Gametrodon
@gametrodon.bsky.social
Hi. I'm Fritz. I write about indie games, TCG's, and board/video game weirdness on https://gametrodon.com/
AKA, the worlds worst games investigative journalist.
AKA, the worlds worst games investigative journalist.
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Q-Up - Gametrodon
Q-Up is a satire of live service, tech companies, startups, and quantum computing. I really like it, but I wish I loved it.
gametrodon.com
This weeks writeup is on Q-Up, an incremental coin flipper.
It's a game I really like, but also wish I loved.
It's a game I really like, but also wish I loved.
Reposted by Gametrodon
My primary work tool is also my favorite procrastination machine. I'm not sure that was a good idea.
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 AM
My primary work tool is also my favorite procrastination machine. I'm not sure that was a good idea.
This weeks writeup is on Q-Up, an incremental coin flipper.
It's a game I really like, but also wish I loved.
It's a game I really like, but also wish I loved.
Q-Up - Gametrodon
Q-Up is a satire of live service, tech companies, startups, and quantum computing. I really like it, but I wish I loved it.
gametrodon.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This weeks writeup is on Q-Up, an incremental coin flipper.
It's a game I really like, but also wish I loved.
It's a game I really like, but also wish I loved.
I have to wonder if they just couldn’t get the rights to Will Ferrell, or if something else happened here.
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I have to wonder if they just couldn’t get the rights to Will Ferrell, or if something else happened here.
I think I might have the worst art workflow the world has ever seen.
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I think I might have the worst art workflow the world has ever seen.
Naming Cards: "Yes, Collaborative Corn is a great name! Fun alliteration, on theme, just perfect"
Drawing Cards: "How on gods green earth do I make corn look collaborative? What does that even look like?"
Drawing Cards: "How on gods green earth do I make corn look collaborative? What does that even look like?"
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Naming Cards: "Yes, Collaborative Corn is a great name! Fun alliteration, on theme, just perfect"
Drawing Cards: "How on gods green earth do I make corn look collaborative? What does that even look like?"
Drawing Cards: "How on gods green earth do I make corn look collaborative? What does that even look like?"
Why yes, I do like Q-Up.
November 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Why yes, I do like Q-Up.
Q-Up looks like it's gonna be incredibly weird, and I am here for it.
Please wishlist if you haven't!
I know wishlists are fake but it looks like we're hovering right under the threshold of being shown on the main Upcoming Releases page tomorrow so maybe not fake?? who knows but I want to make another game so wishlist please
s.team/a/3730790
I know wishlists are fake but it looks like we're hovering right under the threshold of being shown on the main Upcoming Releases page tomorrow so maybe not fake?? who knows but I want to make another game so wishlist please
s.team/a/3730790
Q-UP on Steam
Sick of long queues, unfair matchups, and arbitrary reflex tests? Try Q-UP, the coin flipping eSport. It's one part clicker, one part multiplayer strategy game, one part demented capitalism simulator,...
s.team
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Q-Up looks like it's gonna be incredibly weird, and I am here for it.
This is the first time I've seen a crowdfunding campaign actively admit that the "goals" on the campaign are not actually accurate to what is needed to produce to the product. Interesting to see.
Altered, the trading card game which broke Kickstarter records with its €6.2m debut crowdfund two years ago, is running almost €2m short of the amount needed for its latest expansion - despite having raised more than 10x its crowdfunding goal from backers:
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is the first time I've seen a crowdfunding campaign actively admit that the "goals" on the campaign are not actually accurate to what is needed to produce to the product. Interesting to see.
Tactical Breach Wizards is fantastic. If you like grid based tactics games, its absolutely worth checking out.
November 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Tactical Breach Wizards is fantastic. If you like grid based tactics games, its absolutely worth checking out.
Magic the Gathering Creature Types are fun and intuitive.
October 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Magic the Gathering Creature Types are fun and intuitive.
I've spent like 25 hours on Ball X Pit, and I'm prepared to say that it is truly a game I have spent 25 hours playing.
gametrodon.com/ball-x-pit/
gametrodon.com/ball-x-pit/
Ball X Pit - Gametrodon
I found Ball X Pit to be a compelling experience, but not one that really "Sparked Joy". It's a weird zone to occupy.
gametrodon.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I've spent like 25 hours on Ball X Pit, and I'm prepared to say that it is truly a game I have spent 25 hours playing.
gametrodon.com/ball-x-pit/
gametrodon.com/ball-x-pit/
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Oh my god some fucking tech dingdong posted this on Twitter with the caption "AI games are going to be amazing" totally seriously, you have to watch it. You have to. In full screen.
