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Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 2h

Ball x Pit is a deceptively simple roguelite with almost unfathomable depth.

Our review: www.rogue.site/editorials/b...

Ball x Pit is an exceptional, bottomless roguelite rabbit hole

"Breakout but a roguelite" goes deeper than you can possibly imagine

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Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 3h

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Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 3h

Ask me about the "real" birthday of The Secret of Monkey Island

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Why doesn’t anyone know Guybrush Threepwood’s birthday?

How old is The Secret of Monkey Island, really?

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Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 21h

It's Steam Next Fest this week, and that means cool new demos to discover and highlight for you all.

First up is Korridor, which is that-one-glass-highway-mobile-game-ad-that-isn't-a-real-game-but-should-be turned into a real game!

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Steam NextFest highlight: Korridor is a mobile game ad made manifest in the best way possible

It's like those glass highway phone game ads, and I love it

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Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 1d

Read a sample of the extensive oral history of Shadow of the Colossus, right here on Rogue. You can read the full version by @mattleone.bsky.social on his new site @designroom.bsky.social

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A sample of the Oral History of Shadow of the Colossus

We have an excerpt of a new oral history from former Polygon coworker Matt Leone.

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Design Room @designroom.bsky.social · 1d

For the Shadow of the Colossus story, we interviewed 14 people including project leads Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido, hired Gravity Rush concept artist Takeshi Oga to illustrate the cover, and put together a 10,000-word story with help from @milkman.bsky.social @shmuplations.bsky.social and others.

Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history

Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Team Ico’s masterpiece by looking back with 11 people who worked on it (and three who didn’t).

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Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 4d

We just hit 5,000 followers on BlueSky!

Thank you to all of you who have followed us for the past 6 weeks. We have even more great work coming! Please share us with your friends!

We’ll be off Monday for Indigenous People’s Day, but we’ll see you Tuesday with some Steam Next Fest recommendations!

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Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 5d

Catch up on everything that happened at Rogue this week with our newsletter, now available to all free subscribers.

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Rogue Roundup for Oct. 10, 2025

Ad-free video game news, guides, opinions, history, culture, previews, interviews, and reviews written by humans, for humans

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Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 5d

Excited to announce a pair of new continuing series focused on the lore and history of Helldivers 2, arriving on Oct. 26.

Would you like to know more?

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New Helldivers training manuals arriving this Liberty Day

Helldivers are to report for mandatory training this Liberty Day

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Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 5d

Power level your way through Absolum with our new beginner's guide

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Get ready for Absolum

Absolum has a bit of a learning curve, but we'll get you punching your way across Talamh in no time.

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Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 6d

Hey Mike, we'd love to take a look at Tiny Rocket Lab. If you're still interested in having an independent press outlet cover your game, please reach out to us at [email protected]. We hope to hear from you soon!

Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 6d

Absolum is a strikingly beautiful Roguelike that brings the "one more run" mentality to beat-em-ups.

Our review:

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Absolum is a beautiful, slow-progressing, arcade-ass Roguelite

The best looking beat-em-up you'll find

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Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 7d

Just an all-around great job by @bastinusrex.bsky.social

Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 7d

Carimara is a fantastic — and fantastically creepy — little indie that everyone should play this spooky season.

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Carimara is the perfect Halloween appetizer

Who you gonna call? Just a weird little guy.

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Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 7d

Episode 6 of Rogue Signal, our weekly podcast, is here!

This week, the crew chats about a variety of new games, like Ghost of Yotei.

And we end the show with an interview with former Polygoner @mattleone.bsky.social about his new project: @designroom.bsky.social

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Rogue Signal ep. 6: The arrival of Canadian Thanksgiving (featuring Matt Leone)

The one where we talk about Ghost of Yotei, CloverPit, and more

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Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 7d

Maria Hamilton and Paul Kubitz on Midnight's alpha, player feedback, raids, and more
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Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 7d

The new Prey system in World of Warcraft, alongside familiar mechanics like Delves and dungeons, make Midnight's open world zones feel much more alive www.rogue.site/editorials/w...

Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 8d

It's time for Jeff to figure out how Project JASPER measures up to a console. Come for the results, stay for the Steven Universe references in 2025.

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Project JASPER: Marking benches

Part 6: The finish line

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Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 9d

Another excellent installment in the Games Journalism 101 series from @plante.bsky.social diving into the importance of criticism in general. Definitely worth the price of admission.

Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 9d

Why reviews matter -- in video games and in life

(You can watch the full episode of Video Games 101 right now!)
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Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 9d

Region diversity has kept Hades 2 feeling fresh, even after hundreds of hours played.

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Hades 2's unique regions are the unsung heroes of its replayability

Supergiant does the work to make sure each one of Hades 2's zones feel unique

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Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 11d

Hey everybody, and welcome to the second month of Rogue.site! The horrors, they just keep insisting on persisting, but so do we.

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Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 11d

There's a new game everyone is playing this week, and you know what that means:

*MORE ASCII ART*

Our Ghost of Yotei beginner guide is here, and full of tips to get you through the weekend!

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Let's go to Ezo in Ghost of Yotei: Tips for your first few hours

What do you do with all that freedom?

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Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 12d

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Work like this wouldn't be possible without our amazing readers and supporters. Thank you for an amazing first month!

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Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 12d

"I’ve been wrestling with this truth that I have far more negative to say about Silksong than positive, but that great art isn’t measured in points."

Just over a month after its release, @rygilliam.bsky.social grapples with Silksong in our review.

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Hollow Knight: Silksong doesn't need to be perfect to be one of the best games of the year

The measure of a great game isn't about the inability to say negative things about it

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Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 12d

HELLLLOOO-OO-OOO-OOOO!!!!

[Gets dropped into a hell pit and dies because we hit a jackpot but it was all Lemons]

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CloverPit turns you into a demonic Mr. Jackpots

[Evil Kyle MacLachlan voice] HELL-OOO-O-O-O-O!!!!