Ryan Gilliam
@rygilliam.bsky.social
Co-founder and owner of @rogue.site. Former Guides Producer at Polygon. Lifelong KC liver. Work: Ryan(at)Rogue(dot)site
SteamDB and its ilk hardly tell the whole story www.rogue.site/editorials/s...
Steam charts don’t tell you how successful a game is
People use Steam charts websites to inform their discussions about which games are doing well, which games are failing, and which games are likely to get shut down. Unfortunately, they don't show what...
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Tears of Metal is a stylish roguelite that just hit early-access www.rogue.site/editorials/t...
Tears of Metal is an extremely deep Scottish history Musou game
Take to the Scottish Highlands with your armies over and over again
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New one from me, all about Destiny, and the hope dash Blizzard’s StarCraft shooter might deliver us into a new age youtu.be/OLaGEEN1WFg?...
Is Blizzard Our Best Hope for a Destiny 3?
YouTube video by Ryan Gilliam
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Corsair Cove is a visual powerhouse that really sells the fantasy of building a pirate base for you and your drunken, swashbuckling pals. www.rogue.site/editorials/c...
Corsair Cove is as stylish a city builder as any pirate could hope for
Cliffside buildings, gorgeous visuals, rum ... what else do you need?
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Is ANYONE willing to share contacts for Star Wars: Zero Company? I want to cover it extremely badly for both @rogue.site and my YouTube channel. Does anyone know a PR contact for it? Star Wars XCOM has fascinated me since it first got announced. I want to see if it lives up to the hype
We’re not saying Splatoon is Destiny now … but also, hey, maybe … you know what, actually www.rogue.site/editorials/f...
Finally, a Splatoon game for me
They got so much Destiny in my Splatoon
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I’ve made my very first solo YouTube video, and it’s all about how a Destiny 3 might have to work to exist in the current market. youtu.be/XZtTn7_ZEes?...
I have a pitch for Destiny 3, but you're not gonna like it
YouTube video by Ryan Gilliam
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These things might look a lot like Pokeman, but there’s some extra sauce going on with Palworld that makes it much more than a clone www.rogue.site/editorials/f...
Fine ... Palworld is pretty damn good
Palworld is a great time ... even if it's as derivative as the screenshots lead you to believe
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Fogpiercer is another interesting roguelite from indie publisher @hoodedhorse.bsky.social — one that marries trains and tactics together www.rogue.site/editorials/f...
Fogpiercer is a chaotic, stylish, and deceptively difficult train roguelite
Fogpiercer mixes Snowpiercer with Fights in Tight Spaces
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Another banger from @rygilliam.bsky.social
Mobilegamer.biz@mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social · 3w agoDestiny: Rising is the last remaining game in the series still being officially supported. But even after the demise of Destiny 2, things are looking grim for the NetEase-made shooter: mobilegamer.biz/even-destiny...
Hey gang, after some great weekend con coverage, we have a few folks out this week to recuperate and rest. So while we still have some reviews and recommendations coming your way this week, it’ll be a bit quieter than normal. Thank you for your patience! Our small team appreciates you!
Can I interest you in a cheap way to expand your backlog by over a thousand hours this summer? www.rogue.site/editorials/t...
There's a lot of damn Final Fantasy in the Steam Summer Games Sale
Final Fantasy. Ever heard of it?
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Star Fox feels like the way I remember Summer Break 🦊 www.rogue.site/editorials/i...
It's impressive just how perfect Star Fox (2026) is for the nostalgic mind
The new Star Fox is the best kind of nostalgia bomb
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The Steam Summer Sale will continue until July 9, so we have more recommendations of games to pick up at discount www.rogue.site/editorials/r...
Rogue Recommends: Summer Steam Sale 2026 (mostly indie edition)
Six indie games on discount for the Steam Summer Sale (and Hitman, as a treat)
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At the halfway mark of 2026, Rogue shares our favorite games of the year (so far) www.rogue.site/editorials/t...
The best games of 2026 - so far
It's been a great pre-GTA 6 window for games so far this year. Let's take a look at all of the great stuff we've seen in 2026
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Does anyone have a contact for the DOOM expansion they wouldn’t mind sharing? Don’t have any emails from ID folk!
Datamining took yet another incredible experience away from players this last week www.rogue.site/editorials/h...
How cheaters ruined Call of Duty Zombies' great hunt
This weekend, in the space of an hour, the community had gone from having an easter egg hunt that was heading towards surpassing Revelations, to having half of the quest spoiled by a group who was rea...
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Our first round of recommendations for the summer Steam sale is here! www.rogue.site/editorials/r...
Rogue Recommends: Steam's Summer Sale 2026
Rogue's first salvo of recommendations for Steam's latest summer sale
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I'm playing Baldur's Gate 3 with Marathon lore master JakeTheAlright! Join us! www.twitch.tv/ryan_gilliam15
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Oh baby, starting Baldur's Gate 3 with the Mr. JakeTheAlright
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Mina, Yacht Club Game’s follow up to Shovel Knight, is a delightful but very different game www.rogue.site/editorials/m...
Mina the Hollower is a far more complex follow-up to Yacht Club's Shovel Knight
Yacht Club’s mouse adventure takes the studio from side-scroller to Zelda-like
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When I streamed this demo over the weekend, I went into it with very low expectations. But man if it didn't make me a believer in less than an hour. Can't wait for the full thing.
Rogue@rogue.site · last mo.A first-person Souls game? It works a lot better than you'd think www.rogue.site/editorials/v...
The new "AI Teammate" in PUBG works a little too well www.rogue.site/editorials/p...
PUBG’s new AI teammates are both fascinating and depressing
NVidia and the team behind PUBG have launched an experiment called ‘PUBG Ally’, where you can enter a duos battle royale match teamed up with an AI squadmate instead of a human. It might sound like th...
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It's Father's Day, and I'm streaming some Next Fest demos with my son strapped to my chest if you want to come by and say hey/make a recommendation! www.twitch.tv/ryan_gilliam15
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Father's Fest, complete with infant baby: More Next Fest demos, maybe some D2 vault cleaning
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What a great Next Fest! So many cool games that are now on my radar!
Rogue@rogue.site · 2mo agoInstead of our normal newsletter this week, we've published a complete roundup of all the Next Fest demos we recommended, as well as links to the articles where we describe them! Check it out, and I hope we've helped you navigate this month's massive Next Fest! www.rogue.site/editorials/r...
Current frontrunner for Rogue's "Best New Character" award this Winter. Greenway steals the show, man
Jordan Minor@jordanwminor.bsky.social · 2mo agoShout out to one of 2026’s best Black gaming dudes
Feel like we got a really great Next Fest this time around. Tons of cool stuff I still want to try.
Rogue@rogue.site · 2mo agoOur last Next Fest roundup of the week is here, and Ryan has 5 more demos to recommend as we head into the weekend www.rogue.site/editorials/r...
my picks for what to watch this weekend pvguide.ghost.io/weekend-watc...
Weekend Watchlist, 6/19: Be True
What to watch this weekend
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Mistfall Hunter is a delightfully weird mashup this Next Fest www.rogue.site/editorials/m...
Mistfall Hunter is a cursed genre combo that somehow turned out great
Got some Dark Souls in my extraction shooter
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Ryan and Cass are playing Disco Elysium over on Ryan's channel. Join them for Ryan's first playthrough! www.twitch.tv/ryan_gilliam15
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Disco Elysium first time playthrough with Cass from Rogue.site
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