The second game from Disco Elysium studio ZA/UM, this text-heavy, dice-driven RPG is an exquisitely constructed take on consumerism, empire, nostalgia and beyond. Our Zero Parades: For Dead Spies review: www.eurogamer.net/zero-parades...

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you need this! Not just because I wrote the essay and interview, but because it’s one of the most thoughtful, resonating things I’ve played in an age! ✨

FREELANCE GAME DEV FOLKS AND JOURNALISTS please i implore you Make your contact info easy to find I cannot contact you for the new opportunities you say you are looking for if I cannot easily reach you!!! Please make sure there is a clear way or instructions to do so on your site/socials/etc!!

Please come and spam @mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social with hits so @neillong.bsky.social is compelled to keep me around! ✨

A mobilegamer.biz debut for @vixx.bsky.social here

Good morning.

Yearly reminder to boycott Eurovision.

Beast is actually the misspelling, so to speak. The original 'bestia' in Latin and 'beste' in French had the same initial syllable sound as current-day 'bestiary'

Someone, somewhere, once upon a time, typo'd "Beastiary" as "Bestiary", doubled down, and now we all have to live with it.

This website shows you what your browser is leaking about you. sinceyouarrived.world/taken

I still love the theory a Year 6 child proposed to me that David Attenborough is actually God and he got fed up with people not noticing the amazing things he'd created, so he made documentaries to show off.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Ha, yeah, it's a "th" sound. So Sen-neth. Cai-ar-deeth.

I already summarized it when I NAMED THE FOLDER WHEN I MADE IT YOU ASS

God damn it I just want a normal search

Tell me the one thing you do to make life just that little bit more bearable. That one, tiny, seemingly inconsequential thing that holds back the flood for a bit. I feel like I need it. Fuck, I think we ALL need it.

Who's got two thumbs and is looking for work as a news writer or game reviewer (for public reviews and/or internal feedback)?

Clearing out my office and found these. Every single one holds my words. I may not have a shelf of awards (or even many nominations!) but I need to look at this more and remind myself: Not bad for a self-taught writer-slash-blagger, Vik. Not bad at all.

you need this! Not just because I wrote the essay and interview, but because it’s one of the most thoughtful, resonating things I’ve played in an age! ✨

Used ChatGPT for the first time ever this weekend to expedite collating an agent list to query. Not a single one was real. Every. Single. Name. was a hallucination. 🙃

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Under 1000 days left in the Trump regime. We're getting there.

The amount of misinformation we’re getting about an incident that just occurred in front of 1,500 news reporters is truly the metaphor of our generation.

This tweet is highly defamatory and Martina Navratilova should be fired from BBC Sport for it. It demonstrates an horrendous level of hatred for a trans woman (who was cleared of all wrongdoing in a recent tribunal) because she is a trans woman.

what the fuck is happening

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Accidentally tapped into the Microsoft Teams Hating zeigeist and have never been happier. Turns out misery really does love company!

Interviewer: "We use Teams" Me:

I genuinely think Microsoft Teams is the worst piece of software I have ever, ever used in my almost half-century on the planet. What's that? I have an unread message somewhere? Cue a lost half hour as Teams gleefully buries it beneath endless menus and STILL not fucking find it.

This gave me chills. Fascists will always lose, so long as we choose to fight.

The UK has evacuated its forces from Iraq, The i Paper reports.

Statement from House Democratic Leadership on Donald Trump's threat to kill a whole civilization.

I have nothing to say that matches the gravity of the situation. I just want peace and safety for everyone targeted by the insane whims of a madman.

Here's the number for the congressional switchboard. Please call your reps and senators. This man needs to be removed from office now. (202) 224-3121

You can still be shocked can't you, even after years of this shit. That sentence chilled me to my bones. To see an American president say that. To see him boast about it.

Donald Trump is clearly threatening to use nuclear weapons against Iran. He needs to be removed as President to prevent a catastrophe that our species will never recover from.

The UK must immediately and unequivocally suspend support for the US military. The Government have tried to appease him, then they tried to say they're standing up to him. Words aren't enough - it's time for action.

If you need a QA/Test Lead for your team with 9 years of experience in the industry, including live service and single player AAA titles, please hit me up. I have worked on titles like Destiny 2 and Fortnite, and would love to be your test team's best advocate and process improver. somnifery.com

Former Valve writer hits out at Epic Games layoffs: "It's not like they're a publicly traded company. It's not like there's some need to hit the stock market thing. This is Tim" www.eurogamer.net/former-valve...

Slay the Spire 2 beta patch rolls back some prior changes following player feedback www.eurogamer.net/slay-the-spi...

despicable. fuck this.

The biggest difference between the movie industry and the videogame industry is unions. The only thing that's going to protect videogame workers from exploitation is solidarity. Join a union. If not for yourself, for those who come after.

Crimson Desert studio Pearl Abyss's share prices stabilize as sales top 3 million www.gamesindustry.biz/crimson-dese...

Marathon sells 1.2 million copies across Steam, PS5, and Xbox | News-in-brief 70% - roughly 800,000 copies - were sold for PC www.gamesindustry.biz/marathon-sel...