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Video journalist covering video games and digital media — Previously @GameInformer.com — Bylines @GameSpot.com @Fandom.com Musician, 3D artist, BravoTV sicko Game documentaries: Patreon.com/ViewportVideo Press Inquiries: [email protected]
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Pretty sure video games don’t have to look better than this

sent her home the same episode 😭

The Bachelor put two rocks on a plate and the girl he gifted them to said “you have no idea how much this means to me” I love good television

this your man?

announcing my new new game: Castle v Castle!!! a strategic 1v1 castle battler that has you build up your castle and reduce your opponent to rubble, brick by brick! DEMO OUT NOW!!! with funding from Slay the Spire dev @caseyyano.bsky.social via Outersloth (Among Us) and Future Friend support!

I think this officially means I’m a contributor at @mtgsalvation.bsky.social! Here’s my debut post covering today’s Magic announcements from MagicCon!

We’ve had a busy week.

Showed her your posts

the people from the exploding rocket company?

I flew this same route just a couple weeks ago. I am genuinely scared of flying currently uk.news.yahoo.com/delta-plane-...

For #screenshotSaturday, here's one of the new environments for my 64x64 metroidvania Ascent DX. Check out the trailer on Steam 👉 https://bit.ly/ascent_dx #gamedev #pixelart

This season's Love is Blind is set in Minneapolis and I've heard so much tea about the guys on the show. Instant red flags already playing out in the first episode.

We're stoked to introduce the 'No Gen AI' seal for indie games! Indie devs can use it on their game's store page to assure potential players that their game was made without the use of Generative AI. You can grab it from the Polygon Treehouse website:- www.polygon-treehouse.com/no-gen-ai-seal

My Instagram DMs with one of my close friends is just years of us sending art posts to each other and saying “Hell yeah”

Thanks for all of the kind words about MinnMax's revealing interview with Ready at Dawn's co-founder. youtu.be/g7t6Wo2IcU8 This is what the backend looks like for an interview that spawned news stories on every major gaming site. Independent games media only exists by support on Patreon.

Elon-Biting-Curb_4K.mp4

This week’s episode of The Traitors is infuriating. My favorite player was just banished by Beavis and Butthead.

TURN HIS TV OFF

After 8 years at Vox Media/SB Nation/Secret Base, I have been laid off. Thank you guys for supporting me throughout the years and I hope you join me for whatever is next. Secret Base will continue to make great things, I honored to be a part of it.

EXCLUSIVE: The CEO and CFO of Bohemia Interactive purchased a Czech ‘misinformation’ outlet in 2023. The site publishes stories parroting right-wing talking points, many based on untruths or misrepresentations. According to CEO Marka Španěla, the editorial strategy made it an appealing purchase.

I saw the Kanye ad yesterday (it aired in the Philly market, where we were) but didn't click on the link. Today I found out it went to a website selling swastika T-shirts. This was a Superbowl ad. And it was to a website selling swastika T-shirts. I feel like I'm losing my mind.

Wanna help us fund our next game? Buy our game while its on sale. Or buy it for a friend :)

Wild that the collective ego of white america is so fragile that even the performative bones they threw us are all getting snatched back.

Sell your Teslas, dump your stock, join the picket lines. Hurting Tesla is stopping Musk, and stopping Musk will help save lives and our democracy. The stakes couldn't be higher and no one is coming to fix this- not our politicians and not our media. It's up to collective effort.

Thanks to your generosity, we’ve raised over 75% of our goal to support Scout’s cancer treatment cost! Thank you so much for your support.

I'm live!

how I'd act if I ever earned a livable wage

What happened to Ready at Dawn? The beloved studio's co-founder opens up on The Order: 1886's troubled development and how Meta eventually killed the studio in our new MinnMax Interview. youtu.be/g7t6Wo2IcU8

Finally it's here... How to make 3D Games in Godot! 🌟 youtu.be/ke5KpqcoiIU #GodotEngine

That anti-hate ad where two Trump-loving celebrities talk about how bad the hate has gotten is fucking WILD.

Dumb question but is Kendrick wearing a lower case a chain in reference to a minor?

This Super Bowl is for the haters

i love u kendrick i love u sza

I got death threats for months just for accurately pointing out that a popular game developer had said sexist things on social media. I empathize, I do! It's fucking terrible and scary! but y'all are running a country here and you can either commit to that, or step down and let someone handle it.

just to feel something

Me punching in to the day job:

Pretty obvious at this point Musk doesn't care about games or the "culture war" around them. He posts these mantras to manufacture consent amongst his servile tech bro Nazi fan base for when he guts their government benefits and strips them of their rights

Seeing the co-president actively calling me and my peers garbage is so great. I am so glad I logged online today!!

Dude who cheats in video games for clout as well as being openly Nazi has an opinion.