Chris Lawn

Bit late for the year, but have put something together for 2025's indie games. 842 of them, to be exact! Check out this list, I'm willing to bet there is at least 38 games on here you have not even heard of. www.pressplaygaming.net/articles/202...

Just put up my review of Grand Theft Auto VI. Just had some thoughts swirling around in my mind I wanted to get down. www.pressplaygaming.net/articles/2026/10/25/grand-theft-auto-vi-the-press-play-gaming-review

To be fair I’d happily take 3 months of c-suite Msoft money and peace the f out without doing anything too

This is cool to see. Dominic is one of the premier voices in the business on indies and I have no doubt this site is going to be an excellent one

Hell to the fkn yes on both drops today

Roman Sands RE:Build is out. After so many years, you can finally play our labour of love. It's deranged, it goes SO MANY PLACES, it probably shouldn't exist, and I've no idea if you're going to like it or not but that ain't the point. Roman Sands RE:Build. store.steampowered.com/app/2231460/...

Not even the first time, as @sinisterdesign.net points out… bsky.app/profile/sini... If there’s any more examples of this out there, please point them my way

Ok this is messed up AF. Timberborn puts out ads on TikTok promoting the 1.1 update. TikTok says hey, you want AI slop ads right? Few other commenters noting FB does this too, though haven’t seen in this particular case. www.reddit.com/r/Timberborn...

Fun thing to do: having just boarded a flight, turn to the person next to you and say “this is the flight to [city you are leaving] right?” And then when they confusedly respond just say “ok” calmly and not speak again for the rest of the flight

Every single time this is brought up, the question “what happened to Future Class?” Should be asked

One might say the best Nintendo news released on 08/08/26

South of Midnight is now fully self published by Compulsion on Steam, so theoretically no more $ on purchase go to Microsoft? Consoles coming soon hopefully as well. Now’s the time to support some incredible independent devs. www.respec.net/news/151-sou...

Ed just doing fantastic reporting across the board rn. Full article is worth the read, and yeah holy shit the complete mask dropping of CEOs in their disdain for humans in the way of their profits atm is, while not a surprise, still absolutely insane

JFC absolutely fuck Saber Interactive’s CEO. This just guaranteed I’m never covering anything from them moving forward

Forsaken Realms: Vharin’s Call is out in just a few hours, and it’s a game I initially was interested in in 2021! So glad I got to play it, and genuinely it’s a great indie 3rd person RPG well worth the 20 hours. www.pressplaygaming.net/articles/202...

Have recently played Citizen Sleeper 2. Thinking about it a lot in the wake of Microsoft/Xbox’s ongoing decline, and how there is hope in the face of the horrors of corporate horror. www.pressplaygaming.net/articles/202...

Nearly every comment on this post echoes the first thing I thought seeing the news - I want to buy every Compulsion game the second every cent starts going to them directly

Recently checked out Solarpunk, which feels like it kinda got looked over despite being a bit of an indie darling this year? It's pretty good, though comes with baggage inherent to the genre i feel it could have improved upon. www.pressplaygaming.net/articles/202...

Very good rec list!

Have been checking out House Flipper with the new remastered edition. It's great, though now I'm questioning my need to always be doing things to feel relaxed... www.pressplaygaming.net/articles/2026/6/26/the-house-flipper-remastered-collections-toolbox-is-absolutely-full-to-bursting

Hmm

I get the feeling MOLE is this year’s Mouthwashing, in that it’s a short horror experience that just knocks it out of the park. store.steampowered.com/app/4064510/...

It's nice being able to take some time to do a little bit of writing. A small piece for a small game. An hour long 2D Zelda like was just what I needed. Helps that the game is excellent! www.pressplaygaming.net/articles/202...

One thing I haven’t seen anyone say is, READ. Go read something an article from an author you admire, re-read a piece you were inspired by, or re-read a piece you’ve written before that you’re at least “that was all right” about. A good writer must read.

Fkn YES YES GET AND PLAY THIS

Surely

Nintendo let @fabraz.bsky.social make a Mario, that’s all I’m sayin

You know what sucks? That we’re not getting any more Midnight Suns, that’s what

I want to introduce you all to something myself and @jacksonwryan.com have been working on. A PRINT MAGAZINE about video games and video game culture. We know things have been bad for games writing recently. We're asking, "do you want to Continue?" www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...

Great report from @jacksonwryan.com about this mess. To show you all how frustrating this has been -- ClickOut Media's GamesHub still lists me as an active "Games & Tech Editor", and I'm placed alongside their fake AI 'writers'. I've asked them to stop, but these sites are desperate for credibility.

Great reporting at Aftermath for this one. The destruction of GamesHub has been… hard, for everyone involved. Absolutely fucking sucks what has became of a site I started to feel at home at, even if it was only for a while. aftermath.site/gameshub-cli...

Hanging out for part 3 of Riley’s journey where he gets into the intricacies of performing the perfect specky

I know it makes sense in the context of the reply but seeing AFL referred to as a RUGBY-LIKE is KILLING-ME

Tonight I watched Flight For Freedom (1943). There’s a lot about it that’s “of its time”, but I was surprised at how hooked I was throughout and how invested I was in the ending. Uses Amelia Earhart and WW2 backdrop for its story. Even 80+ years on, a great film is a great film.

Everyone out here all hype for PS games, but I’m like… Nic Cage Spider-Man?! Hell yeah www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgMb...

Spoilers for Princess Peach: Showtime, but gotta say Peach just going super saiyan blue and kamehameha-ing the final boss into oblivion is pretty great