Joseph Pugh (Gideon's Gaming)
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A very okayish video game and board game reviewer at Gideon's Gaming. Social skills of a Possum. Typo king. He/Him. Email: jp@gideonsgaming.com. Website: gideonsgaming.com
Is MechWarrior 5 Mercenaries Worth It in 2026? My updated review and buyers guide. Written version: gideonsgaming.com/mechwarrior-... Video version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulCx...
MechWarrior 5 Mercenaries - Worth it in 2026? Updated Review & Buyers Guide
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My review of Voidling Bound. Written version: gideonsgaming.com/voidling-bou... Video version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKCd...
Voidling Bound Review - Gideon's Gaming
Voidling Bounds shallow gameplay and poor balance tarnish an otherwise interesting monster breeding and collecting game.
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My review of Dungeon Clawler. Written version: gideonsgaming.com/dungeon-claw... Video version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NpR...
Dungeon Clawler Is a Brilliant Roguelite…With One Big Problem - Review
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Struggling to keep up with my channel. My nervous system is just burnt. Strait of Hormuz, Hantavirus and everything else. It's difficult to find the motivation to make videos about games when I'm wondering if I need to stockpile food.
New games releasing all the time and all I want to play right now is MechWarrior 5 Mercenaries and Total War Warhammer 3.
Over 200 active video game publications. Text. Audio. Video. Reporting. Criticism. Analysis. Blogs. Sites. Networks and wikis. Even in its incomplete form, the document is a treasure trove! I hope it helps you find your next favorite blogger, essayist, reporter, video maker, podcaster, and more!
An Incomplete Catalogue of Games Media in 2026
Find your new favorite video game publications
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My review of Reptilian Rising. Written version: gideonsgaming.com/reptilian-ri... Video version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWR_...
Reptilian Rising Review: A Time Traveling Tactical Adventure - Gideon's Gaming
In Reptilian Rising you command time-warped teams to battle lizard hybrids, cultists and weaponized dinosaurs in turn-based tactical battles.
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I've spent the last week hurling insults at Foundry as I learned to use it so a long-distance friends can join our weekly Pathfinder games. Cool piece of software. But I'd rather slide bare ass down a hill of sandpaper then learn anything like it again.
Marathon Has an Identity Crisis: A Review Written version: gideonsgaming.com/marathon-has... Video version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUUq...
Marathon Has an Identity Crisis: A Review - Gideon's Gaming
Marathon is an incredibly solid shooter, but the low TTK can make the game frustrating and somewhat undermines its other mechanics.
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The TTK in Marathon is way to low. Im not sure I can enjoy an extraction shooter where the only way you win a fight is to see the other person first. Especially in a big open map with the limited 90 degree angle view that an FPS offers. Wandering for 15 minutes to die in half second isnt fun.
10 Great Deckbuilding Games that Aren't Slay the Spire Written version: gideonsgaming.com/10-great-dec... Video version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lyQ...
10 Great Deckbuilding Games That Aren't Slay the Spire - Gideon's Gaming
While the market is flooded with Slay the Spire clones, there are many more unique deck building games that do something new with the genre.
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"We see the tremendous weight of grief, anger, and fear that so many are carrying right now. No one should have to live with constant fear. Everyone deserves to feel safe, valued, and to be treated with dignity." Read more: stonemaiergames.com/we-stand-wit...
We Stand with Our Community
A few months ago, my coworker, Alex, moved from St. Louis to Minneapolis. This week I spent some time with him in person for the first time since the move, and we had a long chat about the horrifyi…
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My Review of Ball X Pit Written version: gideonsgaming.com/ball-x-pit-r... Video version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j7x...
Ball X Pit Review - Gideon's Gaming
Ball x Pit is a unique rogue-lite game with neat ideas, however it can sometimes feel like an idle game where you are hardly playing anything
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Was really hoping HighGuard would end up being amazing as a spit in the face to the hate train. But after a few matches im just...uh, confused more than anything. Its like...4 slices of 4 different games and those slices do not speak to eachother at all. It's weird, and not the good kind.
I really, really wish more of the game industry switched over to Bluesky. I really, really, do not want to use the other app, but as a game reviewer, YouTuber, whatever. Gaming folks are still far more prominent and active over there. Sucks.
Everyday I hope there is a Mewgenics key in my inbox, and every day I am sad. It's nice to be genuinely excited about a game that's coming soon. I'll be reviewing it either way, of course. And well, hey, some folks have been waiting a lot longer than me. It was technically announced 14 years ago.
My review of Monster Train 2 Written Version: gideonsgaming.com/monster-trai... Video Version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R69...
Monster Train 2 Review: Bigger, Better & More of The Same
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5 Games I'm Looking Forward to in Early 2026 Written Version: gideonsgaming.com/5-games-im-l... Video Version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHO_...
5 Games I'm Looking Forward to in Early 2026
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Haven't been requesting a lot of review copies lately because I don't always like the time pressure. But I had to put in a request for Mewgenics because it's been hard to think about any other game since discovering it. Definitely a game I'm going to review either way.
My review of Root. Written version: gideonsgaming.com/root-board-g... Video version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AdI...
Root Board Game Review
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I decided to do my own dumb little award show. Here's the Gideon's Game Awards Show 2025. Written version: gideonsgaming.com/gideons-game... Video version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0HB...
Gideon's Game Awards Show 2025
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My review of Earthborne Rangers Written version: gideonsgaming.com/earthborne-r... Video version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq3O...
Earthborne Rangers Board Game Review
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Total Warhammer 40k was announced and I, a 37 year old man. Squeed with joy.
Arc Raiders is Not a PvP Game Written version: gideonsgaming.com/arc-raiders-... Video version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2skD...
Arc Raiders is not a PvP Game - Gideon's Gaming
Arc Raiders is actually a PvE game with PvP elements and that fact fuels the incredible social dynamics that thrive inside it.
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My review of Gloomhaven Second Edition Written version: gideonsgaming.com/gloomhaven-s... Video version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdZz...
Gloomhaven Second Edition Board Game Review - Gideon's Gaming
Gloomhaven Second Edition is such an improvement that the original Gloomhaven looks like trash by comparison
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My preview of the Lord of Loot Board Game Written version: gideonsgaming.com/lord-of-loot... Video version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N324...
Lord of Loot Board Game Preview - Gideon's Gaming
Lord of Loot is a Co-op Adventure game for 1 to 5 players about gathering up loot and using that loot to complete quests and slay monsters.
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As a massive fan of Death Stranding. DS2 doesn't deserve to be anywhere near an award show unless the award is most dumbed down sequal.
The best game of 2025 isn't even a nominee. Very cool TGA.
![You’ve got super fans pausing and zooming in on individuals frames of your documentary. One allegedly shows one of the Duffers with a ChatGPT tab open on their computer. In your presence, what did they use ChatGPT for?
I mean, are we even sure they had ChatGPT open?
I’m personally not, but the internet seems sure.
Well, there’s a lot of chatter where [social media users] are like, “We don’t really know, but we’re assuming.” But to me it’s like, doesn’t everybody have it open, to just do quick research?
I do.
How can you possibly write a storyline with 19 characters and use ChatGPT, I don’t even understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7t2urmt3i33jl6tjgiolio6g/bafkreidw2tmcr2ayq74oqmjm5pn2tdox6hlxnpqevhuqqj6oa7nsslx3oi)