This week: 23 picks on preservation, protagonism, and perserverance: critical-distance.com/2026/02/08/f...

icymi: I played (and finished!) Harvestella! It's a good messy video game that you can feel was really made by people noescapevg.com/harvestella-...

Developers! Drop your Instagram below. We will come and visit.

Wrote about getting laid off and why media workers deserve a little grace. www.readergrev.com/p/washington...

🚨🚨🚨 HAPPENING NOW - 2PM ET 🚨🚨🚨 📈🕹️👑 Raiford Guins discusses PONG’s long life, Atari’s rise, and how a simple game built markets, shaped categories, and still circulates today. 📺 Head to www.twitch.tv/romchipjournal to join the talk! 📺

Inkle for studio of the year.

If you need editing or writing or a personality hire, my email is [email protected], Signal is hkelly.11, Insta/Tiktok are @heatherthereporter

True art!

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A month shy of our 6 month anniversary (!), we're opening up freelance at Rogue. We're a small business, but we want to help build a place where new writers can flourish. [email protected] Instructions below! www.rogue.site/news/were-op...

Vuelvo a la tribuna del Diari de Tarragona. Hoy: IA generativa, amianto digital. No, las herramientas nunca son neutras. A veces, no hay usos buenos. No, la IAG no es eficacísima (y es más peligrosa por inútil que por avanzada). No, la tecnología no es imparable.

No Quarter rules!

The shadow so out-of-place to the box is the cherry atop this impressively-bad sandwich Glad we're running through the planet's resources to badly recreate a slower version of an already-existing game that offers no benefit to anyone

This month in my column The Anthropocene Medium for @debugmag.com I talked to the talented @remysiu.com . We discuss the making of 1000xResist and how "game developers are uniquely equipped to provide players with different perspectives." www.teamdebug.com/magazine

Huge week for new subscribers on Patreon!! Give us a shot for just $5! The more support we get the more empowered we are to grow Critical Error in new directions!

The only rational and correct response to having to listen to a CEO talk about AI! Chiitan is us.

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college: 1. Cinema in Hong Kong and Taiwan 2. Environmental Displacement and Migration 3. History of Money 4. Water Resource Management 5. Too many independent study classes in grad school

12 years ago, Nintendo said that if they were ever going to make another Tomodachi Life, this time it wouldn’t be homophobic. And they did make another Tomodachi Life, and it isn’t homophobic indeed! I write about it on Gay dot it.

Donald Trump wants to distract you from what ICE is doing so badly that he permitted the release of millions of pages of Epstein files. If that doesn't work, he'll go to war with Iran. The Democrats are negotiating milquetoast "restrictions" on ICE. But only grassroots resistance will save us.

Can the Game Boy Camera be your game of the year? 2026 started about six months ago, but we're finally ready to look back on 2025 and ponder, starting with @aeneas-nin.bsky.social. www.gamerswithglasses.com/gwg-recommen...

This month in my column The Anthropocene Medium for @debugmag.com I talked to the talented @remysiu.com . We discuss the making of 1000xResist and how "game developers are uniquely equipped to provide players with different perspectives." www.teamdebug.com/magazine

The power of criticism! Stay tuned for my review of Vincke's thread and insane ideas about what critics should and shouldn't do.

🙏🏾 ecm.lnk.to/compassion

Calling new writers - get mentored and be printed in ON3! We have 6 spots available in the next magazine to showcase new voices. Email [email protected] with an example of your work and any relevant experience by 8th February. on.games #GamesJournalism

Kotaku Is Hiring A Community Editor https://kotaku.com/kotaku-is-hiring-a-community-editor-2000663477

Awesome stuff! All the best for Mothership!

As usual, I was remiss in updating the wider world about our December work, which I'd like to take a moment to do here. The big star was this in-depth Yuji Horii interview from 2000, which covers the early development of Dragon Quest and his PC and game journalism work. shmuplations.com/yujihorii/

Remarkable how quietly everyone in this industry excuses Terraforming Mars. Even in offline spaces, people get very uncomfortable if anyone brings up the horrible things people behind this game have said.

My article on the latest uprising in Iran has just been published in @newleftreview.bsky.social: newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

"Few games capture Space like Unbeatable." @exalclaw.bsky.social analyzes environmental space and Space with a capital S in Unbeatable:

🟢Nuevo vídeo: los indies más esperados de este 2026 🔗Vídeo completo: www.instagram.com/p/DTx47RpjzSH/ 💜Puedes apoyarme a través de Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/blissy_

what's highguard?

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First review of 2026 is live and it's for a good 'un -- an exquisitely esoteric database mystery from @inkle.co. Shades of Sam Barlow, naturally; I was also reminded of Benjamin Labatut's "nonfiction novels", The Maniac and When We Cease To Understand The World. www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...

This month in my column The Anthropocene Medium for @debugmag.com I talked to the talented @remysiu.com. We discuss the making of 1000xResist and how "game developers are uniquely equipped to provide players with different perspectives." www.teamdebug.com/magazine

This month in my column The Anthropocene Medium for @debugmag.com I talked to the talented @remysiu.com. We discuss the making of 1000xResist and how "game developers are uniquely equipped to provide players with different perspectives." www.teamdebug.com/magazine

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Alright, here's the official I'm looking for work thread. After four years at Inverse, taking the lead on gaming coverage, I'm now completely open to work. I've been a reporter, editor, podcast host, and much more. If you want to see what I can bring to the table, here's some of my best from Inverse

If you don’t know much about the critics circle, here’s a bit about the work it does to support the community and try to build a better future for the thing we love. nygamecritics.com/what-we-do/

Los premios New York Game Awards 2026 se celebraron el 18 de enero. Aquí pueden verlos o conocer la lista de juegos ganadores. www.gamerfocus.co/juegos/todos...

Every NY Game Awards, I walk away proud of the @nyvgcc.bsky.social for the work it does to make our city a better place, champion games writing, and celebrate a diverse array of games. It’s always so heartening to see people come out, have a good time, and support the non-profit work.

Well deserved PMG! I can't wait to see what PMG will do next.

Très cool!

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