Owners of media will continue to pump this shit out because their interest to make people believe they are billionaires in the making instead of a class of exploited workers so you’ll spend your life making them richer instead of fighting for a better quality of life for yourself.

Had convos w/ multiple people in the past 4 days who DID NOT KNOW that 1. AI doesn't "think" or know anything; it's a probability machine 2. It was created using massive amounts of work stolen from actual people including me 3. The environmental costs are astronomical Spread the word, every time!

Fun thing: Got to go song-by-song through Mixtape's soundtrack with the Beethoven & Dinosaur folks to find out why each song made the cut and what they mean to the team.

If you like to read words on paper like a cool person, I have a couple of mag features currently floating around. For the redesigned PC Gamer, I christened its new "The Making Of" feature with a deep dive into Black Mesa's massively overhauled Xen levels. www.pcgamer.com/games/pc-gam...

Man. What's the best way to play this on a clamshell handheld device?

(to any editors that follow me) you want so badly for me to review this for you

we realized a lot of people know us for PEAK but haven't tried our other games yet wtf so us and @landfall.se worked with @digiphile.co to make a LANDFALL x AGGRO CRAB games bundle‼️ it's 12 bucks for 8 steam games - AND you'll be donating to Make A Wish along the way 💥

Might be a larger indication of where I have been this year mentally but... I don't think I want to talk about Star Wars anymore.

Is games journalism dead?!?! No. But it's hurting. And things will get worse before they get better. On this episode of Post Games, 50 years of video games media history help us come to terms with the end of an era and imagine what could come next for reporters, critics, and publications.

Do you love making guides? Are you based in AU or UK? We've got a rare Guides Editor role open on my team! This is remote and full-time. Details here: jobs.jobvite.com/ign/job/oOp4...

I wrote for Paste Games for 13 years basically without pause, give or take a couple breaks during that time. Garrett is the only reason I did that, and he recruited well over a hundred writers who have gone on to define games criticism. What a foolish managerial decision to fuck with that vision.

hey. thanks! thanks to everybody who wrote for us, thanks to Eli, Moises, Holly, Jenn, Gita, and Maddy for helping edit it, thanks to Kirk for passing the baton, thanks to Chris for starting it up, and thanks to everybody who ever read it. see ya around.

Ah hell. What a bummer.

The sickness is trying to claim me. It won't.

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The discourse is gonna be miserable today. Instead of console wars let's ask a different q. Did BDS and Microsoft's participation in a genocide cause this lack luster performance? Well, certainly didn't help on top of everything else going on over there. MS is Xbox's biggest liability at this point.

An Atlanta suburb learned Flock was using livestreams from a children's gymnastics studio, a pool, and a playground in sales pitches to other cities. Residents are furious but the city renewed its contract with Flock anyway: www.404media.co/city-learns-...

I always feel dumb posting about politics on here but it's really not surprising the current administration wants to hide in a ballroom thats probably going to sit on top of a data center for tracking us citizens while pretending the current gun laws are good enough for everyone else.

So it has come to this: we are missing ONE ISSUE of Neopets The Official Magazine to scan a complete set, and I am not willing to spend $30+ on this one issue If you have this issue, reach out and you can be a hero

If you wanna support someone who is truly out there doing games media for the love of the game go support @huggablehipster.bsky.social who just published two reviews on her own channel over the weekend www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ18...

Whelp. This industry sure does have a long way to go still, huh?

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A huge congrats to @ethangach.bsky.social @carolynmichelle.bsky.social @shepardcdr.bsky.social @zackzwiezen.com and @botherer.bsky.social who kept doing great work at Kotaku -- even when parts of the internet proclaimed its death. I love the addition of @duckvalentine.bsky.social.

Like many others I got excited about this. It was fun to see and contemplate pricing, re-issues of classic games etc. BUT I am certainly not gonna buy one as long as SNK is owned by SA/MiSK. Probably not a given for most but for those that follow the FGC, we've been out on SNK stuff for a minute.

