In our Control Resonant review, learn how the game both lives up to the predecessor’s legacy and struggles in its shadow.
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In this podcast episode, we discuss video game protagonists. We debate create-a-character versus heroes and share our favorites.
Grandma and cookies, Donald Duck, and Tupac. Read on for the best and worst announcements from Not-E3 2026.
Presenting the most anticipated video games of 2026, but in a stylish package: our annual Fantasy Gaming league. New year, new season.
Everyone likes making lists of their favorite games, so we at The Punished Backlog figured we’d do the same! Here are our top 50 video games of all time.
Female video game writers reflect on the best female video game characters that inspire, challenge, and kick ass.
In a year as life-altering as 2020, I’d like to look back on it through a fonder lens: the games I played to keep myself sane.
For this edition of Punished Chat, we discuss the differences between PC and next-gen consoles, and what this means moving forward.
2019 had plenty of great games, but which had the best new ideas? Here are the 10 best game mechanics I hope carry over from 2019 into 2020.
Welcome back to Punished Chat. In this edition, I spoke with The Punished Backlog founder David Silbert to discuss the difficulties trying to manage our gaming backlog, how writing about games has changed how we play and what we play, and how there are too many damn RPGs we’ll never finish.