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David Lumb
@outonalumb.bsky.social
Tech/gaming journalist at CNET, WGAE union member, burrito fiend.
In Maui, I’m at the #snapdragonsummit2025 keynote with @katiecollins.bsky.social hearing about what Qualcomm’s got in store for next year’s phones and PCs via their chips
September 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Just wrapped #SummerGameFest2025 having seen and played a dozen or so games — excited to share everything in the weeks to come.

But playing games is a privilege, mere miles from major protests against ICE, a surreal and somber reminder of injustice in the US.
June 10, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Okay, day one
June 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Got to YouTube Theater right as SGF 2025’s trailer showcase kicked off, but wow — nearly 50 trailers, reveal of Resident Evil 9 AND Mads Mikkelsen + Kojima, blessed
June 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Four hours of playing Doom: The Dark Ages and I like the new flavor of a slow-moving shield-and-shooting slugfest. It kinda feels like airbrushed heavy metal van art in a video game, if you know what I mean.
March 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
March 20, 2025 at 3:36 AM
March 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Correction: the United Video Game Union (UVW) under the @cwaunion.bsky.social launched today at #GDC2025 and after a panel, marched to nearby Yerba Buena gardens
March 20, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Went to an LGBTQ fundraiser and taught drag queens how to play cornhole, using my SWM powers for good (?)
November 11, 2024 at 5:06 AM
Voted for Harris in my Hot Topic gay Gandalf shirt. Go #vote — not just for the future President, but also all the down-ballot propositions, judgeships and other things that shape the years to come.

I used LA Forward’s progressive voter guide: www.laforward.org/voterguide#s...
November 5, 2024 at 7:01 PM
While fires have devastated Maui, Qualcomm confirmed to CNET that they still plan to hold their annual Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii in late October. The company will "provide financial, technical, and volunteer support" to Maui, according to an official statement (below):
August 19, 2023 at 7:03 PM