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Sorry for the delay. Here's the living memorial roundup for Paste Games. If your favorites didn't make the cut, feel free to add to the replies on this post, and we'll get them added as soon as possible. critical-distance.com/2026/05/04/r...
Remembering Paste Games: 2010 – 2026
Welcome back, readers. This is a rather impromptu edition of the roundup. It’s not something any of us ever envisioned writing. Indeed, when games media has endured other layoffs and outlet c…
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He’s more like a well-adjusted family friend than a sad dad. www.avclub.com/pragmata-sad...
Pragmata works because it isn't a "sad dad" game
Despite appearances, Pragmata isn't a "sad dad" game, but an example of upbeat, non-toxic masculinity. It's more like a dad cab game.
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We talk to Sunset Visitor about their new game, Prove You're Human. www.avclub.com/prove-your-h...
Can AI dream of electric sheep? The team behind the award-winning 1000XResist on their next game
We talked with Remy Siu, the Creative Director behind the award-winning 1000XResist, about their upcoming AI-centric game.
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Tim Sweeney’s fundamental misunderstanding of what Fortnite and Epic Games are resulted in the company’s layoffs. www.avclub.com/fortnite-lay...
Fortnite chased the metaverse, and now workers are paying the price
The layoffs at Fortnite's studio are directly due to decisions made by CEO Tim Sweeney, who doesn't quite seem to understand his own company.
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The stylish arcade racing game Screamer is the worst kind of failure: it's made with great intentions and bad design decisions. Our review: www.avclub.com/screamer-rac...
Screamer is less than the sum of its auto parts
The stylish arcade racing game Screamer is the worst kind of failure: it's made with great intentions and bad design decisions. Our review:
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We need more single-player board games. Conservas, a solo game about commercial fishing, understands this. It also understands that the sea can be a lonely and solitary domain. Read Keith Law's review. www.pastemagazine.com/games/board-...
Play (and Fish) Alone with the Single-Player Board Game Conservas
Conservas, a solo board game about commercial fishing, understands that the sea can be a lonely and solitary place.
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Ambrosia Sky might look like a cleaning game, but this rumination on death is puzzling, meditative, and surprisingly heavy. Read our preview of the first game from Soft Rains. www.pastemagazine.com/games/ambros...
Ambrosia Sky Is a Really Deep Cleaning Game
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Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is a gonzo sequel that mixes mundanity and maximalism while improving on its predecessor in nearly every way. Read our review. www.pastemagazine.com/games/death-...
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Is Heartfelt, Gonzo, And Builds On Its Predecessor In Nearly Every Way
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is a gonzo sequel that mixes mundanity and maximalism while improving on its predecessor in nearly every way.
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Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is a gonzo sequel that mixes mundanity and maximalism while improving on its predecessor in nearly every way. Read our review. www.pastemagazine.com/games/death-...
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Is Heartfelt, Gonzo, And Builds On Its Predecessor In Nearly Every Way
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is a gonzo sequel that mixes mundanity and maximalism while improving on its predecessor in nearly every way.
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Paste Games@pastegames.bsky.social · last yr.Want to work with Paste’s games team? We’re looking for an intern to start in July. It’d be a part-time gig, and yes, it pays. Email a resume, a cover letter explaining your experience and goals, and links to pertinent writing you’ve done elsewhere to internships@pastemagazine.com by Friday 6/20.
It was hard to focus on games at Summer Game Fest's Play Days in LA this month, but at their best its games reminded us why we do this. Here are the best games we played at SGF this year. www.pastemagazine.com/games/summer...
10 Games We Loved Playing at the Summer Game Fest's Play Days
It was hard to focus on games at Summer Game Fest's Play Days in LA this month, but at their best its games reminded us why we do this.
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Check out our exclusive preview of "Baker's Doesn't," an adventure in the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons adventure Dragon Delves, with fun, candy-colored artwork from Andrew Kolb. www.pastemagazine.com/games/dungeo...
An Exclusive Preview of the New Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Book Dragon Delves
Check out our exclusive preview of "Baker's Doesn't" from the new Dungeons & Dragons adventure book Dragon Delves, with art by Andrew Kolb.
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Check out our exclusive preview of "Baker's Doesn't," an adventure in the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons adventure Dragon Delves, with fun, candy-colored artwork from Andrew Kolb. www.pastemagazine.com/games/dungeo...
An Exclusive Preview of the New Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Book Dragon Delves
Check out our exclusive preview of "Baker's Doesn't" from the new Dungeons & Dragons adventure book Dragon Delves, with art by Andrew Kolb.
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Want to work with Paste’s games team? We’re looking for an intern to start in July. It’d be a part-time gig, and yes, it pays. Email a resume, a cover letter explaining your experience and goals, and links to pertinent writing you’ve done elsewhere to internships@pastemagazine.com by Friday 6/20.
With TRON: Catalyst Bithell Games builds something almost great from a Disney wasteland. Reigniting our love for TRON isn’t enough to fully overcome some of these gameplay hurdles, though. Read our review. www.pastemagazine.com/games/tron/t...
