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.
Latest articles by Jonathan Bolding
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?
Turns out that Balatro, like Tetris before it, can only be 'finished' by scoring so high it crashes the game
By Jonathan Bolding published
News When the score turns from a number to nan, you win.
The outtakes from that live-action Balatro trailer are unhinged
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Put a man in clown makeup and everything gets weird real fast.
Per tradition, more restricted military material has leaked on War Thunder's forums for the holidays
By Jonathan Bolding published
News It's Eurofighter Typhoon documents again.
Amazon's Secret Level series will serve up a second anthology of game-inspired shorts
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Secret Level has been renewed for a second season.
Ubisoft says that Assassin's Creed Shadows' ninja will be 'the fastest Assassin' it's ever done
By Jonathan Bolding published
News And apparently she'll do that one run. You know. The ninja one.
With Mimimi closing shop, Hooded Horse will take over publishing for Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew
By Jonathan Bolding published
News The superb stealth-strategy game will remain available via this long-term publisher.
Stardew Valley patch fixes swears but you still can't get divorced
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Sometimes bugs mean we get to run weird headlines.
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