Why is Donkey Kong Bananza so long? Like, it’s a lot of fun but I just finished the Radiance Layer and I really need this game to end

Your favorite game journos (and me) met up in Harajuku 🤗

Just discovered a PlayStation pop-up store in Shibuya and it’s mostly selling Bloodborne merch Remaster confirmed??

18,364 steps/8.35 miles covered across Day One in Tokyo🚶🏻

Been trying to eat at Butagumi since my first Tokyo trip in 2023 – it finally happened today and it surpassed the hype. Best tonkatsu I’ve ever had😮‍💨

The iPhone 17 Pro’s telephoto lens is actually nuts Left is 1x, right is 8x

I gave my career first 10/10 score, and boy, does Hades 2 deserve it.

Only halfway through my first day here in Tokyo but I’m very proud of myself for speaking Japanese 99% of the time – buying things, ordering food and drink, etc. 😎 It’s crazy how much half a day speaking with locals does for learning compared to lessons and apps back home.

Not seeing any chatter about FFXIII on PS5 so I just want to say I appreciate all of you staying quiet so as not to spoil it for me Can’t wait to watch the State of Play when I land

On a plane and can’t watch live so now it’s gotta happen

Such a crazy week for games already and then I’m sure Square is gonna shadow drop Final Fantasy XIII on PS5 during today’s State of Play, just wild🤧

Awh, they’re expecting 💕

Ty and I both missed Game Informer for different reasons, and we’ve both come to realized just how MUCH we were missing out on. In this episode, I talk about my experience writing for @gameinformer.com, and we go deep on a game I hadn’t heard of until halfway through recording.

I traveled to real-world Lumiose City – Paris – to play Pokémon Legends: Z-A!

On a creative, conceptual level, I am glad a game like Baby Steps exists. There are definitely people who will really like it, and I look forward to seeing it on a GDQ stage one day. But man, I hated playing it. And you just can't write a positive review for a game you hate playing.

Final Fantasy XIII on PS5 here we gooooooooo!!!

I'm going to be so mad if we're raptured tomorrow because we have some cool covers lined up over the next several months.

Donkey Kong Bananza is a good ass time when you don’t have an Italian plumber in your ear telling you it’s not

Upgraded from the purple iPhone 14 Pro Max (legit think it’s one of Apple’s greatest phones) to the orange iPhone 17 Pro and though I miss the bigger screen, it turns out a smaller phone is the perfect size for dads with a 6 month old

It's time for the weekend!!! Here are the video games you should play this weekend, as told by Game Informer editors🤜 🤛 gameinformer.com/opinions/202...

quote with your GOTY! 2024: PoP: The Lost Crown 2023: Alan Wake 2 2022: Elden Ring 2021: Inscryption 2020: FF7R 2019: KH3 2018: Tetris Effect 2017: BOTW 2016: Uncharted 4 2015: Bloodborne

Perhaps look inward

As a Jacksonville resident, I will be buying

For no reason in particular, reminder that now is always a great time to donate to Trans Lifeline if you have the means: translifeline.org/donate/

Snowflake alert

I wrote our next cover story on The Outer Worlds 2! Love how the cover art turned out, and excited for readers to check it out later this month!

Another incredible indie showcase from the @sixoneindie.com crew 👏

The Six One Indie Showcase just wrapped, and we have a round-up of the coolest games shown during it: gameinformer.com/round-up/202...

i've been pitching it around but just in case: if you're looking for someone to review [popular indie sequel launching next week] while your site is busy trying to withhold the barrage of september releases, i'm already all caught up with the new stuff

There are so many baby products that have clearly not been tested by parents who must use said product with one hand while holding their baby in the other ...he says while fighting to remove one baby wipe from Costco's Kirkland wipes packaging

sorry i was late for work, the gap katseye commercial came on 11 times

Got this done yesterday on my right calf, and so stoked with it (and it’s a cover up, too 👀)!! Can’t wait to see it healed🃏

Game Informer is getting back to regular streaming, kicking off with Skate tomorrow! And Super Replay continues Friday (and every Friday) with more RE Outbreak🧟👇

Anyway Still really proud of this piece I wrote back in May about how Indiana Jones and the Great Circle's best side quest is about a Nazi grifter

that's enough emails for today everyone, let's call it

My latest review is live, and it's for Metal Eden, probably my favorite FPS of the year so far. I am really really hoping Reikon Games gets to make a sequel one day because this foundation is so good, and a follow-up has all-timer potential.

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Upgrading to the iPhone 17 Pro – from the 14 Pro Max - on Friday and my god when did cases get so expensive wtf

That’s my captain🫡

It's Friday! Between new releases and your ever-growing backlog, there's plenty to play! Here's what you should be playing (and what we're playing) this weekend, as told by Game Informer editors. gameinformer.com/2025/09/12/w...

It's been a busy week at Game Informer! We reviewed Borderlands 4, interviewed the developers behind it on The Game Informer Show, covered today's massive Direct, and more. If you want all that, previews of upcoming games, behind-the-scenes videos, and more, we have you covered: gameinformer.com

I’m just trying to get some fries???

this edible ain't shi-

That Nintendo Direct was already so good and then it ended with a new Fire Emblem. That's an all-time

Here we go😌

iPhone preorder at 8am, Nintendo Direct at 9am, and an attempt at scoring 2026 Lady Gaga Mayhem Ball tickets at Noon. Wish me luck today

I reviewed Borderlands 4 and had a really great time for most of my playthrough! It’s probably my new favorite Borderlands game, but it definitely has some questionable aspects.

Hold up hold up The Direct is on Friday, Sept. 12, and it's for Switch 2 and Switch 1. Okay okay, so take the 12 of Sept. 12. Add the 2 from Switch 2 and you get 14. Okay, now do 14 minus the 1 from Switch 1 and what do you get...yup, 13. Final Fantasy XIII for Switch 2 is happening.

Nintendo Direct this Friday, Sept. 12, at 6am PT/9am ET, confirmed ✅

Incredible that in the Apple Keynote, there's a very clear shot of Tim Cook unsticking his nuts from his leg and they kept it in