i don’t hold it against anyone who tries to give me advice when i’m crashing out but please don’t assume i’m only looking for video game writing jobs because it makes me feel like you think i’m an idiot

damn, poor yorick! he was my boy, horatio

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idk what needs to be done but something needs to be done because a society where a nobody like Asha Sharma with exactly zero career achievements worth a fuck who was like 8 years old when Christiane Meister started at Bethesda can fire the person who designed the Argonians and Khajit is unacceptable

hi my back is super messed up so if anyone wants to hire me so i can have health insurance that would be nice

So, I got to interview Yoshitaka Amano.

the true backrooms experience

"Create an account to apply for our career opportunities" i'd rather die

For today's blog on the Observation Deck, I wrote about Jubilee "propaganda" amid her strong showing in X-Men '97's return and her arrival in Marvel Rivals—and how framing it as such ignores one of the most interesting things about X-Men '97's approach to its characters in the first place.

I've once again come to sing the praises of Paru Itagaki.

holy shit the thing a bunch of us said was a house of cards was in fact a house of cards can i be a video game executive

"not even ww2 historians recognized platner's tattoo as a nazi symbol" well then they're terrible historians idk what else to say lmao maybe we're just so inundated with nazis in gaming that i'm always looking out for this shit but come on

this is such a funny genre of post you see on video game websites all the time. Studio Would Love More Work. like no shit.

strive's really gonna get a guest character before bringing zappa back smdh

i agree that "i told you so" is rarely helpful but it's understandable from leftist folks who were routinely shouted down, treated like idiots, and even painted as reactionaries by smug pundits like the majority report for pointing out platner's glaring issues. the libs can stfu tho.

lmfao

our defense is embarrassing, our passing is sloppy, and we don’t even score our own goals — that’s usmnt soccer baby 🙃

it’s also weird how often folks woke their way into gender essentialism

also… if the only thing that makes something a mom game™️ is a Dad Game in a Mom Outfit, then what is it really saying about motherhood?

Nudging this again and also asking - if you know of any places looking for editors, assistant editors, or game capture workers, please reach out! and, as always, I am available as a freelance glitch artist! I will help you make your project look fucked up but, like, in a cool way.

hoo boy, this is all over the place and never really comes together. “the first real AAA mom game” may have been better but idk. another worthwhile topic underserved by its packaging.

Skybox gave me space to talk about decoupling your enjoyment of video games from the release schedule, by looking backwards at what's new to you. Emulate, mod original hardware, borrow, pirate, I don't care how you do it. There's more to games than a future filled with $1,000 consoles.

awful day for the industry. anyway, my review of gears of war e-day will go live at 10 am pacific on october 5. here’s a selfie with my branded hoodie

"One Billion Players a Day" isn't a business declaration, it's a bullet loaded into a gun aimed at everyone you *didn't* lay off today. It is setting an unattainable standard to justify further missed expectations.

it’s always weird to see games media report uncritically on the latest flavor-of-the-month gacha game when i think we can all agree the genre is at least partially responsible for the industry’s current collapse

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Wonderwall as a victory song in the Azteca feels like a microaggression

i hope haaland goes fee fie foe fum i smell the blood of an englishman mode and eats harry kane right on the pitch

i’m not saying anything that hasn’t been said before but it’s insane that england sings wonderwall when they win, what a terrible little island

damn

yeah VAR sucks but have you considered 🇲🇽 MÉXICO 🇲🇽 MÉXICO 🇲🇽 MÉXICO 🇲🇽

bad referee call: 🤬 bad referee call but it happened to england: 🥳

A new article from me about James Bond as a sadomasochistic, imperial and fantasy figure, and First Light as a game that cuts off his past. Please read and share if you're inclined. If you like this kind of work, you can also subscribe to Bullet Points. bulletpointsmonthly.com/2026/07/03/h...

i would pay for a games done quick feed that mutes the host/donations

>fifa suspends balogun's one-game ban

Really don’t prefer to share this again but despite working as many gigs as i could land in June, i’m still $600 short of what i need to cover the rent that’s due and i have just a few days left. Any help you can give or leads on gigs and jobs (remote or in NYC) are greatly appreciated.

People imagine picking up and finding *something better* is an easy solution. But how is that supposed to work, when all your time and energy goes to staying alive? You have almost nothing to set aside to actually fight your way out.

girl, same

And here is the second batch of Indie-Penance games! kotaku.com/indie-penanc... Thank you so much for sending in games - the selection has been the best ever - and I'm so sorry to everyone I couldn't include. This is the most eclectic, original bunch of brilliant ideas. Please do repost this!

huh i'm starting to think maybe it's bad to lay off a staff of unionized writers and replace them with freelancers who get paid by the click

for the morning crowd: i wrote about small-scale miniatures wargames that aren't anywhere near as intimidating as army-scale games

First batch is up! Ten fantastic-looking new or upcoming indie games you'll very probably want to stick on your Wishlist asap: kotaku.com/indie-penanc... Please repost this to get these games as much attention as possible. Especially *you*, person with a squillion followers.

sarah bond? the peter thiel associate?

"While MMOs, RPGs, RTSes, and all kinds of other acronyms have happily enabled my lifelong war with goblinkind, Flask is the rare sort of game that's prompted me to ask instead what's in a goblin's heart. The answer, of course, is valuable goblin blood."

time for a new intro post. I’m an editor, freelance writer, and doctor of medieval literature now working in communications. I am a columnist and books editor @unwinnable.com. I can write reviews and essays for YOU about medieval stuff, video games, and indie comics, or a combination therof.