It’s been an unusual month

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Scout Report: Cato colon Buttered Cat makes a gentle puzzling challenge of an old bit

Sin Vega investigates how much game juice can be squeezed out of a piece of toast yoked to a cat. The answer: enough for a decent puzzle-platformer, appaz.

Very well, I'll show you my desk, but there's nothing you can say about the mouse mat that I haven't already grumbled to myself

Powerless to resist Julian’s obvious baiting, I continue this series of RPS staff desk tours. I’ve sinced added a Sherma figurine to my collection of Small Characters, though, so beware that the whole thing is already out of date.

I never developed a taste for Soulslike games and it's my old boss's fault

The heartbreaking tale of how our Editorial Director never got gud.

I'll make you a deal. You can see my desk, but only if you make a sacrificial offering to Ugly Squidward

Another desk tour – and our most in-depth to date – courtesy of infuriatingly youthful guides guru Callum.

Scout Report: Neofeud 2 is not subtle, but neither are guillotines

Sin returns to appreciate the silly side of satirically charged, lowercase-c cyberpunk point ‘n’ click Neofeud 2.

Letter from the editor #19: How do you solve a problem like GTA 6?

A few days prior to Grand Theft Auto VI’s Netflix thing, Julian ponders the practical considerations around covering (probably) the biggest game of the decade when it isn’t actually a PC game. Cheers to everyone who commented their thoughts on this!

Modding up Skyrim for the first time in years has convinced me I might have been too quick to scoff at Bethesda themselves adding fishing to it

Mark eats his words, and/or trout, while modding himself an angling career in Skyrim. Fish fear him.

Booth snacks of Gamescom 2026, reviewed

Speaking of eating, I drew on my culinary expertise by assessing the finger food available at last week’s Gamescom, which at one point even included – get this – some vegetables.

See you in September! Oh, shit.