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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Video Games Job Market
The video game job market has not been spared the wrath of the recent tech industry troubles.