October 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Oh my god some fucking tech dingdong posted this on Twitter with the caption "AI games are going to be amazing" totally seriously, you have to watch it. You have to. In full screen.
Hell of a way to find out I’m a corpse.
October 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Hell of a way to find out I’m a corpse.
Looking for highly motivated self starters to join a multidisciplinary team tackling complex challenges in together in today’s challenging financial conditions!
(we will be robbing banks)
(we will be robbing banks)
October 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Looking for highly motivated self starters to join a multidisciplinary team tackling complex challenges in together in today’s challenging financial conditions!
(we will be robbing banks)
(we will be robbing banks)
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Find a No Kings protest Saturday and go!
Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest.
/1
Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest.
/1
October 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Find a No Kings protest Saturday and go!
Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest.
/1
Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest.
/1
"I'd like you to draw me a dragon"
"A what?"
"A dragon. You know what a dragon is right? You've seen pictures of dragons?"
"Uh, yeah. Of course"
"A what?"
"A dragon. You know what a dragon is right? You've seen pictures of dragons?"
"Uh, yeah. Of course"
October 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"I'd like you to draw me a dragon"
"A what?"
"A dragon. You know what a dragon is right? You've seen pictures of dragons?"
"Uh, yeah. Of course"
"A what?"
"A dragon. You know what a dragon is right? You've seen pictures of dragons?"
"Uh, yeah. Of course"
What's a game that's hard to learn, but easy to master?
October 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
What's a game that's hard to learn, but easy to master?
@cwgabriel.bsky.social So... just finished reading the last part of the The Blessing, and now I'm wondering... did most of the trees in the Eyrewood... not start out as trees?
October 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
@cwgabriel.bsky.social So... just finished reading the last part of the The Blessing, and now I'm wondering... did most of the trees in the Eyrewood... not start out as trees?
I’ve been playing a fair bit of Battlefield 6, and every time I finish a game I go “Wow, I really paid $70 for this”
October 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I’ve been playing a fair bit of Battlefield 6, and every time I finish a game I go “Wow, I really paid $70 for this”
Me: Why would anyone buy a console when you can just game on PC?
Me, after 45 minutes of mucking about with computer bullshit to try to play Battlefield: Oh, that's why.
Me, after 45 minutes of mucking about with computer bullshit to try to play Battlefield: Oh, that's why.
October 13, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Me: Why would anyone buy a console when you can just game on PC?
Me, after 45 minutes of mucking about with computer bullshit to try to play Battlefield: Oh, that's why.
Me, after 45 minutes of mucking about with computer bullshit to try to play Battlefield: Oh, that's why.
New house rule suggestion for magic: After each game, everyone gets to punch you X-1 times, where X is the number of times you activated Strip Mine.
October 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
New house rule suggestion for magic: After each game, everyone gets to punch you X-1 times, where X is the number of times you activated Strip Mine.
This weeks writeup was on the Q-UP demo! It's a really cool and weird incremental game that seems to be a send up of... well a bunch of things!
Q-UP Demo - Gametrodon
Q-Up is a game about flipping coins, hostile corporate takeovers, a satire of the state of live service games, and send up of E-Sports.
gametrodon.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This weeks writeup was on the Q-UP demo! It's a really cool and weird incremental game that seems to be a send up of... well a bunch of things!
I’m gonna be real, I feel like I’m deeply out of the loop on this one.
But I don’t also don’t think it’s worth it to play Unfair Flips.
gametrodon.com/unfair-flips/
But I don’t also don’t think it’s worth it to play Unfair Flips.
gametrodon.com/unfair-flips/
Unfair Flips - Gametrodon
Unfair Flips is bad, and it deeply confuses me to as why everyone thinks it is good. Maybe I'm just stupid.
gametrodon.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I’m gonna be real, I feel like I’m deeply out of the loop on this one.
But I don’t also don’t think it’s worth it to play Unfair Flips.
gametrodon.com/unfair-flips/
But I don’t also don’t think it’s worth it to play Unfair Flips.
gametrodon.com/unfair-flips/
Me: Yes, I can draw all of these crabs.
Me, drawing the first crab:
Oh. Oh no.
Oh no no no no no
Me, drawing the first crab:
Oh. Oh no.
Oh no no no no no
September 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Me: Yes, I can draw all of these crabs.
Me, drawing the first crab:
Oh. Oh no.
Oh no no no no no
Me, drawing the first crab:
Oh. Oh no.
Oh no no no no no