The video game field's version of the "Eternal September" is an angry, overcaffeinated 13-year-old posting on NeoGAF with a 5-minute-old account, once and again and forever.

Jordan Minor@jordanwminor.bsky.social · 5h ago

I get it, young audience and constant brain drain in the space, almost like our version of the preservation crisis. But drives me nuts! Folks thinking they’re the first to arrive at these ideas and unwilling to look back and learn about past conversations on the medium they’re discoursing about

Jaws is deliberately unleashed against the owners and operators of an undersea data center. This time, the shark is our ally.

weinberg@weinbergs.bsky.social · 7mo ago

let's pretend: Universal announces a screenwriting contest for Jaws 5. What's your pitch?

I choose to believe this is a looksmaxxing joke.

A minor rant: I have been playing TTRPGs for almost 40 years and I have never once met anyone, on- or offline, who has any affection for GREYHAWK. I'm sure they must exist, somewhere, but modern Wizards' repeated insistence on revisiting the setting makes me feel vaguely insane.

@geekwire.com · 6d ago

‘World of Warcraft’ meets ‘Dungeons & Dragons,’ and more from Wizards of the Coast at Gen Con https://www.geekwire.com/2026/world-of-warcraft-meets-dungeons-dragons-and-more-from-wizards-of-the-coast-at-gen-con/

‘World of Warcraft’ meets ‘Dungeons & Dragons,’ and more from Wizards of the Coast at Gen Con https://www.geekwire.com/2026/world-of-warcraft-meets-dungeons-dragons-and-more-from-wizards-of-the-coast-at-gen-con/

Hard not to feel this is going to be one of those points in 10 years where we all go “Oh, that fucked the industry, we should not have let that happen.”

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · 6d ago

'Electronic Arts Set to Close $55 Billion Go-Private Deal Next Week' "As of July 30, 2026, all regulatory approvals required to complete the Merger have been obtained. Electronic Arts currently expects the Merger to close on or about the close of trading on August 4, 2026."

This game studio wants kids to help NASA build the first lunar colony https://www.geekwire.com/2026/this-game-studio-wants-kids-to-help-nasa-build-the-first-lunar-colony/

The vanishing art of disability reporting by @supercrip1994.bsky.social "For seven years, I’ve watched us receive nothing but likes and shares across varying social media platforms. And I’ve watched as this industry quickly moves on to the next thing that jingles its keys" Read on:

The vanishing art of disability reporting

As the games industry contracts, disability reporting is facing an extinction-level crisis.

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Ah, yes, the modern Twitter meta. The Games Industry is Broken: Here's How the Specific Things That Annoy Me Are to Blame (and Nothing Else)

The games industry is stifled by a culture of fear, concludes a workgroup hosted by Rami Ismail. https://bit.ly/4vPbIzv

Amazon puts Luna gaming service inside its Prime Video app, hoping people finally notice https://www.geekwire.com/2026/amazon-puts-luna-gaming-service-inside-its-prime-video-app-hoping-people-finally-notice/

Game developer Harebrained Schemes kicks off its new indie era with survival-horror RPG ‘GRAFT’ https://www.geekwire.com/2026/game-developer-harebrained-schemes-kicks-off-its-new-indie-era-with-survival-horror-rpg-graft/

I have deal with an AI "proofreader" for a current day job. What's starting to get genuinely weird is that it does not know or understand the word "film."

Kameron Hurley@kameronhurley.com · 2w ago

Reminds me of every time I point out to work AI agent "you made a mistake" and it says, "You're right, I won't do that again." ... And it does it again. And again And....

I haven't been paying that much attention. Is DOOMSDAY supposed to be doing a Jonathan Hickman "incursion" plot between the Fox X-Men universe and the MCU? Further, has anyone already edited in the SSBU "Everyone is here!" music/text? Because this movie has too many people in it.

Seattle indie hit ‘Stardew Valley’ is coming to ‘Magic: The Gathering’ https://www.geekwire.com/2026/seattle-indie-hit-stardew-valley-is-coming-to-magic-the-gathering/

It's technically SHOWGIRLS, but MORTAL KOMBAT: ANNIHILATION was a significantly worse experience. We expected a tight martial-arts fantasy and we got a community theater production.

Defector@defector.com · 3w ago

What's the worst movie you've ever watched in a theater? defector.com/whats-the-wo...

Just watched THE PROWLER (1980). My takeaway is that someone should make a "cozy" video game like UNPACKING, but it's about a slasher villain frantically trying to hide/arrange his victims' corpses before they're discovered.

Last week I interviewed the wonderful Casey Yano from Mega Crit about Slay the Spire 2’s placeholder art and how it proves these studios need to STOP with the gen AI placeholder nonsense ✨ Had a great time writing this and hope you all enjoy! www.gamespot.com/articles/sla...

Slay The Spire 2 Is Choosing "Shit" Art Over Generative AI

Mega Crit co-founder Casey Yano spoke with GameSpot about why Slay the Spire 2 refuses to use generative AI for placeholders and the importance of "garbage" ar…

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BREAKING: Graham Officially Withdraws from Life

I've spent much of today on my own entry in this week's hot new viral trend, the "long-time game industry journalist/analyst wants to know what in the inconsolable, wind-swept fuck we're even doing anymore" essay. Take a look:

@geekwire.com · 4w ago

Why the video game industry may be sliding toward its next big crash https://www.geekwire.com/2026/why-the-video-game-industry-may-be-sliding-toward-its-next-big-crash/

I was not expecting MARVEL RIVALS Jubilee to be the second coming of Kassandra from HUNTER: THE RECKONING. If I had a nickel for every loud Chinese-American lady dressed in a crop top with rapid-fire projectiles... well, 2 nickels. And it's not that weird, since they're 20+ years apart.

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

Today's discovery: MCNALLY'S SECRET, out of print, is on the Internet Archive. Some days, a foppish PI solving dumb crimes in Florida is just the thing you need.

McNally's Secret; The Duchess; Dance While You Can; The Lilac Bus : 4 Bestsellers in One Volume : Sanders, Lawrence : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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I'd never finished Azzarello's HELLBLAZER run 'til today. People had told me it was weird. They undersold it.

No discs, more problems: What Sony’s all-digital PlayStation means for gamers and the industry https://www.geekwire.com/2026/no-discs-more-problems-what-sonys-all-digital-playstation-means-for-gamers-and-the-industry/

@ggtribune.com - The fact that this wasn't one of yours...

IGN@ign.com · last mo.

Minions director Pierre Coffin has confirmed in an interview that no minions have worked with Hitler because they were frozen "in that cave."

Trust me, it's not that games media isn't talking about the elephant in the room. It's that the room is full of elephants to the point where you're being muscled out the door.

I don't know why every game doesn't have the "Talk" command from PHANTASY STAR IV, which just triggers a short conversation between your party members about what you're supposed to be doing and why. It came in really handy if I had to put the game down for a couple of days.

unhinged eldritch abomination@rhymeswithk.bsky.social · last mo.

What's your favorite underrated, underutilized, or otherwise rarely seen mechanic in JRPGs? for me it's the grimoire stones in Etrian Odyssey Untold 2, which let you basically give any character any skill including some enemy skills, and let you level up skills past their base maximum temporarily

I refuse to watch or read your SUPERGIRL thinkpieces. Just not gonna do it.