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Confirmed Games Enjoyer @hjrwithpen.bsky.social · 2d

I promise we did vote on MMOs, it's just they, er, didn't quite make it in.

www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/pc...

PC Gamer's Top 100 didn't have a single MMO in it this year—here are my 3 theories as to why we did that

I've run the numbers, and by run I mean look at them a bit and sigh.

www.pcgamer.com

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Confirmed Games Enjoyer @hjrwithpen.bsky.social · 2d

I promise we did vote on MMOs, it's just they, er, didn't quite make it in.

www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/pc...

PC Gamer's Top 100 didn't have a single MMO in it this year—here are my 3 theories as to why we did that

I've run the numbers, and by run I mean look at them a bit and sigh.

www.pcgamer.com

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Confirmed Games Enjoyer @hjrwithpen.bsky.social · 2d

when i say that joshua wolens is one of the funniest people i know, this is what i'm referring to

Joshua Wolens @joshuawolens.bsky.social · 2d

lest anyone doubt PC Gamer's serious about the top 100 please find attached this screenshot from the meeting where we all pitched each other on our most-wanted games for the list

me, dressed as a pirate, alongside a slide featuring my points in favour of Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire's inclusion on the PC Gamer top 100. the bulletpoints read:
A GRIPPING HIGH-SEAS FANTASY ADVENTURE
• COLONIALISM
• YOU MUST BUILD A BOAT
• MORAL COMPLEXITY
• UNIQUE CHARACTER BUILD OPTIONS
• GENDERED SEA SHANTIES
• MORE LIKE BALDUR'S GATE PEE
• YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO DO THE NAVAL COMBAT IT'S FINE
• ESCAPE THE WHEEL OF SAMSARA
• LET JOSH SAWYER COOK

there is also a picture of a pirate ship and one of beloved children's cartoon character captain pugwash

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Joshua Wolens @joshuawolens.bsky.social · 2d

lest anyone doubt PC Gamer's serious about the top 100 please find attached this screenshot from the meeting where we all pitched each other on our most-wanted games for the list

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Confirmed Games Enjoyer @hjrwithpen.bsky.social · 4d

you cannot kill me in any way that matters

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PC Gamer @pcgamer.com · 4d

The 2025 edition of our annual Top 100 list is here, running down the best PC games to play now from the perspective of PC Gamer's 30+ writers and editors.

The top 100 PC games

Welcome to the 2025 edition of the PC Gamer Top 100—our annual list of the best PC games you can play.

www.pcgamer.com

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Confirmed Games Enjoyer @hjrwithpen.bsky.social · 4d

says who?

... shit, right

Phil Savage @octaeder.bsky.social · 4d

100! PC! Games! www.pcgamer.com/games/the-to...

The top 100 PC games

Welcome to the 2025 edition of the PC Gamer Top 100—our annual list of the best PC games you can play.

www.pcgamer.com

Confirmed Games Enjoyer @hjrwithpen.bsky.social · 4d

we have atoned

www.pcgamer.com/games/the-to...

Confirmed Games Enjoyer @hjrwithpen.bsky.social · 17d

i had to collect all four elemental stones and 300 feathers to unlock the True Emma, definitely worth it if you've got the time

Confirmed Games Enjoyer @hjrwithpen.bsky.social · 26d

hades 2 is great but its visuals are ass if you're colourblind (me)

so much red on dark grey/purple. typhon in particular is just protanapia hell

and it kinda sucks there's no colourblind support; i long for the day where that's ubiqutous as subtitles, but it's just absent here

Confirmed Games Enjoyer @hjrwithpen.bsky.social · Sep 21

its hard boss dont get me wrong, but getting 95 in flea dodge will prepare you for goddamn anything

Confirmed Games Enjoyer @hjrwithpen.bsky.social · Sep 21

me after beating Silksong's final act 3 boss in like 13-16 tries

(after doing (almost) all the optional momentos and going through my anime training arc at the flea carnival beating Seth's scores:)

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Confirmed Games Enjoyer @hjrwithpen.bsky.social · Sep 18

Borderlands 4 has one of the worst UIs I've ever seen in an RPG and runs like absolute garbage.

Also, I spent 47 hours playing it in a blissful, loot-addled daze. My review:

Borderlands 4 review

True looter-shooter greatness in a messy package.

www.pcgamer.com

Confirmed Games Enjoyer @hjrwithpen.bsky.social · Sep 15

'you simply must accept the limitations of your hardware. please ignore the employees desperately working on how dogshit our game's performance is'

(i am very much enjoying BL4 so far btw)

Confirmed Games Enjoyer @hjrwithpen.bsky.social · Sep 15

randy pitchford livetweeting about how we should all simply accept the hands we're dealt while a hard-working dev team at gearbox pushes a bunch of optimisation updates (one of which, kudos, made a huge difference) is genuinely very funny to me

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Confirmed Games Enjoyer @hjrwithpen.bsky.social · Sep 13

made it to act 3 of silksong and the fact this thing just keeps going is wild to me (good)

difficulty discourse all you like i'm a complete sicko for this and im having such a good time

Confirmed Games Enjoyer @hjrwithpen.bsky.social · Sep 5

the fact Silksong still has boss runbacks is proof that Team Cherry was making this in a complete vaccum for over half a decade

this is both a good and bad thing

Confirmed Games Enjoyer @hjrwithpen.bsky.social · Sep 1

oh yyeah, well, could AI do this?

