Giovanni Colantonio
@marioprime.bsky.social
Video game critic, Editor-at-Large @ Polygon. Formerly Digital Trends, Inverse, Hard Drive
i am never doing “discourse” i do not know what random post you are talking about
i am never doing “discourse” i do not know what random post you are talking about
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Younghoe Koo completely missed the ball and kicked the turf, Jaxson Dart can't believe it
December 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Younghoe Koo completely missed the ball and kicked the turf, Jaxson Dart can't believe it
these pats are making me feral. i love this life
December 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
these pats are making me feral. i love this life
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DOLLSWEAT, my solo ttrpg about turning into a doll, 🐾🪆, will release on january 5, 2026 ⋆｡°✩
it'll be available to download as a free PDF on itch
you can keep up with the OCCULT, CURSED, DANGEROUS project here plantorbeast.itch.io/dollsweat
🎧🫀🦢
it'll be available to download as a free PDF on itch
you can keep up with the OCCULT, CURSED, DANGEROUS project here plantorbeast.itch.io/dollsweat
🎧🫀🦢
December 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
DOLLSWEAT, my solo ttrpg about turning into a doll, 🐾🪆, will release on january 5, 2026 ⋆｡°✩
it'll be available to download as a free PDF on itch
you can keep up with the OCCULT, CURSED, DANGEROUS project here plantorbeast.itch.io/dollsweat
🎧🫀🦢
it'll be available to download as a free PDF on itch
you can keep up with the OCCULT, CURSED, DANGEROUS project here plantorbeast.itch.io/dollsweat
🎧🫀🦢
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Had a lot of fun interviewing game design legend @grumpygamer.com about his career, but I'm sad we're not getting this abandoned, Zelda-like "open world RPG" project, apparently because the world of modern game funding is incredibly brutal.
arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...
arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...
![After spending years focused on adventure game development with 2017’s Thimbleweed Park and then 2022’s Return to Monkey Island, Gilbert said that he was “thinking about something new” for his next game project. But the first “new” idea he pursued wasn’t Death by Scrolling, but what he told Ars was “this vision for this kind of large, open world-type RPG” in the vein of The Legend of Zelda.
After hiring an artist and designer and spending roughly a year tinkering with that idea, though, Gilbert said he eventually realized his three-person team was never going to be able to realize his grand vision. “I just [didn’t] have the money or the time to build a big open-world game like that,” he said. “You know, it’s either a passion project you spent 10 years on, or you just need a bunch of money to be able to hire people and resources.”
And Gilbert said that securing that “bunch of money” to build out a top-down action-RPG in a reasonable time frame proved harder than he expected. After pitching the project around the industry, he found that “the deals that publishers were offering were just horrible,” a problem he blames in large part on the genre he was focusing on.
“Doing a pixelated old-school Zelda thing isn’t the big, hot item, so publishers look at us, and they didn’t look at it as ‘we’re gonna make $100 million and it’s worth investing in,’” he said. “The amount of money they’re willing to put up and the deals they were offering just made absolutely no sense to me to go do this.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:m5soh62ifdpq443v3rnjnfrm/bafkreiasz4s7jvpb4uwoevn4tv3igcf2nzh57jpccrvmylltuojhqikhzu@jpeg)
December 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Had a lot of fun interviewing game design legend @grumpygamer.com about his career, but I'm sad we're not getting this abandoned, Zelda-like "open world RPG" project, apparently because the world of modern game funding is incredibly brutal.
arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...
arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...
What a good football season this is, man.
December 1, 2025 at 2:27 AM
What a good football season this is, man.
Aaron Rodgers, a guy who holds the rare distinction of best and then worst to ever do it.
November 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Aaron Rodgers, a guy who holds the rare distinction of best and then worst to ever do it.
“The Bears are the #1 team in the NFC” what the fuck are you talking about
November 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“The Bears are the #1 team in the NFC” what the fuck are you talking about
my favorite thing about the tv show god friended me, which i am currently watching in 205, is that they say shit like “the god account liked the taco truck” every 10 seconds
November 30, 2025 at 4:15 AM
my favorite thing about the tv show god friended me, which i am currently watching in 205, is that they say shit like “the god account liked the taco truck” every 10 seconds
One of a few playwrights that genuinely changed my life. If you’re only familiar with Rosencrantz, really recommend The Real Thing. Brilliant guy.
R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88
Winning an Oscar for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, he captivated the hearts of audiences for more than six decades.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
One of a few playwrights that genuinely changed my life. If you’re only familiar with Rosencrantz, really recommend The Real Thing. Brilliant guy.
