The Guardian cited his 2005 opinion piece "Dreaming in an Empty Room: A Defense of Metal Gear Solid 2" as a core example of the genre.
[8] As an originator of New Games Journalism, Carless wrote of Rogers, online communities were both fascinated with and dismissive of his work.
[9] Rogers started ActionButton.net, a video games reviews website, in early 2007 as an outgrowth from Insert Credit and its forums, SelectButton.
[10] At the time of its launch, Simon Carless praised its "great writing" and signature "self-conscious metacommentary" style.
[13] Rogers has also written for Insert Credit, Next Generation,[9] GamesTM, Play, N-Revolution, Kotaku, Atomix,[14] and Game Developer magazine.
[17] Rogers translated the 1997 PlayStation game Moon: Remix RPG Adventure into English for its 2020 re-release on the Nintendo Switch.
[26] He also called Ziggurat a descendant of his hobbies: the video game Ibara: Black Label and the Rubik's Cube.
Rogers put out a call for artists on Twitter with a submissions request of "fan art of the Japanese box art of Phantasy Star II", and Action Button artist Brent Porter replied in under an hour with an entry Rogers called "incredible".
After six months of hiatus and working at a social games company, Rogers rekindled development and the team finished the Ziggurat,[26] which was released in February 2012 for iOS platforms.
[28] Edge related the "unexpectedly poignant" red screen and sound effect that flashes upon the player's death to Rogers's personal interest in noise rock.
[25] It was released with little advanced notice in November 2012 for iOS as a universal app playable on iPhones, iPads, and iPods.
[31] Pocket Gamer likened it to both and further compared it with Alleyway, Arkanoid, and Super Hexagon with a "telekinetic power" to alter the ball's direction apart from the panel (as in Shatter).
[34] In Videoball, players use solely one analog stick and one button to control triangles that shoot projectiles[25] to knock a circular ball into the opposing team's endzone.
[25] Rogers acknowledged the role of noted basketball-like strategy in its playtests, and the difficulty in crafting a minimalist game with a high importance on nuanced detail.