Ryan Gilliam
@rygilliam.bsky.social
Co-founder and owner of @rogue.site. Former Guides Producer at Polygon.
Lifelong KC liver.
Work: Ryan(at)Rogue(dot)site
Lifelong KC liver.
Work: Ryan(at)Rogue(dot)site
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Ryan Gilliam
@rygilliam.bsky.social
· Jun 3
The Edge of Fate will be the biggest change to Destiny 2 since it launched—an injection of fresh ideas, but also of ARPG grind
The launch of a new saga is bringing a massive shift to how Destiny 2 works.
www.pcgamer.com
This one is a little surreal. My first paid, non-Polygon byline ... ever, and it's for PC Gamer. And, of course, it's for Destiny 2.
Here is my extensive preview of the Edge of Fate. It's long, but that's a reflection of just how much is changing in July.
www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/th...
Here is my extensive preview of the Edge of Fate. It's long, but that's a reflection of just how much is changing in July.
www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/th...
I have played so much Deadlock in the past two weeks.
Deadlock isn't out yet. You can't even play it without an invite.
But it's going to take over the world.
Prepare accordingly.
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But it's going to take over the world.
Prepare accordingly.
www.rogue.site/editorials/i...
I think it's probably time for all us to accept that Deadlock is the future
Valve's upcoming third person MOBA isn't even out yet
www.rogue.site
February 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
I have played so much Deadlock in the past two weeks.
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Peter Thiel not only looks like a person who was bitten in a zombie apocalypse and is hiding it from the rest of the survivors, but *also* looks like someone who already knows what human flesh tastes like and is looking forward to tasting it again
February 9, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Peter Thiel not only looks like a person who was bitten in a zombie apocalypse and is hiding it from the rest of the survivors, but *also* looks like someone who already knows what human flesh tastes like and is looking forward to tasting it again
Really love doing this show. And really thrilled to see that so many folks are enjoying it!
Just a few more weeks until we know everything (most things? Nothing, actually?) about the full game
Just a few more weeks until we know everything (most things? Nothing, actually?) about the full game
So what's been going on with the recent Marathon character cinematics? And is Marathon gonna be at this week's State of Play?
@rygilliam.bsky.social helps answer both on episodes 3 and 4 of Escape Will Make Me Pod with @skarrow9.bsky.social and JakeTheAlright
www.rogue.site/news/on-mara...
@rygilliam.bsky.social helps answer both on episodes 3 and 4 of Escape Will Make Me Pod with @skarrow9.bsky.social and JakeTheAlright
www.rogue.site/news/on-mara...
On Marathon's two Runners cinematics and its fateful State of Play this week (EWMMP episodes 3 and 4)
Let's look at episodes three and four of Escape Will Make Me Pod, the unofficial Marathon podcast
www.rogue.site
February 9, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Really love doing this show. And really thrilled to see that so many folks are enjoying it!
Just a few more weeks until we know everything (most things? Nothing, actually?) about the full game
Just a few more weeks until we know everything (most things? Nothing, actually?) about the full game
I think we are really hogging Bill Maher, as a people. And that’s just not fair to the rest of the universe.
It’ll be hard, but I think we might need to share him.
He’s been _so great_, but where hasn’t he been that might need him more?
I’m thinking the surface of the sun? Open to other ideas.
It’ll be hard, but I think we might need to share him.
He’s been _so great_, but where hasn’t he been that might need him more?
I’m thinking the surface of the sun? Open to other ideas.
February 7, 2026 at 12:12 PM
I think we are really hogging Bill Maher, as a people. And that’s just not fair to the rest of the universe.
It’ll be hard, but I think we might need to share him.
He’s been _so great_, but where hasn’t he been that might need him more?
I’m thinking the surface of the sun? Open to other ideas.
It’ll be hard, but I think we might need to share him.
He’s been _so great_, but where hasn’t he been that might need him more?
I’m thinking the surface of the sun? Open to other ideas.
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Jeff's latest Cyberpunk 2025 looks at the rise of technofascism and a hundred year-old novel.
www.rogue.site/editorials/c...
www.rogue.site/editorials/c...
