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Not long till you can clean up the Outer Rim. The STAR WARS Pack is out in 7 days! 💦
Allyson Cochran
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writing about games | editor @ TheGamer, bylines elsewhere | professionally silly ✨ | she/her 🌷 | Chicago-based 📧 allyson.c@thegamer.com
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! 😆
Not long till you can clean up the Outer Rim. The STAR WARS Pack is out in 7 days! 💦
The Invite is fantastic, but everytime time something is filmed on film my brain adds two stars automatically.
we laid off the people who develop the games, we laid off the journalists who cover the games, everyone is freelance and there’s no freelance budget. It’s probably fine though
TONY STARK WAS ABLE TO BUILD THIS IN A CAVE, WITH A BUNCH OF SCRAPS
We hereby conduct this post-mortem.
Mass Effect 3: The Best Way To Say Goodbye To Friends
We hereby conduct this post-mortem.
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one of the hardest parts of working in games is watching talented people get pushed out of the spaces they helped build
the fact that The Odyssey is the first movie ever shot entirely on IMAX film activates the same part of my brain that made me lose my mind over dinosaurs at age eight.
IGN is reporting that your GTA 6 character can only access healthcare in the Ultimate Edition
Stop talking about GTA 6 for a second! I reviewed the Star Fox remake and I'm a Star Fox guy now. www.thegamer.com/star-fox-swi...
Star Fox Remake Review: The Best This Iconic Nintendo Classic Has Ever Been
Get back in your Arwing, you're going to love it.
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I’ll buy the Steam Machine when they release a Hello Kitty variant
video games in 2027 will be for the girls, gays, and theys
Here's a rare one: we're hiring a News Editor at Eurogamer! The role is hybrid in London, though there can be some wiggle room on this for a worldie of a candidate. We're after someone who can not only proof, but understand how to push a story forwards originally. www.eurogamer.net/eurogamer-is...
Eurogamer is hiring a News Editor
We're after a top-class newshound to take us into a new era here at Eurogamer.
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Feels good writing up a fun preview after a long few weeks! Where Birds Sleep is going to be one of the coolest choices-matter games I ever play. Preview up now on @thegamerweb.bsky.social! www.thegamer.com/where-birds-...
Where Birds Sleep Preview: A Choices-Matter Game Where The Protagonist Refuses Your Choices
Where Birds Sleep is all about the adventure of protagonist Cormo, who is shaped but not controlled by your decisions.
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Women will always have a place in gaming, paving the way for stories that are just as incredibly powerful as their male counterparts. Regardless how much this upsets a 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 crowd, such leading ladies have been here for decades & will continue to do so in the future with tales only they can tell.
“laufey” will slowly become the perfect cat name for gamer girls instead of music girls
"I miss my beautiful, tall wife, boy. Her parries and air combos were sick as shit"
Greek gods fear Kratos less than gamers fear a female protagonist.
See, the difference between men and women is that women can doublejump. That's the power of wife
I played Star Fox on Switch 2 and it's been killing me that I've not been able to talk about it until now www.thegamer.com/star-fox-swi...
Star Fox Switch 2 Preview: Faithful Remake And Brand New Game Rolled Into One
The Star Fox remake coming to Switch 2 later this month somehow feels like a whole new game and a faithful remake at the same time.
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Here’s a trio of interview pieces with some of the development team behind 007: First Light I put together to mark the launch 🕵️ First up is a chat with combat designer Tom Marcham about building hard hitting fights in compelling sandboxes 🤼 www.thegamer.com/007-first-li...
"James Bond Can't Feel Like A Fool" - IO Interactive Breaks Down Designing The Brutal Combat Of 007: First Light
Bond hits harder than ever in 007: First Light, and it's all thanks to a killer combat system.
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my 2026 horror ranking so far which is objectively correct and if you disagree unfortunately you hate cinema 6. we bury the dead 5. undertone 4. backrooms 3. hokum 2. send help 1. obsession
You know what would make me feel better? Driving my hello kitty car in Forza Horizon 6.
In light of everything, here are some articles, interviews, and reports I’m extra proud of. The last 48 hours have been rough, but I remain determined to deliver quality. I imagine a lot of games media doesn’t really know who I am, but I bet a lot of them have sourced my work!
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Interviewing game developers would be my favorite part of my job if I didn’t have to hear the recording afterward and realize I sound like a cartoon mouse.