Stu
@stuwert.bsky.social
Software Engineer with way too many thoughts about games.
You can find my writing at: https://curate.games
You can find my writing at: https://curate.games
This is also my pitch.
If you're trying to ditch NYT Games, which you should be since their games singlehandedly prop up the entire dogshit rag financially, you should switch to Puzzmo. An annual sub is 50% off today for a crazy $19 and as a bonus doesn't enable the genocides of Palestinians and trans people
Puzzmo — The (new) place for thoughtful puzzles.
Re-imagined mainstays like the daily Crossword Puzzle, modern classics like Really Bad Chess and SpellTower, and even a few brand new puzzles.
www.puzzmo.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This is also my pitch.
Today's #Wildfrost Daily run was a wild one. First time I've had two competing builds (sacrifice or the blue flame) that both felt equally relevant and possible at various points. I chose the flame (and died by the flame).
November 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Today's #Wildfrost Daily run was a wild one. First time I've had two competing builds (sacrifice or the blue flame) that both felt equally relevant and possible at various points. I chose the flame (and died by the flame).
The best part of #WildFrost is that every single turn of the game feels like a Magic the Puzzling puzzle you have to work out.
The worst part of it is that every single turn of the game feels like a grindy puzzle.
Anyway I love the WildFrost dailies. Super fun.
The worst part of it is that every single turn of the game feels like a grindy puzzle.
Anyway I love the WildFrost dailies. Super fun.
November 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The best part of #WildFrost is that every single turn of the game feels like a Magic the Puzzling puzzle you have to work out.
The worst part of it is that every single turn of the game feels like a grindy puzzle.
Anyway I love the WildFrost dailies. Super fun.
The worst part of it is that every single turn of the game feels like a grindy puzzle.
Anyway I love the WildFrost dailies. Super fun.
Patrick Starr has a cute buttcrack. According to my mother in law
November 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Patrick Starr has a cute buttcrack. According to my mother in law
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Today's indie game: Dogpile (store.steampowered.com/app/3839300/...). Look I don't know what to tell you, if "core gameplay of Suika Game but with Roguelite-deckbuilder elements and where the things you're dropping onto the playfield are dogs" sounds good to you, then do I have a game for you. Woof.
Dogpile on Steam
Dogpile is a roguelike deck builder about merging cute dogs into bigger dogs. Play dogs, get money, customize your dogs with special Traits, refine your deck, PLAY MORE DOGS! DOGS!
store.steampowered.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Today's indie game: Dogpile (store.steampowered.com/app/3839300/...). Look I don't know what to tell you, if "core gameplay of Suika Game but with Roguelite-deckbuilder elements and where the things you're dropping onto the playfield are dogs" sounds good to you, then do I have a game for you. Woof.
Genuinely forgot that the concept of a “Word Search” game existed
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Genuinely forgot that the concept of a “Word Search” game existed
Starting my #Yugioh rewatch. On episode 2. You're telling me Pegasus uses a VHS to start a live game in the shadow realm? Yeah this still rips.
November 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Starting my #Yugioh rewatch. On episode 2. You're telling me Pegasus uses a VHS to start a live game in the shadow realm? Yeah this still rips.
Can’t stop thinking about @rianjohnson.bsky.social’s new Knives Out… (Wake Up Dead Man) we got to see it last night at the Denver Film Festival.
The best type of art that makes you want to create something yourself.
The best type of art that makes you want to create something yourself.
November 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Can’t stop thinking about @rianjohnson.bsky.social’s new Knives Out… (Wake Up Dead Man) we got to see it last night at the Denver Film Festival.
The best type of art that makes you want to create something yourself.
The best type of art that makes you want to create something yourself.
I miss reading #magicthegathering tournament reports. It feels like one of those artifacts from the old internet that's never coming back but boy oh boy were they a fun genre.
October 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I miss reading #magicthegathering tournament reports. It feels like one of those artifacts from the old internet that's never coming back but boy oh boy were they a fun genre.
I could probably spend the rest of my life only playing card games, instead of other types, and be happy.
October 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I could probably spend the rest of my life only playing card games, instead of other types, and be happy.
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Every day I hope that the game that is perfect for me releases out of nowhere
October 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Every day I hope that the game that is perfect for me releases out of nowhere
With all the uh... turmoil happening in Magic: The Gathering. It's heartwarming to see #OnceUponAGalaxy hit it out of the park with its first big set release. Brings me back to the days of ripping packs on prerelease night to figure out how the cards fit together:
curate.games/p/rekindling...
curate.games/p/rekindling...
