In 2026, the average mid-game governor is a walking cautionary tale: 22M power, a farm so maxed it could feed a small kingdom, and the strategic awareness of a sleep-deprived hamster. This proud specimen gets zeroed by a CH22 opponent with T4s and five marches—not because the opponent is brilliant, but because the victim spent three months upgrading production buildings that unlock...

Hollow Knight: Silksong arrived in 2025 with the kind of critical applause that makes other indie games nervously straighten their moss cloaks. Praise rained down. Bug fans wept into their needle-shaped pillows. And then a not-insignificant number of players hit the early game like a moth hitting a lantern — repeatedly, painfully, and with increasingly creative swearing. Team Cherry,...