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...

why pay an expert writer when you can instead get classrooms of children to write random words then bring in the expert writer to delete every word she wouldn't have written? it's the perfect system. all for the low, low price of literally more money to fund its current promises than exists on earth

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.

Hey game devs! Does your game have a cool parry mechanic? Want to talk to me about it? Hit me up please!

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-...

Now this is a journalist who deserves respect.

Ziff Davis and IGN routinely decide that work done by our laid off colleagues is not important. But inevitably, that crucial work falls onto those who remain. Not this time. Not anymore.

Ok, so. I've been let go of my job at TheGamer. If you're looking for a gaming journalist with 7+ years of experience in the field and 3 years of experience as an editor, just hit me up at [email protected], or check santileguiza.com to read my work!

Your colleague is publicly harassing one of our staff members on the assumption that misinformation that you published is true, despite us providing you with details descriptions of how our internal systems work in various bluesky threads over the past day. We did not blanket deindex yuri content.

for more info on what we're looking for and what we pay:

more people need to develop trusted group chats and simply journal more to reduce their chances of becoming the Main Character of the Day

I remember when the intentional murder of journalists made international front-page news and it was just ten years ago.

"It's just fields and fields of gray ash." www.instagram.com/reel/DM8H5L2...

Today, IGN laid off eight extremely valuable members of our union and workforce via directive from our parent company, Ziff Davis. This, after two incredibly successful live events IGN Live and SDCC, and yet another corporate acquisition. Please take a moment to read and share our full statement:

In my most blatant cry for help yet I watched and reviewed Smurfs (2025) johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/smurfs-2025

this is craaaazy jake 😭

i don’t know how to act like things are normal when people are being starved and murdered in gaza. i don’t know how we’re supposed to keep going to work and buying groceries and going to the gym. the grief is intolerable. no action or donation feels sufficient. every day my heart is broken again

Palestinian activist who worked on Oscar-winning film 'No Other Land' killed in occupied West Bank - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestinian-activist-who-worked-oscar-winning-no-other-land-killed-occcupied-west-bank

There's no anomaly here. People, globally, volunteer their time to powerful public goods the moment they're not actively terrified that they'll lose their home, their food, and their freedom. Which means that capitalism requires us all to live in fear, always - because it can't compete with free.

Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters

screw it imma start making propaganda posters to stop this dumb payment processing fascism. here's one

what is wrong with the philippou brothers

icymi: suburbangothic.substack.com/p/guest-cont...

just published the next issue of my newsletter, save spot. trying something different this week—a lesson on how to pitch. i've explained how and why i pitched the six stories i've published over the past two weeks, including the exact pitch email i sent out for one open.substack.com/pub/nicoleca...

the craziest part of superman (2025) is that jimmy olsen writes a world changing story directly in the CMS

did a poetry reading today because i’ve had my first poem published in an anthology! amongst some of singapore’s greats, no less - what an honour

I NEED YOUR HELP. We're down to the last 30+ hours of the games submission for the Play for Palestine charity drive and we are at 258 submissions. I'm hoping we can hit 300 by the close 🇵🇸 Link: itch.io/jam/games-fo... BIG THREAD BELOW 🧵/

as a Known Superhero Movie Hater…. superman ruled

i cried reading this

oh.

my view is that everyone should be able to earn a living wage doing whatever it is they like. if you love working in a bookshop, you should be able to live a comfortable life doing so. if you loving being a barista, the same. and if you want to do more traditional blue collar work, that’s cool too!

when you open a service you've been using for a decade only to find it out it caught the virus

worth pointing out that game devs at xbox are some of the very few people at microsoft engaged in work that people actually want. no one wants copilot. no one wants to rely on windows anymore. no one wants teams and no one wants drone targeting AI. but i do want pentiment