Will Borger 🔜 The Game Awards
@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 +
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Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. isn't just a PC port of a 19-year-old game: it's the reason a diehard fighting game community can 'finally reach out and play with each other across the world'
Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O's arrival on PC marks the start a new era for the series that pioneered 3D fighting games.
www.pcgamer.com
I interviewed several members of the VF community about why VF5: R.E.V.O. matters for @pcgamer.com. VF is so important, and it's so good to see that community get their moment and help them tell that story.
Big thanks to @wes.readonlymemo.com for the opportunity.
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Big thanks to @wes.readonlymemo.com for the opportunity.
www.pcgamer.com/games/fighti...
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expanding the court is the moderate position
December 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
expanding the court is the moderate position
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I bet I know some folks who know how much The Game Awards is charging for trailer slots this year!
Kotaku would love to know. I can work with you to make sure the information is used responsibly and won't be linked back to you.
[email protected]
[email protected]
Kotaku would love to know. I can work with you to make sure the information is used responsibly and won't be linked back to you.
[email protected]
[email protected]
December 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I bet I know some folks who know how much The Game Awards is charging for trailer slots this year!
Kotaku would love to know. I can work with you to make sure the information is used responsibly and won't be linked back to you.
[email protected]
[email protected]
Kotaku would love to know. I can work with you to make sure the information is used responsibly and won't be linked back to you.
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Horses' only sin is that its broad themes don't entirely pay off its loaded imagery. Otherwise, it's an effectively uncomfortable games that turns life's mundane humiliations into surreal horror. If anything, its bans fill in its thematic gaps for it. My review. www.polygon.com/horses-banne...
Horses review - the banned Steam game doesn't deserve its ban
Horses tackles life's daily humiliations with surreal horror that will make you squirm
www.polygon.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Horses' only sin is that its broad themes don't entirely pay off its loaded imagery. Otherwise, it's an effectively uncomfortable games that turns life's mundane humiliations into surreal horror. If anything, its bans fill in its thematic gaps for it. My review. www.polygon.com/horses-banne...
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If even around 10% of the people who followed us kicked in just $1 a month, Skybox wouldn't really have to worry about money anymore. If you'd like us to survive, we need your help.
If you're feeling generous today, consider supporting independent writing about games and movies. $5 gets you access to our Discord and our weekly Into the Skybox podcast, while $10 gets you all of that plus Skydive, our monthly deep dive podcast. But even $1 helps.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
If even around 10% of the people who followed us kicked in just $1 a month, Skybox wouldn't really have to worry about money anymore. If you'd like us to survive, we need your help.
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If you want to directly support a publication founded on elevating new voices and providing space to folks who otherwise might never be able to tell that story because it doesn't align with the SEO chasing overlords, subscribing to @unwinnable.com is a really easy way to do it!
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December 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If you want to directly support a publication founded on elevating new voices and providing space to folks who otherwise might never be able to tell that story because it doesn't align with the SEO chasing overlords, subscribing to @unwinnable.com is a really easy way to do it!
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SURPRISE! Today we launch a brand new FREE podcast!
Welcome to "BEYOND THE SKYBOX," the single-topic show where we answer big questions, cover big topics, & get into it
The first episode answers the question: "What are the best licensed games of all time?"
www.patreon.com/posts/beyond...
Welcome to "BEYOND THE SKYBOX," the single-topic show where we answer big questions, cover big topics, & get into it
The first episode answers the question: "What are the best licensed games of all time?"
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Beyond the Skybox - Ep. 1 - The Best Licensed Games | Skybox
Get more from Skybox on Patreon
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December 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
SURPRISE! Today we launch a brand new FREE podcast!
Welcome to "BEYOND THE SKYBOX," the single-topic show where we answer big questions, cover big topics, & get into it
The first episode answers the question: "What are the best licensed games of all time?"
www.patreon.com/posts/beyond...
Welcome to "BEYOND THE SKYBOX," the single-topic show where we answer big questions, cover big topics, & get into it
The first episode answers the question: "What are the best licensed games of all time?"
www.patreon.com/posts/beyond...
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roleplay is honestly over-mystified, despite it being around forever, and I'm really glad to have the chance to bump open that door a bit to point out that it's not as out of reach as it seems
huge thanks to the @skyboxcritics.com team and @edgarallanbro.bsky.social for letting me write this
huge thanks to the @skyboxcritics.com team and @edgarallanbro.bsky.social for letting me write this
Roleplaying in video games is bigger than ever (but it’s always been around) by @riningear.bsky.social
"It’s a part of the fabric of internet nerd culture, from forums and chat rooms to full-on roleplay servers, whether officially-sanctioned or run by players."
