Jeffrey Parkin
@ripefly.bsky.social
he/him. Co-founder of rogue.site. Guides writer, coffee drinker, probably sleepy.
Xenopurge is You Know That One Scene in Aliens?: The Video Game. And it works so, so well.
@traptics.bsky.social's Xenopurge is a palm-sweatingly tense game about hitting a few keys on your keyboard. Also, there's aliens … but you'll never see them.
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Xenopurge perfectly captures a very specific trope
Livefeeds and impotent desperation
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November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Xenopurge is You Know That One Scene in Aliens?: The Video Game. And it works so, so well.
What I learned in this week's cyberpunk research is that we all collectively owe Paulina Borsook an apology for not paying enough attention to the prescient warnings in "Cyberselfish."
Jeff finally looks at Cyberpunk 2077 in the next installment of Cyberpunk 2025.
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Cyberpunk 2025: Cyberpsycho qu'est-ce que c'est
Part 5: Cyberselfish
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November 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
What I learned in this week's cyberpunk research is that we all collectively owe Paulina Borsook an apology for not paying enough attention to the prescient warnings in "Cyberselfish."
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IO shows off the new, limited run, plug-in hybrid Aston Martin — the must-have ride for any discerning double-0 agent.
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First Light shows off Bond's hybrid hypercar
Bond drives a hybrid now, probably because of woke
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November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
IO shows off the new, limited run, plug-in hybrid Aston Martin — the must-have ride for any discerning double-0 agent.
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Is calling 1987's The Running Man cyberpunk a bit of a reach? Yes, but it still let me drag Reagan a little, so I'll always take that opportunity.
1987's The Running Man is cyberpunk enough to still have warnings about today.
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Cyberpunk 2025: I wouldn't want to be a liar
Part 4: The Running Man
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November 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Is calling 1987's The Running Man cyberpunk a bit of a reach? Yes, but it still let me drag Reagan a little, so I'll always take that opportunity.
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Check out everything you might've missed in this week's Rogue Roundup!
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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 – at least partially – what we're here for.
This week saw another great episode of ...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Check out everything you might've missed in this week's Rogue Roundup!
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This is such a wonderful piece and I'm so glad we have it on our site. Thank you @andeanhermedic.bsky.social!
A new guest piece from @andeanhermedic.bsky.social about finding representation in WoW's Zandalari.
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World of Warcraft: Midnight may correct one of the MMO's worst depictions
Can WoW overcome its Zandalari problem?
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November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is such a wonderful piece and I'm so glad we have it on our site. Thank you @andeanhermedic.bsky.social!
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ICYMI, yesterday we launched It Takes a War - the new tactical team shooter (!?) from @freeze.ltd
If the game has confused you (good, we've done our job) this review from @ripefly.bsky.social / @rogue.site hits lots of nails on lots of heads and is a fantastic piece
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If the game has confused you (good, we've done our job) this review from @ripefly.bsky.social / @rogue.site hits lots of nails on lots of heads and is a fantastic piece
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It Takes a War review that is not a review of It Takes a War
It Takes a War is bad. It Takes a War is brilliant.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
ICYMI, yesterday we launched It Takes a War - the new tactical team shooter (!?) from @freeze.ltd
If the game has confused you (good, we've done our job) this review from @ripefly.bsky.social / @rogue.site hits lots of nails on lots of heads and is a fantastic piece
www.rogue.site/editorials/i...
If the game has confused you (good, we've done our job) this review from @ripefly.bsky.social / @rogue.site hits lots of nails on lots of heads and is a fantastic piece
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Grand Theft Auto 6 delayed (again)
GTA 6 gets another new release date
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November 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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The ultra realistic graphic and pure combat of It Takes a War have to experienced to be believed.
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It Takes a War review that is not a review of It Takes a War
It Takes a War is bad. It Takes a War is brilliant.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The ultra realistic graphic and pure combat of It Takes a War have to experienced to be believed.
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Looking more into the origins of the cyberpunk genre, I found a fantastic story from 10 years before cyberpunk became a thing that I'd never heard of — and learned that I'd probably never heard of it because of the patriarchy.
Jeff looks at a story by James Tiptree, Jr. — a person that doesn't exist — in the part 4 of Cyberpunk 2025.
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Cyberpunk 2025: One rotten girl in the city of the future
Part 3: The Girl Who Was Plugged In by James Tiptree, Jr.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Looking more into the origins of the cyberpunk genre, I found a fantastic story from 10 years before cyberpunk became a thing that I'd never heard of — and learned that I'd probably never heard of it because of the patriarchy.
One not-so-secret reason behind my cyberpunk series is that it forces me to finally read a bunch of books I never gotten around to. And, like this week, books I've never heard of that I ended up loving.
Jeff's Cyberpunk 2025 part 2 is about Hardwired by Walter Jon Williams.
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Cyberpunk 2025: My heart is alloy // I live in boxes
Part 2: Hardwired by Walter Jon Williams
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November 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
One not-so-secret reason behind my cyberpunk series is that it forces me to finally read a bunch of books I never gotten around to. And, like this week, books I've never heard of that I ended up loving.
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See everything you might've missed during this especially spoopy week at Rogue.
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Rogue Roundup for Oct. 31, 2025
Ad-free video game news, guides, opinions, history, culture, previews, interviews, and reviews written by humans, for humans
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October 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
See everything you might've missed during this especially spoopy week at Rogue.
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As we close out our second month, we're VERY close to having 2,000 unique user accounts!
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October 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
As we close out our second month, we're VERY close to having 2,000 unique user accounts!
