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Senior Reporter at @theverge.com. Email tips to [email protected].

Personal website is https://jaypeters.net.
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nickstatt.bsky.social
A phenomenon I find interesting is the yearning for corporations to launch copyright nukes on the AI companies. Which is to say there is such a feeling of hopelessness and a kind of legal void around this stuff that many people are demanding someone, anyone, do something about it in court.
jaypeters.net Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · 12h
Google’s new world AI model tool let me generate a bunch of Nintendo-inspired games. Including one featuring Link with a paraglider! Gift link: www.theverge.com/news/869726/...
January 29, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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Google’s new world AI model tool let me generate a bunch of Nintendo-inspired games. Including one featuring Link with a paraglider! Gift link: www.theverge.com/news/869726/...
January 29, 2026 at 5:38 PM
jaypeters.net
I think I'm only halfway through Cairn, but it's excellent so far. Challenging, thrilling, and scaling the impossible-seeming walls is always satisfying
jacobgeller.com Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 15h
Cairn embargo is up and I am so pleased to say the game is a triumph. Gorgeous, nerve-wracking, and I don't think I've ever heard a vocal performance like the one given by the protagonist. Just a coiled spring of determination and anger. Remarkable.
January 29, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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voxmediaunion.bsky.social
We're officially fundraising for laid-off Vox workers. Please share and donate if you can!

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Donate to Support Laid-off Vox Media Workers, organized by Victoria Song
On Friday, January 16, 2026, the Vox Media Union received news from management about … Victoria Song needs your support for Support Laid-off Vox Media Workers
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January 28, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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kristenradtke.bsky.social
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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theverge.com
"I didn’t realize, in the hours before his name was released to the public, that the man millions of people had seen lying facedown on the pavement from multiple angles of eyewitness video was my childhood best friend."

Read more from @kristenradtke.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86856...
Verge headline: I grew up with Alex Pretti by Kristen Radtke Photo: An old picture of a boy and a girl at a birthday party
January 27, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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matpiscatella.bsky.social
Yep, video games should be fun. Even when talking sales data. If this stuff isn't fun, why do it or care. It's video games.

Thank you Jay!
January 26, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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I talked with @matpiscatella.bsky.social about his delightful lists of games that sell just one copy in a month or year. Gift link:

www.theverge.com/games/867004...
Gaming’s most fun sales data is full of old and obscure games
I feel sorry for the person who bought Metroid: Other M last year.
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January 26, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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dompreston.com
Good news, everyone! Now we have two Trump Phones to worry about.
Hang on, there’s a Trump Phone Ultra coming too?
With ‘the same bold, American-proud design.’
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January 23, 2026 at 5:28 PM
jaypeters.net
The future of blockbuster games is unclear, but seems like they will be full of familiar faces — especially from Ubisoft:

www.theverge.com/report/86521...
Big games are getting bigger — and so are the stakes
Ubisoft is just the latest big gaming company to make big structural changes.
www.theverge.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:22 PM
jaypeters.net
Massive shakeup at Ubisoft -- and unfortunately the cancelation of the Sands of Time remake. Beyond Good and Evil still exists as a franchise, though

www.theverge.com/news/865060/...
Ubisoft cancels Prince of Persia remake as part of major reorganization
Big changes at Ubisoft.
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January 21, 2026 at 5:24 PM
jaypeters.net
Big Hops is super charming, has delightful 3D platforming, and *wants* you to come up to your own solutions to basically everything. Great game to start the year with.

www.theverge.com/games/860917...
A cute frog game that remixes Nintendo’s best
Big Hops will hop into your heart.
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January 17, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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voxmediaunion.bsky.social
Another year, another round of layoffs at Vox Media. In solidarity with our laid-off colleagues, here is our full statement:
Today, Friday, January 16, 2026, the Vox Media Union received news from management about more layoffs at the company: three in-unit workers from PopSugar, two from The Verge, and three from Eater — not including a number of out-of-unit employees — some of whom were on parental and other types of company-approved leave. Beyond this, the company announced that it will no longer have a centralized Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI+) team, redistributing that work across the People team and leadership, and keeping Employee Resource Groups as simply Slack spaces without formal lead roles or any standalone budgets. There is almost no further room to be shocked at these developments, as the company has laid off workers at an average of once per quarter in the last year, but we continue to be disgusted by the fact that leadership seems to have developed no real learning or commitment to workforce sustainability and retention. Those at the top remain safe in their positions while mercilessly cutting off those who work day in and day out (and then some) to make sure that essential, business-critical work is done. Our indispensable colleagues are now in extra vulnerable positions, having to navigate workplace bureaucracy alongside a volatile job market and relentless threats to the integrity of journalism as a whole. This union is proud to have rallied in multiple rounds of contract bargaining to ensure more equitable worker rights and protections in the face of management incompetence. As always, we, along with our Guild reps, will continue to demand that members are treated fairly in the aftermath of layoffs. Details on how you can support laid-off workers at Vox Media will be forthcoming. Please follow the Vox Media Union on Instagram (@voxmediaunion) and Bluesky (@voxunion.bsky.social). Solidarity forever. The Vox Media Union Committees Writers Guild of America East, AFL-CIO
January 16, 2026 at 9:25 PM
jaypeters.net
Glad this rule is being put into place, but it's a sad state of things that a rule is needed to address this problem

