If you had anything you were working on for Paste that needs a home, please reach out to @skyboxcritics.com It's lousy that we have to say this every couple of months, but we'll do what we can to help out as many people as we can.

Joe is selling himself a little short here: he's also a brilliant graphic designer. every Palette Swap image that made you go "holy shit that's funny" were made by him. he should be getting paid a lot of money to do it imo

🗣️DEADLINE EXTENSION this call for submissions will now close at 11:59 PM ET on Monday, May 4 we will review all submissions next week following the close of the form🫡

After almost 5 years to the day, I am no longer an editor at The Inventory. All writers were notified this morning that we are being let go. If you know of any ecommerce writing opportunities covering tech, gaming, home goods—really anything at all—please reach out.

I played invincible vs. in lieu of a review, here's what I sent to the Palette Swap editors' Slack channel when I finished the story mode

After struggling to master core aspects of Pragmata and Dispatch, one writer argues that sometimes, being bad at a game is most of the fun.

every year I renew netflix for a little bit and it's pretty much exclusively to rewatch tick tick boom

I played Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on Switch 2! And did a little email interview with director Naoki Hamaguchi where he talked a bit about porting the game over and working around hardware limitations. Check it out: smashpad.com/hands-on-int...

The upcoming Bloodborne film is already sparking outrage over the decision that the movie’s frame rate will be locked to 24 fps. paletteswap.site/dif...

Following the cold winter months, the general public’s interest in gaming suddenly spiked as soon as it was sunny and 70 degrees outside. paletteswap.site/dif...

we gotta stop digital deluxe editions that give early access to the game man

please be called I Am Your Beast Too

it's not just hasan piker. the media is going after other streamers now

inspirational as fuck

🚨🚨SGF FREELANCER ALERT🚨 🚨 I'll be at Summer Game Fest as a Freelancer! If you need someone to cover a game at the show, I'm quite available right now to help out. That also goes for guesting on content at the show. Hit me up @ email in bio. Hurry, while Carson supplies last

your body is a Temple. treat it like one with the new shirt on paletteswap.shop

re2nal

livia soprano truly the greatest villain in media

Atlus announced that their stylish gameplay menus and pause screens would be proudly displayed in the Louvre Museum. paletteswap.site/dif...

Princess Peach has reportedly installed a plastic owl on top of her castle to prevent roosting Yoshis from making a home there. paletteswap.site/dif...

I usually don't do this. But if any site needs someone to help them with any 40k game coming out this year, please let me know. I would love to help out if possible!

I will never not take an opportunity to remind people of this

bought sol cesto last night then played slay the spire 2 for a couple hours instead so this one was on my mind

Robert F. Kennedy’s voice returned to an articulated, velvety-smooth timbre upon spitting up a launch title for the Nintendo Switch. paletteswap.site/dif...

new byline!!! really liked vampire crawlers. feels just as good as survivors once it gets going

The way that some people are using Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream has me concerned. Some thoughts about the viral incentives that are motivating certain players of this game and the broad criticisms of it, would love if you checked this out! medium.com/@abrambuehne...

what Kate + BWT accomplish as far as the breadth of what they cover is incredibly impressive and this space is a much better place with them in it help cover some hosting costs if you can so they can get back to it

getting a free sub at jersey mikes with my reward points and telling the employee "thank you mike for the gift sub"

My collector's edition shelf: Corvo's Mask from Dishonored Mjolnir from God of War: Ragnarok Claudell, CPA Statue from TurboTax

🗣️PALETTE SWAP IS OPEN FOR PITCHES! -submissions due Thursday, April 30 -no AI shit forms.gle/5G7x8sd9CS...

burning down the rainforest to find out you want the same mocha you got yesterday

there has never been a less Parker game than tomodachi life

I can't believe the northernlion cruise is real man this shit is crazy

After losing battery in his Shiekah Slate tablet, the Hylian Champion Link seemed to have absolutely zero clue as to where he’s supposed to go next. paletteswap.site/dif...

Pragmata is one of those rare games that makes me want to go outside and touch some grass. It has a beautiful message on what it means to be alive and why life is such a precious gift. Read all about it over @techraptor.net techraptor.net/gaming/revie...

fuck it. Rockets to the Finals. why not us

The PlayStation community has this intimate moment between a cute little robot and a luscious display input all wrong. paletteswap.site/dif...

playing the regent in slay the spire 2 multiplayer:

I encountered this song while I was playing for review last week and I'm still thinking about it. they locked tf in for the songs in the back half especially

Experts surmise that Silent Hill’s Pyramid Head is a subtle metaphor for being chased by a scary guy with a big sword. paletteswap.site/dif...

great PAX!!! check out the best games (okay, and one panel) that @pattsully.bsky.social and I played

tennis. diablo. smash bros. they're letting these nickelodeon fuckers do anything now

march madness may be over, but it's never too late to support your favorite university. available now on the Palette Swap Shop: paletteswap.shop/pro...

it's review season baby. another new one from me. liked people of note a lot!

A high school junior form Plainview, NY won gold this weekend after backwards long jumping 41.56 miles across state lines. paletteswap.site/dif...

The protagonist of the Scribblenauts franchise, Maxwell, finally thought of writing down “cancer cure” into his magical notebook that can summon anything. paletteswap.site/dif...

Indie devs are hitting the jackpot by repurposing gambling's flashy UX, enticing rewards and powerful loops. I wrote about the ethical questions behind the gambling-roguelike, how the "quest for retention" shapes the games we play, and where pursuing flow risks stepping into the machine zone.

New Meat Boy! Cool platformer! Bad Meat Boy game!

Documented proof review scores are antithetical to criticism.