includes new unlockable skins and trophies: play.st/3Ij9sNH

iOS app icons for various SEGA games: Sonic, Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage

PSA: a bunch of classic SEGA games are currently free on iOS ahead of being delisted. Never had a SEGA console growing up so most are new to me!

“not to be confused with a culinary sandwich plate”

Congratulations! 🎊

I feel like saying this again: creating systems is generally much easier than understanding systems' behaviour

“Play Yub Nub. Play it!”

We made that little game as university students, lovely to see it being revisited (and glad it still runs!) ❤️

🎉 Skin Deep is RELEASED! 🎉

👉 Steam store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
👉 Epic Games Store store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/skin...

This game was made with a crew of wonderful folks: blendogames.com/skindeep/cre...

We hope you enjoy Skin Deep! ✨

The only review of Wanderstop that is also a review of the app Gentler Streak Burnout, shmurnout

Wanderstop is about burnout, yes, but it’s also about injury. Here’s me on ambition, pain, recovery, and stillness, in the game and in life. I’m proud of how this piece turned out, and I hope you’ll enjoy it.

Complete collection, Team Jackson VS Team Seattle. #TheLastofUsPartII #tlou

YouTube video by PlayStation Marathon - Reveal Cinematic Short | PS5 Games

Congrats to the @marathonthegame.bungie.net crew on the Marathon reveal, looks incredible! www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5Xw...

No Return – Bill & Marlene The Last of Us Part II Remastered is out now on PC, and includes a small update for the roguelike survival mode No Return. We’ve added four new maps to the rotation, and two new playable characters fr...

The Last of Us Part II Remastered arrives on PC today! And we've got a new update for No Return on both PS5 and PC. I wrote a little about the design process behind Bill & Marlene's unique character traits.

The Last of Us Part II Remastered PC Features, New No Return Content Detailed || Naughty Dog Learn about the quality-of-life PC, new No Return maps and characters, and more in store.

Excited to announce an update to No Return, coming to TLOU2 Remastered on both PC and PS5 in April. Bill & Marlene as new playable characters with unique traits, and four new maps! www.naughtydog.com/blog/the_las...

Screenshot of a Wikipedia footnote: “Informational notes: (a) The funicular was later destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 1944.”

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After a lifetime of assuming it had some deeper meaning, it turns out “Funiculì, Funiculà” is indeed about the simple joy of riding a funicular.

Screenshot from the Skin Deep demo. A hatch on a spaceship labelled "DEEP FREEZE INSURANCE COMMANDO / UNTHAW IN CASE OF EMERGENCY".

Screenshot from the Skin Deep demo. A sign on a spaceship labelled "Sotnick Informational Signage / DO WHAT THE SIGN TELLS YOU TO DO".

Screenshot from the Skin Deep demo. A pamphlet for "SKULL SAVER Immortality Device. My Head floats away when I'm about to die. Why die? Defy death with SKULL SAVE and live to see another day."

Screenshot from the Skin Deep demo. Tubes in a living quarter labelled: "NUTRIENT TUBE: GREEN FLAVOR / YELLOW FLAVOR"

Good signs from the Skin Deep demo.

Screenshot of Metaphor: ReFantazio. Three characters in a city at night. Grius says: "There's a hostelry tucked at the back of Sunshade Row: the Hushed Honeybee Inn. We'll talk details once we're there."

Screenshot of Final Fantasy 7 Remake. A stage show with dancers and fireworks. A sign in the background reads "HONEY BEE".

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It’s definitely the “Goodreads for games” I had been looking for, has a nice little community too.

Book covers aligned in rows and columns: Liftoff: Couch to Barbell, Future Home of the Living God, All Joy And No Fun, Saving Time, Technofeudalism Uncivilisation, Shoal of Time, Debt: The First 5,000 Years, Valuable Humans in Transit, Feel Good Productivity Cooking As Though You Might Cook Again, Piransei, 101 Things I Learned in Product Design School, Silent Hill 2, The Wager The Art of Failure, Hell Yeah or No, ADHD 2.0, The Voltage Effect, Dominion

Game covers aligned in rows and columns: Diablo IV, Tears of the Kingdom, Game Builder Garage, Octopath Traveler 2, Balatro FF7 Rebirth, The Minish Cap, Stellar Blade, The Lemurian Empire (DLC), Unicorn Overlord Lil Gator Game, 1000xRESIST, Costume Quest 2, Kirby & The Forgotten World, Astro Bot Paranormasight, Slay The Princess, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, The Rise of the Golden Idol

2024 in books read & games completed.
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Sphere to square 🙏

Naughty Dog's Favorite Games of 2024 || Naughty Dog Celebrating some of the many wonderful games that captured our imaginations this year.

Our studio shares some love for our favourite games of 2024, thanks to all the devs out there making incredible inspiring work ❤️