Carli Velocci👽
@carlivelocci.com
Nonprofit comms professional by day, freelance writer & editor for video games, tech by night | Digital Trends, IGN, Polygon, etc | just some aliens in a suit | Follow @qtlibrary.org 💜 | They/she
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Carli Velocci👽
@carlivelocci.com
· Oct 24
Guess it's time for a proper intro post with new followers...
I'm Carli (she/they) and I'm three aliens stacked on top of each other 👽 I've also been an editor, journalist, and content manager for like 12 years.
I have two cats, post about video games, movies, and journalism and have brain worms 🪱
I'm Carli (she/they) and I'm three aliens stacked on top of each other 👽 I've also been an editor, journalist, and content manager for like 12 years.
I have two cats, post about video games, movies, and journalism and have brain worms 🪱
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
An alternate name for Pluribus should be "daaaaang Carol"
November 8, 2025 at 3:53 AM
An alternate name for Pluribus should be "daaaaang Carol"
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Y’all seen Lee Pace?
Wearing That Shiiiiiiit
Wearing That Shiiiiiiit
November 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Y’all seen Lee Pace?
Wearing That Shiiiiiiit
Wearing That Shiiiiiiit
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Imagine this man trying to sell you $1,000+ for tickets to a show you can watch for free at home.
November 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Imagine this man trying to sell you $1,000+ for tickets to a show you can watch for free at home.
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FWIW I also got this message—was told press tickets were primarily for outlets on the jury (to be 100% clear, this was before my story this week).
I'll still be in LA this year! I'll be around the JW Marriott area before, during, and after the show if anyone wants to talk shop.
I'll still be in LA this year! I'll be around the JW Marriott area before, during, and after the show if anyone wants to talk shop.
I asked about Game Awards press tickets in October. Got an email yesterday encouraging me to buy my own, as there were no spares.
November 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
FWIW I also got this message—was told press tickets were primarily for outlets on the jury (to be 100% clear, this was before my story this week).
I'll still be in LA this year! I'll be around the JW Marriott area before, during, and after the show if anyone wants to talk shop.
I'll still be in LA this year! I'll be around the JW Marriott area before, during, and after the show if anyone wants to talk shop.
Game Awards: We're inviting less press and opening up seats to the public so that we (probably) can have a more engaged, excited audience for the camera and make more money
What the Game Awards thinks the public can afford:
What the Game Awards thinks the public can afford:
I asked about Game Awards press tickets in October. Got an email yesterday encouraging me to buy my own, as there were no spares.
November 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Game Awards: We're inviting less press and opening up seats to the public so that we (probably) can have a more engaged, excited audience for the camera and make more money
What the Game Awards thinks the public can afford:
What the Game Awards thinks the public can afford:
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The biggest real question I have about GTA 6 at this point is whether systems will have kept up with modern gaming trends or if they're stuck in the 2016 open-world space they helped create.
If development goes on so long you have to make those adjustments, right?
If development goes on so long you have to make those adjustments, right?
November 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The biggest real question I have about GTA 6 at this point is whether systems will have kept up with modern gaming trends or if they're stuck in the 2016 open-world space they helped create.
If development goes on so long you have to make those adjustments, right?
If development goes on so long you have to make those adjustments, right?
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I know it's just me being annoying, but watch and see who gives credit to the journalists *actually* covering a story and who just writes something — with no sourcing or credit — for engagement. And remember that! Journalism costs money and the people who actually cover things need your support.
November 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I know it's just me being annoying, but watch and see who gives credit to the journalists *actually* covering a story and who just writes something — with no sourcing or credit — for engagement. And remember that! Journalism costs money and the people who actually cover things need your support.
We should *spread* his message far and wide. I know it sounds *cheesy* but we should form a *club*. Just *lettuce* do this, please.
We should raise a toast to Sean Dunn... and by toast I mean a piece of bread
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
We should *spread* his message far and wide. I know it sounds *cheesy* but we should form a *club*. Just *lettuce* do this, please.
We should raise a toast to Sean Dunn... and by toast I mean a piece of bread
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
We should raise a toast to Sean Dunn... and by toast I mean a piece of bread
Feels like another great time to remind people that when journalists do great work, it's in spite of giant media conglomerates like Conde Nast not because of them
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Feels like another great time to remind people that when journalists do great work, it's in spite of giant media conglomerates like Conde Nast not because of them
excuse me, what?
November 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If I had to learn about "Kim Kardashian makes a thong with a full bush" you do too
November 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
If I had to learn about "Kim Kardashian makes a thong with a full bush" you do too
Sounds like a propaganda fellowship to me
a16z announces an eight-week new media fellowship for people with a record of creating "impactful content" via newsletters, podcasts, communities, and more (a16z)
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Sounds like a propaganda fellowship to me
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Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
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What book had you wanting a tear gun for revenge.
We'll start: "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
We'll start: "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
What book had you wanting a tear gun for revenge.
We'll start: "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
We'll start: "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
I know Parks & Rec didn't age well but have you considered that Adam Scott is a cutie patootie?
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I know Parks & Rec didn't age well but have you considered that Adam Scott is a cutie patootie?
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ALL RIGHT AP JUST CALLED IT WITH 69% OF THE VOTE HA HA HA HA
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
ALL RIGHT AP JUST CALLED IT WITH 69% OF THE VOTE HA HA HA HA
My favorite thing lately has been when I pause a YouTube video and the whole website stops working. Highly recommend
November 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
My favorite thing lately has been when I pause a YouTube video and the whole website stops working. Highly recommend
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My guy has never had a good halal food cart
November 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
My guy has never had a good halal food cart
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here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
Oh they're going *in* I see
TRANSITION CO-CHAIR LINA KHAN!?!?!??!
November 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Oh they're going *in* I see