EXCLUSIVE on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social: not only has The Game Awards not nominated a Future Class for 2025, it's told alumni it "does not have any active programming plans" for the award. The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.

My somewhat rural NY county legislature has flipped blue for the first time since 2008:)))) every DSA candidate on my ballot won their seat:))))) Ws on Ws

ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

just wanted to re-post this messaging that helped win an election

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.

Hi Bluesky :~) what have been your favorite sci-fi indie games that have been released this year? i would like to know for ~~journalistic reasons. ~~

if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this. can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.

i'm really sad about teen vogue and im still sad about polygon. guess you could say i'm sad about the dismantling of so many important media institutions!

I arrived back home and my physical version of Game Informer was waiting 😭😭 it’s so pretty

Hello hello! still searching for marginalized sims creators who are down to talk about what's going on in the sims community! please boost and share amongst your discords/reddits/whatnot!

for the last two years, players with dark-skinned custom MCs in Love and Deepspace have had to deal with their characters being poorly lit and often entirely invisible in some of the game's cutscenes, and they're begging the devs to do something about it: www.ign.com/articles/lov...

very excited to share this story about an emerging video game genre: games that live on bottom of your desktop screen. my first story in the NYT, featuring @mistermorrisgames.bsky.social, @toadzillart.itch.io, and more! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/a...

Let’s fucking gooooooo!!!!!!

I asked Microsoft PR about this—specially the DHS using Halo IP to recruit for ICE—and the company declined to comment.

my contributor gig at endless mode is drastically changing in november, going from a weekly piece to a monthly one. as such, i’m available to take on more freelance work. i got experience with reporting, criticism, evergreen stuff, consulting, and anything in between. muckrack.com/diego-arguello

With scalpers and limited supply driving up the price of the most popular or powerful Pokémon cards, some fans now focus on building fun and unique collections instead of the most competitive. @pokachee.bsky.social looks at how Pokémon TCG collecting is changing. www.endlessmode.com/article/poke...

Darkly hilarious that game sites would be shamed for hosting guides to cover their cost -- a thing that provided a legit service. Meanwhile, the paper of record is floated by hate-clicks and word games.

this is so delightful, thank you for writing! My favorite cards to collect are the ones with physical art, like clay models or crochet :)

I really love how some Pokémon fans are embracing fun, creative (and often inexpensive) collections over seeking high-pieced hits and thrills in their card collections so I wrote about them:

So delighted to have gotten the chance to work with @pokachee.bsky.social and give her wonderful writing a home! She did a phenomenal job with this piece and I echo her sentiment: READ CIRCE!!! ✨

the trip to Spain is going well :)

In my GameSpot debut, I wrote about a book (should be called BookSpot now!!!). Anyways thank you to @awildjessichu.bsky.social for letting me write about very strong and powerful witches like Circe and Melinoe. www.gamespot.com/articles/if-...

what if a game being really hard is actually a good thing sometimes because if it was all seamless and easy then i'd play it nonstop and never take breaks. when i get stuck on a boss in silksong it's like the game bonks my hyperfocused brain into not sitting and playing a game for hours and hours.

For the evening crowd... I launched a new oral histories site today. It's very good.

Three indie games, three different takes on a digital nightmare. While Proximate, Without a Dawn, and Dead Letter Dept. differ in their approaches, the takeaway is the same: our very perception of the world has been warped by systems outside our control. youtu.be/0zxQ9YAzy00

Very genuinely: Where do people look for jobs these days? What are the best job boards/resources/etc for people applying to stuff in and out of media? I have a solid list and have kept an open mind to what I do but I want to keep like looking and learning bc ya girl needs work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is great and gets at one of the main reasons i continue to struggle to connect with this game

shadow front and center like he deserves to be

look i dont want even more of the surveillance state but also i want an app that tracks me and my friends and notifies me when i am randomly close to them because nothing makes me more sad than knowing a friend and i went to the same place one day and we could have said hi and we didnt

Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others. Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla: “People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.” 1/3

Are there any editors taking tabletop pitches these days? It’s been a minute since I’ve done freelance tabletop coverage so I wanted to see if followers had a pulse on what’s out there. I have a great idea for a Pokemon TCG story that I need to find a home for. 😈

I'm still accepting testimonials from folks canceling Game Pass or trading in their Xbox over the BDS Boycott: [email protected] ethangach on Discord DMs open

Silksong is $20.

I interviewed Toby Fox again. :) You can read the conversation in both and digital and print (!!!!!) editions of Game Informer. We talked about the “stupid” way to make games and his new journey with Deltarune. Read to see our convo and some awesome fan art. gameinformer.com/2025/09/30/i...

The digital version of The Outer Worlds 2 issue is live! And contained within it is a big, fantastic piece from @pokachee.bsky.social chatting with @tobyfox.undertale.com about the extended development of Deltarune. Subscribers can read it here!

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

these private equity fucks better not take away my new lesbian fairy woohoo animation

it's been hard since the layoff but i want to allow myself to be proud and happy of something that i worked on going live tomorrow >:) it's career-first for me in one way and coming full circle in another way so please keep an eye out!!!

hey cis liberals: replace trans people here with “the jews” or “black people” or any other marginalized group and it’s much easier to, i dunno, see how bizarre it is to say this without also going “we need to defend these people too”

Recently I’ve been surprised by how much reading helps my mental health. I think it’s the single best thing I can do for myself as someone who spends a lot of time on social media. Reading words that aren’t these words, allowing myself to mentally exist somewhere else… feels incredible.

The Indie Informer is 3 today!!! 🎉🎉🎉 I'm so grateful to everyone who's made it possible to shine light on awesome indie games. Friends, industry peers, fellow indie lovers, I appreciate you all! 🎉🎉🎉 Consider giving The Indie Informer a birthday boost on Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheIndieInfo...

the layoff vibe check is bad right now :( people move on but I can’t help but hold all the people who were laid off and their families in my thoughts right now (in addition to being nice to myself). but shit still sucks. the polygon union unit (and others laid off) deserved so much better.

Coming soon: Sports Movies That Don't Suck, a podcast about sports movies that don't suck, from @austeng.bsky.social and @petevolk.bsky.social. Here's our season 1 lineup! More info soon.

The Pokémon Company's former chief legal officer has said he would not take action over an official Department of Homeland Security video that features footage of people being handcuffed and arrested set to the Pokémon theme tune — despite calls from fans for the corporation to sue.

Don't miss MinnMax's big European adventure with our travelogue showing off Gamescom 2025! youtu.be/z6yA5H_SOLU

Sharing this @pokachee.bsky.social piece again because it’s a great explanation for why you should be watching this show

I'm so glad we got to commission this piece from the talented and tuned-in Ana Diaz