Trying to put together a full video for a review and I really do not like doing this. Willing to see how it goes for a while in terms of getting people to engage with the material, but damn. I want to be a writer, not a video editor.

There are people at IGN that I know who do genuinely care, and at very least they deserve better than association to this piece

It's quite difficult to get folks to take games media seriously when editorial at the largest outlet is pulling stunts like this, callously treating mass layoffs like a mere inconvenience in the way of their toys

Autumn's piece has basically been swimming around in my thoughts endlessly from the moment it was published. Give it a read if you haven't already.

Mccaffrey has made a long career out of being a corporate mouthpiece, and the art of video games deserves better than this kind of writing, but he is ultimately a symptom of the dysfunction in the space rather than the cause. The logical end result of access journalism and an enthusiast press

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Next year, I really need to make it a point to go to a major gaming convention

Homestuck is just one of those things in life where I am more than happy to know nothing about it.

Writing is hard. Writing is great. Writing sucks. I love writing. I wish I could stop writing. I cannot stop writing. Please help. Please leave me alone, I have another 3 pages to get through. Please read my work. Please never perceive this garbage I've created. Respect me. Ignore me.

That was a crazy fast turnaround. Actually impressed how quickly they moved away from it.

Damn, I love finding the angle in a piece as I'm writing it lol

Feels like there are a million ways to tall about the evils committed by Lindsay Graham, so I'm a bit confused by how much of the convo bends toward him possibly being a closeted gay man. He spent his life working to remove rights and end the lives of many at home and abroad. A truly vile person.

“I don’t celebrate death” okay well skill issue

It's actually fucked up how much AI has altered the way I approach or interpret things. Why is there a nagging in the back of my head that something is written with AI, even when the creator has stated there isn't? I shouldn't have to double or triple-check things to make sure there's no AI use.

New kitty is way too aggressive with the love bites.

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The Institution is dead, man. It's been dead. Now's the time for the punks, the fuckers that wanna punch above their weight class, that wanna write experimental, personal, weirdo, sick shit. They will stumble along the way but we will all be better for it: not financially, but in spirit.

Question for other reviewers out there: What is the "score" cutoff for recommended for you/your publication? I am having a hard time squaring these numbers in my head

why am I so afraid of getting a reading wrong

Finally moved our ducklings outdoors. And thank God, them bitches STINK

At some point, you gotta stop making excuses for people in powerful positions at major companies. They took the job and they're doing it, regardless company of motives. That's what the money is for.

The spin on Gaiders interview and Veilguard is pissing me off, so hey lets read what he ACTUALLY said: that EA fumbled DA because they are idiots, and the DAV team was set up to fail by management Tossing DAV under the bus for the clout is ironic, considering his whole point is that EA did that.

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Hyperwired's "plug in" mechanic should be an interesting shake up on genre norms, but instead ends up being a curse. Read the full review here: www.jetsonplaysgames.com/post/hyperwi...

Listen, man, none of these companies should be under Microsoft anyway. It's just the most evil company in the world, full of vile and stupid people. A million reasons to be mad about the last few days, but it all really just comes down to that. The IDs and Obsidians of the world shouldn't be there.

This is how I found out lol

Pentiment was such a blessing

This little guy has been my discord pfp for years. They'll probably never get to make anything this unique again.

MS taking their best RPG studio and forcing them to work in the mid IP content mines is crazy

Something I really respect about ffXIII shooters is the fact that if you ask them why they like ff13, they will tell you all the things about that game that they like. They don't need to write a treatise on all other ff games and why those aren't as good.

"Pre-tattoo reveal" is a massive caveat to this. Are you kidding me? Besides, this is you post-nazi tattoo reveal (4 days ago):

Not every piece can be my best piece, I suppose.

I am surprised Ever Crisis lasted that long. I don't think Duellum will be that far behind.

It would be great if the Platner stuff could be a teachable moment. It seems that for a lot of women that supported him, it is. Unfortunately, that appears not to have extended to many men that did the same. They are allergic to any sort of accounting of their role in his rise.

If a big company wants to throw away 80 bil, just hand it over to me. I could fund more art than you'd ever believe.

I really hate how AI has made me so paranoid in a multitude of ways. Worried about my own writing not sounding "authentic" enough, worried about games I'm offered secretly using AI, worried about AI showing up on my site in some way, and so on. Really wish it didn't have to be this way

After having finally finished all 3 in the last few years, I came away thinking Suikoden 3 and 5 are much better games than 2

Someone ping me when I can buy South of Midnight without giving cash to MS

Is this the first recorded instance of personal accountability from a NYT writer? Feels like something that should be celebrated rather than shouted down lol Though, my bar may be too low. All this was AFTER the nazi tattoo reveal

I do think it is very funny that the US men's team got their ass kicked after all that bitching and moaning from everyone in the world

Really fucking weird to use recent MS and Sony news to position Nintendo as some sort of "good guy" company. No dawg, they suck, too.

I just feel miserable about all the games layoffs today. Don't really know how else to put it. Trust me when I say I empathize—I was laid off in Jan and I'm still unemployed. These things never make sense. To the devs: If there's anything I can do with my small platform, please let me know.

Emergency vet visit...400 bucks for an x-ray. Fuck me

Glad some have found a way forward out from under MS thumb, but man, that's a lot of people to lose their livelihood at once. My sympathies to anyone let go like this.

Wat

Unbelievable. In a game he played zero minutes in, Jordan Henderson got himself a yellow card and then needed to be stretchered off after injuring himself falling over the advertising board while singing #Wonderwall #MexEng *Just after the 55 second mark

Excuse my ignorance, I can't really find any solid answers googling... is the extra time added at the end of soccer arbitrary? Like, why do they add the amount they do, and then why don't they adhere to it?

I guess the canon outcome of the ffx blitzball tournament is that the Aurochs won?

Looks like Mayor Z's pied a terre tax is not collapsing the real estate market or causing the wealthy to flee Manhattan after all. Indeed, the opposite. Who could have possibly imagined this scenario? www.realtor.com/news/trends/...