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Skyboxcritics.com Co-founded by @brianbarnett.bsky.social @edgarallanbro.bsky.social @hokutolucas.bsky.social A worker-owned games media site. Pitches: pitches@skyboxcritics.com
we have fancy new art depicting the skybox crew! bask in its brand-enhancing glow! s/o to @madsmatic.bsky.social for the excellent work ❤️
Dad, from the other room: "You boys better not be in there, standing tall and shaking the heavens!" The Skybox Bois, 10 hours into the Xenogears podcast:
And the 2025 Skybox Game of the Year is… UNBEATABLE (D-Cell Games, Playstack) Congrats to @playstack.com and @dcellgames.com and thanks for a game that perfectly captures the essence and fire of the creative spirit, and the fight against all the forces in the world that seek to stamp it out
The hard-earned number 3 slot belongs to and Roger (TearyHand Studio, Kodansha) Congrats to @kodansha.us and TearyHand, and thanks for sharing such a challenging and vulnerable work
Settling in at number 4 is Look Outside (Francis Coulombe, Devolver Digital) Congrats to @frankiepixel.bsky.social and @devolverdigital.com and thanks for an incredibly strange, intriguing, horrifying, and darkly funny RPG we won't soon forget
We're in the top five now! Number 5 is Bounty Star (Annapurna Interactive, DINOGOD) Congrats to @annapurna.com and the team at DINOGOD - thanks for telling a sincere story about surviving the worst day of your life. And ofc properly using mecha as a vehicle for existential crisis, as god intended
Number 6 is Digimon Story Time Stranger (Bandai Namco, Media.Vision) Congrats to Media.Vision and Bandai Namco, which as of the past hour or so is still not on Bluesky!
Our number 7 pick is Camille and Laura (BonjourBorzoi) Congrats to @bonjourborzoi.bsky.social and thanks for making one of the only games about parenting we've played that really captures the real life challenges (and joys) of raising a child
Next up, number 8 is The Midnight Walk (Fast Travel Games, MoonHood) Congrats to @fasttravelgames.com and @moonhood.bsky.social and thanks for a fascinating story that effectively uses VR as a perspective-oriented tool (and keeping the vibe intact for the non-VR port!)
Number 9 is Silent Hill F (Konami, NeoBards) Congrats to @konamina.bsky.social and shout-outs for producing a AAA franchise entry that's About Something
In spot number 10, we have Elden Ring Nightreign (Bandai Namco, FromSoftware) Congrats to @fromsoftware-pr.bsky.social and Bandai Namco, which is not on Bluesky!
Folks, after five and a half hours of metaphorical blood, probable sweat, and some actual, for real tears, we have decided on the official, first-ever Skybox Game of the Year list for 2025. As we prepare to unleash the podcast and articles, follow this thread for our list of winners!
(if you wanna know what this means, listen to Beyond the Skybox: After Hours episode 1, which we're recording now)
SKYBOX STREAM At roughly 8:00 PM ET, @edgarallanbro.bsky.social and @hokutolucas.bsky.social will be playing Capcom's THE PUNISHER (and maybe another brawler after) instead of recording a podcast Tune in at www.twitch.tv/skyboxcritics
To celebrate updating our handle (and site visuals) let's see who makes the Skybox circle!
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Skybox editors @edgarallanbro.bsky.social and @hokutolucas.bsky.social tearing it up at karaoke (kinda adjacent to PAX East)
Skybox editors @edgarallanbro.bsky.social and @hokutolucas.bsky.social tearing it up at PAX East