If you haven't, we'd love for you to jump in with a free account (and share this post): rogue.site
And if you'd like to subscribe, here's 50% off your first month for Halloween: www.rogue.site/its-the-hall...
If you haven't, we'd love for you to jump in with a free account (and share this post): rogue.site
And if you'd like to subscribe, here's 50% off your first month for Halloween: www.rogue.site/its-the-hall...
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Everyone shut up: a demo for Dinoblade is out, and in it, you play as a spinosaur with a buster sword.
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Everyone shut up: dinosaur with a sword demo just dropped
Dinosaurs with swords. Stop reading and go get the demo.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Everyone shut up: a demo for Dinoblade is out, and in it, you play as a spinosaur with a buster sword.
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Wanna feel old? Try writing about the decade you were born in as if it were ancient history.
The first proper part of my series looks at the beginnings of cyberpunk and the short story that gave it its name.
The first proper part of my series looks at the beginnings of cyberpunk and the short story that gave it its name.
Jeff continues his dive into cyberpunk with Part 1: Lowlife and high-tech.
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Cyberpunk 2025: Lowlife and high-tech
What does cyberpunk even mean?
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October 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Wanna feel old? Try writing about the decade you were born in as if it were ancient history.
The first proper part of my series looks at the beginnings of cyberpunk and the short story that gave it its name.
The first proper part of my series looks at the beginnings of cyberpunk and the short story that gave it its name.
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Short recap of our quiet week is out now. It includes a survey (assuming Jeff set it up right) that will let you tell us what upcoming games you'd like us to cover!
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Rogue Roundup for Oct. 24, 2025
Hey everyone. It's been a quiet week here at Rogue – I think most of us were recovering from the roughly 60 demos we tried out during Steam's Next Fest.
Speaking of, this week Jeff and Ryan rounded u...
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October 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Short recap of our quiet week is out now. It includes a survey (assuming Jeff set it up right) that will let you tell us what upcoming games you'd like us to cover!
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I'm starting a new series of articles over at @rogue.site about cyberpunk and what it tried to warn us about. This is also an excuse to finally work through part of my ever-growing pile of books, comics, and movies I've never gotten around to.
What can cyberpunk (both the game and the genre) tell us about living through 2025?
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Cyberpunk was unprepared for 2025
Introduction: Don't Create the Torment Nexus
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October 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I'm starting a new series of articles over at @rogue.site about cyberpunk and what it tried to warn us about. This is also an excuse to finally work through part of my ever-growing pile of books, comics, and movies I've never gotten around to.
As soon as I finished the Desktop Explorer demo, I told everyone at Rogue to play it immediately.
Explore some two-factor horror with the Steam Next Fest Desktop Explorer demo!
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Steam Next Fest highlight: Desktop Explorer
Two-factor horror
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October 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
As soon as I finished the Desktop Explorer demo, I told everyone at Rogue to play it immediately.
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It's fitting that it's Next Fest Week, because I fell in love with this game's original Next Fest demo this summer when @ripefly.bsky.social and I were doing Big Friendly Guide.
Here's my review for the full version of the game.
Here's my review for the full version of the game.
Ball x Pit is a deceptively simple roguelite with almost unfathomable depth.
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Ball x Pit is an exceptional, bottomless roguelite rabbit hole
"Breakout but a roguelite" goes deeper than you can possibly imagine
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October 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It's fitting that it's Next Fest Week, because I fell in love with this game's original Next Fest demo this summer when @ripefly.bsky.social and I were doing Big Friendly Guide.
Here's my review for the full version of the game.
Here's my review for the full version of the game.
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Read a sample of the extensive oral history of Shadow of the Colossus, right here on Rogue. You can read the full version by @mattleone.bsky.social on his new site @designroom.bsky.social
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A sample of the Oral History of Shadow of the Colossus
We have an excerpt of a new oral history from former Polygon coworker Matt Leone.
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October 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Read a sample of the extensive oral history of Shadow of the Colossus, right here on Rogue. You can read the full version by @mattleone.bsky.social on his new site @designroom.bsky.social
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I loved every one of the too-few minutes I got to spend with Carimara and I can't wait too see what comes from @bastinusrex.bsky.social next.
Carimara is a fantastic — and fantastically creepy — little indie that everyone should play this spooky season.
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Carimara is the perfect Halloween appetizer
Who you gonna call? Just a weird little guy.
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October 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I loved every one of the too-few minutes I got to spend with Carimara and I can't wait too see what comes from @bastinusrex.bsky.social next.
The final(?) part of Project JASPER is up! It's been quite a journey, and I'm honestly very happy with the (imperfect) results.
It's time for Jeff to figure out how Project JASPER measures up to a console. Come for the results, stay for the Steven Universe references in 2025.
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Project JASPER: Marking benches
Part 6: The finish line
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October 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The final(?) part of Project JASPER is up! It's been quite a journey, and I'm honestly very happy with the (imperfect) results.
It's wild that I went from a idea designed just to prove a point to a fully working computer in just a couple weeks. And I barely screwed it up.
Project JASPER is alive! It powers on and plays video games and everything!
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Project JASPER: It's alive!
Part 5: WoUlD yOu LiKe To PlAy A gAmE?
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October 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It's wild that I went from a idea designed just to prove a point to a fully working computer in just a couple weeks. And I barely screwed it up.
It's finally a computer! And I only had four breakdowns in the process.
It's time for Jeff to actually put all the pieces together in Project JASPER Part 4: Scary Lego.
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Project JASPER: Scary Lego
Part 4: Five hours and four swearstorms
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September 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It's finally a computer! And I only had four breakdowns in the process.
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September 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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