Vilweb Inc.

Between the dates of April 28 and May 2, 2025, the gaming industry saw massive layoffs on all sides. From developers at Respawn to journalists at Polygon, hundreds of people have once again lost their jobs, had projects cancelled, and now must enter the increasingly crowded, increasingly scam-ridden world of looking for new work. It sucks, but instead of spending an entire column telling you why it sucks (which many people have done already) I thought we could explore our feelings in a slightly different way.

That’s why I've made VILWEB, a short narrative free game about online games journalism. My lawyers would like for me to make it clear that this is strictly satire and I am not attempting to depict any one person, company, media conglomerate, or anything else in the real world. This is purely a work of fiction and any references, names, or similarities to real world entities are entirely coincidental and unintended. This is just a fun, silly little narrative free game made in Ink, a scripting system that’s incredibly easy to use and worth checking out if you’re into that sort of thing. They are not affiliated with this, I just like it.

Please enjoy.