happy birthday hades 2 I still cant believe you were really like that youtu.be/zMa6nDH8KvQ
Hades II's ending isn't fixed
YouTube video by Jay Castello
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freelance culture writer 🍏 book & game editor ☕ narrative designer 🎲 short (& long) fiction author 📚 ace attorney podcast host @turnaboutbreakdown.bsky.social 🌈 basically if it involves words i'll do it 🌙 jaycastello.com 🦢 they/she
hades was a good game too bad it never got a sequel
Virtue and a Sledgehammer. Coming October 27. Just one month away.
cardi b playing on the radio in this uber and the driver goes "i hope you don't mind the music." i will never recover from this
very kind of autumn to excerpt something I have no memory of writing thereby allowing me to be pleasantly surprised by myself
autumn wright 🍂@autumn-wright.com · 3d agowhat I've been reading, watching, playing, and writing this summer (moving edition):
VIRTUE AND A SLEDGEHAMMER OCTOBER 27 A MACHINE WILL NEVER HATE ITSELF ENOUGH
the problem with being a writer who is deeply embedded in video games is that occasionally you do get an idea that would only be achievable as a roguelite deckbuilder
a family let me pass at km 10. adult: "say 'you can do it,' Molly," [the tinest voice imaginable]: you can do it!
Jay Castello 🌻@jaymcastello.bsky.social · 7d ago12k trail race tomorrow even though I've run like once on the last two months oops
12k trail race tomorrow even though I've run like once on the last two months oops
there was brief, very cool moment where the entire IGN news team was queer women
Vikki Blake (Vixx)@vixx.bsky.social · last wk.I've been around long enough that I've gone from being the only woman on editorial, to an almost 50/50 split, to going back to being the one woman again. It's so fucking depressing.
between control resonant and wolverine i am unfortunately feeling sickos.jpg about people complaining about mechanical commonplaces i've been complaining about for years
just wrote a bunch about How I See The Industry and it simply reminded me how much i don't like doing that
like @danielleri.bsky.social, @diegoarguello.bsky.social, and @kerrblimey.bsky.social, i will no longer be contributing to game developer. it was an absolute blast working with this team on my twice-a-month column! that means i’ve got more time to report and write for you!!!! hit us all up, really✨
My dad just asked "is it true there's a lesbian pokemon?"
"Mistria isn’t escapist as much as it is aspirational. But the effect is the same." @jaymcastello.bsky.social looks at Fields of Mistria's frictionless world: buff.ly/LPNPoEZ
It's Always Sunny in Mistria - Unwinnable
Fields of Mistria isn’t escapist as much as it is aspirational. But the effect is the same.
unwinnable.com
supposed to be taking a 3 day break and all I want to do is WRITE :(
Yo. This is the union calling for a boycott. Here in America people like to say "Well I was already boycotting Starbucks!" No you were not. You were just choosing not to buy their stuff. That is not a boycott. A boycott is an organized, collective activity. "I" don't boycott: we do.
Starbucks Workers United@sbworkersunited.org · 2w agoWe have power in numbers, and we'll continue to fight for a better Starbucks. Support us by BOYCOTTING STARBUCKS until the company finalizes fair union contracts with workers! boycottstarbucks.net
Since we published our Spore oral history in June, we've been talking to members of the mod community about how they've kept the game going for the past 18 years.
The modding community keeping Spore alive
We talk to three members of the Spore modding community about their efforts to continue Maxis' work and keep the game active for new generations of fans.
designroom.site
after I wrote my oral history of Spore, a member of the community reached out in a long email to talk about its legacy, which has been particularly supported by modding. so I asked if they'd like to help me put together a follow up www.designroom.site/spore-moddin...
The modding community keeping Spore alive
We talk to three members of the Spore modding community about their efforts to continue Maxis' work and keep the game active for new generations of fans.
designroom.site
after I wrote my oral history of Spore, a member of the community reached out in a long email to talk about its legacy, which has been particularly supported by modding. so I asked if they'd like to help me put together a follow up www.designroom.site/spore-moddin...
The modding community keeping Spore alive
We talk to three members of the Spore modding community about their efforts to continue Maxis' work and keep the game active for new generations of fans.
designroom.site
you don't need me to tell you that Diego is the best. he really can do it all
Diego Nicolás Argüello@diegoarguello.bsky.social · 2w agoupdate: i'm parting ways with my freelance news gig at game developer at the end of the month. helping the team since april 2025 has been a great experience and has taught me a lot if you're looking for an experienced b2b news writer, or just an experienced freelancer that can do it all, i'm around
rockstar saying "it would be really bad for our PR if it got out that people were talking about our managers being abusive" in a public legal filing. masterful gambit sir
Chris Kerr@kerrblimey.bsky.social · 2w agoR* is also properly hammering Discord. It has encouraged the tribunal to imagine the platform as a series of physical rooms—filled with hundreds of people, including some ‘wearing masks’—with doors that allow inhabitants to take information into the public domain.
lrt: there used to be this incredibly embarrassing trend where male commissioning editors would tweet like "i'm looking for women to add to my review roster" ...
Overworld is handy not just for collecting game reviews but also showing that no women are reviewing these big games, what a resource! I would like to be wrong about this so if you see a Wolverine review that's otherwise, feel free to share below
genuinely incredible youtube comment. i can't even be mad
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