Carli Velocci 🔜 GDC
@carlivelocci.com
Nonprofit comms professional by day, freelance writer & editor for video games, tech by night | Aftermath, Digital Trends, Polygon | just some aliens in a suit | Follow @qtlibrary.org 💜 | They/she
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Carli Velocci 🔜 GDC
@carlivelocci.com
· Oct 24
Guess it's time for a proper intro post with new followers...
I'm Carli (she/they) and I'm three aliens stacked on top of each other 👽 I've also been an editor, journalist, and content manager for like 12 years.
I have two cats, post about video games, movies, and journalism and have brain worms 🪱
I'm Carli (she/they) and I'm three aliens stacked on top of each other 👽 I've also been an editor, journalist, and content manager for like 12 years.
I have two cats, post about video games, movies, and journalism and have brain worms 🪱
I'm lokoing for a project management ROCKSTAR to join the Carli Velocci team!
You will be responsible for taking care of all my problems.
Must have 20+ years of experience
You will be responsible for taking care of all my problems.
Must have 20+ years of experience
February 10, 2026 at 7:02 PM
I'm lokoing for a project management ROCKSTAR to join the Carli Velocci team!
You will be responsible for taking care of all my problems.
Must have 20+ years of experience
You will be responsible for taking care of all my problems.
Must have 20+ years of experience
Journalists love to put a weird quote in the headline because it's easy and lets the reader pass judgment. But then the reader judges that the journalist is bad at their job for parroting what is clearly nonsense.
www.ign.com/articles/zau...
www.ign.com/articles/zau...
ZA/UM’s New RPG Is Similar To Disco Elysium Because ‘We're Still the Same People’ - IGN
Upcoming RPG Zero Parades looks so similar to Disco Elysium because developer ZA/UM is "still the same people," despite controversial staff departures.
www.ign.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Journalists love to put a weird quote in the headline because it's easy and lets the reader pass judgment. But then the reader judges that the journalist is bad at their job for parroting what is clearly nonsense.
www.ign.com/articles/zau...
www.ign.com/articles/zau...
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NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Age verification?
I had dozens of blank VHS tapes I would use to record X-Files reruns
I had dozens of blank VHS tapes I would use to record X-Files reruns
Age verification?
My first encounter with a tape was an 8-track.
My first encounter with a tape was an 8-track.
Age verification?
I used floppy disks.
I used floppy disks.
February 10, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Age verification?
I had dozens of blank VHS tapes I would use to record X-Files reruns
I had dozens of blank VHS tapes I would use to record X-Files reruns
Getting an Anya plush feels like getting that Laura Palmer dead body Funko
Merch up for order at Fangamer:
Mouthwashing buff.ly/dH1ENO8
Antonblast Anton Plush buff.ly/Ect9xfN
KinitoPET Vinyl soundtrack buff.ly/GaSqch5
Mouthwashing buff.ly/dH1ENO8
Antonblast Anton Plush buff.ly/Ect9xfN
KinitoPET Vinyl soundtrack buff.ly/GaSqch5
February 10, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Getting an Anya plush feels like getting that Laura Palmer dead body Funko
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"Crying girls will make you rich."
That's the actual pitch from a marketer selling packages of emotional videos that brands use to flood TikTok with undisclosed ads.
I just published an investigation into industrial UGC campaigns. What I found is troubling. 🧵 indicator.media/p/crying-gir...
That's the actual pitch from a marketer selling packages of emotional videos that brands use to flood TikTok with undisclosed ads.
I just published an investigation into industrial UGC campaigns. What I found is troubling. 🧵 indicator.media/p/crying-gir...
“Crying girls will make you rich”: How marketers trick users with mass-produced "organic" content
Indicator analyzed UGC campaigns that generated over 2 billion TikTok views and found rampant violations of disclosure rules.
indicator.media
February 10, 2026 at 2:54 PM
"Crying girls will make you rich."
That's the actual pitch from a marketer selling packages of emotional videos that brands use to flood TikTok with undisclosed ads.
