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Robin Bea
@robinbombus.bsky.social
Game critic/reporter at Inverse, co-host of @girlmodepod.bsky.social, @insequence.pictures, and twitch.tv/parallelplayers!
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When god closes a door (anxiety-induced insomnia) he opens a window (150,000+ word slow burn Aerti fic)
January 4, 2026 at 7:46 AM
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I just called my congressperson and left a message, I plan on calling back Monday again. Look up how to contact your representative.
Call your Congressperson now. It will be logged as “Holy cow we got X calls on the week end”. If they’re Dems they need these calls to pressure worse Dems & better Republicans. Don’t give up the ship yall.
Candid answer - as someone who handled constituent affairs calls for years - while they’re not checking the phone right now, the urgency of the moment is important.

Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
January 3, 2026 at 4:32 PM
for my last piece written in 2025 and first published in 2026, I got sappy about the games that helped me feel more connected during an otherwise pretty alienating year

so glad I got to work with @lexluddy.xyz and @kellymerka.bsky.social on this too!
January 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM
(I'm cleaning out an old screenshots folder and forgot I saved this one to make this joke when I was playing tales of the shire)

OK chaser
January 2, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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Thank you all for your patience! Without further ado, it's This Year In Videogame Blogging 2025, complete with a bonus This Week In Videogame Blogging, December 28, 2025!

critical-distance.com/2026/01/01/t...
critical-distance.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:28 PM
I'm so happy with both year-end episodes, but the Girlies especially feel like such an encapsulation of our deal. It's weird and funny, there's like four WLW categories, game jam submissions get awards, bad take-havers catch strays for no reason, and we get embarrassingly personal about our GOTY.
Wow it's the Girlies! Listen to hear all about the year's best horses, trees, bad opinions, and more!
Thanks for listening to the show this year! We'll back with more in 2026 and we mean that as a threat!
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Episode 154 - The Fourth Annual Girl Mode Awards | Girl Mode
The awards show the games industry deserves
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January 1, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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snakes leave behind whole skins. all manner of flying creatures, not just butterflies, do them one better, whole new selves from wriggling worms. rocks into gems. mystics die to the flesh to be reborn in the spirit. rebirth is the rule, not the stray exception, if we can grasp it
December 31, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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THE GIANT'S BENEVOLENCE

If you see a Bug in your home that shouldn't be there, safely transport it outside. When you do so, gain a Bug Boon.

If something nice happens to you later, you've expended your Bug Boon. Say "Thank you Bug!" and acknowledge the Bug spirits.
I need everyone to make a shitpost game that fits into at most 3 posts on here before the end of the year otherwise thr sun will not rise again
Not enough shitpost games though
December 31, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Me on my way to have a chat with the higher-ups who demand writers slip “Clair Obscur” into every headline because these people have dog shit where their hearts and brains should be:
a woman in a wheelchair is walking down a hospital hallway with a man
Alt: Tony Soprano about to take care of business with a pillow
media.tenor.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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December 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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For this year's holiday game exchange, we're talking about Wanderstop and Baby Steps to determine whether making tea or climbing a mountain is the better path to finding yourself
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Episode 153 - Finding Our Way Home in Wanderstop and Baby Steps | Girl Mode
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December 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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one of my absolute favorite things we’ve recorded this year. i had a wonderful time exploring comics from the ShortBox Expo - which i’d somehow never heard of before this year! - AND, honestly, i haven’t been able to stop thinking about my long read pick for 2026 since the in-recording reveal…
December 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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October 29, 2024 at 4:43 PM
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Ivalice Miku:
December 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
He is at best the embarrassing uncle who indie games no longer talks to at thanksgiving
Okay please let's not call him that
December 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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I’m planning a column about women and games next year. I want to discuss how stories about women are told/received in games, and how does womens’ criticism exist- where/what is it? If you are a woman game writer/dev/critic and would like to share your thoughts, dm or email eaprice.work@gmail.com !
December 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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This week Willa and Robin run through all the announcements at The Game Awards, including: Tomb Raider for the straights, DILF Leon, and Control with a man. Boooooo. Also, more Old Skies talk because it's just that good!

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Episode 152 - Recession Indicator Lara Croft | Girl Mode
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December 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
there's no one better at making games about and for gay trans communist rats
THE CITY STARVED LAST WINTER. DON'T LET IT STARVE AGAIN. Waterhead is the next game set in The Lovely Ladyverse. Can Ida Guggenhofer convince the Hornek family farm to aid Red Vina before winter bites - or will she return home empty handed? Check it out -> lovelyladyverse.com/waterhead/
December 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
that's great man, it's so inspiring when I'm playing a game and I can tell everyone who made it was more or less OK how it came out
December 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Samus
December 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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December 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
nothing better when you're catching up on games for year's end than the feeling of, I was so smart to pick this up when it launched and so stupid to wait this long to play it
December 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
the things I do for @thewillarowe.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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I beat Metroid Prime 4 a couple nights ago. 100% items, it took 16 hours and change. It did weird things to my brain, and I needed to write about it. So enjoy this unplanned meditation on the fourth Metroid Prime game.

Please repost and share it around :)
December 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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hope everyone enjoyed the Girlies pre-show last night! the real awards will be here in a couple weeks, brought to you by our sponsor Gain, the laundry detergent for Gamers™️
December 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM