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Today on the website @figleafplays.bsky.social is here with an article about the epidemic that is Gen AI in the current gaming landscape figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/10/10/a...
AI in Gaming Is an Epidemic
There was a time when artificial intelligence in video games was something we barely thought about. NPCs using rudimentary AI to determine how they moved around a battlefield? Cool. Enemies adaptin…
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Today on the website, @figleafplays.bsky.social is here with some games you should check out on sale for the Steam Autumn Sale! figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/10/02/5...
5 Games You Should Check Out for the Steam Autumn Sale
Hello all! Time for yet another Steam seasonal sale! I’ve got five games for you this time that I think you should check out while they’re cheap. Let’s get right into it! Atlyss This game just look…
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Sorry for the lack of articles. Spoons have been low again recently. Due to this the website will be taking the month of September off to recharge.
Today on the website, @figleafplays.bsky.social is here with a review of Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World?! figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/07/31/t...
Truck-Kun is Supporting Me from Another World Review
Hey all! I had a little time this week, so I’m squeaking out a review for a fun new indie game I played called Truck-Kun is Supporting Me from Another World?! Developed by Strange Scaffold, t…
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Today on the website @figleafplays.bsky.social is here with an opinion piece regarding Sony's decision to end disk production. figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/07/17/s...
Sony’s Ends Physical Disk Production for Games in 2028
Sony’s move away from physical media isn’t another step in the evolution of gaming: it’s a decision that quietly removes one of the most important rights consumers have. Choice.Fo…
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Today on the website, @figleafplays.bsky.social is here recapping some of his favorite runs from the recently finished Summar Games Done Quick! figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/07/14/5...
5 Speedruns from Summer Games Done Quick 2026 That You Should Check Out
Hello gamers! As of the time of writing, Summer Games Done Quick just got done a few days ago and raised 2.4 million for Doctors without Borders! As we bathe in the sadness of the end of another ev…
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Today on the website, @figleafplays.bsky.social is here with a review of Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter! figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/07/10/t...
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter Review
After delaying myself a number of times for other games, I finally managed to finish off Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter! Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter is a remake of 2004’s The Legend of Heroe…
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Today on the website, @figleafplays.bsky.social is here recommending some games you should check out during the summer steam sale! figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/07/04/5...
5 Games Under $10 You Should Buy During Steams Summer Sale
Another season, another steam sale is upon us. This time I’m going to try something a bit different than what I have been usually doing with these articles. Every game I am going to mention t…
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Today on the website, @figleafplays.bsky.social is here with a review of Mina The Hollower! figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/06/22/m...
Mina The Hollower Review
After what has felt like an eternity of waiting, Mina the Hollower is finally out, the newest game from Yacht Club Games. As someone who absolutely loved Shovel Knight, this was one of my most anti…
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Today on the website, @figleafplays.bsky.social is here ranking all 5 of the current Dark Pictures Anthology Games! figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/06/19/r...
Ranking Every “The Dark Pictures Anthology “Game
Fairly recently I finished up playing Directive 8020, and earlier in the year I played the entirety of season 1 of The Dark Pictures games, so I figured it might be fun to rank them. I’m curr…
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Today on the website, Brandon is back talking about the fracturing of ZA/UM! figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/06/17/a...
Another Animals Farm: The Fracturing of ZA/UM
The UK based development team ZA/UM might not be a household studio, but you may have heard their name thrown around with their newest game, Zero Parades: For Dead Spies. The Steam page for the gam…
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Today on the website, to finish out announcement week coverage, @figleafplays.bsky.social is here looking at the announcements that he is excited about from the recent Nintendo Direct! figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/06/12/g...
Games I’m Excited For From the Nintendo Direct
Okay, finally, to finish out the coverage of announcement week, we got the rumored Nintendo Direct! There was a ton here that we could talk about, but in the interest of time, I’ll stick to t…
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Today on the website, @figleafplays.bsky.social is here continuing announcement week coverage with his favorite reveals from the Xbox showcase! figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/06/10/5...
5 Games I’m Excited About from the Xbox Showcase
I’m gonna be honest here, there wasn’t a ton that I was excited about from the Xbox Showcase, but what I’m excited about are things I have to talk about. I managed to pick 5 that …
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Today on the website, @figleafplays.bsky.social is here recapping 5 games from Summer Games Fest that he's excited for. figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/06/07/5...
5 Games I’m Excited About from Summer Games Fest
Hey everyone! It’s that time of year again. The time of year where E3 used to sit, where all the developers show us what they are working on for the next year. This year’s Summer Game F…
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Today on the website, @friendlycat.bsky.social is here continuing our My Anticipated Things series with some games they are looking forward to in the back half of 2026! figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/06/01/m...
My Anticipated Things: Mid-2026
I haven’t published anything in a while (not for lack of trying), and so I’m trying a new idea- one with a built in deadline! Every game in this article is an upcoming release I’v…
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Today on the website, @figleafplays.bsky.social is here with a new sub series called My Anticipated Things, where he's talking about some upcoming releases that he's looking forward to! figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/05/31/m...
My Anticipated Things: 2026 Video Game Releases
Hello all! Now that we are almost halfway through 2026, Cat and I figured we would start a new article series about anticipated things as a kind of side series to the My Favorite Things article ser…
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Today on the website, @figleafplays.bsky.social is here with a review of Resident Evil Requiem! figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/05/25/r...
Resident Evil Requiem Review
Resident Evil Requiem is the 9th numbered installment in the long-running Resident Evil series. The game stars a duo of characters; series veteran Leon Kennedy and newcomer to the series Grace Ashc…
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figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/05/21/5... Today on the website, @figleafplays.bsky.social is here talking about 5 shameful RPGS that are still on his backlog that he really.. really wants to get to...eventually.
5 RPGs I Most Want to Finish
Hello everyone! Time for another article! As you may all know from osmosis from reading my articles, I’m a dad. But even before that, I’ve been an avid gamer for years and years. Even w…
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Today on the website, in a massively overdue article, @figleafplays.bsky.social is here with his Top 5 non 2025 releases that he played in 2025! figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/05/13/t...
Top 5 Non-2025 Releases I Played in 2025
As a follow-up to the year-end games article (this ended up taking almost half the year to produce; oops, sorry), I also wanted to do a separate list for non-2025 releases I played in 2025. A few m…
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Today on the website, Brandon is here with a review of the Iron Lung movie! figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/05/05/m...
Markiplier’s Iron Lung Swims into Theaters
No matter how you feel about Markiplier or independent horror cinema, January’s Iron Lung from Markiplier Studios is a film to take note of. Based on the 2022 game of the same name by solo develope…
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Today on the website, @figleafplays.bsky.social is here talking about the latest news from the Final Fantasy 14 Keynote address this past weekend! figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/04/30/f...
Final Fantasy 14 North America Fanfest News
Hey everyone! Trying something a bit different here again with a recap of the news from the Final Fantasy 14 Fanfest that took place this past weekend at time of writing. I’m going to try to …
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Today on the website, @figleafplays.bsky.social is here continuing the Top 5 Games of Every Year they are alive with 2005! figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/04/21/t...
Top 5 Games of 2005
Hey everyone! I’m likely not going to have space in these lists to do honorable mentions anymore, so let’s get right to it! This is one of those super stacked years so lets just get rig…
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Today on the website @figleafplays.bsky.social is here with a review of Pokemon Pokopia! figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/04/17/p...
Pokémon Pokopia Review
Pokopia came as a surprise for me. I had obviously seen people play it and it sure looked like every other cozy game out there. Then, I went to PAX East. It was about noon on Thursday, the line for…
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Today on the website, @figleafplays.bsky.social is here continuing the top 5 games of every year he's been alive with 2006! figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/04/14/t...
Top 5 Games of 2006
Getting past the halfway point of these articles now. Its been a long time since i have done one of these articles but I think its time to get back to this series. Let’s get it done! #5. New Super …
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Today on the website, @figleafplays.bsky.social is here talking about some cool indies he saw at Pax East recently! figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/04/06/5...
5 Great Indie Games I Saw at PAX East 2026
Hello everyone! At time of writing PAX East was this past weekend. One of my favorite parts of Pax is looking at all the cool indie games! I’m going to talk about some of the games in other article…
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Today on the website, @friendlycat.bsky.social is here with an article talking about 6 Musical Artists she would like to see a Bond theme from. figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/03/17/6...
6 Musicians I Want to Make a James Bond Theme
I think about James Bond a lot. Not because i really like the movies or the character- at his core, James Bond is just fictional white man who solves problems with a gun, like most action movie her…
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Today on the website, @figleafplays.bsky.social is here with a review of Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven! figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/03/29/c...
Cult of the Lamb Woolhaven DLC Review
Cult of the Lamb is one of my favorite roguelights. The runs are short, the pacing is excellent, and I love the base-building element layered on top of the dungeon crawling. Woolhaven adds more com…
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Today on the website @figleafplays.bsky.social is here highlighting some deals from the Spring Steam Sale! figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/03/21/5...
5 Games on Sale during the Steam Spring Sale!
Hello everyone! Yet another seasonal Steam sale is upon us, so let’s get right into it as usual! Fallout New Vegas This game is a steal at literally 1 dollar. The version with all of the DLC …
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figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/02/10/p... Today on the website, @figleafplays.bsky.social is here with a Preview of Pragmata!
Pragmata Preview
Pragmata is one of those games that has lived in a strange limbo since its announcement. For a long time, a lot of people assumed it was some sort of Mega Man offshoot. Eventually, interviews with …
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Today on the website, @friendlycat.bsky.social is here talking about 5 bands who peaked during thier first album! figleafgamingnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/03/05/5...
5 Bands Who Peaked With Their First Album
I struggled to write this article cause I kept feeling bad about being negative. I feel that anyone who actually commits to the creative process deserves respect and grace, whether you like their a…
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