Inverse has decided to "divest from gaming content" so I'm out of a job again! This is almost certainly the end of my career in games media, and probably the end of my writing career. I'd love for that not to be the case, so I'd appreciate any leads but I'm honestly not hopeful for obvious reasons♥️

Inverse's Gaming section is being shut down as the company "divests" from gaming content. I'm out of a job along with my wonderful co-writers. I've put my heart and soul into this job for four years. Gonna need to take time to process, but I'm now completely open for work - and boy do I need it.

if you like games criticism read it. share it. post about it.

Breaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch! www.ashparrish.com

Reminder that video game journalism cannot exist without functioning newsrooms that have the capacity to mentor and train new talent and the bandwidth to pursue long-form investigative pieces and break news—all while paying writers a living wage.

my phone updated to liquid glass last night without my permission. what did i do to deserve this

Over the past decade, US immigration agents have shot and killed more than two dozen people. Not a single agent appears to have faced criminal charges. www.wired.com/story/why-ic...

What even is a video game backlog in 2026?

Fascists are pathetic: defector.com/fascists-are...

Animal Crossing: New Horizon's 3.0 update is here. I wrote about returning to a game that was so linked to a time of fear of isolation. Can you still find a cozy home in a time capsule loaded with emotional baggage? www.polygon.com/animal-cross...

Eating a vegetable: This is sensible. This is how plants should taste. This is grass and wood at its most edible Eating a fruit: This is a delicately crafted lure. Flesh engorged with sugar to attract me like a bird, to fill me up with seeds. A sexual organ. This is the reverse of the Jumanji plant

🚨Leaked docs about the ICE-led deployment to Minneapolis: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/immigratio...

hey i’m at kotaku now!

I wrote about MAGA Minaj from the perspective of a Barb (a condition for which there is lamentably no known cure) johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/a-mf-monster

Wrecked

in our game you parkour up mountains with your friends: you might think we have metrics. but we never graybox. it's just more fun to download models and prototype in real places, like blood gulch. #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev

I've been trying to find more poems by Renee Good, the woman murdered by ICE. This seems to be the only one floating around, and it's quite good www.reddit.com/r/Poetry/com...

Such a wonderful experience for watching 4 games writers genuinely having fun and presenting critical ideas about writing at the same time. Makes me hopeful during a bleak time. #MAGFest Great job @aguaspoints.bsky.social, @theautumnwright.bsky.social, Stuart, and @jakesteinberg.substack.com

magfest awesome

New Yorkers, be on alert. Kristie Noem is going to be giving a press conference today at 9AM In the city, and after yesterday, who knows what they're going to do. Known abduction vehicles have already been spotted around the city. Be safe. protect each other.

We're hard at work gearing up for @magfest.org ! We'll be there with all the beloved indie arcade community classics, like HOVERBURGER by Robysoft, Nightmare Kart by @b0tster.yeag.gay, Dyebreaker by @runningjump.games , and a new build of TRAPPED IN HERE WITH ME, by @jameskor.in and @kokode.io !

MUTAGEN PLAY IT BOOTH 13 BOOTH 13 MUTAGEN MAGFEST MAGFEST MUTAGEN PLAU IT MUTAGEN #MUTAGEN #MAGFEST #BOOTH13 #PLAY #IT

It's been 5 years since a group of alt-right revolutionaries attempted a violent coup on the United States government at the behest of Donald Trump. A year ago I attended a gamified version of that terrible day for @rascal.news. Its terrifying to see how much has changed and how much hasn't.

Seems like a good time to pull this out again

Working out again

how did i miss this? so honored to be featured!

Starting off 2026 with a new LOOKING FOR WORK post I am very eager to pick up some more freelance work or ideally a fulltime gig somewhere. Open to: - Reviews - News/event coverage - Mock reviews/consulting work - Editing - Copywriting/editing - PR/marketing email in bio! reposts appreciated!

Hello everyone. Unfortunately, I was told that I would not be resuming my daily news writer role at Insider Gaming. So, needless to say, I am open for game journalism work. If you’re looking for a reviewer, previewer, news and/or guide writer, as well as mock reviews, please reach out. Thank you.

we need to bring back playing shooters with the homies after work. we need to bring back hosting a 24/7 CTF server for 12 people. we need to bring back literally any kind of middle ground between "nothing" and "Fortnite" anyway play STRAFTAT.

MAGFest-goers: Don't miss your chance to grab this MUTAGEN sticker sheet! You can layer mutations to create all kinds of combinations and scenarios! They're the sticker sheet that's also a toy! They'll be available for purchase at the Indie Item Shoppe! #magfest #mivs #indiedev #gamedev

If CSAM and MechaHitler aren't enough to get you to quit X, what is your red line? www.jezebel.com/what-will-it...

we are the linux guys from the 90s

my first blog post of the year is a chronicle of every website i've ever made, spanning back a decade. read it here: beewertheimer.com/website-grav...

Do you ever feel like you're drowning? Some days I feel pinned under the deafening torrent of wrathful selfishness endlessly pouring forth from all levels of power. Yet I feel elevated by Mamdani's gamble, that millions of us yearn for a vision of a kinder world; a bet proven, at least once, right.

so honored to be included in this list!

Two of my @unwinnable.com pieces are in here, funnily enough both about soccer!! There’s also a mountain of other really good stuff here, check it out check it out check it out

LOOK AT MY BIG BANNER. Why do I have a big banner? because MUTAGEN is gonna be at @mivsmagfest.bsky.social THIS YEAR. COME PLAY IT. #magfest #gamedev

new year new website! beewertheimer.com now features every article i've ever written, plus more games, more art, and soon more blog posts

this was 2025, as told by 91 writers across the world intothespine.com/2025/12/31/s...

this year i got a degree in game design and became a professional games journalist. thank you so so much to everyone who has read and supported my work so far <3

And, of course, Drew Magary's 2025 Hater’s Guide to the Williams-Sonoma catalog: defector.com/the-2025-hat...

how to walk out the door (Anton Pätsi, Lucy Woodall, Benjamin Pilbrow) "instructions: walk out the door" Free - Browser: warpdoor.com/2025/12/17/h...

i interviewed @bysameng.com for av club! give it a read

This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

the urge to redo my website has taken over once again...

Second screens are ruining multiplayer games: what "distracted gaming" says about our tech addiction and inability to pay attention. www.avclub.com/distracted-g...