Screenshot Saturday pic of Geneforge 3 - Detonation. 11 days left in the Kickstarter, with a big stretch goal getting close. The next full rewrite of an indie cult-classic RPG series going back to 1999! Backers can contribute ideas for a bunch of stuff. www.kickstarter.com/projects/spi...

New Blog Post! A little love letter to one of my favorite board games: Clumsy, maligned, iconic old Monopoly. Which is a legit banger if you learn the rules. It's not perfect, but it's wonkiness is part of its charm. If you learn the rules. bottomfeeder.substack.com/p/i-sing-a-s...

I Sing a Song of Monopoly

The enduring, universal, underrated board game. If you learn the rules.

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Our Kickstarter for Geneforge 3 - Detonation is halfway done, and we're really thrilled. Two stretch goals down, another coming. Thank you! We've put up an update about how things are going and the direction the game wants to be taken in here ... www.kickstarter.com/projects/spi...

Update 2: Geneforge 3 - Detonation Kickstarter Halfway Update ... Chugging Along! · Geneforge 3 - Detonation. Cult-classic indie RPG, remade!

The Kickstarter for Geneforge 3 - Infestation is halfway done and chugging along nicely. We're getting a decent flow of backers, and there's a always a surge near the end. We're pretty optimistic abou...

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New Blog Post! I review recent low-budget horror megahit Obsession and dissect what makes the horror genre so distinct and eternal. I love paying money to watch horrible things happen to good people! I have a lot of fun with this one. bottomfeeder.substack.com/p/obsession-...

Obsession Review (And Why Horror Is the Most Honest Genre)

Because Obsession is the only big movie out right now.

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The Kickstarter for Geneforge 3 - Infestation has been going great! We funded in 2 hours and have reached two stretch goals, cramming more content and options into our upcoming RPG. We just posted a quick update: www.kickstarter.com/projects/spi... Now back to work!

A Screenshot Saturday alpha shot of our next game, Geneforge 3 - Detonation. Kickstarter running now! The third part in the cult-classic Geneforge saga will be a massively open-ended turn-based RPG, full of fun and mad science. Almost to Stretch Goal #2! www.kickstarter.com/projects/spi...

New Blog Post! - We write about our remaster of 2005's Geneforge 3. A post-mortem of the worst-selling entry of a cult-classic series, plus fun ancient game history! Kickstarter for Geneforge 3 - Detonation is going great! bottomfeeder.substack.com/p/kickstarte...

Kickstarter For Geneforge 3 - Detonation Has Launched!

A postmortem, plus indie game history, plus crass self-promotion!

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Aaaand ... Funded in two hours! Thank you! We'll be thinking of ways to add new content stretch goals (as the others are reached) and other goodies to buy (as to others sell out). Exciting! This game will have a bunch of cool new stuff and we're having a blast writing it.

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Big news! We have launched our Kickstarter for Geneforge 3 - Detonation! It's our next indie, turn-based RPG, middle part of the epic, cult-classic Geneforge saga. Lots of cool merch and backer rewards, with more on the way ... www.kickstarter.com/projects/spi...

Big news! We have launched our Kickstarter for Geneforge 3 - Detonation! It's our next indie, turn-based RPG, middle part of the epic, cult-classic Geneforge saga. Lots of cool merch and backer rewards, with more on the way ... www.kickstarter.com/projects/spi...

Geneforge 3 - Detonation. Cult-classic indie RPG, remade!

The classic indie saga continues, remade and expanded! Open-ended fantasy adventure with your own army of custom-made mutant monsters.

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Big news! Our new Kickstarter starts on Tuesday! We put up the preview page for our next indie, turn-based RPG, Geneforge 3 - Detonation. A huge, fun game, lots of cool merch. If you want to be reminded when it starts for real, go here ... www.kickstarter.com/projects/spi...

Coming soon: Geneforge 3 - Detonation. Cult-classic indie RPG, remade!

The classic indie saga continues, remade and expanded! Open-ended fantasy adventure with your own army of custom-made mutant monsters.

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We're having a great Steam Summer Sale! Like turn-based indie RPGs with cool worlds and stories? We've written 18 of them. (!!!) Try Avernum 4: Greed & Glory. Or Geneforge 1 - Mutagen. Or Avernum: Escape From the Pit. Great fun, on the cheap! store.steampowered.com/publisher/sp...

I hear Grand Theft Auto 6 preorders started. Honestly, who preorders a digital game in 2026? What? You think they're going to run out of electrons?

New Blog Post! Cranky Indie Review Roundup. Hits-Only Edition! Run and gun reviews of Ball X Pit, The King Is Watching, Slay the Spire [n], Cloverpit, and The Witness. I'm not an adored, worshipped pro journalist reviewer, so I get to be quick and catty. bottomfeeder.substack.com/p/cranky-ind...

Cranky Indie Review Roundup. Hits-Only Edition!

Artists should be honest with each other, and it's easier to take constructive criticism when you're rich.

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Our masters at Steam have commanded us to make everything cheap and we have obliged! All our indie RPGs are on the cheap. Avernum 4: Greed and Glory is still doing great, and it’s as its lowest price yet. The Geneforge games are fun and unique as well. store.steampowered.com/publisher/sp...

It's been months of work, but we finally have fully playable content for our next RPG. We hope to announce it and start a Kickstarter next month!

