@botherer.bsky.social
Co-creator of Rock Paper Shotgun, currently helping out at Kotaku, and still looking for a new long-term gig. I write www.buried-treasure.org, unearthing excellent unknown indies. Please consider supporting! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/buriedtreasure
Thank you so, SO much for this glowing write-up @botherer.bsky.social 🤩 You totally GOT it! Such kind words, I really am so very happy you enjoyed the game 💖
Aethus by solo dev @beacondev.bsky.social is a stunning narrative-driven survival craft-me-do that took over my entire week.
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Anyone have any good recommendations for where to stay in Vancouver for a late July holiday? Looking for affordable Airbnb or similar, which seem hard to come by.
I'm home and I've written a bit on my blog about post-GDC feelings:
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Mythmatch just came out, and it's so completely and utterly lovely. An anti-capitalist, combat-free merger RPG made by @oneofmoo.bsky.social
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Mythmatch just came out, and it's so completely and utterly lovely. An anti-capitalist, combat-free merger RPG made by @oneofmoo.bsky.social
kotaku.com/mythmatch-me...
Always, always just ask them what shit means.
"What does 'woke' mean?"
"What do tariffs do?"
"What is CRT?"
I feel like everyone's forgotten the true meaning of MAR10 Day.
I loved GDC so much. I've made such good friendships there, built amazing connections, interviewed incredible people, and written some of my best work. I want to be there. I look at who I'm not seeing there this year and feel so sad.
If it were in Toronto, I'd be there tomorrow.
At this point it's just an act of spite and cruelty.
I didn't feel safe travelling into the US this year, and I'm playing on ultra-easy mode. @officialgdc.bsky.social is so clearly saying it does not want non-US people of colour or trans developers to visit.
www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-confirms...
It was completely tremendous. I highly recommend getting tickets.
Come to see @misterabk.bsky.social do stand up, but it turns out he's invisible.
I've written about how no one was ever supposed to finish Maniac Mansion in 4 hours, and how classic graphic adventures were intended to last you for weeks.
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The title I gave my dad's obituary was "Can I bring a chair in?"
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This sentence is my favourite thing I've read in so long.
The Dark Rites of Arkham by @postmodernadv.bsky.social is a superb Lovecraftian point-and-click adventure from the creator of An English Haunting. It's spooky, fun, and packed with eldritch horrors.
buried-treasure.org/2026/03/the-...
Help keep Cthulhu from my door: www.patreon.com/c/buriedtrea...
The Dark Rites of Arkham by @postmodernadv.bsky.social is a superb Lovecraftian point-and-click adventure from the creator of An English Haunting. It's spooky, fun, and packed with eldritch horrors.
buried-treasure.org/2026/03/the-...
Help keep Cthulhu from my door: www.patreon.com/c/buriedtrea...
I think you guys, who I love and respect and admire (and have lived with most of), have made a mistake here, and the right thing to do would be to own that mistake. It was a dick move. I've made SO many of those.
I'm not aware of times when I've pulled an inoffensive game out of obscurity to say it's bad, unless that game is objectionable. If I have, I don't think it was right.
And no, picking on a handful of games from 3,500 to say, "don't play these ones you weren't playing" isn't proving a service.
Just don't review it, I guess? I get sent many hundreds of codes a year, but can only review one human's worth of games.
Or at the very least, be constructive.
But to be clear, in this post I'm specifically talking about going and finding unknown games just to shit on them. As recently happened.
Negative reviews of promoted bad games is a vital part of the industry. Warn people off from something they're being tempted to spend their $70 on. Go for it.
Heck, highlight unknown but insidious or outwardly bigoted games. Condemn them.
But shitting on some harmless unknown indie? Fuck off.
Apropos of something: It has long been my position that using your platform to make people aware of a tiny indie game they've never heard of before in order to tell them it's shit is just indecent.
"Hey! See this thing you wouldn't have seen otherwise?! It's not worth knowing about!"
Heartbroken to announce that I got hit by the layoffs at Polygon today. It was an honor to work with the amazing team there.
If you're looking for a games/entertainment writer with a deep knowledge of everything from live-service shooters to horror titles to delightfully weird FMV games, hit me up!
For 2026 I've decided to become a flat-hollow-earther. Wish me luck in my new adventures.
I think his whole head is like that. They just missed a bit of orange paint today.
It's hard to argue.
I arrived four years late to @deanhall.bsky.social's Icarus, and I'm so glad I found it. This is my perfect survival sim.
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Tukoni by @dream-operator.bsky.social is a work of astonishing beauty, being created by developers and artists living in Ukraine under constant attack from Russia. I spoke to them about crafting joy under so much horror.
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