Read on:
"It’s a part of the fabric of internet nerd culture, from forums and chat rooms to full-on roleplay servers, whether officially-sanctioned or run by players."
Read on:
Roleplaying in video games is bigger than ever (but it’s always been around)
A journey through the past and present of roleplaying in digital spaces and video games.
skyboxcritics.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
roleplay is honestly over-mystified, despite it being around forever, and I'm really glad to have the chance to bump open that door a bit to point out that it's not as out of reach as it seems
huge thanks to the @skyboxcritics.com team and @edgarallanbro.bsky.social for letting me write this
huge thanks to the @skyboxcritics.com team and @edgarallanbro.bsky.social for letting me write this
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It's not about if Horses is good or if you like it, it's about the world we're in where a few companies have control over who gets to make money and which artists get to continue working.
Stores can stock whatever they want, but if you don't understand the broader picture you shouldn't speak.
Stores can stock whatever they want, but if you don't understand the broader picture you shouldn't speak.
December 4, 2025 at 4:38 AM
It's not about if Horses is good or if you like it, it's about the world we're in where a few companies have control over who gets to make money and which artists get to continue working.
Stores can stock whatever they want, but if you don't understand the broader picture you shouldn't speak.
Stores can stock whatever they want, but if you don't understand the broader picture you shouldn't speak.
Remember that part in Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes where a girl has a bomb shoved either up her anus or vagina and the reward for finding all the secret tapes is another tape where you can listen to her being sexually assaulted before she is forced to have sex with an underage boy?
I think any conversation about whether or not Horses’ ban is justified is immediately shot down by the fact that Silent Hill 2 has existed for over 20 years as a celebrated mainstream classic.
December 4, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Remember that part in Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes where a girl has a bomb shoved either up her anus or vagina and the reward for finding all the secret tapes is another tape where you can listen to her being sexually assaulted before she is forced to have sex with an underage boy?
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"oh it shows abuse, it shows sexual violence, it shows this, it shows that" you are simply not qualified to even begin to participate in an adult conversation about this. be quiet and drink your chocolate milk
December 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
"oh it shows abuse, it shows sexual violence, it shows this, it shows that" you are simply not qualified to even begin to participate in an adult conversation about this. be quiet and drink your chocolate milk
Did you know that you can choose not to be the main character on this website?
December 4, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Did you know that you can choose not to be the main character on this website?
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it rules that every day now is just watching everything in your life get more expensive and worse and then also constantly being told that nothing is more expensive or worse
Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post are at it again.
December 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
it rules that every day now is just watching everything in your life get more expensive and worse and then also constantly being told that nothing is more expensive or worse
Reckon it's time to link this piece again. We live in a Skinner Box full of other Skinner Boxes.
December 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Reckon it's time to link this piece again. We live in a Skinner Box full of other Skinner Boxes.
I am not engaging in discourse today, but I *will* be at TGAs, so, PR friends, if you have anything you'd like me to be aware of or think I should see, I'd love to hear from you
December 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I am not engaging in discourse today, but I *will* be at TGAs, so, PR friends, if you have anything you'd like me to be aware of or think I should see, I'd love to hear from you
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My personal theory as to why Clair Obscur hit so big is that, in part, the JRPG space has grown increasingly backwards-looking, which shuts out anyone who isn't nostalgic for 16/32-bit games. People like these types of games! But you have to meet 'em where they are.
December 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
My personal theory as to why Clair Obscur hit so big is that, in part, the JRPG space has grown increasingly backwards-looking, which shuts out anyone who isn't nostalgic for 16/32-bit games. People like these types of games! But you have to meet 'em where they are.
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Humble's now banned it too, post-launch:
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
Horses, the Upsetting Horror Game Previously Banned on Steam, Gets Last Minute Ban From Epic Games Store Too - IGN
Last week, we reported that disturbing horror game Horses had been banned from Steam. Now, at the last possible minute before the game was set to release widely across other PC store fronts, Epic Game...
www.ign.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Humble's now banned it too, post-launch:
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
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I’ve only played up to the start of day five, but y’all. HORSES. What a wonderfully twisted, Argento-soaked sicko arthouse horror. Kudos @santaragione.com.