TRON: Catalyst Reminded Me How Frustrating It Is Being a TRON Fan
TRON: Catalyst is almost great enough to make us forget how frustrating TRON as a franchise has been for decades. Almost.
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Mario Kart World understandably gets the headlines, but the most exciting Switch 2 game at launch is a GameCube racer available for the first time since its 2003 debut. F-Zero GX has us hopeful for Nintendo Switch Online's future. www.pastemagazine.com/games/ninten...
F-Zero GX Proves the Switch 2 Can Bring GameCube Rarities Back to Life
F-Zero GX's release on Nintendo Switch Online has us excited for the future of GameCube games on the Switch 2.
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In the lead up to the release of the upcoming League of Legends TCG, Riftbound, we got an exclusive look at the Warwick Champion card. www.pastemagazine.com/games/riftbo...
Warwick, Everyone’s Favorite Werewolf Dad, Announced For Riftbound's Inaugural Card Set
In the lead up to the release of the upcoming League of Legends TCG, Riftbound, we got an exclusive look at the Warwick Champion card.
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We saw a little bit of Resident Evil Requiem in action this weekend, and, uh, it wasn't particularly inspiring. Here are our thoughts on the hands-off, closed-door Summer Game Fest demo of the ninth mainline Resident Evil game. www.pastemagazine.com/games/reside...
Sword of the Sea, a new game from Giant Squid and the director of ABZÛ and art director of Journey, captures the calming, meditative side of surfing and skating. Read our preview. www.pastemagazine.com/games/sword-...
Shredding the Dunes in Sword of the Sea
Sword of the Sea, a new game from a creator of ABZÛ and Journey, captures the calming, meditative side of surfing and skating.
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Want to work with Paste’s games team? We’re looking for an intern to start in July. It’d be a part-time gig, and yes, it pays. Email a resume, a cover letter explaining your experience and goals, and links to pertinent writing you’ve done elsewhere to internships@pastemagazine.com by Friday 6/20.
Mixtape is a game about music, teenaged hijinks, and feeling nostalgic for "the glow of youth"--especially if you're still young yourself. And as the Devo song on its soundtrack says, that's good. www.pastemagazine.com/games/mixtap...
Mixtape Dials In to Universal Nostalgia
Mixtape is a game about music, teenaged hijinks, and feeling nostalgic for "the glow of youth"--especially if you're still young yourself.
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 has a new stage where you skate inside a pinball machine being played by an enormous, skyscraper-high Tony Hawk. We really dig this inspired mash-up of Tony Hawk and pinball. www.pastemagazine.com/games/tony-h...
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4's Pinball Stage Is Cool as Hell
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 has a new stage where you skate inside a pinball machine being played by an enormous, skyscraper-high Tony Hawk.
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After a weekend of game trailers and teasers, the latest Steam Next Fest is here at a perfect time. Here are five demos you need to check out. www.pastemagazine.com/games/steam-...
Five Demos To Check Out During Steam Next Fest: June 2025
After a weekend of game trailers and teasers, the latest Steam Next Fest is here at a perfect time. Here are five demos you need to check out.
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Wholesome Direct 2025 highlighted several promising upcoming games, and we've made a list of 10 you should be particularly excited for. www.pastemagazine.com/games/wholes...
10 Games That Should Be On Your Radar From Wholesome Direct 2025
Wholesome Direct 2025 highlighted several promising upcoming games, and we've made a list of 10 you should be particularly excited for.
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The Nintendo Switch 2 is finally out, and after over 24 hours with the system, we've collected our initial thoughts. www.pastemagazine.com/games/ninten...
For Better And Worse, The Nintendo Switch 2 Is a Safe Bet
The Nintendo Switch 2 is finally out, and after over 24 hours with the system, we've collected our initial thoughts.
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Mario Kart World charges into the online gaming world of the late ‘00s. www.pastemagazine.com/games/mario-...
Mario Kart World Opens Up to the Internet Age
Mario Kart World catches Nintendo‘s massively popular racing game up with the high-speed internet age of the Obama years.
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For all its conceptual grotesqueness, horror game Biophobia doesn't aim for shock value; it’s a meditative experience on horrific subject matter, but isn't horrific itself. www.pastemagazine.com/games/biopho...
Horror Game Biophobia Grows A Garden From Grief – And Art
Horror game Biophobia doesn't aim for shock value; it's a meditative experience on horrific subject matter, but isn't horrific itself.
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Zenith is a tense and mostly well-balanced tug-of-war board game about galactic conquest. Read Keith Law’s review. www.pastemagazine.com/games/board-...
Zenith, a Tense Two-Player Board Game, Is a Real Battle of the Planets
Zenith is a tense and mostly well-balanced tug-of-war board game about galactic conquest. Read Keith Law's review.
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Riot Games has revealed details on Riftbound's Booster pack rates, Champion cards, and more. www.pastemagazine.com/games/league...
Riftbound: League of Legends TCG Booster Rates, Champions, And More Announced
Last week, Riot Games held a Pre-Launch Summit for Riftbound where they announced details on Booster pack rates, Champion cards, and more.
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