you heard it here, folks

not even a competition

I'm going to be live over on www.twitch.tv/giantbomb in about ten minutes for the first Game Mess Mornings of the year!

She’s helping

New year, new thread of gaming/tech/entertainment writing opportunities! Including full-time, freelance, and mock review things when I find them. Things I've found in January 2026 are below - please do share and tell a friend 💛

it doesn't matter which way the toilet paper roll hangs

I might as well just put this out there, but DMs are open if anyone wants to hire a writer/editor/multimedia person with: > 15 yrs experience writing/producing video & podcasts for major outlets (PC Gamer, IGN) > Known for fast, clean copy > WFH with HD game capture and high-quality VO capability

alternatively:

There we go. That there’s a headline.

Please Stop Writing LinkedIn posts Like This

She’s helping

I was convinced for years that a movie a teacher showed us in high school was a memory I made up but lo and behold after over a decade I just found it: The Island. Where rich people have clones made of themselves to harvest their organs

sharing Patrick Dane's sister's post Instagram with her permission. if anyone would like to share memories and tributes (so many have said such kind things on here) please let me know in a DM and I can share Katie's email.

Just heard about Patrick Dane's passing, and I'm absolutely gutted. He was an incredibly kind, hardworking person and I'm devasted to learn he's gone

Reminder as the new year begins that I head up GameSpot’s opinions section and would love to read your pitches! I’m always on the hunt for timely and thoughtful criticism and analysis on games and gaming/internet culture, so feel free to reach out to me at [email protected] if interested ☺️✨

Stamping some before I return to the gaming mines tomorrow and I usually listen to video essays in the background. Just learned about the Billy Mitchell/Karl Jobst suit. Here is my plea to those in litigation: please shut up. I’m begging you. Please stop posting in discord

Saw Zeus’ chariot while putting air in my tires

This is it…next paycheck will be with my raise…I weep with joy

Starting 2026 the way god intended: with a hot babe on each arm

Is it really New Year’s Day if you’re not visited by proselytizing Jehovah’s witnesses

Starting 2026 the way god intended: with a hot babe on each arm

Emerging from my cave

Emerging from my cave

Going to a NYE party tonight should I be cringe and bring stamps to hand out

Hi I’m reading the Zim comics and I need to know how they got away with this

revisiting this song has fucked up my YT algorithm catastrophically

it shakes me to my core that 1. Actual Cannibal Shia LaBeof is over a decade old and 2. not a ton of people know what I'm referencing when I quote lines from it

I'm still thinking about how I was kicked out of the Deltarune Discord server bc I was trying to find out who to contact about someone vandalizing the wiki by adding Jeffery Epstein articles to it and the mods came to conclusion it was me 💀

Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus is REALLY FUCKING GOOD and makes me wish the show had continued past the comics ಥ_ಥ

The cost of living crisis is fucking miserable what do you mean drug store shampoo & conditioner, nasal spray, and a pack of command hooks is almost 50 fucking dollars??

This is incredibly painful for me. I have never asked for help like this before. But I have had people reach out to me asking if they can help, so I am sharing my story and finally asking for help. I've been lucky to have a lovely group of followers here, please share if you can, anything helps <3

rounding off a very peaceful Christmas by watching one of the greatest movies ever created: the OG Chicken Run. Pretend Mel Gibson isn't in it.

thank y'all for the xmas kofis I used them to buy this bad boy

Oh thank you so much!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! I hope your days are both merry, AND bright (◕◡◕✿)

THE most upsetting thing about chronic fatigue is I haven’t been able to work out in like a year. Look at me! I was shredded!! (╥‸╥)

I have watched like 4 different video essays on Petscop and like 5 years later I STILL don't understand what it was about

Forgot to post this, I briefly got to meet Matt Mercer at the game awards!

I’m leaving MCV/DEVELOP in the new year, which means that I’m available for work! If you need: - Narrative / Game Design - Screenwriting or Comic Scripts - News - Reviews - Interviews - Features - Mock Reviews & Consultancy … or anything else we offer over at hologramghost.com, please hit me up!

Leon please tell Ada I'm free on Thursday and would like to hang out

Forgot to post this, I briefly got to meet Matt Mercer at the game awards!

"what will you do when you run out of space in your cabinet" HA! Foolish. You think I dont think ahead? That I dont view life as a giant chessboard, always planning my next 4 moves before even concluding my first?? Im getting one of those wire grid boards and attaching the surplus charms to it

do i dare...

Oh I yearn to be asleep for a dozen hours or so. 2 more days

i have roadmapped end-to-end, multi-channel, data driven comprehensive national ad campaigns and marketing roadmaps for e-commerce companies without leveraging genAI because it didn't exist yet.

You learn by doing, fucking up, and doing over again with new information. You learn rules, templates, then learn to break them. You break through barriers with all the spite in your soul. You show up your past self through bettering your understanding. Your work has a story. Don't cut it short.

Today is my last day at WIRED! I adore this team, but I’m looking forward to writing about more than just games and working on some other cool projects. I’m taking the holidays off but will be freelancing on the side, so editors get in touch 😎

Today is my last day at GLHF as Deputy Editor and it's been a wild ride over some four or five years. I'm not really one for the freelance life but if you need an experienced games writer for reviews, mocks, or scorching hot takes, give me a shout while I figure my life out.

Back in my day, when I wrote my thesis paper I wrote out multiple drafts, by hand then on word, and did my research through different libraries with academically accredited sources. If I did do anything online I never had the fear that AI would taint it in anyway. This was back in 2015.

Oh I'm insufferable about it. My grandmother was a fine artist who taught me to draw and paint in the late '80s (to somewhat middling results). I don't wanna denigrate those memories by using genAI. Here's a watercolor I've got of hers, along with some oils I googled. She died 30 years ago.