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

Sketch crew Aunty Donna's latest improv piece turned their set into a giant side-scrolling videogame and it's great
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News A baby king flying about in a little hot air balloon is the least of their worries.

My favorite new desktop buddy on Steam is a cat that goes fishing
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News What if your wallpaper was a little fishing cat? What then?

Much anticipated Persona-like RPG Demonschool finally has a release date
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News Years of previews have built up anticipation for the tactical RPG's movement.

This asynchronous autobattler is like Backpack Battles meets FTL
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News Slap a few dozen guns on there for good measure.

One of the first ever American videogame magazines is now available online for free
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Computer Entertainer ran from 1982–1990.

Please enjoy this short, cheap, upsetting psychological horror game about hacking a terrifying supertech machine from the developer of Buckshot Roulette
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News Which I find somehow more upsetting than Buckshot Roulette.

The next survival game from the developers of Green Hell plops you on an alien planet with atmospheric firestorms and a horde of giant spiders
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News But, hey, you get to build a cool space factory.

Low-Budget Repairs is like House Flipper but you're trying to cut every corner you can as the scummiest handyman in '90s Poland
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News It's currently running an open playtest.

Rematch devs call it a 'samurai game' and give a timeline for player reports, new ranked queues
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news Plus a patch adds colorblindness features, gamepad remapping.

D&D's doing a bundle based on the Hellfire Club from Stranger Things
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news Plus some digital-only adventures.

Remember the guy who lost a bitcoin wallet worth millions in a landfill? There's a game about that now
By Jonathan Bolding published
news Well, inspired by it: You're looking for 'Pitcoin.'

The dairy industry would like Gen Z to drink more milk, so they made a Fortnite diner tycoon game
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News Feels like a mad libs headline, but it's a real one.

The game where you build a symbiotic village on the back of a giant monster is finally done
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News The Wandering Village hits 1.0 with a beautiful animated trailer.

Mount & Blade 2's naval expansion will have complex sailing with wind, currents, and respect for a boat's draft
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News Say it with me: boats rule.

Academics critique Farming Simulator's portrayal of 'good farming' and praise modders for agro-ecology add-ons
By Jonathan Bolding published
News The researchers believe Farming Simulator can influence attitudes about real farming.

Deltarune's Tenna was first envisioned in 3D almost a decade ago in a delightfully janky prototype
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News It was to be animated via an Xbox Kinect.

The best stealth game of the year just released its source code
By Jonathan Bolding published
News It runs on a derivative of WHAT engine?

Our favorite RPG from last year is 40% off in the Steam Summer Sale
By Jonathan Bolding published
news Metaphor: ReFantazio is a delightful RPG from the creators of the Persona series.

Exclusive: New god game Demiurgos puts you in control of a famous deity trying to outplay other gods on a cosmic tabletop version of earth
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Dei gratia It's a promising new blend of strategy and simulation from a god's-eye view.

Update: Danish ministry only ditching Microsoft Office, but Windows is staying on their PCs
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Here's the entire soundtrack for Europa Universalis 5 even though the grand strategy game doesn't have a release date yet
By Jonathan Bolding published
news It's a pretty good soundtrack, too.

Survival game Once Human now has custom servers, complete with all manner of tweakable parameters
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Plus, plans for Once Human's future.

'I don't particularly think the game will be very good': The fans trying to get a never-released Chinese Borderlands MMO working are doing something so absurd that I love them for it
By Jonathan Bolding published
News "If you don't know what you're doing it can feel like trying to escape a maze blindfolded," said the project lead.
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