Will Borger
@edgarallanbro.bsky.social
Pushcart Prize-nominated fiction writer/essayist.
Co-founder/Editor-in-Chief @skyboxcritics.com.
Words: MLR, Purple Wall, ASP, The Rupture, YourTango, Vet. Life.
Games: Rolling Stone, IGN, PC Gamer, Digital Trends, Shacknews, Unwinnable, Restart +
Co-founder/Editor-in-Chief @skyboxcritics.com.
Words: MLR, Purple Wall, ASP, The Rupture, YourTango, Vet. Life.
Games: Rolling Stone, IGN, PC Gamer, Digital Trends, Shacknews, Unwinnable, Restart +
Hell yeah, Eddie
November 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Hell yeah, Eddie
It's not always easy to sell coverage for indie games, especially at big sites, but I'm glad Shacknews is about it. Indies deserve coverage just as much as big games do, and it helps them way more.
November 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
It's not always easy to sell coverage for indie games, especially at big sites, but I'm glad Shacknews is about it. Indies deserve coverage just as much as big games do, and it helps them way more.
That's the only way to do it.
November 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
That's the only way to do it.
That may be true for the other characters, but I think you're absolutely supposed to like Alyx and how much she flirts with you.
That said, I generally dislike that game. If it works for you, more power to you.
That said, I generally dislike that game. If it works for you, more power to you.
November 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
That may be true for the other characters, but I think you're absolutely supposed to like Alyx and how much she flirts with you.
That said, I generally dislike that game. If it works for you, more power to you.
That said, I generally dislike that game. If it works for you, more power to you.
I'll take your word for it but I still find the fawning extremely off-putting.
November 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I'll take your word for it but I still find the fawning extremely off-putting.
I mean, I never cared because I think Half-Life 2 is a bad video game and have held that opinion since it released, but we're definitely exceptions in the age bracket.
November 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I mean, I never cared because I think Half-Life 2 is a bad video game and have held that opinion since it released, but we're definitely exceptions in the age bracket.
The kids are not going to be impressed by the see-saw puzzles, I fear, nor Alyx's weird role as the much younger woman fawning nonstop over a much older man, which was weird at the time and has only gotten weirder since.
November 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The kids are not going to be impressed by the see-saw puzzles, I fear, nor Alyx's weird role as the much younger woman fawning nonstop over a much older man, which was weird at the time and has only gotten weirder since.
Oh, Alyssa, just wait until you can't login because of the new anti-cheat
November 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Oh, Alyssa, just wait until you can't login because of the new anti-cheat
I'd settle for a straight port, honestly. Tired of remasters that sacrifice the original game's art to chase the graphical unicorn.
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I'd settle for a straight port, honestly. Tired of remasters that sacrifice the original game's art to chase the graphical unicorn.
It's crazy how people will just reveal information for free that I would not divulge under torture
November 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It's crazy how people will just reveal information for free that I would not divulge under torture
Damn, gamers are treated worse than people who go to casinos. You hate to see it but you expect to see it.
November 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Damn, gamers are treated worse than people who go to casinos. You hate to see it but you expect to see it.
There is in Vegas, which is most of my experience with casinos, unless that changed since EVO.
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
There is in Vegas, which is most of my experience with casinos, unless that changed since EVO.
Yeah, and that’s the point. Get 'em young, keep them addicted, keep them spending money.
Welcome to the machine.
Welcome to the machine.
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Yeah, and that’s the point. Get 'em young, keep them addicted, keep them spending money.
Welcome to the machine.
Welcome to the machine.
Common Battlefield L, I'm sorry to say.
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Common Battlefield L, I'm sorry to say.
I don't use the word evil lightly, but this genuinely is raising a generation of gambling addicts and should be illegal. Insane how manipulative these systems are.
November 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I don't use the word evil lightly, but this genuinely is raising a generation of gambling addicts and should be illegal. Insane how manipulative these systems are.
Yeah, but casinos smell like ash trays and I reckon your living room doesn't, so that's something.
November 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Yeah, but casinos smell like ash trays and I reckon your living room doesn't, so that's something.
I don't know how else to phrase this. Every multiplayer game since Call of Duty 4 is designed based on B.F. Skinner's theory on operant conditioning, and the goal is to make you an addict and control your behavior. It's genuinely evil shit.
November 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I don't know how else to phrase this. Every multiplayer game since Call of Duty 4 is designed based on B.F. Skinner's theory on operant conditioning, and the goal is to make you an addict and control your behavior. It's genuinely evil shit.