I’ve never played a game before… until Palia. I got lost, spent 30 minutes picking an outfit, and now I think I finally understand why people love gaming.

A list of free (or very low-cost) video games to play together on Nintendo Switch (co-op plus team multiplayer!)

A list of free (or very low-cost) co-op video games for duos that are beginner-friendly, easy to pick up, and low-pressure.

From delulu LinkedIn energy to working at Goblins and being told to play game Palia for work. A non-gamer enters the chat.

As we build Goblins out and think about the platforms we want (and almost more importantly, don't) want to emulate, figured I'd pay homage to some of my favorites: AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) For me, The era of AIM was peak internet for me. Some random thoughts here about it, in no particular order: I believe SmarterChild was one of the first AI/chatbots. About three years ago it inspired a marketing campaign I ideated for a friend’s AI voice assistant. I miss the days of wri

A friend recently mentioned to me that bamboo takes 2–5 years to seed but then it grows up to 3 feet a day. “Oh, so Goblins is the bamboo of startups!” I joked. After googling, it turns out that fact is (mostly) inaccurate but the idea still resonates. Truthfully, part of me feels a little prickly at how Goblins, on the surface, looks a lot like it did a year ago. We’re still not mobile-friendly and hand-approving profiles still only gets done if I take time away from other w

Nobody teaches us how to date- especially online. So most people just wing it, get frustrated, and end up sabotaging themselves. The truth is: you can’t fix what you don’t know. So we built Goblins University to say the things no one ever says out loud and give you the tools to actually fix them. Goblins University is blunt, funny, and sometimes a little uncomfy… think tough-love advice from a big sister. You’ll see why your profile might be quietly repelling people, why get

It's really intimidating as a non-technical founder to figure out how to how to build an MVP when you're just missing the ability to bring your vision to life. Over the last couple of years navigating Goblins’ platform development, I realized that building a product as a non-technical founder feels a lot like building a ship. That analogy has helped me understand tech architecture, how to choose a tech stack, how to avoid overbuilding an MVP, and when to scale your platform’

Being a non-technical founder with a ✨vision✨ is painfully cliché but armed with a dream, a liberal arts degree, and nothing left to lose , I fully committed to the adventure. As many of y’all know, I came up with the concept of Goblins before vibe-coding was a thing, so stubbornly– and fueled by that Panera jet-fuel– I tried building Goblins using no-code platforms (also bullshit, those are low-code, at best). I was able to create an MVP on FlutterFlow which worked flawlessl

I was the girl who spent every birthday candle, every 11:11, every shooting star wishing for her person. Like so many hopeless romantics,...

@nihilisa_ speaks the truth. I was single for over a decade while working with some of the biggest dating apps in the world. Despite...

As we here at Goblins are celebrating International Nonbinary People’s Day, we want to highlight video game characters who challenge the gender binary by their very existence. This roundup features monsters, humans, robots, and other entities who use “they/them” pronouns and/or identify as nonbinary.

Howdy, Goblins! Today we’re highlighting some of the iconic gay men who populate our favorite games. From touching conversations in a quiet desert town, to giant robot battles, to defending humanity against our enemies, these characters and their stories contribute to a more diverse and entertaining landscape in the video game world.

Video games give us a chance to see ourselves inhabiting – moving through and interacting with – a virtual world that reflects our own reality in some way. When we find characters in these worlds who we identify with, it not only makes the whole experience more immersive, it also makes us feel seen. It can be a source of inspiration, connection, and hope that impacts our real lives. In short: it hits different.

Wake up goblins, it’s PRIDE MONTH! To kick off our celebration, we wanted to share a few of our favorite bisexual icons from the video games we love.

To make sure everyone has a great experience in the Goblins Universe, every profile is hand-approved by our team and community. Right...

To ensure all Goblins have a good experience, we hand-approve everyone's profiles because we're only as good as the collective Goblins on...

Fish pics were famously the most hated type of photo on dating apps, with Tinder even joking about officially banning them . ...

I spend a lot of time reflecting on my comedically bad dating track record. While it’s provided no shortage of entertaining stories, I...

My dating track record has always felt supernaturally bad—like, “friends perk up at brunch when they hear I’m back on the apps because...