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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


REVIEW: The wintry ILA: A Frosty Glide is a warm hug of a cozy micro open world
ILA: A Frosty Glide has the perfect atmosphere for the chilly season.

Nate Hermanson
Dec 2, 20257 min read


ANNOUNCING: The Video Games Are Good 2025 GOTY Nominees
These 10 were bright spots in the world of games, and earned a place on VGG's 2025 Game of the Year nominee list.

Nate and Julie
Nov 22, 20258 min read


ANNOUNCING: The Video Games are Good Campout Campout
Join VGG for a 24-hour stream! The Campout Campout on Twitch celebrates the fifth year of Video Games Are Good and honors the tradition we've built with this stream over the last few years. Don't miss it, because, after much deliberation, we've decided that 2025 will be the LAST Campout.

Nate and Julie
Nov 15, 20254 min read


PAX West 2025: Developer Q&A - War of the Western Deep hopes to reanimate the Don Bluth-esque dichotomy of light and dark
"This is a style of animation that thrives on the human craft. It is something that is born from pure human sweat, and grit, and talent, and work. You can't fake it. You can't cut corners with it."

Nate Hermanson
Oct 21, 202512 min read


REVIEW: ASMR, pure emotions, and satisfying cleaning await in Undusted: Letters from the Past
A bittersweet narrative softened by a gentle ASMR soundscape and quietly satisfying cleaning gameplay.

Nate Hermanson
Oct 20, 20255 min read


PAX West 2025: Fallen Tear's metroidvania-meets-JRPG has the promise to be the Phillipines' next breakout indie
In Fallen Tear's boss rush-focused demo at PAX, the combat was quick and punchy, and our talk with Creative Director Stephen Manalastas gave insights into where Filipino roots show up in subtle ways in the narrative and gameplay.

Nate Hermanson
Oct 15, 20255 min read


REVIEW: Incomprehensibly beautiful and oppressively tense, Eclipsium is a stunning technical achievement in horror gaming
Full-body tension and an experience that overwhelms the senses, in the best way.

Nate Hermanson
Oct 1, 20256 min read


REVIEW: The action roguelike's new era is marked by games like Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree
Hard to say goodbye.

Nate Hermanson
Sep 29, 20258 min read


PAX West 2025: Love Eternal's understated horror and old-school flash platforming vibes - Hands-on preview
'It's not the kind of loneliness where nobody is around; it's the kind where there are still people but you can't shake the feeling — which in a way is more horrifying.'

Nate Hermanson
Sep 26, 20255 min read
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