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Button Musher

Mashing away some mostly coherent thoughts about games and other things that might've pressed my (right) buttons.

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Witchspire Brings New Life To The Survival Genre

By Bringing Magic To The Menial

A Subtle, Yet Fantastic Detail You Missed In 007 First Light

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Óbidos Vila Gaming Dev Logs

The public got a glimpse behind the curtains of the Portuguese videogame scene.

Codfish Game Clinic x Dear Villagers- Changing The Developer/Publisher Paradigm

A special edition of the Portugal Makes Games? newsletter with in-depth coverage of last week's event.

Portugal Makes Games? #3

An eventful (pun intended) week!

Portugal Makes Games? #2

A videogame won a prize for innovation in culture, RTP interviewed an accomplished Portuguese game developer, and I bring you a story about Camel 101.

Playing Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Has Me Fearing For Nixxes

A sort of technical review

Portugal Makes Games? The First Edition

Portugal Makes Games!

Portugal Makes Games?

A new weekly newsletter coming soon...

Should Videogame Size Matter?

Defending the short and sweet experiences.

Master Of Piece Review

An Enticing Roguelike Deckbuilder That Stands Out

25 hours with StarRupture

Arcadia-7 Is A Playground

Scrabdackle- The Best Metroidvania You've Never Heard of

How jakefriend (and friends) scribbled an unexpectedly complex world into existence.

"We were worried about how our Monster Sanctuary community would react to the change in genre"- moi rai games' community-first approach to game development with Aethermancer

Interview with the studio behind indie hit Monster Sanctuary on how they're striking a balance between innovating and staying true to the community they've built as they develop Aethermancer.

Monday Mushings #2

Rhythmically typing in Morse code.

Monday Mushings- November 17th, 2025

Anno 117, Arc Raiders, Dishonored, and five excellent pieces.

The Magical Optimism At DevGAMM Lisbon 2025

A ray of sunshine in a cloudy morning.

8 DevGAMM Portugal 2025 Games To Add To Your Wishlist

Here are the most interesting titles I played at the event.

DevGamm Lisbon 2025 Award Winners

Helping smaller game creators reach for the stars.

The Unique Magic Of The Difficult

And Why It’s Okay To Not Be Able To Appreciate Everything.