Simon Cox
@simonsimon.bsky.social
Creative Partnerships at Cook & Becker. Formerly videogames and media at Rolling Stone, Ziff Davis, Future and Fandom. Occasional artist.
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独立系ゲーム雑誌『A Profound Waste Of Time』6号のローンチに合わせて制作される、ケースのデザインを担当しています。
12/5までKICKSTARTER実施中です（目標額は1時間で達成済み）！
kickstarter.com/projects/caz...
APWOTはゲームを芸術と捉え、インタビューや論考を美しいビジュアルと誌面で紹介する雑誌です。Forbesの記事になったこともあり、来年創刊10年、5号まで発刊されています。
全編英語ですが、ゲーム好きなら見ているだけで楽しめます。
5号には私もイラストもあるので興味のある方は是非！
apwot.com
12/5までKICKSTARTER実施中です（目標額は1時間で達成済み）！
kickstarter.com/projects/caz...
APWOTはゲームを芸術と捉え、インタビューや論考を美しいビジュアルと誌面で紹介する雑誌です。Forbesの記事になったこともあり、来年創刊10年、5号まで発刊されています。
全編英語ですが、ゲーム好きなら見ているだけで楽しめます。
5号には私もイラストもあるので興味のある方は是非！
apwot.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 AM
独立系ゲーム雑誌『A Profound Waste Of Time』6号のローンチに合わせて制作される、ケースのデザインを担当しています。
12/5までKICKSTARTER実施中です（目標額は1時間で達成済み）！
kickstarter.com/projects/caz...
APWOTはゲームを芸術と捉え、インタビューや論考を美しいビジュアルと誌面で紹介する雑誌です。Forbesの記事になったこともあり、来年創刊10年、5号まで発刊されています。
全編英語ですが、ゲーム好きなら見ているだけで楽しめます。
5号には私もイラストもあるので興味のある方は是非！
apwot.com
12/5までKICKSTARTER実施中です（目標額は1時間で達成済み）！
kickstarter.com/projects/caz...
APWOTはゲームを芸術と捉え、インタビューや論考を美しいビジュアルと誌面で紹介する雑誌です。Forbesの記事になったこともあり、来年創刊10年、5号まで発刊されています。
全編英語ですが、ゲーム好きなら見ているだけで楽しめます。
5号には私もイラストもあるので興味のある方は是非！
apwot.com
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Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.
HEAD'S UP FELLOW #CREATIVES!
If you haven't heard, #Grammarly is changing...and one change that doesn't pass the smell test is the incorporation of the ocean-boiling plagiarism machine that is #AI. 😒
I'm ditching Grammarly TONIGHT. #Writing #Writers #NoAI
www.grammarly.com/blog/company...
If you haven't heard, #Grammarly is changing...and one change that doesn't pass the smell test is the incorporation of the ocean-boiling plagiarism machine that is #AI. 😒
I'm ditching Grammarly TONIGHT. #Writing #Writers #NoAI
www.grammarly.com/blog/company...
Grammarly Rebrands Company as Superhuman, Introduces Superhuman Suite and Superhuman Go
Superhuman Platform delivers proactive, context-aware AI agents that work in the flow of work, wherever people work Grammarly today announced it is changing its company…
www.grammarly.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.
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Damn, if only 'hard men of Gondor' with their hollowed out, atrophying state, obsessed with the glories of the past and which was only saved from defeat by the actions of those it claimed to protect, could teach us anything...
October 29, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Damn, if only 'hard men of Gondor' with their hollowed out, atrophying state, obsessed with the glories of the past and which was only saved from defeat by the actions of those it claimed to protect, could teach us anything...
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
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OK so this is officially out. This pic was sent to me by a bestie who got his copy. I wrote the majority of this w the help of two homies (I know what I know and Sailor Moon ain’t it, so I recruited help). I took every single screenshot in the book and it’s packed with interviews.
amzn.to/4nRInkT
amzn.to/4nRInkT
October 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
OK so this is officially out. This pic was sent to me by a bestie who got his copy. I wrote the majority of this w the help of two homies (I know what I know and Sailor Moon ain’t it, so I recruited help). I took every single screenshot in the book and it’s packed with interviews.
amzn.to/4nRInkT
amzn.to/4nRInkT
Sega’s epic Space Harrier coin-op is 40 years old! I remember being utterly transported by it whenever I encountered it in arcades. Here’s a piece in pen and ink - scanned in and colored in Photoshop - I made during Covid. I tried to capture that otherworldly feeling it gave me (for 20p!).
