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PREVIEW: Launching August 4, 2026, Big Walk is everything we wanted and more
These gamers were made for walkin’. And that’s just what they did. And one of these days these gamers are gonna... tell you about it... and that day is right now... Here it is. Sometimes living in the Pacific Northwest has its perks. In June, the VGG crew was lucky enough to have the opportunity to visit the Panic offices and play an in-person-only preview of the upcoming open world walk-and-talk game Big Walk. Open to both the public and press alike, these sparse preview sp

Nate Hermanson
Jun 96 min read


Summer Game Fest 2026: A recap of all of Day 2— WAIT NEVER MIND, TRUTH SCRAPPER MINI-PREVIEW
TGIF (This Game Is French). Sosotte, mademoiselle, you've captured us already.

Nate Hermanson
Jun 86 min read


Summer Game Fest 2026: Six standout indies from the summer of gaming digital showcases
Six newly announced indie games with extra sauce.

Nate Hermanson
Jun 66 min read


Summer Game Fest 2026: June's showcase schedule
The schedule grows with two new summer showcases in 2026. Here's when and where to watch the shows in the Summer Game Fest ecosystem with us.

Nate Hermanson
Jun 14 min read


REVIEW: Surviving grief through routine in Fishbowl's slice of life
An honest and vulnerable exploration of grief.

Nate Hermanson
May 278 min read


REVIEW: Bubsy 4D? More like delightful, desirable, dashing, and damn is this really happening?
Sometimes it takes a cat 30+ years to achieve greatness, and that's okay.

Nate Hermanson
May 216 min read


REVIEW: Mixtape is a stunning artful testimony to music, adolescence, and the power of whimsy
Well, I guess this is growing up.

Nate Hermanson
May 117 min read


REVIEW: Forbidden Solitaire is perfect execution of an absurd idea born out of a genius partnership
Geeked about spooky solitaire.

Nate Hermanson
Apr 307 min read


A Third Life Crisis or . . .
Games that have been my unexpected tethers to hope and persistence lately.

Nate Hermanson
Apr 2416 min read


ANNOUNCING: Consume Me is Video Games are Good's 2025 Game of the Year
Congratulations to Consume Me, VGG's 2025 Game of the Year winner. Equal parts strategic, chaotic, funny, hopeful, and tear-jerking, its ingredients come together to make something well-balanced and soul-nourishing that we were grateful we got the chance to consume.

Nate and Julie
Dec 20, 20256 min read
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