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After More Than a Decade, I Finally Saw a New Cutscene in The Witcher 3

March 5, 2026

I have a habit of setting games down and restarting them. No game have I played less of longer than this. I came of age in what now appears like the nadir of the so-called computer role-playing game (CRPG), between the golden age of Planescape: Torment, Fallout , and Baldur's Gate , but before the…

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Aftermath

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A worker-owned, reader-supported news site covering video games, the internet, and the cultures that surround them.

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All The Bees

My name is Joni and I've worked on games such as Duck Detective. This is a place for me to share my thoughts and experiences which hopefully might be useful to others.

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aquova.net

A professional nerd who spends way too much time thinking about old hardware you've never heard of.

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Arcade Heroes

A blog established in 2006 that is dedicated to the coin-operated/pay-to-play video game & pinball industry. New game announcements, new location announcements, interest articles on the industry, etc. Written from the human point of view (no AI) of both players and arcade operators.

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Azhdarchid

Bruno Dias publishes essays about video game narrative design, criticism, and theory—with occasional detours; this is a personal blog, after all.

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The Ebonheim Chronicle

Game Development Blog primarily containing technical essays of game systems and techniques as well as progress updates for a solo-built game using a custom C++ engine

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Game development, Japanese digs, Perservation, and related ongoing. By the developer of YOYOZO (only 39 KB and listed alongside Mario & Zelda as one of the "Best Games of 2023")

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Laura Michet's Blog

I've worked in the games industry for over 15 years and have posts about game development and narrative design stretching back to 2013. My blog is a general-purpose blog, but the RSS feed provided here contains all the games-specific posts only. These include postmortems, recommendations, posts about development best practices, and more.

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Nice Gear Games Blog

The blog of Nice Gear Games, two hobbyists in Japan who make and cover indie games!

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runevision

Hi, I'm Rune! I'm an indie game developer and procedural generation enthusiast. This site is about my game development projects and digital arts, as well as my various tools, frameworks, and articles. Have a look around!

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Melodic-Ambient

Game-design-focused writing + news by game designer Melos Han-Tani (co-creator of Angeline Era, Danchi Days, Anodyne Series, etc)

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Citystate - Exploring Computer Games

Hello. My name is Robin, and this is my personal blog about computer games. Here you can find essays about old games I've played, industry commentary, a few freeware games I've made for fun, and Maraoke* parody song lyrics written by me. ( * https://maraoke.com/#what )

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Springboard

Springboard is a weekly newsletter that covers Gaming, Tech, and Mental Health. Starting in 2024, there have been exclusive interviews with developers, from gaming to emulators, as well as insights into the making of Daryl's published books, including the upcoming release, 'The Making of Tomb Raider: 1997-2000'.

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Tain's Game Log

My thoughts on gaming and games I'm playing, old and new, as I play them. I lean toward action games and am particularly interested in single-credit clearing arcade games. Posts sometimes include videos of my 1CCs.

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DHIPPO.NET

A blog about game dev experiments, DOOM maps, and showcases of cool games by others.

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Discard Pile

Thoughts on gaming, gamedev, and the internet by Kyle Labriola.

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Equip Story

Equip Story is a weekly newsletter about how making games can be as fun as playing games, written by narrative designer Geoffrey Golden.

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FarawayDrip30

I am a gamedev, I post about games I've made or helped make, and more recently post about my thoughts on games.

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Frozen Fractal

Step into the salt-crusted shoes of the mariners of old, sail out into the unknown, and discover a route around the world! In the game Around The World, you control a fleet of ships in an attempt to navigate around a unique, procedurally generated world, filled with hand-crafted interactive stories. I blog about my progress on the game on an irregular schedule. Expect screenshots, videos and technical deep dives.

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Games That Weren't

Games That Weren't is a long-running archive dedicated to cancelled and unreleased video games, prototypes and lost gaming history. Since 1999, we have been preserving rare information, assets and developer stories from across all eras of gaming.

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