It’s not mismanagement. It’s YOU! You’re not Fortnighting hard enough for people to feed their families, you heartless monsters. Game engagement is only supposed to go up, never down. That’s not how it has ever been but Capitalism’s hunger only intensifies the more it consumes, never abates.

Because Epic keep throwing money at ridiculous crossovers that many players simply don’t care for. Fortnite could have continued as strong as ever with or without Disney, if the focus was on transforming gameplay and mechanics. There’s also a massive issue with Epic being LTTP on trends.

Finally, a real use case for JavaScript

The Game Awards cycle in a nutshell: Geoff Keighley pockets millions, executives rake in bonuses, shareholders see value increase, the projects get mismanaged... the workers get laid off and players are left disappointed. We deserve better.

The game industry’s obsession with graphics is so funny because every other year there will be some breakout hit called “Stick Figure Mansion” or some shit that outsells 90% of the market and runs on a toaster

Israeli soldiers were killed by brown people terrorism while Lebanese buildings simply disintegrate and Iranian school girls spontaneously stop being alive - similar to how Palestinian babies just instantly combust in well-documented examples written up by the NYT.

From myself and the whole team at @eurogamer.bsky.social, a very fond farewell and huge thank you to our friends and colleagues (thread).💙

Don't miss the news that an Israeli missile destroyed an Iranian girls' primary school, murdering at least 25 girls between 7 and 12 years old. At this point it might just be muscle memory for the Israeli military. www.middleeasteye.net/news/least-2...

"Bluesky doesn't have the juice." "Real media access is still only on Twitter." "No one important uses or will ever use this site." Skill issue. If you post good, the right people will figure out how to get in touch with you.

Amazing studio. Demon’s Souls was THE game that showed the PS5 off in all its glory on launch. These big publishers really don’t fucking know what players actually want. Brain dead corporate greed strikes again. Cunts.

I'm not kidding when I say this should be illegal, even if it weren't also a transparent scam on this idiot's part.

Rewatched Frontier(s) last night, and now in the mood for more French extreme horror. Anyone got any favourites to highlight?

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and then i spat out beer www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

Devastating news. Such a legend.

Been sat in A&E all day with suspected appendicitis. Thankfully it’s all clear. God bless the NHS, always so helpful and caring. Made me feel comfortable as soon as they clocked my PTSD diagnosis on my notes ❤️

Want to be very clear to anyone even remotely thinking about coming to events like GDC: Don't. It's not safe to be in the US, nobody's hiring or financing anyway, and it's not worth your life.

Jeeez, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple was superb. Beautifully shot, oddly subtle for such a grisly film, and the overarching story is one more focused on hope than grief. Loved it. Howzat?

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Introduce yourself with 4 indie games

Stranger Things Season 5 "Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up". Directed by The Duffer Brothers

Decided to lay out my top ten GotY list here… 10. Dune Awakening. Superb survival experience with a great atmosphere. Spoiled by a wonky endgame, but the journey was stellar.

Decided to lay out my top ten GotY list here… 10. Dune Awakening. Superb survival experience with a great atmosphere. Spoiled by a wonky endgame, but the journey was stellar.

Merry Christmas 😊

Show me how your 2025 went

Hey @mojangstudio.bsky.social and @xbox.com this is a really tasteless message to your players. Nobody should be made to feel they’re playing the ‘wrong’ way. So many people play Minecraft to ease their mental health worries, not have them amplified! Do better. (Image from Reddit)

One of the titans of the industry gone far too young. He leaves an amazing catalogue of work. Rest in peace ❤️

Doesn’t matter how many times I see this, it makes me grin like a maniac

Every time there's a breaking story about a celeb's treatment of women, everyone in the book world asks, "Is it finally Walliams?" Well, it finally is.

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The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns. The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.

Since Polygon is leaving it out of the headline: Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to put money into the pocket of a bigot who uses her wealth to further the genocide of trans people through lawsuits and legislation. Every 'free' game gives money directly to JKR, and they are complicit.

Fucking incredible dystopian shit, comparing super rich people risking millions if not billions of lives just to make more money to people that risked their life actually building incredible things that would then make millions of dollars for super rich people.

Valve has now rejected my complaint, confirming that "I don't like muslims" is a valid reason to leave a negative review on a game on Steam This is where we're at now.

Eden Lake. Threads. Speak No Evil (2022) Funny Games (either version)

At about $60K that's about 128 million graduate team indie games, at $150K about 500,000 small indie games, at $300K about 250,000 mid-size debut indie games, or at around $950K about 110,000 indie games by a team of more experienced devs. There are a total of 110,000 indie games on Steam.

I have nowhere to write up my GOTY list this year, now that I’m not on staff. Are blogs still a thing people read? I’d like to recommend what I’ve played this year in something longer than a BlueSky thread.

🎙️Mike & Rami Are Still Here🎙️ The new podcast from me & @ramiismail.com Listen to two old men from the video game industry ask the real questions, like "why am I so tired all of the time", and "who the heck are Ant and Dec?" Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, or wherever you want mikeandrami.com

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Anyone know how this is on Steam Deck?

Special thanks to GOG for being so supportive of the project! HORSES preorders are now available on the store: www.gog.com/en/game/horses 🙏

There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.

After a horrific tragedy in my life, I thought “fuck it, I like games and I like words.” Started a blog, slowly branched out from there. 17 years later, over 400 reviews written, countless features, over 20 books published. Still feel like a fraud.

I wonder if I (or you) know of any film magazine/website editors open to commissions on pieces about Train Dreams and how it, sort of, managed to film a book I once thought impossible to bring to the screen?!

X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based. Here’s an “influencer from Texas”

Grove of the Felled Olives https://store.steampowered.com/app/4084390/ Grove of the Felled Olives is a free virtual memorial dedicated to the over 60,000 humans killed in Gaza between Oct '23 and July '25. Pay respects to each of the departed in a peaceful refuge for their memory.

Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made. Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