The best Games Criticism newsletters

A personal games criticism newsletter featuring long-form essays on individual games and the discourse around them. Readers get literate, witty analysis with occasional personal writing.

Remap publishes games writing and criticism from the team behind Waypoint, mixing personal essays, design-focused reviews and interviews with developers. Readers get opinionated takes on new releases alongside reflections on how games and everyday life intersect.

Mothership publishes gaming essays, personal reflections and an advice column covering games, game culture and identity. Readers get first-person writing and critical analysis of games, including visual novels, retro titles and the habits of gamers.

A video game publication that explores games as art and as a source of cultural conversation and personal reflection. Issues include essays on narrative choice and industry criticism, plus interviews with indie developers.

A personal newsletter of reflective essays and criticism about videogames, covering topics like review culture, co-op chaos games, and the politics of Final Fantasy. Readers get a thoughtful, first-person perspective on games as art rather than news or buying advice.

A personal videogame newsletter of essays on how to think about and play games as a hobbyist with limited time. It mixes critical opinion pieces with reflections on burnout and the author's relationship to the medium.

Short, personal essays on worldbuilding, tabletop roleplaying games, fantasy storytelling and media like anime and video games. Readers get a writer's critical reflections plus occasional news about his own fiction and interviews.

Critiques, analysis and opinion pieces on sim and arcade racing games, including hands-on previews of demos and unfinished builds. It also covers the politics and culture around the racing game industry and sim racing community.