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Stories about video games and what they leave behind /// Patreon: http://patreon.com/intothespine /// Founder: @diegoarguello.bsky.social /// Email: [email protected] /// https://intothespine.com/
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Into The Spine @intothespine.bsky.social · 15d
this was 2025, as told by 91 writers across the world

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a collage of 15 different games included on the list, from silent hill f to elden ring nightreign
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moniquebarrow.bsky.social
Thank you @diegoarguello.bsky.social for the opportunity to contribute to 2025's Stories of the Year!
January 4, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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pixeladay.bsky.social
They let me write about Promise Mascot Agency :)
intothespine.bsky.social Into The Spine @intothespine.bsky.social · 15d
this was 2025, as told by 91 writers across the world

intothespine.com/2025/12/31/s...
a collage of 15 different games included on the list, from silent hill f to elden ring nightreign
January 3, 2026 at 12:41 AM
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phoenixwritesdown.bsky.social
I love these roundups because they often highlight not just media I might’ve overlooked but just how skewed most games and media news is. @intothespine.bsky.social’s contributors always uncover gems!

Also, I wrote about Silent Hill: Homecoming for this. 😁
intothespine.bsky.social Into The Spine @intothespine.bsky.social · 15d
this was 2025, as told by 91 writers across the world

intothespine.com/2025/12/31/s...
a collage of 15 different games included on the list, from silent hill f to elden ring nightreign
January 2, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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vandennis.bsky.social
thank you @diegoarguello.bsky.social for once again asking me to contribute to this (and I'm still laughing that the *one* movie I voted for was what you asked me to write a full blurb for😅).
frt, GO SEE PREDATOR BADLANDS intothespine.com/2025/12/31/s...
Stories of 2025 - Into The Spine
We say goodbye to the year 2025, distilling the past 12 months with an array of stories by 91 writers around the world.
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January 1, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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percypropa.bsky.social
It's out! And I had the absolute pleasure of sharing a bit about my time playing OVER/UNDER in here, if you wanted a peek of what that was about
intothespine.bsky.social Into The Spine @intothespine.bsky.social · 15d
this was 2025, as told by 91 writers across the world

intothespine.com/2025/12/31/s...
a collage of 15 different games included on the list, from silent hill f to elden ring nightreign
January 2, 2026 at 1:42 AM
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axelbosso.bsky.social
Happy to be here. (Hello, 2026!)
intothespine.bsky.social Into The Spine @intothespine.bsky.social · 15d
this was 2025, as told by 91 writers across the world

intothespine.com/2025/12/31/s...
a collage of 15 different games included on the list, from silent hill f to elden ring nightreign
January 2, 2026 at 2:34 AM
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tomeitou.bsky.social
Into The Spine's Stories of the Year is my favorite thing to read in the first days of the new year, and this time I got to write about my favorite 2025 game!

Thanks @diegoarguello.bsky.social for keeping up such an important project for games criticism!
January 2, 2026 at 3:41 AM
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goosepimple.moe
wrote a couple hundred words about umamusume for into the spine's lovely year-end roundup. v grateful to @diegoarguello.bsky.social for inviting me to contribute, and to rice shower for reaffirming my will to live
January 2, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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eteogreg.bsky.social
Wrote a little about Final Fantasy Tactics for @intothespine.bsky.social, alongside a selection of wonderful writers
However, the most pronounced addition, in my opinion, is its new voice acting. In this form, Final Fantasy Tactics realises its true calling. A playable, dioramic play. The game’s story of class inequality and struggle is one to take heed of in current times and once you have dispatched an encounter by some fine margin you’ll get to sit back and luxuriate in its exquisitely written dialogues and highly dramatic deliveries.
January 1, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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slybowser.bsky.social
I loved getting to write a little blurb for this, yesterday ended up being too crowded for me to sit down and read it but I’m very much looking forward to doing that today

