I can relate to this a lot from the games journalism side of things. For example, I took a job at one of the few outlets that was hiring freelancers so I could eat food, and then an independent publication trashed my colleagues and I, kicking up harassment against us even after I quit

Heartbreaking. Wishing all the devs the best of luck. GreedFall is really one of the most underrated RPG settings imo. So nuanced with some of my favourite factions in the genre. I

Rockbeasts look really good. My interview and preview. www.shacknews.com/article/1488...

they're calling it the world's okayish attempt to split the g

Last BAFTAs one from me, about my chat with Charlie Cox and Tracy Wiles www.thegamer.com/clair-obscur...

they can drop the price of game pass but cant drop their support for a nation committing genocide

feels like an especially irresponsible moment to ignore BDS when Game Pass is the easiest, level one way to participate in the boycott and BDS just called for renewed pressure after Israel passed a law on executing Palestinian and Arab in prisons that use Microsoft cloud services

apropos of nothing at all, thinking again about what i wrote for the startmenu awards late last year on @autumn-wright.com's essay (aftermath.site/microsoft-bd...) and games media as a whole

Hello! Here's a bunch of actors giving shout-outs to their peers, featuring: - Jennifer English - Alex Jordan - Tracy Wiles - Kirsty Rider - Rich Keeble www.thegamer.com/bafta-games-...

Zelda Day at TheGamer is officially in full swing! 💚🫶 I got to chat with Princess Zelda’s voice actor about everything from her super-secret audition to shaping Zelda into the incredibly hopeful, layered icon we know her to be today. The full interview . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ www.thegamer.com/zeldas-voice...

Still angry about The Quiet Things/BAFTA situation. Conservative agendas being pushed with progressive language is a plague.

This seems like it has been handled exceptionally poorly by BAFTA. They would have had these assets for plenty of time to be able to create a CW to run before the trailer, but moreover they were the ones putting together this showcase and surely must have known the premise of the game, right?

my favourite ritual after coming to london for a gaming event is to immediately see @heyitsshivi.bsky.social who does not play games, and sound like an insane person as I tell her what I did (love her dearly)

Erica Lindbeck discusses her career, and how some studios are still proud to hire human talent.

Didn't get it on camera, but Charlie Cox was also shocked to learn that no major award ceremony has a category for mocap. I often find that actors who don't start in games have such respect for it and want games actors to get more recognition

Think of how many games where the verb is violence. How many games (including the ones nominated for tonight’s BAFTA awards) where you shoot, fight, kill. But when games want to explore the topic of violence in a meaningful way, that’s the issue?

You can wishlist the game here, if you want to help the devs out: store.steampowered.com/app/2288520/...

BAFTA pulling a trailer for an autobiographical game about surviving sexual assault only hours before it was said to be a part of a showcase is an exceptionally bad look.

Film would not do this. This is not good enough. Survivors deserve to tell their story through any medium without being made to feel guilty for it. This does a disservice to the medium and to survivors

Everyone be kind to me please I have cramps at the airport

Something that rly encapsulates this for me is how a big company got a lot of good press for having a remarkable number of women who had had kids & kept their jobs. The women told me it was only possible bc of work from home A year or so later, the company forced everyone to return to the office

Sleepy, but I think we found the baftas fit

this is where she lost me. da:o's fade is good.

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oh yeah will be pointing this at people @ bafta games this friday if anyone is about 🫶🫶

The Drama is a very good film

The review I've been waiting for. Lex has put an ungodly amount of work into this and has probably thought about Crimson Desert more than anyone else. Worth a read!!

Crimson Desert is a chore-some slog, trapped under the weight of its own scale. Its muddled post-release patching has sanded away any points of friction, leaving only busywork and a dull world full of boring characters. It's a bad video game. My review: www.gamerguides.com/crimson-dese...

she does not respect me as a journalist

Yeah it's so lazy of Hannah not to speak to you, and just assume that something as insignificant as your publicly available voting record might represent your views

Whoa I didn't think the movie was THAT bad....

Not even gonna say "I'm not a furry, but". I will swing that way for Fox McCloud.

I am so ready for slop

My four-year-old son just made his GameSpot debut. You call it nepotism, I call it hard-hitting journalism. www.gamespot.com/articles/the...

Girlfriend will NOT colour coordinate with me for the mario movie tomorrow 💔

Wasn't in the headspace yesterday, but I wanted to ask. Who are y'all favourite trans creators in gaming? Game devs, writers, journalists, streamers, PR folk, anyone in and around video games that is cool and trans. If you don't have any, maybe look through the replies and find some to follow!

all of my trans friends are the most beautiful people in the world

important

two (!) work trips to london next month but im being really brave about it

Life is Strange: Reunion is an embarrassment. Full ⭐⭐ review.

This is awful. Thoughts go out to all the workers. Especially upset for Spiders shipping GreedFall: The Dying World in what was almost definitely a troubling time for the studio, and still delivering a solid '00s inspired RPG in the process.

Got kicked out of Felixstowe for being racist lads

sing softly, bring me to the lake comm for @rhithewitch.bsky.social !

you would prefer a gentleman.... wouldn't you?

Commission for @rhithewitch.bsky.social - Enya Theirin, 3rd child of Rosalind Amell and Alistair in all her whimsy! 💖 #dragonage #ocoffspring #illustration #fanart #shiftycatstudios #theshiftycat

Lá fhéile Pádraig shona diabh 💚 (le (@rhithewitch.bsky.social mó ghrá 💚💚💚)

Did you know that the Polish government issued substantial grants to CD Projekt Red and Techland? Did you know the French CNC manages a €5 million fund for games? Did you know many countries provide funding for various forms of media? Of course you did, because you’re not an idiot!

Been seeing people make fun of the article calling DA2's story a fan favourite... It literally is though. Dragon Age fans have never gotten over DA2's story. The mage vs templar stuff is THE Dragon Age story for most people. I don't care that your fav critic in 2011 didn't like it. The fans do NOW