October 17, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Sega’s epic Space Harrier coin-op is 40 years old! I remember being utterly transported by it whenever I encountered it in arcades. Here’s a piece in pen and ink - scanned in and colored in Photoshop - I made during Covid. I tried to capture that otherworldly feeling it gave me (for 20p!).
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To celebrate #FinalFantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles, different Square Enix departments shared new artwork!🎨 In order: Original artist Akihiko Yoshida, the #FF14 team, #Harvestella artist Yasushi Hasegawa, and #FF16's Kazuya Takahashi.
Our Review ICYMI: www.rpgfan.com/review/final...
Our Review ICYMI: www.rpgfan.com/review/final...
October 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
To celebrate #FinalFantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles, different Square Enix departments shared new artwork!🎨 In order: Original artist Akihiko Yoshida, the #FF14 team, #Harvestella artist Yasushi Hasegawa, and #FF16's Kazuya Takahashi.
Our Review ICYMI: www.rpgfan.com/review/final...
Our Review ICYMI: www.rpgfan.com/review/final...
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This is the cost of casual legitimization of genai. The blood of this kind of suffering is on the hands of everyone who uses it for all the kind of stuff Giger has pointed out. Because you've been told for at least two years now what the cost of it is and to stop doing it.
Fuck me this is bleak.
But please, do continue to use GenAI slop thumbnails for your YouTube videos, or your album art, or your book covers or whatever else. I'll continue to refuse to watch/listen/read any of them, knowing already they're not worth the time & that you're a disappointing lazy hack.
But please, do continue to use GenAI slop thumbnails for your YouTube videos, or your album art, or your book covers or whatever else. I'll continue to refuse to watch/listen/read any of them, knowing already they're not worth the time & that you're a disappointing lazy hack.
September 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
This is the cost of casual legitimization of genai. The blood of this kind of suffering is on the hands of everyone who uses it for all the kind of stuff Giger has pointed out. Because you've been told for at least two years now what the cost of it is and to stop doing it.
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I wanted to thank you all for the overwhelming positive response to my cover art for The Delian Tomb! Your kind words left me speechless number of times!
Here are some details of the painting 😉
#mcdm #drawsteel #thedeliantomb
#heroes #goblins #blacksmith #fantasyart #ttrpg #fantasypainting
Here are some details of the painting 😉
#mcdm #drawsteel #thedeliantomb
#heroes #goblins #blacksmith #fantasyart #ttrpg #fantasypainting
August 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I wanted to thank you all for the overwhelming positive response to my cover art for The Delian Tomb! Your kind words left me speechless number of times!
Here are some details of the painting 😉
#mcdm #drawsteel #thedeliantomb
#heroes #goblins #blacksmith #fantasyart #ttrpg #fantasypainting
Here are some details of the painting 😉
#mcdm #drawsteel #thedeliantomb
#heroes #goblins #blacksmith #fantasyart #ttrpg #fantasypainting
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From a report today on @npr.org: People held at Alligator Auschwitz have no legal path out. ICE says they're held on state charges, so Federal immigration judges can't hear cases for bond or anything else. The state hasn't charged them, so state judges can't hear the case because there's no case. 1/
August 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
From a report today on @npr.org: People held at Alligator Auschwitz have no legal path out. ICE says they're held on state charges, so Federal immigration judges can't hear cases for bond or anything else. The state hasn't charged them, so state judges can't hear the case because there's no case. 1/
No, Google, I do not want to summarize this file you absolute horror of a company. You can get in the fucking sea with that Gemini nonsense.
August 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
No, Google, I do not want to summarize this file you absolute horror of a company. You can get in the fucking sea with that Gemini nonsense.
Huge congrats to our friends at MCDM for the launch! It’s been an amazing journey. We’re printing the Limited Edition books as we speak - and the stunning box set Ajax Edition of Draw Steel is close behind and looking really gooooood :)
[Today 3:19PM] You can share this link as long as you remind them not to click it until 12:01am PDT: mcdm.gg/rpg
July 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Huge congrats to our friends at MCDM for the launch! It’s been an amazing journey. We’re printing the Limited Edition books as we speak - and the stunning box set Ajax Edition of Draw Steel is close behind and looking really gooooood :)
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How I feel in every games media convo these days 😅
July 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
How I feel in every games media convo these days 😅
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Pretty sure that's an errant bit of moustache rather than a nose hair, but who can really say. I adore this podcast, have been thinking about what I'd pick if I was invited on since the day it launched. Whittling 40-odd years of games down to just five was, nonetheless, absolute agony. Go!