Thank you @diegoarguello.bsky.social for putting this together every year, it’s one of my fav year-ending things
intothespine.bsky.social Into The Spine @intothespine.bsky.social · 15d
this was 2025, as told by 91 writers across the world

intothespine.com/2025/12/31/s...
a collage of 15 different games included on the list, from silent hill f to elden ring nightreign
January 1, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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otomeniki.bsky.social
Happy New Year!
I'm so grateful for the opportunity to write about Tales of Rebirth for the @intothespine.bsky.social 2025 write-ups! Check it out, and all the other amazing contributions!!
intothespine.bsky.social Into The Spine @intothespine.bsky.social · 15d
this was 2025, as told by 91 writers across the world

intothespine.com/2025/12/31/s...
a collage of 15 different games included on the list, from silent hill f to elden ring nightreign
January 1, 2026 at 5:21 AM
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letominor.bsky.social
I have joined this throng of the talented with a thought on Team Bloober's Cronos: The New Dawn.
intothespine.bsky.social Into The Spine @intothespine.bsky.social · 15d
this was 2025, as told by 91 writers across the world

intothespine.com/2025/12/31/s...
a collage of 15 different games included on the list, from silent hill f to elden ring nightreign
January 1, 2026 at 6:08 AM
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nigelfaustino.bsky.social
No idea how @diegoarguello.bsky.social wrangles together around 100 writers every year for this but he’s a superhero for doing it.

In here with some thoughts on Ball x Pit and the weirdness of a game’s best feature being letting you not play it.
intothespine.bsky.social Into The Spine @intothespine.bsky.social · 15d
this was 2025, as told by 91 writers across the world

intothespine.com/2025/12/31/s...
a collage of 15 different games included on the list, from silent hill f to elden ring nightreign
January 1, 2026 at 4:29 AM
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djstormageddon.com
I’m honored and humbled to be a part of this for the second year in a row. Please go read it!
intothespine.bsky.social Into The Spine @intothespine.bsky.social · 15d
this was 2025, as told by 91 writers across the world

intothespine.com/2025/12/31/s...
a collage of 15 different games included on the list, from silent hill f to elden ring nightreign
January 1, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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wordsfromapenn.com
It was fun to contribute to Into The Spine's year in gaming roundup again, wrote about the Yugioh Early Days Collection. Enjoyed reading these entries.
intothespine.bsky.social Into The Spine @intothespine.bsky.social · 15d
this was 2025, as told by 91 writers across the world

intothespine.com/2025/12/31/s...
a collage of 15 different games included on the list, from silent hill f to elden ring nightreign
January 1, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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bonniequ.com
always grateful to diego for inviting me to take part in this! i don't do a ton of games writing anymore so i really enjoyed getting to flex that muscle again and of course getting to write about my beloved silksong :-)
intothespine.bsky.social Into The Spine @intothespine.bsky.social · 15d
this was 2025, as told by 91 writers across the world

intothespine.com/2025/12/31/s...
a collage of 15 different games included on the list, from silent hill f to elden ring nightreign
January 1, 2026 at 2:06 AM
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mehill.bsky.social
I contributed to this increasingly ginormous recap of another year of gaming and culture and life and all that stuff
intothespine.bsky.social Into The Spine @intothespine.bsky.social · 15d
this was 2025, as told by 91 writers across the world

intothespine.com/2025/12/31/s...
a collage of 15 different games included on the list, from silent hill f to elden ring nightreign
January 1, 2026 at 12:57 AM
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gottsdamn.bsky.social
incredibly proud to have contributed to this list, thanks a million to @diegoarguello.bsky.social for the opportunity!!

I got to write a bit about Okami and the urgent climate action our planet needs!
intothespine.bsky.social Into The Spine @intothespine.bsky.social · 15d
this was 2025, as told by 91 writers across the world

intothespine.com/2025/12/31/s...
a collage of 15 different games included on the list, from silent hill f to elden ring nightreign
January 1, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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va11halla.bsky.social
Thank you @diegoarguello.bsky.social for all your work putting this together and for letting me be a part of it again.

