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Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Jun 10

Our own cap to Summer Game Fest every year is choosing from amongst the hundreds of games shown and each naming the one that excited and spoke to us most. @naetoid.bsky.social, @fernfolk.bsky.social, @fishpastegg.bsky.social, and members of our Twitch chat have all made their Best of Show picks.

A chibi version of VGG host Nate stands with his thumbs up pose. He's got shoulder-length brown hair and a beard. He wears a blue blazer with a yellow vest underneath. Pink accents complete the VGG look. Next to him is the key art of Virtue and a Sledgehammer surrounded in a frame. In the key art, a person shrouded in shadows stands, wielding a hammer, with various ropes tied to them and the hammer.

A chibified version of VGG host Julie stands with their hands clasped. They've got long brown hair done up in pig tails. They wear frog earrings and a blue jacket patterned with frogs. A frog belt buckle adorns their blue pants and they wear yellow boots. Pink accents complete the VGG color scheme. To their side, surrounded by a VGG themed frame, is the key art for Patience Is A Virtue. Against a red background, three characters stand looking up. From left to right, one wears a gray-green jacket. One wears a mesh orange top and braces on their arms. And last, one wears a pink button-up left open with orange shorts.

A chibified version of VGG host Fish stands with his hand up to his chin. He wears an outfit reminiscent of Leon in Resident Evil 2 and pink framed glasses. To his side, surrounded by a VGG colored frame, is the key art for the game Catechesis. A blonde-haired child wields a blood-dripping gun. Spiked chains fly through the background. A horned creature stands to the child's left. A purple haired person crosses their arms and looks off in the background. And finally, another young child looks on in fear.

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Jun 6

Starting in five minutes, the @gaymingmag.bsky.social and @gaymingfdn.bsky.social Gayming Pride Parade showcase! Join us to watch this first-timer LGBTQ+ games Summer Game Fest addition! twitch.tv/Naetoid

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Jun 6

Excited to be kicking off another full day of game talk and reveals as an official co-streamer with @seagshowcase.bsky.social! As always, we're on the lookout for Phillipines rep 👀 and hype to see what's in store from SE Asian developers. Grab coffee and join us ☕🔗 twitch.tv/Naetoid

A Southeast Asian Games Showcase official co-streamer graphic with icons of Fern, Nate, and Fish (hand-drawn by the artist Rincs) with a pastel kaleidoscope background.

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Jun 5

If you want a proper look at VGG's schedule, check out this handy dandy reference or check out our post on the website: bit.ly/VGG-SGF26 Note that VGG is watching some of the shows out of order, mostly to make sure the crew's able to all be there. Don't miss a moment!

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Jun 5

Tomorrow, VGG's official SGF coverage begins! @naetoid.bsky.social, @fernfolk.bsky.social, and @fishpastegg.bsky.social will be reacting to ALL The big shows over the weekend and we invite you to come along with us. Catch it all live at twitch.tv/Naetoid and get hype with us about indies galore!

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Feb 22

We're live on Twitch! Join us for some classic VGG co-op as we play LEGO Voyagers together to celebrate Nate and Julie's 12th anniversary and 6th streamiversary! 🫶 www.twitch.tv/naetoid

LEGO Voyagers key art. One red and one blue LEGO piece are side by side next to a satellite and a rocket.; each one has one large eye and they're looking at each other.

Julie takes a smiling selfie with Nate while they walk outside in a park.

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Dec 21

It's time for our end-of-year stream! 🎄 twitch.tv/Naetoid 🎄 We're announcing our Game of the Year winner and VGG community-picked GOTY, and unwinding with some cozy holiday decorating in Light Up the Town. Then, we'll be taking a break from streaming until 2026!

A collage of the key arts from the following games: Hades 2, Dispatch, Split Fiction, Wanderstop, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Consume Me, Many Nights a Whisper, Demonschool, Look Outside, and Goodnight Universe. They are all 2025 Game of the Year nominees for Video Games are Good.

A screenshot from Light Up the Town. A snowy path is decorated with candy canes, presents, wreaths, santa hats, and snowflake lights and is strung with holiday string lights in various colors.

The dad from Light Up the Town — a tan ferret in a tan, collared jacket — looks at his child. His eyes are alight with the reflection of a crate of holiday string lights.