www.theverge.com/news/863597/...
Fortnite blocks creators from selling prize wheel spins
“Do not offer any in-island transactions that directly or indirectly influence prize wheels.”
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January 16, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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shannonliao.bsky.social
after flying back from Vegas last week, I was just laid off from Inverse today. I'm open to connecting over email at [email protected] and I'm definitely still in the writing and editing space. Expect a more in-depth explanation coming soon in my Updater newsletter. shannonliao.substack.com
Updater, Shannon Liao's gaming newsletter | Substack
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January 16, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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adashtra.bsky.social
Breaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch!
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Ash Parrish
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January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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solfleet.bsky.social
Inverse's Gaming section is being shut down as the company "divests" from gaming content. I'm out of a job along with my wonderful co-writers. I've put my heart and soul into this job for four years. Gonna need to take time to process, but I'm now completely open for work - and boy do I need it.
January 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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dompreston.com
There's a fun figure going around claiming Trump Mobile has sold almost 600,000 preorders, to pocket $60 million in deposits, but there's no actual proof it's true
600,000 Trump Mobile phones sold? There’s no proof.
No one except Trump Mobile knows the real sales figures.
www.theverge.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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Introducing gift links! Subscribers can now share up to five Verge stories each month with anyone — even if they’re not a subscriber. We want to make sharing our journalism easier, and give folks a taste of what The Verge is all about. Subscribe to start sharing 🎁
Verge article: I spent a year on Linux and forgot to miss Windows Next to the share buttons, a new gift icon is highlighted in purple
January 16, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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nicolecarpenter.bsky.social
Last week, I got a corrections request for a story I didn't write, on a publication I don't write for. It sent me down a very strange rabbit hole involving a mysterious content publisher. There's a lot I don't understand, but here's what I know:

aftermath.site/nicole-carpe...
I'm Not That Nicole Carpenter
I got a corrections request for a story I didn't write, and it pulled me down a journalism rabbit hole.
aftermath.site
January 15, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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Our next daily free article comes from @jaypeters.net:

Developers from Twisted Pixel Games and Sanzaru Games have posted about their studios being closed down.
Meta is closing down three VR studios as part of its metaverse cuts
More VR studio closures.
www.theverge.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:39 PM
jaypeters.net
Gemini can now use what it knows about you from Gmail, Search, and YouTube for personalized replies. If it works as advertised, it could be a big deal. It's opt in and, for now, only available to paying subscribers.

www.theverge.com/news/861576/...
Google’s Gemini AI will use what it knows about you from Gmail, Search, and YouTube
Google wants Gemini to give you more personalized responses.
www.theverge.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:57 PM
jaypeters.net
Big Hops is great! Planning to have a post this weekend about it, but if you like Nintendo-style 3D platformers, it's a delight
luckshotgames.com Chris Wade @luckshotgames.com · 17d
I hit the button ✅😭🐸
🚨BIG HOPS is OUT NOW🚨
Get it on Steam | Switch | PS5 for just $17.99 with our 10% launch discount!
#indiegames #nintendoswitch #ps5
January 12, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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luckshotgames.com
I hit the button ✅😭🐸
🚨BIG HOPS is OUT NOW🚨
Get it on Steam | Switch | PS5 for just $17.99 with our 10% launch discount!
#indiegames #nintendoswitch #ps5
January 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM
jaypeters.net
I tried Gmail's new AI Inbox. It's not for me; I am pretty rigorous about my email, so its AI-generated summaries and suggestions don't help me much. But I could see how it *could* be useful, and Google is probably going to put a lot of energy into making it better

www.theverge.com/tech/859864/...
Google’s AI Inbox could be a glimpse of Gmail’s future
It’s more AI than I need right now.
www.theverge.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:29 PM