This Week on Post Games:

Act 1: The History of Bubsy 2D

Patreon Bonus: The Case for Bubsy 3D

Act 2: The Making of Bubsy 4D

Act 3: The News of the Week

Guests:

Fabian Rastorfer and Ben Miller: co-leads of Fabraz, Bubsy 4D

Ben Esposito: Designer on Neon White, Donut County, and Bubsy 3D: Bubsy in

Evan Minsker: Proprietor, critic, and reporter at see/saw

Closing Song: “Techno Syndrome 2026” by Benjamin Wallfisch from Mortal Kombat 2: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Act 1: The History of Bubsy

Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection (Steam)

Playing Catch-Up: Bubsy's Michael Berlyn (Gamasutra via Archive)

Michael Berlyn (Wiki)

Nintendo Power, Issue 56 (Archive)

GamePro, Issue 36 (Archive)

Game Informer, Issue 9 (Archive)

Sega v. Accolade (Wiki)

Casting a Stone | The Sega v. Accolade Lawsuit (Talking Pixels)

Act 2: Bubsy 4D

Bubsy 4D (Steam)

CEO Wade Rosen On Atari’s Future, Acquiring Nightdive, Avoiding Layoffs (MinnMax)

Hey, what if Bubsy 4D is the next Super Mario Odyssey? (Polygon)

Bubsy 4D | Developer Interview (Hypocritic GG)

Demon Tides (Steam)

Demon Turf (Steam)

Patreon Bonus: The Cursed Bubsy Meme Game

Bubsy 3D: Bubsy visits the James Turrell Retrospective (Bubsy3d.com)

James Turrell: A Retrospective (LACMA)

Arcane Kids (https://arcanekids.com)

Replay – Bubsy 3D from 2012 (Game Informer)

Video games can never be art (RogerEbert.com)

Are video games art: the debate that shouldn't be (The Guardian)

The Great Debate: Are Games Art? (Game Informer)

St. Elmo’s Breath (1992) by James Turrell (Artchive)

Sonic Dreams Collection (Wiki)

What Remains of Edith Finch (Steam/iOS)

Donut County (Steam)

Neon White (Steam)

All Systems Brough - Corrypt (The Secret Lives of Games)

Corrypt (itch.io)

Act 3: The News of the Week

see/saw (see-saw.fun)

Punk This Week podcast (Apple Podcasts)

Mixtape review (IGN)

Shoegaze (Wiki)

Susan Sings Songs from Sesame Street (Fandom)

This Week in Video Game Links

Pokopia is my post-gender utopia (Mothership)

The Supernatural And Mysterious Nature Of Creativity (Game Informer)

The Repulsive New Star Fox Characters Are Good - Delayed Input (Kyle Bosman)

All This Over… Mixtape? (Aftermath)

Shovel Knight team's homage to Zelda is going to be a very big deal (Polygon)

This city-smashing monster sim is the first game I've ever played where my reward for beating a level is getting a nuke dropped on my head (PCGamer)

The Hues of These New Colors - What Lessons in Love Means to Me (Mimidoshima)

Vice-Chancellor's Talks: Nina Freeman, 23 April 2026 (YouTube)

Buck Bumble Theme (perfect loop) [1h] (YouTube)

Free Game of the Week:

From the itch.io summary: "NOVA SONATA is an on-rails shooter where every action creates the soundtrack. The world is your instrument: every vine you hit, every meteor you destroy becomes another layer in the song." (Itch.io via Warp Door)

What Else I’m Enjoying

Wildwood – Official Teaser Trailer (YouTube)

‘The Sheep Detectives’ Review: A Murder Most Fleecy (NYTimes)

“I Went to the Stanley Kubrick Film School”: Richard Linklater on His First Film (Criterion)

Song of the Week: “Techno Syndrome 2026”

By Benjamin Wallfisch from Mortal Kombat 2: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Spotify)