"Anything scaled properly can be a success," says Kelley Lin of True Panther Records, which earlier this week won the Libera Award for label of the year with five or fewer employees.

On May 29th, Rilo Kiley played The Chicago Theater! They played eighteen songs from all eras and album cycles. Any fan of the band (or genre) had the best night of their life. Everyone left the concert feeling enthused and excited for what the band has in store. We covered them last year when they played The Capitol Theater.

Upon looking at the crowd during their set, many fans were in tears,…

Oh joy, it’s another Nintendo Direct, full of games I don’t have much interest in. In the past I’ve done brief takes on every game in a Direct, but I feel like this time I’d be reduced to either saying the same thing about many of them that I’ve said before, or else be forced … Continue reading "Notes on Nintendo Direct 6/9/26"

Playlist from Exploring AI Music_ June 9, 2026 Start Time Title 0:00 DecEmbers/Spoken Word 1:14 Cynozure 6:08 Della Amour 10:56 Evince Silfira 16:06 Hands on Clay 20:11 Irrefragable 25:16 John of Dark 30:15 Spoken Word 31:34 Mystery Allies 36:49 Ouster 41:35 Polaris Bare 46:47 Solivagant 51:38 Spoken Word 52:33 Ukiyo 57:38 Whazhar My music is … Continue reading EXPLORING AI MUSIC – June 9, 2026 →

Continuing our coverage of the best games from Steam NextFest October 2025 edition. 00:00 Intro00:16 Wall World 21:51 Lyara3:32 Neverawake: Flashback5:08 Umigari7:51 Sisyphus is a Bug9:32 Skate Story11:44 Odd Town12:51 Relic Abyss14:02 One Rotten Oath

«These Killing Times», o novo álbum de EMMA RUTH RUNDLE, chega a 18 de Setembro, com Gina Gleason dos BARONESS entre os colaboradores e um primeiro single que transforma o desespero em chamada às armas.

O conteúdo EMMA RUTH RUNDLE regressa com raiva, banda completa e um LP sobre o fim de tudo [vídeo-clip] aparece primeiro em LOUD!.

Mina the Hollower dá bastante liberdade para explorar a Tenebrous Isle, mas isso não significa que toda dungeon deve ser encarada assim que aparece no caminho. Algumas áreas são bem mais difíceis do que outras, seja por inimigos mais agressivos, puzzles de navegação ou exigência maior de upgrades. Seguir uma ordem mais segura ajuda a

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Playlist from Exploring AI Music_ June 2, 2026 Start Time Title 0:00 DecEmbers/Spoken Word 1:14 Mystery Allies 6:29 Onmeno 9:53 Private Affairs 17:33 Ghettable 22:01 Fulgid Fields 26:21 Lyon Station 30:51 Spoken Word 31:34 Non Dimenticarmi 36:54 Obey the Dusk 41:30 Knowah Bhout 45:20 Cynozure 50:14 Spoken Word 51:09 Dohn of Time 56:09 Grand in … Continue reading EXPLORING AI MUSIC – June 2, 2026 →

This is more coverage from Steam Next Fest 2025 October edition. (Previous posts are here: Part 1 and Part 2.) 00:00 Intro00:16 Aerial Knight’s Dropshot01:49 Super Pinball Adventure2:55 This isn’t Just Tower Defense4:33 FlippUp6:02 Fatal Claw7:14 Re-activated8:25 Tower Lords9:39 Legends of Dragaea11:20 Fantasy Idle Dungeon12:48 Slimeward

It’s another website, this one a review ‘zine of small indie games coming out of Japan. It has slowed down in its updates recently but still sometimes brings news of a pile of interesting things to learn about, and maybe someday to play. Japanese AAA gamedev is nearly as by-the-numbers and uninteresting as Western AAA … Continue reading "Indie Tsushin"

Most of us can remember that first moment of artistic awakening in our childhood. It can take many forms—a book that blows our minds, a song unlike anything we’ve heard before, a painting that seems to wake us up to reality… a piece of media that opens our eyes to the power of creativity, and […]

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We’re in the age of Reddit-style message boards and ubiquitious wikis. Concerning those wikis, those of Fandom are a huge scourge, of questionable morality, making thousands of pitiful wikis with very little information in the hopes that some clueless passer-by with community spirit will contribute their work to the corporate fold, and this magnify further … Continue reading "Qudzoo"

Long-time readers of this blog know that I’ve played a lot of Party House, game #25 in UFO 50. I’m not the best player at it, I’ve heard there’s some with a random scenario win streak of over 130, but I have gotten up to 25. I wrote a strategy guide for it that’s one … Continue reading "The Results of 65 Games of Party House"

Ci sono giochi che ti catturano con una storia, altri con il combattimento, altri ancora con la musica. Belts of Iron appartiene a una categoria diversa: ti cattura con un nastro trasportatore. E poi con un altro. E poi con una raffineria di petrolio, un reticolo elettrico e una torretta automatizzata che spara a creature […]

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Part 2 of my (Josh Bycer’s) favorite demos from Steam Next Fest October 2025 edition. EDITOR’S NOTE: is that a certain bobcat we all know in the preview image?

Directed by Peter Weir Starring John Meillon, Terry Camilleri, Kevin Miles, Rick Scully, Bruce Spence, Melissa Jaffer, Kevin Miles I first saw The Cars That Ate Paris way back in the 80s, on home video – it was one of those cult movies you just heard about (prior to the internet and the ability to […]

[caption id="attachment_160297" align="alignnone" width="437"] (Photo: Daniel Speer / Maximum Fun)[/caption] In 2018, LaKeith Stanfield starred in Sorry to Bother You, one of the best, most bonkers movies of the last decade. LaKeith had the lead role as Cassius Green, a slacker turned telemarketing superstar. _Sorry to Bother You_ was also the directorial debut for rapper and filmmaker Boots…

Era il lontano 2021 quando un gruppo di ragazzi guidati dal CEO Paolo Lella, deciso di fondare Beehive Studios. Lo stesso gruppo di ragazzi che avevano lavorato all’hackrom “Pokémon Crono” e ad un ambizioso progetto di livello come “Xenoverse: per aspera ad astra”. Nel 2023, aprirono su Kickstarter il progetto Lumentale: grazie al contributo di […]

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You ever heard the saying about making the most of a bad situation? Well, that’s basically the entire premise of Australian-based indie game studio, S-Bend Games’ Freefall ’95. A terrible incident causes your airplane to start falling apart mid-flight, and now you’ve got 60 seconds before it’s game over. So what do you do? Apparently, [...]

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In which the author gives a quick update on where he's been and what he's been up to.

The three senior band members have spent four years turning friendship, chaos and grunge into a distinctive sound.

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Playlist from Exploring AI Music_May 19, 2026 Start Time Title 0:00 DecEmbers/Spoken Word 1:14 Shadows of Tomorrow 6:13 Angel Choir 11:47 Spoken Word 12:30 Share Love 18:04 Tenderly Please 22:56 The Marrow and the Lead 30:14 Spoken Word 33:07 Blessed Peace, Please 39:19 Clay Between Your Hands 46:49 Help Me Forget 53:05 Spoken Word 53:59 … Continue reading EXPLORING AI MUSIC – May 19, 2026 →

This is the first part of my (Josh Bycer’s) collection of videos of my favorite demos from Steam Next Fest, October 2025.

IGN has had the opportunity to take Yacht Club Games long-awaited Minna The Hollower for a test drive ahead of the game’s 29th May release date. The previewer has come away extremely impressed with what they’ve played. IGN says that it’s like “The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening crossed with Bloodborne, I can already say… Read More »IGN: Minna The Hollower is like Zelda: Link’s Awakening…

Esiste una categoria di giochi che non si misura con la difficoltà, non si vince e non si perde. Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts appartiene a questa famiglia, e lo fa con una consapevolezza rara: sa esattamente cosa vuole essere, e lo è fino in fondo. Un titolo che potrebbe sembrare limitato a una prima occhiata, […]

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More than 130 indie execs tell us how fundamental shifts in the business are shaking up the indie ecosystem.

The weekly indie game showcases highlight the many games we check out on the channel. Please reach out if you would like to submit a game for a future one. All games shown are either press keys, demos, or games from my own collection. 00:00 Intro00:14 Voin01:50 Dimensionals3:28 Cairn5:09 Claire A La Mode6:33 Epiphany City8:33 Shady Knight

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"We’re so well-positioned to empower and continue to fuel... not even the next Sabrina Carpenter, but rather [to create] 10,000 more career artists."