David does great work covering the CDN games scene and has damned fine journalistic instincts, which is rare in the specialist press world. Hire him!

David Carcasole@slybowser.bsky.social · 2w ago

So while editors can expect me in their inbox, I'll also say: if you're looking for a writer who is more than capable of independently handling a daily news grind, writing longer features and interviews, reviews, guides, or anything else you may need, reach out at davidcarc96@hotmail.com

So while editors can expect me in their inbox, I'll also say: if you're looking for a writer who is more than capable of independently handling a daily news grind, writing longer features and interviews, reviews, guides, or anything else you may need, reach out at davidcarc96@hotmail.com

Venba is less than $4 today If you like immigrant stories, food, or games that might make you cry and want something you could finish this weekend I'd highly recommend it.

Save 75% on Venba on Steam

Venba is a short narrative cooking game, where you play as an Indian mom who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Cook various dishes and restore lost recipes, hold branching conversatio...

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With the acquisition of Electronic Arts set to close next week, it seems like a good time to re-up this column about how much insight into the games industry we lose through acquisitions and consolidation. www.gamesindustry.biz/activision-b...

Activision Blizzard goes into the black box | This Week in Business

This Week in Business is our weekly recap column, a collection of stats and quotes from recent stories presented with a…

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Your periodic reminder that Microsoft's official position is that Dreamcast is "The Ultimate Home Video Game System." news.microsoft.com/source/1998/...

If I have to be optimistic about video games, it's going to come from news like Ron Gilbert continuing to be able to make games. www.grumpygamer.com/twp2_announce/

Thimbleweed Park 2

Ron Gilbert's often incoherent and bitter ramblings about the Game Industry

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Imagine having this franchise in your catalog and thinking any of those others would make for a better movie.

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · 2w ago

Atari Makes Universal Movie Deal For 10 Iconic Game Properties -Asteroids -Adventure -Berzerk -Breakout -Centipede -Crystal Castles -Millipede -Missile Command -Pong -Yars’ Revenge deadline.com/2026/07/atar...

It seems to me that the critic’s task should be to help people see more in the work than they might see without him. That’s a modest function, and you don’t need a big theory for it. (1962)

Journalism jobs are hard to come by these days, so wanted to make sure everyone was aware of this.

Ars is looking for a senior technology reporter, and you might be it!

Desktops, laptops, phones, CPUs, GPUs, NAS—if you know this stuff, come work for us!

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Anyone remember the in-game advertising hype of 20 years ago? EA saw huge opportunity then, too. www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna27184...

Ads for Obama campaign: ‘It's in the game’

Too busy playing video games to watch presidential ads on television? Barack Obama has found you, too, by becoming the first presidential candidate to buy ad space inside a game.

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Eurogamer@eurogamer.bsky.social · 3w ago

"It has to make sense for the game" - EA sees a "huge opportunity" for in-game advertising "but it has to be done properly" www.eurogamer.net/ea-in-game-a...

Sony patent application published today shows off an idea for a new modular game controller. I got a kick out of the alternate face buttons for some reason.

TWIV is a great video game site and always worth my subscription fee.

Edmond Tran@edmondtran.bsky.social · 4w ago

Something that often goes unsaid: We're against using genAI in our work, and we've also blocked AI crawlers from finding and stealing our work. Even Google. We're not traffic-driven, but in 2026 this has a big impact on how people find us. So, simply following us and sharing our work means a lot 🙏

Just a reminder that even though Sony is only now getting around to ending physical software, it's been a dozen years since they changed terms of service and forced people to agree they couldn't rent or sell discs. www.eurogamer.net/sony-reitera...

Sony reiterates you can sell and share your PS4 games

You can sell or share your PlayStation 4 games, Sony has reiterated.

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This one's a real doozy. www.tumblr.com/contextfreep...

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Lots of people worried the next generation of consoles will hit $1,000. I'm curious if the current generation of consoles will hit $1,000.

Game Developer@gamedeveloper.bsky.social · last mo.

Microsoft raises price of Xbox consoles once again, sunsets 2TB model

Very much channeling the energy of 20-years-ago Tim Schafer and hoping that guy was right. www.gamespot.com/articles/bit...

Days like today make me grateful to not be in games journalism any more.

As a Toronto fan, it's a little frustrating to see the year we miss the playoffs as the year that great NHL teams with average goalies thrive in the playoffs.

Calling a profit margin an "accountability margin" strongly suggests you don't intend to hold anyone accountable for anything except profit.

Maybe my biggest piece of advice for video game executives is to run your business in such a way that headlines about it will never include the phrase "deluge of child sex abuse cases." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Roblox Wants Deluge of Child Sex Abuse Cases Moved Out of Court

Myra’s daughter got a Roblox account when she was 8. For more than a decade, the immersive gaming platform had advertised itself as a safe place for kids to play, and during the pandemic, there weren’...

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@timsalmons.bsky.social Just wanted to thank you for the excellent reviews of Shaw Brothers films on The Digital Bits! It's hard to find reviews online that treat them as seriously. I also appreciate the heads up about poorly aged stuff/transphobia.

Great write-up on the Yakuza series here that really articulates why the big genre and narrative shifts of Yakuza: Like a Dragon worked so well with each other.

artemis, big boss of stop caring@stopcar.ing · 2mo ago

Popping out of my vacation hole to welcome back @otomeniki.bsky.social to Stop Caring. Niki Fakhoori analyzes the Yakuza/Like A Dragon series under the lens of the Hero's Journey and its feminine couterpart It would be so kind of you to read and share. www.stopcar.ing/like-a-hero-...

This is loads of fun. I wish more mobile games were built with Nintendo's design and monetization sensibilities.

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Pictonico! out now on mobile: iOS apps.apple.com/us/app/picto... Android play.google.com/store/apps/d...

In the early 2020s, Canadian startups didn’t get much hotter than ApplyBoard, whose business matching foreign applicants to university and college programs was worth $4 billion and had the immigration minister comparing its founding brothers to the Wright brothers. Things have changed.

ApplyBoard, the edtech unicorn, turned the foreign-student bubble into a $4-billion Trudeau-era success story, but let workplace norms take a back seat to growth. Now everyone’s feeling the hangover. thelogic.co/news/the-big...

"Level 10 gambling wizard" is a pretty fantastic creative writing prompt, I think. www.tumblr.com/contextfreep...

It's Bea Arthur's birthday, so of course today's Context-Free Patent Art is Golden Girls-related: www.tumblr.com/contextfreep...

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I don't put captions on Context-Free Patent Art, but if I did, today's would be "The Trojan Zamboni." www.tumblr.com/contextfreep...

hot tip: when someone says something nice to or about you screenshot it or write it down and put it in a note on your telephone and then one day you can find out about it again as if for the first time

As someone who has almost always hated autoscrolling levels, I'm surprised how much I'm enjoying Ron Gilbert's Death By Scrolling on the Switch. It takes a mechanic I hate, builds a roguelike around it, and delivers it all with Gilbert's humour and sensibilities. Good stuff.