Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Skin Deep by Blendo Games is one of the best games I've played in years. It's genuinely the closest I think a game has come to capturing Hitman World of Assassination's chaotic magic, and that's already one of my favourite games of all time. Truly a marvel.
Thanks to the current state of the games industry, however, and the resulting challenges stacked against indie games like Skin Deep - from development and production through to release and coverage - as well as the continued dominance of AAA megahits like Grand Theft Auto and the upcoming release of the Switch 2 (with all the associated talk of the cost of games rising to $80), I'm willing to bet you probably won't play it. In this combined game review and industry analysis, let's talk about why you absolutely should check out Skin Deep - the best game you probably won't play.
An alternate title for this video might be The REAL Problem With Modern Gaming.
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Support the show on Patreon - patreon.com/writingongames
Second Channel - youtube.com/channel/UC1xxfS_HILi09yaELQdmV1A
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Intro text animation by Isaac Holland - twitter.com/drazgames
0:00 - Intro plug
0:08 - Big games are hard to get excited about
2:29 - Skin Deep is the best game I've played in years
9:15 - The ultimate slapstick game
12:57 - Why you probably won't play it
14:45 - The real problem with "modern gaming"
18:22 - Outro
Skin Deep by Blendo Games is one of the best games I've played in years. It's genuinely the closest I think a game has come to capturing Hitman World of Assassination's chaotic magic, and that's already one of my favourite games of all time. Truly a marvel.
Thanks to the current state of the games industry, however, and the resulting challenges stacked against indie games like Skin Deep - from development and production through to release and coverage - as well as the continued dominance of AAA megahits like Grand Theft Auto and the upcoming release of the Switch 2 (with all the associated talk of the cost of games rising to $80), I'm willing to bet you probably won't play it. In this combined game review and industry analysis, let's talk about why you absolutely should check out Skin Deep - the best game you probably won't play.
An alternate title for this video might be The REAL Problem With Modern Gaming.
---
Support the show on Patreon - patreon.com/writingongames
Second Channel - youtube.com/channel/UC1xxfS_HILi09yaELQdmV1A
---
Intro text animation by Isaac Holland - twitter.com/drazgames
0:00 - Intro plug
0:08 - Big games are hard to get excited about
2:29 - Skin Deep is the best game I've played in years
9:15 - The ultimate slapstick game
12:57 - Why you probably won't play it
14:45 - The real problem with "modern gaming"
18:22 - Outro
