As expected, the problem was not the devs sheepishly being silent out of shame, but people who thought they knew better stirring the pot for no reason.

Maybe a Highguard stream tonight? Idk. I'm not getting paid to stream it. Everyone trying to prove something will be streaming it. I do want to see if it's any good, but I also don't really care either way. 🤷 I just want games to be good, man.

Square Enix is taunting us at this point.

Wow: A top GOP candidate for governor in Minnesota just announced that he is dropping out from the race. *And* that he is leaving the Republican Party. He blamed the GOP's "stated retribution on the citizens of our state." www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...

More from historian Thomas Zimmer's thread. In short, MAGA atrocities will shrink their support. But even when the WSJ & FOX plead with him to moderate, Trump will use more outrages & violence bc that's all he knows. Our simple rule remains: DO NOT COMPLY IN ADVANCE.

Yeah, Blizzard knows what the people REALLY want. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYsA...

signs left at alex pretti’s memorial in minneapolis: “i love you so much / i’ll miss you forever” photo with a friend, “i would have done the same. RIP alex,” a stethoscope and “we’ll take it from here, alex” and a tshirt for the minnesota nurses association

I'm on team "I'll judge it when I play it" about Highguard but hey, you guys get those clicks. It's not exhausting at all.

You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer. In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.

I know it's just going to be a trailer and Miyamoto going on about something but...doing this on a Sunday?

A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain. A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones. The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...

I'm on team "I'll judge it when I play it" about Highguard but hey, you guys get those clicks. It's not exhausting at all.

This is 100% FALSE. Immigration judges do NOT play any role in issuing administrative warrants. They are generated and signed by ICE officers themselves. ICE’s own training materials say they can’t be used for a search of a home! Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.

Wow -- Fanone coughs "go fuck yourself" to Trey Nehls as Nehls blames Capitol Police leadership for January 6

Just the first being on PC is a blight.

It's 2026 and we're getting Myst-inspired LEGO sets.

Fable lining itself up to get annihilated by GTA6 and Wolverine.

Conspiracy theory time. Atlus has been posting art of Persona protagonists for the 30th anniversary. Today it posted the last one, Persona X's Wonder. Tomorrow's Xbox direct has an as yet unrevealed mystery game. Could it be Persona 6? (Probably not but it would be super cool so let me hope.)

even if you are pro-AI (and why the fuck would you be) who the hell wants to watch a Harry Potter-themed parody of Apocalypse Now???

Nekima Valdez Levy Armstrong is an American lawyer and social justice activist. President of the Minneapolis chapter of the NAACP from 2015 to 2016. They’re arresting well known lawyers and social activists now.

SAVE.US_RAYMAN

I don't think I've ever installed and uninstalled without playing a game more than For Honor, but she look super cool.

Every American - Republican and Democrat - should be outraged by this assault on freedom and privacy. apnews.com/article/ice-...

Kind of crazy to see a studio with the 20/20 hindsight of how 1987's "Masters of the Universe" was received to just double down on a movie that strands He-Man on Earth?

Conspiracy theory time. Atlus has been posting art of Persona protagonists for the 30th anniversary. Today it posted the last one, Persona X's Wonder. Tomorrow's Xbox direct has an as yet unrevealed mystery game. Could it be Persona 6? (Probably not but it would be super cool so let me hope.)

At the end of February we are launching Five Fires, a TTRPG about 80s hip-hop. Follow our page and help us make it happen! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Holy fuck, that Sands of Time Remake is cursed.

His name is DAVID EASTERWOOD and he’s not just “reportedly associated,” he’s the Acting Director of the ICE Field Office here. They want to be badass warrior spies with no mercy, no rules until they face the *tiniest* bit of accountability, then they cry like babies who got their juice box stolen.

If I had a nickel for every time Ted Cruz had abandoned Texans to save his own skin...well, I'd have a lot of nickels.

So what I’m getting from this is no independent reporter can currently confirm if the President is alive. Is that correct?

Shitting yourself to death could cause a minor electrical issue, just sayin

hearing reports that the president shit his pants so hard that his airplane had to land and open all the doors and windows for a while because the smell was burning the pilot's eyes

How are you gonna give Thor and Sue Storm disco-themed costumes, but not add the most obvious X-Men addition to the Rivals roster (that isn't Cyclops)?

This looks like some shit Jin Kazama would get on like Costume 4.

I've never played Outer Wilds before. Let's fix that. www.twitch.tv/jcbaggee youtube.com/live/wtmj3Rl...

Dude that is LITERALLY YOUR JOB GET OFF BLUESKY AND DO YOUR FUCKING JOB

Jack Smith testifies publicly on Thursday at 10am at House Judiciary Committee Smith has been pushing to give OPEN and PUBLIC testimony about his probe of Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election results

What’s a comic book costume you know is terrible but you love it anyway? Narratively, it's a shocking perversion of the Batsuit. Metatextually, it's got an incredible silhouette and looks absolutely incredible in the hands of the right artist. Dated by today's standards, but I've always loved it.

I was a forum kid. I posted so many cringe anime posts on so many online message boards. You just had to be there. It was super fun.

Well, I got sidetracked for a few weeks, but let me get back to watching Deep Space Nine. I know I left off early in the season, I'm sure the next episode will be a fun and lighthearted episode to enjoy while I wor--oh my god, I'll never be okay again.

I wish people understood how much of a band-aid newsletters and sub-funded independence are. There are only so many readers and a finite amount of money. There is a breaking point. There is donor burnout. We need to hold outlets accountable and build something new, not crowdsource the industry.

another day, another set of outlets undermining the long-term health and institutional memory of video game journalism and criticism. Love too sacrifice good writers on the altar of profit margins. fucking ghoulish

Inverse's Gaming section is being shut down as the company "divests" from gaming content. I'm out of a job along with my wonderful co-writers. I've put my heart and soul into this job for four years. Gonna need to take time to process, but I'm now completely open for work - and boy do I need it.

Breaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch! www.ashparrish.com

Delete Spotify

Boy, I sure hope The Pitt has more for Dr. Al-Hashimi than "competent woman who relies too much on AI". Feels like we're stumbling a little.

This is the state of modern preview coverage. Who did they pass over so that the fuckin PlayStation Blog could get a slot? Just send them home with the marketing approved copy and watch them dutifully repost it. Budget well spent, I'm sure.

A little late night rambling because I was feeling guilty about how long it had been since I'd been in the headspace to write anything while I worked on larger pieces. Please enjoy/share/subscribe!