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Monster Train 2 Remains a Compelling Case for Deep Roguelike Play in 2025
A sprawling fusion of tower defense, deckbuilding, and turn-based combat that rewards mastery and variety.
Eight scribes, one homebound holiday: The ninth RPS Christmas Cracker 2025 and its Home Features
A collaborative yuletide capsule that blends home-themed humor with year-in-review reflections
Desktop Pets Reboot: The 2025 Cozy-Gaming Trend Redefining Idle Play
A year of tiny screen inhabitants proves that comfort and productivity can share the same corner of your monitor, not compete for your full attention.
The Quiet Power of Wordplay: Why Counterfeit Monkey Still Reads Forward
A Culture & Opinion meditation on Emily Short’s landmark text adventure and the ethics of language in games
Zack Zwiezen’s Top 10 Games of 2025: A Personal Year in Review
Culture and opinion piece examining a year of bold bets, quiet surprises, and the return of a personal top-ten tradition in gaming journalism.
Hating Cancer, Finding Catharsis: Total Chaos and the Fight Within
A horror game's gore doubles as grief therapy, turning a personal loss into a brutal, cathartic march through a ruined town.
RPS’s Seventh Christmas Cracker 2025: Eight scribes, jokes, and a zombie holiday punchline
A year-end collaboration from Rock Paper Shotgun that blends self-deprecation, humor, and community.
Ollie’s Bonus Games of 2025: A Culture & Opinion take on The RPS Selection Box
A culture-and-opinion look at how 2025’s Advent Calendar picks map the year’s tastes, from roguelite experiments to open-world epics.
Slay the Spire posts new all-time Steam concurrent peak nearly seven years after release
The enduring deckbuilder draws a holiday surge in concurrent players, underscoring its lasting cultural impact on the genre.