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Thank you so much for the fantastic feature @marioprime.bsky.social @polygon.com! 🦇🖤 We are so thrilled you enjoyed it 🍷
Cabernet sinks its teeth into humanity's dark side
2025's best vampire game is a high society RPG with serious bite
Cabernet sinks its teeth into humanity's dark side
www.polygon.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Thank you so much for the fantastic feature @marioprime.bsky.social @polygon.com! 🦇🖤 We are so thrilled you enjoyed it 🍷
i think it’s late enough at night to post, i’m sorry, but i can not take “the war between the painters and writers” seriously
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 AM
i think it’s late enough at night to post, i’m sorry, but i can not take “the war between the painters and writers” seriously
Sentimental Value!!!!! Good!!!!!
November 29, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Sentimental Value!!!!! Good!!!!!
Can't think of the last time that an NFL playoff picture still felt so hard to lock down in Week 13. You know the Rams are going to the playoffs, but otherwise? Man, no idea. There's a world in which the NFC teams also include the Cowboys, Bears, and Panthers. What is going on!!!
November 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Can't think of the last time that an NFL playoff picture still felt so hard to lock down in Week 13. You know the Rams are going to the playoffs, but otherwise? Man, no idea. There's a world in which the NFC teams also include the Cowboys, Bears, and Panthers. What is going on!!!
hey late to this but just realized that metroid "other m" = metroid "mother," and wow that sucks lmao
November 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
hey late to this but just realized that metroid "other m" = metroid "mother," and wow that sucks lmao
Duckspeak @ Knitting Factory
The Doug Linse Band @ Sidewalk Cafe
Aguasaurus @ Pfaff Center
Gateway To Thousen @ Medfield Italian American Club
Second Fiddler @ No Radio Records
The Doug Linse Band @ Sidewalk Cafe
Aguasaurus @ Pfaff Center
Gateway To Thousen @ Medfield Italian American Club
Second Fiddler @ No Radio Records
now do five concerts you’ve played
November 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Duckspeak @ Knitting Factory
The Doug Linse Band @ Sidewalk Cafe
Aguasaurus @ Pfaff Center
Gateway To Thousen @ Medfield Italian American Club
Second Fiddler @ No Radio Records
The Doug Linse Band @ Sidewalk Cafe
Aguasaurus @ Pfaff Center
Gateway To Thousen @ Medfield Italian American Club
Second Fiddler @ No Radio Records
why are they makin all these different toothbrush shapes. just pick one
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
why are they makin all these different toothbrush shapes. just pick one
Genuinely can’t believe I let people gaslight me into thinking the Ravens were secretly the best team in the AFC and we’d all see when Lamar was back.
November 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Genuinely can’t believe I let people gaslight me into thinking the Ravens were secretly the best team in the AFC and we’d all see when Lamar was back.
Truly an AFC playoff picture from another dimension.
November 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Truly an AFC playoff picture from another dimension.
For Thanksgiving, I wrote about Radical Heights because fuck you I can do whatever I want www.polygon.com/radical-heig...
The forgotten Fortnite wannabe that killed a studio still deserved better than a one-month lifespan
Radical Heights was too extreme for this world
www.polygon.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
For Thanksgiving, I wrote about Radical Heights because fuck you I can do whatever I want www.polygon.com/radical-heig...
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thinking of her today
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
thinking of her today
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VR or flatscreen, Ghost Town is one of my favourite games this year. Happy to see this heading to PlayStation VR2 at last.
Ghost Town, one of 2025's best VR games, launches next week on PlayStation VR2:
www.uploadvr.com/ghost-town-p...
www.uploadvr.com/ghost-town-p...
Ghost Town Gets PlayStation VR2 Launch Next Week
Ghost Town, one of 2025's best VR games, launches next week on PlayStation VR2.
www.uploadvr.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
VR or flatscreen, Ghost Town is one of my favourite games this year. Happy to see this heading to PlayStation VR2 at last.
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Closest thing you'll see from me maybe ever to a personal essay about a video game vgbees.com/im-great-at-...
I'm Great At Baby Steps Because I Walk Like That In Real Life - VGBees
CW: medical talk, surgical talk, bones, car accident In late May, an uninsured Lexus driver ran a yellow light and pulled in front of me...
vgbees.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Closest thing you'll see from me maybe ever to a personal essay about a video game vgbees.com/im-great-at-...
zootopia parkway
November 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
zootopia parkway
Awesome little doc from Simone here about Consume Me's development, told through the real artifacts that inspired the game. This was such a blast to collab on.
This was such a special video to make, and I really appreciate the Consume Me team being so generous with their time and ARTIFACTS! www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfaM...
How these indie devs turned teenage anxiety into a video game
YouTube video by Polygon
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Awesome little doc from Simone here about Consume Me's development, told through the real artifacts that inspired the game. This was such a blast to collab on.