Rekindling New Magic
Opening up Once Upon a Galaxy's new set feels like the best parts of my early experiences Magic: The Gathering
curate.games
October 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
With all the uh... turmoil happening in Magic: The Gathering. It's heartwarming to see #OnceUponAGalaxy hit it out of the park with its first big set release. Brings me back to the days of ripping packs on prerelease night to figure out how the cards fit together:
curate.games/p/rekindling...
curate.games/p/rekindling...
I continue to believe that sports are one of the ways games are artful. It’s all right there.
October 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I continue to believe that sports are one of the ways games are artful. It’s all right there.
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Oh damn, SE is out! I playtested this. It's very good. Very clean, pleasing busy-work-like puzzle solving.
Spooky Express is OUT NOW on PC and Mobile! 🚂🎃
All the passengers are dying to ride the Spooky Express! Don’t let them miss their stops: they may be monsters, but they still have places to be and people to eat – er, we mean meet!
spooky.express
All the passengers are dying to ride the Spooky Express! Don’t let them miss their stops: they may be monsters, but they still have places to be and people to eat – er, we mean meet!
spooky.express
October 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Oh damn, SE is out! I playtested this. It's very good. Very clean, pleasing busy-work-like puzzle solving.
Playfulness and Painfulness
Disappointment is part of the art of games
curate.games
October 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Probably just coping about the Mariners loss, but it’s hard not to think of baseball as a physical embodiment of a JRPG. Same basic vibes
October 21, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Probably just coping about the Mariners loss, but it’s hard not to think of baseball as a physical embodiment of a JRPG. Same basic vibes
The gradual descent of Magic the Gathering into a Fortnite adjacent clone that showcases other brands under the guise of “accessibility” feels like a pretty perfect encapsulation of the gradual enshittification of pop culture generally.
October 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The gradual descent of Magic the Gathering into a Fortnite adjacent clone that showcases other brands under the guise of “accessibility” feels like a pretty perfect encapsulation of the gradual enshittification of pop culture generally.
The work to make this Portrait compatible is both incredible and so appreciated.
Thread on what it took to port Rift Riff, made in Godot, to iOS and Android. 🧵👇
#godotengine #gamedev
#godotengine #gamedev
October 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The work to make this Portrait compatible is both incredible and so appreciated.
Hard to overstate how much I hate the monetization techniques littered throughout this game. But Kingdom Rush Battles bops pretty hard in a way I really didn’t expect.
October 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Hard to overstate how much I hate the monetization techniques littered throughout this game. But Kingdom Rush Battles bops pretty hard in a way I really didn’t expect.
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um holy shit what CMYK is publishing MAGICAL ATHLETE with an updated design by Richard Garfield !??! This is one of the stone cold unpurchasble classics. how the heck did they manage to track down the rights to this???? instant order from me. cc @jessefuchs.bsky.social www.cmyk.games/products/mag...
Magical Athlete
Magical Athlete is a chaotic racing game where anything can happen. Recruit a team of absurd racers—Centaur, Egg, Rocket Scientist—then just roll your die and move that many spaces. Except each racer ...
www.cmyk.games
September 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
um holy shit what CMYK is publishing MAGICAL ATHLETE with an updated design by Richard Garfield !??! This is one of the stone cold unpurchasble classics. how the heck did they manage to track down the rights to this???? instant order from me. cc @jessefuchs.bsky.social www.cmyk.games/products/mag...
Sword of the Sea is a beautifully designed and crafted game with Immaculate Vibes. It’s also hard to not think about how different it is from Journey (its spiritual predecessor) and what that means about the world and the #videogames that can succeed in it.
curate.games/p/sword-of-t...
curate.games/p/sword-of-t...
Sword of the Sea
A Beautiful, If Lonely World
curate.games
September 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Sword of the Sea is a beautifully designed and crafted game with Immaculate Vibes. It’s also hard to not think about how different it is from Journey (its spiritual predecessor) and what that means about the world and the #videogames that can succeed in it.
curate.games/p/sword-of-t...
curate.games/p/sword-of-t...
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folks, consider supporting this delightful little project on KS while there's still time!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/kla...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/kla...
August 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
folks, consider supporting this delightful little project on KS while there's still time!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/kla...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/kla...
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There's only 6 days left for the Kickstarter with less than 50% funded!
It's a big stretch, but any exposure for the game will be good in the long run 🐦
#indiegame #videogames #gamedev #roguelike #Kickstarter
It's a big stretch, but any exposure for the game will be good in the long run 🐦
#indiegame #videogames #gamedev #roguelike #Kickstarter
August 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
There's only 6 days left for the Kickstarter with less than 50% funded!
It's a big stretch, but any exposure for the game will be good in the long run 🐦
#indiegame #videogames #gamedev #roguelike #Kickstarter
It's a big stretch, but any exposure for the game will be good in the long run 🐦
#indiegame #videogames #gamedev #roguelike #Kickstarter