Ryan Gilliam
@rygilliam.bsky.social
Co-founder and owner of @rogue.site. Former Guides Producer at Polygon.
Lifelong KC liver.
Work: Ryan(at)Rogue(dot)site
Lifelong KC liver.
Work: Ryan(at)Rogue(dot)site
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Ryan Gilliam
@rygilliam.bsky.social
· Jun 3
The Edge of Fate will be the biggest change to Destiny 2 since it launched—an injection of fresh ideas, but also of ARPG grind
The launch of a new saga is bringing a massive shift to how Destiny 2 works.
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This one is a little surreal. My first paid, non-Polygon byline ... ever, and it's for PC Gamer. And, of course, it's for Destiny 2.
Here is my extensive preview of the Edge of Fate. It's long, but that's a reflection of just how much is changing in July.
www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/th...
Here is my extensive preview of the Edge of Fate. It's long, but that's a reflection of just how much is changing in July.
www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/th...
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For our final Renegades preview, we wanted to do something a little different.
Here, we've got a bonus episode of Rogue Signal where @rygilliam.bsky.social sits down with his actual Destiny 2 fireteam to answer all of their questions about the Destiny 2: Renegades: www.rogue.site/podcasts/des...
Here, we've got a bonus episode of Rogue Signal where @rygilliam.bsky.social sits down with his actual Destiny 2 fireteam to answer all of their questions about the Destiny 2: Renegades: www.rogue.site/podcasts/des...
Answering Destiny 2 player's Renegade questions, a Rogue Signal bonus episode
Sitting down with three dedicated Destiny 2 players to chat about Lawless Frontier, blaster weapons, and more
www.rogue.site
November 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
For our final Renegades preview, we wanted to do something a little different.
Here, we've got a bonus episode of Rogue Signal where @rygilliam.bsky.social sits down with his actual Destiny 2 fireteam to answer all of their questions about the Destiny 2: Renegades: www.rogue.site/podcasts/des...
Here, we've got a bonus episode of Rogue Signal where @rygilliam.bsky.social sits down with his actual Destiny 2 fireteam to answer all of their questions about the Destiny 2: Renegades: www.rogue.site/podcasts/des...
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While at Bungie earlier this month, @rygilliam.bsky.social was able to sit down and chat with Assistant Game Director Robbie Stevens and Narrative Director Alison Lührs about Destiny 2: Renegades.
It was a great chat about the Star Wars blend, bugs, and old Drifter: www.rogue.site/editorials/d...
It was a great chat about the Star Wars blend, bugs, and old Drifter: www.rogue.site/editorials/d...
Bungie on old Drifter, getting that Star Wars blend just right, bugs, and more in Destiny 2: Renegades
We sat down with Assistant Game Director Robbie Stevens and Narrative Director Alison Lührs at Bungie HQ
www.rogue.site
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
While at Bungie earlier this month, @rygilliam.bsky.social was able to sit down and chat with Assistant Game Director Robbie Stevens and Narrative Director Alison Lührs about Destiny 2: Renegades.
It was a great chat about the Star Wars blend, bugs, and old Drifter: www.rogue.site/editorials/d...
It was a great chat about the Star Wars blend, bugs, and old Drifter: www.rogue.site/editorials/d...
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Renegades comes at a weird time for Destiny 2.
But despite some pretty healthy initial skepticism around the Star Wars of it all, Bungie might be threading the needle on hope here.
Our preview: www.rogue.site/editorials/d...
But despite some pretty healthy initial skepticism around the Star Wars of it all, Bungie might be threading the needle on hope here.
Our preview: www.rogue.site/editorials/d...
So far, Bungie is threading a difficult needle in Destiny 2: Renegades
Bungie's approach to marrying Destiny 2 and Star Wars is far more thoughtful than I anticipated
www.rogue.site
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Renegades comes at a weird time for Destiny 2.
But despite some pretty healthy initial skepticism around the Star Wars of it all, Bungie might be threading the needle on hope here.
Our preview: www.rogue.site/editorials/d...
But despite some pretty healthy initial skepticism around the Star Wars of it all, Bungie might be threading the needle on hope here.
Our preview: www.rogue.site/editorials/d...
I devoured Dispatch in a weekend after waiting for all of the episodes to come out, and damn I loved it so, so much.
Here is my review!
Here is my review!
Dispatch is more than just an excellent narrative game about superheroes. It's also a simple, but interesting, management sim.
And that's why it works so damn well. Our review.
www.rogue.site/editorials/d...
And that's why it works so damn well. Our review.
www.rogue.site/editorials/d...
Dispatch Delivers Exactly What It Needs To … Then It Does More
A great story and a great management sim? An embarrassment of riches in 2025
www.rogue.site
November 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I devoured Dispatch in a weekend after waiting for all of the episodes to come out, and damn I loved it so, so much.
Here is my review!
Here is my review!
