Diego Nicolás Argüello
@diegoarguello.bsky.social
news @ game developer. words @ new york times, vulture, rolling stone, the verge, wapo, npr, the guardian, vgc, pitchfork, edge, gamespot, av club, game informer, polygon, paste, fanbyte, & more founder @ into the spine • diego6arguello6@gmail.com • he/him
beast of reincarnation placates the player with a taxing. dopamine-driven power fantasy, forcing them to be oblivious to the climatic calamities and human digitization in their vicinity - reflecting our own human made cycles of erosion in the process. my review: www.theguardian.com/games/2026/a...
Beast of Reincarnation review – a taxing reflection of human-made damage
Game Freak channels a post-apocalyptic reality that reflects our own repetitive erosion cycles, with a fair bit of hand-holding
theguardian.com
beast of reincarnation placates the player with a taxing. dopamine-driven power fantasy, forcing them to be oblivious to the climatic calamities and human digitization in their vicinity - reflecting our own human made cycles of erosion in the process. my review: www.theguardian.com/games/2026/a...
Beast of Reincarnation review – a taxing reflection of human-made damage
Game Freak channels a post-apocalyptic reality that reflects our own repetitive erosion cycles, with a fair bit of hand-holding
theguardian.com
PALS! we're back for another charity stream, and it is, uh, less than two weeks away! i want to hear from you, mutuals and pals, who want to join us - whether you've guested before, or would be on for the first time. we have open spots! come be on stream and help us raise $$ for Trans Lifeline!
Axe of the Blood God - An RPG Podcast@bloodgodpod.bsky.social · 3d ago🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 The Axe of the Blood God Charity Livestream benefitting Trans Lifeline returns August 15th/16th! We've raised over $50k in the past and with your help we can smash our records! More Nuzlocke, multiplayer mayhem, speedruns, prizes, and fun all for a good cause! Full schedule soon!
when tasked with writing this week’s patch notes i was told to feel free to inject my personality to it
Game Developer@gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 5d agoDouble Fine cuts staff, Xbox's revenue decline, and Leon Kennedy pays off - Patch Notes #63
i feel like we aren't acknowledging how off the vibes of insomniac's wolverine are
JOB ALERT: Bay Area friends, I’m looking for someone to replace me on marketing and socials at the local business I’ve been working with for the last two years. Part time contract, does require hybrid in Oakland
i'm back at the guardian chatting with the team behind red kiss about using live2d for motion capture, interactive theater influences, and enduring hopelessness - both as a vampire in cold war berlin, and as humans in our current times www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
Red Kiss – guiding vampires through a blood-soaked cold war Berlin
Inspired by interactive theatre and fuelled by the motion capture tech used by VTubers, the vampire spies in Red Kiss have personality in spades
theguardian.com
My contribution to the yearly NPR list, alongside Diego:
Diego Nicolás Argüello@diegoarguello.bsky.social · 2w agothrilled to have contributed to npr's yearly sprawling list of games once more, marking the fifth year in a row being invited. both an honor and a reminder that i'm not getting any younger www.npr.org/2026/07/21/n...
I’m trying to give myself more tangible long term goals By the end of the year I’m trying to hit 1,000 Instagram followers (about 60 off) And 500 followers on twitch (about 100 off) So maybe share these links with your friends or enemies www.instagram.com/jesse_vitell... Twitch.tv/mamavitelli
thrilled to have contributed to npr's yearly sprawling list of games once more, marking the fifth year in a row being invited. both an honor and a reminder that i'm not getting any younger www.npr.org/2026/07/21/n...
The best games of 2026 so far, picked by NPR's staff
Titans like Resident Evil Requiem and Crimson Desert dominated in the first half of the gaming year, with early-access sequels like Slay the Spire 2 and Subnautica 2 not far behind.
npr.org
throw a coin for a new pub: all men founders or hosted on substack
If you’re a queer man who plays Love and Deepspace and wants to talk about your relationship with the game and community, I’d love to chat with you for a Kotaku story. RTs appreciated.
i’m just ken@shepardcdr.bsky.social · 4w agoOh so fuck this game, actually.
So I decided to write about how a particularly heinous incident that happened earlier this year and the ongoing Valko mess has caused me to end my relationship with Love and Deepspace www.gamespot.com/articles/im-...
I'm Breaking Up With Love And Deepspace
I'll miss Sylus's ruby-red eyes and sultry smolder, but it's time to end things.
gamespot.com
awful day for the industry. anyway, my review of gears of war e-day will go live at 10 am pacific on october 5. here’s a selfie with my branded hoodie
playing through rhythm heaven groove feels like being reunited with an old friend after eleven long years. my review, and my first for the guardian www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
Rhythm Paradise Groove review – exhilarating bitesize beats test your reflexes
A joyful collection of vibrant bite-sized, rhythm games includes catching veggies in mid-air, practising dance choreographies and speaking to an alien
theguardian.com
pitching gta vi op-eds on a friday like a rabid dog
game industry slowly on the path to experiencing what inflation in argentina is like
“gta 6 is a fashion game” says dude wearing skinny jeans with runner shoes and a stained nirvana tee
this is true always but specifically for gta vi: sites that don’t actively pick a diverse writers pool to cover it are in for a generational fumble
Jay Castello 🌻@jaymcastello.bsky.social · last mo.unfortunately i do want to write about GTA VI
for the best part of this year, I've been speaking to former Maxis developers to put together this: a near-6000 word oral history of Spore 🦠 www.designroom.site/spore-an-ora...
Spore: An oral history
A wild bet in development for the better part of a decade, Spore reached for the stars — and, at times, got there. We recently spoke to eight team members, including chief designer Will Wright, to loo...
designroom.site
new stuntman. sure man. let’s do split second again while you’re at it