I played Control Resonant earlier this week and wrote about how it's technically a sequel, but it's also kind of not, and why it seems like that approach works. Gift link~ www.theverge.com/games/944151...

YOOOOOOO

accidentally solved a question that has bothered me for years: what is the plural of yoshi?

Games criticism owes so much to Garrett Martin. Quietly one of the most influential people in the space, a guy who was happy to publish anyone that had something interesting to say. A shame AV Club is shuttering its games coverage. End of an era, long live Paste Games

Over 200 active video game publications. Text. Audio. Video. Reporting. Criticism. Analysis. Blogs. Sites. Networks and wikis. Even in its incomplete form, the document is a treasure trove! I hope it helps you find your next favorite blogger, essayist, reporter, video maker, podcaster, and more!

Pokemon finally have personalities, and we love them?? We’re still playing Pokopia and it’s keeping us sane this week, with guests @inkydojikko.bsky.social + @shinycaseyd.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/ROFy6... 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/0orI... 💸: www.patreon.com/posts/pokemo...

I wrote about Pokémon Champions for @theverge.com! I talk about the tension between onboarding new players and satisfying experienced ones (without getting TOO in the weeds, I promise). Gift link: www.theverge.com/games/910110...

knew we needed the experts on this, so please listen to the incredibly knowledgeable @shinycaseyd.bsky.social and @inkydojikko.bsky.social explain competitive Pokemon to me, a bad trainer. some fantastic insight into where the players are at, what Champions gets right, and where it can tune up.

I played the Pokémon Champions demo today at PAX and I'm feeling a lot more encouraged after some initial disappointment when previews dropped. It sacrifices some niche, granular stat control for approachability, which competitive Pokémon has desperately needed for a while.

Pokopia has a whole 3D printer and it surprised me so much that I ended up reanalyzing how Pokémon treats technology in general. Gift link if you want to read :) www.theverge.com/games/890131...

they share one braincell @inkydojikko.bsky.social

We're about to start answering questions here!! If you're a Verge subscriber and wanna know about Pokopia, now's the time to ask. We're avoiding spoilers!

We've been playing Pokemon Pokopia for the last week, and it... really goes places. Got any questions ahead of launch? We're holding a subscriber-exclusive AMA today at 2PM ET, so drop questions any time and @charlespulliam.bsky.social + @inkydojikko.bsky.social will see you all this afternoon!

I've also been playing Pokopia and I am completely in love with it. It's very clever in how it puts a Pokémon spin on games like Minecraft and Viva Piñata and I agree with Charles that it's more than the sum of those parts. Stay tuned for more from us on Pokopia :)

I love pocket monsters :)

Some news - today I’m launching One More Catch, an independent publication covering Pokémon Go and the next generation of Pokémon games: @onemorecatch.site

The violent occupation of Minneapolis started with a vlog. I've wanted to find a framework to describe Nick Shirley & others like him: "Influencer" is too quaint. "Journalist" is obviously wrong. I landed on "slopagandist." Gift link (open in a web browser) www.theverge.com/news/869824/...

I'm teaming up w/ my boy Jesse Vitelli (@mamavitelli.bsky.social) to co-op Resident Evil 6; and we're doing it live to say FUCK ICE and fundraise for MIRAC!! (@miracmn.bsky.social)! 👉🏽 www.givemn.org/story/pnu2tf 👈🏽 COME THRU @ 3PM PT / 6PM ET TODAY!! 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 twitch.tv/mamavitelli twitch.tv/brazyazn

I am terraforming like it's my job 😌 (thanks to @andrewrweb.bsky.social for letting me write about Animal Crossing at length)

I saw The Plague over a week ago and I haven't stopped thinking about it since. Not to be dramatic but it spoke directly to my soul and gave form to feelings and experiences I didn't know how to express

A 23 year old larping as a journalist made a misleading and inaccurate YouTube video that the administration full of chronically online shitposters used to justify the “largest immigration operation ever” and now someone is dead

I decided if I was going to do this side quest I was gonna do it right

lately I've started replying to questions with "yes yes" like I'm Tom Nook and I have no idea why 😔

no one i trust more on the new horizons update than @inkydojikko.bsky.social www.theverge.com/games/845242...

my lash glue has held up for a week including one day of Extreme Crying and, separately, an entire day at Disneyland. the KVD liquid eyeliner of lash glues

really starting to think the "treatment-resistant depression" is just how I am and I'm only exhausting myself trying to fight it but hey I keep trying anyway and that's something I guess

this is so incredibly bleak

I finally transferred my island off my old Switch Lite for this article. Ready for January ❤️

we are so fucking back let's gooooo

update: 😭😭😭😭

BASEBALL

the workers of Lumiose City are tired of the Patrat race........

Can confirm: Z-A is good (I keep staying up until 3 am to play and I LOVE sleeping)

i wrote about consume me for @theverge.com ✨

If you take theme park pitches, you should absolutely be commissioning Petrana!! She really knows her stuff!

Can the memeification of propaganda withstand Nintendo's lawyers?

joining the war on autism on the side of autism

this autism press conference is batshit dude I hate it here

Yesterday Jeopardy had an I Think You Should Leave clue and today there was a whole video game category. My Coryat is going nuts

I dug into that recent Pokémon patent on @theverge.com in the interest of getting some facts straight www.theverge.com/games/779062...

not that review scores are everything but happy 10th birthday to Undertale, the only game I ever gave a 10/10 🥳

Finding it very hard to make time for new video games when I also have a duty and responsibility to my horse girls. How do regular gacha players do this

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We're still shy of our GoFundMe goal for departing Eater staff! These are our brilliant colleagues who've done so much for journalism and for this union. If you can contribute, share, or pass this on, please do! Thank you all! #voxunion #1u #unionstrong www.gofundme.com/f/eater-isnt...

Pokémon Champions for the 2026 season let's goooooooooooo

My Pokémon Legends: Z-A hands-on impressions are up now at @theverge.com :) www.theverge.com/games/759788...

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My Pokémon Legends: Z-A hands-on impressions are up now at @theverge.com :) www.theverge.com/games/759788...

truly I don't know how long we're supposed to just accept that media is a sinking ship without turning and looking at who's at the helm. how many layoffs do you have to oversee before YOUR job is in jeopardy?

Vox Media has Eater throwing a whole ass 20th birthday party next month while laying off the people who make it worth celebrating in the first place. Sincerely, how do you sleep at night doing this?