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Dec 12

We're live now co-streaming The Game Awards (pre-show has begun)! 🔗 twitch.tv/Naetoid

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Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Nov 23

Split Fiction is yet another co-op masterpiece and @hazelightgames.bsky.social cannot stop nailing the exact vibes they set out to nail every single time. It's nuts. We love it. We love them. Keep doing it. Our full nominee video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Nw...

Two women leap out of a rift splitting the scene in two diagonally. In the upper left, a sci-fi scene explodes with flying cars and purple lit up armor adorning the short black haired woman who jumps toward it. In the bottom right, a full fantastical world of giant mushrooms and large vines is showcased. In the bottom left, a badge signifies that this game is a 2025 VGG Game of the Year nominee.

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Nov 23

No game in 2025 has better showcased the power of empathy in gaming than @qdork.bsky.social and team's Consume Me. This semi-autobiographical emotional rollercoaster is powerful, silly, and an easy GOTY nominee. Our full nominee video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Nw...

A young girl winks and smiles while eating a piece of buttered toast. The game's title, Consume Me, is stamped on an oval and various versions of herself as pieces of fruit populate the background. A badge sits in the upper right signifying that this game is a 2025 VGG Game of the Year nominee.

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Nov 23

Everyone's said their piece about @sandfallgames.bsky.social's Clair Obscur. What we want to emphasize in this nomination is how beautifully weird this game is. It embraces the goofiness of the JRPGs that inspired it and we love it for that. Our full nominee video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Nw...

A team of leather-bound warriors stand in the ruins of a city, facing off against a giant woman who is face down, hair draped over her face, crying. Some of the mfloat, some of them wield weapons. They're ready for a fight. The game's name, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, sits at the top. A badge is stamped in the upper left that signifies this game is a 2025 VGG Game of the Year nominee.

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Nov 23

Wanderstop may have fixed me a little bit. And what else are games for if not that? @ivyroadgames.bsky.social knocked it out of the park with Wanderstop and it quickly became one of our favorites of this year and all years. Our full nominee video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Nw...

A grumpy warrior in an apron eyes an ominous blade. Next to her, on a bench, a jolly bald man sips a piping hot cup of tea and holds a letter. Strange flapping penguin-like creatures fly around them in front of a tea shop. The game's name, Wanderstop, floats above the scene. A badge sits in the bottom right signifying that this game is a VGG 2025 Game of the Year nominee.

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Nov 23

We adored @nicedreamgames.com's Before Your Eyes. We adore Goodnight Universe. We simply want them to keep making games that make us feel like wizards, please. Goodnight Universe is special and it more than earned its nomination. Our full nominee video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Nw...

A baby reaches their hand out and causes a variety of fruits and kitchen implements to fly into the air around the hanging ceiling light. Mom is busy on the phone and dad's staring stressed at some bills. The baby's sister is deep in thought at her laptop. Just above the baby is the game's title, Goodnight Universe. Overlaid over the sister in the bottom right is a badge that signifies that this game is a 2025 VGG Game of the Year nominee.

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Nov 23

Demonschool is exactly the kind of game we would have made our whole personality back in the day. Hell, we're considering rebranding into a fanpage for @necrosoftgames.com today tbh. Don't skip this GOTY nominee. Our full nominee video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Nw...

A femme person with red hair is deep in thought against a patterned background. The game's title, Demonschool, sits to the left. A badge sits in the upper left that signifies the game as a 2025 VGG Game of the Year nominee.

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Nov 23

After just one hour with Many Nights a Whisper, we're just about ready to play anything made by the collaboration of @deconstructeam.bsky.social and @selkieharbour.com moving forward. Don't miss your shot and don't miss this GOTY gem. Our full nominee video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Nw...

A blonde person reels back on a slingshot laced with braids of hair, aiming toward a goblet in the water ahead. Stars arc out of the slingshot. The game's name, Many Nights a Whisper, sits in the upper right. A badge in the bottom right signifies that the game is a 2025 VGG Game of the Year nominee.

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Nov 23

Dispatch is the best choice-driven Telltale-ish game we've seen in years and all the praise being heaped on @adhocstudio.com is more than deserved. Telltale meant so so much to me and to see AdHoc carrying that torch means the world. Our full nominee video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Nw...