*just absolutely completely screws up an easily-obtainable kill in Deadlock, fucking dies*

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DumpTruck 🍑 Decider @sailormoondamus.gobirds.online · Aug 26

Disable ChatGPT this fucking instant. Destroy it. JFC.

Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · Aug 26

Holy fucking shit

Five days before his death, Adam confided to ChatGPT that he didn't want his
parents to think he committed suicide because they did something wrong. ChatGPT told him
"[t]hat doesn't mean you owe them survival. You don't owe anyone that." It then offered to write the first draft of Adam's suicide note.

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Confirmed Games Enjoyer @hjrwithpen.bsky.social · Aug 26

EMMA ART LETS GO

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Confirmed Games Enjoyer @hjrwithpen.bsky.social · Aug 25

disheartening to hear that's not the case with the management at IGN; you should get paid for your time and be in an environment that doesn't indrectly mandate otherwise. that's how it should be. it's the baseline in any decent society.

Confirmed Games Enjoyer @hjrwithpen.bsky.social · Aug 25

wishing everyone here the best of luck, and feeling very grateful for my current situation

my colleagues at PC Gamer have never pressured me to work like this; things can get stressful because that's the job, but im not pressured to skip lunch or work past my paid hours

IGN Union @ignunion.bsky.social · Aug 25

Ziff 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.

FROM NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY 13TH IGN CREATORS GUILD IS GOING TO... DO OUR JOB!

OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, IGN MANAGEMENT HAS GOTTEN AWAY WITH LAYING OFF OUR COWORKERS OVER AND OVER. MEANWHILE, MANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE LEFT THE COMPANY IN NO SMALL PART DUE TO BUYOUTS, OVERWORK, AND FEELING UNSUPPORTED, EACH TIME, THE COMPANY HAS REFUSED TO BACKFILL MANY ESSENTIAL ROLES, CLAIMING WE'RE ON A HIRING FREEZE, IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET, OR THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO LESS WORK THIS TIME.

AS A RESULT, IGNCG MEMBERS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO TAKE ON MORE OF THEIR FORMER COLLEAGUES' WORKLOADS. MANY OF US NOW WORK LONGER HOURS THAN WE USED TO. A LOT OF US RARELY TAKE LUNCH BREAKS. SOME OF US DO NOT TAKE ADEQUATE TIME OFF DUE TO THERE BEING NO ONE TO PICK UP THE SLACK. OTHERS OF US ARE STUCK DOING WORK WE WERE NEVER HIRED TO DO IN THE FIRST PLACE.
UP TO THIS POINT, WE'VE ALL ACCEPTED THIS AS NORMAL, BECAUSE WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT IGN AND THE WORK WE DO. BUT WITH SO MANY OF US STRUGGLING MORE AND MORE AS EACH NEW WAVE OF OUR COWORKERS ARE DEPRIVED OF A LIVELIHOOD, THIS CYCLE CAN'T CONTINUE. MANAGEMENT IS UNWILLING TO STOP IT, SO IT FALLS TO US.
WITH THE LAYOFFS OF EIGHT OF OUR COWORKERS, IGNCG HAS NEGOTIATED A SIX-MONTH RECALL LIST. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT, FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, IF IGN WANTS TO FILL ANY OF THOSE ELIMINATED ROLES AGAIN, THEY MUST REHIRE OUR LAID-OFF COLLEAGUES. WE WANT THEM TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEIR JOBS BACK IF THEY WANT THEM, AND IF NOT, WE WANT THOSE ROLES BACKFILLED TO EASE THE BURDEN ON THE REST OF US.
SO STARTING TODAY, LENCE MEMBERS ARE COMMITTING TO DO OUR JOBS. NO MORE, NO LESS. WELL SHOW UP TO WORK ON TIME AND LEAVE ON TIME. WE'RE TAKING ALL OF OUR LUNCH TIME, EVERY DAY.
IF WE WORK LATE, WE WILL FIRMLY ASK FOR OUR RIGHTFULLY EARNED COMP TIME. AND IF IGN WANTS OUR LAID-OFF COWORKERS' WORK TO GET DONE, THEY'LL HAVE TO REHIRE THEM TO DO IT INSTEAD OF FOISTING IT UPON US.
HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT IGNCG IN ALL THIS?
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Confirmed Games Enjoyer @hjrwithpen.bsky.social · Aug 23

oh, right, also; saying a VPN harms a child is like saying using an umbrella drowns that same chilld.

it's insane moon logic and any interviewer who doesn't immediately burst into laughter isn't doing their job

Confirmed Games Enjoyer @hjrwithpen.bsky.social · Aug 23

i've only done a couple of these for shit i absolutely have to for work, and yes, one of them did ask me to open my mouth.

made me feel dirtier than anything a VPN could help me access, lemme tell you

Confirmed Games Enjoyer @hjrwithpen.bsky.social · Aug 23

data company, sobbing through its teeth as i refuse to open my mouth for a webcam: won't somebody *think of the children*

John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · Aug 21

UK government asks everybody to stop using VPNs.

"everybody who's out there thinking of using VPNs...verifying your age keeps a child safe...So let's just not try and find a way around. Just prove your age."

- UK government