I just published an investigation into industrial UGC campaigns. What I found is troubling. 🧵 indicator.media/p/crying-gir...
That's the actual pitch from a marketer selling packages of emotional videos that brands use to flood TikTok with undisclosed ads.
I just published an investigation into industrial UGC campaigns. What I found is troubling. 🧵 indicator.media/p/crying-gir...
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Cats: perching on CRT monitors and TVs since 19XX.
The PC is an Olivetti M20, a Z80 based compy with its own OS and a fine line in vector green felines. Dual floppies - nice!
Snapped from the Creative Black Book, published in '85.
The PC is an Olivetti M20, a Z80 based compy with its own OS and a fine line in vector green felines. Dual floppies - nice!
Snapped from the Creative Black Book, published in '85.
February 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Cats: perching on CRT monitors and TVs since 19XX.
The PC is an Olivetti M20, a Z80 based compy with its own OS and a fine line in vector green felines. Dual floppies - nice!
Snapped from the Creative Black Book, published in '85.
The PC is an Olivetti M20, a Z80 based compy with its own OS and a fine line in vector green felines. Dual floppies - nice!
Snapped from the Creative Black Book, published in '85.
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I've waited a long time to be able to say this, but we're hiring a full-time Film Critic for @avclub.com! Details are in the job listing, but you should send application materials to [email protected]
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
homer simpson and bart simpson are sitting on a couch
Alt: homer simpson and bart simpson are sitting on a couch
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
I've waited a long time to be able to say this, but we're hiring a full-time Film Critic for @avclub.com! Details are in the job listing, but you should send application materials to [email protected]
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
Having convos in my normie office (complimentary) and people were like "he could've been way more political but he didn't."
Normies can miss this shit. You are a professional and have no excuse.
Normies can miss this shit. You are a professional and have no excuse.
Analysis: Weeks before he set foot on the stage, Bad Bunny’s halftime performance had already become a media event.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
Analysis | Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was expected to provoke. Did it?
The Bad Bunny Super Bowl show nodded to injustices in Puerto Rico but mostly evoked wholesome family values that meshed with the more sentimental commercials.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Having convos in my normie office (complimentary) and people were like "he could've been way more political but he didn't."
Normies can miss this shit. You are a professional and have no excuse.
Normies can miss this shit. You are a professional and have no excuse.
Counterpoint: Teens are stupid
February 9, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Counterpoint: Teens are stupid
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Okay, the New York Times has a very dumb op-ed about the US’s “marijuana problem”. You are completely valid in just dismissing it as fear shit, but I will make a Lil’ Thread of some of the dumb stuff in particular, for the Sickos and Curious. Keep your cool, remember: it’s bad on purpose. Andiamo:
February 9, 2026 at 6:18 PM
🧵🧵
Best part about this is Discord saying, "A majority of people on Discord are not necessarily looking at explicit or graphic content" so their experience won't change.
Now excuse me, Tumblr circa 2018 is knocking at my door
Now excuse me, Tumblr circa 2018 is knocking at my door
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Best part about this is Discord saying, "A majority of people on Discord are not necessarily looking at explicit or graphic content" so their experience won't change.
Now excuse me, Tumblr circa 2018 is knocking at my door
Now excuse me, Tumblr circa 2018 is knocking at my door
Please make sure you check with your local immigrant watchdog org before using whistles in your area. Using them can get in the way of their work getting info on the person being detained, and they might not recommend it
"I print whistles because reality still matters; whistles get neighbors to come running, make sure enough people are recording, so when the regime pretends there’s only one camera angle of Renee Good’s death, we know the truth."
Read more from @seanhollister.bsky.social: buff.ly/mZoMDUH
Read more from @seanhollister.bsky.social: buff.ly/mZoMDUH
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Please make sure you check with your local immigrant watchdog org before using whistles in your area. Using them can get in the way of their work getting info on the person being detained, and they might not recommend it
It's really crazy that all Disney had to do this whole time to bring back the Muppets was to just do the Muppet Show again
February 7, 2026 at 3:26 AM
It's really crazy that all Disney had to do this whole time to bring back the Muppets was to just do the Muppet Show again
Panic! With the Gestapo
Was this very mid-2000s emo person press-ganged into ICE servitude?
