Brad Gallaway
@bradgallaway.bsky.social
Gamecritics.com Editor. So Videogames Podcast host. Pro-BLM & LGBTQIA. Anti-Fascist. MOTU stan. My wife is the best. He/Him.
Today at GameCritics.com, Adam Sharman covers the Whispers in the Woods DLC for Pacific Drive.
While he's a huge fan of the base game, this new add-on comes equipped with a few flat tires...
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While he's a huge fan of the base game, this new add-on comes equipped with a few flat tires...
gamecritics.com/gc-staff/pac...
December 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Today at GameCritics.com, Adam Sharman covers the Whispers in the Woods DLC for Pacific Drive.
While he's a huge fan of the base game, this new add-on comes equipped with a few flat tires...
gamecritics.com/gc-staff/pac...
While he's a huge fan of the base game, this new add-on comes equipped with a few flat tires...
gamecritics.com/gc-staff/pac...
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A day early for patrons: it's the annual GOTY check-in with @bradgallaway.bsky.social, editor of Game Critics dot com and host of the So Videogames podcast. If Deathless, Rogue Waters and Stories From Sol aren't on your radar, then let Brad tell you why they should be!
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December 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
A day early for patrons: it's the annual GOTY check-in with @bradgallaway.bsky.social, editor of Game Critics dot com and host of the So Videogames podcast. If Deathless, Rogue Waters and Stories From Sol aren't on your radar, then let Brad tell you why they should be!
Whoever's greenlighting the comedy specials at Netflix needs to get fired.
The wife and I flipped through five different specials and did not laugh once.
Netflix is failing hard showcasing these tired, safe acts when there are loads of talented people online struggling to get noticed.
The wife and I flipped through five different specials and did not laugh once.
Netflix is failing hard showcasing these tired, safe acts when there are loads of talented people online struggling to get noticed.
December 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Whoever's greenlighting the comedy specials at Netflix needs to get fired.
The wife and I flipped through five different specials and did not laugh once.
Netflix is failing hard showcasing these tired, safe acts when there are loads of talented people online struggling to get noticed.
The wife and I flipped through five different specials and did not laugh once.
Netflix is failing hard showcasing these tired, safe acts when there are loads of talented people online struggling to get noticed.
Up today at GameCritics.com, we have Sparky Clarkson's review of Becastled.
This cozy take on a city management/defense sim aims for simplicity, but the devs may have overshot it by a bit...
gamecritics.com/sparky-clark...
This cozy take on a city management/defense sim aims for simplicity, but the devs may have overshot it by a bit...
gamecritics.com/sparky-clark...
December 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Up today at GameCritics.com, we have Sparky Clarkson's review of Becastled.
This cozy take on a city management/defense sim aims for simplicity, but the devs may have overshot it by a bit...
gamecritics.com/sparky-clark...
This cozy take on a city management/defense sim aims for simplicity, but the devs may have overshot it by a bit...
gamecritics.com/sparky-clark...
Hey folks! Would love to get your:
Top 3 games of '25
1 worst game of '25
and
1 nom for anything – best music, writing, char, whatever. It’s a wild card and a chance to get love for any game you pick heard on the show!
All submissions will be read on the So Videogames GOTY podcast! = D
Top 3 games of '25
1 worst game of '25
and
1 nom for anything – best music, writing, char, whatever. It’s a wild card and a chance to get love for any game you pick heard on the show!
All submissions will be read on the So Videogames GOTY podcast! = D
December 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Hey folks! Would love to get your:
Top 3 games of '25
1 worst game of '25
and
1 nom for anything – best music, writing, char, whatever. It’s a wild card and a chance to get love for any game you pick heard on the show!
All submissions will be read on the So Videogames GOTY podcast! = D
Top 3 games of '25
1 worst game of '25
and
1 nom for anything – best music, writing, char, whatever. It’s a wild card and a chance to get love for any game you pick heard on the show!
All submissions will be read on the So Videogames GOTY podcast! = D
The new So Videogames podcast is up!
In ep 464, I run through the full list of everything I'm considering for the year's best...
