Vancouver Gaming Blog · Est. 2019
We melt down every boss fight, patch note and pixel worth arguing about.
No score-chasing hype. Just honest reviews, frame-perfect speedrun breakdowns and indie gems dug out of the bargain bin — written by people who actually finish the games.
About the crew
A dungeon of takes, run out of a Hornby Street loft.
What started as a group chat rage-quitting the same roguelike turned into a 40,000-reader publication. We cover PC, console and handheld — from AAA launch dissections to weird itch.io experiments most outlets never touch.
Every review runs after a full playthrough, never a preview build. If a game is padded, buggy or quietly brilliant, we say so — in plain words, with receipts.
How a post is made
From first boot to published verdict.
Full playthrough
We beat the campaign, chase the side content and log hours before a single word is written — no early-access half-takes.
Tech pass
Frame pacing, load times, input lag and crash logs get captured across the platforms readers actually own.
Draft & debate
Two editors argue the score. If we can't agree, that tension goes straight into the piece instead of a tidy number.
Publish & update
Posts ship with clip evidence, then get revisited when major patches change the verdict months later.
The writers
Who is behind the verdicts.
Maya R.
Editor-in-chief
RPG lifer and the crew's soulslike masochist. Sank 300 hours into Elden Ring so you don't have to.
Devon K.
Speedrun lead
Former GDQ runner. Breaks down glitch routes and frame windows into things mortals can actually attempt.
Priya S.
Indie editor
Digs through hundreds of itch.io submissions a month to surface the weird, wonderful and criminally overlooked.
Theo M.
Tech & hardware
Runs the capture rig and benchmark suite. Will tell you exactly which settings tank your frame rate.
What we publish
The columns readers keep coming back for.
Full-Clear Reviews
Long-form verdicts written only after we've rolled credits — combat, pacing, story and value, no launch-window guessing.
Every review ends with a "who this is for" call-out and a spoiler-free 60-second summary at the top.
Speedrun Teardowns
Route maps, trick timings and the exact tech behind record runs — annotated so you can practise section by section.
Includes beginner-friendly "casual PB" routes alongside the world-record strats for each game.
Indie Spotlights
A weekly dig through the bargain bin surfacing under-$15 gems, with links straight to the devs, not the aggregators.
Published every Friday at noon PT — over 300 tiny studios featured and counting.
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- ✔ Every review and news post
- ✔ Weekly indie spotlight
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Loot Pass
- ✔ Everything in Reader
- ✔ Full speedrun route archive
- ✔ Ad-light reading experience
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Dungeon Master
- ✔ Everything in Loot Pass
- ✔ Name in the site credits
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- Phone
- +1 (604) 569-7624
- [email protected]
- Studio
- 421 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 1W1
- Hours
- Mon–Fri, 10:00–18:00 PT