So I was just laid off from Vicariously. If you‘ve got an opening in PR/marketing and want to hire someone who does good work and has a family to support, I’m your guy. Any reposts super appreciated.

feels like an especially irresponsible moment to ignore BDS when Game Pass is the easiest, level one way to participate in the boycott and BDS just called for renewed pressure after Israel passed a law on executing Palestinian and Arab in prisons that use Microsoft cloud services

I am looking for environmental artists, particularly people with a strong background in concept work for interior locations Atmospheric/ Liminal vibes appreciated You can apply by dropping your art in the replies, or send your portfolio to: [email protected] Humans only. no ai.

Hello! I am looking for devs who are open to giving out 20-25 game codes for my students to play. This can be literally any game and on any platform. Please let me know if you are interested! 💗

if you know any street fighter content creators who you think would be interested in recording one (1) (or more if they want) paragraph of their choice, please let them know (RESPECTFULLY AND CORDIALLY) that i'm on the lookout for FGC creators for a little project

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

Keep it coming put them all under the jail

IDK who needs to hear this but the "you have to adjust for inflation" bit isn't the zinger you think it is. Because you'd also have to adjust for inflation in shelter, utilities, medical, insurance, f%&(ing food - and then you'd realize purchasing power has fallen as wage growth hasn't kept up.

Gonçalo went through the legwork of watching this whole interview and found that the most notable thing about were the questions not asked.

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Bloodbath at Marvel Comics today. Disney is axing over 1000 people. Unclear how many at Marvel. The number being talked about is 8% of the staff was cut, which is jawdropping. CEO scumbag Josh D’Amaro-- salary this year of $45M-- ordered the layoffs. Disney had a gross profit of $35B last year.

The House of Hikmah releases today! You play as a fully-voiced Maya in Islamic Age dealing with grief in a cel-shaded 3D puzzle adventure. Played two hours of it last week, and interviewed wonderful developers/team. An ingenious puzzle game that uses findings of real-life Islamic scholars. PC.

Ah yes I see, trying to impeach the most corrupt, wasteful, and unlawful president in our history sure would get in the way of messaging about costs and anti-corruption... It's weird cause I THOUGHT refusing to even TRY and remove him would be explicit approval of his conduct.

Every time I think I'm done being shocked, something crazy happens. We got $100,000 overnight. Just an hour and a bit left. www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...

I think a lot of us were concerned about Game Informer when the acquisition was announced but also I would say a lot of us are used to jumping from one sinking ship to another one that's on fire. Wishing everyone there the best and a successful exit strategy if that's whats in the cards.

400 dead so far, over 1000 injured, dozens and dozens missing. This is one hour into the massacre. I have no idea what the death toll will be in the end. Also, they have announced “another wave” of attacks coming

Saw a lot of people pointing to *screenshots* of Steam client code pointing to a supposed "framerate estimator" feature being planned for Steam, but no one *linking to the actual code change itself* So I tracked it down. Here ya go: github.com/SteamTrackin... (arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/...)

Can we stop talking about impeachment and start talking about imprisonment

Haven't posted there since January but there is unfortunately still some good video game posting on Twitter (smaller games/devs, news etc. so I used lurk over there daily BUT I logged out the other night and so far having to look up my login info has been enough deterrent not go back.

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Since me being annoying about trying to review Crimson Desert seemingly paid off, it's time to start campaigning for finding work this next month. So with that said, if you need a reviewer to tackle some of the big games next month, 007, Directive 8020, and Zero Parades - I'm ready and willing

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NEW VIDEO! All about the start of the AI bubble pop, and what a colossal waste of money all of this is. Hundreds of millions of dollars wasted to generate videos of Jake Paul putting makeup on. youtu.be/ApbJxitA0uU?...

Hey folks, how about a short thread of upcoming games I'm looking forward to? 1. Mina the Hollower The new game from Shovel Knight developers Yacht Club, I've been eagerly anticipating this one, it looks so good! Love that there's a few games lately that have that Gameboy colour vibe going on.

Indian journalist looking to review anticipated game with lead Indian protagonist played by an Indian actor. Want to review Saros, please. Have covered many games with South Asian leads over the years. Have written about South Asian characters/games for a multitude of publications. Please, help.

I am now looking for full-time employment. I am also available for short-term contract or consulting work. And in the meantime, I am going to be working on Eldritch 2 as my day job. Gotta keep myself occupied!