There were so many great experiences in 2025, it's going to be hard work whittling them all down to a tight 10!
gamecritics.com/brad-gallawa...
In ep 464, I run through the full list of everything I'm considering for the year's best...
There were so many great experiences in 2025, it's going to be hard work whittling them all down to a tight 10!
gamecritics.com/brad-gallawa...
December 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The new So Videogames podcast is up!
In ep 464, I run through the full list of everything I'm considering for the year's best...
There were so many great experiences in 2025, it's going to be hard work whittling them all down to a tight 10!
gamecritics.com/brad-gallawa...
In ep 464, I run through the full list of everything I'm considering for the year's best...
There were so many great experiences in 2025, it's going to be hard work whittling them all down to a tight 10!
gamecritics.com/brad-gallawa...
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Me: I wish this game had a simple accessibility feature.
Forum user: Have you thought about just never playing video games ever again? Have you ever thought that video games are just not right for you & it's not the game's responsibility to you?
Me: a
Forum user: Have you thought about just never playing video games ever again? Have you ever thought that video games are just not right for you & it's not the game's responsibility to you?
Me: a
December 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Me: I wish this game had a simple accessibility feature.
Forum user: Have you thought about just never playing video games ever again? Have you ever thought that video games are just not right for you & it's not the game's responsibility to you?
Me: a
Forum user: Have you thought about just never playing video games ever again? Have you ever thought that video games are just not right for you & it's not the game's responsibility to you?
Me: a
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Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
Hey folks, gonna do something a little different on the next ep of So Videogames.
Will do an official GOTY ep at the end of Dec, but this week I'll run down contenders and what I will try to play before year-end.
Would love to get your recs/noms/ suggestions!
Any hidden gems?
Will do an official GOTY ep at the end of Dec, but this week I'll run down contenders and what I will try to play before year-end.
Would love to get your recs/noms/ suggestions!
Any hidden gems?
November 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Hey folks, gonna do something a little different on the next ep of So Videogames.
Will do an official GOTY ep at the end of Dec, but this week I'll run down contenders and what I will try to play before year-end.
Would love to get your recs/noms/ suggestions!
Any hidden gems?
Will do an official GOTY ep at the end of Dec, but this week I'll run down contenders and what I will try to play before year-end.
Would love to get your recs/noms/ suggestions!
Any hidden gems?
The latest So Videogames Podcast is up!
In ep 463 I cover:
Instruments of Destruction
Ultimate Zombie Defense
Clover Pit
Full Metal Schoolgirl
Blood West
Silly Polly Beast – Scored Review !
Dispatch – Scored Review !
…And more!
gamecritics.com/brad-gallawa...
In ep 463 I cover:
Instruments of Destruction
Ultimate Zombie Defense
Clover Pit
Full Metal Schoolgirl
Blood West
Silly Polly Beast – Scored Review !
Dispatch – Scored Review !
…And more!
gamecritics.com/brad-gallawa...
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The latest So Videogames Podcast is up!
In ep 463 I cover:
Instruments of Destruction
Ultimate Zombie Defense
Clover Pit
Full Metal Schoolgirl
Blood West
Silly Polly Beast – Scored Review !
Dispatch – Scored Review !
…And more!
gamecritics.com/brad-gallawa...
In ep 463 I cover:
Instruments of Destruction
Ultimate Zombie Defense
Clover Pit
Full Metal Schoolgirl
Blood West
Silly Polly Beast – Scored Review !
Dispatch – Scored Review !
…And more!
gamecritics.com/brad-gallawa...
I know I'm probably the last person on Earth playing this, but Dispatch really is as good as everyone said it was.
The fact that the devs are coming out hard against generative AI doesn't hurt, either.
It's absolutely worth your time.
The fact that the devs are coming out hard against generative AI doesn't hurt, either.
It's absolutely worth your time.
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 AM
I know I'm probably the last person on Earth playing this, but Dispatch really is as good as everyone said it was.
The fact that the devs are coming out hard against generative AI doesn't hurt, either.
It's absolutely worth your time.
