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I'll be rebuilding giantbomb.com over the next five months or so, and the Wiki will be a community effort. Peep the article if you would like to help! Had people ask if I have a ko-fi, I do now! But no pressure there. ko-fi.com/chucktowski

really fun episode of the vgbees podcast this week!!!!

New pinned post! I put together a Linktree, linktr.ee/turboshawn, so people can easily find all my stuff in one, up-to-date place. I'm also *finally* making use of my own domain: turboshawn.com now sends you there as well! 😊

It’s my last day at Polygon, a website I loved deeply and thought I’d be a part of for the next decade or so. I struggle when I’m in a position where moral complacency is demanded of me. So I had to go. 💜 I’ll be out here freelancing on games, tech reviews, and editing — pls shout if ya need a me!

Hey, we are doing a Giant Bomb suggestion box. Do you have something you want us to do and just want to tell us about it? You can do so on the forum here: www.giantbomb.com/forums/gener... Or you can do so anonymously here on a Google Form: docs.google.com/forms/d/1ou9...

Thanks for the heads up! Just snagged it.

Hey folks, this is a reminder that I'm currently looking for work! I'm an experienced producer with 8 years in games, worked on major franchises like God of War and Gears of War (yes), in Unreal and Unity houses, and across technical and creative disciplines. Please feel free to reach out!

How do you follow up ‘The Perfect Game’? VGC went hands-on with Lumines Arise to find out why it could top Tetris Effect. www.videogameschronicle.com/features/how...

It's Death Stranding 2 week, and we've bought into the early access window in order to have some tips ready for you all later this week. Please share and consider supporting us on Patreon, PayPal, or Ko-Fi. www.paypal.com/donate/?host... ko-fi.com/bigfriendlyg... www.patreon.com/posts/death-...

I want to try something here. I am a freelance games writer, so I need to send pitches. However, I often don’t know who or where to contact for pitching… So, for our collective benefit: please post the contact info (email, social media, etc) for pitching to your outlet in the replies or quotes!

GamesRadar+ has a whole page about how and what to pitch us: www.gamesradar.com/gamesradar-p... The email for the vast majority of freelance pitches to put it in front of the relevant eyeballs is: [email protected]

We’re doing good work and could be doing more of it, tbh

A huge collection deserves a huge review. That’s why @raisinbman.bsky.social has reviewed every individual game in the Capcom Fighting Collection 2, alongside what feels like a grand achievement for video game preservation. www.startmenu.co.uk/home/review-...

Shoutouts to @grubb.wtf and @lexluddy.xyz for getting Smooth Criminal by AAF lodged in my brain this morning.

not a joke, sadly. if you need a coder please consider bringing on @marklacroix.bsky.social or @tetronimike.bsky.social because they're gonna need money.

The BIG ROBOT classic, Sir, You Are Being Hunted, along with our other games, are all on sale this week! It would make a rubbish summer significantly nicer if you could pick one of these up and enjoy our weirdo worldbuilding. store.steampowered.com/app/242880/S...

more politics in video games, please

can you believe when this happened in final fantasy tactics

I'm less than 200 followers away from being at 3k on here and while that will have 0 tangible benefit on my life in any way I like it when the number get big

Neither 90s game-mag writers nor their audience had the language for "othering" or "exoticizing." Maybe "fetishizing," but, um, not in this context. Though it (mostly) came from a place of geniune appreciation in 1996, the pent-up psychic energy in NA markets around Japan-based developers' RPGs...

TRON: Catalyst is OUT NOW! Available across Steam and consoles, the Arq Grid is ready to welcome you back. With your Identity Disc and Light Cycle, fight to escape Core by wielding the power of the Glitch loop. Good luck, programs. We hope you enjoy our newest title 💙

As a kid who grew up on MTG and Final Fantasy, this makes my heart happy.

My first piece on MTGxFF is live on Epic Games Store! It’s a guide looking at how to relive your favourite Final Fantasy moments—Zidane and Garnet’s escape from Alexandria, the moogle rescue in Narshe’s mines, and, of course, FFV’s most epic sacrifice—in the latest @magic.wizards.com expansion set.

What is Pedro Pascal's most iconic role

TRON: Catalyst is out now store.steampowered.com/app/3025590/... (Consoles coming online shortly) It’s been a journey, we couldn’t be more excited to join you again on the Arq Grid.

Hell yeah. This rules.

LOVE A GOOD SCHEDULE! We're gonna check out Peak in a few!

In our latest series HOW GAMES ARE MADE each episode focuses on a specific area of game production. Massive thanks to the folks @torbiegames.bsky.social for helping us make these. WATCH HERE: youtu.be/lbOghip5CPI?...

Hey, still looking for work, i do a lot within 2d game art, pixel art, animation, enviroment, ui, and a little 3d too i do more than pixel art tho (even if its my main) you can see what i do in www.el-sato.com and contact me trough there (a dm here works too) ill also make a commision form soon(ish)

Ok, Goodwill. I see you.

I love video games.

i'm coming over you better not be a skeleton waiter who throws a food tray, misses, then dives to the ground and explodes instantly

🚨 The last few months, we have been dealing with switching ad providers, and tbh, we have lost all revenue from that. We will have to pull back on what we can commission from writers in the coming month. If you can subscribe to the site or donate, please do 👇🏽

Pearl Abyss' Crimson Desert is an open world action RPG for people who want more than simplicity in their action-RPGs. Read our hands-on impressions from #SGF Play Days:

I am in love with Crimson Desert - more specially, its combo system that forces the player to lock in. Nothing is difficult to do, just challenging to master. I love it! My second hands-on 👇🏾👇🏾

Back in February, I wrote a Tumblr post on Dragon Age: The Veilguard's lasting legacy after layoffs at BioWare. I did this because G/O Media was doing everything in its power to stop us from writing about layoffs in a way that "moralized" the issue. Today, the post finally lives on Kotaku.

A new multiplayer mode is debuting with Konami’s Snake Eater remake.