New Blog Post: The Sad Unusability of Video Game Reviews. There is a way that pro reviewers can be helpful. It just doesn't work for video games. Even if there were reliable reviewers. Which there is not. So just use Steam refunds a lot! bottomfeeder.substack.com/p/the-sad-un...

The Sad Unusability of Video Game Reviews

Dude, you can’t rate PowerWash Simulator and Dwarf Fortress on the same scale.

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New Blog Post! After much disruption, I'm back to blogging with a short cheery post about creation. Video games are a young art form, and there is still so much to be discovered. You don't have to be a Capital-C Creator or hitmaker to take part. bottomfeeder.substack.com/p/creation-a...

Creation and Invention Are Games We All Play

Returning to blogging and finding why classics are classics.

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If you want to have fun playing with the earliest games of Spiderweb Software, reminder that you can get a nice, new, working copy of Blades of Exile (From 1998!) on itch.io. Users made tons of cool adventures for it, all still available! nqn.itch.io/blades-of-ex...

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itch.io is a simple way to find, download and distribute indie games online. Whether you're a developer looking to upload your game or just someone looking for something new to play itch.io has you co...

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Fun news! Avernum 4: Greed and Glory is now in a bundle with the excellent Lovecraftian turn-based RPG SKALD: Against the Black Priory! Two fun, cheap indie games, now fun and even cheaper together. store.steampowered.com/app/3882020/...

Avernum 4: Greed and Glory on Steam

The cult-classic saga is back! Battle for fame, power, and wealth in the subterranean nation of Avernum. Conquer an enormous underworld in this epic turn-based fantasy RPG. Features huge, clever dunge...

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I was just on the This Week In Retro Podcast, and I had a great time! I rant about Apple Inc's strangeness, reminisce about ancient days, and get weirdly pedantic about coin-op arcade games from a previous century. Lots of fun, check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUAk...

Apple Computer At 50 - This Week In Retro 263

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New Blog Post! Nerd Deep Housecleaning Update, Part 1. We've run our indie games company since 1994, and we picked up a ton of clutter along the way. See a bit of history from the games biz from before Steam (or the world wide web). bottomfeeder.substack.com/p/nerd-deep-...

Nerd Deep Housecleaning Update, Part 1

Running a game company online when the world was young.

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Spiderweb Software is in the Spring Sale. Everything is cheap(er) now! Our recent success, Avernum 4: Greed and Glory at a new biggest discount. Queen's Wish 2, now freshly expanded, also on sale for more than ever. Check out the goods here! store.steampowered.com/publisher/sp...

New Blog Post! We've concluded our Queen's Wish series of RPGs. These games contain some of our best design and worst decisions. I'm very proud of them and never want to think about them again. Here's a postmortem, with sales figures! bottomfeeder.substack.com/p/queens-wis...

Queen's Wish: A Portmortem Of Mixed Success

Reaching the beginning of the end of a career.

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BIG NEWS! We've released Queen’s Wish: The Judgment, the conclusion to our unique indie RPG series of empire management and high stakes family politics! This final chapter is a free expansion for Queen’s Wish 2: The Tormentor. Queen's Wish 2 on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1947750/...

Queen's Wish 2: The Tormentor on Steam

You are in a barbarian land. They are trying to kill you. The Queen demands you tame them. So what now? Escape into an exciting, open-ended story and cunning tactical combat. Epic, indie fantasy adven...

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New Blog Post! I talk about huge indie hit Mewgenics. The strangeness of indie games, the joy of perfect polish, the enormous design toolkit we designers can pull from now, and how I have become very, very old. bottomfeeder.substack.com/p/a-detailed...

A Detailed Review of Like 8% of Mewgenics

Indie games doing what indie games do best.

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New Blog Post! I'm still on about how video games affect the brain and how those effects are the product we sell. I compare how Elden Ring & Silksong are very similar games that take very different approaches. Kind of dry, but I think I'm over this now. bottomfeeder.substack.com/p/what-exact...

What Exact Products Do Games Sell, Two Case Studies

Elden Ring and Silksong are very close and very far apart.

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Going back to Queen's Wish 2: The Tormentor for #screenshotsaturday . Our last all new game is a unique mix of empire, politics, fantasy, and suspenseful, tactical combat missions. Free expansion to conclude the series comes in March! Sale on Steam now: store.steampowered.com/app/1947750/...

New Blog Post! - I sort through a bunch of recent fun science fiction stuff, plus the latest cool indie game about geese. Lots of gassing on about making a good story. Also, I hawk our new, upcoming game! bottomfeeder.substack.com/p/video-game...

Video Game Thoughts Bonus Bag #9

A special TV and movie edition. Plus, our next game!

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Saw the new 28 Years Later movie. Turns out that (get ready for a shock) humans are the real monsters. Lame. When I go see a monster movie, at some point, I want the monsters to be the real monsters.

BIG NEWS! In March, 2026, we release Queen’s Wish: The Judgment, the conclusion to the series! This final chapter will be released as free DLC for Queen’s Wish 2: The Tormentor. Queen's Wish 2 is on sale on Steam this week ... store.steampowered.com/app/1947750/...

Save 40% on Queen's Wish 2: The Tormentor on Steam

You are in a barbarian land. They are trying to kill you. The Queen demands you tame them. So what now? Escape into an exciting, open-ended story and cunning tactical combat. Epic, indie fantasy adven...

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