The fact that the devs are coming out hard against generative AI doesn't hurt, either.
It's absolutely worth your time.
Today at GameCritics.com, Eugene Sax covers Lumines Arise and finds that with this eye-popping, block-matching musical puzzler, synaesthesia never felt so good...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Today at GameCritics.com, Eugene Sax covers Lumines Arise and finds that with this eye-popping, block-matching musical puzzler, synaesthesia never felt so good...
gamecritics.com/eugene-sax/l...
gamecritics.com/eugene-sax/l...
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We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
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When the leopard starts eating your face 🫣🐆
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
When the leopard starts eating your face 🫣🐆
Up today at GameCritics.com, Ryan Nalley takes a journey through the haunted range with Blood West and finds its harsh, unforgiving supernatural gunslinging is something he couldn't put down.
@newblood.games
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@newblood.games
gamecritics.com/ryan-nalley/...
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Up today at GameCritics.com, Ryan Nalley takes a journey through the haunted range with Blood West and finds its harsh, unforgiving supernatural gunslinging is something he couldn't put down.
@newblood.games
gamecritics.com/ryan-nalley/...
@newblood.games
gamecritics.com/ryan-nalley/...
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By the way, it's National Editor Appreciation Day.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
By the way, it's National Editor Appreciation Day.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
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Musk turned on a feature on X that showed country of origin.
He disabled it a couple hours later when it was revealed how many MAGA accounts aren't in the U.S.
Foreign bot disinformation machines exposed.
Seems like Twitter could have done that feature 15 years ago & we wouldn't be here today.
He disabled it a couple hours later when it was revealed how many MAGA accounts aren't in the U.S.
Foreign bot disinformation machines exposed.
Seems like Twitter could have done that feature 15 years ago & we wouldn't be here today.
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Musk turned on a feature on X that showed country of origin.
He disabled it a couple hours later when it was revealed how many MAGA accounts aren't in the U.S.
Foreign bot disinformation machines exposed.
Seems like Twitter could have done that feature 15 years ago & we wouldn't be here today.
He disabled it a couple hours later when it was revealed how many MAGA accounts aren't in the U.S.
Foreign bot disinformation machines exposed.
Seems like Twitter could have done that feature 15 years ago & we wouldn't be here today.
Has anybody tried Shadow Labyrinth on OG Switch?
It just got a big balancing patch and I'm curious to try, wondering if it runs well on the platform?
Anyone have feedback?
It just got a big balancing patch and I'm curious to try, wondering if it runs well on the platform?
Anyone have feedback?
November 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Has anybody tried Shadow Labyrinth on OG Switch?
It just got a big balancing patch and I'm curious to try, wondering if it runs well on the platform?
Anyone have feedback?
It just got a big balancing patch and I'm curious to try, wondering if it runs well on the platform?
Anyone have feedback?
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"The president of the NCAA recently told Congress, 'less than 10' — and not all of them transgender women — of the more than 500,000 college athletes in the country are openly transgender. ... According to the ACLU, 27 states have banned transgender youth from playing school sports since 2020."
"[T]his case isn't just about me, or [..] sports."
"[A] plan to push transgender people like me out of public life entirely."
"I'm proud to stand up alongside my mom for what I believe and who I am and I want other transgender kids to know they aren't alone.”
#WestVirginia #USA #Sports #Courts
"[A] plan to push transgender people like me out of public life entirely."
"I'm proud to stand up alongside my mom for what I believe and who I am and I want other transgender kids to know they aren't alone.”
#WestVirginia #USA #Sports #Courts
West Virginia teen files response in U.S. Supreme Court challenge of transgender athlete ban
Attorneys representing a transgender student athlete in Harrison County have filed their argument in a U.S. Supreme Court challenge.
westvirginiawatch.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
"The president of the NCAA recently told Congress, 'less than 10' — and not all of them transgender women — of the more than 500,000 college athletes in the country are openly transgender. ... According to the ACLU, 27 states have banned transgender youth from playing school sports since 2020."
Started playing Silly Polly Beast from @tophatstudios.bsky.social and was immediately blown away... The trailers don't begin to do justice to it.
