PRIMETIME was simply one of the best movies i’ve ever seen……… truly what is in the water with Movies this year!!
Natalie
@heartimecia.bsky.social
yennefer + judy alvarez + caleb propaganda machine | writing and marketing in games | game design consultant | GLAAD QED '26 | GDoC scholar '24 | future class ‘20 | she/her
I think the loss of privacy for adults is the actual intention; they want all our movements linked to our state ID like most moral panics “the kids!” is a bad faith smokescreen for the encroachment the fascists desire
Ben@benfields.net · 3d agoA poorly understood problem with age bans for social media is that all the adults give up the privacy (since that's what it means to verify your age) and the kids will still be social on the Internet, because, well, they're kids and it's the Internet.
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
theintercept.com
Dressmaker, an indie game where you run a boutique and design dresses, is taking over Steam, becoming one of the platform’s Top 10 best-selling games mere days after its release. https://bit.ly/3VPlUeM
PlayStation has a new user survey where they ask you how you feel about the brand currently and their decisions. playstation.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Here's the delightful development story behind Big Walk, one of this year's best video games www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The Six-Year Journey Behind ‘Big Walk,’ One of This Year’s Best Video Games
The delightful new co-op game started off as a pandemic fever dream
bloomberg.com
lowkey being the unemployed friend who asks her employed friends “do you have workslop today,” knowing they very much do, goes a lil crazy
I dunno man @duckvalentine.bsky.social is a fucking treasure of a games journalist and when she writes about your game you should feel JAZZED AS HELL. kotaku.com/barbie-rewin... Barbie Rewind gang rise up.
Barbie Rewind Threatens To Bring Out My Inner Horse Girl - Kotaku
Think pink
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Her name was Kerri Moynihan www.latimes.com/california/s...
Parents' suit alleges sexual harassment at Activision drove their daughter to suicide
Lawsuit filed by parents of employee who took her life at company retreat alleges Activision Blizzard failed to prevent pervasive sexual harassment.
latimes.com
Shayna Moon (she/they)@themoonis.gay · 3d agoDebunked my ass, a woman died because of these abusive fuckers.
In recent years, the media has quietly begun to change the way in which it writes about Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard. PMG investigates how Kotick used the threat of defamation to reshape his legacy in the games business, one article at a time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...
Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press
YouTube video by People Make Games
youtube.com
happy bisexual visibility day, if ur bisexual then make sure to torment a friend who isn’t bisexual TODAY
it’s my birthday today and i’m finally adding yaoi to our indie game :)
All bisexuals are icons, sorry, we don't make the rules. 💗💜💙
happy bisexual visibility day to me because i think it’s so brave of me to be this cute yet single
persona 3 reload is so funny because the party asks the robot character “do you know what it’s like to have fun” and she’s basically like “i know the Concept” and it’s like oh she’s so real for that, same
CEO pay is up 1,316% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 28%. CEOs are now paid 325 TIMES as much as the typical worker in their industry, according to @epi.org Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
persona 3 reload might be the best game ever and i'm not joking!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Halo Developer Gets Promoted And Laid Off In The Same Week:
Halo Developer Gets Promoted And Laid Off In The Same Week
Xbox laid off many devs at Halo Studios as the Halo franchise moves under Activision
kotaku.com
Gears of War: E-Day Story Director Laid Off Just Four Days After Celebrating The Game Going Gold
Gears of War: E-Day Story Director Laid Off Just Four Days After Celebrating The Game Going Gold
The Gears dev had been at the Coalition since 2022 and was excited for people to play the game
kotaku.com
Silent Hill: Townfall is good — very good, in fact. Especially the sequence in a municipal-style high rise building which plays like a slow-burn, Ballardian take on The Raid. It's a game less of psychosexual terror than psychosocial dread: I was hooked. www.theguardian.com/games/2026/s...
Silent Hill: Townfall review – shame and suffering on the Scottish coast
Tragedy, and an apocalyptic fog, befall a fishing community. It is up to outsider Simon to offer some kind of closure
theguardian.com
I am part of this round of layoffs and am seeking new opportunities. If your team needs a narrative director / storyteller, please reach out.
GamesIndustry.biz@gibiz.bsky.social · 5d agoXbox reportedly set to announce second round of layoffs this week Report suggests platform holder will "consolidate several of its game studios" amid ongoing restructuring www.gamesindustry.biz/xbox-reporte...
My story is my voice and my pain, a testimony to the genocide I lived through. You are my hope for survival and for reaching a safe place🕊️🫂
Liza (LIE-za)@neurodivengeance.bsky.social · 3mo agoHammam needs more support from us - both financially & in our continued resistance to the genocide of his people. Let’s not ignore the power we have to fight for him. chuffed.org/project/1490...
“Sapkowski said he doesn't intend to write any Witcher books about other characters, like Yennefer” YOU FOOL >:(
Polygon@polygon.com · 6d agoAndrzej Sapkowski isn't done with Geralt just yet
We’re so excited to share our BRAND NEW trailer for Young Suns and announce that we’re launching on Steam on November 3rd! 🚀 ✨ Wishlist now! hi.youngsuns.com/Steam
Start your week off right with @heartimecia.bsky.social and I talking about how a lot of y'all need to do some more reading, and we know just the visual novel y'all should pick next. Also Fire Emblem is only like three games away from having basically been a visual novel. Think about that. Or not.
Derek Van Dyke@derekvandyke.bsky.social · last wk.New Pixel Spectrum! I'm joined by the one and only @heartimecia.bsky.social to talk about The House in Fata Morgana and how we owe more love and respect to visual novels. Many Links: linktr.ee/derbycityderek Listen on your favorite podcast platform now (I like Pocket Casts): pca.st/92yrbhtf
so many women in games have their careers cut short by abusive men who walk around soaking up accolades