Hiya Folks!
It’s a new week, it’s a new month even, and so it’s a new edition of the Reconnect Recap.
If you are new here, the Recap is the companion newsletter for my website, Reconnect, the only website that aggregates articles from nearly 300 different gaming blogs. Whilst the website updates multiple times of day and houses tens of thousands of articles, this newsletter provides a weekly update highlighting some of the stand outs from the week that’s been.
This week, we’re talking about Penguins, Controllers, Game Jams, the sounds of space and much much more…
Let’s dig in!
⌛️ Check out the archive to see older issues.
🧠 Read my occasional thoughts on the industry, here.
🦋 Follow Reconnect on Bluesky
🔗 Hit up my Linktree to see my other work
Great Write Ups
Experimenting on Kids: The latest guest post over on Cross Play by Jon Renish outlines, with scientific precision, how to introduce your kids to gaming.
Cozy Pod: Ellie sits down with the creators of the Tea and Xp cozy gaming podcast and dives into their views on the genre.
A year of Noir: Stephen Totilo has three black and white games to recommend.
Space Postmortem: GetInfo is a blog by developer Matt Septhon, who has this week released their own cross platform engine, but off the back off that they have done a post mortem on their game Asteroids.
Imitation is the sincerest form of….: Jank has its eyes on a new game which is basically RTS Mass Effect, and it looks good.
Plummeting: Trip Harrison takes the plunge and attempts a game jam, and shares what they’ve learned.
Sounds like cyberpunk: The Game Enjoyer walks us through the sounds of Marathon.
Economies of Scale: SuperJoost talks to Joe Ploog, an assistant professor at IE University in Madrid, about what large scale is doing to the gaming industry, does it actually work.
Evil Pingu: In the latest Multiplier interview, Fergus Halliday talks to the dev behind Umurangi Generation about their new game, an H.P Lovecraft game about a Penguin.
Hot Sauce: Celebrating an important subscriber milestone, degonyte gives us their top 10 spiciest gaming takes.
Lost to Time: JM Mendez brings another great article out from the vault all about the different ways media, specifically video games are being lost as time marches forward.
Queing for a Tank: It’s been a decade since I've played FF14, but Im still tickled pink to hear about what the game’s up to, Harrison Polites recounts his experience getting into the FF14 Fan Fest.
Let’s get Physical: While the rest of us bemoan the loss of physical games, The Video Game Storyteller pens a love letter to the things we touch the most in video games, the input device.
Fun Tidbits
BigNerdGaming’s Top 10 Video Game Narratives of the 2020s (So Far)
Fans Are Convinced This Wolfenstein Game Is Getting A Remaster
How Guildrun genre-mashed its way to ~300k demo players in 10 days
Sonic Mania’s Unofficial Dreamcast Port Isn’t Out Yet, But It’s “Functionally There”
Project Anglerfish Could Have Been The First New Myst Universe Game In 20 Years
Japan-Exclusive Genesis RPG ‘Surging Aura’ Has Finally Been Translated Into English And Korean
If you’re a fan of management sim games, you do not want to miss this shop keeper game.
PlayStation physical shares, FC 27 Ultimate Plus, and The Odyssey boosts Assassin’s Creed
“A Small Part Of Gaming History” - This Unique Sega Naomi ‘Cosmic Smash’ Cab Is Up For Sale
This new webgame is actually a whole collection of tiny connected puzzles
Epic Games’ Former ‘Unreal Engine Evangelist’ is Making His Own Engine
Read a few of these recommendations. My favourite was Ellie's interview with the cozy game podcast, but they're all great
Read a few of these recommendations. My favourite was Ellie's interview with the cozy game podcast, but they're all great