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Stories about video games and what they leave behind /// Patreon: http://patreon.com/intothespine /// Founder: @diegoarguello.bsky.social /// Email: contact@intothespine.com /// https://intothespine.com/

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happy 8, @intothespine.bsky.social

21.01.2026 16:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you @diegoarguello.bsky.social for the opportunity to contribute to 2025's Stories of the Year!

04.01.2026 19:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They let me write about Promise Mascot Agency :)

03.01.2026 00:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I love these roundups because they often highlight not just media I mightโ€™ve overlooked but just how skewed most games and media news is. @intothespine.bsky.socialโ€™s contributors always uncover gems!

Also, I wrote about Silent Hill: Homecoming for this. ๐Ÿ˜

02.01.2026 12:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Stories of 2025 - Into The Spine We say goodbye to the year 2025, distilling the past 12 months with an array of stories by 91 writers around the world.

thank you @diegoarguello.bsky.social for once again asking me to contribute to this (and I'm still laughing that the *one* movie I voted for was what you asked me to write a full blurb for๐Ÿ˜…).
frt, GO SEE PREDATOR BADLANDS intothespine.com/2025/12/31/s...

01.01.2026 00:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's out! And I had the absolute pleasure of sharing a bit about my time playing OVER/UNDER in here, if you wanted a peek of what that was about

02.01.2026 01:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy to be here. (Hello, 2026!)

02.01.2026 02:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Into The Spine's Stories of the Year is my favorite thing to read in the first days of the new year, and this time I got to write about my favorite 2025 game!

Thanks @diegoarguello.bsky.social for keeping up such an important project for games criticism!

02.01.2026 03:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

wrote a couple hundred words about umamusume for into the spine's lovely year-end roundup. v grateful to @diegoarguello.bsky.social for inviting me to contribute, and to rice shower for reaffirming my will to live

02.01.2026 00:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wrote a little about Final Fantasy Tactics for @intothespine.bsky.social, alongside a selection of wonderful writers

01.01.2026 22:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I loved getting to write a little blurb for this, yesterday ended up being too crowded for me to sit down and read it but Iโ€™m very much looking forward to doing that today

Thank you @diegoarguello.bsky.social for putting this together every year, itโ€™s one of my fav year-ending things

01.01.2026 13:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy New Year!
I'm so grateful for the opportunity to write about Tales of Rebirth for the @intothespine.bsky.social 2025 write-ups! Check it out, and all the other amazing contributions!!

01.01.2026 05:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have joined this throng of the talented with a thought on Team Bloober's Cronos: The New Dawn.

01.01.2026 06:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No idea how @diegoarguello.bsky.social wrangles together around 100 writers every year for this but heโ€™s a superhero for doing it.

In here with some thoughts on Ball x Pit and the weirdness of a gameโ€™s best feature being letting you not play it.

01.01.2026 04:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m honored and humbled to be a part of this for the second year in a row. Please go read it!

01.01.2026 01:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It was fun to contribute to Into The Spine's year in gaming roundup again, wrote about the Yugioh Early Days Collection. Enjoyed reading these entries.

01.01.2026 01:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

always grateful to diego for inviting me to take part in this! i don't do a ton of games writing anymore so i really enjoyed getting to flex that muscle again and of course getting to write about my beloved silksong :-)

01.01.2026 02:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I contributed to this increasingly ginormous recap of another year of gaming and culture and life and all that stuff

01.01.2026 00:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

incredibly proud to have contributed to this list, thanks a million to @diegoarguello.bsky.social for the opportunity!!

I got to write a bit about Okami and the urgent climate action our planet needs!

01.01.2026 00:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you @diegoarguello.bsky.social for all your work putting this together and for letting me be a part of it again.

Happy new year. โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿ”

01.01.2026 00:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was very proud to have contributed to this mega round up of the year's best. I wrote about Absolum, and why it's so great.

01.01.2026 00:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Always honored to write for of Into The Spine, and itโ€™s incredible to see that, even in an industry bleeding talent, that talent refuses to give up.

I lost co-workers I loved working with in 2025, so massive thanks to @diegoarguello.bsky.social for letting me write about the power of community.

01.01.2026 00:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

one more to close out the year!! when I reflected on 2025, I knew the touchstone for this period in my life had to be Wanderstop.

01.01.2026 00:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thrilled to be included this, speaking about the massive strides the industry has made in terms of organizing in 2025. Much love to game workers everywhere. โœŠ๐ŸŽฎ

01.01.2026 00:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 104    ๐Ÿ” 28    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i wrote about a meet cute and a cozy organization game. check out 91 of us nerding out together for @intothespine.bsky.social ๐Ÿฅน

01.01.2026 00:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Made a comic shaped contribution to this and I am in some incredible company. If you want a great, unique, funny tour of games in 2025 this is the thing to read

01.01.2026 00:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i'm in this writing about the only good FPS that even exists anymore

01.01.2026 00:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am always so thrilled and honored to contribute to Into The Spineโ€™s end of year game round-ups. Itโ€™s so nice to be one name among so many and such a talented community!

01.01.2026 00:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Always a tremendous honor to be part of what is such a north star of what writing on games can be as a historical document. Wrote a short piece about dementia this year.

01.01.2026 00:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
โ€œGames Media Erosion

Iโ€™m bored to tears talking about the decline of games media. Thereโ€™s such a tidal force pushing against what we do. Our collective demise is being served up in front of us by influencersโ€ฆโ€

โ€œGames Media Erosion Iโ€™m bored to tears talking about the decline of games media. Thereโ€™s such a tidal force pushing against what we do. Our collective demise is being served up in front of us by influencersโ€ฆโ€

By John Warren

By John Warren

Oh hey itโ€™s @intothespine.bsky.socialโ€™s year end piece and hey whoโ€™s that??? intothespine.com/2025/12/31/s...

31.12.2025 22:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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