Jeffrey Parkin

Key Your Debt is a whimsical, painful, indie roguelike Key Your Debt offers you the chance to experience being debt-free ... at a price

This week's Freelance Friday is from @geoffreybunting.bsky.social with a look at your new favorite repetitive strain injury-inducing roguelike, Key Your Debt.

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An annotated map of Resident Evil Requiem.

Oh man, @ripefly.bsky.social's maps remain the best in the business: www.rogue.site/guides/resid...

I do love writing walkthroughs for these games.

One more Next Fest roundup It's time for the end-of-week roundup from Next Fest!

As we close out this week of Next Fest, we gathered one more roundup of recommendations.

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Now is the time to play Citizen Sleeper We're all looking for hope in the ruins of (interplanetary) capitalism

Our next Freelance Friday is a lovely piece from @katyar.bsky.social on finding hope and a cure for despair in Citizen Sleeper.

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I will never miss a chance to badmouth Lovecraft. (But the game really is very promising.)

Jeff sat down with @mikerugnetta.com and @rorycarroll.bsky.social to talk about the far-reach effects of the chip shortage.

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This was a great conversation that really drives home just how far-reaching the effects of AI data centers are. Thanks to @mikerugnetta.com, @neverpo.st, and @rorycj.bsky.social for a fun (and bleak) chipchat.

10 more demos from Steam Next Fest you should check out Our mid-week roundup of Steam Next Fest demos

We've got 10 more demos you should check out from Steam Next Fest!

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Hate Campaigns for Games will Kill Innovation The more we blow up games before they even come out, the less interesting those games are going to become over time

We're joined by @geeky.bsky.social this week to talk about the recent practice of hate campaigning for games long before they release.

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The early bird Steam Next Fest demos you should be playing Devs have been adding demos for weeks ahead of Next Fest, here are some of the best ones you can play to start the week

Today kicks off the February Steam Next Fest, one of our favorite times of year.

We're going to be gathering up demos for you to play all week, but here are 10 early bird demos that we can already confirm are _very cool_

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Welcome to the Rogue Discord - weird timing, we know We've finally started a Discord. Thank god we waited until the worst time possible!

As of today, we officially have a Rogue Discord server.

If you're a paid subscriber, you'll be able to dive in, chat with us, offer direct feedback, and get some sweet recommendations. Join us for Next Fest and help us find some great demos!

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We're having our first big subscription sale Get a Rogue subscription on the cheap until March 9!

Our first big subscription sale is here:

* $10 off for Roguelite
* $15 off for Mini-Boss

Next week, we'll be unveiling some big subscriber benefits to go along with our new Discord. So for the next two weeks, you can get an annual subscription on the cheap!

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Welcome to One More Catch Pokémon Go coverage is evolving...

Some news - today I’m launching One More Catch, an independent publication covering Pokémon Go and the next generation of Pokémon games: @onemorecatch.site

Labyrinth of Touhou Tri is a dungeon crawler for freaks Labyrinth of Touhou Tri asks a lot from a very specific audience

It's Freelance Friday (I'm going to keep calling it that until the others tell me to stop) and we've got a review of @3peso.bsky.social's Labyrinth of Touhou Tri by @wendeego.bsky.social.

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Is there any aspect of daily life that AI can't fuck up?

The uncertainty is because we don't have enough subs to hire lawyers yet. (Sign up today!)

I actually misstated that. I'll fix the wording. k-ID got their funding from Andreessen Horowitz who are friends with Thiel, but they're their own kind of problem.

I can't even keep up with the news for my cyberpunk series at this point.

Two multiplayer devs cut a big chunk of staff WEEKS after launch and what the fuck are we even doing? The games industry continues to crumble under its own massive weight as two big teams get cut days after their games launched

The "instant success or cut your losses" trend is untenable and the human cost will impact this industry for years to come.

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I was really impressed with @inkle.co's TR-49 and I wanted to know more. I'm extremely grateful to @jon.inkle.co for his time and his really great answers.

The desperate coziness of HumanitZ The real challenge of the apocalypse is not giving up hope of building something better.

HumanitZ from @join-indie-io.bsky.social is a lonely, desperate game that leaves room for hope … once you find a new pair of pants.

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My favorite part of writing these is finding stuff I've never heard of like We by Yevgeny Zamyatin.

Comic community responds to ICE detention with art for Liam Comic artists across the U.S. and beyond have launched the #Comics4Liam campaign, creating artwork inspired by 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos’s Spider-Man backpack to protest his detention by ICE and hi...

Thanks so much to @mprnews.org for covering #Comics4Liam. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

More Ubisoft backlash follows restructuring Solidaires Informatique reps call for the Ubisoft CEO to step down

Ubisoft's union reps are calling for the CEO to step down following the restructuring announcement.

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Activision and Rockstar heads are in latest Epstein Files Epstein might be the reason we have microtransactions in games

Some familiar names in the latest batch of Epstein files.

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The State of the Game Industry is bad "El problema es el capitalismo."

Hey, you wanna read something depressing?

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The Boys devolved into a stinker of a show before its season five finale The Boys aims for cutting political commentary, but ends up shitting the bed.

The Boys started strong, but after season two the show really started to shit the bed -- and I figured out the two main reasons why. www.rogue.site/editorials/t...

I wasn't planning on reviewing TR-49 when I sat down to check it out yesterday. And then I devoured the entire thing in a single setting because it's just so good.

Skate Story developer interview We speak with Sam Eng about how he shaped glass and pain into one of the standout indie titles of 2025.

Sorry — we forgot to post this earlier! Alice sat down with @bysameng.com to talk about the incredible Skate Story.

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