Brandon Pero 6/13/26 Brandon Pero 6/13/26

5 Video Game Things I Learned | 2026 May 30 - June 12

With Summer Game Fest creating a busy week, this installment of 5 Things covers two weeks. There are mentions of companies like Telltale and Xbox and their respective hardships, as well as mention of some United States legislation that could greatly impact video games. Plus more!

Brandon Pero 6/9/26 Brandon Pero 6/9/26

Summer Game Fest 2026 Video Game Announcements: My Favorites

Summer Game Fest 2026 brought us a countless number of announcements ranging from DLC and updates for already released games to teasers straight from the Ghost of Video Games Future. This list covers the announcements that spoke to me the most.

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5 Video Game Things I Learned | 2026 May 23 - May 29

May 23 through May 29 brought a surprising amount of video game news despite being so close to Summer Game Fest, and I loved learning these five things about games during that time.

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5 Video Game Things I Learned | 2026 May 16 - May 22

Five things that stuck out to me from May 16 through May 22: XBOX’s rise, Ubisoft and Bungie’s respective falls, more games on Steam, more ways to discover games with the Story-Rich Showcase, and PlayStation pulling away from PC.

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Have Working Conditions in the Video Game Industry Improved?

How has the video game industry changed for its employees over the years? Have we seen an improvement in working conditions? In this post, I explore that question using data largely gathered from the International Game Developers Association.

Brandon Pero 5/16/26 Brandon Pero 5/16/26

5 Video Game Things I Learned | 2026 May 9 - May 15

A new, weekly post where I discuss five things that I learned about video games this week. There’s so much video game news and history to learn about on a regular basis. Here are just five things that stuck out to me.

Brandon Pero 4/28/26 Brandon Pero 4/28/26

Nerd Thoughts | They Create Worlds: Volume 1

I recently finished They Create Worlds Volume 1, a video game history book by Alexander Smith to try to make sense of a lot of unknowns in the previously accepted history of video games. This is my account of reading it and the thoughts it sparked in my head.

Brandon Pero 4/21/26 Brandon Pero 4/21/26

What I Believe Really Causes Layoffs in the Video Game Industry

I believe executives in video games have a lot of misconceptions about what causes the mass layoffs we’ve seen. In recent news, the face of this has been Jack Buser of Google Cloud gaming. In this post, I talk about if AI is really the silver bullet to address layoffs.

Brandon Pero 3/27/26 Brandon Pero 3/27/26

The Games I’ve Played the Most

It’s fascinating the number of hours that are poured into games simply because of their genre and not their quality. As a case study, here are my most-played games and why so few of them I actually think are good games.

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My Most Anticipated Games of 2026

2026 is upon us, and there are some games to look forward to. Can the year live up to 2025?

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Ranking the Video Games I Played in 2025

2025 turned out to be a monster year for video games. I played a whole host of games myself and felt like ranking them in a blog post this year.

Brandon Pero 7/9/25 Brandon Pero 7/9/25

Summer Game Fest 2025 Video Game Announcements: My Favorites

With Summer Game Fest 2025 behind us, let’s look back at some of the coolest announcements.

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Summer Game Fest 2025: Games I Better Hear About

Summer Game Fest 2025 is just about here, and I have no shortage of games that I’m anxious to hear more about. Here, I cover all of those games just hours ahead of the Summer Game Fest kickoff.

Brandon Pero 5/7/25 Brandon Pero 5/7/25

My Video Game Pet Peeves

Video games are for everybody. Things that some people love are hated by others. This leaves no right or wrong way to make a game. It’s all about the audience you’re after. Here, I outline some of the pet peeves that define which video game audiences I’m a part of.

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The Video Games Job Market

The video game job market has not been spared the wrath of the recent tech industry troubles.

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My Most Anticipated Games of 2025

I have a long list of 2025 games that I’m highly anticipating. Here they are.

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Nintendo’s Rise - A Reflection on Game Over

Nintendo has quite the story from its start as a playing card company to a video game juggernaut. This history is described in Game Over by David Sheff. Here are my brief thoughts on it the book.

Brandon Pero 11/15/24 Brandon Pero 11/15/24

Contraband Police and the Puzzle Simulation Genre

Contraband Police is the most recent game I’ve completed, and it got me wondering what it is about puzzle-sim games that I enjoy so much.

Brandon Pero 10/31/24 Brandon Pero 10/31/24

My Video Game Ideas

I like to think of new ideas for video games and write them down. I get the chance to be incredibly creative or outlandish, knowing I don’t need to necessarily make it or know how to make it right now. Here is my current list of ideas.

Brandon Pero 10/15/24 Brandon Pero 10/15/24

Video Game Wishlist Paralysis

My video game Wishlist has grown beyond reasonable management. I'm feeling like I need to do something about it, but there are so many excuses to not. And the more excuses I make, the longer the list gets.