Reconnect Recap, w/e 23rd Feb -
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Kia Ora Team!
We’re speeding through February, which for me means Summer is nearly over and it’s about to get naff again, though on the plus side that means more games will be coming out soon and the excuse to play them lines up. As I write, i’m currently moving house so forgive me if this edition is a bit on the brief side.
However, as always this is the Reconnect Recap, a weekly newsletter that highlights some of the greatest articles in games writing to show up on Reconnect, in the past week.
Let’s get recapping!
If you’re on Bluesky, I’ve made a starter pack so that you can follow all the Reconnect writers in one spot. Not 100% complete yet but I’ll keep adding to it.
The Recap
Console Creatures gives us their preview of the upcoming Elden Ring Game.
Too Many Wires writes about the games they are looking forward to and the ones they’ve already smashed through in 2025.
Games that weren’t does what they do best and brings us another game that never existed from the Amiga days.
Talking of Amiga, Retro Arcadia brings us the top ten fighting games from the console.
Margot walks us through their favorite games to play on the Steam Deck, as an exclusive Deck player there’s a few I agree with and some i’m going to add to my wishlist.
Retro Dodo brings us the news that the people who make Tetris are making a new handheld console.
TimeExtension tells us about a hackers plea to get some people to help them extract some rare data from a Pokédex.
No Escape gives us their thoughts on Citizen Sleeper 2, as a lover of the first one, I can’t wait to get into this one.
Overkill.wtf explains how Tinder for gaming will work…..
Game Wisdom a blog that delves into Casino gaming from time to time ponders how CS2 could work in a Casino setting.
Magnvs talks about retro rarity Progenitor from 1994 and its influences from Sci Fi greats like Star Wars.
And finally Press Any Button talks about transparent gaming peripherals, new games, and board games in their latest newsletter.
Thanks for sticking around for a brief Recap this week, I must now get back to packing!
Something Extra
I am a big fan of books written by those in the industry and have featured many books over the course of this newsletter. The next book on my radar is by Aftermath’s Nathan Grayson which they started planning back in 2020 and covers a variety of interviews with Twitch streamers and their personal experiences with their job and the platform they work on.
Find it on Amazon or wherever you like to get books.
Writer Recap
This week i’m highlighting Game From Scratch, a really unique blog that tends to follow the more game dev side of things. Lots of articles about game engines, coding languages, best practices, and my favorite, when game assets are on sale.
If your a game dev of any variety or curious, check them out!
Will be working my way through those Amiga fighting games. Great find of a great list!
Nice, thanks for BlueSky list!