Was great getting to talk about this fantastic game with Shannon, and starstruck to be quoted next to the fantastic Kishonna Gray! Thanks for writing this piece Shannon! And everyone check it and Consume Me out

the NYT story on Jenny Jiao Hsia’s game Consume Me is up! “Consume Me nods back to the confessional style of YouTube videos from the early 2000s, and also contains skill-based gameplay in its six-hour run time, adapting scenes from Jiao Hsia’s life in inventive ways.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/a...

I rode up the rickety Eiffel Tower elevator with trepidation… it was time to play Pokémon Legends: Z-A for an hour. Read more here: www.inverse.com/gaming/pokem...

you may not know this because I sure didn’t, but love is blind france is like roughly 75% Asian. it’s my new favorite Asian drama 😌

here's our borderlands 4 review from a day ago, by the way. just to note, after talking to other journalists, it seems like I just lucked out and played the one class and skill tree that let me solo all of the major bosses with some amount of ease. www.inverse.com/gaming/borde...

writing a new york times article for the upcoming indie game "consume me," and i'm looking for academics who can speak to the gender politics and history of games! I know the school season has just started again, but I'm really hoping to hear back this week before I must fly out. my DMs are open.

i am deep into borderlands 4 now, so if you haven't heard from me in a while, that is quite possibly why

Breaking news: More than 450 Diablo game developers just voted to unionize

World Premiere alert! Inverse got to feature Borderlands' latest exclusive trailer on our site and Hayes interviews the Marvel directors behind the video clip.

I’ve done it now

back on my game, better than ever

NEW: 180 Blizzard workers just unionized today.

ok i rewatched kpop demon hunters because everyone told me to and the first time i watched it i had been too engrossed in mahjong. it's actually very good! I stand corrected

NEW: Call of Duty workers just voted to ratify their first union contract with Microsoft, marking the end of nearly 3 years of negotiations. The two bargaining members speak to me about everything that went into it, and where they go from here. shannonliao.substack.com/p/3-years-la...

death stranding 2 irl

Hope you haven't been waiting too long. My exclusive newsletter featuring my unpublished Hideo Kojima interview insights will be sent to my paying Substack subscribers in a few hours: open.substack.com/pub/shannonl...

didn't know the app where i get most of my going-out clothes from did games journalism now but this rules www.ssense.com/en-us/editor...

ChatGPT has done many destructive things to society, but perhaps the most annoying on a personal level is making me very self-conscious about my love of the em-dash.

sometimes you just have to give yourself grace and say, I can’t possibly respond to everyone I’d like to respond to, but I truly wish I could 🥺

interesting gaming x ai story from the times yesterday, which builds on some of my reporting from 2023: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/a...

Called Visa today. The phone operator was a self-described gamer. When I said I had a complaint about ‘policy’ he immediately knew what it was about, told me the call was recorded, said there was an extremely large volume of calls about the issue and he hopes that it will make a difference

This happens to a lot of Star Wars: Outlaws players when they discover Kessel Sabacc and the main game ceases to exist.

It's way easier to fight human scrubs on your level than it is to fight the Yakuza AI, haha. Those guys cheat. :V

okay, confession time: i actually lost a whole week to mahjong in july, playing yakuza 0 on the nintendo switch 2. what a wild rabbit hole. my friends are actually coming over tomorrow to learn in person! if you're curious too, here's the guide: www.inverse.com/gaming/how-t... #mahjong #yakuza0

I talked to Abubakar Salim about Dead Take. How it embodies the clashing of money and creation, building a modern FMV game, and how the games let’s them the studio have its say. This one looks special. www.inverse.com/gaming/dead-...

can’t believe it took me this long to figure this out, but just realized my last name basically means the sound of the wind, and to soar in Chinese. anyone else ever discover hidden meanings of their names?

death stranding 3 could be… just the same thing set in Canada?

can’t believe ghost of tsushima came out five years ago and beat assassin’s creed to the punch www.inverse.com/gaming/ghost...

don't sleep on @theloniusly.bsky.social's thorough review of Tony Hawk 3+4, which thoroughly explains how a long-time follower of the series views the series' long-awaited return www.inverse.com/gaming/tony-...

We need a mahjong version of slay the spire

mahjong was the original roguelike

A catalogue of Taiwan mangoes: choose your fighter #台灣芒果

how I’m spending this holiday weekend: playing yakuza 0 mahjong

very excited to share inverse’s blockbuster issue that just launched today! headlined by stephanie beatriz with a side of gaming www.inverse.com/blockbuster-...

finally getting some time to sit down and watch the minecraft movie, let's see *rolls up sleeves*

and our story’s up! www.inverse.com/gaming/hideo...

if anyone actually pays for project management software, which one do you recommend? i'm about to reach my last free trello board on the unpaid version.

the Chinese dub of Yakuza 0 honestly slaps

I’m back in New York! expect more stories from me soon :)

taking a few days off in Hawaii now but when I’m back, I’ll have a story from interviewing @hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp

played some Lego Party versus @alyssamerc.bsky.social and unexpectedly won (she was really gracious about it!)

most surreal time to be in LA attending a video game work event right now

what is this hat "Make FPS Great Again"

If you are the Staten Island Switch 2 receipt stapler 1) I hope you are holding up okay and 2) let me know if you're available for an interview. All personal info will be kept private/anonymized! [email protected] Signal at 2673263042

Thank you @brianstelter.bsky.social, I am proud to help bring accountability to gamer nation view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/174...

flying with the switch 2 and my luggage immediately gets stopped by airplane security. maybe the issue is that I used the steam deck case to carry it (it’s the perfect size) but nevertheless maybe factor that into your overall travel time…

Here are my Switch 2 first impressions! www.inverse.com/gaming/ninte...

I have the Nintendo Switch 2 in hand and all I've been able to play so far is Hades (the original), as I'm still waiting for launch titles to roll out and for other titles to download. our Inverse review is still to come!

incredible work my discord is loving this

This article is delightful.