Maddy Myers 🏳️🌈
@midimyers.com
i've been writing about video games since 2007. currently: freelance writer; podcast co-host of Triple Click and The Mutant Ages. formerly: Polygon, Kotaku, The Mary Sue, The Boston Phoenix. bonus side hustle: writing electro-pop music. she/her.
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If you work a studio that’s been nominated for a Game Award this year (or even years’ past), I would love to speak to you about your experience getting tickets! How many did your studio get? How many did you buy?
This can be anonymous. DMs are open and email is alyssamerc[at]gmail[dot]com.
This can be anonymous. DMs are open and email is alyssamerc[at]gmail[dot]com.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If you work a studio that’s been nominated for a Game Award this year (or even years’ past), I would love to speak to you about your experience getting tickets! How many did your studio get? How many did you buy?
This can be anonymous. DMs are open and email is alyssamerc[at]gmail[dot]com.
This can be anonymous. DMs are open and email is alyssamerc[at]gmail[dot]com.
second update, absolutely kicked wiegraf’s ass and got to chapter four finally. lfgooooo
update i chickened out and continued to simply level up my guys more rather than do this fight.
i finally leveled up a bunch of my fft guys to be ninjas. tonight... wiegraf post-transformation, it's on sight
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
second update, absolutely kicked wiegraf’s ass and got to chapter four finally. lfgooooo
this is me with everything i post that gets any amount of traction but also i agree with the OP in the thread anyway lol
You’re all annoying so this is muted. Love you all so much. Leave me alone. I cherish you. Die btw
November 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
this is me with everything i post that gets any amount of traction but also i agree with the OP in the thread anyway lol
stories about robots and AI are some of my absolute top favorite stories of all time which is why it actually sucks to be me in the present day because i am pretty sure that all of that stuff is the reason why we currently have very shitty quote unquote "AI" and a ton of lies about it and a bubble
November 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
stories about robots and AI are some of my absolute top favorite stories of all time which is why it actually sucks to be me in the present day because i am pretty sure that all of that stuff is the reason why we currently have very shitty quote unquote "AI" and a ton of lies about it and a bubble
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i got tired of "how to read more" advice from people who are book critics and don't own tvs and live in monasteries with no wifi, so here is some advice from someone with a terminal case of internet brain www.shesabeast.co/how-to-read-...
how to read more
from someone who actually struggles
www.shesabeast.co
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
i got tired of "how to read more" advice from people who are book critics and don't own tvs and live in monasteries with no wifi, so here is some advice from someone with a terminal case of internet brain www.shesabeast.co/how-to-read-...
update i chickened out and continued to simply level up my guys more rather than do this fight.
i finally leveled up a bunch of my fft guys to be ninjas. tonight... wiegraf post-transformation, it's on sight
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
update i chickened out and continued to simply level up my guys more rather than do this fight.
i finally leveled up a bunch of my fft guys to be ninjas. tonight... wiegraf post-transformation, it's on sight
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
i finally leveled up a bunch of my fft guys to be ninjas. tonight... wiegraf post-transformation, it's on sight
2025 actually did suck. i know we've all said this about a lot of previous years but this one was quite bad actually
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
2025 actually did suck. i know we've all said this about a lot of previous years but this one was quite bad actually
big "never kys" vibes on this btw. it helps me to think about how many cool things i haven't yet experienced and keeps me going. now if only i had a great place to write about these things. a place that would pay me to do so. HMMMMMMMM
this post brought to you by me playing System Shock for the first time and having just watched 2001: A Space Odyssey for the first time
November 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
big "never kys" vibes on this btw. it helps me to think about how many cool things i haven't yet experienced and keeps me going. now if only i had a great place to write about these things. a place that would pay me to do so. HMMMMMMMM
i understand why when people go back and watch/play formative and influential works, they are underwhelmed because they've seen it copied so many times. idk how exactly but i am able to evade this by role-playing in my brain as someone who hasn't seen it yet. it works for me
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
i understand why when people go back and watch/play formative and influential works, they are underwhelmed because they've seen it copied so many times. idk how exactly but i am able to evade this by role-playing in my brain as someone who hasn't seen it yet. it works for me
nothing like spending 24 hours fixing a massive problem with the computer that i built to make me feel like both the most annoyed person on earth and, now, the smartest person on earth
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
nothing like spending 24 hours fixing a massive problem with the computer that i built to make me feel like both the most annoyed person on earth and, now, the smartest person on earth
we are still watching CSI. first time for me. CSI is really fun
November 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
we are still watching CSI. first time for me. CSI is really fun
we're saying someone's birth is a "premiere" now?
The singer Carly Rae Jepsen and the movie ‘Rocky IV’ premiered 40 years ago today 🎂
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
we're saying someone's birth is a "premiere" now?
1. games industry decimated by layoffs
2. journalism decimated by layoffs
3. decades of precedent of people assuming all content online should be free and also not wanting to look at ads
4. impending AI bubble burst and economic downstream effects of that
hmmmmmmmmmmmmMMMM
2. journalism decimated by layoffs
3. decades of precedent of people assuming all content online should be free and also not wanting to look at ads
4. impending AI bubble burst and economic downstream effects of that
hmmmmmmmmmmmmMMMM
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
1. games industry decimated by layoffs
2. journalism decimated by layoffs
3. decades of precedent of people assuming all content online should be free and also not wanting to look at ads
4. impending AI bubble burst and economic downstream effects of that
hmmmmmmmmmmmmMMMM
2. journalism decimated by layoffs
3. decades of precedent of people assuming all content online should be free and also not wanting to look at ads
4. impending AI bubble burst and economic downstream effects of that
hmmmmmmmmmmmmMMMM
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WIRED is hiring for a senior politics reporter who will write our weekly newsletter; detailed job description below. This role will be based in New York or DC and report to me; the salary range is $95,000 - $132,000. condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
WIRED is hiring for a senior politics reporter who will write our weekly newsletter; detailed job description below. This role will be based in New York or DC and report to me; the salary range is $95,000 - $132,000. condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
we do a thing in our house with tv/movies where sometimes we just click on something, knowing nothing other than the title and a chosen screengrab. not every day or week but sometimes. i think it's good, critically, to NOT always know what you're in for. we watched All's Fair because of this. lmfao
November 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
we do a thing in our house with tv/movies where sometimes we just click on something, knowing nothing other than the title and a chosen screengrab. not every day or week but sometimes. i think it's good, critically, to NOT always know what you're in for. we watched All's Fair because of this. lmfao
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We're hiring a guides writer at GamesRader. Like writing about games and solving puzzles? Then take a look. UK based but remote's okay. All the details are in the link. apply.workable.com/futureplc/j/...
