Ryan Plays Pokémon: Ranking every evil plan in mainline Pokémon games based on how much they would annoy me by @easbygames.bsky.social "It’s always been rather funny to me how the villain teams in Pokémon games seem to have plans that wildly vary in actual scope." Read on:

Ryan Plays Pokémon: Ranking every evil plan in mainline Pokémon games based on how much they would annoy me

Sure, the villains in Pokémon games are all "bad guys," but which ones would personally inconvenience me the most?

skyboxcritics.com

I'm still really looking for freelance work. If you have any leads, please get in contact with me: ryaneasby@outlook.com. I'm experienced in writing about tech, games, TV and movies, so anything in this fields would really help me out right now.

Ryan Easby@easbygames.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I'm looking for work. I have experience working in news, features, interviews and essays, and am able to do any of the above.

Hey this thing where they try to jingle keys in your face with new project confirmations to distract from the layoffs is very transparent and sucks.

Kotaku@kotaku.com · 3w ago

Todd Howard has delivered a huge update on the furture of Fallout, including updates on Fallout 5, confirmation of Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters, a new Fallout 76 expansion, and more https://kotaku.com/fallout-5-is-in-preproduction-and-fallout-3-and-new-vegas-remasters-are-on-the-way-2000717079

Ryan Plays Pokémon: Pokémon Champions has finally gotten me into competitive Pokémon by @easbygames.bsky.social "It’s all about mind games, really." Read on:

Ryan Plays Pokémon: Pokémon Champions has finally gotten me into competitive Pokémon

Our Pokémon columnist has finally caught the competitive bug, and it's all thanks to Pokémon Champions.

skyboxcritics.com

Hey, let's talk about money and @skyboxcritics.com again. Last month, we hit $250 a month! Yay! This month, we're below that again. I'm not shaming anyone; times are hard. But the reality is Skybox operates at a loss that I make up personally, and that's becoming more and more unsustainable. 1/X

What do you get when your host gets ill and has to edit nearly 3 hours of audio? A delayed breakdown of a lot of game trailers! Check out @joerichardswrites.bsky.social and @easbygames.bsky.social talk about (almost) every single game announced earlier this month! open.spotify.com/episode/2mOM...

Episode 20: Keigh-Three

Quick Save · Episode

open.spotify.com

Took @joerichardswrites.bsky.social through his first Nuzlocke. Went mad.

Skybox@skyboxcritics.com · 2mo ago

Ryan Plays Pokémon: Coaching somebody through a Nuzlocke is a nightmare by @easbygames.bsky.social "It was an interesting time – it taught me beyond a shadow of a doubt that I absolutely should not be guiding a first-time Nuzlocker through a game." Read on:

I hate all of this but if we lose Double Fine it'll be a criminal loss

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · 2mo ago

BREAKING: Several Xbox studios, including Compulsion, Ninja Theory and Double Fine, are negotiating with Xbox as they try to avoid closure. Some or all could spin off. Lots still in flux as many studios remain unsure about what's happening. Here's the latest: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

South of Midnight was one of the best games of last year, this is terrible

Kotaku@kotaku.com · 2mo ago

Xbox Is Planning To Shutter Peabody Award-Winning Compulsion Games https://kotaku.com/xbox-shuttering-south-of-midnight-peabody-award-compulsion-games-2000706065

Did Classic Who too

Ryan Easby@easbygames.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Put together a Doctor Who tier list what with the show seemingly being over.

Put together a Doctor Who tier list what with the show seemingly being over.

With the massive wall of games coming, feels like now is the best time to say that I'm still looking for work, and I'd love to help your site cover those games in the coming months

Kermit the Frog Posing Dramatically

ALT: Kermit the Frog Posing Dramatically

static.klipy.com

Dunno about to feel about the Doctor Who news. I've always got the audios and the books but even when the show was bad, it still meant something to me

I cannot get over people calling that Direct bad. Do you even like video games? Were your eyes shut?

I started crying during the Kingdom Hearts 4 trailer

Saw Anthony Head had passed away and couldn't believe it. An utter legend behind one of my favourite characters of all time, and an incredible actor. God rest him

Oh Really? Buffy Vampire Slayer Eyebrow Raise

ALT: Oh Really? Buffy Vampire Slayer Eyebrow Raise

static.klipy.com

Burn Valnet down

lex luddy@lexluddy.xyz · 2mo ago

On Thursday evening Valnet issued new contracts to writers at TheGamer instituting a minimum article viewership threshold for payment. Most writers already have pay tied to article performance, but this new system would mean that if a piece didn't get X number of clicks you wouldn't be paid for it.

*Out-of-office apart from a new column coming out. @easbygames.bsky.social pulled me kicking and screaming to play my first Nuzlocke! An incredibly unique experience, and one that I'm dubiously thankful for!!! Please do read, as always. Sending my love to my editors, as well 💜 Support Skybox!

Skybox@skyboxcritics.com · 3mo ago

It’s Never Too Late To Play… your first Pokémon Nuzlocke (and others) by @joerichardswrites.bsky.social "Before anyone starts panicking: Yes, I have played Pokémon before." Read on: skyboxcritics.com/2026/05/20/i...

Anyway I watched Obsession on Saturday and it has messed me up so badly that I'm still thinking about it two days later. Curry Barker has the sauce, Inde Navarette is a star (and it is bizarre that I first saw her in Superman and Lois of all things)

$7 more and I will stand outside Will's house with a boom box and Crush 40's greatest hits!

Will Borger@edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Skybox is now $7 a month away from hitting this goal, which means a week of themed pieces from our writers and a column from me. For a nominal fee, you can read some great work and make sure I suffer more and sleep less. $1 a month helps, but $5 gets you into our Discord, and $10 gets you Skydive.

I am officially 26 years old

Wrote a bit about fandom desires and how they don't always mesh with reality

Skybox@skyboxcritics.com · 3mo ago

Ryan Plays Pokémon: People say they want “adult” Pokémon games. I don’t think they actually do. by @easbygames.bsky.social "So what, exactly, is the solution here for those fans who want more?" Read on:

Spent almost two hours talking Life is Strange: Reunion with @joerichardswrites.bsky.social and I still don't fully know if I liked the game or not open.spotify.com/episode/6YD6...

Checkpoint: Life is Strange: Reunion

open.spotify.com

The State of the Art: Celebrating one year of Skybox and reflecting on the business by @edgarallanbro.bsky.social Skybox launched one year ago today. Here are some words from our Editor-in-Chief about the state of the site, the space, and what's next. Thanks for the support so far, and read on:

The State of the Art: Celebrating one year of Skybox and reflecting on the business

Skybox has been around for a year! Here's a word from our EiC on how things have gone and what's next.

skyboxcritics.com

If you had anything you were working on for Paste that needs a home, please reach out to @skyboxcritics.com It's lousy that we have to say this every couple of months, but we'll do what we can to help out as many people as we can.

so incredibly proud to make my mothership debut, and with an essay on metroid's 'black sheep' at that! 💜 thank you to maddy and zoe for taking this honestly abstract pitch and helping me make something special of it 💜

Mothership@mothership.blog · 3mo ago

From @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social's first for the site: "The Adam Malkovich of Other M, appearing in the flesh as this game is set earlier in the timeline, isn’t a north star for Samus, a stern yet warm voice guiding her along her path. Adam is the path." www.mothership.blog/any-objectio...

Anywhere taking pitches currently? Got ideas that I desperately want to write!

I'm also very much looking to pivot into film and TV critique, if anybody has leads on that front.

Ryan Easby@easbygames.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Anywhere taking pitches currently? Got ideas that I desperately want to write!

Anywhere taking pitches currently? Got ideas that I desperately want to write!

WE ARE XBOXXXXXX WE CARRY THE FLAME WE SUPPLY CYBER INFRASTRUCTURE TO ISRAEL IN OUR NAME