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Katelyn Kivel

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Frm. Reporter @ Game Rant. Former Editor @ Gander Newsroom and Gritpost. Gaming, science, tech, law and politics. Member of the Society of Professional Journalists. 🌈 πŸ”―β™€οΈ supporting πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ

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Modern Star Trek Is Obsessed With One Particular Thing, And It's Getting Ridiculous - SlashFilm Since Star Trek launched its streaming shows in 2017, it seems like the franchise has become overly reliant on one particular trope.

90s #StarTrek would never use a lazy narrative device that let characters solve their personal challenges in a world of make believe. They certainly wouldn't have ended that era of the franchise like that.

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01.03.2026 21:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I just got an email about an upcoming open world game, Last Drop, set in ye olde 1994. Is gone to great lengths to create an authentic 1994 experience.

I'm old.

14.01.2026 18:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Don't give him ideas.

14.01.2026 18:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently ICE goons in multi-car caravans are circling Spanish immersion preschools in the city taunting and photographing the parents and neighbors who are patrolling the school perimeter to keep kids safe.

14.01.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 6385 πŸ” 2136 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 279

What made so many humans lose their humanity?

11.01.2026 18:15 πŸ‘ 3165 πŸ” 502 πŸ’¬ 724 πŸ“Œ 73
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Outside the Whipple building in Minneapolisβ€”

Feds just emerged and unleashed pepper spray on demonstrators for approaching the driveway, sprayed one man directly in the face repeatedly. Pepper balls.

Air is toxic, there were children out here in strollers. Reporters caught unprepared.

11.01.2026 19:39 πŸ‘ 2279 πŸ” 1146 πŸ’¬ 110 πŸ“Œ 90

Man they could not have picked a better run and runner than wacky Pokemon Emerald and @adef.bsky.social to wrap AGDQ

11.01.2026 07:31 πŸ‘ 103 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

I think highly of Haley Stevens, but implying that my friend @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social somehow understands or loves Michigan less because she was born in New Jersey isn't just ridiculous or insulting, but proves she doesn't know anything about Mallory.

11.01.2026 20:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's never too late to have a full D&D group worth of girlfriends.

04.01.2026 00:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh! Kyos said you had a polycule. Still shocking similarities.

04.01.2026 00:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes I mean myself!

03.01.2026 23:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Watching my friend go through this is a treat.

03.01.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Right down to the tight pussy. Yeah, I said it. What now.

03.01.2026 23:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

oh yeah? well, could a dying sex criminal do THIS? [bombs venezuela]

03.01.2026 10:05 πŸ‘ 2143 πŸ” 425 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

My friend @kyoslilmonster.bsky.social just introduced me to another poly trans autistic journalist who advocates high speed rail named Katie; @katie.bzky.team.

I'm basically her Detroit affiliate.

03.01.2026 23:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I am on pins and needles to see the Saudi version of the #Sims. You know is immediately giving the game MAGA hats and taking away queer representation .

29.09.2025 17:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also I'm glad that Bioware was effectively dead before this sale happened.

29.09.2025 17:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hang on, did EA just get bought by Jared Fucking Kushner (among others)?

29.09.2025 17:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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'I Am THAT Confident' β€” Randy Pitchford Says It's Impossible for Borderlands 4 Players to Break the Game's Servers This Weekend, Challenges Them to Try - IGN Gearbox development chief Randy Pitchford says it’s impossible to break the Borderlands 4 servers this weekend through sheer weight of player numbers alone β€” and he’s so confident he’s publicly promis...

Yeah, the game is gonna crash long before the servers are stressed.

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13.09.2025 19:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It's one thing that no one taught Sam Woods to not engage in his comment section, but comparing Yoshi-P to Donald Trump is a bold fucking strategy, Cotton.

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28.08.2025 23:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's really weird to live in a world where I have to say this but I'm unhappy about the #crackerbarrell redesign because it's bland and dull, not because I'm a fascist.

23.08.2025 19:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That quote from newsom is an insane thing to say as an adult.

20.08.2025 21:15 πŸ‘ 821 πŸ” 140 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 5

I didn't live react to Gamescom, but I will say I'm flirting with a WoW writer so am ethically obligated to praise the Midnight trailer.

19.08.2025 20:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's also the real reason they've been doing it all along.

18.08.2025 23:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe some of us remember what happened the last time law enforcement got mad at a sex worker Trump was mad at

Columbus vice cops did so much harassment and illegal setups, entrapments, abuse and wrongful arrests when Stormy Daniels came to town that they got disbanded

18.08.2025 22:55 πŸ‘ 184 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

Friends, if you're pissy over stuff @collokation.bsky.social said, there are two things to consider.

1. Being involved in the gaming industry doesn't take away your right to free speech. We let Randy Pitchford continue to exist.
2. You can actually disagree with someone without harassing them!

18.08.2025 23:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This was what I was speculating was going on, but it literally just being Mastercard again is both something that I wasn't expecting and something that seems so obvious.

14.08.2025 22:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Critical information here: EUR, CAD, GBP, JPY, AUD and USD are unaffected.

This plus the emphasis on the acquiring bank makes me think PayPal isn't any more excited about this than you. I'd bet a currency exchange or global banking intermediary for PayPal's "smaller markets" is pushing censorship.

13.08.2025 16:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am a journalist. Ryan is correct.

A banking company could say they want certain games removed, and Mastercard did, but it runs a risk of hitting them where it hurts: the stock market. Mastercard is a much bigger bank and can weather that. PayPal isn't going to fuck around with shareholders.

13.08.2025 16:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.

I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

03.07.2025 20:00 πŸ‘ 100585 πŸ” 21935 πŸ’¬ 3546 πŸ“Œ 931