Kallie Plagge
@inkydojikko.bsky.social
senior copy editor, The Verge | formerly senior copy editor, Polygon and reviews editor, GameSpot ✧⁎ she/her ☆ my posts do not follow AP style
I played Control Resonant earlier this week and wrote about how it's technically a sequel, but it's also kind of not, and why it seems like that approach works. Gift link~ www.theverge.com/games/944151...
Control Resonant is a sequel — and also a starting point
Remedy is exploring its supernatural universe from a brand-new perspective.
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accidentally solved a question that has bothered me for years: what is the plural of yoshi?
Games criticism owes so much to Garrett Martin. Quietly one of the most influential people in the space, a guy who was happy to publish anyone that had something interesting to say. A shame AV Club is shuttering its games coverage. End of an era, long live Paste Games
Over 200 active video game publications. Text. Audio. Video. Reporting. Criticism. Analysis. Blogs. Sites. Networks and wikis. Even in its incomplete form, the document is a treasure trove! I hope it helps you find your next favorite blogger, essayist, reporter, video maker, podcaster, and more!
An Incomplete Catalogue of Games Media in 2026
Find your new favorite video game publications
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Pokemon finally have personalities, and we love them?? We’re still playing Pokopia and it’s keeping us sane this week, with guests @inkydojikko.bsky.social + @shinycaseyd.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/ROFy6... 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/0orI... 💸: www.patreon.com/posts/pokemo...
Pokemon finally have personalities, and we love them?? (Pokopia is keeping us sane)
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I wrote about Pokémon Champions for @theverge.com! I talk about the tension between onboarding new players and satisfying experienced ones (without getting TOO in the weeds, I promise). Gift link: www.theverge.com/games/910110...
Pokémon Champions is off to a rough start
The bugs are already getting fixed, but it’s still got a long road ahead.
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knew we needed the experts on this, so please listen to the incredibly knowledgeable @shinycaseyd.bsky.social and @inkydojikko.bsky.social explain competitive Pokemon to me, a bad trainer. some fantastic insight into where the players are at, what Champions gets right, and where it can tune up.
Axe of the Blood God - An RPG Podcast@bloodgodpod.bsky.social · 4mo agoPokemon Champions is here! Expert guests @shinycaseyd.bsky.social and @inkydojikko.bsky.social get deep into the tall grass of competitive battling. Also: How do the gatcha components of Pokemon Champions affect players? 🎧 : open.spotify.com/episode/0orI... 💸: www.patreon.com/posts/pokemo...
I played the Pokémon Champions demo today at PAX and I'm feeling a lot more encouraged after some initial disappointment when previews dropped. It sacrifices some niche, granular stat control for approachability, which competitive Pokémon has desperately needed for a while.
Pokopia has a whole 3D printer and it surprised me so much that I ended up reanalyzing how Pokémon treats technology in general. Gift link if you want to read :) www.theverge.com/games/890131...
Pokopia made me look at Pokémon’s high-tech future in a whole new way
The power of science is amazing!
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We're about to start answering questions here!! If you're a Verge subscriber and wanna know about Pokopia, now's the time to ask. We're avoiding spoilers!
The Verge@theverge.com · 5mo agoWe've been playing Pokemon Pokopia for the last week, and it... really goes places. Got any questions ahead of launch? We're holding a subscriber-exclusive AMA today at 2PM ET, so drop questions any time and @charlespulliam.bsky.social + @inkydojikko.bsky.social will see you all this afternoon!
We've been playing Pokemon Pokopia for the last week, and it... really goes places. Got any questions ahead of launch? We're holding a subscriber-exclusive AMA today at 2PM ET, so drop questions any time and @charlespulliam.bsky.social + @inkydojikko.bsky.social will see you all this afternoon!
We played Pokémon Pokopia, ask us anything
Gotta build it all.
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I've also been playing Pokopia and I am completely in love with it. It's very clever in how it puts a Pokémon spin on games like Minecraft and Viva Piñata and I agree with Charles that it's more than the sum of those parts. Stay tuned for more from us on Pokopia :)
Charles Pulliam-Moore@charlespulliam.bsky.social · 5mo agoAfter playing Pokopia for the past week, can confidently say that this game's going to consume people's lives (complimentary) while we're all waiting for Wind and Waves. It's a lot like Animal Crossing/Minecraft/Dragon/Quest Builders, but it's also bigger than the sum of is parts. My review:
Some news - today I’m launching One More Catch, an independent publication covering Pokémon Go and the next generation of Pokémon games: @onemorecatch.site
Welcome to One More Catch
Pokémon Go coverage is evolving...
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The violent occupation of Minneapolis started with a vlog. I've wanted to find a framework to describe Nick Shirley & others like him: "Influencer" is too quaint. "Journalist" is obviously wrong. I landed on "slopagandist." Gift link (open in a web browser) www.theverge.com/news/869824/...
What is Nick Shirley?
Slop doesn’t need to be AI-generated
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I'm teaming up w/ my boy Jesse Vitelli (@mamavitelli.bsky.social) to co-op Resident Evil 6; and we're doing it live to say FUCK ICE and fundraise for MIRAC!! (@miracmn.bsky.social)! 👉🏽 www.givemn.org/story/pnu2tf 👈🏽 COME THRU @ 3PM PT / 6PM ET TODAY!! 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 twitch.tv/mamavitelli twitch.tv/brazyazn
I am terraforming like it's my job 😌 (thanks to @andrewrweb.bsky.social for letting me write about Animal Crossing at length)
The Verge@theverge.com · 7mo agoAnimal Crossing: New Horizons added just enough to suck me back in
I saw The Plague over a week ago and I haven't stopped thinking about it since. Not to be dramatic but it spoke directly to my soul and gave form to feelings and experiences I didn't know how to express
A 23 year old larping as a journalist made a misleading and inaccurate YouTube video that the administration full of chronically online shitposters used to justify the “largest immigration operation ever” and now someone is dead
I decided if I was going to do this side quest I was gonna do it right
lately I've started replying to questions with "yes yes" like I'm Tom Nook and I have no idea why 😔
no one i trust more on the new horizons update than @inkydojikko.bsky.social www.theverge.com/games/845242...
I’ve been waiting years for Animal Crossing’s best new features
Update 3.0 is for the decorators.
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my lash glue has held up for a week including one day of Extreme Crying and, separately, an entire day at Disneyland. the KVD liquid eyeliner of lash glues
really starting to think the "treatment-resistant depression" is just how I am and I'm only exhausting myself trying to fight it but hey I keep trying anyway and that's something I guess
I finally transferred my island off my old Switch Lite for this article. Ready for January ❤️
The Verge@theverge.com · 9mo agoThe nostalgia and surprise of returning to Animal Crossing: New Horizons
update: 😭😭😭😭
Nicole Carpenter@nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 9mo agovery excited to share this story about an emerging video game genre: games that live on bottom of your desktop screen. my first story in the NYT, featuring @mistermorrisgames.bsky.social, @toadzillart.itch.io, and more! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/a...