I’m playing it on Steam Deck via Heroic Launcher, and it runs beautifully on high settings. Support weird indies.
➡️ www.gog.com/en/game/horses
I’m playing it on Steam Deck via Heroic Launcher, and it runs beautifully on high settings. Support weird indies.
➡️ www.gog.com/en/game/horses
December 3, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I’ve only played up to the start of day five, but y’all. HORSES. What a wonderfully twisted, Argento-soaked sicko arthouse horror. Kudos @santaragione.com.
I’m playing it on Steam Deck via Heroic Launcher, and it runs beautifully on high settings. Support weird indies.
➡️ www.gog.com/en/game/horses
I’m playing it on Steam Deck via Heroic Launcher, and it runs beautifully on high settings. Support weird indies.
➡️ www.gog.com/en/game/horses
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A crucial and clarifying call to action from @edgarallanbro.bsky.social about Microsoft’s barbaric participation in the Palestinian genocide. A candid reflection too on what it means to write about games with dignity.
skyboxcritics.com/2025/07/02/i...
skyboxcritics.com/2025/07/02/i...
It’s an Incredible Day to Stop Giving Microsoft Your Money
Until further notice, Skybox will not be covering anything developed or published by Microsoft.
skyboxcritics.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
A crucial and clarifying call to action from @edgarallanbro.bsky.social about Microsoft’s barbaric participation in the Palestinian genocide. A candid reflection too on what it means to write about games with dignity.
skyboxcritics.com/2025/07/02/i...
skyboxcritics.com/2025/07/02/i...
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Been supporting these folks from the start, and they’ve been putting out some of my favorite writing all year. Here are a few standouts I’ve enjoyed. If you like them too, consider hitting up their Patreon.
If you're feeling generous today, consider supporting independent writing about games and movies. $5 gets you access to our Discord and our weekly Into the Skybox podcast, while $10 gets you all of that plus Skydive, our monthly deep dive podcast. But even $1 helps.
www.patreon.com/c/SkyboxCrit...
www.patreon.com/c/SkyboxCrit...
Get more from Skybox on Patreon
A worker-owned games (& other) media site.
www.patreon.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Been supporting these folks from the start, and they’ve been putting out some of my favorite writing all year. Here are a few standouts I’ve enjoyed. If you like them too, consider hitting up their Patreon.
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Signed the petition at nogamesforgenocide.com
Hoping more people question what it means to cover and accept gifts from Xbox right now instead of choosing to comfortably slip into business as usual.
Hoping more people question what it means to cover and accept gifts from Xbox right now instead of choosing to comfortably slip into business as usual.
No Games For Genocide
The games industry is complicit in genocide. It’s time to divest.
nogamesforgenocide.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Signed the petition at nogamesforgenocide.com
Hoping more people question what it means to cover and accept gifts from Xbox right now instead of choosing to comfortably slip into business as usual.
Hoping more people question what it means to cover and accept gifts from Xbox right now instead of choosing to comfortably slip into business as usual.
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No offense but I think we underestimate how many of our current problems, both cultural and political, are downstream of the decline in reading, the decline in learning and the loss of interest in the humanities.
December 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
No offense but I think we underestimate how many of our current problems, both cultural and political, are downstream of the decline in reading, the decline in learning and the loss of interest in the humanities.
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Update on this: the opportunity is, barring anything happening, locked in now, so this is even more essential to making sure that I can make it to it comfortably. We're still at 42% or so, just shy of $1700 dollars total. Keep the good word going, please, even if you can't donate.
I've got an opportunity lined up that should keep me solvent once it starts, but it won't be until about mid-late January, and I'm essentially at the last of my savings now. The $4000 I'm asking for here (ko-fi.com/sjhdoesgames) should be enough to keep me covered until that time. (2/3)
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December 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Update on this: the opportunity is, barring anything happening, locked in now, so this is even more essential to making sure that I can make it to it comfortably. We're still at 42% or so, just shy of $1700 dollars total. Keep the good word going, please, even if you can't donate.
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thinking out loud maybe the weight gamers put on aggregated review scores when they truly do not matter serves as a way of justifying this continued anti-establishment resentment towards games journalists as if they're an elitist class lording taste over us all when that has zero material basis
December 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
thinking out loud maybe the weight gamers put on aggregated review scores when they truly do not matter serves as a way of justifying this continued anti-establishment resentment towards games journalists as if they're an elitist class lording taste over us all when that has zero material basis
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