What happens to ecosystem diversity and #platform match quality after a platform introduces paid #discovery tools (e.g., Apple's search result ads)? @kai-zzzzzz.bsky.social and co-authors share insights from #Goodreads introduction of paid book giveaways. platformpapers.substack.com/p/the-price-...

👻 NEW EPISODE ALERT 👻 📑The EU’s Digital (Un)Fairness Act? ⚖️ PLUS: Pod Friends returns with Mitu Khandaker on the future of games in NYC 🎮 Tune in: youtube.com/@unboxing_po...

​In addition to @shawnlayden.bsky.social, I spoke to SOCOM creator Seth Luisi, SOCOM director, David Sears, Uncharted 2 and 3's @wildspeculation.bsky.social, former Eurogamer EIC Tom Bramwell, Kotaku's @ethangach.bsky.social, and analyst, @superjoost.bsky.social. www.theringer.com/2025/10/24/v...

i will not be taking any questions. #ghostofyotei

aaaaaand my weekend is gone #ElectronicArts

This week on @unboxingpod.bsky.social we've got @colleenmacklin.bsky.social giving us an update from the Game UX Summit + @superjoost.bsky.social on how H1B fees are America's loss but Europe's gain. All that and more, with the least annoying game industry pod you could ever listen to...

@superjoost.bsky.social and I dish on our students favorite game youtube.com/clip/UgkxEME...

Data is the new spice

From the kids you brought you “I don’t want to eat my dinner” comes a new classic: “Can I have ice cream?”

Also this is the podcast where I discovered @superjoost.bsky.social is trained in martial arts

IYKYK

Zohran Mamdani only won because more people wanted him to be mayor than the other candidates.

Fascinating graph in the NY Times today. Apparently, 9% of parents wished bicycles had never been invented. Source: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...

Me and @superjoost.bsky.social got a remaster! Our first new episode in over a year drops tomorrow

Some of y’all can’t handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows

The next round of expert testimony in Wolfire v Valve could set a legal precedent—not just for Valve, but for every platform that enforces pricing and content uniformity. If you’re watching platform strategy, this is one to study. open.substack.com/pub/superjoo...

ClaveCON over so soon!

Pope Yes

ClaveCON looks lit

ChatGPT is cool and all, but have you tried manually downloading your receipts every month?

Pre-2025: "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." 2025: Just death now.

My AI says I wrote "an exceptionally coherent analysis of industry transformation through multiple complementary lenses" and I'm starting to see the Freudian undertones in this entire effort.

As someone with a graduate degree, I would very much like everyone to cool their expectations re: "PhD-level" AI agents. PhDs are some of the dumbest people I know.

For someone claiming to know something about games, I am absolute trash at chess

analog repose from #gdc

Almost bought a baby at SXSW

hello #sxsw i just saw yr mayor and @eshap.bsky.social come say hi tomorrow schedule.sxsw.com/2025/events/... 🌮🌮

New: The market for Counter-Strike 2 skins hit an all-time high today at $4.3 billion--amid concerns around the S&P 500 and cryptocurrencies. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Come say hi in Austin next week! do512.com/events/2025/...

omg im a tea person

AI writing a lot of Valentine's Day cards today, no doubt.

Reports on the death of the console continue to be greatly exaggerated.

omg balatro yass

Spoke with the head of the ESA this week on the organization's vision of what's next after E3. Its revenue mix tells part of the story. superjoost.substack.com/p/the-next-b...

Not shown: the alleged next $40 billion funding round for OpenAI, led by Softbank, valuing the firm at $340 billion.

Spotted in the missed connections section of the local Little Village magazine.

wonder what day it is today

between the Luigi photo op, the Amazon strike, and a non-elected billionaire tech lord interfering with the political process while claiming it is the will of the People on the SAME DAY, i’d say the class struggle of our time is really coming into focus

Apple & Sony partner to bring PSVR 2 controller support to Vision Pro, while Google & Samsung unite. Big Tech shifts from competition to collaboration.

Here’s me explaining the significance of PlayStation’s 30th birthday to @bloomberg.com TV in sweatpants. Enjoy!

New US trade policies could spike console prices 40%+ in 2025, potentially shrinking the market from 17.5M to 7.8M units - expect a holiday buying rush and acceleration toward cloud gaming/streaming superjoost.substack.com/p/taxman-don...

I heard your Mom put a deposit down on the Tesla Minivan:

"complimentary self-parking"

i ❤️ libraries

me, reading up on your bs

The ever-generous Matthew Ball sent me an early copy. Thanks, dude! Review to follow shortly at superjoost.substack.com

next-gen ChatGPT will have “All But Dissertation” level intelligence

Absolute mood, thanks @zachweinersmith.bsky.social SMBC Comics.

quick question: when does writing become easier? asking for a friend. thnx