2025 was the year of friendslop: bite-sized, inexpensive games that center co-op and proximity voice chat as vehicles for silliness, scares, and slapstick. One of the genre's biggest smash hits, Peak, is a poster child for the slightly maligned, kind of derogatory label. But in an interview at GDC, Aggro Crab studio head Nick Kaman told PC Gamer associate editor Ted Litchfield he had a question for players and developers who are sour on the term. "Why not?"
"It's fun. It's technically derogatory. But why not lean into that? Because that's what people are saying," Kaman said. "Even if it is kind of mean, I can take it."
