Shay Thompson
@shay-thompson.bsky.social
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Presenter, host, tastemaker. Seen/heard on BBC, BAFTA and more
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Hello! I'm Shay, a presenter and host working in games. I was a regular contributor on BBC Sounds' Press X To Continue (RIP) and hosted a show with McLaren where Lando Norris once abandoned me at the MTC.
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Fighting Game Anniversaries
11 days ago
Kenny Omega performed some of the motion capture footage for Alex in Street Fighter 6, including the Omega Wing Buster Super Art.
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Kaye Galaxia💖💜💙💀
26 days ago
Heyhi! <3 I'm Kaye Galaxia (K or Kaye, either's good!), and I'm back with a brand new showreel! I'm a freelance video producer that *you* can hire to make vids for ya! Do you need edits, scripts, footage, MGFX or voiceover? Then hey, I'm open! Gimme a shout if you want the full portfolio! <3
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KAYE GALAXIA: SHOWREEL 2026
YouTube video by K.Galaxia
https://youtu.be/L74Im2IA0AU
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andrejgee
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last piece of the year: dug into the origins of “6-7” &what the co-opting says about america
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i normally stop watching/playing/reading everything when i'm prepping for a big hosting gig. but my nearly completed ball x pit playthrough is calling my name so hard
3 months ago
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Irish Video Game Orchestra 🎮♥️ RECRUITING!
4 months ago
🚨Stream Announcement!🚨 We'll be playing the upcoming game from
@newtales.bsky.social
,
@fadingechogame.bsky.social
joined by the wonderful
@samanthabeart.bsky.social
! 2pm BST this Tuesday 21st October This is our first ever Twitch/YouTube stream, in aid of
@mndassoc.bsky.social
#GameOver
! 🎮♥️
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Black History Month in the UK is largely ignored by the games industry anyway but this has to be the quietest I’ve ever seen it. No panels, no events, nothing. Damn.
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I can’t believe I get to say this but I’m going to be interviewing Michaela Jae Rodriguez on the Charlotte Tilbury twitch channel 🥹 We’ll be chatting all things Pose, gaming and make up ✨
twitch.tv/charlottetilbury
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MollyBerry
5 months ago
I had the pleasure of hosting & streaming with
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@shay-thompson.bsky.social
😍
www.twitch.tv/videos/25528...
#indiegames
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Twitch
Twitch is the world
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2552821334?t=00h15m52s
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I'm gobsmacked at how awful this reporting of Guild Esports' closing is No mention of the exploited and unpaid players, presenters and talent. Instead, the writer decides to focus on a conversation they had with the *former* CEO for some reason?
www.forbes.com/sites/mattga...
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Guild, Beckham’s Former Esports Team, Folds After 6 Years
Just 13 days short of its iron anniversary, British competitive gaming outfit Guild Esports, once backed by David Beckham, has announced it’s shutting shop.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattgardner1/2025/08/21/guild-esports-beckhams-former-team-calls-it-quits-after-6-years/
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austin_walker
6 months ago
So good to see Arkane's workers push for this! Also a great example of one of the core benefits of unionization, which is just "creating a structure for discussion and systems to make collective decisions." Always much harder to get action at scale like this if there isn't already organization.
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Samantha Mackenzie Greer
7 months ago
New trailer from me! For the critically acclaimed, cool as hell, Neurocracy. Making a trailer for a game about delving through fictional wiki pages and making conspiracy boards was an interesting challenge, so hopefully I've done justice to a supremely interesting, compelling game
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Tom Regan
7 months ago
For this week's VGIM, do video games have an auteur problem? I sweated buckets at the Death Stranding 2 launch event to find out.
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Indie Arena Booth
7 months ago
🌶️🧑🍳 Feast your eyes - the Indie Arena Booth 2025 lineup trailer is served! 🌶️🍽️ Our Theme? “Watch us cook.” We’re bringing 200+ blazing-hot indie games to gamescom 2025! You will want a taste 😋 🍽️ Full lineup here:
indiearenabooth.de
#IndieGame
#GameDev
#IAB25
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Janet Garcia
8 months ago
Wrote about SGF, ICE, and covering the event as first-generation US born person.
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Samantha Mackenzie Greer
10 months ago
World's shit, am feeling like shit, so if you could take a minute to cheer me up by checking out ma comic I am working very hard on, that would be cool. There's a new page today and it's even got a robot in it ➡️
iteatsplanets.com/page/29
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shazleen
10 months ago
If you're in the UK, appalled by the supreme court's decision and would like to MATERIALLY help trans women TODAY, consider literally donating to helping my girlfriend to get gender affirming care:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-ishaa...
