I was told you couldn't do 3D on the Playdate, so I did it. Then I was told there was no way I could create exterior levels like those in Mirror's Edge, so I proved them wrong again.
Marie Dealessandri
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Award-winning writer & editor Editorial strategy manager at Critical Reflex Former Edge, GamesIndustry.biz and MCV/Develop 🌿 Level 15 Battle Master ⚔️ Baldurian 💀 She/her 🔗 muckrack.com/marie-dealessandri
Absolutely buzzing to announce that I've joined @cr-games.bsky.social as editorial strategy manager 💖 I've loved (almost) every aspect of being a journalist over the past 15 years but I'd been wanting to get closer to games for a while now so here I am, ready to champion the weird and wonderful!
📣 AHOY! After 65 issues, today will be my last day working with Edge! I just had an opportunity I couldn’t pass on (more on that soon 👀) and I’m leaving Knowledge in very capable hands – there’s big things on the horizon so keep an eye out. I’ll definitely be cheering from the sidelines! So long! 🌟
It's back! The annual video game industry conflict minerals report returns for 2025! Let's see which gaming hardware companies are actually checking their supply chains to ensure they're not funding armed conflict and human rights violations, shall we?
Kotaku@kotaku.com · 2mo agoWe investigated which gaming hardware companies did their due diligence in 2025 to make sure their Xbox, PS5, Switch, PC, and accessory supply chains aren't funding armed conflict. Some...did far better than others. https://kotaku.com/gaming-companies-hardware-conflict-minerals-2025-2000702545
This week, we chat to Johnny Galvatron about making @mixtapegame.bsky.social – he tells us about building "nostalgia of the heart, not of the era" and how Beethoven & Dinosaur is building its portfolio like (you guessed it) a mixtape. Sign up here to read more on Friday: bit.ly/knowledgenewsletter
I hadn't talked to Evil Empire since 2023 and the Castlevania DLC so it was truly lovely to go full circle with Benjamin Laulan, now making an actual real Castlevania game! We also talked about their own IP, how the Triple-I showcase is what set things in motion for Brotato live ops and SO MUCH MORE
Knowledge@edgeknowledge.bsky.social · 3mo agoThis week, we talk to @evilempirestudio.bsky.social about going from "three guys publishing Dead Cells" to 60 people making the next Castlevania. COO Benjamin Laulan tells us about how it's approaching the iconic franchise with modern takes. Sign up to read more on Friday bit.ly/knowledgenewsletter
happy Moomintroll day to those who celebrate 🙂↕️🌬️
Hyper Games | Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth OUT NOW@hypergames.no · 3mo agoMoomintroll: Winter's Warmth is out NOW on Steam and Nintendo Switch 💙🎮 We hope you have a wonderful journey with Moomintroll ❄️💐
This is an extraordinary, searing interview. In the context of the repulsive new Jackson biopic, it raises questions about why so many people just don’t want to know what he did. FWIW I saw Leaving Neverland before HBO pulled it, and I absolutely believe those kids.
The Hollywood Reporter@thr.com · 4mo agoDan Reed was a documentary filmmaker who specialized in terrorism and war when he detoured into very different terrain, explosive in other ways entirely: the accusations of child sexual abuse that have followed Michael Jackson since 1993.
I was on holiday! Now 💫 I'm back 💫 and you know that rain or shine Ill always find ways to write about Tove Jansson's work. So surprising no one whatsoever, check out this week’s issue to read my chat with Are about the release of Moomintroll Winter's Warmth (which I'm very much looking forward to!)
Knowledge@edgeknowledge.bsky.social · 4mo agoThis week we talk to @aresundnes.hypergames.no about the upcoming release of Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth, 14 years of Hyper Games, and the opportunities that funds like @wingsfund.me represent for the industry as a whole. Tune in on Friday to read more: bit.ly/knowledgenewsletter
A real pleasure to talk about @allwillrise.bsky.social with @joostvervoort.bsky.social – a very interesting (and important) project that's on Kickstarter until the end of the week. Check it out if you haven't already and read more about it on Friday ofc!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe...
All Will Rise: a narrative courtroom deck-builder
A game about taking a billionaire to court for the murder of a river.
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Knowledge@edgeknowledge.bsky.social · 5mo agoThis week we talk to @joostvervoort.bsky.social from Speculative Agency about @allwillrise.bsky.social, a game about social movements and bottom-up action against powerful elites, as well as getting funded by people, not publishers. Sign up to read more on Friday: bit.ly/knowledgenewsletter
Do you work in games? Are you tired of corporate greed taking over our industry? Do you miss when industry events were by workers, for workers? The United Videogame Workers of CWA, in partnership with other unions and worker-centered organizations, announce the #GameWorkersConference. May 22-23 ❤️🔥
This week we analyse Xbox's leadership shake-up but also talk to @nyamakop.co.za about the recent release of Africanfuturist heist game Relooted. Ben Myres tells us about its cultural impact and the challenges of making African-themed, African-inspired games. Sign up: bit.ly/knowledgenewsletter
The new edition of Edge, available next week, crowns the winners of 2025. In this week’s Knowledge, read a preview extract from Edge 419's full-blown eight-page interview with Sandfall Interactive about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's success. Sign up to read more on Friday: bit.ly/knowledgenewsletter
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
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This is next week!! 👀 There’s still space so why don’t you join us for breakfast next Thursday in London? Our most excellent panelists will discuss survival strategies and all sorts. Sign up here bit.ly/knowledgelive k thx bye
Knowledge@edgeknowledge.bsky.social · 9mo agoSigned up for our live panel in London next week? It features @jumpovertheage.com, @itshannahflynn.bsky.social, @newjorg.bsky.social and Agostino Simonetta. There's no charge (even the coffee's free) and it's open to everyone with a professional interest in games. Do it! bit.ly/knowledgelive
Probably gonna go on about this repeatedly over the next few days so apologies but LOOK we have a cool banner now!! Our very first panel discussion is open to everyone who works in games, join us on November 20! 💫 bit.ly/knowledgelive 💫
Knowledge@edgeknowledge.bsky.social · 9mo agoKnowledge's first live event is free and open to anyone who works in games or has any professional interest in the industry. This panel debate will discuss the subject of adapting and thriving in the current business landscape. Sign-up takes less than a minute: bit.ly/knowledgelive
We are hosting Knowledge Live with Citizen Sleeper's Gareth Damian Martin, Hannah Flynn of Failbetter and more special guests in London on the morning of November 20, ahead of this year's Golden Joystick Awards. If you work in the game industry, apply for a free ticket here: bit.ly/knowledgelive
I'm going to be hosting @edgeknowledge.bsky.social's first live panel discussion in London on November 20, featuring @newjorg.bsky.social, @itshannahflynn.bsky.social, @jumpovertheage.com and Agostino Simonetta. Sign up here (for free): docs.google.com/forms/d/1EQ7...
