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Sanders endorses fans rushing field as fine looms

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The Gaming Discourse @thegamingdiscourse.bsky.social · 5d

The year is 2081.
The machines have conquered New York, Moscow, and Tokyo.
The resistance loses ground every day.
Annoying college football fans now storm the field every time their team gets a first down.

Colorado fans stormed the field after the Buffaloes' victory over No. 22 Iowa State. The act could trigger a $50,000 fine, something coach Deion Sanders was shocked to find out.

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EA Announces Unprecedented $55 Billion Sale To Saudi Arabia, Jared Kushner's Private Equity Group, And Others - Kotaku

The Gaming Discourse @thegamingdiscourse.bsky.social · 18d

HUGE day for fans of enshittification.
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The Madden publisher is going private

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I Miss You (& Eva's Voice Insoid Moi Yead) | The Gaming Discourse

The Gaming Discourse @thegamingdiscourse.bsky.social · 19d

Jaxson Dart. Please be real.

The Gaming Discourse @thegamingdiscourse.bsky.social · 27d

My weekly Patreon update is free this week! I wrote a little bit about MGS Delta and stealth games.
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The Gaming Discourse @thegamingdiscourse.bsky.social · Sep 7

I thought it would be fun to sit down and talk through my collection of physical games! So I did! A rough cut of the vid is up for Patrons. Check it out!

Yes, I know That Was Boba Fett | The Gaming Discourse

Australia Did It - Reveal Trailer

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · Sep 3

It's been a while.

Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs.

store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...

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The Gaming Discourse @thegamingdiscourse.bsky.social · Aug 22

My latest review: Herdling is a short game that feels like an epic adventure, showcasing Okomotive's excellent talent for storytelling.

Review | Herdling

The Gaming Discourse @thegamingdiscourse.bsky.social · Aug 16

"what a joy it's been to work with an editor again"

I feel this in my soul.

Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · Aug 15

Much more than a tiny bit! I just checked my emails and I first contacted Stephen about him helping us out almost a year ago.

What a JOY it’s been to work with an editor again, oh my word. Lifesaver.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · Aug 15

Another reporting tour de force from People Make Games, about the complex fallout... to the complex fallout around Disco Elysium

There were five Disco Elysium spiritual successors to track, with overlapping staff and heaps of ongoing drama.

Full disclosure: I helped with this one a tiny bit

Who Is Sam Fisher? | A Splinter Cell Retrospective, Part 4: Blacklist

The Gaming Discourse @thegamingdiscourse.bsky.social · Aug 8

The fourth and final part of my Splinter Cell retrospective is here! Check it out:

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The Gaming Discourse @thegamingdiscourse.bsky.social · Aug 6

My Blacklist retrospective is up for Patrons! You can check it out for as little as $2 on Patreon. It will be public sometime this weekend.

It's Done! | The Gaming Discourse

Free Post: Medium, Mobile Games, & “Customer Relationship Management” | The Gaming Discourse

The Gaming Discourse @thegamingdiscourse.bsky.social · Jul 18

My Patreon blog this week is free for everyone! I discuss a fundamental difference between live-service/mobile gaming and gaming in general:

Rough Draft: Splinter Cell Blacklist Retrospective | The Gaming Discourse

The Gaming Discourse @thegamingdiscourse.bsky.social · Jul 12

The rough draft for my upcoming Splinter Cell Blacklist retrospective is on Patreon! It'll be a few weeks before I can clean up the script and post it on YouTube. If you're interested in watching it now, consider supporting me! Subs start at $2/month.
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i’m just ken @shepardcdr.bsky.social · Jul 3

If Kotaku had ended at G/O, it would have probably kept me up at night seeing that the audience for the kind of meaningful work we wanted to do was always there. Don't let anyone tell you there's no demand for it. Anyone who says so is misleading you for their own gains.

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The Gaming Discourse @thegamingdiscourse.bsky.social · Jul 2

That reads like something Shiv Roy would write.

The Gaming Discourse @thegamingdiscourse.bsky.social · Jul 2

The fact that your profile pic is a raptor makes me imagine a real raptor watched the trailer, scoffed, and typed this out lol

Microsoft Cutting 9,100 Jobs As Latest Mass Layoff Hits Xbox Beginning With Candy Crush Maker King

The Gaming Discourse @thegamingdiscourse.bsky.social · Jul 2

More than 9k people. Between this and Microsoft slopping it up with Altman, it's hard to believe in Xbox's grand vision for the future of gaming. Steam has been a fantastic, if imperfect, custodian for gaming for two decades partially due to the advantage of not being a public company. This sucks.

The mobile goldmine has reportedly been hit with a 10 percent staffing cut

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The Gaming Discourse @thegamingdiscourse.bsky.social · Jun 25

I must resist the urge to reinstall CFB 25 and make the new PAC-12
I must resist the urge to reinstall CFB 25 and make the new PAC-12
I must resist the urge to reinstall CFB 25 and make the new PAC-12
I MUST RESIST THE URGE TO REINSTALL CFB 25 AND MAKE THE NEW PAC-12

Sources: Texas State expecting offer from Pac-12

Texas State officials have informed the Sun Belt Conference that they are expecting an offer from the Pac-12 in the near future, sources told ESPN.

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · Jun 18

between this and bans on gender affirming care, the message couldn't be clearer: they want trans people to die whether they've transitioned or not. death through neglect has always been america's favorite form of genocide. same thing we did with AIDS and continue to do with homelessness

Julia Lurie @julialurie.bsky.social · Jun 18

Breaking: The Trump administration is shutting down the national suicide hotline's service for LGBTQ kids. In February, the program received an average of 2,100 calls and texts per day. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The Trump administration is shutting down the national suicide hotline's program for LGBTQ youth

"This is a death sentence potentially to thousands of youth across the United States."

www.motherjones.com

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The Gaming Discourse @thegamingdiscourse.bsky.social · May 30

This week's Friday morning blog is free for everyone! In it, I ponder a question: do you still get nostalgic for games?

Do You Still Get Nostalgic for Games? | The Gaming Discourse

4500 pages of game conference history | VGHF Library Highlights

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · May 6

Support human workers. Support human artists. Buy a t-shirt.

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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · Apr 28

A new video update on '4500 pages of game conference history', newly added to the VGHF Digital Library: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lemN...

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We're Back (soon) & Your Thoughts On An Idea | The Gaming Discourse

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The Gaming Discourse @thegamingdiscourse.bsky.social · Apr 18

This week's Patreon update is free for all! I wanted to pitch an idea for my Patreon updates and wanted to see if anyone who isn't subbed would be interested. Check it out and tell me what you think!

Kriegsspiel! How Napoleon Accidentally Invented Strategy Games

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · Apr 7

‘An overwhelmingly negative and demoralizing force’: what it’s like working for a company that’s forcing AI on its developers

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Chairman George @superbunnyhop.bsky.social · Mar 29

It's my biggest video yet: A 4,000 year-long 100-minute narrative about how real-life political history has shaped the underlying basic mechanisms of an entire genre of games we take for granted today.

Kriegsspiel: How Napoleon Accidentally Invented Strategy Games www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6Am...

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