Robin Bea
@robinbombus.bsky.social
Game critic/reporter at Inverse, co-host of @girlmodepod.bsky.social, @insequence.pictures, and twitch.tv/parallelplayers!
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if Santa Ragione closes because of this, I'm recruiting a team of orcas to sink Gabe's yachts
"It's extremely frustrating and also f*cked up" - one of the world's best indie studios is facing shock closure following confounding Steam ban
www.eurogamer.net/its-extremel...
www.eurogamer.net/its-extremel...
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
if Santa Ragione closes because of this, I'm recruiting a team of orcas to sink Gabe's yachts
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this is insane both on its face and with several more insane details once you read the full thing
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
this is insane both on its face and with several more insane details once you read the full thing
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November 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Classic trick for beating art block: when you have art block, draw Glory from Shadowrun Dragonfall #Shadowrun #cyborg #cyberpunk
November 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Classic trick for beating art block: when you have art block, draw Glory from Shadowrun Dragonfall #Shadowrun #cyborg #cyberpunk
It's so unfair that I can spend all day doing my favorite activities (listening to sad music and thinking about the thing that's making me sad) and still end up feeling sad afterward
November 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
It's so unfair that I can spend all day doing my favorite activities (listening to sad music and thinking about the thing that's making me sad) and still end up feeling sad afterward
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Starting imminently, continuing our playthrough of @squirreledgame.bsky.social !!
tonight's stream with @stellarine.bsky.social starts at 8:30 Eastern! we're probably squirreling it up again www.twitch.tv/parallelplay...
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Starting imminently, continuing our playthrough of @squirreledgame.bsky.social !!
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preordering a hot girl by dating a sad boy for a while
November 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
preordering a hot girl by dating a sad boy for a while
tonight's stream with @stellarine.bsky.social starts at 8:30 Eastern! we're probably squirreling it up again www.twitch.tv/parallelplay...
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
tonight's stream with @stellarine.bsky.social starts at 8:30 Eastern! we're probably squirreling it up again www.twitch.tv/parallelplay...
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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.
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+ 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
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.
Remember that.
Remember her.
my thoughts on the game awards nominees:
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
my thoughts on the game awards nominees:
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It really needs to be pointed out how every one of these embarrassing statements is made by a c-suite executive and not an artist or even art department lead
"Surely there's a middle ground here?" The CEO of Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead says people "jump to extreme takes" when debating generative AI, and that there needs to be more nuance in the discussion.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
‘Surely there’s a middle ground here?’ Helldivers studio CEO says people ‘jump to extreme takes’ when debating GenAI | VGC
“This is such a trigger point for big parts of the games industry today”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It really needs to be pointed out how every one of these embarrassing statements is made by a c-suite executive and not an artist or even art department lead
they should just serialize this whole thing, I would love to start every week with something this funny
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
they should just serialize this whole thing, I would love to start every week with something this funny
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Is that me!? Thank you! 🩷
This week: 25 picks on Ball x Pit, 1000x, Hades II, Bloodlines 2, and much more:
critical-distance.com/2025/11/16/n...
critical-distance.com/2025/11/16/n...
critical-distance.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Is that me!? Thank you! 🩷
Listen: the dodge button is B (A if you're playing on a Switch). If your game tries to make me dodge some other way, you've already fucked up
November 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Listen: the dodge button is B (A if you're playing on a Switch). If your game tries to make me dodge some other way, you've already fucked up
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#fefemslashweek2025 (flowers)
Hilda putting flowers in Marianne’s hair 🌸🌷
#FE3H #Marihilda #MariannevonEdmund #HildaValentineGoneril
Hilda putting flowers in Marianne’s hair 🌸🌷
#FE3H #Marihilda #MariannevonEdmund #HildaValentineGoneril
November 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
#fefemslashweek2025 (flowers)
Hilda putting flowers in Marianne’s hair 🌸🌷
#FE3H #Marihilda #MariannevonEdmund #HildaValentineGoneril
Hilda putting flowers in Marianne’s hair 🌸🌷
#FE3H #Marihilda #MariannevonEdmund #HildaValentineGoneril
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Once again, one very easy way for the New York Times to escape the constant criticism which it has found itself subject to these last years would be for it to stop acting in ways that completely justify all of the constant criticism which it has found itself subject to these last years.
who gets this kind of shitty romanticizing prose written about them, and who gets dry commentary, depends on being in the club or not. as a journalist I find little more obnoxious than the idea of going to bat for somebody who violated basic professional ethics simply because she's in the club
what the actual fuck
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Once again, one very easy way for the New York Times to escape the constant criticism which it has found itself subject to these last years would be for it to stop acting in ways that completely justify all of the constant criticism which it has found itself subject to these last years.
