They will *always* choose this path. "However, EA's management chose a different path, announcing annual cost cuts of $700 million. Bloomberg notes that this amount includes $170 million earmarked for 'organizational efficiency gains'. Simply put, lots of people are going to lose their jobs."

EA is getting ready for big layoffs once the acquisition has gone through - IG News

It’s now official: Electronic Arts has become a private company following the completion of its $55 billion buyout. The company is no longer listed on…

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Hello, I'm available to consult and provide question lists to TV and radio producers. Sometimes you don't realize how wild these questions are.

Brad Shankar@bradshankar.bsky.social · 5h ago

(Still waking up, sorry I forgot to tag you personally!) I can only imagine lmao you answered them well nonetheless! Funny enough, I first heard that you did this interview from a colleague on Slack who sent this:

This is literally how taxes are supposed to work - to fund the needs of the collective. You will always pay into things you don't use but you still save money because privatization is predatory.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

WotC is reviving Dark Sun, which is a tricky campaign setting due to its slavery and genocide themes. I don't have faith in WotC to handle this delicately. They dropped the ball with Spelljammer by including some obviously racist content. I'm also concerned what "mature" content means to them.

D&D finally goes back to its most hardcore setting with new 'mature' product line

Dark Sun returns, and D&D is pulling no punches

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This morning: 2 pieces on my episode of @dimension20.dropout.tv Adventuring Academy on @dropout.tv First I went Full Nerd Professor annotating our convo with explainers & links for every digression, citation, & anecdote (if I missed any, y’know, Get in the Comments there) Free to read RIGHT NOW.

FAQ: Adventuring Academy, Annotated | Dr. Em Friedman

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Marginalized communities and creators are forming data cooperatives to claw back control from Big Tech’s scraping practices https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-data-collectives-mozilla/?utm_campaign=row-social

Fed up with Big Tech, communities turn to data collectives for control

Data collectives and cooperatives, which let creators control the collection and distribution of their data, are emerging as preferred alternatives to big tech companies.

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Venerable filth beast.

Data-driven Enterprise solutions

🎉 IT'S LIVE 🎉 The game industry hardship fund itch bundle made in partnership with @necrosoftgames.com is HERE. Over 100 games for $10+ bucks: all funds (save for itch fees) go directly to the UVW-CWA Game Worker Hardship Fund. GOOD GAMES FOR A GOOD CAUSE👇 itch.io/b/3802/game-...

"ModRetro recently released an FPGA-based machine in the shape of the N64 called the M64. You do not, under any circumstances, need to buy a war crime N64."

Chris Person@papapishu.bsky.social · 6d ago

Blogged it. Happy Hater Week. aftermath.site/war-crime-n6...

Once more, I share with you all this radical starter pack featuring Canadian game studies scholars. Let me know if you or someone you love should be added.

Oh wowwww. Staff at Rohrbach Library at Kutztown University tried to start a historical video game collection, but it was rejected because of a policy preventing the library from acquiring "obsolete media" Library collections policies are NOT designed for the complexity of game media

Once again, I must prove to insurers that chronic illnesses are, in fact, *chronic*.

The chintzy-looking M64 clone console of the N64 by a company named ModRetro has been released, I think, I don't pay attention that closely to shit. But as the great @frankcifaldi.bsky.social posted before, it is our civic duty to push back against this company and shun ANYONE who doesn't.

Hi! Do you: * Own a Sega Genesis or Mega Drive that is easily accessible? * Know for sure what revision its internal board is? If so, please DM me! I need help testing something, and it'll take you 30 seconds or less if you've got the console(s) itself handy.

Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.

Right as Canada needed their critical thinking & science literacy the most… they vanished…

This is revenge against Carney for cancelling the island airport expansion. But it's stupid revenge, because high speed rail is incredibly popular (~70% support) in Ontario. Having just seen this play out in Quebec, Ford knows he isn't going to get re-elected so it's unpopular policy time.

Ontario rethinking support for high-speed rail after feds reject Billy Bishop expansion: source | CBC News

The federal government's rejection of a plan to allow commercial jets at Toronto's Billy Bishop Airport is threatening a wedge between the Ford government and Ottawa — and potentially strengthening op...

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After laying off Battlefield 6 devs, EA boss Andrew Wilson's bonus rose $8m to $38m last year, thanks to the game's success across "all milestones" www.eurogamer.net/ea-boss-38-m...

It's amazing that Ontarians didn't care that this government ransacked public services and made numerous openly-corrupt political deals, but a hotel room scandal might be what topples them.

Fewer than 1 in 4 Ontarians now approve of Ford amid hotel expense scandal, new poll finds | CBC News

As Doug Ford's government responds to outrage over Toronto-area MPPs charging thousands of dollars for hotels in the city, a new poll from Liaison Strategies show the Ontario Liberals now have a five-...

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Workers behind immensely popular Game Theorists YouTube channel will get their union, with or without MatPat's help aftermath.site/game-theorists...

The Archives of Nethys (basically a free repository for Pathfinder rules) has reached a new deal with Paizo, who had previously ended their commercial licensing agreement. While there are changes coming (e.g. art licenses), it does seem like the Archive will stay alive with some partnership perks.

🍄Game idea: the only thing that survived the climate apocalypse are morels, who evolve into humanoids and live in burned-out forests.

A bumper crop of morels rises from the ashes of Interior Alaska's wildfires

Mushroom hunters all over Fairbanks say enthusiasm for the mushrooms is spreading, and fires close to town have made them a lot easier to reach.

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Nintendo has the legal resources to go back-and-forth with the patent office indefinitely, so I'm curious where this finally lands. That being said: you shouldn't be able to patent a general game mechanic, especially one that have been in use for decades.

The Japanese Patent Office has officially had enough of Nintendo, rejecting a patent attached to the Palworld lawsuit with "rarely seen" sass

Naturally, Nintendo isn't happy

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insane how there isn’t a single industry where being good at your job does anything for you variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Pixar Bears Brunt of Disney Studio Layoffs as Company Axes Several Hundred Staffers

Pixar Animation Studios, despite riding high on the success of summer blockbuster "Toy Story 5," was hit particularly hard in a wave of corporatewide layoffs at Disney.

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"It's inevitable" etc.

Futurism@futurism.com · 2w ago

It's a bloodbath.

The bosses are stealing our game industry, and we aim to take it back! We’re calling game workers, allies, and fans alike to join emergency rallies on WEDNESDAY, JULY 15th! Check this thread for times and locations as they’re established: 🧵

Sony's discontinuation of physical media is more symbolic at this point (discs rarely held full copies of games), but it has raised awareness of key issues surrounding ownership and preservation.

Andrei Zanescu@andreizanescu.bsky.social · 4w ago

A week out from Sony announcing the move to digital distribution in 2028, I spoke with Gabrielle Piché at the Winnipeg Free Press about the impact this is likely to have on retailers, as well as the likelihood of Sony reversing course. www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/202... #Sony #Playstation