Breaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch! www.ashparrish.com

Inverse's Gaming section is being shut down as the company "divests" from gaming content. I'm out of a job along with my wonderful co-writers. I've put my heart and soul into this job for four years. Gonna need to take time to process, but I'm now completely open for work - and boy do I need it.

I am so proud of FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves, SNK, and my PR team at TriplePoint. Also, lowkey Street Fighter cast should've presented the Best Fighting Game!

I reached out to The White House and asked about its use of AI-generated Halo imagery. White House Deputy Press Secretary Kush Desai just responded to me, and it's insane. I've removed the paywall. Please share and subscribe if you can. www.patreon.com/posts/exclus...

A few years in, a CDC drowning prevention program was ready to share its findings on how to mitigate the leading cause of death among young children. Then the administration terminated that staff.

I didn't realize this until my second watch of Superman: James Gunn sure loves projectiles you can control remotely. And I think he may be onto something, considering Mister Terrific and Yondu are my fav characters in Superman and GotG, respectively.

The article was taken down "due to concerns about the controversial subject matter" - luckily, it was archived and can be read here! web.archive.org/web/20250719...

Superman was amazing

Welcome to Endless Mode: infinite possibilities in games, anime, theme parks, and more. www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...

Like I said, let "libs" organize how they want — they got millions of people out on the streets yesterday. But a record-breaking protest is not a victory. It does NOTHING unless there is a plan to harness that energy for something more than donations to the same political class who got us here.

@msnbc.com reporter at the 1:15 mark. “The chaos you’re seeing is not the result of peaceful protestors, it’s the result of actions of law enforcement, specifically the Los Angeles sheriff’s department.” #nokings

Has anybody else figured this out yet? If you stop in front of an NPC's car in Mario Kart World, you can make a traffic jam of up to 40 cars in a line before the NPCs abandon their stopping behavior and push forward through you. It took about 15 mins for them to pile up.

Publishers do not pay games journalists for favorable coverage

Blows my mind that just a year after the brutally violent crackdowns on campus protests at Columbia and dozens of other universities, there are people out here today trying to say that protests must be done in the "correct way" to avoid being demonized by the press

I'm glad folks are finally waking up that this ridiculous rhetoric is dangerous and I applaud the folks with visibility pushing back on it. Be honest. If we keep repeating it, the fat cats at the top will expect it and it leads to workers abuse and overscoping. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

Who wants to be friends in Mario Kart World? 😊

📢 The first ever Southeast Asian Games Showcase: Summer Game Fest Edition kicks off on June 7th 12PM PT / 3PM ET featuring trailers, updates & exclusive reveals from over 40 Southeast Asian games and developers 🌏 Links below 👇 youtube.com/@SEAGamesShowcase twitch.tv/SEAGamesShowcase #SEAGShowcase

The Game Informer Show returns tomorrow on YouTube and podcast platforms! We've got a great episode coming your way. It's great to be back behind the mic with Kyle, Marcus, and Charles on a weekly basis! Learn more: www.gameinformer.com/podcast/2025...

I took a stab at a backlog title after work today and finally finished Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. Great game, rough camera sometimes, hate the minecart levels, and LOVE how cheerful CT and Toadette are. Captain Toad 2 on Switch 2? I dare you, Nintendo.

Thunderbolts* might be my new favorite Marvel movie. I hope Yelena and the crew stick around for a long time. I haven't resonated so much with a hero team since the first GotG.

Adding to this, you should definitely give @bigmanfanelli.bsky.social's interview write ups from the team a read too! He talks about some equally fun and important topics over on GameSpot. Loved his question about bringing Overwatch heroes into Street Fighter. www.gamespot.com/articles/the...

I got to chat with current and former Overwatch art directors Dion Rogers and Arnold Tsang about the new Street Fighter collab for ESI. We went deep on how the team worked with Capcom to pick the characters involved and how Street Fighter inspired Overwatch early on. www.si.com/esports/over...

Signal boosting this again as well. I'm back on the job hunt and would love to rock at your studio or company. Social Media, Community Management, and comms work is my wheelhouse, but I would love to take a shot at a Producer or Developer Relations role.

doodle. write poems you never show anyone. make banana bread. take pictures of birds. grow a plant. the goal isn’t to build job skills or “become a creative” it’s to just fool around and experience yourself and the world around you

Get in on the Toonami sweepstakes in 2004 and score yourself a killer audio-visual setup or a copy of the hot new Sly game. 🔥 #VideoBytes

"How was your Saturday" "Good! I went to the Running of the Chihuahuas." "The what now?"

We had always planned to launch today, but it seems more necessary now than ever, so here goes: @brianbarnett.bsky.social, @hokutolucas.bsky.social, and I are launching an independent games website today called Skybox. You can read our welcome letter/mission statement here:

Well they're citizens so they're being banished, not deported

Tron preview? Posted. Switch 2 preorder coverage? Done. Back on @rollingstone.com with the history of Fatal Fury, and why it means so much to so many? Oh you bet your ass. (Thank you to @yochriscruz.bsky.social for trusting me with this!) www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...

Here’s how we made our FATAL FURY video for SNK

Hey, y'all - things are looking super dry on the freelance editorial side. Please let me know if you're looking for a freelancer who can consult for your game or write copy for a website, social media posts, game marketing, or anything else!

When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles. Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.

aren't yall the bitches always complaining about Participation Trophies?

Dear press friends, do you like anime/geek culture, sustainable fashion, and/or supporting LGBTQIA+ creators? If so, shoot me a DM. An upcoming pro bono project of mine may be of interest :)

I love that Trump has never once enjoyed a holiday

If you’re waiting for polling to tell you whether you should have a moral compass or a spine, you shouldn’t be in public service to begin with.

Stop buying the books, watching the movies, avoid that show, and stop going to the theme parks and buying merch

Shoutout to the SNK team for the awesome Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves swag bag! It's the perfect addition for my WrestleMania trip to Las Vegas.

Y or N on the Guy Fieri earrings? Because I love them.

Andrew Cuomo's policy paper on affordable housing, released this weekend, was written with the help of ChatGPT and was released rife with typos, in some parts devolving into unintelligible gibberish. hellgatenyc.com/andrew-cuomo...

I've been sitting on this for 2 months and if I don't just post it I never will... so here we go. gofund.me/a0504391

I went down a rabbit hole into the "physical Switch 2 games cost $90" claim and found a self-feeding cycle of misinformation that speaks to how Google is making us all dumber. www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/no-sw...

Chat, are we cozy? Are we staying in, wearing our PJs, and taking care of ourselves on this Friday night?

two months out from SGF seems like a good time for me to resurrect this one: games journalists: tag a PR person that makes your job easier, with reliably quick/accurate/clear communication. games PR: tag a journalist that makes your job easier, with reliably quick/accurate/clear communication.

I keep forgetting to use BlueSky. If you see this and want to hear from me more, throw me a like! I'm happy to share what games I'm playing, PR wins, and general musings.