“I am political,” Ms. Rachel told me of her new effort to free kids from ICE detention. “It’s political to believe that children are worthy of love … and that our care shouldn’t stop at what we look like, our family, at our religion, at a border. Mr. Rogers was very political.”

new from @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social: she talked to players trying to tackle the Marathon ARG aftermath.site/marathon-cry...

these super low profile thumb braces are the reason i can play video games again and i did a lot of searching to find them. no provider recommended them to me for video games! none of them really knew what to do about gaming. i don't want to gatekeep! www.mothership.blog/a-thumb-brac...

I’m back in the Guardian, with a piece on how there’s no such thing as a hit anymore when it comes to live service games www.theguardian.com/games/2026/m...

i scored a goal :) (i actually scored several this game!!!!)

Love seeing lawyers taking a peep at the contract. Thanks for the write up @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social ! ❤️

A video game lawyer helps us understand what makes Outersloth's indie dev funding arm, and the contracts it shared at GDC last week, so revolutionary for the industry. New from @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social

It's a new week of The Game Informer Show, and we're talking about our Invincible VS cover, Monster Hunter Stories 3, and Love and Deepspace with freelance reporter extraordinaire @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social! Check it all out here: gameinformer.com/video-podcas...

in honor of finishing a whole sketchbook, i will share some of my silly little drawings. i started trying to draw in 2020 but hadnt drawn in two years. this january, i started again!

open for @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social's cute drawings

ive seen memes about this before, but beer league hockey really is fascinating in that someone’s 60 year old dad really is my enemy

I just sent this email to the news director at NBC4 Washington about the unprofessional and disrespectful way they handled publishing the body camera footage of the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace that was obtained via my FOIA lawsuit:

'If we love this work, we have to protect it:' Heart Machine workers secure voluntary union recognition

One More Catch’s 10% off forever launch offer ends tonight! Subscribe to a new publication - run by just a single person (hello!) with no investors, publisher backing, or use of AI - and get perks like bonus articles for just £3.60 a month / £36 a year. It’ll mean a great deal to have your support:

fun fact i learned today… there is just one father and son duo who have both been suspended from the NHL for biting other players

one of the biggest problems we've faced since launching is that while it was very easy to establish ourselves here (games media sickos on bluesky), getting people outside of here to know who we are has been TOUGH. Stuff like this really helps!

Our tiny little website currently has the 4th-placed story on r/all, which is doing all kinds of weird and beautiful things to our monthly traffic (which doesn't normally operate at anywhere near that scale) Amazing work from @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social, as always! aftermath.site/nintendo-tar...

Added context: Nintendo is not alone. Other companies that have sued over Trump's tariffs recently include FedEx, UPS, Barnes & Noble, Costco, Revlon, Prada, Staples... In terms of gaming companies, I haven't seen others Great scoop by @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social www.reuters.com/business/aut...

bombshell from @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social: nintendo is suing the US government over tariffs it deems “unlawful”

Really wonderful article by @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social on Hidden Folks and the sub-genre Sylvain and I spawned and on making searching games in general! www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

i wrote about hidden object games for the verge!!! it's about the art of hidden object games and how hidden folks inspired a new wave of them, including lost and found co. (super cute game!!), which is out today. more here:

With GDC only a few days away, I added @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social's brilliant gaming union zine/explainer to archive.org. The previous host for the PDF added a monthly subscription. Please feel free to print and share as you wish!

Actually, the internet is ours! Including this phenomenal zine that should always be free, by @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social

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Come for the blog, stay for the sound effects

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After finishing a two-year prison sentence, the man who harassed and stalked a World of Warcraft streamer has been arrested again—for allegedly harassing the same streamer. More here:

We're about to start answering questions here!! If you're a Verge subscriber and wanna know about Pokopia, now's the time to ask. We're avoiding spoilers!

For years, Graceware has gotten away with abusing the DMCA because they've targeted large platforms that comply quickly with takedowns, or individuals without the resources to push back. Then they fucked with us, a non-profit organization with a special interest and an expert legal team. Whoops!

thanks for having me on, chris!!!

If you've been meaning to catch up on the many Roblox controversies (child predators, AI-moderation, lawsuits), skip to the the 49-minute mark of the latest Post Games The brilliant @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social crams years of info into 15 minutes. open.spotify.com/episode/3zWm...

Sites need money to keep lights on to give the investigative team time to chase and write the stuff that get whatever the games journo equivalent of a pulitzer is. Problem is even the big sites that can afford that don't bc see above re: effort vs profitability

If you're lamenting the loss of critical video investigative journalism bc the biggest sites don't tend to keep around the folks with those skills, have i got done good news for you.

For months, @jacksonwryan.com has been looking into why so many video games sites have become full of gambling and casino stories, unusual author images, and, most recently, the use of AI. We've connected these sites to Clickout Media. Here's what we've learned.

One More Catch launched one week ago today! Thank you to everyone who has shared the news and shown support so far. A reminder the 10% off a subscription forever promotion is still ongoing - your backing would mean a great deal as things get underway: www.onemorecatch.site#/portal/signup

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Hey folks! Board member Zach has written up a quick update re: how we are doing. Please check it out and share widely: critical-distance.com/2026/02/25/2...

I've reported 2-3 stories in my career that have sucked the spirit out of my body and this was one of them. But! Seeing the response of the fgc to help their brother genuinely put it right back. Im humbled to have been trusted with this. Help your neighbors friends those in need are all around you.

A beloved member of the FGC in Baltimore has been detained by ICE. @adashtra.bsky.social talked to the friends and family trying to bring him home. aftermath.site/ice-ludovic-...

We're prob not gonna hit our goal before we end the GoFundMe later today... but we are close to hitting $10K! If you could help us get the rest of the $450 or so toward that amount, it'd be rad.

I interviewed Roblox's head of parental advocacy for Vulture about safety on the platform 👀

I interviewed Roblox's head of parental advocacy for Vulture about safety on the platform 👀

new site alert!!!!!!!

To celebrate One More Catch's launch, we asked the biggest Pokémon fans we know what they want to see from Gen 10, which is almost guaranteed to be revealed on Friday:

weeeeee I got to blog (??? If that’s the right word) some advice for mothership!!! this post is on using games and discord to keep in touch with friends and fam long distance

sex mods for the sims 4 are nearly as popular as the base game itself. i spoke to the creator of the biggest one, wicked whims, and several players who use the mods to talk about why people seek out sex in the sims.

Dug into this absolutely wild thing happening to Finji. The deeper I read into their increasingly baffling conversations with TikTok "support" the more I felt like I was on something. www.ign.com/articles/tun...

Always great to see Wicked Whims coverage... and @romchip.bsky.social published an interview with the creator, TURBODRIVER last year, conducted by @aurelievpetit.bsky.social ! romchip.org/index.php/ro...

completely missed commenting on this but great article. I use Wicked Whims and one of the pluses to having a huge animation library with it is that a random animation playing can change how I view a particular sim or pairing. it’s another vector of customization/storytelling