Jonathan Bolding
Jon Bolding is a games writer and critic with an extensive background in strategy games. When he's not on his PC, he can be found playing every tabletop game under the sun.
Latest articles by Jonathan Bolding

LAN Party simulates LAN parties without the LAN
By Jonathan Bolding published
news The experience of getting together to use a LAN, except it's on WAN.

Dawnfolk is a satisfying city builder puzzle game that works great on Steam Deck
By Jonathan Bolding published
News It's like someone smashed Loop Hero and Dorfromantik together.

We can't have Bloodborne on PC but we can have Mudborne, a thematically similar game about breeding frogs
By Jonathan Bolding published
news And buying it will support real frogs.

Controllers beware: The much-loved and much-hated Shinobi series is being revived
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Streets of Rage 4 developer Lizardcube will release Shinobi: Art of Vengeance in August, bringing back a series that led to a lot of smashed controllers.

Kurt Vonnegut's lost board game is back in stores after 70 years of obscurity and one sold-out print run
By Jonathan Bolding published
News GHQ is a wargame—of sorts.

Ancient MMO Tibia is getting its first new class in 28 years
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Now that's what I call being careful with the game balance.

Oh hell yeah, someone's making a game about customizing and off-roading RC cars in your backyard
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Tweak, customize, and explore an open world at remote-controlled car scale.

Civilization 7 is coming to VR on Meta Quest 3, in case you'd like a full-size Benjamin Franklin to lecture you about stuff
By Jonathan Bolding published
news This old man's a real pain in my Dutch oven.

This third-party retro UI for Discord looks like—and even runs on—Windows 98
By Jonathan Bolding published
news It's a bit surreal if you lived through the era.

Forbidden Solitaire is an upcoming horror game about a cursed CD-ROM from the spookily distant year of 1995
By Jonathan Bolding published
News "There's no reason for it to be this violent. It's f#%$ing solitaire."

Stimulation Clicker distills a decade of internet brainrot into exposure therapy that makes you stupid—plus, it's free!
By Jonathan Bolding published
News It's very good and we highly recommend it.

Helldivers 2 game master Joel offers a look back on the first anniversary of the galactic war
By Jonathan Bolding published
News "That moment ... proved to us that we're on to something special with the galactic war".

Holy heck, there are a lot of strategy RPGs on PC now
By Jonathan Bolding last updated
SRPGs are back, baby Nowadays, the SRPG cup runneth over.

Here's an Elden Ring mod to give you the rad moveset of Sekiro boss Great Shinobi Owl
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Backflip off enemies, deflect hits, and disappear in a cloud of mist.

Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser's new project looks like nothing special, to be perfectly honest
By Jonathan Bolding published
News It's an "original story-driven action-comedy adventure game set in the Absurdaverse".

EVE lays out a busy 2025 focusing on player customization and fan-favorite events
By Jonathan Bolding published
News "This year, we're putting even more power in the hands of our capsuleers," Snorri Árnason said.

The true victims of Multiversus closing are the people who bought that $100 Founder's Pack
By Jonathan Bolding published
News They can't even spend all their premium currency before the game shuts down.

Spacefleet fight sim Nebulous gets carriers in biggest update yet
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Wings of strike craft join the zero-g, hard sci-fi ship combat game.

Here's a game about being a depressed, lonely maintenance robot on a long-haul space colony ship
By Jonathan Bolding published
News The rare existential horror game.

Sorry, 2024's record-breaking 402,000,000 Mbps internet connection isn't available at your house yet
By Jonathan Bolding published
News I mean I have the fiber for it, right?

Try this cute freebie about crafting magical scrolls to pay your student loans
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Enscroll is a sure bet for fans of Potion Craft and the like.

The 2024 Steam Awards give Game of the Year to Black Myth: Wukong
By Jonathan Bolding published
News And two other awards, for more than any other in this year's Steam contest.

The Factorio 'God Factory' was one of this year's greatest gaming feats: 'Most players will never find themselves hitting the limits of the game. We are.'
By Jonathan Bolding published
News "The most difficult obstacle has been not burning out."
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