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Aaron Potter

@aaronpotter.bsky.social

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Writes + talks about games for @mirror.co.uk | Former freelance writer at EDGE, NME, WIRED and more | Indie game book author | ✉️: [email protected]

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Aaron Potter @aaronpotter.bsky.social · Aug 20

Well, this is it. After two-and-a-half years of work, conducting interviews, playing so many games, and then writing it all up into something legible.

50 Indie Games That Changed the World by me and @bitmapbooks.com is out NOW!

Order your copy here: t.co/MolyUy9L35

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Alex Donaldson @apzonerunner.com · 5h

Videogamer's new logo a screaming exclamation mark on the 'support independent games media' argument. Legitimately thought this was someone taking the piss when it was first posted in a discord, but no, it's on the site. You have to laugh (or else you'll cry)

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Aaron Potter @aaronpotter.bsky.social · 6h

Using AI makes you dumb. How hard is that to understand? Unless you're too dumb to under... Oh wait.

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 7h

I think we have a window of opportunity to stop AI from ruining us that is slowly closing

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Pupils fear AI is eroding their ability to study, research finds

One in four students say AI ‘makes it too easy’ for them to find answers

www.theguardian.com

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Aaron Potter @aaronpotter.bsky.social · 17h

Always.

a statue of a man with a sword sitting on a throne

ALT: a statue of a man with a sword sitting on a throne

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Aaron Potter @aaronpotter.bsky.social · 19h

My reign of alphabetical terror knows no end.

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Aaron Potter @aaronpotter.bsky.social · 20h

Oh, almost certainly. Being Bristolian, I lean towards the former. ;)

Aaron Potter @aaronpotter.bsky.social · 20h

I aim to please! 😇

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Aaron Potter @aaronpotter.bsky.social · 1d

Video version:

Does different mean BETTER? – Pokemon Legends: Z-A Review

YouTube video by All Out Gaming

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Matt Leone @mattleone.bsky.social · 1d

Big day! Here's the thing I've been working on for the past few months.

Design Room @designroom.bsky.social · 1d

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We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.

• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site

Design Room

Video game oral histories

designroom.site

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Aaron Potter @aaronpotter.bsky.social · 1d

Pokemon Legends: Z-A is the most fun I've had in a Pokemon game since the 3DS - but the switch to real-time battles isn't perfect.

My full review:

Pokemon Legends: Z-A review – bravely different but not necessarily better

Turn-based tactics is done away with in favour of a more urgent type of battling, which helps set Pokemon Legends: Z-A apart from other games in the franchise.

www.mirror.co.uk

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Aaron Potter @aaronpotter.bsky.social · 1d

Remember when we got a new Uncharted game two years apart from one another? Damn, we didn't know how good we had it.

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Aaron Potter @aaronpotter.bsky.social · 1d

Been extremely lucky this week to interview a lot of cool developers - it's always my favourite part of the job! Excited to share them with the world *very* soon. 👀

Aaron Potter @aaronpotter.bsky.social · 2d

"We have Black Myth: Wukong at home"

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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 2d

In 2020, Ghost of Tsushima gave life to an oft-overlooked slice of Japanese history. But in the new Ghost of Yotei, familiar samurai action-adventure thrills don’t quite live up to its new setting.

Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity

Set in Ezo (modern-day Hokkaido), the highly anticipated samurai action-adventure game contains familiar thrills but subpar substance.

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Aaron Potter @aaronpotter.bsky.social · 2d

Not gonna lie, a Switch 2 port of AC: Shadows would go down a treat over the holiday break!

VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 2d

A Switch 2 version of Assassin's Creed Shadows has appeared on a French retailer's website, further increasing the likelihood of an official announcement.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/switch-...

Switch 2 version of Assassin’s Creed Shadows appears on French retailer website | VGC

A Switch 2 port has been expected since it appeared on the PEGI site in April…

www.videogameschronicle.com

Aaron Potter @aaronpotter.bsky.social · 3d

"It's an 8am embargo"

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

Aaron Potter @aaronpotter.bsky.social · 3d

Subway's been downhill since they stopped doing the Oatmeal Raisin cookie. But I honestly feel like you need an economics degree to work out their meal deal offering these days.

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david goldfarb @locust9.bsky.social · 3d

good summary 😔

Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 9d

Once again, make a hit game loved by many... and you still get hit by a truck.

The industry is pretty sick right now.

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Aaron Potter @aaronpotter.bsky.social · 3d

The perfect Amazon delivery doesn't exi...

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The Pleasure Vice Principle (he/him/his) @hannibaltabu.bsky.social · 4d

I saw the dot coms crash from a front row seat. AI is running out of money way faster.

The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

futurism.com

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Jelly🪼 @huskapet.bsky.social · 14d

smart guy in an rpg: hmm..
party member: what's wrong?
smart guy: it's nothing.
(20 hours later)
smart guy: so it's true... i knew it.

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Aaron Potter @aaronpotter.bsky.social · 4d

Another shelfie spotting of the book... This time in my home city. Whoop!

Aaron Potter @aaronpotter.bsky.social · 5d

Good news for us writers, then. 👍

*This is sarcasm

Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 6d

Not "a little."
Not "sometimes."
Not "occasionally."
Not even "when mandated."

50% NEVER read.

Which means the 50% that does is also probably an extremely small amount

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Aaron Potter @aaronpotter.bsky.social · 6d

Absolum fucking rules. Full review coming soon.

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Simon Parkin @simonparkin.bsky.social · 6d

In 2014 I wrote for @newyorker.com about @kurtjmac.bsky.social, a YouTuber who began walking in Minecraft and never stopped. His quest was to reach the Far Lands, a place at the limits of the algorithmic world, where the landscape breaks apart. On Saturday, after fourteen years, he arrived:

A Journey to the End of the World (of Minecraft)

www.newyorker.com

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