Jonathan Bolding
Jon Bolding is a games writer and critic with an extensive background in strategy games. When he's not on his PC, he can be found playing every tabletop game under the sun.
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Helldivers 2 game master Joel offers a look back on the first anniversary of the galactic war
By Jonathan Bolding published
News "That moment ... proved to us that we're on to something special with the galactic war".

Holy heck, there are a lot of strategy RPGs on PC now
By Jonathan Bolding last updated
SRPGs are back, baby Nowadays, the SRPG cup runneth over.

Here's an Elden Ring mod to give you the rad moveset of Sekiro boss Great Shinobi Owl
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Backflip off enemies, deflect hits, and disappear in a cloud of mist.

Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser's new project looks like nothing special, to be perfectly honest
By Jonathan Bolding published
News It's an "original story-driven action-comedy adventure game set in the Absurdaverse".

EVE lays out a busy 2025 focusing on player customization and fan-favorite events
By Jonathan Bolding published
News "This year, we're putting even more power in the hands of our capsuleers," Snorri Árnason said.

The true victims of Multiversus closing are the people who bought that $100 Founder's Pack
By Jonathan Bolding published
News They can't even spend all their premium currency before the game shuts down.

Spacefleet fight sim Nebulous gets carriers in biggest update yet
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Wings of strike craft join the zero-g, hard sci-fi ship combat game.

Here's a game about being a depressed, lonely maintenance robot on a long-haul space colony ship
By Jonathan Bolding published
News The rare existential horror game.

Sorry, 2024's record-breaking 402,000,000 Mbps internet connection isn't available at your house yet
By Jonathan Bolding published
News I mean I have the fiber for it, right?

Try this cute freebie about crafting magical scrolls to pay your student loans
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Enscroll is a sure bet for fans of Potion Craft and the like.

The 2024 Steam Awards give Game of the Year to Black Myth: Wukong
By Jonathan Bolding published
News And two other awards, for more than any other in this year's Steam contest.

The Factorio 'God Factory' was one of this year's greatest gaming feats: 'Most players will never find themselves hitting the limits of the game. We are.'
By Jonathan Bolding published
News "The most difficult obstacle has been not burning out."

Iconic shop sim JRPG Recettear is getting an HD remaster in 2025
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Capitalism, ho!

Here's a quirky little space sim crossed with traditional roguelike
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Approaching Infinity has the weird little goods that make a roguelike interesting.

Infinity Nikki's 1.1 update, Shooting Star Season, is out now
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Star-themed outfits make an appearance. I'm sure you're shocked.

Rule the talking movie industry in tycoon game Hollywood Animal
By Jonathan Bolding published
News There's a nice little demo of this Old Hollywood business manager.

Here's 20 delightfully isometric minutes of Underrail 2's apocalyptic undergrounds
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Featuring an interesting new turn system for an old-school isometric RPG.

If you ever wanted a game about digging a hole, A Game About Digging A Hole is a game about digging a hole
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Just a real big hole in your backyard.

Nearly 19,000 games released on Steam in 2024
By Jonathan Bolding published
News You probably didn't play most of them.

Unlikely hit Nier: Automata has now sold over 9 million copies
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Absolute vindication of one studio's creative vision.

Some madperson briefly, beautifully recreated the corrupted blood plague in World of Warcraft Classic
By Jonathan Bolding published
News The in-game pandemic killed millions and was studied by scientists. It briefly came back.

Don't stress, Epic Games says you can still unlock Fortnite's Xbox-exclusive Master Chief skin
By Jonathan Bolding published
A previous announcement to the contrary was a mistake.

This year John Romero declared that 'gib' is pronounced like 'giblet' and it's the gif debate all over again
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Why you gotta do us like this, man?
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