Jess is right, I stepped foot in that place for five minutes and the vibes were off. A corporate sanitization to assure you the brand has never been stronger, a display of money to massage egos and jangle keys in front of fans.

Sorry, maybe I shouldn't say this but ahahah. I am very angry. So I went to Xbox's Fan Fest event to attend a preview event. And it was the most flagrant display of wealth imaginable. Five stories filled with caterers and hundreds of smiling faces there to assure me of the brand's strength.

far too kind considering the spelling mistakes i made, but I am humbled and appreciative 🙏🏿

im so say rn im gonna go take a nap

As we are celebrating Pride, please dont forget tha the Trans community is constantly under attack. I've been a huge supporter of the Okra Project, and I would ask if you can please support them as well www.theokraproject.com.

Crazy in how the midst of everything, current news and boycott, I know I’m still gonna see a bunch of completely uncritical Xbox previews this week

I keep meaning to do a proper announcement for Winged Hussar PR and keep getting delayed as I take on more client work. Good problem to have. So, consider this the announcement... Winged Hussar PR is officially open for business! ⚔️ wingedhussarpr.com

1/3 of the game industry has lost their job in the last two years. Ubisoft closed two more studios today. Everyone is out of work. To that end I'm starting a new bundle to benefit a layoffs hardship fund. Game devs: please consider submitting your PAID games to the bundle, which will launch in July.

Ubisoft EMBARGOED news to outlets about the layoffs and studio closures, FYI. Employees were told this morning. And then many reached out to us. Companies trying to embargo layoffs and closures might be the most embarrassing thing I've ever seen in my 16 years.

My working class king

"you can't do THAT on PS3333. I bet that shit'd run sloooooowly"

New Player's Club Podcast! listen to @graytlo777.bsky.social, @allanmuir.bsky.social, and I talk about everything that went down in the first half of Summer Game Fest, from the new God of War game, to the reanimation of Tupac's corpse. Live now on all podcast services!

Posting this classic from the old place before the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct in April, and all future ones of course.

This is how I'm finding out that that Patrick show has been going for 5 seasons, and that SpongeBob is about to hit season 20...

We're back y'all

🧵THREAD - The AI-Assisted Kingdom Hearts Cover 🧵 So, this cover have been pointed out for being ai-generated. Yeah it's shit. BUT after I did some dig in, it's actually kinda more complicated than this. So let me expand on this 👇

new review from me! another review of an older game, but I promise, this will definitely be the deepest dive you'll ever read about Ninja Gaiden 3 in 2026. sometimes it's fun to talk about bad games, and I had a lot of fun writing about this one. check it out!

Also: If you want reviews, please please please get codes out as soon as possible to get ahead of the games that won't be able to for whatever reason. If you are sending out a day before code in October for your game, you might as well assume 0 reviews going up anytime soon.

Like basically I think if you're complaining about there being no good singleplayer first person shooters anymore, that's a you problem

it feels particularly fucked up that Destiny 2 never got ported to Switch 2 before dying

this fucking image is so stupid but it kills me

Hey, PR. You’re going to be want to give outlets a bunch of codes for everyone at launch. None of this thing where you wait until TGA time. I can’t mad dash to evaluate at the end of the year.

if anyone needs me this September, no you don’t

kingdom hearts 4

I am now deeply invested in the success of this Starfox remake and need it to sell millions of copies.

it's giving "square enix hire this man" I'm afraid

this is beyond a recession indicator. something is wrong. be very afraid

Why were OoT and Duskbloods presented like games that are coming out in 2028? Super detailed on the thumb wrestling mechanics but can’t give me some hint of what the Zelda game coming out this year is going to play like.

when that trailer started I thought "maybe this is the Zelda I finally play to completion" then it ended with no gameplay and I thought "nvm that's not a real video game yet"

I forgot that they never ported the PS2 franchise that is Kingdom Hearts natively to the original Switch lmao man we needed Switch 2 huh

why they call it Splatoon Raiders and not Risk of Paint 2

PIKUNITWO !?!?

the only thing funnier than the existence of Ninjala 2 is that it looks fuckin sick actually

incoming goty candidate for @sarahpodz.bsky.social

I love this new feature.

proof that a game can come back from the scarlet letter(s) of AI

It's really weird how Western games media are (rightfully) aggressive against AI, openly calling out games & developers for using it in any way, but happily suck down to Xbox - even part of independent media.

For me giving a shit means having principles and sticking with them. It means not really caring if my principles make you feel bad because you just wanted to watch the xbox show. you should feel bad, I won't sugarcoat it. Feel bad, change your shit up, get with the program

okay last clip I wanna share from the Future Games Show reaction just because it amuses me just how fast I went from awestruck by beauty and back to cynical art critic again. even I don't understand why im like this

looking at the timeline rn and just really hoping it happens tonight

this the kind of shot they edit forest gump into

everytime I scroll upon a picture of tems staring directly onto the camera I get scared a lil

If the BDS boycott doesn’t give you pause about what games you carry water for I’m not hugely surprised gen AI doesn’t either.

I remembered! I went through all this AI greif earlier in the week before Crazy Taxi was ever announced. I'm a big Tomb Raider fan, and a big fan of Flying Wild Hog, the devs behind the new game. But their use of AI pretty much killed my hype for it, especially because it LOOKS like they used AI!

ah so that's why Agent 47 is hunting him down

one day i will boot up my copy of marathon but until then I will see posts like this and respond the only way normal people can, but saying "that's nice dear" in my head

this is gonna do WONDERS for my media thread posts

someone remind me to clip out the Tomb Raider segment of this video and share it when I get home to capitalize on the discourse of the day

great article