Guides Writer, GamesRadar+ - Future Publishing
Future's Games group creates international, market-leading content, delivered through scale websites GamesRadar and PC Gamer, award-winning print brands, and Events that reach millions of gamers.The g...
apply.workable.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We're hiring a guides writer at GamesRader. Like writing about games and solving puzzles? Then take a look. UK based but remote's okay. All the details are in the link. apply.workable.com/futureplc/j/...
for about six months now (maybe longer, i haven't been keeping track), my wife and i have been going on ~45-60 min walks together every day. the way it works is we schedule it. like, we put it into our (work) calendars. my watch vibrates to remind me, like any other calendar event. i recommend this.
November 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
for about six months now (maybe longer, i haven't been keeping track), my wife and i have been going on ~45-60 min walks together every day. the way it works is we schedule it. like, we put it into our (work) calendars. my watch vibrates to remind me, like any other calendar event. i recommend this.
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it's funny how the initialism "DEI" gets deployed to obscure its own meaning, by framing it like a policy, like ACA, or an agency, like DHS. if you write "efforts to erase diversity" instead of "efforts to erase DEI," you're describing what Trump is doing much more clearly and truthfully!
when we talk about efforts to "erase DEI" can we be more precise and say "efforts to re-segregate workplaces and schools"
Since 1981, Chicago Women in Trades has worked to promote equity by getting more women into the construction trades. Now the nonprofit faces a different challenge: Trump's efforts to erase DEI. n.pr/4pmCNr2
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
it's funny how the initialism "DEI" gets deployed to obscure its own meaning, by framing it like a policy, like ACA, or an agency, like DHS. if you write "efforts to erase diversity" instead of "efforts to erase DEI," you're describing what Trump is doing much more clearly and truthfully!
it's funny that the dispatch fandom refers to the no-romance ending as the "friendzoned" ending colloquially because usually that term is gendered against women but in this case it's a game about two women throwing themselves at you and you (male protag) having to actively work to friendzone *them*
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
it's funny that the dispatch fandom refers to the no-romance ending as the "friendzoned" ending colloquially because usually that term is gendered against women but in this case it's a game about two women throwing themselves at you and you (male protag) having to actively work to friendzone *them*
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i played news tower and because it's me i had an existential crisis about it
Finally out of early access, News Tower puts you in control of a Depression-era newspaper and makes you immediately question your ethics. It's surprisingly accurate, writes former actual newspaper employee @midimyers.com. www.avclub.com/news-tower-g...
Race to journalism's bottom in the surprisingly accurate News Tower
Race to journalism's bottom in the surprisingly accurate News Tower
www.avclub.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
i played news tower and because it's me i had an existential crisis about it
i played news tower and because it's me i had an existential crisis about it
Finally out of early access, News Tower puts you in control of a Depression-era newspaper and makes you immediately question your ethics. It's surprisingly accurate, writes former actual newspaper employee @midimyers.com. www.avclub.com/news-tower-g...
Race to journalism's bottom in the surprisingly accurate News Tower
Race to journalism's bottom in the surprisingly accurate News Tower
www.avclub.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
i played news tower and because it's me i had an existential crisis about it
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I was on Triple Click the other day talking about the state of RPGs and also my book on Assassin’s Creed! maximumfun.org/episodes/tri...
The RPGs of 2025 (with Cameron Kunzelman) | Maximum Fun
Kirk, Maddy, and Jason bring on special guest Cameron Kunzelman to talk about this year’s suite of roleplaying games, from Avowed to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 to The Outer Worlds 2.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I was on Triple Click the other day talking about the state of RPGs and also my book on Assassin’s Creed! maximumfun.org/episodes/tri...
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need a game with a protagonist who sends increasingly erratic ADHD-driven voice notes to their friends
i think a good lesson for game devs would be to remember that people don't really talk to themselves. when they do, it's "ah fuck" or "really?" and, again, it's rare. i lived alone for many years and i am happy to consult on this. i DO talk to my cat, of course. you could put a cat in.
November 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
need a game with a protagonist who sends increasingly erratic ADHD-driven voice notes to their friends
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make a game where we hear the character’s thoughts and do it right, where it’s non-stop and overwhelming and obnoxious and scattered and confused and hung up on remembering the name of that one actor for no reason and randomly mortified by unrelated shit that happened 30 years ago etc.
i think a good lesson for game devs would be to remember that people don't really talk to themselves. when they do, it's "ah fuck" or "really?" and, again, it's rare. i lived alone for many years and i am happy to consult on this. i DO talk to my cat, of course. you could put a cat in.
November 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
make a game where we hear the character’s thoughts and do it right, where it’s non-stop and overwhelming and obnoxious and scattered and confused and hung up on remembering the name of that one actor for no reason and randomly mortified by unrelated shit that happened 30 years ago etc.