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Donate to help ishaani get FFS gender affirming surgery, organized by Is Dexter
i work 9 to 5 but live paycheck to paycheck, paying rent for a flatshare in ou… Is Dexter needs your support for help ishaani get FFS gender affirming surgery
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ishaani-get-ffs-gender-affirming-surgery
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madeline odent
10 months ago
regardless of today’s outcome, it is morally indefensible to have a court ruling on something that affects a population, using evidence and findings that did not consult a single member of that population.
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headfallsoff
10 months ago
the BDS requests on microsoft are extremely clear and also targeted. they aren't "uninstall windows now and change your entire life," they aren't even a huge ask for games media outside of like exclusive world of warcraft streamers. there is no reason for the near total silence other than shame
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did they just slide in silksong really casually
10 months ago
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Dr Holly Nielsen
12 months ago
Great thread about ROMchip and why it’s so important! I will be part of that fundraiser stream on Saturday, playing Dragon Age: Origins with
@shay-thompson.bsky.social
and talking about history, worldbuilding, narrative design, and which characters we fancy the most 🫡
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borderless
about 1 year ago
This may be the end of the fighting. It certainly won't be the end of the genocide. Palestinians will need massive amounts of aid as they begin to recover and rebuild. Gazans will still be living in the world's largest open air prison.
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Samantha Mackenzie Greer
about 1 year ago
My queer sci-fi comic IT EATS PLANETS will launch publicly in just two weeks(!), on the 28th of January
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Samantha Mackenzie Greer
about 1 year ago
The walls are closing in for trans folk. Really feels great how little of a shit most cis folk give. I couldn't even persuade my own friends to join trans pride this year, don't think there's much hope of widespread action against any of this shit
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Dr Holly Nielsen
about 1 year ago
Sharing this thread again as March just keeps getting closer
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matte jones
about 1 year ago
the ridiculousness of this question is only matched by the jumpscare of the two people it's being asked to
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Samantha Mackenzie Greer
about 1 year ago
The cruelty of this is hard to fathom. Children deserve so, so much better. Section 28 days are back More cis people need to be vocal & hardline on trans issues, this is undoubtedly another step towards legislating all trans people out of existence. This is happening. People are going to die
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Raquel Willis
about 1 year ago
Nikki Giovanni staunchly supported trans folks, especially trans youth. Her encouragement is a balm. “I think the transgender kids are the bravest kids right now that we see; they're as brave as my generation was in breaking down segregation.”
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Phil Lewis
about 1 year ago
Tributes are pouring in for Nikki Giovanni, a world-renowned poet and key figure of the Black Arts Movement
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Tributes pour in for Nikki Giovanni, world-renowned poet and educator
Nikki Giovanni, a world-renowned poet and key figure of the Black Arts Movement, has died at 81.
https://www.whatimreading.net/p/tributes-nikki-giovanni-dead
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Press X to Continue
about 1 year ago
There's a WHOLE NEW episode of Press X to Continue up now, with guests
@thenewsatglenn.bsky.social
and
@shay-thompson.bsky.social
Listen here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
#pressxtocontinue
#gaming
#pod
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Balatro: A game that will take over your life
Podcast Episode · Press X to Continue · 10/12/2024 · 45m
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/balatro-a-game-that-will-take-over-your-life/id1781229776?i=1000679856343
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I think it’s really great and important that the Stalker 2 devs were invited to BAFTA to talk about their experiences making the game under such dire conditions. But I can’t help but feel a way considering the wider industry’s silence on the ongoing Palestinian genocide.
about 1 year ago
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Caspian Whistler
about 1 year ago
Hi Bluesky! My name's Cas and I'm an art director and designer who works in the videogames space. I'm the founder and creative director of A Profound Waste of Time
@apwot.bsky.social
and when I'm not doing that I'm usually freelancing. Please reach out if you want to make cool things together! 🤘💫
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Rasheed Abueideh - Now crowdfunding Dreams on a Pillow 🍉
about 1 year ago
After years away from game dev, I couldn’t stay silent about my people’s dehumanization. I made Dreams on a Pillow 🍉a game inspired by a famous Palestinian folktale about the 1948 Nakba. I’m crowdfunding it now—please back & share! 🔗
launchgood.com/1948
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Dreams on a Pillow - a videogame experience about the 1948 Nakba, based on a true story | LaunchGood
A pseudo-3D stealth adventure game about a land full of people being made into a people without land
https://www.launchgood.com/1948
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Oh! I was wondering why my 100kg warm up hip thrust felt so heavy 🥴
about 1 year ago
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slate
about 1 year ago
i think Drake’s only option at this point is try to appeal to Liz Cheney
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Dr Holly Nielsen
about 1 year ago
I’m happy to have played a small part in this important project 🇵🇸 Thank you to
@hippolyte.bsky.social
&
@pyrofoux.bsky.social
for asking me to give some historical context to orientalism and othering in games, and how both militaries and the games industry profit from the blurring of war and play.
