Five avid Stardew Valley players discuss why Stardew Valley is so good, the future of the game, its Harvest Moon roots, and more.
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For The Punished Podcast Episode 8, we share our favorite games and biggest disappointments of 2024 thus far.
We’re a diverse community of gamers who love to write about our favorite hobby! Meet our most recent cohort of writers.
For this edition of Punished Favorites, we’ve decided to highlight some polarizing entries in beloved franchises and why we still love them, warts and all.
Five female games writers reflect on the female video game characters, from both indies and AAA games, that inspire them.
If you loved playing a hundred hours of BG3, hopefully you’ll enjoy hundreds of minutes of our spoilercast discussion.
In honor of International Women’s Day, we wrote about 20 of our favorite games made by womxn.
In anticipation of big 2024 remakes like Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, here’s our staff’s list of most wanted video game remakes.
From God of War to Baldur’s Gate, David and Sam discuss what they’re playing as part of the 2024 Gaming Backlog Challenge.
In The Punished Podcast episode 6, we celebrate 28 years of Pokémon! We discuss the formula’s greatest innovations, stagnations, and more.