It's moody, edgy, abstract & surreal, but the action is solid, it has clever design, and the vibes and style are off the charts.
Excellent so far!
It's moody, edgy, abstract & surreal, but the action is solid, it has clever design, and the vibes and style are off the charts.
Excellent so far!
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Started playing Silly Polly Beast from @tophatstudios.bsky.social and was immediately blown away... The trailers don't begin to do justice to it.
It's moody, edgy, abstract & surreal, but the action is solid, it has clever design, and the vibes and style are off the charts.
Excellent so far!
It's moody, edgy, abstract & surreal, but the action is solid, it has clever design, and the vibes and style are off the charts.
Excellent so far!
Today at GameCritics.com, Jason Ricardo covers Little Nightmares III.
A new developer tries to carry on the legacy set by the first two installments -- they come close, but in the end, the adventure just doesn't present a cohesive journey into darkness.
gamecritics.com/jason-ricci/...
A new developer tries to carry on the legacy set by the first two installments -- they come close, but in the end, the adventure just doesn't present a cohesive journey into darkness.
gamecritics.com/jason-ricci/...
November 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Today at GameCritics.com, Jason Ricardo covers Little Nightmares III.
A new developer tries to carry on the legacy set by the first two installments -- they come close, but in the end, the adventure just doesn't present a cohesive journey into darkness.
gamecritics.com/jason-ricci/...
A new developer tries to carry on the legacy set by the first two installments -- they come close, but in the end, the adventure just doesn't present a cohesive journey into darkness.
gamecritics.com/jason-ricci/...
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For the first time since its inception, I'm happy to report that ALL nominees of #TheGameAwards include #TranslatorsInTheCredits! We've come a long way since the dark days of credit withholding, and none of this would've been possible without your support!
November 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
For the first time since its inception, I'm happy to report that ALL nominees of #TheGameAwards include #TranslatorsInTheCredits! We've come a long way since the dark days of credit withholding, and none of this would've been possible without your support!
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Yes. If you ever think banks should be allowed to cut off financial services for "morality" reasons, just note that neither Epstein's pedophilia, nor Miller's Nazism, nor RFK Jr's eugenics, nor Musk's destruction of USAID caused banks any "moral" concerns whatsoever.
We cannot allow financial institutions which regularly cross the line from amoral to explicitly immoral to hold a dehumanizing line against people who do sex work.
I don't believe for a moment that this debanking effort is because of Ana's sex work rather than her reporting, but also even if that was the reason it shouldn't be allowed.
None of the content Ana has ever made is illegal. There is no justification to cut her off from the banking system.
None of the content Ana has ever made is illegal. There is no justification to cut her off from the banking system.
November 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Yes. If you ever think banks should be allowed to cut off financial services for "morality" reasons, just note that neither Epstein's pedophilia, nor Miller's Nazism, nor RFK Jr's eugenics, nor Musk's destruction of USAID caused banks any "moral" concerns whatsoever.
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Rebecca Heineman has passed away from cancer, at 62.
A games industry legend - first ever game tournament champion in 1980, Interplay co-founder, Bard's Tale 3 designer, worked on the PSP, PS4, Xbox360, many ports...
Prime pick for a Lifetime Achievement Award, @geoffkeighley.bsky.social
A games industry legend - first ever game tournament champion in 1980, Interplay co-founder, Bard's Tale 3 designer, worked on the PSP, PS4, Xbox360, many ports...
Prime pick for a Lifetime Achievement Award, @geoffkeighley.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Rebecca Heineman has passed away from cancer, at 62.
A games industry legend - first ever game tournament champion in 1980, Interplay co-founder, Bard's Tale 3 designer, worked on the PSP, PS4, Xbox360, many ports...
Prime pick for a Lifetime Achievement Award, @geoffkeighley.bsky.social
A games industry legend - first ever game tournament champion in 1980, Interplay co-founder, Bard's Tale 3 designer, worked on the PSP, PS4, Xbox360, many ports...
Prime pick for a Lifetime Achievement Award, @geoffkeighley.bsky.social