Cyberpunk 2025: Freelance Fascism
Part 10: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
www.rogue.site
February 6, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Jeff's latest Cyberpunk 2025 looks at the rise of technofascism and a hundred year-old novel.
www.rogue.site/editorials/c...
www.rogue.site/editorials/c...
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“Don’t use AI is a luxury position”
February 6, 2026 at 6:45 PM
“Don’t use AI is a luxury position”
I've spent quite a bit of time with Mewgenics over the past few weeks and it's pretty cool. There's a lot going on here.
It's also a long game that I don't have fun playing for prolonged periods.
My impressions:
It's also a long game that I don't have fun playing for prolonged periods.
My impressions:
There's a lot going on in Mewgenics.
After about 12 hours with the game, here are @rygilliam.bsky.social impressions for the bizarre turn-based RPG.
After about 12 hours with the game, here are @rygilliam.bsky.social impressions for the bizarre turn-based RPG.
Mewgenics is a fascinating, intricate, strategic rougelite, and I'll likely never, ever finish it
Mewgenics is the kind of game where "I wonder if this works" always ends in an "oh, yup!"
www.rogue.site
February 6, 2026 at 4:43 PM
I've spent quite a bit of time with Mewgenics over the past few weeks and it's pretty cool. There's a lot going on here.
It's also a long game that I don't have fun playing for prolonged periods.
My impressions:
It's also a long game that I don't have fun playing for prolonged periods.
My impressions:
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Loneliness, struggle, and a robot companion make for satisfying, meditative experience.
www.rogue.site/editorials/c...
www.rogue.site/editorials/c...
The challenge in Cairn lies in more than just the climbing
Cairn is a game that asks if the destination is worth the journey
www.rogue.site
February 5, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Loneliness, struggle, and a robot companion make for satisfying, meditative experience.
www.rogue.site/editorials/c...
www.rogue.site/editorials/c...
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In the newest look back at Helldivers 2's Second Galactic War, we examine the surprise return of the Automaton fleet and resulting battles across the western sectors. www.rogue.site/editorials/a...
A History of Helldivers 2: The Reclamation
The Automatons had been eradicated from the galaxy... but somehow, they returned.
www.rogue.site
February 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
In the newest look back at Helldivers 2's Second Galactic War, we examine the surprise return of the Automaton fleet and resulting battles across the western sectors. www.rogue.site/editorials/a...
Dove back into Highguard's new mode over the weekend and really enjoyed it ...
Unrelated, I have put about 8 hours into Deadlock since this mode came out.
Unrelated, I have put about 8 hours into Deadlock since this mode came out.
Highguard's new 5v5 mode got added to the game less than a week after launch, and it's a huge improvement.
But when there are so many other things to play ... who is really going to notice?
www.rogue.site/editorials/h...
But when there are so many other things to play ... who is really going to notice?
www.rogue.site/editorials/h...
Highguard's new 5v5 mode is so much better, but highlights how hard it is for games like this to succeed
Highguard's devs made some big improvements at high speed last week. But is that enough these days?
www.rogue.site
February 4, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Dove back into Highguard's new mode over the weekend and really enjoyed it ...
Unrelated, I have put about 8 hours into Deadlock since this mode came out.
Unrelated, I have put about 8 hours into Deadlock since this mode came out.
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Sharing again for the morning crowd.
Rogue is now taking freelance pitches!
pitches@rogue.site
Rogue is now taking freelance pitches!
pitches@rogue.site
A month shy of our 6 month anniversary (!), we're opening up freelance at Rogue.
We're a small business, but we want to help build a place where new writers can flourish.
pitches@rogue.site
Instructions below!
www.rogue.site/news/were-op...
We're a small business, but we want to help build a place where new writers can flourish.
pitches@rogue.site
Instructions below!
www.rogue.site/news/were-op...
We're opening up freelance opportunities at Rogue
Help us and our readers find some hidden gems!
www.rogue.site
February 4, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Sharing again for the morning crowd.
