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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.

Brandon Pero 10/9/24 Brandon Pero 10/9/24

The Open-World Conundrum

I felt like talking about open worlds today based on a conversation I had with some friends. There are so many issues to solve with open-world games, and it seems like an impossible beam to balance on.