If you're on LinkedIn, here's the opt-out for LinkedIn's AI bullshit using your content. www.linkedin.com/mypreference...

omg now the secrets of just how much can janet and ana walk in one day will finally be revealed!!!

Job hunting being my 9-5 is awful. I’ve lost 13lbs in two weeks, this week marks the anniversary of the darkest period of my life, and I miss my dad. I’m not giving up, but it is hard. :( If you can help me stay housed, I’d appreciate it. ❤️ PP: www.paypal.me/briggsycakes Cash App: $briggsycakes

Ohh

polychrome parade

🎵 "If I smell grits in the morning, it's a good day." youtu.be/tGTqSm_NZ9c?...

1 of my people's said whoever worked on making the new Skate game's playlist "clearly worked at American Eagle" ☠️😭🤣🤣🤣 Aye, fun game with Denzel Curry & Chinese American Bear music? 🤌🏾🤌🏾

ever since microsoft's layoffs in early july, the two zenimax unions have been fighting for impacted employees following the cancellation of the elder scrolls online studio's unannounced mmo. they've won laid-off workers more time (aka more pay), better severance, recall rights, and saved some jobs

Hi, all. Six job rejections later, I am mildly insane and still in need of help with bills and finding work. In the meantime, we finished Halo 3 yesterday and tonight we’re heading back to Wormtown! Only $200 away from the next milestone! PP: www.paypal.me/briggsycakes Cash App: $briggsycakes

Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk and the pundits and politicians sanitizing his legacy.

I can easily see how skate could be something I just keep coming back to & just spend hours playing. While it's early access, I think it's got a good blueprint.

My accounts are obliterated because I can’t find work. I had to spend my last $20 getting my cat food. I am still still applying for jobs, still not giving up. If anyone can spare anything, the goal is $300 so I can survive. Anything helps. ❤️ PP: www.paypal.me/briggsycakes Cash App: $briggsycakes

ARE YOU OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN A FREELANCER IN VIDEO GAME/TECH/CULTURE JOURNALISM? I want to talk to you for a story! DM me, email me, or hit me up on Discord (AlyssaMerc/alyssamercante) Please signal boost!

After watching Demon Slayer Infinity Castle, whatever staffers at Ufotable Studio get paid:

Statement from Post Guild Leadership: The Washington Post Guild condemns the unjust firing of columnist Karen Attiah

Moving To Be Hero X to the top of my list of shows that work damn near perfectly as a weekly show. Uuuuu weeee

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

I think it's a good thing that people always think question the role of the media. Whom are those news stories and reports in service of?

Seen someone over on Twitter say "Fire emblem once again leading the charge on advancements in ashiness technology" And I got tears in my eyes 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Played the Digimon Story Time Stanger demo. Maybe it's just me. But it feels good to play a contemporary monster RPG that looks & runs as it should on modern hardware.

Bluesky really doesn't want people to say "rest in piss" about Charlie Kirk aftermath.site/bluesky-char...

Every major publication in this country needs to have dedicated staffers or correspondents reporting on gaming, streamers, podcasts, and TikTok. Not as a once in a while thing. As standard beats. These are massive segments of American culture. No excuses for it anymore.

Hi Nintendo, I'm really REALLY excited for Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave but I have to let you know one thing up top: Dark skin on a living person doesn't look like this.

Seeing people ask for resources dedicated to robust video game culture coverage, when we've had it , & after seeing what's been happening to the field has me saying welllllllllll a lot to myself today.

Well, I hate to tell you they lay off people & shutter verticals pretty regularly 🤷🏾‍♂️

So about that “transgender ideology” WSJ report

Talking with @gamerant.bsky.social about risks and why I think it's important to also be prototyping games you've never made before. I genuinely didn't expect to get something as new & weird as Australia Did It funded, but I think that's the point of it. gamerant.com/australia-di...

Well, I'm glad folks revealing the continued hypocrisy of this app supposedly being "better"

Unrelated to anything, have a good day, everyone. I hope your water is extra refreshing & your moisturizer is extra smooth.

This Atlantic report "The Job Market Is Hell" is a good read on what job hunting has become / is for us job seekers. Couldn't write a better paragraph about the topic if I tried.

Oh, yay, capitalism

Think I might write an essay about Front Mission 3 Remake. When? I don't know

Very excited to be part of this project and honored @cheyennethegeek.bsky.social brought me on! The story I wrote is very on brand for me too!

Little help would be appreciated

Little help would be appreciated

Y'all got recommendations for independent news / publications run by journalists from underrepresented communities? In particular, journalists of color?

Him who Sheds Light. #art #blackart

Oh good, a new jobs platform that'll also auto reject our resumes from jobs that human eyes can see we can do. I'm so excited 🎵

Over the last several years publications actively avoided building up their writers, not letting them become a big attraction. But that’s what people want from critics! A voice they know and trust. This is also a good safeguard for when that access doesn’t come!

yes of course it is better for the public if they are able to find thoughtful criticism alongside release day hype but I personally think it is a mistake to hitch the role and importance of criticism to the goodwill of artists and companies that make what they engage with

2K confirms layoffs at Civilization developer Firaxis

Great economic reality for a lot of us. (& no people aren't exaggerating that finding a job is incredibly difficult)

We are cooked

Great economic reality for a lot of us. (& no people aren't exaggerating that finding a job is incredibly difficult)

I don't think "Tactical Reverse Bullet Hell" is perfect either but the alternative was "thinky shooty". Thanks to @gameinformer.com for hearing me out about Australia Did It, and for listening to me rant about money people mostly failing to invest in a healthier and more experimental industry.

journalists can only do so much to convince readers that games are made by people, at some point companies need to let their talent talk about the industry they’re in, to communicate as if they are not in a vacuum where the only game that exists is the one in front of them

an annoying problem the games industry has is that absolutely no one wants to give a quote about anything other than the game they are currently promoting.

Joey Bada$$'s Lonely At the Top is a really solid hip hop album. Sonically and tonally, I like it better than his previous project. But more importantly you can hear and appreciate the musical growth and story telling. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbMZ...

Because I'm always thinking about labor and employment... I wanted to ask (if you feel comfortable to share): For folks that found new jobs in the last 1-2 years, what would you say helped you?