Where Every Rune Tells a Story
We are a small crew of writers and streamers on Spadina Avenue turning long nights of RPGs, roguelikes and indie darlings into deep-dives, honest reviews and patch breakdowns that Canadian players actually trust.
Reader-rated, spoiler-safe
Trusted along the midway
Words that studios and players both circle back to
How the tent runs
From first playthrough to published verdict
Every piece we publish walks the same midway. No sponsored fluff, no scores handed out before the credits roll — just a repeatable process built over nine years of covering games from downtown Toronto.
Claim the ticket
You pitch a title, patch or angle. We log it, check it against our roadmap and confirm scope, deadline and whether it warrants a quick take or a full 3,000-word deep-dive.
Play it honestly
We commit real hours — a minimum of 12 for a review, more for RPGs — capturing footage, tracking bugs and screenshotting the moments that actually matter to players.
Write & fact-check
Drafts pass through two editors on Spadina: one for the argument, one for accuracy on version numbers, studio history and platform quirks. Nothing ships on a single opinion.
Publish & follow up
The story goes live, gets shared to our 86k readers, and we revisit it after major patches so the verdict stays true long after launch week.
What we make
Coverage you can commission or read
Studios, PR teams and fellow creators book these formats directly. Prices are in Canadian dollars and every engagement includes one round of revisions.
RPG Deep-Dives
Long-form breakdowns of systems, story and endgame
- Full playthrough with build theorycrafting and balance notes
- Annotated screenshots and a spoiler-safe reading path
- Companion tier list refreshed after each major patch
Off the presses
Stories readers keep coming back to
A slice of recent features from the Frontier — from 40-hour RPG marathons to two-day patch autopsies.
We Spent 60 Hours in “Emberhold” So You Don’t Have To
The Kensington Market Dev Making Roguelikes by Hand
Patch 3.2 Quietly Reworked the Entire Loot Table
Launch Night: 400k Players and a Server on Fire
From the queue
Studios and readers on working with us
A few notes from developers we’ve covered and readers who ride with the Frontier.
“Their indie spotlight sent us more wishlists in a weekend than three months of ads. And they actually played to the end — the interview questions proved it.”
“The patch breakdown was live before the official notes made sense to anyone. It’s the first tab I open after every update now.”
“Honest without being cruel. They flagged our launch bugs but also caught the systems we were most proud of. That balance is rare.”
“I’ve been reading the Frontier since 2018. Their RPG deep-dives are basically the reason I finished half my backlog.”
“They drove up from Spadina to cover our launch night in person. The footage they cut told our story better than we could.”
“No inflated scores, no recycled press release. Just a crew that clearly loves games and respects the people reading about them.”
Step right up
Pitch a story or book some coverage
Send over a title, a patch, or a wild idea. We read every message from our Spadina Avenue office and usually reply within one business day.