February 6, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Panic! With the Gestapo
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Your subscriber dollars at work: Aftermath has a new regular contributor and monthly columnist. Welcome @adashtra.bsky.social and @jmrivera.bsky.social to our regular rotation of writers!
aftermath.site/podcasts/after...
aftermath.site/podcasts/after...
February 6, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Your subscriber dollars at work: Aftermath has a new regular contributor and monthly columnist. Welcome @adashtra.bsky.social and @jmrivera.bsky.social to our regular rotation of writers!
aftermath.site/podcasts/after...
aftermath.site/podcasts/after...
I don't know how many times I can see somebody trying to use lefty language to make piss poor strawman arguments before I start punching but today is testing that
February 6, 2026 at 6:59 PM
I don't know how many times I can see somebody trying to use lefty language to make piss poor strawman arguments before I start punching but today is testing that
"This work is expensive. It requires tons of attention and support from editors and lawyers and fact checkers and design staff. It is also good, in the moral sense."
That's why I can't just let media die.
www.readergrev.com/p/washington...
@leadergrev.bsky.social
That's why I can't just let media die.
www.readergrev.com/p/washington...
@leadergrev.bsky.social
I lost my job at The Washington Post
An improbably timed defense of the media
www.readergrev.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:54 PM
"This work is expensive. It requires tons of attention and support from editors and lawyers and fact checkers and design staff. It is also good, in the moral sense."
That's why I can't just let media die.
www.readergrev.com/p/washington...
@leadergrev.bsky.social
That's why I can't just let media die.
www.readergrev.com/p/washington...
@leadergrev.bsky.social
Fuck ICE
February 6, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Fuck ICE
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My plan is to start responding to these today, but I'm definitely still looking for more folks who might have a story to share. If you're a dev, media person, or content creator and Pokemon has ever had an impact on your life or work, I'd love to hear from you.
Are you in dev, media, or content creation and have a story to tell about why Pokemon is special to you, has influenced your work, or overall just made an impact on your life? Would you want to tell me about it for a 30th anniversary Kotaku story? Get in touch: [email protected]. RTs appreciated!
a boy in a red hat is kneeling next to a pikachu in a forest .
ALT: a boy in a red hat is kneeling next to a pikachu in a forest .
media.tenor.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:51 PM
My plan is to start responding to these today, but I'm definitely still looking for more folks who might have a story to share. If you're a dev, media person, or content creator and Pokemon has ever had an impact on your life or work, I'd love to hear from you.
I did get to tell a coworker today that "tech CEOs who talk about AI are so fucking dumb" so that was pretty cool.
February 6, 2026 at 1:22 AM
I did get to tell a coworker today that "tech CEOs who talk about AI are so fucking dumb" so that was pretty cool.
If they really want people to vote red in November, threatening them openly with untrained goons is certainly one way to do it.
Breaking:
The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.
The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.
February 6, 2026 at 12:20 AM
If they really want people to vote red in November, threatening them openly with untrained goons is certainly one way to do it.
Two shotputters compete to see who can throw things the furthest while competing in the bedroom.
Yeeted Rivalry
Yeeted Rivalry
Two competitive sheep herders secretly pine for each other.
Bleated Rivalry.
Bleated Rivalry.
The two best whiskey distillers in the country secretly pine for each other.
Peated Rivalry.
Peated Rivalry.
February 5, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Two shotputters compete to see who can throw things the furthest while competing in the bedroom.
Yeeted Rivalry
Yeeted Rivalry
Here's what you do: You say "let's do a quick check-in" and then you slap this down on the table
February 5, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Here's what you do: You say "let's do a quick check-in" and then you slap this down on the table
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue