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Chris DeBlois
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Writer. Gamer (lvl 43). Middle-aged guy beginning to notice the menacing clouds outside my window…
Loved Firewatch! I’m overdue for a second playthrough. One of my favorite games of the last generation.
Firewatch Helped Pioneer A Genre That Burned Brightly But Briefly
Firewatch celebrated its 10-year anniversary on February 9, 2025. Below, we examine the origins of the so-called "walking simulator" and why the fire appears to have died out. When Firewatch launched on February 9th, 2016, it was easy to relate to the game's leads, Henry and Delilah. These characters spent a summer staring down as fire spread, slowly filling the forest around their watchtowers with smoke. Observers of the "walking sim" genre saw a similar blaze burn across the decade. It began with Dear Esther, sparked to scorching flame with the friction of Gone Home's release, and became a towering creative inferno with modern classics like Firewatch and What Remains of Edith Finch. As the 2010s came to a close, fans expected the fire to continue raging through the '20s. Instead, it burned out. A decade after Campo Santo released this deeply human game about paranoia in a national park, walking sims have fallen from mainstream prominence. It's not that no one is making them anymore--there are tiny indies available on platforms like itch.io. But the teams that made the defining games have spun their wheels, sold their studios, or split. And The Game Awards nominations have dried up, too. Despelote is the only game in the genre to receive recognition this decade with two nods, compared to five for Firewatch, three noms and one win for Edith Finch, a Games for Impact nod for Sunset, and a Best Independent Game nomination for The Vanishing of Ethan Carter--all in a three-year span. In the 2010s, every year or two saw the release of an iconic, widely discussed entry, but we're six years into the 2020s and still waiting.Continue Reading at GameSpot
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February 10, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Gonna be a good week.
A new State of Play airs February 12.

Tune in for 60+ minutes of news, gameplay updates, and announcements from game studios across the globe: play.st/4aEMiwU
February 9, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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Introducing the “AI-BOROS”: the few companies at the ‘top’ of the economy handing each other billions of (debt-ridden) dollars for a product that both doesn’t exist AND doesn’t make any money.

and we ALL get to go broke when it inevitably implodes ha ha i love it here!!!

youtu.be/ifyaI4TOsDM?...
The Entire Tech Industry is Screwed
YouTube video by Charalanahzard
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February 8, 2026 at 5:50 PM
World just keeps getting darker. Rest in peace.
ign.com IGN @ign.com · 14d
Catherine O’Hara, the Emmy-winning actress known for her roles in Schitt’s Creek, Beetlejuice, Home Alone and The Last of Us, has died at 71.
January 30, 2026 at 7:53 PM
More people need to play Cronos: The New Dawn. This game has surprised me with how great it has been. It’s moody as hell, with 80s sci-fi vibes. Here’s a spooky hallway, because Bloober does spooky hallways so damned well.
January 28, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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It's time to abolish Trump’s ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Love the green.
Techno Red. Remix Green. Rhythm Blue.

Pre-order the Hyperpop Collection starting today: play.st/49Ywrcc
January 16, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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The letter from Bill and Hillary Clinton to James Comer explaining their refusal to testify in his Epstein investigation is really remarkable, not like any letter of this genre I've seen. It's signed by them, not a lawyer, and the arguments are not legal ones. Reprinted from their X account:
January 13, 2026 at 6:20 PM
If you had asked me back during Obama’s time, if things could get this bad—I would have answered “not in my lifetime.” Shows what I know.
January 8, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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seems like a cracker jack idea that’ll go perfectly well based on every American conflict since 1965
Trump on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition"
January 3, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Jfc. I wish I were surprised, but I'm not. If there's one thing I've learned to appreciate in my life, it's the lengths people will go to in protection of their predator friends. Some do it, because they're the same. Others do it, because they refuse to acknowledge who the person really is.
jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
December 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
utterly incapable of grace
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Words can’t express how excited I am for this. I watched every single show and episode of Stargate. From SG:1 to Universe. The series has been gone for far too long. So excited! (Obligatory: What’s Eli been up to?)
New ‘Stargate’ TV Series Ordered at Amazon From ‘Blindspot’ Creator Martin Gero variety.com/2025/tv/news...
November 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
🤘
Ghost of Yōtei New Game Plus launches Nov 24

⚔️ Harder difficulty
👺 New armor sets and weapon dyes
🔁 Replay missions
🎮 New accessibility options

...and more. Full details: play.st/4873etI
November 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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America's first ever esports champion was Rebecca Heineman, a trans woman. She went on to found some of your favorite video game studios and worked on your favorite video games. Next time you see somebody rail about 'woke' and 'DEI'
Remember that.
Remember her.
"I code so others can dream."

Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ video game pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has sadly passed away after a short, tough fight with aggressive cancer.

Read our obituary to this true industry trailblazer: gaymingmag.com/2025/11/gaym...
Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ games pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has died - Gayming Magazine
Rebecca Heineman, a trailblazing figure in the video game industry and a celebrated icon within the LGBTQ+ gaming community, has died.
gaymingmag.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-still-polling-well-with-working-class-american-pedophiles/
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Whoa!!!
Valve is making a console. The Steam Machine, a sleek box with the guts of a mid-range PC that runs SteamOS, will arrive in early 2026. Prices TBD, but unlike the failed Steam Machine initiative from a decade ago, this is Valve's own device. Big news www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Valve Announces Steam Machine, a New Video-Game Console
The US gaming company behind the popular, handheld Steam Deck is making a living-room device for PC games
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Here’s my breakdown of EA’s pending sale… to Saudi Arabia… and why this is much, much bigger than video games. I’m late to this from a ‘news’ perspective obviously, but it’s because I worked on this video for about a month.

youtu.be/yOzFyrRH_sw
I probably shouldn't post this
YouTube video by Charalanahzard
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November 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Wow...now comes the shuffle from every developer planning to release next year.
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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Mamdani: "We believe in standing up for those we love. Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many Black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job ... your struggle is ours too."
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM