Oh hey, it's that game I've been working on! 😎

The new Metroid Prime 4 trailer seems to imply that companions are a FEATURE, rather than this just being a one-off early-game case. Yikes.

Black Mirror could never.

Ubisoft just postponed its earnings report and halted the trading of its shares. Unclear why at this point but could indicate a major announcement related to the company.

Video game giant Rockstar has sacked more than 30 workers across the UK, including my constituents working at their Edinburgh office. I urged Ministers to support workers who have lost their jobs, and stop this from happening again.

Oh hey, it's that game I've been working on! 😎

This game's very much worth your time. It's literally just Breath of the Wild in a Greek mythology setting.

Seeing this kind of solidarity is so inspiring. A very bad look for Rockstar leadership.

More of this, please???

Please don't call your videogame BrokenLore: ASCEND.

Frankenstein unfortunately making this come to mind for me… www.vice.com/en/article/w...

If you were a member of The Game Awards Future Class and can speak to your experience, I want to chat with you for The Guardian! DM me, or email alyssamerc[at]gmail[dot]com. Signal boost please!

This wasn’t about leaking GTA VI. It was: Rockstar illegally firing union members to stop the studio from unionizing. it directly contradicts Rockstar’s PR narrative and confirms almost everything that people suspected was going on.

So not only is Square Enix going to try to replace 70% of its QA with AI, it's also apparently laying off at least 100 people (possibly significantly more) as it continues to consolidate its operations further and further: www.ign.com/articles/squ...

NEW: Rockstar now says it fired 30 employees in the UK for leaking information (not for engaging in union activity), but UK union IWGB told Game Developer that staff in the country have a statutory right to engage in private conversation with union organisers that supersedes any employment contract.

Last week, 30 employees in the United Kingdom and Canada of GTA VI developer Rockstar working to organize for better working conditions were unexpectedly and unfairly dismissed. Linked below is a fundraiser to help them out in the coming weeks and days. actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...

Nintendo is short for Nine Inch Nails Tendo

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How my two remaining brain cells are currently operating.

Remembering that time I tried to capture my experience of anxiety in the form of music and created this piece of violence. garyalexanderstott.bandcamp.com/track/fear-o...

One of the most beautiful natural sights is yellow leaves lit by sunlight, but against the backdrop of a deep grey sky. It's quite specific and seasonal and all the more special for its relative rarity.

So dramatic 🙄

lfg

So flumptious.

The moves towards unionizing we're seeing in recent years and all this union-busting is just the games industry lagging like a whole-ass century behind the rest. Anyone who's shocked by Rockstar, Activision, or whoever nuking workers as soon as they ask for rights/protections doesn't know history.

It really sucks to be working in the games industry in the pre-unionized era, just as I’m sure it was in other creative industries before the inevitable formal recognitions became standard.

This year's plumpkin #halloween #pumpkincarving #derpy #kpopdemonhunters #pumpkin #HALLOWEEN2025

Look what Girlfriend did!

Late to the party, but K-Pop Demon Hunters is excellent. Think I hesitated because I’m not super into the music genre, but turns out it’s just a really fucking good movie?

Watched Casino Royale for the first time since 2006 and my overwhelming impression was that it’s Hitman meets Uncharted. In other words: well played, IO Interactive.

I feel like this is what you say when you have spent the last fifteen years destroying a console brand to the point where you have to start putting its exclusives onto your rival's machines, yes

Ball X Pit got me feelin like

Counterpoint to this: Campaign Evolved is likely just the first step in a longer-term strategy. It’s quite common for devs to start with a remake when familiarising themselves with new platforms, plus this is their first time using Unreal. This isn’t a remake, it’s a runway for the next Halo game.

"Let's rebrand 343i to get away from the failures of the past!" "Great idea! What should we do first with our new future?" "Go further into the past."

“Campaign Evolved” is the most depressingly soulless subtitle. I hate how COD popularised that term for single-player story modes.

When people ask me how it's going

LFG. This OST is an absolute banger and I stand by that.

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Time to go to work in the shit factory!

I’m not sure about Ball X Pit’s progression/balancing. Beat the first biome within my first hour or so. Have then spent the majority of my overall playtime grinding to become powerful enough to beat biome two. I succeeded, but became so strong in the process that I beat biome 3 first try 🤔

Black-billed magpies are awesome. Look at these things. Beautiful bird.

I’m not sure about Ball X Pit’s progression/balancing. Beat the first biome within my first hour or so. Have then spent the majority of my overall playtime grinding to become powerful enough to beat biome two. I succeeded, but became so strong in the process that I beat biome 3 first try 🤔

Recommendation for Frewaka: an Irish-language folk horror on Shudder. Very atmospheric and relies on dread rather than cheap scares. Really interesting folklore elements too. Grief, generational trauma, all that good shit.

There is not enough coffee in the world

Y'know that meme of the spider trying to make a cobweb while under the influence of various substances? That's how my brain and its resulting output feels these days when trying to accomplish any simple task. I have caffeine web brain.

Found a cool subreddit called r/BooksThatFeelLikeThis where users post a bunch of images evoking the kind of vibe they're looking for, and then people share recommendations with a similar atmosphere.

The music in Skate Story sounds like this

The music in Skate Story sounds like this