Perhaps one day I will write a Games of the Year list for @giantbomb.bsky.social and it'll just be a list of spectacularly embarrassing self-owns in Magic the Gathering and Warhammer tabletop

CBC spoke to one of the fired employees from Rockstar Toronto. They say the people let go in an alleged case of union-busting are passionate developers who just want their jobs back. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

Canadian economy rallies as #1 export now Heated Rivalry

Indigenous video games are gaining traction, and this independent studio is at the forefront From The Globe and Mail feat. @achimogames.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/sma...

No shade to the writer but the "This story was fact-checked" notice is very funny

HAVE YOU HEARD THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT DOGPILE??!!

Hell isn't hot enough for the people who make entire episodes of their terrible sports podcast a YouTube pre-roll ad

It's that time of the year again

I would love to hear this guy's pitch for a movie treatment, because I'm absolutely sure it sucks.

BREAKING NEWS: Video game workers at Ubisoft Halifax have won union certification with CWA Canada! The Nova Scotia Labour Board granted certification today after 74% of staff voted Yes. Welcome to our newest members! The new unit includes about 60 workers. Now let’s negotiate a great contract!

everyone's like "how do we solve the male loneliness epidemic" but they're unwilling to entertain the most obvious answer: 30 Plague Marines

YouTube recommendations: a cool short video of someone making an awesome sandwich Click through to his profile: a video titled "my cancer update"

Commenters on old Game of Thrones: They should have been king/queen, they're actually competent and a good person all they had to do was overcome their one defining, overwhelmingly crippling character flaw

the White Guys Having A Hard Time story is darkly funny because it's full of quotes like these and zero self-awareness. I can't help but think about the editor I had who, as a fellow PoC, told me he was intentionally harder on me than others because as PoC, we had to be 2x as good as everyone else

“Don’t worry we only use the Death Star for its long range space travel capabilities”

Hey, CBC Calgary did this story about the rising cost of RAM. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A lot of talk about Clair Obscur walked or crossed the line into hyperbole. I think one of its greatest qualities was that the bad things (platforming, navigation, clunky menus) weren't put into a position to drag down the stuff it did so, so well (combat, art direction, performances).

What in the blue hell is "Steak Canadian?" vt.tiktok.com/ZSPP7vtg8/

Video Games, 2025

Before the Game Awards in LA last week, a US video game workers union turned up to protest. "Anyone who works in the games industry can identify that our art form is being sold for parts to make a few people a lot of money." @alyssamerc.bsky.social reports www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...

Has Jeff seen Rocky?

Very strange that the guy who plays Dan Hibiki thinks he deserves mic time www.cracked.com/article_4947...

In the theatre for Into the Spider-Verse, they played a trailer for a movie called A Dog's Way Home that basically summarized the entire story. When the dog (presumably?) got home at the end, it got a standing ovation and many, many laughs.

Sagat?

Wrote about Canadians making a big splash at #TheGameAwards. Whether it was the HUGE surprise of Casey Hudson’s new Edmonton team making Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, other key BioWare alums spearheading Exodus or Montreal-based Invoke’s new D&D game Warlock, our devs crushed it! 🇨🇦 🎮

Will gamers get FOTOR before Canadians get high speed rail?

Clair Obscur's massive success at The Game Awards and just generally should embolden more medium to large studios to make games with tragic stories. "Good Endings" shouldn't be mandatory.

This is like the best night for Star Wars in any medium in years

"Harry Potter chocolate frog back bling in Fortnite."

WERNER HERZOG IN LONDON, ONTARIO'S WARFRAME

Very funny that presenters are saying "Hello, Game Awards" instead of "Hello, gamers"

Oh no this manosphere guy is making jokes

This Street Fighter movie looks incredibly stupid and that is 100% the best direction to take.

There's a lot more onstage performance type stuff this year. Looks expensive.

Crowd pops at Leon chainsaw'ing a dude. Video games are still here, folks

Congrats to Montreal’s @compulsiongames.bsky.social for winning Games for Impact for South of Midnight! 👏 🇨🇦 🎮 Coming to PS5 and Switch 2 next year as well.

From a press release: Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic is from Casey Hudson’s Edmonton-based Arcanaut Studios, which also has staff in Kelowna. (Shoutout @thekleinfelt.bsky.social 👋) Go Canadian devs! 🇨🇦 🎮 #TheGameAwards

Kind of wild they gave the equivalent of their only best actor award this early into the show

"the statue that has fascinated the internet"

WORLD PREMIERE www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

around 40 game developers affiliated with @videogameworkers.bsky.social have gathered outside the peacock theater, where the game awards will take place in a few hours, for a “the industry is dead” demonstration

Bubsy reboot by Jonathan Blow

I'm sure this is fine

Nominated studios/developers being offered two tickets, with more only available through general admission seems odd from a production standpoint. Big moments at awards shows typically have a dozen or more people onstage for the big main-event awards. This policy makes such moments less likely.

Some of your favourite indie titles all come from Canada: • Ambrosia Sky • Celeste • Cuphead • Don't Starve • Night in the Woods • Sea of Stars • Tunic • .. and so many more. It's not all roses though, and we can do better. Katya does the Maple Lord's work in helping to bring a spotlight on it.🍁✨

Interesting: A handful of esports questions at this IOC presser right now. Follow along, we're mostly following questions about the construction and rink ice size of the hockey arenas: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...

With thieves after Pokemon cards, GTA collectables shops are ramping up security | Store owners are building a community network to help each other catch thieves, find stolen items From CBC Toronto: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

none of the ai slop commercials these companies churn out will have even one-tenth of the cultural impact as the folgers incest commercial and i think that's beautiful

"Grand Theft, not wage theft": Rockstar protest in NYC draws tech workers, members of multiple unions aftermath.site/grand-theft-...