Rogue is now taking freelance pitches!
pitches@rogue.site
Rogue is now taking freelance pitches!
pitches@rogue.site
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Perfect Tides: Station to Station takes us back to a (mercifully) simpler time.
Here are @cassmarshall.bsky.social' impressions on the follow up to the original Perfect Tides:
www.rogue.site/editorials/p...
Here are @cassmarshall.bsky.social' impressions on the follow up to the original Perfect Tides:
www.rogue.site/editorials/p...
Perfect Tides: Station to Station is a beautiful escape back to 2003
An excellent follow up to the 2022 adventure game Perfect Tides
www.rogue.site
February 4, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Perfect Tides: Station to Station takes us back to a (mercifully) simpler time.
Here are @cassmarshall.bsky.social' impressions on the follow up to the original Perfect Tides:
www.rogue.site/editorials/p...
Here are @cassmarshall.bsky.social' impressions on the follow up to the original Perfect Tides:
www.rogue.site/editorials/p...
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I was laid off today, among hundreds of others at The Washington Post.
I loved covering games here, and I am so proud of our international coverage.
My colleagues — those who lost their jobs and those who didn't — are rockstars. It was such an honor to work alongside them.
I loved covering games here, and I am so proud of our international coverage.
My colleagues — those who lost their jobs and those who didn't — are rockstars. It was such an honor to work alongside them.
February 4, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I was laid off today, among hundreds of others at The Washington Post.
I loved covering games here, and I am so proud of our international coverage.
My colleagues — those who lost their jobs and those who didn't — are rockstars. It was such an honor to work alongside them.
I loved covering games here, and I am so proud of our international coverage.
My colleagues — those who lost their jobs and those who didn't — are rockstars. It was such an honor to work alongside them.
Hey, this is very exciting!
Please share if you know some writers!
Please pitch if you'd like!
And please support us if you can!
Please share if you know some writers!
Please pitch if you'd like!
And please support us if you can!
A month shy of our 6 month anniversary (!), we're opening up freelance at Rogue.
We're a small business, but we want to help build a place where new writers can flourish.
pitches@rogue.site
Instructions below!
www.rogue.site/news/were-op...
We're a small business, but we want to help build a place where new writers can flourish.
pitches@rogue.site
Instructions below!
www.rogue.site/news/were-op...
We're opening up freelance opportunities at Rogue
Help us and our readers find some hidden gems!
www.rogue.site
February 3, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Hey, this is very exciting!
Please share if you know some writers!
Please pitch if you'd like!
And please support us if you can!
Please share if you know some writers!
Please pitch if you'd like!
And please support us if you can!
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We’re all a little short on cash in 2026, but have you tried baby day trading?
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www.rogue.site/editorials/s...
Space Warlord Baby Trader is the best way to lose your life savings
The space baby trading market
www.rogue.site
February 3, 2026 at 9:16 PM
We’re all a little short on cash in 2026, but have you tried baby day trading?
www.rogue.site/editorials/s...
www.rogue.site/editorials/s...
I appreciate the world's dumbest people being able to say
"Oh man, I think I was wrong when I voted for this administration. They're so bad they actually proved the catastrophizing leftists right lmao"
But the signs were obviously there, dipshit. And now people are dead. So maybe shut the fuck up?
"Oh man, I think I was wrong when I voted for this administration. They're so bad they actually proved the catastrophizing leftists right lmao"
But the signs were obviously there, dipshit. And now people are dead. So maybe shut the fuck up?
February 2, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I appreciate the world's dumbest people being able to say
"Oh man, I think I was wrong when I voted for this administration. They're so bad they actually proved the catastrophizing leftists right lmao"
But the signs were obviously there, dipshit. And now people are dead. So maybe shut the fuck up?
"Oh man, I think I was wrong when I voted for this administration. They're so bad they actually proved the catastrophizing leftists right lmao"
But the signs were obviously there, dipshit. And now people are dead. So maybe shut the fuck up?
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I've gotten back into Fallout 76 and become the moneybags of our gaming group
www.rogue.site/editorials/f...
www.rogue.site/editorials/f...