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Date: Thursday, November 20, 2025 Time: Arrive 9:30 for refreshments; panel discussion begins at 10:00 Location: The Royal Horseguards Hotel (Whitehall Suite), 2 Whitehall Court, London SW1A 2EJ The g...
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Join us in London for a cool panel on November 20 before you get partying at the awards 💫 tinyurl.com/2umcuzwn
We’re delighted to announce a live Knowledge discussion panel taking place in London on November 20. Produced in association with EDGE Magazine, the Golden Joystick Awards and Renaissance PR LTD… | Kn...
We’re delighted to announce a live Knowledge discussion panel taking place in London on November 20. Produced in association with EDGE Magazine, the Golden Joystick Awards and Renaissance PR LTD, whic...
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Knowledge@edgeknowledge.bsky.social · 9mo agoKnowledge is organising its first live discussion panel on November 20 in London, ahead of the Golden Joystick Awards. Attendance is free for Knowledge readers who work in the videogame industry. More info and sign up here: tinyurl.com/2umcuzwn
Been waiting for Consume Me since discovering it at the V&A in 2018 and it was an absolute pleasure to talk to AP and Jenny about it finally releasing 🙌 Play Consume Me, 💫 it's very good 💫
Knowledge@edgeknowledge.bsky.social · 11mo agoFor this week's issue, we talk to @qdork.bsky.social and @apthomson.bsky.social about the making of Consume Me, and how the project evolved from a minigames collection to the winner of the prestigious Seumas McNally Grand Prize 2025 it is today. Out Friday, sign up here: bit.ly/knowledgenewsletter
The Play for Peace: Games for Palestine charity bundle is now live! Nearly 400 games from creators all around the world, with proceeds going directly to Gaza relief efforts. Bundle link: itch.io/b/2979/play-... We made a launch trailer to celebrate this moment👇 Please RT.
I had a lovely chat with Wizards of the Coast's president yesterday where I *almost* managed to stay professional and not nerd out about D&D and Baldur's Gate. So as I reward you should all read it when it comes out on Friday pls and thank you
Knowledge@edgeknowledge.bsky.social · 11mo agoWizards of the Coast just hired 15 staff formerly at Cliffhanger Games, including veteran Michael De Plater. We've chatted to WotC president John Hight about its ambitious plans for digital gaming, and you can read all about it in Friday's issue. Sign up here: bit.ly/knowledgenewsletter
Wizards of the Coast just hired 15 staff formerly at Cliffhanger Games, including veteran Michael De Plater. We've chatted to WotC president John Hight about its ambitious plans for digital gaming, and you can read all about it in Friday's issue. Sign up here: bit.ly/knowledgenewsletter
In the four years I've been at IGN I've watched its staff shrink and shrink, all while those who remain are asked to do more and more. I see colleagues skip lunch, stay late day after day, and burn out. IGN staff are passionate and love their work. But we can't keep letting that be exploited.
IGN Creators Guild@ignunion.bsky.social · 12mo agoZiff Davis and IGN routinely decide that work done by our laid off colleagues is not important. But inevitably, that crucial work falls onto those who remain. Not this time. Not anymore.
The biggest shoutout to Alan (@damisanthrope.bsky.social) for covering Gamescom for Knowledge 🙌 Sign up below if you want to get a feel for the show and how it reflects what the industry is going through, plus hear from @playstack.com CEO Harvey Elliott about life after Balatro (and much much more!)
Knowledge@edgeknowledge.bsky.social · 12mo agoAs layoffs continue, the industry may still feel like it's on fire. But you might not get that impression when wandering the busy halls of the Koelnmesse for another record-breaking Gamescom... @damisanthrope.bsky.social reports from Cologne. Out this afternoon, sign up: bit.ly/knowledgenewsletter
This week, we talk to Kippie about getting more girls into STEM, and the non-profit's work teaching kids from underrepresented backgrounds how to code and make games. Sign up to get it straight in your inbox on Friday at 2pm BST: bit.ly/knowledgenewsletter
BAFTA member babyyy 💅 joke aside: I'm very proud, it feels very meaningful and, if you had told me in 2015 when I arrived in the UK that this would happen, I wouldn't have believed it. Will this be enough to fight impostor syndrome? I can't wait to find out! (thanks @baftagames.bsky.social!)
