2025 ended with me losing my job. 2026 started with my computer battery swelling to the brink of explosion while I was looking for a new job. I’m good, let’s just skip ahead to 2027.

I just sniped a kid in Overwatch and he wrote "ohhh Kirked me" and I just found out they're using that as shorthand for a good snipe HOLY SHIT LOL

I can’t stop fucking laughing at this. I just hear the voice in my head and it loops the giggle.

Between Jake Paul and this, it feels like we’re walking into 2026 with the wind in our sails.

Working with Chris has been a highlight of my career, to put it lightly. He's one of the best in the industry.

Chris is a real one. When I wasn't sure if writing about games in a thoughtful way was still in the cards for me, Chris was a cornerstone to keep me centered and an ear to help my more unorthodox look at games as a critique voice at Rolling Stone of all places. Anyone would be lucky to have him!

It breaks my heart to see such a talented person be let go. Chris, you're going to do amazing things and I can't wait to see what you get up to!

I'd barely started working with Chris, but the experience was great, and I'll be forever thankful for having the opp to handle a huge game review for Rolling Stone. Whoever hires him next is scoring a win.

It took some time to process, but sadly my time at Rolling Stone has come to an end. Alongside some other fantastic writers, I was recently laid off. Some folks may only know me as the gaming editor, but my 10-year run encompassed so much more.

The #NewYorkGameAwards nominees for Best New York Game are: 🔵 Despelote 🔵 Baby Steps 🔵 Consume Me 🔵 Old Skies 🔵 Ball x Pit 🔵 Skate Story

if you need someone as part of your politics or social media team, you'd be absolutely crazy not to hire peter.

I wonder if Luigi Mangione likes Warner Bros. movies.

Amid a sea of AAA titles and creative indies, #MarvelCosmicInvasion delivers the simple pleasures of an arcade-style beat 'em up that would've been the best game ever had it arrived in the early 90s. Review @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...

Jamming out in Joshua Tree, the musician turned his first-ever video game into a harrowing, audio-driven nightmare.

This was a fun one. I spoke with NIN guitarist and co-creative director of 'Sleep Awake,' Robin Finck, about how a trip to Burning Man and some Joshua Tree jam sessions became a psychedelic horror hellscape in his first-ever video game. read @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...

Samus Aran's return has been in development for years, but the result is a mid-tier entry that sacrifices a coherent vision for scope. Review ↓

I said what I said. #MetroidPrime4 Review @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...

In a year completely stacked with incredible games, we are delighted to have been ranked number 6 in Rolling Stone's 25 Best Video Games of 2025. 💙

let’s take ibuprofen together

One thing that bugs me about Samus in Metroid Prime 4 is just how boring she is, nodding along while these pissants fawn for her and beg for help. My preferred characterization is from Dread, where she oscillates between casually 'over this shit' and totally unhinged.

French RPGs, playable TV shows, and a new era of Nintendo made this year an onslaught of gaming goodness.

This was a really tough list to pin down. The mid-year iteration was basically chopped in half and then expanded in count to accommodate a powerhouse back end of 2025.

2025 has been the kind of year where the constant stream of stellar games makes it easy to forget just how much good stuff came out. A lot of it feels like it's from ages ago. @rollingstone.com ranks the 25 Best Games of 2025. www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...

2025 feels like it's kicked off a pure action game renaissance - something that, by all accounts, seems to be continuing, or even improving, next year. www.inverse.com/gaming/actio...

20 years ago, Microsoft launched the Xbox 360 — a console beloved by many that, through savvy business and smart innovations, overcame major hurdles to carve out a legacy for the brand that it's still never quite lived up to since. @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...

"With all of the wholesomeness of a Bronx drill Cocomelon" 🤌

Though it can sometimes feel like a throwback, the new Switch 2 game harkens back to an era of fun. Review ↓

REVIEW: KIRBY AIR RIDERS is good, old fashioned fun – a game that could’ve dropped in 2003, for better and for worse Ultimately it feels like a reset button for the current gaming industry. Reject Modernity, Embrace Kirby Check out my review on @rollingstone.com.web.brid.gy

For @rollingstone.com writer @ryangaur.bsky.social reviews Kirby Air Riders — a soothing balm for everyone who's pissed off and disillusioned with modern gaming. www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...

An all-you-can-eat buffet of content that's light on calories and inspiration makes for a confusing entry in the annual shooter series. Review ↓

Frontman Jaret Reddick discusses teaming up with bands Wheatus and Punk Rock Factory to reimagine the 2008 track. Exclusive interview ↓

#CallofDuty #BlackOps7 has been divisive, but it's not the only game in the franchise to turn heads. @cadeonder.bsky.social ranks every Black Ops game for @rollingstone.com -- including the new one. www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...

Basically everything said by Ryan Gosling in ‘The Nice Guys’ (2016).

Now's a great to time to cling to my copy of Metroid Dread and lay in bed.

I don't like this guy.

Metroid has always been my favorite Nintendo series, and I've been cautiously optimistic about Prime 4. Based on the preview, I'm still cautious. The small slice was a little too linear, too simple, and gave Samus an *escort mission.* preview @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...

Here’s my massive interview with Dispatch’s writer Pierre Shorrete - touching on superhero fatigue, the nature of choice in narrative games, how it started as live action, how it became a “far greater” succes than expected, and what’s next www.inverse.com/gaming/dispa...

Season One of 'Dispatch' wraps up with a couple loose threads and multiple outcomes — sticking the landing on its playable TV show premise. A full recap of the finale and retrospective @rollingstone.com *Spoilers for Eps 7 & 8* @adhocstudio.com www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...

New York Times killed Weinstein and Epstein stories but just asked Ms Rachel if she was funded by Hamas.

I find it funny that the Steam Machine marketing angle is, "It's 6x times more powerful than this 3-year-old handheld device." I'd fucking hope so.

Steam Machine looks like one of the little modular IKEA cubbies. Kewt.

Finally, Gabecube

Brie Larson is an extremely obvious pick — she's Nintendo's celebrity show pony, but Benny Safdie? They're trying to tip the scales away from The Discourse with that one.

The rhythmic block-clearing series gets a 'Tetris Effect'-style overhaul that's heavy on the synesthesia, if light on actual content. Review ↓

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To be a James Bond author and genuinely be this stupid is wild. People have understood how different interpretations of the same character works for generations. Bond is no different than a comic book character — pick your flavor and entry point, and go. It's that simple.

While I wasn't *quite* as smitten by Lumines Arise as everyone else, I was enthralled for a stint. Especially in VR, it was like a wild two-day bender of stress relief, but I don't see myself coming back to it as often as I do other puzzlers. @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...

Was writing about F.E.A.R. for @rollingstone.com enough? Nay. Was talking about it with @murph04.bsky.social and @stolisomancer.bsky.social on the Daydremcast enough? Nope. For last month's Skydive, the Skybox crew sat down to talk about one of the best horror shooters ever made. F.E.A.R. forever.

So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!