News-in-brief: Summer Games Done Quick 2025 raises $2.4m Proceeds from speed-running event will support humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders gamesindustry.biz/summer-games-d…

The real masterstroke of KAIZEN: A FACTORY STORY is how seamlessly it eases you into its complexities. Read Steven Nguyen Scaife is on Bluesky's review. slantmagazine.com/games/kaizen-a…

If you've played any game by the developers at Coincidence Games (nee Zachtronics), you'll have some idea of what's in Kaizen: A Factory Story: A free-form puzzler about programming little machines to build stuff. bit.ly/3TYHXff

Introducing... Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 1: Re-Raptored Developed by Pedalboard Games and launching on September 23rd 2025 and you can wishlist it right now on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3830150/Cr…

Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 1: Re-Raptored has been announced, bringing in another twist on Match-3 with a weird game history. #indiedev #indiegame 🔗 ift.tt/NGqbr95

Stream the 'Wheel World' soundtrack created by Johnny Jewel & Italians Do It Better artists JOON and Orion stereogum.com/2316283/stream…

New blog post! I wrote about 'PL*NET F*TNESS', the new album from Pacing (Pacing), featuring Sun Kin, copeland is gardening secrets and goodbyes, and career woman and out this Friday via Asian Man Records: rosyoverdrive.com/2025/07/22/pre…

I wrote about Kaizen: A Factory Story, a new puzzle game I'm really enjoying. This is the former Zachtronics team, who decided to have mercy and make an easier (but still captivating) game about assembling things gamefile.news/p/kaizen-a-fac…

Frontman Max Stern of pop-punk band Signals Midwest talks about the new album 'Layovers,' out Friday on Lauren Records. f.mtr.cool/alwvkvlcgr

Bones Shredder has released new single Sky Is Falling. x.com/scenevid/statu…

Just make sure that you and your friends don't end up as dinner. bit.ly/4l2kbK5

The unretired Retirement Party are returning with a new EP stereogum.com/2318145/retire…

Retirement Party come out of retirement. "Sixth Sense" is a beautifully compelling extension of the band's DIY ethos, razor-sharp songwriting, and transparent struggle to create art at a human scale. Retirement Party is this week's Swim Select. swimintothesound.com/swim-selects/2…

Game Devs of Color Expo 2025 starts on September 16 engt.co/3H09ASf

The Game Devs of Color Expo takes place from September 16 to 19 and will feature talks, interviews, game announcements, and awards. endlessmode.com/?p=406380

Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown (Switch) - A Rad Turn-Based Brawler Blend. nintendolife.com/reviews/switch…

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown is out NOW on Xbox and Nintendo Switch! 🐢🍕 This release comes with Remix Mode, which adds more difficulty, more enemies and build crafting is also available as a free update on Steam!

A turn-based beat-’em-up paying host to everyone’s favorite Turtles, Strange Scaffold has launched Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown on both the Xbox Series X|S and the Nintendo Switch. gamersheroes.com/gaming-news/te…

A new Nintendo Switch RPG features turn-based combat with the feeling of an arcade brawler. bit.ly/41EBEBv

DIY cult heroes Good Luck have announced their first album in 14 years, recorded with Algernon Cadwallader's Joe Reinhart. Jeff Rosenstock says "it fucking rips." Hear the first single now: brooklynvegan.com/good-luck-anno…