"It's not artificial intelligence. It's African intelligence." Michael Geoffrey Asia, the secretary general of the Data Labelers Association in Kenya tells @jasonkoebler.bsky.social about the notoriously brutal and underpaid work of training AI. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH65...

I think a game being called “mewgenics” is the most arrested development dead dove in fridge moment possible

my character is an astrologer named Frankie Incense and my story for her is she’s doing a wildlife survey with her friend Melina and eating animal crackers (rune stones)

I’m playing elden ring for the first time after having played half of dark souls 2 then giving up, and also coming off of silksong earlier this year, playing as a mage with a sword and shield, and after all that I’m finally enjoying a fromsoft game

Folks have been enjoying @autumn-wright.com's interview with @austinwalker.bsky.social! I want to point out that it exists because of subscribers, who enable our writers to produce things that other outlets would deem unpublishable, like 10,000 word interviews. Subscribe: unwinnable.com/subscribe/

introducing my column about resistance in fiction for @aftermath.site. I’m calling it THE WORK aftermath.site/oscars-revol...

Relooted, a game about freeing real African artifacts from Western museums and collections, interrogates history through sharply designed heists. Our review: www.avclub.com/relooted-gam...

tired of the stream of the worst people in the world saying “women r objects” this week not gonna lie

The NYU Game Center's hiring! A senior, tenure-track professor post for an experienced game designer, artist or industry pro with a notable body of creative work. Experience finishing games and mentoring/teaching more important than any kind of academic credential! gamecenter.nyu.edu/were-hiring-...

I’m planning to do another one of these in June like last year. It’s early, but if you’re releasing an indie this spring— especially a visual novel, rpg, or puzzle game— feel free to drop me a dm! you can get some sense of my taste here:

some upcoming games I’m excited about are Love Eternal, Bubblegum Galaxy, Dosa Divas, and The Last Winter Knight. If you happen to need coverage of any of these, hmu!

"But I do think culturally we are back to brunch." This month in Dialogue, @austinwalker.bsky.social goes long on craft, industry, and doing the work.

Becca Rothfeld, a former critic at the Washington Post, on the death of the paper’s books section. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/zmzLbN

My mission this year is to get a new subscriber to Unwinnable every day. For 5 bucks, you get two monthly magazines, a back issue archive of 95 issues of Exploits and the satisfaction of supporting freeform cultural criticism free of the usual online publishing nonsense: unwinnable.com/subscribe/

i decided to do hourly comics day today because I forgot about it yesterday ✒️ here’s the first set I did

linkedin now has a “rewrite with AI” button on posts??

Extremely exciting news: We're hiring a full-time film critic to come work with me at The A.V. Club! You probably have an idea if you're qualified for this, but if there's something that's not in the job listing, I'm sure I can answer Qs www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

Please take the time to read what the children detained in Dilley wrote me in their own words: www.propublica.org/article/ice-... 10/

on benito, and america

I don’t think they should make a baldur’s gate 3 tv show. I think they should put all the humanoid characters in the final fantasy 7 party on a season of taskmaster

Your subscriber dollars at work: Aftermath has a new regular contributor and monthly columnist. Welcome @adashtra.bsky.social and @jmrivera.bsky.social to our regular rotation of writers! aftermath.site/podcasts/after...

"why do you have to post and repost messages about the BDS boycott every time there's a new game announcement or set of trailers" because there's this weird phenomenon of active forgetting that Microsoft is a tech partner of one of the most heinous crimes against humanity happening on earth today

The February issue of Exploits is out now. That's @unwinnable.com's monthly cultural diary, a collection of recommendations, warnings and short form essays to inspire you to read, watch, play and listen to new things this month. Let's see what is inside, yea?

What publications have a books section at this point?

Naser is another little guy who could use some cheer in addition to financial support during this dark chapter of his family’s life. @mommunism.bsky.social 🩷

My bank has this new thing where you can retroactively do pay in 4 and I found this out on a $30 grocery bill and anyway I think that’s sick and twisted

Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza. We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...

If you missed my earlier post, I’m now the co editor of Exploits’ books section! If you have a pitch for us, please email [email protected] and find our pitch guide here

A handy link for all you lovelies! We’d love to hear from you!

hilariously I finally beat silksong tonight and I’m still at 94% completion. ok the universe is telling me I really don’t need the other 6%

If you missed my earlier post, I’m now the co editor of Exploits’ books section! If you have a pitch for us, please email [email protected] and find our pitch guide here

Every time my credit score goes up I get an email from the tracking company subject line “yesss queen!” and every time it goes down I get “some news.”

@chiltonm.bsky.social and I are the new Books Editors for Exploits! I had the pleasure of editing this month’s review of Chain Gang All Stars.

Is Angeline Era “FA” or “FO” question for the ages

And I really enjoyed how Emily unpacks the dreamlike quality of Angeline Era: "Playing Angeline Era, one of my favorite games of 2025, is like dreaming with all the fear and frustration, but also reckless joy, it entails."

Angeline Era is like a dream: random, transcendent, frustrating. That feeling made it one of my favorite games of 2025. My review: unwinnable.com/2026/01/29/a...

the levels of Too Real in Perfect Tides: Station to Station need to be scientifically studied

If you're in for a cold weekend, have I got a game for you! Let's live and love in 2003 (again, or for the first time) together

One week left to pitch! Feel free to reply/DM with any questions.

Can we help Mohammed Jamil today?

"Playing Angeline Era, one of my favorite games of 2025, is like dreaming with all the fear and frustration, but also reckless joy, it entails." @emilyprice.bsky.social bumps into Angeline Era:

Criticism is not a threat to your enjoyment! A work can succeed emotionally and still be worth interrogating. A work can make you happy and still have structural or thematic problems. "Let people enjoy things?" Skill issue! Why is your enjoyment affected at all by what I have to say?

i talked to the lead designer for Seance of Blake Manor, one of my favorite mystery games of last year. it's not as brain-destroying as something like Blue Prince and that's very much by design. you can walk away and come back to it, for example www.mothership.blog/seance-of-bl...

Angeline Era is like a dream: random, transcendent, frustrating. That feeling made it one of my favorite games of 2025. My review: unwinnable.com/2026/01/29/a...

I watched one video about french comprehension and now my youtube algorithm is all videos titled “France Isn’t For Everyone.”

Curiosity is an essential for any good bit of criticism. And what makes a great pan so satisfying to read is a clear curiosity matched with a ruthless investigatory instinct. When someone understands a work inside and out and despises it anyway, that‘s when hate can become a thing of beauty.

The latest article in our ongoing Curios issue is @strida.bsky.social on The Seance of Blake Manor. Read it below: bulletpointsmonthly.com/2026/01/21/d...

I’m planning to do another one of these in June like last year. It’s early, but if you’re releasing an indie this spring— especially a visual novel, rpg, or puzzle game— feel free to drop me a dm! you can get some sense of my taste here:

editing critical writing for the first time in a while… I love 2 edit