New exp. for subscribers! Consume Me is a solid, engaging life sim with immaculate vibes... that ultimately bites off more than it can chew. https://expzine.com/2026/03/17/consume-me-hsia-thompson-2025/

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/consume-me-hsia-153198061

New subscriber-exclusive! I continue my UFO 50 chronological deep-dive with Bug Hunter, a superb "Broughlike" imagined for a pre-Brough era: https://expzine.com/2026/02/26/ufo-50-2-bug-hunter-perry-2024/

On Patreon (just $1 to subscribe): https://www.patreon.com/posts/ufo-50-2-bug-151501816

New exp. for subscribers! On the new gold standard of puzzle platformers: Öoo. https://expzine.com/2026/02/24/ooo-namatakahashi-2025/

On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ooo-2025-151500996

Bonus exp. for subscribers! After looking at Time Flies, I thought I'd look at some of the earlier work of Playables, Plug & Play and KIDS. https://expzine.com/2026/02/19/plug-play-frei-rickenbach-2015-kids-playables-2019/

On Patreon (just $1 for access!): https://www.patreon.com/posts/plug-play-frei-151038814

New exp. for subscribers! Continuing to catch up on 2025 games in a futile attempt to experience as much as possible before I die. Reminds me of something. On Time Flies: https://expzine.com/2026/02/17/time-flies-playables-2025/

On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/time-flies-2025-151001814

New exp. for subscribers! I look at one of the Amiga's "killer apps", Cinemaware's Defender Of The Crown, swither at length if I should play it on the Amiga, and then do anyway. https://expzine.com/2026/02/10/defender-of-the-crown-cinemaware-1986/

On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/defender-of-1986-150437769

People are so excited about AP Thompson's Titanium Court, but I can't play it yet 😤 so for subscribers, I play their previous game, Fortune-499, a rock paper scissors prediction deck-builder: https://expzine.com/2026/02/03/fortune-499-thompson-2018/

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/fortune-499-2018-149852514

A new subscriber-exclusive series: UFO 50! I'm going to play every game in "chronological" order, with a new essay each month. Just $1 to subscribe and follow along! First up, a rude awakening via BARBUTA: https://expzine.com/2026/01/29/ufo-50-1-barbuta-suhrke-2024/

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ufo-50-1-barbuta-149196477

New exp. for subscribers! I continue my slow Blendo Games retrospective and finally play Thirty Flights Of Loving, a game I've meant to play for thirteen years. https://expzine.com/2026/01/27/thirty-flights-of-loving-blendo-games-2012/

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/thirty-flights-149191040

New exp. for supporters! Mappy quits the force and starts stealing from a theme park to fund his girlfriend's extravagant lifestyle. Tose and Namco mash Mappy, Super Mario Bros. and Disneyland together and get Mappy-Land: https://expzine.com/2026/01/20/mappy-land-namco-1986/

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/mappy-land-namco-148688904