JT Hussey

Indie games have a special place in JT's heart. Writing about indie games gives him an opportunity to unpack and examine the genuine care individuals and small groups pour into their projects. Whether its Lucas Pope turning passport verification into a fun gameplay mechanic in Papers Please, Omocat spending over 8 years hand-drawing the entirety of Omori, or Toby Fox designing the absolutely banger soundtrack of Undertale, the palpable care put into these games is worth the writing about.

Epic Store Ends Rocket League Trading, Killing 3rd Party Skin Market

Rocket League Fans are outraged by Epic Stores’ decision to kill 2nd hand trading to instead focus on selling items from the in-game store. To specify, Kotaku details how Rocket League has grown a thriving set of 2nd hand skin stores, with players trading their skins to “friends for fun, to amass collections that can …

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Celebrating 10 Years of The Stanley Parable: An Indie Game Culture Icon

Today marks the 10-year anniversary of the Stanley Parable, the legendary choices game celebrated for exploring player freedom, meta-story tropes, and a hilarious narrator to complement and mock our every action. Receiving particular acclaim from the Game Awards today in a Twitter post, the organization celebrates the ten years since the Half-Life 2 mod turned standalone release …

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Wizard with a Gun Review – A Wild Western Groundhog Day

Isometric bullet hells are a riot. From slaying unholy amalgamations of your mother in The Binding of Issac to leveling theological monstrosities in Cult of the Lamb, I adore their almost hellish creativity and lovingly horrific charm. And yet, while I’ve sunk a lifetime into games like Hades, their repetitive reputation as roguelikes can grow …

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Dave the Diver Update adds Lobsters, Auto-Farming, and Seed Shop

Fans of the beloved scuba-diving sushi management sim, Dave The Diver, can return to the great blue whole with the 1.0.1 update, adding a host of new creatures, revamped farming, and quirky quests to check out! As PC Games details, the new update adds a host of late-game sub-missions to reward players for saving the underwater merpeople …

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Stardew Valley Festival of Seasons Concert Announced

Fans of Stardew Valley’s delightful soundtrack can rejoice at its Festival of Seasons Concert worldwide tour next year. Starring a gambit of beloved Stardew tracks like the Valley Comes Alive and Dance of the Moonlight Jellies, RockPaperShotgun details how Stardew developer ConcernedApe plans to rearrange some of the most cherished tracks for performance by local chamber orchestra. …

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Stardew Valley Dev Celebrates 1-Million Fallowers with Haunted Chocolatier Update

After hitting 1 million followers on Twitter, Stardew Valley developer Concerned Ape celebrated by sharing more screenshots of Haunted Chocolatier, the long-awaited sequel to the hit farming sim. Among the screenshots found in the post above are a blushy fellow in a jungle-themed storeroom, another figure shooting a bow and arrow at a walking fern, …

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Epic Games Accused of Withholding Royalties for Hatoful Boyfriend

  Earlier this week, the developer behind the hit Pigeon-Dating sim Hatoful Boyfriend accused Epic Games of not paying them royalties for the past two years.     For those fowl friends still not in the know, Hatoful Boyfriend is a comedic avian dating sim first released in Japan in 2011 that sets the player …

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