Brandon Pero 8/1/26 Brandon Pero 8/1/26

5 Video Game Things I Learned | 2026 July 25 - July 31

PlayStation and XBOX found themselves in hot water due to online outages this week. We also saw updates from polar opposite games: The Incident at Galley House and Last Sentinel. I then look into what makes a video game successful and some updates regarding video game industry layoffs in 2026.

Brandon Pero 7/25/26 Brandon Pero 7/25/26

5 Video Game Things I Learned | 2026 July 18 - July 24

A slow news week leads me to revelations about past stories such as L.A. Noire’s failed successor and Electronic Arts’s Project Ten Dollar. I then take a look at more record-breaking video game sales number, the Games for Change initiative, and Amazon’s future in the games industry.

Brandon Pero 7/18/26 Brandon Pero 7/18/26

5 Video Game Things I Learned | 2026 July 11 - July 17

Steam sales numbers hit all-time highs… again. The Incident at Galley House releases and knocks my socks off. Bethesda goes on a media campaign following the announcement of the XBOX Reset, talking about Fallout 5 and The Elder Scrolls VI. I also get a little personal with my takes on the game Discounty.

Brandon Pero 7/11/26 Brandon Pero 7/11/26

The XBOX Reset Week: 5 Video Game Things I Learned | 2026 July 4 - July 10

A sad week for XBOX and the video game industry has just concluded. XBOX saw a huge Reset that cost a lot of people their jobs and will cause ripple effects in the AAA space likely for years to come. In other news, Electronic Arts is being Electronic Arts again.

Brandon Pero 7/7/26 Brandon Pero 7/7/26

5 Video Game Things I Learned | 2026 June 27 - July 3

Krafton and the Entertainment Software Associated take it on the chin this week, and Steam leaves me feeling utterly satisfied yet again. Meanwhile, PlayStation makes me feel uneasy with its move away from physical games, and the consumers’ fight for lower prices for DRAM continues.

Brandon Pero 6/27/26 Brandon Pero 6/27/26

5 Video Game Things I Learned | 2026 June 20 - June 26

Global video game revenue has grown well past previous projections, surpassing $200 billion in 2025. However, the ability for the industry to maintain this growth in the future is questionable with outrageous prices across the board. In the midst of this uncertainty, I found out equally exciting and intriguing things about games old and new this week.

Brandon Pero 6/25/26 Brandon Pero 6/25/26

Life Is Strange: Reunion - The End of an Era

Deck Nine’s Life Is Strange: Reunion is meant to put a punctuation on the story of Max Caulfield and Chloe Price. The question is: what kind of punctuation is left? Picking up where Life Is Strange Double Exposure left off, Reunion brings the titular duo together once again with moderate success to solve one more mystery.

Brandon Pero 6/20/26 Brandon Pero 6/20/26

5 Video Game Things I Learned | 2026 June 13 - June 19

It’s been a week of ups and downs in video games. We had some fantastic updates regarding Unreal Engines 5 and 6 at the State of Unreal 2026 presentation. Meanwhile, news keeps flooding in about studios struggling, such as Dontnod, the original developers of Life Is Strange.

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.

Brandon Pero 5/30/26 Brandon Pero 5/30/26

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.

Brandon Pero 5/24/26 Brandon Pero 5/24/26

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.

Brandon Pero 5/22/26 Brandon Pero 5/22/26

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.