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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dick cheney and james watson dying and also zohran mamdani winning the mayoral election... wow!!!!! this week rules. what the heck???? time to buy a CAKE or something
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
dick cheney and james watson dying and also zohran mamdani winning the mayoral election... wow!!!!! this week rules. what the heck???? time to buy a CAKE or something
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if you don't have a group chat that works together to prove why an entire genre of humor isn't funny you're missing out
November 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
if you don't have a group chat that works together to prove why an entire genre of humor isn't funny you're missing out
one time i wrote a horror fiction story in which toxic masculinity was presented as very literally toxic, and no one got it. but maybe people will get it now that it's many years later and i'm spelling it out in this post? happy belated halloween! kotaku.com/the-only-gir...
The Only Girl At The LAN Party: A Ghost Story - Kotaku
This story didn’t happen to me. Not really. But some nights, it felt like it could have. Right before I started college in 2004, my parents gave me my
kotaku.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
one time i wrote a horror fiction story in which toxic masculinity was presented as very literally toxic, and no one got it. but maybe people will get it now that it's many years later and i'm spelling it out in this post? happy belated halloween! kotaku.com/the-only-gir...
can the economic crash from AI overinvestment please go ahead and happen because i am tired of being scared about an impending economic crash happening
November 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
can the economic crash from AI overinvestment please go ahead and happen because i am tired of being scared about an impending economic crash happening
we played the Peak update at gamer night
November 7, 2025 at 2:34 AM
we played the Peak update at gamer night
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This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
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this man is proof that every candidate should actually just be hiring comedy writers for their team
Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
July 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
this man is proof that every candidate should actually just be hiring comedy writers for their team
can't believe how much hope i have today that anything could actually get better. wow!
November 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
can't believe how much hope i have today that anything could actually get better. wow!
i read too many conflicting opinions about dispatch before starting it and now i don't know how i actually feel about it. i hate when this happens. i blame all of you rather than myself
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
i read too many conflicting opinions about dispatch before starting it and now i don't know how i actually feel about it. i hate when this happens. i blame all of you rather than myself
corporate journalism won't save us
November 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
corporate journalism won't save us
teen vogue's EIC leaving (concurrent with its politics desk/writers being laid off) feels like a pretty relevant piece of info, too, given that her stated core interests (and background) in this interview from earlier this year were: politics! huge loss whitmanwire.com/news/2025/05...
Q&A with Versha Sharma, Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue
The Wire Can you first tell me a little bit about your background as a journalist, how did you get here? How did you become editor in chief of Teen Vogue? Versha Sharma I studied political science ...
whitmanwire.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
teen vogue's EIC leaving (concurrent with its politics desk/writers being laid off) feels like a pretty relevant piece of info, too, given that her stated core interests (and background) in this interview from earlier this year were: politics! huge loss whitmanwire.com/news/2025/05...
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It's too long for Bluesky & I refuse to compromise. So here's a screenshot with the words in the alt-text.
October 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
It's too long for Bluesky & I refuse to compromise. So here's a screenshot with the words in the alt-text.
every time i put on a white shirt in the morning it's like, ok challenge mode, do not get anything on this shirt while you're making breakfast for yourself. i have never yet succeeded
October 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
every time i put on a white shirt in the morning it's like, ok challenge mode, do not get anything on this shirt while you're making breakfast for yourself. i have never yet succeeded
come join me in being angry at that one IKEA lamp ad
23 years ago Spike Jonze directed an ad for IKEA that shamed us for feeling sad for a lamp. In the new game Keeper, lamps get their revenge, @midimyers.com writes. www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...
Keeper Is the Redemption Arc for Spike Jonze's IKEA Lamp Commercial
23 years ago Spike Jonze directed an ad for IKEA that shamed us for feeling sad for a lamp. In the new game Keeper, lamps get their revenge.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
come join me in being angry at that one IKEA lamp ad
new yorkers i need you to vote mamdani so that this admittedly very funny 2021 onion headline can become irrelevant theonion.com/de-blasio-we...
De Blasio: ‘Well, Well, Well, Not So Easy To Find A Mayor That Doesn’t Suck Shit, Huh?’
NEW YORK—Clucking his tongue with mock disappointment, Bill De Blasio announced to New Yorkers that “It’s not so easy to find a mayor that doesn’t suck shit after all, huh?” during a press conference ...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
new yorkers i need you to vote mamdani so that this admittedly very funny 2021 onion headline can become irrelevant theonion.com/de-blasio-we...
another day of trying not to succumb fully to doomerism
October 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
another day of trying not to succumb fully to doomerism
once again, yep. if you're going to be any good as a professional critic, you need to consume a variety of games in high volume, which means you need access to codes, which means you need to work somewhere that can get the codes and distribute them in a logical way, and so on and so forth
I'll also be honest. When I stepped back initially, I couldn't afford new video games even if I wanted to write independently about them. Being attached to a site that could get codes saves hundreds of dollars and facilitates discussions from lower income critics.
October 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
once again, yep. if you're going to be any good as a professional critic, you need to consume a variety of games in high volume, which means you need access to codes, which means you need to work somewhere that can get the codes and distribute them in a logical way, and so on and so forth
yep. if you don't have enough working games critics (regardless of medium -- podcasting, writing, whatever) then there aren't enough people to play a high enough volume of games for anything approaching true curation. obviously you can never have perfect curation, it's impossible. but it's worse now
Even as someone who listens to gaming podcasts, it feels like so many titles this year I’ve heard nothing about—even those I expected to get a passing mention at minimum. Weird is the right word to me too.
October 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
yep. if you don't have enough working games critics (regardless of medium -- podcasting, writing, whatever) then there aren't enough people to play a high enough volume of games for anything approaching true curation. obviously you can never have perfect curation, it's impossible. but it's worse now
it's weird to me that the Snake Eater remake just came and went with almost zero discourse. that's been happening a lot
"where is all the good writing about games" now replaced with "where is the money for good writing about games"
October 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
it's weird to me that the Snake Eater remake just came and went with almost zero discourse. that's been happening a lot
anyone who thinks this is recent and that there was a point in time at which maher "used to be funny" or "used to punch down" or whatever should listen to @oldmanweldon.bsky.social's podcast I Hate Bill Maher
Always told liberals Bill Maher was a racist piece of shit, especially against Muslims and Arabs, and we were ignored for years.
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Bill Maher Slams Mamdani And Endorses Cuomo But Admits 'Maybe He Was A Little Too Handsy'
The "Real Time" host also said Zohran Mamdani was born in a country "where they kill homosexuals" and brought up the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
www.yahoo.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
anyone who thinks this is recent and that there was a point in time at which maher "used to be funny" or "used to punch down" or whatever should listen to @oldmanweldon.bsky.social's podcast I Hate Bill Maher
maybe after the AI bubble pops and the economy crashes from that, people will remember that they like to read. of course they won't have the money to pay for writing but by then the water wars will be underway so we'll be using a barter system of some kind, therefore money will be irrelevant
October 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
maybe after the AI bubble pops and the economy crashes from that, people will remember that they like to read. of course they won't have the money to pay for writing but by then the water wars will be underway so we'll be using a barter system of some kind, therefore money will be irrelevant
"where is all the good writing about games" now replaced with "where is the money for good writing about games"
October 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"where is all the good writing about games" now replaced with "where is the money for good writing about games"
this happened to all of us weekly columnists unfortunately! so you'll see less of me there but i'll try to make that monthly column real special <3
my contributor gig at endless mode is drastically changing in november, going from a weekly piece to a monthly one. as such, i’m available to take on more freelance work. i got experience with reporting, criticism, evergreen stuff, consulting, and anything in between.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
this happened to all of us weekly columnists unfortunately! so you'll see less of me there but i'll try to make that monthly column real special <3
i need @chasingamyadams.bsky.social to have a patreon so i can give them my measly five bucks or whatever but mostly because the obvious bonus content is all of amy’s TV appearances, as the podcast main feed is only movies. do it! the fans (me) need this!!!
October 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
i need @chasingamyadams.bsky.social to have a patreon so i can give them my measly five bucks or whatever but mostly because the obvious bonus content is all of amy’s TV appearances, as the podcast main feed is only movies. do it! the fans (me) need this!!!
gears of war 1 getting remade and now halo 1 getting remade feels weird like game devs want me to relive the specific time period of my life when i was a proudly unbearable recipient of the Only Girl trophy
October 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
gears of war 1 getting remade and now halo 1 getting remade feels weird like game devs want me to relive the specific time period of my life when i was a proudly unbearable recipient of the Only Girl trophy