We’re streaming RV There Yet? And Peak for the next 90 min!
Rogue is hosting its inaugural Twitch stream! Please join us from 4PM to 6PM EST to watch us play some RV There Yet? and Peak. www.twitch.tv/rogue_site
Rogue_Site - Twitch
Let's stream some RV and Peak!
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November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
We’re streaming RV There Yet? And Peak for the next 90 min!
*SCREAMING LOUDLY*
hey
HEY
New Vampire Survivors spin-off just got announced and it's a dungeon crawling deckbuilder game that takes the original assets from the original game to make a chaotic looking roguelite that comes out next year sometime before GTA just read the story holy shit www.rogue.site/news/breakin...
HEY
New Vampire Survivors spin-off just got announced and it's a dungeon crawling deckbuilder game that takes the original assets from the original game to make a chaotic looking roguelite that comes out next year sometime before GTA just read the story holy shit www.rogue.site/news/breakin...
BREAKING: God real, Vampire Survivors getting an official spin-off
Vampire Crawlers is an official spin-off of the incredible Vampire Survivors
www.rogue.site
November 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
*SCREAMING LOUDLY*
Very excited to attend our first preview event as an outlet, and very excited to bring my impressions to you soon.
I've been to Bungie several times in the last few years, so I can't really describe how surreal it was to look down at my badge and see the name of a website I co-founded below my name
I've been to Bungie several times in the last few years, so I can't really describe how surreal it was to look down at my badge and see the name of a website I co-founded below my name
Where was @rygilliam.bsky.social earlier this month?
He was at Bungie, representing Rogue at a preview event for Destiny 2: Renegades!
If that looks like a Star Wars Sarlacc Pit, that's because it definitely isn't not that! We'll have his impressions for the Star Wars-themed expansion soonish.
He was at Bungie, representing Rogue at a preview event for Destiny 2: Renegades!
If that looks like a Star Wars Sarlacc Pit, that's because it definitely isn't not that! We'll have his impressions for the Star Wars-themed expansion soonish.
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Very excited to attend our first preview event as an outlet, and very excited to bring my impressions to you soon.
I've been to Bungie several times in the last few years, so I can't really describe how surreal it was to look down at my badge and see the name of a website I co-founded below my name
I've been to Bungie several times in the last few years, so I can't really describe how surreal it was to look down at my badge and see the name of a website I co-founded below my name
Oh … OH …
November 20, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Oh … OH …
A woman had her shoes off and sitting in my wife’s chair when we arrived to see The Running Man last weekend.
Listen to the first 20 minutes of the show if you want to hear me be super normal about it.
Listen to the first 20 minutes of the show if you want to hear me be super normal about it.
What’s this? A new podcast episode of Rogue Signal? A tease for a bonus episode next week? A discussion of the Game Awards nominees? A chat about Dispatch, a late GOTY contender? An overly long rant about movie theater etiquette?
Get in here, it’s episode 9!
www.rogue.site/podcasts/rog...
Get in here, it’s episode 9!
www.rogue.site/podcasts/rog...
Rogue Signal ep. 9: Disgusting Movie Feet
The one where we talk about Dispatch and The Game Awards
www.rogue.site
November 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
A woman had her shoes off and sitting in my wife’s chair when we arrived to see The Running Man last weekend.
Listen to the first 20 minutes of the show if you want to hear me be super normal about it.
Listen to the first 20 minutes of the show if you want to hear me be super normal about it.
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It really does feel like publishers are turning a big dial labelled AI back and forth and judging the audience reception right now www.rogue.site/editorials/g...
November 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It really does feel like publishers are turning a big dial labelled AI back and forth and judging the audience reception right now www.rogue.site/editorials/g...
Am I bitter that my big press job of nearly a decade imploded in one of the best years for games in the 21st century?
Of course not, idiot. Shut up. You are.
(Mostly just very glad and grateful to have my own home now)
Of course not, idiot. Shut up. You are.
(Mostly just very glad and grateful to have my own home now)
The Game Awards nominations are here.
And they're exactly what you'd expect them to be.
And also they're pretty good.
2025 ... great year for video games. Not the people who make or cover them, of course. But the games? Yeah, nice.
Anyway, here are all the nominations.
And they're exactly what you'd expect them to be.
And also they're pretty good.
2025 ... great year for video games. Not the people who make or cover them, of course. But the games? Yeah, nice.
Anyway, here are all the nominations.
The Game Awards nominations are safe and stacked
You can probably guess all of these if you've been paying attention ... but that doesn't mean its a bad selection
www.rogue.site
November 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Am I bitter that my big press job of nearly a decade imploded in one of the best years for games in the 21st century?
Of course not, idiot. Shut up. You are.
(Mostly just very glad and grateful to have my own home now)
Of course not, idiot. Shut up. You are.
