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@rygilliam.bsky.social

Co-founder and owner of @rogue.site. Former Guides Producer at Polygon. Lifelong KC liver. Work: Ryan(at)Rogue(dot)site

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Man the last 45 minutes of Metroid Prime 4 are โ€ฆ not good โ€ฆ at all

10.12.2025 04:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It wasnโ€™t even the biggest issue with tonightโ€™s game, but I donโ€™t know how the fuck the Hunt family spends so much money keeping Mahomes in KC, but refuses to spend the money for players who will keep him safe.

Running for his life every play for YEARS, man!

08.12.2025 04:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The rise and risk of independent game media Can worker-owned outlets create a brighter future for video game journalists and their readers?

A huge thank you goes out to @kerrblimey.bsky.social for taking the time to interview us for his absolutely massive piece on independent games media.

05.12.2025 20:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have some gripes, but I'm really enjoying Destiny 2: Renegades. It's nice to be delighted by one of my favorite games again.

05.12.2025 17:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Are you playing Metroid Prime 4? Well we have a 100% FREE walkthrough for the first area ready to go already from one of the best to do it, our own @ripefly.bsky.social!

Bookmark it!

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go play a bunch of Prime 4 this weekend so I don't get spoiled by edits.

05.12.2025 16:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rogue Signal ep. 10: Equilibrium is the Matrix we have at home The one where we talk a lot about Star Wars

It's a day later than usual, but you can blame Ryan for that one.

Episode 10 of Rogue Signal is here! The crew chats about some great games, Ryan's trip to Bungie last month, and more!

www.rogue.site/podcasts/rog...

04.12.2025 19:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Kirby Air Riders' Road Trip mode is a great tour of the game's many, many, many modes A good deal of fun in the moment, and a great promise for future me

Kirby Air Riders includes a single player mode that functions as both a tour through the game's many modes, and a great callback to old Kirby lore.

www.rogue.site/editorials/k...

02.12.2025 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Answering Destiny 2 player's Renegade questions, a Rogue Signal bonus episode Sitting down with three dedicated Destiny 2 players to chat about Lawless Frontier, blaster weapons, and more

For our final Renegades preview, we wanted to do something a little different.

Here, we've got a bonus episode of Rogue Signal where @rygilliam.bsky.social sits down with his actual Destiny 2 fireteam to answer all of their questions about the Destiny 2: Renegades: www.rogue.site/podcasts/des...

26.11.2025 18:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bungie on old Drifter, getting that Star Wars blend just right, bugs, and more in Destiny 2: Renegades We sat down with Assistant Game Director Robbie Stevens and Narrative Director Alison Lรผhrs at Bungie HQ

While at Bungie earlier this month, @rygilliam.bsky.social was able to sit down and chat with Assistant Game Director Robbie Stevens and Narrative Director Alison Lรผhrs about Destiny 2: Renegades.

It was a great chat about the Star Wars blend, bugs, and old Drifter: www.rogue.site/editorials/d...

26.11.2025 18:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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So far, Bungie is threading a difficult needle in Destiny 2: Renegades Bungie's approach to marrying Destiny 2 and Star Wars is far more thoughtful than I anticipated

Renegades comes at a weird time for Destiny 2.

But despite some pretty healthy initial skepticism around the Star Wars of it all, Bungie might be threading the needle on hope here.

Our preview: www.rogue.site/editorials/d...

26.11.2025 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I devoured Dispatch in a weekend after waiting for all of the episodes to come out, and damn I loved it so, so much.

Here is my review!

24.11.2025 16:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Weโ€™re streaming RV There Yet? And Peak for the next 90 min!

21.11.2025 21:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

*SCREAMING LOUDLY*

20.11.2025 23:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Like I could possibly stop after all this time

20.11.2025 22:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very excited to attend our first preview event as an outlet, and very excited to bring my impressions to you soon.

I've been to Bungie several times in the last few years, so I can't really describe how surreal it was to look down at my badge and see the name of a website I co-founded below my name

20.11.2025 22:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh โ€ฆ OH โ€ฆ

20.11.2025 02:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s him, Roshi, and Yajirobe.

Korin probably gets tagged by loose association.

19.11.2025 23:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A woman had her shoes off and sitting in my wifeโ€™s chair when we arrived to see The Running Man last weekend.

Listen to the first 20 minutes of the show if you want to hear me be super normal about it.

19.11.2025 22:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Depends on the AI backlash.

Weโ€™ve seen places try this before with people and they underestimate how much work that is โ€” because itโ€™s a lot of fucking work.

But if they want to use AI to make shitty ones? Probably by 2027

19.11.2025 20:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We're at the point where it makes certain streamers mad enough that I'm almost rooting for it.

Almost.

18.11.2025 14:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A tacticool armored soldier aims a rifle in a promotional screenshot from Call of Duty: Black Ops 7

A tacticool armored soldier aims a rifle in a promotional screenshot from Call of Duty: Black Ops 7

It really does feel like publishers are turning a big dial labelled AI back and forth and judging the audience reception right now www.rogue.site/editorials/g...

17.11.2025 18:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Am I bitter that my big press job of nearly a decade imploded in one of the best years for games in the 21st century?

Of course not, idiot. Shut up. You are.

(Mostly just very glad and grateful to have my own home now)

17.11.2025 19:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A woman took off her FUCKING shoes and had them in my wifeโ€™s seat when we went to see Running Man.

Shut it the fuck down, man.

17.11.2025 01:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It might be a weird way in todayโ€™s climate, but I have no facts, so โ€” and I know this is shocking โ€” Iโ€™m not going to say something bad is happening.

But weeks after, when many on the subreddit and other places have stated theyโ€™re done until Expeditions? During Sunday football?

Saturdays are normal

16.11.2025 23:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m not trying to throw accusations for something I have no proof of, but are we not at least a LITTLE skeptical and suspicious of the fact that Arc Raiders has hit ANOTHER peak on a Sunday weeks after launch?

The week Tarkov and Black Ops came out? Kinda seems like we should be asking questions

16.11.2025 22:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rogue Roundup for Nov. 14, 2025 Oh it's another week in paradise here on Earth where we try real, real hard to just focus on some fun stuff. That's โ€“ at least partially โ€“ what we're here for. This week saw another great episode of ...

Check out everything you might've missed in this week's Rogue Roundup!

www.rogue.site/email/9cee2a...

14.11.2025 20:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The early instillations where you're dealing with solar and wind power, it just felt like there was a lot of "oop, it's night time" going on.

14.11.2025 19:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was gone all last week and part of this week, but I tried out The Last Caretaker and it's ... interesting enough.

14.11.2025 17:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An Auntie's Choice vessel turned into a market in The Outer Worlds 2. The marketplace is festooned with colorful advertisements for AUntie's Choice products.

An Auntie's Choice vessel turned into a market in The Outer Worlds 2. The marketplace is festooned with colorful advertisements for AUntie's Choice products.

The Outer Worlds 2 tasks the player with breaking a strike, which can be achieved via careful negotiation or judicious use of the humble rocket launcher www.rogue.site/editorials/t...

13.11.2025 20:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Surviving Martian politics in Surviving Mars Relaunched Life on Mars just got a lot more complicated

We've discovered politics on Mars.

www.rogue.site/editorials/s...

13.11.2025 18:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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