Tune into our latest episode to find out what Nathan Brown, former @edgemagazine.bsky.social editor, consultant, and creator of the @hitpoints.bsky.social newsletter, picked for his perfect console.
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/0vhq...
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/0vhq...
July 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Pretty sure that's an errant bit of moustache rather than a nose hair, but who can really say. I adore this podcast, have been thinking about what I'd pick if I was invited on since the day it launched. Whittling 40-odd years of games down to just five was, nonetheless, absolute agony. Go!
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Here's my gift to true #MetalGearSolid fans: a full scan of "Metal Gear Solid The Twin Snakes Survival Guide In The Darkness of Shadow Moses", published in Japan in 2004. It is one of the most unique videogame guidebooks ever created. Archive link and book highlights below ⤵️
July 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Here's my gift to true #MetalGearSolid fans: a full scan of "Metal Gear Solid The Twin Snakes Survival Guide In The Darkness of Shadow Moses", published in Japan in 2004. It is one of the most unique videogame guidebooks ever created. Archive link and book highlights below ⤵️
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When you strip away humanity
July 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
When you strip away humanity
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'Hello human, nice to meet you'
July 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
'Hello human, nice to meet you'
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re: generative AI
I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.
And now, you can use it, too.
I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.
And now, you can use it, too.
July 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
re: generative AI
I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.
And now, you can use it, too.
I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.
And now, you can use it, too.
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What's fucked up is any ONE of these things is sufficient for some sort of consensus on how evil & insidious this shit is.
"Error-ridden outputs, environmental damage, potential mental health impacts for users, & the concerns about copyright violations when AI tools are trained on existing works."
"Error-ridden outputs, environmental damage, potential mental health impacts for users, & the concerns about copyright violations when AI tools are trained on existing works."
The AI Backlash Keeps Growing Stronger
As generative artificial intelligence tools continue to proliferate, pushback against the technology and its negative impacts grows stronger.
www.wired.com
June 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
What's fucked up is any ONE of these things is sufficient for some sort of consensus on how evil & insidious this shit is.
"Error-ridden outputs, environmental damage, potential mental health impacts for users, & the concerns about copyright violations when AI tools are trained on existing works."
"Error-ridden outputs, environmental damage, potential mental health impacts for users, & the concerns about copyright violations when AI tools are trained on existing works."
A good cause - and a necessary check on the likes of Bezos :
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/pa...
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/pa...
Pass the Employment Rights Bill – in full, without delay
The biggest upgrade in workers’ rights in a generation is within reach. But Tory peers and big business want to water it down. Add your name now to demand the House of Lords passes the Employment Righ...
www.megaphone.org.uk
June 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A good cause - and a necessary check on the likes of Bezos :
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/pa...
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/pa...
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Hard Drive Presents: A Woke And Gay Charity Stream
Donations go to @translifeline.org
7/25-7/26 8PM ET-8PM ET
Guests include:
@mikedrucker.bsky.social
@giantbomb.bsky.social
@katmabu.bsky.social
@airbagged.bsky.social
@leovader.com, and more!
🏳⚧More details to follow🏳⚧
Donations go to @translifeline.org
7/25-7/26 8PM ET-8PM ET
Guests include:
@mikedrucker.bsky.social
@giantbomb.bsky.social
@katmabu.bsky.social
@airbagged.bsky.social
@leovader.com, and more!
🏳⚧More details to follow🏳⚧
June 19, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Hard Drive Presents: A Woke And Gay Charity Stream
Donations go to @translifeline.org
7/25-7/26 8PM ET-8PM ET
Guests include:
@mikedrucker.bsky.social
@giantbomb.bsky.social
@katmabu.bsky.social
@airbagged.bsky.social
@leovader.com, and more!
🏳⚧More details to follow🏳⚧
Donations go to @translifeline.org
7/25-7/26 8PM ET-8PM ET
Guests include:
@mikedrucker.bsky.social
@giantbomb.bsky.social
@katmabu.bsky.social
@airbagged.bsky.social
@leovader.com, and more!
🏳⚧More details to follow🏳⚧
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BEHOLD!
I am so excited to finally get these soon!! The art is sick for the covers for @hellomcdm.bsky.social’s new books.
May 31, 2025 at 4:26 AM
BEHOLD!
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I am so excited to finally get these soon!! The art is sick for the covers for @hellomcdm.bsky.social’s new books.
May 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I am so excited to finally get these soon!! The art is sick for the covers for @hellomcdm.bsky.social’s new books.