Ghost of Yōtei is a great “checklist” open world game. Maybe, though, we’ve had enough of these for now.
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I expected Ghost of Yōtei’s “Watanabe Mode” to transform the entire experience. Instead, what I got was something subtler.
As part of our Game of the Year coverage, here are some DIFFERENT awards for the year’s best games!
Music, anime, video games, YouTube channels, and movies — here’s what brought Donovan joy this year.
2025 was a terrific year for video games, and I played an awful lot of them. Here’s every single game I played, ranked from worst to best.
All of the games Punished Backlog editor Sam Martinelli played in 2025, ranked in tiers. But what’s at the very top?
In the latest Punished Notes, Sam covers Doritos and Mountain Dew games, Kirby Air Riders, and… the blues?
The 2025 Game Awards announces its Game of the Year nominees later today. Based on the orchestra, we already know which games made the cut.
Hollow Knight: Silksong is one of this year’s biggest new releases. What do the writers at The Punished Backlog think of it so far?
In this edition of Punished Notes, Sam discusses how the incredible fall game release lineup is kind of killing him, among other thoughts