Biggest mistake I made in my NWR career: Agreeing to include Japan in the Downloads once the Switch came out without knowing how to read Japanese.

On top of appropriating another culture, Jack Skellington committed grand theft auto. He didn't have this when he left Halloween Town. He stole it from Christmas Town.

Thinking about how Metroid Prime 4 was completed and released but Perfect Dark got cancelled.

My favorite story about Tom Waits is when he talks about being a chaperone for his kid's school field trip to a museum. He was hoping that he'd be recognized, thus making him the Cool Dad. But no one knew who he was and he said it made him a little sad lol

Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.

I think ppl miss the larger picture, this is literally where the industry is headed. Complete break down in editorial because gambling companies buy outlets of yore for cheap, pump them with crap, the few remaining writers with editorial experience rudderless. I used to work with Olivia, she’s not

Best Buy still has the Switch 2 + Mario Kart World bundle on sale for $449 if you want to snag it before it's gone (MKW is free at this price): bit.ly/3McHLrW

My estimate is that more and more brands are going to be sold off to gambling companies and VCs and such and literally just be operating with zero editorial structure, zero editorial accountability

The Blue Prince situation is a really good example of the ongoing breakdown in the games journalism editorial process, ie a properly managed Escapist would have killed the pitch immediately after the writer revealed a lack of proof in the claim

I wonder if this will be the first step of Nintendo finding ways to raise prices (in this case, by eliminating a $30 discount) in response to higher manufacturing costs and chip shortages.

I used to worry I was doing one of those fetishizing lesbians thing turns out you're not supposed to want to be the lesbians if you're fetishizing them

Hooray, holidays have started

I bet you wear shorts in the snow, too. 😂🥤❄️

Self soothing on the Internet because I’m upset about AI must be what Edward Scissorhands felt like when trying to hug himself

AI slop has made it to the deep sea. That’s not a blobfish: Deep Sea Social Media is Flooded by AI Slop www.southernfriedscience.com/thats-not-a-...

President Trump’s tariffs are taxes on American businesses and consumers. Lather, rinse, repeat

An NPR analysis of the Epstein files shows some documents, originally available on Friday, are no longer on the Department of Justice's "Epstein Library" website as the DOJ releases more files. n.pr/4pO8hXB

in case you missed this deal last time and have been regretting it Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World Bundle is $449 at Best Buy: bit.ly/4pJeunk #ad same price as the non-bundle so you essentially get Mario Kart World for free

cities are impersonal and overwhelming but they also allow for individual identity formation because of the psychic space they have. which is tightly linked to physical space

"village" mentality is what sustains conservatism. not being able to do anything without the Grandma Gestapo reporting your every move. depending on the easily withdrawn kindness of others instead of impersonal but reliable services. and of course obeying aristocratic landowners

I think I've had a 35-40 degree C swing in the last 24 hours and now I know how @zman1902.bsky.social feels

Sometimes it's better to stop a post before it can break containment.

Steam Deck LCD 256GB model is no longer in production store.steampowered.com/steamdeck

A lot of the paypros stuff took off on here because it was framed as "this is something you can do within a few minutes to make a big change." The truth is honey often gets the job done when vinegar would not. Being a smart activist often involves understanding how people are motivated to act

And also a Friday reminder to all that Universal Basic Income and wealth taxes is the correct way to go instead.

Your Friday reminder that trickle-down economics is a cruel hoax. Cruel because it's used by the super-rich to avoid paying their fair share of taxes. And a hoax because nothing has ever trickled down.

rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn

reminder:

NEW: I recently reported the inside story about cancelled KOTOR II Switch DLC. That came from files in a false-advertising lawsuit… Today, the untold story of that gamer-driven lawsuit, which was a wild saga, too It starts with a lawyer quoting Lil Wayne www.gamefile.news/p/star-wars-...

not to be hyperbolic but this is the death of art these people don't want to employ artists they want to employ people that can draw

The next time you hear conservatives railing against "handouts for the poor," remind them that we should really be cutting corporate welfare — unnecessary and unwarranted aid for profitable corporations that are dependent on the taxpayer.

The most powerful force in American politics today is anti-establishment fury at a rigged economic system. To counter Trump’s fake populism and his culture wars, progressives should mount a real battle against economic elites who have shafted America’s middle and working classes.

More on Kennedy's unethical study. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Mobile and sub growth, growing popularity and stickiness of the live service behemoths, and younger folks choosing mobile/PC more is my read. Console and premium gaming becoming more enthusiast/niche as lower cost options are seen as very good to good enough.

Our last free daily article is from @sarahjeong.bsky.social. This was originally published in August 2025, but is worth revisiting in light of a TikTok sale reportedly closing soon.

Trump's deal to sell TikTok won't just enrich his billionaire pal Larry Ellison. It also gives UAE investment firm MGX — a key business partner of the Trump family's crypto company — a major ownership stake in TikTok. Everything is for sale.

Maybe. 2008 also coincided with peak Wii, the rise of Guitar Hero and Rock Band, peak-ish 360 and Call of Duty started firing on all cylinders. Games was never "recession-proof" - it brute forced its way through the economic challenges. Now? Maybe not so much?

It's a war on child health they are waging. First vaccines, now this.

anyway read theory

"...there has to be a willingness to invest in fresh new markets, build products that expand the medium's appeal and reach, and put in the work to engage consumers who aren't plugged into games media and influencer ecosystems." www.gamesindustry.biz/novembers-da...

As I was saying for months, cost was always the primary factor between key cards vs full cart releases. Even if Nintendo can release other GB sizes, cost and speed are the main bottlenecks Now it's about whether people are willing to pay the extra €10 for a full cart release or go digital for less

A hill on which I will die: Calvin and Hobbes is one of the great pieces of 20th-century American literature in no small part because it was never turned into anything aside from a comic strip. Leave it be.

LEAVE BILL WATTERSON ALONE, YOU CREEP

Picture perfect. ☺️ Snap a photo with friends in Pokémon Pokopia, launching Mar 5 on #NintendoSwitch2! GameShare is also available, so you can play with friends who don't own the game.

Update: The Trump administration Thursday proposed two rules targeting hospitals that treat transgender children and youth using Medicare and Medicaid as the lever. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.

NEW: For the last seven weeks, Naughty Dog has enacted mandatory overtime for staff to finish an internal demo of their next game, Intergalactic. The game won't be out until 2027, leaving some staff wondering: If they're crunching now, what will next year be like? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The DNC announced that it will not release its internal autopsy of the 2024 election (and what went wrong). Well, I have some thoughts. If Democrats ever want to take America back from Trump and his cronies, here are eight things they must do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzc57eD3cWI

I recently noted that game console makers issued 8 price hikes in 6 months Alongside that, consider this stat from Bloomberg: "the US government estimates that it earned at least $325 million in tariffs on consoles and similar goods between February and August" www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...