I am on pins and needles to see the Saudi version of the #Sims. You know is immediately giving the game MAGA hats and taking away queer representation .

Also I'm glad that Bioware was effectively dead before this sale happened.

Hang on, did EA just get bought by Jared Fucking Kushner (among others)?

Yeah, the game is gonna crash long before the servers are stressed. share.google/U9yZEpbJprCg...

It's one thing that no one taught Sam Woods to not engage in his comment section, but comparing Yoshi-P to Donald Trump is a bold fucking strategy, Cotton. share.google/5QxfrOKUqwQg...

It's really weird to live in a world where I have to say this but I'm unhappy about the #crackerbarrell redesign because it's bland and dull, not because I'm a fascist.

That quote from newsom is an insane thing to say as an adult.

I didn't live react to Gamescom, but I will say I'm flirting with a WoW writer so am ethically obligated to praise the Midnight trailer.

Maybe some of us remember what happened the last time law enforcement got mad at a sex worker Trump was mad at Columbus vice cops did so much harassment and illegal setups, entrapments, abuse and wrongful arrests when Stormy Daniels came to town that they got disbanded

Friends, if you're pissy over stuff @collokation.bsky.social said, there are two things to consider. 1. Being involved in the gaming industry doesn't take away your right to free speech. We let Randy Pitchford continue to exist. 2. You can actually disagree with someone without harassing them!

Critical information here: EUR, CAD, GBP, JPY, AUD and USD are unaffected. This plus the emphasis on the acquiring bank makes me think PayPal isn't any more excited about this than you. I'd bet a currency exchange or global banking intermediary for PayPal's "smaller markets" is pushing censorship.

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

I play non-Soulsian RPGs, survival crafting, and grand strategy. I must be professionally aware and conversant in LITERALLY EVERY GENRE and my ability at EVERY SINGLE GAVE will be scrutinized as if I was a specialist on that particular game. www.vice.com/en/article/i...

Guess who also got laid off? This girl! I still think it was neat that for 45 seconds I worked alongside, if not with, Polygon.

Happy May 1st. The value of your labor belongs to you and the actions of the state are best understood as as a coordinated effort to distract you from this. The state fears an organized and unified proletariat like it fears death and rightly so. Power to the workers and power to the people

Our game director Christopher Nelson spoke to GameRant about how we're blending roguelite tension with RPG, extraction elements, and MOBA-inspired champions with unique abilities, play styles, and personalities. Thank you @katiekivel.bsky.social for great questions! gamerant.com/raiders-blac...

As a Valnet employee I understand we have a reputation that the team I'm on has spent the last three years rehabilitating, and I know the shake up at @polygon.com is awful and painful, but in the long run I'm optimistic. I really look forward to working alongside them in the future.

Worth a mention that those game devs are getting laid off while you're paying these prices so the devs are hungry no matter what you pay.

You guys doing okay over there, @rockpapershotgun.com.web.brid.gy?

I know this is crazy but hear me out: Fewer, more expensive games with properly compensated developers and thorough QA testing?

I'm working at 3 AM and my wife has blearily turned over to tell me the character portrait for Mothman that we're putting into Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 is "kind of a DILF". She has now gone back to bed Video games

we're going to keep making games by hand that connect humans in a shared experience btw

GLAMOUR IS ALWAYS THE REAL ENDGAME

you just know nintendo has had multiple meetings in the last month about what to do about luigi

What game are you getting yourself this holiday?

Mount and Blade 2 Bannerlord is a great game because you do a whole big medieval battles and then you slowly make a series to clicks to move the losing parties butter into your inventory. Now the butter is mine.

This was a deeply cool thing to log in to.

Oh, also, I got to write about some people whose artistic work ignited my passion as a child: gamerant.com/final-fantas...

Today, Dec 17, is dedicated to ending violence against sex workers. If our goal is to protect vulnerable women or fight human trafficking, the prejudice and legal persecution has utterly failed. It's almost like the goal is just to punish women.

Gentle reminder that if you're being annoying to the trans people who built this site, don't. Bluesky belongs to the dolls, the furries, sex workers, commies and queers. you'd be stuck on threads without the communities who were here first. don't be dicks.

Making America Great Again appears to involve bringing back polio?

Say "tenth anniversary" one more tone, Keighley. I swear to God.

Honestly, I'm a bit surpassed how far Astro Bot went, but not that surprised. After all, it made a huge splash and was relatively uncontroversial fun, which is a hell of an achievement these days.

I know it's wildly off topic but I wish I could play violin.

Larian speaking truth and fire when Keighley can't figure out why layoffs happen.

I'm sold. I'm so sold.

AND IT'S NAUGHTY DOG???

Conspiracy lady on a space ship. I'm sold.

Statler and Waldorf are the most relatable thing, like my god.

It's always "a land soaked in blood." Where's the dark action game set in a land soaked in mint tea and soup?

Well, shit, new Okami!

Honestly, Metaphor is an absolute juggernaut this year.

I'm down for Superhero Management Simulator 2K25.

I'm digging the Aaron Paul and Laura Bailey skit.

I've had Infinity Nikki recommended pretty strongly to me, and I remember it making my radar when it was announced...

Balatro keeps sweeping up!

A new Sonic Racing game? I'm down for it!

Man, Uematsu still out here getting Ws.

Fortnite! Excellent, I get a quick dinner break!

Geoff Keighley really wants us to think Snoop likes him.