I worked at a shoe store in 2012 for about 90 minutes
Better Things Are Possible@internethippo.bsky.social · 2d agoIn honor of the fired lady tell me about your shortest job tenure. I worked at a candy store for less than 2 weeks when I was like 16
Cameron Faulkner
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Commerce editor at @theverge.com, formerly at Polygon portfolio and more about me > https://cameronfaulkner.wordpress.com/
Better Things Are Possible@internethippo.bsky.social · 2d ago
I, uh... you're going to want to turn sound on for this one. Today I'm toying with a cute robot that's going straight in the trash!
We're a year-old today! To celebrate, we're making five changes to the site — and dropping the price of our most popular paid subscription tier.
Design Room is turning 1 and we're lowering prices
To celebrate our first anniversary, we're making five changes to the site — and dropping the price of our most popular paid subscription tier.
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Based on @cameronfaulkner.bsky.social's early hands-on time with the new Ocarina of Time Remake, it’s shaping up to be the best-looking, best-playing version of the game that addresses the most frustrating aspects of playing the original.
The Ocarina of Time remake feels remarkably modern — and surprisingly terrifying
New tech and gameplay improvements make it easier to get into Nintendo’s defining title.
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youtu.be/PdRkWAE25Ag?... it's never a bad time to listen to a Jer Set Radio classic
Reps - 'Bout the City
YouTube video by DJ Professor M
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if this post doesn't apply to you, would still appreciate you sharing around.
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d agoIf you're a fraternity alum (from any school/state) who experienced sexual violence as a member, I'm here to listen. I understand this is extremely sensitive and I will treat your story with the utmost discretion and care. Reach out— Signal: marisakabas.04 Email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
I have be on X to be part of the AI tech scene conversation. Which is not at all a red flag to me about that industry and the people who participate in it
Ryan@ryansimmons.bsky.social · 3w agohey, listen pal. I NEED to use X for work. my job *requires* the use of a tool owned by the world's first trillionaire that connects me directly to racists and pedophiles. or i can't work
Big new story! The best 8,000 words you'll read on Vib-Ribbon today.
Vib-Ribbon: An oral history
Almost 27 years later, we round up the team behind NanaOn-Sha's procedurally generated playground to look at the legacy of PlayStation's wireframe rabbit.
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Shout! Factory put old "lost" TV directly into fans' hands—until one day it didn't
Shout! Factory put old "lost" TV directly into fans' hands—until one day it didn't
Shout! Factory once helped TV fans bring their favorite "lost" shows home. But an influx of FAST cash soon led to the loss of its identity.
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I got to check out a bunch of new Kindles yesterday, including some new aluminum ones that are quite nice to hold. The tech hasn't changed much, but Kindle feels more mature now www.theverge.com/tech/1002811...
Amazon is launching colorful new Kindles — and a case with physical page-turn buttons
You can get them with aluminum cases.
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Been too busy to yell about this on here, but Sands of Crime is nearly at 3K raised and 75%! Please consider backing my silly dice game about desert gangs stealing loot 🌵🙏🌵
I also asked Shu why the PSVR, PS Vita and PSP didn't have as many games as we'd hoped. He seemed a little jealous of the Nintendo Switch! At Sony, he "felt very constrained" having to prioritize home console, but had to since it was Sony's biggest business. Timestamp: youtu.be/Ogs_XpJLinM?...
Shuhei Yoshida on the future of gaming | The Vergecast
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DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.
In the slow horses season 6 premiere, I said to my wife "oh there's The Matrix throat chop meme guy" and he immediately throat chopped River
Instead of celebrating that success, I'm mourning the loss of my and many of my talented colleagues' jobs. Please hire them. Please hire me. And please still read and watch our work. Our Steam Frame review is sharp and smartly critical of an extremely interesting piece of technology.
Valve's Steam Frame Is a Great All-in-One Wireless PCVR Headset, but Is It Worth the Cost?
The Steam Machine is probably one of the first VR headsets that can do everything right out of the box, from standalone gaming to streaming 2D games from your PC. But the high price, short battery lif...
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I've been testing the Steam Frame for most of the past three weeks. Here's my review. www.theverge.com/tech/994267/...
The Steam Frame is made for irresponsible hardware nerds like me
It almost makes me want to pay to be a beta tester.
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‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series: “She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.” variety.com/2026/tv/feat...
Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’
‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.
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All right, here's the first call out. Within hours of me publishing an incredibly in-depth piece on CMON's finances, which covers a multitude of stock exchange filings from across several weeks, this article appeared on @tabletopgamingnews.bsky.social: www.tabletopgamingnews.com/cmon-is-suff...
CMON Faces Make-or-Break Moment as It Warns of "Prolonged Structural Downturn" - TGN - Tabletop Gaming News
CMON has issued a stark warning about its future, telling investors its core business is stuck in a "prolonged structural downturn" and still burning through
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen@boardgamewire.bsky.social · last mo.It's become hugely dispiriting how frequently I'm having to contact other tabletop news sites asking that they -please- cite BoardGameWire as the source of the story they've just directly lifted, slightly reworded or run through ChatGPT before slapping it on their site without attribution.
We're open for freelance pitches! Have any ideas for oral histories, roundtables, Q&As, or other stories that feel in line with what we've published so far? Feel free to DM. Rates typically range from $250-$750.
You don't own your digital Sony games, and now Microsoft wants you to pay PER HOUR to stream its games from the cloud www.theverge.com/news/989166/...
Microsoft slashes Xbox Cloud Gaming to just 15 hours a month for Ultimate subscribers
The new cloud gaming hourly restrictions come nearly a year after all Game Pass subscribers got cloud access.
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so unfair that you might be attacked for just wanting a white ethnostate anyway after like a decade plus of usage i canceled my @1password.bsky.social subscription and switched to apple passwords. took 15 minutes.
andy™@andylevy.net · 2mo agoah yes once again the racists are the real victims
What does it look like when data centers move into town? That's what a lot of Americans are wondering these days, and this VA county gives a glimpse. My @theverge.com feature on Data Center Alley is out now, with amazing visuals by @stephenvoss.bsky.social. Gift link www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Your future is in Virginia
If you want to know what the data center occupation looks like, there’s one place where it already arrived — 20 years ago.
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OK folks, I’m 75 subscribers away from 1000. I’m gonna be at BlizzCon next week and uploading a ton of stuff to my channel. Please consider sharing me around and helping me reach that 1k milestone before I go! New video out today! youtube.com/@ryan_gillia...
Ryan Gilliam
I'm Ryan Gilliam, host of Escape Will Make Me Pod, former Guides Producer at Polygon, and co-owner of Rogue.site. I'm here to use my years of experience covering the games industry to provide analys...
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Getting my job back at the Washington Post would not have been possible if it wasn’t for me belonging to a union. @postguild.bsky.social and @wbng.org are the unions I belong to. I was able to challenge my wrongful termination because of the collective bargaining agreement / union contract!
i also wrote about fromsoftware's long history of trying new ideas, with some thoughts from hidetaka miyazaki www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
FromSoftware can do anything
The ‘Soulslike’ studio is always trying new ideas.
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