Video game website company reveals galaxy brained new plan to play writers nothing if their posts don't get enough clicks https://kotaku.com/one-of-the-worst-companies-in-games-media-reveals-new-plan-to-only-pay-writers-per-click-2000698959

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lol what the fuck?

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oh they made a game about me?

this is the kind of energy i need in all aspects of my life

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Everyone's saying no (which is true) but if you're a white and/or a white dude, then maybe yes. Even then you'll probably need to take a paycut or write 150 articles a week to pay your bills

[The one time Kazama Kiryu had sex]: "Intercourse huh? I guess many mammals enjoy "getting their rocks off" so to speak. Sure I'll try it." [afterwards] "Huh, that was pretty vulnerable...and..WOW...what a jolt! So this is the world of sex. Thank you. I have to get back to the batting cages now."

i think i only come on here when i finish playing a game to say that it’s good. this may actually be the healthiest way for me to engage in social media

[slamming mug on bar, yelling] estonia's right

esoteric ebb RIPS

We didn't deserve this day.

i’ve had seven glasses of wine. it’s almost 2am. i’m in bed. time to play seance at blake manor

who up pitting their balls

Funny that the the guy who was like “Black Swan is not influenced by Perfect Blue” after trying to obtain the rights and meeting the director would be really into a plagiarism machine.

Alright, here's the official I'm looking for work thread. After four years at Inverse, taking the lead on gaming coverage, I'm now completely open to work. I've been a reporter, editor, podcast host, and much more. If you want to see what I can bring to the table, here's some of my best from Inverse

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

EA isn't being sold to a "consortium" of investors, it's being sold to Saudi Arabia, new filings reveal: https://kotaku.com/ea-saudi-arabia-ownership-trump-jared-kushner-2000649726

“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...

I think it's so funny whenever kojima glazes hunter schafer his replies are guys cry posting at him about western degeneracy of whatever and it's like dude that battle was lost when kojima started retweeting death stranding 2 mpreg

New awareness campaign

i love this game please buy it

that last bit is genuinely jaw dropping

new daniel caesar album means i'm gonna be crying for the next four days

i’ve been unemployed for less than a week and already i’m beating myself up about not being productive enough 😇

Please follow and support what they do next, as all three of them are tremendous talents who deserve the very best. @funnelchest94.bsky.social @epicswitzer.bsky.social @hallafyre.bsky.social No matter what they end up doing, they're going to kick ass and do themselves proud.

anyway i saw a massive whale shark while diving in bali last week, it was crazy, please watch to the end to see the scale of this bad boy

some personal news: today was my last day at TheGamer! i’ll be shifting out of full-time games media because i prefer to pursue a career where i’m not at constant risk of being laid off but i’ll still be freelancing while working another day job 😘

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it already sold 1.6M btw

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

When @aceottorney.bsky.social first told me about this I said "this could change people's lives and stop developers from getting exploited" and having seen the final resource, I think I was not wrong. I'd call it a must-bookmark for indie devs.

🙌The first recognised union for game devs in the UK! 🙌 Workers at ZAUM now have a say on their pay and conditions at work with the support of the @iwgbunion.bsky.social Work in games in the UK? Join our union today: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...

the political policy cure for “male loneliness” is - more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week) - more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages) - more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)

If any single techbro pushing genAI had 1% of the incredible artists (incl writers, film-makers, game devs, etc) in their life that I do, they'd never ever put their talents and energy towards making machines that steal from them to spit out soulless garbage facsimiles of creativity.

everything is romantic remix tiktok trend but with a compilation of clips of me falling into the brittle hollow black hole in outer wilds

the “Play for Peace - Games for Palestine 2025 Charity Bundle” needs as much support as it can get right now. it’s halfway there with just 2 days to go! itch.io/b/2979/play-... please share and spread the word.

we aren’t even american!!! this is genuinely the great Boomer Radicaliser

Bit of personal news: after four years, I've been let go from @thegamerweb.bsky.social and am a free agent! If you need someone with half a decade of TCG and tabletop and over a decade of video game coverage experience, please get in touch at [email protected]!

Been thinking about this all week; but really this just brings a bunch of stuff bubbling up that I've been sitting on for way longer. On the death of criticism: noescapevg.com/games-critic...

Welcome to rogue.site, an ad-free, worker owned, reader supported website about video games and much more! The core founders are @cassmarshall.bsky.social @alicejovanee.bsky.social @rygilliam.bsky.social and @ripefly.bsky.social and us podcast boys being the founding contributors!

loads of great games in this one, please support!

after months of applying to endless jobs both in games and out, I am at a point where I'm applying to retail jobs. so this is sort of a final call: if you're looking for a video editor or writer or anyone to do literally anything, would love to hear from you. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

then die

AUTHORS!! 📣 If AI trained itself on your book, you can be part of A class action lawsuit now. More here: lithub.com/did-anthropi... Spread the word, please!!

I am excited to announce the Games for Palestine charity bundle page is now live!!! Over 300+ games with proceeds going to UNRWA USA in support of Gaza relief. Thank you to everyone for your support. The bundle launches on Sept 2nd 9am PST. Link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...