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we wanted to make samus’s experience as a capable woman more realistic, so we gave her an annoying man who thinks that he’s funny and constantly telling her what to do
November 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
we wanted to make samus’s experience as a capable woman more realistic, so we gave her an annoying man who thinks that he’s funny and constantly telling her what to do
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"This place never loved us back."
2026 | DECONSTRUCTEAM x SELKIE HARBOUR
🟥 published by @devolverdigital.com
Stay tuned for a first look at our new game this December on @dayofthedevs.org
2026 | DECONSTRUCTEAM x SELKIE HARBOUR
🟥 published by @devolverdigital.com
Stay tuned for a first look at our new game this December on @dayofthedevs.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Starting imminently!!
In about 10 minutes (7:40 pm CT / 8:40pm ET), @robinbombus.bsky.social and I will be going squirrel mode on stream. Join us here: www.twitch.tv/parallelplay...
ParallelPlayers - Twitch
Hi, we're Annie and Robin. We're very smart and funny but unfortunately we do play a lot of video games.
www.twitch.tv
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Starting imminently!!
we'll be streaming on www.twitch.tv/parallelplay... tonight around 8:30 ET! don't know what yet, find out with us
ParallelPlayers - Twitch
Hi, we're Annie and Robin. We're very smart and funny but unfortunately we do play a lot of video games.
www.twitch.tv
November 13, 2025 at 12:51 AM
we'll be streaming on www.twitch.tv/parallelplay... tonight around 8:30 ET! don't know what yet, find out with us
one benefit of taking forever to get around to games you want to play is it gives the devs time to come out as homophobic edgelords before you give them money
Because I never shared this on bluesky #Peripeteia #PeripeteiaFanart
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
one benefit of taking forever to get around to games you want to play is it gives the devs time to come out as homophobic edgelords before you give them money
I tried to play a game about a cute mouse knitting sweaters but ended up fighting Godzilla-sized spiders, freezing to death because I couldn't find my way home, and forming a mutual aid network with a menagerie of aging woodland creatures
'Winter Burrow' is cozy on the surface, but offers a satisfying challenge in its punishing survival mechanics. www.inverse.com/gaming/winte...
Nintendo Switch Just Added The Coziest-Looking Game That’s Anything But
'Winter Burrow' is cozy on the surface, but offers a satisfying challenge in its punishing survival mechanics.
www.inverse.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I tried to play a game about a cute mouse knitting sweaters but ended up fighting Godzilla-sized spiders, freezing to death because I couldn't find my way home, and forming a mutual aid network with a menagerie of aging woodland creatures
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I need Joyce Carol Oates to be mean to me online so I can get my life together
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I need Joyce Carol Oates to be mean to me online so I can get my life together
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I realized today it’s been 5 years since I started freelance writing! Here are my 5 current favorite pieces I’ve written to celebrate. One, my retrospective on Pyre from when I wrote at Paste Games (now endless mode)
Before Hades, Supergiant's Pyre Let You Lose and Changed the Game
Endless Mode explores the infinite possibilities of games and anime, from the excitement of video games, togetherness of board games, and action of pinball, to the adventure of theme parks, exhilarati...
www.endlessmode.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I realized today it’s been 5 years since I started freelance writing! Here are my 5 current favorite pieces I’ve written to celebrate. One, my retrospective on Pyre from when I wrote at Paste Games (now endless mode)
why would anyone pay $1000 to go to the game awards when the obvious intended way to watch it is to take an edible and shit-talk over the whole thing with your friends in discord?
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
why would anyone pay $1000 to go to the game awards when the obvious intended way to watch it is to take an edible and shit-talk over the whole thing with your friends in discord?