A man in business casual clothing stands at a urinal next to a man in a cape and a giant buff pink skinned man. He peeks up at the clearly superpowered man while he pees. The game's name, Dispatch, sits atop the stalls to the right. A badge sits in the upper left signifying that the game is a 2025 VGG Game of the Year nominee.

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Nov 23

Look Outside might have some of the most fascinating ideas we've experienced in gaming all year. @frankiepixel.bsky.social and crew have crafted an experience with a mythical quality to it. We loved it. Our full nominee video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Nw...

A man opens up window curtains and as odd colorful light bursts through, he peeks over his shoulder to see numerous horrifying creatures surrounding him. The game's title Look Outside can be seen directly under him. A badge signifying the game as a 2025 VGG Game of the Year nominee sits in the bottom right.

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Nov 23

It starts with @supergiantgames.bsky.social's Hades 2, a sequel that's bigger, better, and even more addicting. The first game was one of our favorites of all time and Hades 2 might eclipse it. Our full nominee video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Nw...

The main character of Hades 2, Melinoe, stands arms spread, casting magic to make her weapons float. She wears an orange headband with a moon signet on the front. She wears an orange blouse with iron armor ornaments. A sickle and a dagger float up in front of her. A badge signifying the game as a 2025 VGG Game of the Year nominee can be seen in the upper left.

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Nov 7

Also, Knowers know. 😤 Another key reference for the Campout design this year is of course VGG's most recent GOTY, 1000xRESIST by @sunsetvisitor.studio. Hair to hair, Phyllis. 💠

The 1000xRESIST key art, with the character Watcher, who wears a blue futuristic uniform and has short blue hair and round blue glasses. Her face is split on both sides with other characters who look almost the exact same. Iris on the left has black shoulder length hair and a black uniform and also wears round glasses but black. On the right is Principal, who has black hair pulled back and wears a bulky red mask over her face, transparent over the eyes.

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Nov 7

Thank you SO MUCH to our artist pal Jeireine, aka Crispy, for creating this stunning key art for the 2025 event. It brings together many different Campout eras and versions of Phyllis that they, and @rincs.art, have brought to life from the inception of the Campout.

Key art for the 2023 VGG Carnival Campout, created by Jeireine. Against a beige vintage paper-like background, Phyllis is drawn in a cute cartoony style standing atop a red and yellow platform. She wears a carnival ringmaster outfit with a red coat, vest, bow tie and top hat. Her arms are raised in a welcoming gesture. To the left is a red and yellow big top tent over the words Carnival Campout, with a cannon. Text says, "Nov. 18-19, a 24-hour stream."

Key art for the 2022 VGG Chaos Campout, created by Jeireine. A night scene with a cutout of Phyllis the cozy camper in her scout uniform, standing next to a wooden outdoor welcome/location sign. Both the standee and sign are covered in graffiti and there's toilet paper tossed over them. The sign is also burned, and there's an arrow through the top of Phyllis' ranger hat. Paint cans and soda cans lay on the ground. A mostly empty pizza box has grease that says Nov. 28, 12 p.m.

Event key art from the first-ever VGG Cozy Campout in 2021, created by Rincs. Phyllis lays warm and glowing next to a campfire. Surrounding it are several objects and weapons representing different VGG game of the year nominee games, each with a marshmallow stuck on it as they roast mallows around the fire. Phyllis has a stick under her that's been used to write VGG in the dirt, and there's a folded up map in front of her that says videogamesgood.com.

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Oct 28

Hi creepy creatures. Our Hallow-Stream is TONIGHT at twitch.tv/naetoid! Join us! 🕕 6 p.m. - Starting @disorderedmedia.com's oneway.exe 🕗 8 p.m. - Revealing the VGG Campout theme, our 5th annual 24-hour anniversary stream 🎂 All night - Celebrating the birthday of @fernfolk.bsky.social, 1/2 of VGG

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Oct 12

Our pal @fishpastegg.bsky.social is in the midst of another 🎃 Hallow-Stream, making his way through Is This Game Trying To Kill Me? After, @naetoid.bsky.social is hopping in to join him for the retro-inspired horror collection Haunted ROM: The Lost Cartridge! » twitch.tv/FishpasteGG

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Oct 8

I lied. ┐⁠(⁠ ⁠˘⁠_⁠˘⁠)⁠┌ Corrected Hallow-Stream schedule, some game delays and mind-changes later! VGG's sticking with oneway.exe (new release date Oct. 22) for our Hallow-Stream and it'll now be a doubled-up celebration as a @fernfolk.bsky.social birthday stream on Oct. 27!