Happy new year. ☕️🍔
intothespine.bsky.social Into The Spine @intothespine.bsky.social · 15d
this was 2025, as told by 91 writers across the world

intothespine.com/2025/12/31/s...
a collage of 15 different games included on the list, from silent hill f to elden ring nightreign
January 1, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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afillari.bsky.social
I was very proud to have contributed to this mega round up of the year's best. I wrote about Absolum, and why it's so great.
intothespine.bsky.social Into The Spine @intothespine.bsky.social · 15d
this was 2025, as told by 91 writers across the world

intothespine.com/2025/12/31/s...
a collage of 15 different games included on the list, from silent hill f to elden ring nightreign
January 1, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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hilton-webster.bsky.social
Always honored to write for of Into The Spine, and it’s incredible to see that, even in an industry bleeding talent, that talent refuses to give up.

I lost co-workers I loved working with in 2025, so massive thanks to @diegoarguello.bsky.social for letting me write about the power of community.
intothespine.bsky.social Into The Spine @intothespine.bsky.social · 15d
this was 2025, as told by 91 writers across the world

intothespine.com/2025/12/31/s...
a collage of 15 different games included on the list, from silent hill f to elden ring nightreign
January 1, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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kellymerka.bsky.social
one more to close out the year!! when I reflected on 2025, I knew the touchstone for this period in my life had to be Wanderstop.
Wanderstop Wanderstop wears the trappings of a “cozy game.” Its resources are abundant. Its tasks simple. Its aesthetics whimsical. Its star, however, is in the wrong genre. She’s supposed to be in a fighting game, or action adventure at the very least. Her sword has been torn from her hands. It is not simply an extension of herself; it is a synecdoche, the embodiment of her identity, or so she thinks. Dropping it is inconceivable. But she does. Alta is more than her weapon, more than whatever tasks she can complete (despite her role as a quest-pursuing player character). What she needs is rest. Like many others, I saw myself in her. I, too, had been burnt to a crisp. But I faced her from the opposite side of a river — I’d already dropped the sword of my own volition. What Alta let me do was pick it back up. To write again, and publish my first game review. Rereading the article now, I see I was still regaining my sea legs. But it doesn’t matter. Wanderstop gave me the opportunity to push open a door I had shut, and cross the threshold into something new.
January 1, 2026 at 12:22 AM
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annacwebs.bsky.social
Thrilled to be included this, speaking about the massive strides the industry has made in terms of organizing in 2025. Much love to game workers everywhere. ✊🎮
Call that metagaming: the workers of the games industry have made huge strides in their unionization speedrun any%. From further teams unionizing at long-standing industry giants like Blizzard and id Software, 2025 has been a banner year for industry organizing. March of 2025 saw the announcement of United Videogame Workers-CWA, the industry’s first direct-to-join union in the US and Canada associated with CODE-CWA and the Communication Workers of America. Since they marched through GDC, UVW-CWA has amassed almost 600 members and elected their first executive board.
January 1, 2026 at 12:32 AM
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alinaekim.com
i wrote about a meet cute and a cozy organization game. check out 91 of us nerding out together for @intothespine.bsky.social 🥹
intothespine.bsky.social Into The Spine @intothespine.bsky.social · 15d
this was 2025, as told by 91 writers across the world

intothespine.com/2025/12/31/s...
a collage of 15 different games included on the list, from silent hill f to elden ring nightreign
January 1, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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sammgreer.bsky.social
Made a comic shaped contribution to this and I am in some incredible company. If you want a great, unique, funny tour of games in 2025 this is the thing to read
intothespine.bsky.social Into The Spine @intothespine.bsky.social · 15d
this was 2025, as told by 91 writers across the world

intothespine.com/2025/12/31/s...
a collage of 15 different games included on the list, from silent hill f to elden ring nightreign
January 1, 2026 at 12:36 AM