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Fabulous guests, prestigious awards, virtue signaling! The Hard Drive Game Awards will have it all!
Most importantly, we are fundraising for The Palestine Children's Relief Fund! tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0
Fabulous guests, prestigious awards, virtue signaling! The Hard Drive Game Awards will have it all!
Most importantly, we are fundraising for The Palestine Children's Relief Fund! tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0
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Final Season of Stranger Things To Be Split Into 8 Single-Episode Seasons Over 12 Years
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Final Season of Stranger Things To Be Split Into 8 Single-Episode Seasons Over 12 Years - Hard Drive
LOS ANGELES — Netflix executives held a conference today where they revealed that the final season of their hit program Stranger Things... Continue this tale
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November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Final Season of Stranger Things To Be Split Into 8 Single-Episode Seasons Over 12 Years
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Final Season of Stranger Things To Be Split Into 8 Single-Episode Seasons Over 12 Years
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Final Season of Stranger Things To Be Split Into 8 Single-Episode Seasons Over 12 Years - Hard Drive
LOS ANGELES — Netflix executives held a conference today where they revealed that the final season of their hit program Stranger Things... Continue this tale
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November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Final Season of Stranger Things To Be Split Into 8 Single-Episode Seasons Over 12 Years
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The Hard Drive Game Awards GOTY Sponsored by Call of Duty Black Ops 7 has leaked!
-Split Fiction
-Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
-Hades II
-Hollow Knight: Silksong
-Donkey Kong Bananza
-Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
Vote here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
-Split Fiction
-Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
-Hades II
-Hollow Knight: Silksong
-Donkey Kong Bananza
-Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
Vote here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The Hard Drive Game Awards GOTY Sponsored by Call of Duty Black Ops 7 has leaked!
-Split Fiction
-Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
-Hades II
-Hollow Knight: Silksong
-Donkey Kong Bananza
-Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
Vote here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
-Split Fiction
-Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
-Hades II
-Hollow Knight: Silksong
-Donkey Kong Bananza
-Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
Vote here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Call of Duty making a zillion dollars all the time -- and being supported by a literal trillion-dollar company -- and still using AI for art assets is so incredibly pathetic and infuriating.
November 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Call of Duty making a zillion dollars all the time -- and being supported by a literal trillion-dollar company -- and still using AI for art assets is so incredibly pathetic and infuriating.
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Mario Facing Tough Decision After Pet Insurance Denies Claim for Yoshi’s Life-Saving Surgery
Mario Facing Tough Decision After Pet Insurance Denies Claim for Yoshi’s Life-Saving Surgery - Hard Drive
MUSHROOM KINGDOM — Local plumber Mario is in turmoil after receiving a claim denial from his insurance company for a life-saving surgery... Continue reading this gem
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November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Mario Facing Tough Decision After Pet Insurance Denies Claim for Yoshi’s Life-Saving Surgery
The Hard Drive Game Awards GOTY Sponsored by Call of Duty Black Ops 7 has leaked!
-Split Fiction
-Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
-Hades II
-Hollow Knight: Silksong
-Donkey Kong Bananza
-Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
Vote here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
-Split Fiction
-Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
-Hades II
-Hollow Knight: Silksong
-Donkey Kong Bananza
-Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
Vote here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The Hard Drive Game Awards GOTY Sponsored by Call of Duty Black Ops 7 has leaked!
-Split Fiction
-Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
-Hades II
-Hollow Knight: Silksong
-Donkey Kong Bananza
-Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
Vote here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
-Split Fiction
-Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
-Hades II
-Hollow Knight: Silksong
-Donkey Kong Bananza
-Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
Vote here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Mario Facing Tough Decision After Pet Insurance Denies Claim for Yoshi’s Life-Saving Surgery
Mario Facing Tough Decision After Pet Insurance Denies Claim for Yoshi’s Life-Saving Surgery - Hard Drive
MUSHROOM KINGDOM — Local plumber Mario is in turmoil after receiving a claim denial from his insurance company for a life-saving surgery... Continue reading this gem
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November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Mario Facing Tough Decision After Pet Insurance Denies Claim for Yoshi’s Life-Saving Surgery
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ATTENTION GAMERS
Voting for the Hard Drive Game Awards is open from now until November 21st.
Fill out the form below and be a part of the most prestigious award show in the history of media.
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Voting for the Hard Drive Game Awards is open from now until November 21st.
Fill out the form below and be a part of the most prestigious award show in the history of media.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The Hard Drive Game Awards will return December 12th from 7-10PM EST on twitch.tv/harddrivemag!
Fabulous guests, prestigious awards, virtue signaling! The Hard Drive Game Awards will have it all!
Most importantly, we are fundraising for The Palestine Children's Relief Fund! tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0
Fabulous guests, prestigious awards, virtue signaling! The Hard Drive Game Awards will have it all!
Most importantly, we are fundraising for The Palestine Children's Relief Fund! tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0
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Hard Drive is the only trustworthy news source for video games and pop culture.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
ATTENTION GAMERS
Voting for the Hard Drive Game Awards is open from now until November 21st.
Fill out the form below and be a part of the most prestigious award show in the history of media.
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Voting for the Hard Drive Game Awards is open from now until November 21st.
Fill out the form below and be a part of the most prestigious award show in the history of media.
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“Jeffrey Epstein Was Practicing Pedophilia The Right Way” – Ezra Klein
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“Jeffrey Epstein Was Practicing Pedophilia The Right Way” – Ezra Klein
@benstarr.bsky.social Give the people what they want.(DM us here because Elon broke the other website)
November 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
@benstarr.bsky.social Give the people what they want.(DM us here because Elon broke the other website)
ATTENTION GAMERS
Voting for the Hard Drive Game Awards is open from now until November 21st.
Fill out the form below and be a part of the most prestigious award show in the history of media.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Voting for the Hard Drive Game Awards is open from now until November 21st.
Fill out the form below and be a part of the most prestigious award show in the history of media.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The Hard Drive Game Awards will return December 12th from 7-10PM EST on twitch.tv/harddrivemag!
Fabulous guests, prestigious awards, virtue signaling! The Hard Drive Game Awards will have it all!
Most importantly, we are fundraising for The Palestine Children's Relief Fund! tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0
Fabulous guests, prestigious awards, virtue signaling! The Hard Drive Game Awards will have it all!
Most importantly, we are fundraising for The Palestine Children's Relief Fund! tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0
HardDriveMag - Twitch
Hard Drive is the only trustworthy news source for video games and pop culture.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
ATTENTION GAMERS
Voting for the Hard Drive Game Awards is open from now until November 21st.
Fill out the form below and be a part of the most prestigious award show in the history of media.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Voting for the Hard Drive Game Awards is open from now until November 21st.
Fill out the form below and be a part of the most prestigious award show in the history of media.
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Sakurai Adds Waluigi to Kirby Air Riders - Hard Drive hard-drive.net/sakurai-adds...
Sakurai Adds Waluigi to Kirby Air Riders - Hard Drive
TOKYO — In a recent Nintendo Direct, director Masahiro Sakurai confirmed that, after decades of speculation and demand, he would finally add... Read the full masterpiece
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November 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Sakurai Adds Waluigi to Kirby Air Riders - Hard Drive hard-drive.net/sakurai-adds...
@benstarr.bsky.social and/or Troy Baker would you like to present the award for our new and prestigious category “Best Ben Starr” at the Hard Drive Game Awards?
November 14, 2025 at 1:37 AM
@benstarr.bsky.social and/or Troy Baker would you like to present the award for our new and prestigious category “Best Ben Starr” at the Hard Drive Game Awards?
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We promise all you gamers that we're gonna have so many commercials for you cause we know you love that shit
The Hard Drive Game Awards will return December 12th from 7-10PM EST on twitch.tv/harddrivemag!
Fabulous guests, prestigious awards, virtue signaling! The Hard Drive Game Awards will have it all!
Most importantly, we are fundraising for The Palestine Children's Relief Fund! tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0
Fabulous guests, prestigious awards, virtue signaling! The Hard Drive Game Awards will have it all!
Most importantly, we are fundraising for The Palestine Children's Relief Fund! tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0
HardDriveMag - Twitch
Hard Drive is the only trustworthy news source for video games and pop culture.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We promise all you gamers that we're gonna have so many commercials for you cause we know you love that shit
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If there are any former Game Award Future Class members interested in participating in any capacity my DMs are open!
The Hard Drive Game Awards will return December 12th from 7-10PM EST on twitch.tv/harddrivemag!
Fabulous guests, prestigious awards, virtue signaling! The Hard Drive Game Awards will have it all!
Most importantly, we are fundraising for The Palestine Children's Relief Fund! tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0
Fabulous guests, prestigious awards, virtue signaling! The Hard Drive Game Awards will have it all!
Most importantly, we are fundraising for The Palestine Children's Relief Fund! tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0
HardDriveMag - Twitch
Hard Drive is the only trustworthy news source for video games and pop culture.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
If there are any former Game Award Future Class members interested in participating in any capacity my DMs are open!
The Hard Drive Game Awards will return December 12th from 7-10PM EST on twitch.tv/harddrivemag!
Fabulous guests, prestigious awards, virtue signaling! The Hard Drive Game Awards will have it all!
Most importantly, we are fundraising for The Palestine Children's Relief Fund! tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0
Fabulous guests, prestigious awards, virtue signaling! The Hard Drive Game Awards will have it all!
Most importantly, we are fundraising for The Palestine Children's Relief Fund! tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0
HardDriveMag - Twitch
Hard Drive is the only trustworthy news source for video games and pop culture.
twitch.tv
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The Hard Drive Game Awards will return December 12th from 7-10PM EST on twitch.tv/harddrivemag!
Fabulous guests, prestigious awards, virtue signaling! The Hard Drive Game Awards will have it all!
Most importantly, we are fundraising for The Palestine Children's Relief Fund! tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0
Fabulous guests, prestigious awards, virtue signaling! The Hard Drive Game Awards will have it all!
Most importantly, we are fundraising for The Palestine Children's Relief Fund! tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0
Mr. Beast has confirmed in an interview that the skeletons in the Beastland Haunted House are the remains of "a fraction" of the enslaved migrant workers who died during construction. Mr. Beast has offered the families a lifetime supply of Feastables as recompense.
November 13, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Mr. Beast has confirmed in an interview that the skeletons in the Beastland Haunted House are the remains of "a fraction" of the enslaved migrant workers who died during construction. Mr. Beast has offered the families a lifetime supply of Feastables as recompense.
Here's a Really Short Game Awards Article Because Geoff Keighley Told Us to Wrap It Up hard-drive.net/hd/video-gam...
Here's a Really Short Game Awards Article Because Geoff Keighley Told Us to Wrap It Up
Hello! Unfortunately this article is over now as we are receiving word from Geoff Keighley that we have to wrap it up. We’ve gone on…
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November 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Here's a Really Short Game Awards Article Because Geoff Keighley Told Us to Wrap It Up hard-drive.net/hd/video-gam...
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Chatting with Future Class inductees for my latest at @theguardian.com. They paint a pretty clear picture of the perils of performative allyship.
Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
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“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Chatting with Future Class inductees for my latest at @theguardian.com. They paint a pretty clear picture of the perils of performative allyship.
Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
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Name a bad game, Geoff?
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Name a bad game, Geoff?
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Geoff Keighley really is the perfect representative of the gaming industry:
-unreservedly self serving
-pretends to care about the people actually making the product
-loves to make performative gestures that ultimately go nowhere and help no one
-would almost certainly sell out to the saudis
-unreservedly self serving
-pretends to care about the people actually making the product
-loves to make performative gestures that ultimately go nowhere and help no one
-would almost certainly sell out to the saudis
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Geoff Keighley really is the perfect representative of the gaming industry:
-unreservedly self serving
-pretends to care about the people actually making the product
-loves to make performative gestures that ultimately go nowhere and help no one
-would almost certainly sell out to the saudis
-unreservedly self serving
-pretends to care about the people actually making the product
-loves to make performative gestures that ultimately go nowhere and help no one
-would almost certainly sell out to the saudis
“We have Lord Vader’s guarantee that this deal will not be altered any further.”
– Senate Democrats
– Senate Democrats
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
“We have Lord Vader’s guarantee that this deal will not be altered any further.”
– Senate Democrats
– Senate Democrats
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The Democratic Party strategy against fighting fascism explained:
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Democratic Party strategy against fighting fascism explained:
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