The actual prompt was gonna be about the super-powered zombies, but I thought I’d wait a while on that one. Continue reading Weekly Video Games Thread Suddenly Remembers the Word “Abattoir”

Happy Thursday friends! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s talk about our favorite gears and clockwork mechanisms in games. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Gets its Gears Ground

Astro’s Playroom: really cool. Continue reading Weekly Video Games Thread Is in an Ancient-Slash-Futuristic World

Happy Thursday friends! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s talk about mashups of properties, characters, or even genres that we want to see! Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Mashed Up

Okay, to be clear, this is about electricity floors. Which is not in the header image because I did not take picture of the floor when it was electrified. Continue reading Weekly Video Games Thread Is Unduly Enamored with Lex Luthor’s Deathtrap in The Dark Knight Strikes Again

Happy Thursday, y’all! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s talk about our favorite video game heists. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Plans a Heist

Happy Monday, folks, and welcome to the Weekly Video Games Thread! Last week I started the latest game I got for free as a member of the unpaid games journalism intelligentsia, Escape from Ever After. I think I’m… halfway through? … Continue reading Weekly Video Games Thread Clones It Up

Happy Thursday, y’all! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s discuss our favorite (or least favorite) portrayals of real people in video games. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Is Historically Accurate

If you haven’t played this game, it plays basically that one song from Twin Peaks. It’s great. Continue reading Weekly Video Games Thread Is Hip and Trendy, to Quote a Modern Phrase

Happy Thursday, friends! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s talk about our favorite relaxing, chill-out locations in games. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Hangs Out

Every one of these tiny planets is so wonderful. Continue reading Weekly Video Games Thread Feels the Gravity of the Situation

Happy Thursday y’all! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt inspired by the nightmare snowstorm that’s poised to sweep the United States, what’s your favorite tropical island in a video game? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Warm

The actual worst caption I’ve seen was in BioShock. It’s the opening speech, but with lines spaced and ordered in truly bad ways. Continue reading Wow, the Weekly Video Games Thread Has Some Bad Captions

Happy Thursday, friends! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what’s your favorite example of a silly, in-game gibberish language? Alternatively, what’s a game with a fictional in-game language that sounds … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Talks Funny

BABA IS FUN. No, it really, really is. Continue reading Weekly Video Games Thread Changes the Rules

Happy Thursday, y’all! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what was a game you came to real late, and how did that impact your enjoyment? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Late

Okay, so this was written on the night of December 21. Which means I have to now write the totally awesome prompt for December 22. Continue reading Weekly Video Games Thread Rides a UFO

Happy Thursday, folks, and more importantly: Happy New Year! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt – since Andy’s Tuesday thread already covered games that we’re looking forward to in 2026 … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Predicts Trends

I did a “don’t call it a comeback” joke in an article in 2024, so I’ll that reference to you. Continue reading Weekly Video Games Thread Comes Out of the Past

Maybe I’ll redo that boss fight music prompt in a few years. Give us a chance to see more new bosses. Continue reading Weekly Video Games Thread Wants Some Racing Tunes

Happy Thursday, y’all! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? Since attendance might be sparse over the next two Thursdays due to the holiday season, I’d like to pitch the following prompt today: what are … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Looks Back on 2025