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Got back from Helsinki at midnight but still managed to get a lift in this morning and I feel better for it. I fear the fitness bros ate a bit when they said you won’t regret making exercise a big part of your life.
about 1 year ago
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Bumped into a friend in the changing room at my spin studio, proceeded to die a thousand deaths in the class itself and then got a matcha afterwards. Yeah, I was absolutely born in the right generation
about 1 year ago
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Kaye Galaxia💖💜💙💀
about 1 year ago
It's a Flat Bed Friday, and check this out! I found the Dom Depot's favourite business partner. I wonder what they deal in here 🤔 Let's ponder on that thing tonight at 8PM UK with our favourite spacefaring pal
@stickyhunter.bsky.social
as we welcome in the weekend @
twitch.tv/kgalaxia
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I don’t be streaming much these days but every now and then, I get The Urge™️ I’m going be chatting about some news stories and then I’ll be making my Rook in Dragon Age Veilguard. Going live at 2:30pm. Come hang 🙂↔️
www.youtube.com/@shay_thompson
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Shay Thompson
Shay Thompson is a presenter and broadcaster, specialising in entertainment and video games. A well respected member of the games industry, Shay is often sought out for various projects and has worked...
https://www.youtube.com/@shay_thompson
about 1 year ago
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Yussef
about 1 year ago
This is a great piece and a necessary reminder: Barret’s depiction in the remade final fantasy VII games is still a problem.
noescapevg.com/barret-and-t...
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Barret and the BBC Problem
The myth of Black endowment is a spectre that follows all Black, masculine-presenting Assigned Male at Birth (AMAB) people.
https://noescapevg.com/barret-and-the-bbc-problem/
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I’m playing through Wilmot Works It Out atm (and loving it!) and it reminded me that I never posted my Hear Me Out cake outside of TikTok
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about 1 year ago
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Adrian Campos
about 1 year ago
Thinking about metal gear solid 2 hallways
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Today's work soundtrack
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Flux
Love Spirals Downwards · Album · 1998 · 9 songs
https://open.spotify.com/album/0JefTwB6BfIBOPkVjC7k4F?si=WIlFHlRXTzqwnvppwq0mUg
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Samantha Mackenzie Greer
over 1 year ago
Ready to make noise? To share far & wide? At last I can finally say the exact date my comic launches. Patrons will be able to start reading IT EATS PLANETS on the 21st of November! Everyone else, some time in January. So close. Can't believe that I made it here. Can't wait for folk to read it!
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The Remarkable Life of Ibelin is out on Netflix today. It’s a very moving story about a dying World of Warcraft player, Mats Steen. I was lucky enough to talk to Benjamin Ree, the director and Mats’ parents about bringing this story to life.
youtu.be/qlomad4qOW4?...
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'The Remarkable Life of Ibelin' Director Interview
YouTube video by Shay Thompson
https://youtu.be/qlomad4qOW4?si=saep072mCF5zk5uX
over 1 year ago
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The Remarkable Life of Ibelin is out on Netflix today. It’s a very moving story about a dying World of Warcraft player, Mats Steen. I was lucky enough to talk to Benjamin Ree, the director and Mats’ parents about bringing this story to life.
youtu.be/qlomad4qOW4?...
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'The Remarkable Life of Ibelin' Director Interview
YouTube video by Shay Thompson
https://youtu.be/qlomad4qOW4?si=saep072mCF5zk5uX
over 1 year ago
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Hello! I'm Shay, a presenter and host working in games. I was a regular contributor on BBC Sounds' Press X To Continue (RIP) and hosted a show with McLaren where Lando Norris once abandoned me at the MTC.
over 1 year ago
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I should probably introduce myself probably on here at some point.. be professional and all that
over 1 year ago
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