February 2, 2026 at 5:41 PM
I've gotten back into Fallout 76 and become the moneybags of our gaming group
www.rogue.site/editorials/f...
www.rogue.site/editorials/f...
This place (the one we live on) is fucked, part 2
... but there is some comfort in cozier things
... but there is some comfort in cozier things
It's a bad time to be alive.
But it's a pretty good time to escape a little.
www.rogue.site/editorials/h...
But it's a pretty good time to escape a little.
www.rogue.site/editorials/h...
Have we considered that now is the correct time to move to a deserted island (run by raccoons) or start a (digital) farm?
Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley have been the perfect pair of games to recharge with
www.rogue.site
January 30, 2026 at 6:57 PM
This place (the one we live on) is fucked, part 2
... but there is some comfort in cozier things
... but there is some comfort in cozier things
This place (the one we live on) is fucked, part 1
January 30, 2026 at 6:54 PM
This place (the one we live on) is fucked, part 1
An all-timer of a bad fucking January
Catherine O' Hara, rest in peace. deadline.com/2026/01/cath...
Catherine O’Hara Dies: Beloved ‘Schitt’s Creek’, ‘SCTV’, ‘Home Alone’ Actor Was 71
Catherine O’Hara, the beloved comic actor who launched her extraordinary career as one of the ensemble members of the star-making cast of SCTV before gaining acclaim in such films as Beetlejuice, Home...
deadline.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:30 PM
An all-timer of a bad fucking January
All of the casting choices have been totally serviceable so far.
Mandy as Odin is fucking GOATED, and I will not be listening to any feedback that says otherwise.
Mandy as Odin is fucking GOATED, and I will not be listening to any feedback that says otherwise.
Amazon's God of War keeps casting characters from Ragnarök, adds Severance and Homeland stars as Odin and Thor www.eurogamer.net/amazons-god-...
January 30, 2026 at 8:46 AM
All of the casting choices have been totally serviceable so far.
Mandy as Odin is fucking GOATED, and I will not be listening to any feedback that says otherwise.
Mandy as Odin is fucking GOATED, and I will not be listening to any feedback that says otherwise.
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Wow, this looks like dogshit. How surprising /s
January 29, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Wow, this looks like dogshit. How surprising /s
Really was pretty disappointed in this game a few years ago. But really enjoyed the version I’ve played over the last week!
You ever play an expansion packed with good ideas and think "this is good enough that it could've been a new game?"
That's Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven.
Our review of the new expansion:
www.rogue.site/editorials/c...
That's Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven.
Our review of the new expansion:
www.rogue.site/editorials/c...
Cult of the Lamb's Woolhaven expansion is great, I just wish it was a sequel
Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven is one of those great expansions that completely turns a game around
www.rogue.site
January 30, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Really was pretty disappointed in this game a few years ago. But really enjoyed the version I’ve played over the last week!
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@inkle.co's TR-49 manages to be a harrowing mystery and heartbreaking story without ever leaving its single location.
www.rogue.site/editorials/t...
www.rogue.site/editorials/t...
TR-49 is an early Game of the Year contender
A mysterious computer and the power of stories
www.rogue.site
January 28, 2026 at 9:15 PM
@inkle.co's TR-49 manages to be a harrowing mystery and heartbreaking story without ever leaving its single location.
www.rogue.site/editorials/t...
www.rogue.site/editorials/t...
This is an absolutely head-ass take, and it swallows every other point he's trying to make.
It's true that the point of criticism isn't and shouldn't be to "hurt" the people who make the art you're critiquing. And if that is ever your intent, you aren't doing good criticism ...
It's true that the point of criticism isn't and shouldn't be to "hurt" the people who make the art you're critiquing. And if that is ever your intent, you aren't doing good criticism ...
January 28, 2026 at 10:03 AM
This is an absolutely head-ass take, and it swallows every other point he's trying to make.
It's true that the point of criticism isn't and shouldn't be to "hurt" the people who make the art you're critiquing. And if that is ever your intent, you aren't doing good criticism ...
It's true that the point of criticism isn't and shouldn't be to "hurt" the people who make the art you're critiquing. And if that is ever your intent, you aren't doing good criticism ...