Lucy James
@lucyjames.games
Video game enjoyer @lookingfor.game podcast: @friendspersecond.bsky.social email: hello@lucyjames.games
Drop-In tomorrow night when @lucyjames.games joins us to talk about her newest venture @lookingfor.game ✨🥳 8:30PM EST live on Twitch ⬇️ twitch.tv/dropindropou...
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The industry makes great games, but nobody can find them. Algorithms built to surface content are increasingly rewarding volume, familiarity, and short-term engagement over quality or originality. https://bit.ly/44VFYO9
Your father was a cult leader. Someone dared desecrate his church. You have five days to figure out who. This week's pick is RUNT from @grimtaste.bsky.social and @dreadxp.bsky.social, check out the write up and interview with its creators here! player.gg/publications...
Lucy recommends: RUNT — lookingfor.game — player.gg
Welcome to the family.
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Article: 'Stop what you're doing and play Clicky Islands!' Me(dev): *stops coding Clicky Islands to play Clicky Islands instead* /s Thanks a ton for the incredible feature and shoutout 🙏!
Clicky Islands from @karrotgames.bsky.social is about to become your new obsession: player.gg/publications...
Also, shout-out to @lucyjames.games and her new project, lookingfor.game for suggesting this one. If you're not signed up for it, it's a weekly newsletter that suggests some great indies that may not have gotten the attention they deserve from the big sites. Highly recommended.
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lookingfor.game is a weekly newsletter that highlights upcoming PC games and delivers demo codes and playtesting opportunities straight to your inbox. Curated by Lucy James. It's time to find your ne...
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YOU GUYS. I'm only an hour in to "The Incident at Galley House" and I'm hooked. If you love a good whodunnit, this is da bidness. Full review coming soon for @pixelbytegaming.bsky.social. Might be really soon, might be a bit. I want to savor this one. #gaming #gamingsky #indiegames
What an amazing weekend!! Thank you to everyone who came to the panel 🫶🫶
Comic-Con!! We had a blast! 🥰🩷 Thank you to all who came to our CONTROL Resonant cast panel, and to all who came to say hello after. It was a pleasure to talk to you about Zoe, Dylan, Jesse and Darling, and hear about your love for the characters and our games. 🫶 #CONTROLResonant
🗣️ LFG Exclusive! Play the demo for Sister Other Paranoia, the upcoming dark visual novel from HazeDenki and @serenityforge.com before anybody else! player.gg/publications...
[EXCLUSIVE] Lucy recommends: Sister Other Paranoia — lookingfor.game — player.gg
Mindfreak.
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Oh, you're a beloved indie game? Lemme guess, you're about grief. @lucyjames.games joins us on the latest episode of The MinnMax Show to share some hidden gem picks for 2026. SOME are even about topics other than grief! youtu.be/V60zqo74V98
Thank you for having me, wonderful MinnMax crew!!
The new episode of The MinnMax Show is live! @lucyjames.games joins @sarahpodz.bsky.social, @leovader.com, @gameonysus.bsky.social, and @yozetty.bsky.social to share some love for the most underappreciated games of 2026 so far! youtu.be/V60zqo74V98
I podcaster'd -- thanks to @lucyjames.games @skillup.bsky.social @jakebaldino.com for letting me dish. ❤️
This week on Friends Per Second, we’re joined by @charstring.com to ask the question: Is modern gaming totally cooked? It’s not all doom and gloom, we also discuss Black Flag, Denshattack!, and The Blood of Dawnwalker youtu.be/c9iLqBerD6o?...
Recruit and manage your own Round Table, become a benevolent ruler (or not), and if all else fails, there’s a Demon locked in the tower crypt who can always turn back time for you 😈 @sovereigntower.bsky.social is this week’s LFG pick! player.gg/publications...
Lucy recommends: Sovereign Tower — lookingfor.game — player.gg
Royalty check 👑
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Started playing DESKTOP EXPLORER based on a recommendation from @lucyjames.games / @lookingfor.game and it's very, very good. I'm a few hours in and have to get back to work (that kind of week/end), but I'm looking forward to solving the next set of puzzles!
Steam Community :: Desktop Explorer
Desktop Explorer - Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using ...
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Big ups to @lucyjames.games and her @lookingfor.game newsletter! I saw today’s about @wildwits.games’ Sovereign Tower and it seemed my jam so I grabbed the demo. Played through it all in one sitting and can’t wait for the full release. Excellent game I wouldn’t have seen without the newsletter! 🌟
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Press any key to continue... This week's pick is @desktopexplorergame.com: rifle through your dead uncle's PC to get to the bottom of a haunting mystery in this fake OS point and click adventure! player.gg/publications...
Lucy recommends: Desktop Explorer — lookingfor.game — player.gg
Press Start 👩🏻💻
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Had an absolutely marvellous time talking about all things GTA and, of course, the weather with Charlotte and Libby on this week’s @whatsallthispod.bsky.social!
Grand Theft Auto more like... Good Talk Aboutit! The game that is. We discuss GTA and America's Condom Capital with @lucyjames.games on this week's episode, available wherever you get your podcasts or on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNbZ...
Devastated for my former GameSpot colleagues who deserve much, much better than Fandom’s (and Red Ventures’ and CBS Interactive’s) poor leadership and short-sightedness.
Layoffs hit GameSpot again aftermath.site/gamespot-layof...
This week’s supporter-only newsletter is filled with games to play when everything feels a little too much. Thanks to our friends @insertcoin.bsky.social for the discount code! Subscribe to LFG to claim yours 🫶 player.gg/publications...
Games to play when everything sucks (Bonus Newsletter #3) — lookingfor.game — player.gg
PLUS: Insert Coin Clothing discount codes!
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FORE ⛳️ This week’s pick is Ballgame from @human.computer: a physics-based puzzle-platformer that’ll have you saying “just one more run” more times than you can count. Check out the write up and play the demo here! player.gg/publications...
Lucy recommends: Ballgame — lookingfor.game — player.gg
Tee time ⛳️
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imo laying off 1,600 people today and threatening those who survive this bloodbath with the promise that you'll lay off another 1,600 sometime over the next 12 months is literally psychological warfare