A corrected graphic with orange blocks and white text, with a grinning jack-o'-lantern. Text says: Hallow-Streams, friends to follow for month-long spooky streams.

Bradleyrose: Castlevania Aria of Sorrow 10/3 to 10/5. More to come!

FishpasteGG: Fear the Spotlight, Haunted ROM: The Lost Cartridge, Heartworm, No I'm Not A Human and more 10/4, 10/6, 10/11, 10/13, 10/18, 10/20.

InfinityBreakGaming: Scratches 10/7 and 10/14, Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2 10/21, Static Dread The Lighthouse 10/28.

Mercutiglo: Slayaway Camp 10/9, Speed Dating for Ghosts 10/23.

Svideotheque: Mondays - Vampire: the Masquerade, Wednesdays - Spooky Watch Wednesday, Fridays - 10/10 Luigi's Mansion, 10/17 Clock Tower, 10/24 Silent Hill PS1, 10/29 Pumpkin Carving, and Goosebumps readings!

Naetoid: oneway.exe Module 1.0 10/27. Bonus VGG Patreon-exclusive Hallow-Streams!

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Oct 6

HALLOW-STREAMS ARE BACK 🎃 Here's where you can catch us and several of our friends streaming spooky and fall-vibes games all month.

A graphic with orange blocks and white text, with a grinning jack-o'-lantern. Text says: Hallow-Streams, friends to follow for month-long spooky streams.

Bradleyrose: Castlevania Aria of Sorrow 10/3 to 10-5.

FishpasteGG: Fear the Spotlight, Haunted ROM: The Lost Cartridge, Heartworm, No I'm Not A Human and more 10/4, 10/6, 10/13, 10/15, 10/20, and 10/22.

InfinityBreakGaming: Scratches 10/7 and 10/14, Silent Hill 2 (2024) 10/21, Static Dread The Lighthouse 10/28.

Mercutiglo: Slayaway Camp 10/9, Speed Dating for Ghosts 10/23.

Svideotheque: Mondays - Vampire: the Masquerade, Wednesdays - Spooky Watch Wednesday, Fridays - 10/10 Luigi's Mansion, 10/17 Clock Tower, 10/24 Silent Hill PS1, 10/29 Pumpkin Carving, and Goosebumps readings!

Naetoid: oneway.exe Module 1.0 10/18. Bonus VGG Patreon-exclusive Hallow-Streams!

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Sep 3

We'll be yapping all things PAX on Friday, 6 p.m. PT, at twitch.tv/Naetoid! The overall experience, a handful of standouts, and more as a precursor to our written + video coverage.

A pulled-out crowd shot of the PAX show floor near Bandai Namco's setup.

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Sep 3

Aww, what a cutie. Our pup Phyllis is so relieved (and so are we)! And yes!! Indie alley truly had the goods. Our must-play list for the last day was seriously ambitious because there was so much we didn't want to miss out on. 😅

The VGG pup, Phyllis, curled up in her bed and looking at the camera with puppy dog eyes.

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Sep 2

That's a wrap on PAX! Can't say it enough - it's so re-energizing to play so many sick ass games and talk face to face with the amazing people behind them. Lots to write up when we get home (but first, lots of snuggles with the dog 🥺).

Julie and Nate take a selfie in line for Pokemon Legends: Z-A. The one AAA we hit this weekend lol.

PAX media badge with a Mouthwashing keychain.

Nate playing War of the Western Deep at PAX. Their table has a pretty emerald green fabric over it and the monitors are framed by vines.

Julie plays Children of Saturn at a row of demo stations with the publisher banner for Black Lantern Collective in the background.

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Aug 31

We stopped and played this at #PAXWest in between appointments because Dread Delusion vibes meets classic JRPG = need it immediately. I could have sat there all day playing. Cannot wait to see more.

Nate, a person with long brown hair and a red shirt sits and plays a game on a laptop. In front of him is the Entropy banner with a yellow background and warriors posing with their weapons.

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Aug 31

Having wonderful, enriching, insightful conversations with the folks at #PAXWest* *when we can hear y'all 😩

Video Games are Good@videogamesaregood· Aug 29

PAX eve!