(Mostly just very glad and grateful to have my own home now)
A woman took off her FUCKING shoes and had them in my wife’s seat when we went to see Running Man.
Shut it the fuck down, man.
Shut it the fuck down, man.
November 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A woman took off her FUCKING shoes and had them in my wife’s seat when we went to see Running Man.
Shut it the fuck down, man.
Shut it the fuck down, man.
I’m not trying to throw accusations for something I have no proof of, but are we not at least a LITTLE skeptical and suspicious of the fact that Arc Raiders has hit ANOTHER peak on a Sunday weeks after launch?
The week Tarkov and Black Ops came out? Kinda seems like we should be asking questions
The week Tarkov and Black Ops came out? Kinda seems like we should be asking questions
November 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I’m not trying to throw accusations for something I have no proof of, but are we not at least a LITTLE skeptical and suspicious of the fact that Arc Raiders has hit ANOTHER peak on a Sunday weeks after launch?
The week Tarkov and Black Ops came out? Kinda seems like we should be asking questions
The week Tarkov and Black Ops came out? Kinda seems like we should be asking questions
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Check out everything you might've missed in this week's Rogue Roundup!
www.rogue.site/email/9cee2a...
www.rogue.site/email/9cee2a...
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!
www.rogue.site/email/9cee2a...
www.rogue.site/email/9cee2a...
I was gone all last week and part of this week, but I tried out The Last Caretaker and it's ... interesting enough.
The Last Caretaker is an interesting start to an early-access journey -- one that ensures we'll check back in with it down the line.
But there's a lot of waiting around at the moment, and it really slows the experience down. Our impressions:
But there's a lot of waiting around at the moment, and it really slows the experience down. Our impressions:
The Last Caretaker's "Wall-E meets Wind Waker," is a an interesting start, at least
A robot on a boat? What could possibly go wrong
www.rogue.site
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I was gone all last week and part of this week, but I tried out The Last Caretaker and it's ... interesting enough.
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The Outer Worlds 2 tasks the player with breaking a strike, which can be achieved via careful negotiation or judicious use of the humble rocket launcher www.rogue.site/editorials/t...
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The Outer Worlds 2 tasks the player with breaking a strike, which can be achieved via careful negotiation or judicious use of the humble rocket launcher www.rogue.site/editorials/t...
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Surviving Martian politics in Surviving Mars Relaunched
Life on Mars just got a lot more complicated
www.rogue.site
November 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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ALT: a blurry picture of a man and a woman in a room
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Elle Fanning really is having a great year for wearing sci-fi rain coats and putting weird stuff in shipping containers.
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Elle Fanning really is having a great year for wearing sci-fi rain coats and putting weird stuff in shipping containers.
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A new guest piece from @andeanhermedic.bsky.social about finding representation in WoW's Zandalari.
www.rogue.site/editorials/w...
www.rogue.site/editorials/w...
World of Warcraft: Midnight may correct one of the MMO's worst depictions
Can WoW overcome its Zandalari problem?
www.rogue.site
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A new guest piece from @andeanhermedic.bsky.social about finding representation in WoW's Zandalari.
www.rogue.site/editorials/w...
www.rogue.site/editorials/w...
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Grand Theft Auto 6 delayed (again)
GTA 6 gets another new release date
www.rogue.site
November 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Just @ripefly.bsky.social doing great writing that perfect captures what we’re all about.
Showing off games — big and small — that are worth your time in the incredibly crowded room that is gaming in 2025.
Showing off games — big and small — that are worth your time in the incredibly crowded room that is gaming in 2025.
Had a lovely afternoon reading this great little review, learning about a game I had never heard of, then playing said game. Games writing! It's good! (And so is "It Takes a War")
The ultra realistic graphic and pure combat of It Takes a War have to experienced to be believed.
www.rogue.site/editorials/i...
www.rogue.site/editorials/i...
November 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Just @ripefly.bsky.social doing great writing that perfect captures what we’re all about.
Showing off games — big and small — that are worth your time in the incredibly crowded room that is gaming in 2025.
Showing off games — big and small — that are worth your time in the incredibly crowded room that is gaming in 2025.
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The ultra realistic graphic and pure combat of It Takes a War have to experienced to be believed.
www.rogue.site/editorials/i...
www.rogue.site/editorials/i...
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.
www.rogue.site
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.
www.rogue.site/editorials/i...
www.rogue.site/editorials/i...
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@ripefly.bsky.social your It Takes a War review is really something, Jeffrey. As an ex games writer I’m getting those old pangs of jealousy kicking in knowing I could never pen anything as good. Thanks for checking it out!
November 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
@ripefly.bsky.social your It Takes a War review is really something, Jeffrey. As an ex games writer I’m getting those old pangs of jealousy kicking in knowing I could never pen anything as good. Thanks for checking it out!
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extremely kind, thank you so much @ripefly.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
extremely kind, thank you so much @ripefly.bsky.social