Listmas 2025: Games I Want to Give Out This Year

Listmas is here again at last, and here at the outset I’m already thinking about the games I want to give out to my friends and family members who game. It was kind of hard to determine which games would make good gifts since everyone’s tastes are different, but I think the following would be…

Hat’s 2024 Game of the Year (And More)!

I don’t know about you all, but I struggle to remember everything I play in a year. I don’t necessarily mean that I’ll forget ever playing a game, but rather the “when” of it all kind of gets fuzzy. And, yeah, some games really are just that forgettable. Also, of those that are memorable, picking…

The In-Between Times

With having spent most of y gaming time in Helldivers 2 lately, I’ve found myself in kind of an awkward position when it comes to what to play at the moment. See, there are not one, but two games coming out this week (will be out by the time this is published): Animal Well and…

Hatmonster’s Most Anticapted Games for 2024 and Beyond

You know, there was once a time when you could make a list like this for just the coming year. There were enough games confirmed for it that you could confidently talk about what you were looking forward to playing within the next few months or so. Now though? Now release dates tend to be…

Indie is the Future for Older Gamers

This past weekend, I had the chance to attend BitSummit 2023. It’s an event sort of similar to Independent Games Festival, but smaller in scale. It’s all about the indies here, and seeing all the creativity on display was really a sight to behold. Seriously, I saw so many cool ideas this weekend, lots of…