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Joseph Bradford Is Tired

@lotrlore

Managing Editor, MMORPG.com @mmorpg.com ; Editorial Content Lead, @mtgsalvation.bsky.social ; “Accidental” Bracket 4 editor@mmorpg.com

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Kinda wild that, this many Pokemon games in, they haven't updated the sounds they make. They're so much more charming to look at and then they make a noise and it still sounds like a tamagotchi being bullied.

05.03.2026 19:01 👍 99 🔁 10 💬 12 📌 1

This. My job as a critic isn’t to make their game look good. It’s to write the best review of what people can play *right now* to best serve my audience. If you can spend money on the game, I’m not going to hold things arbitrarily because the content isn’t ready at launch.

05.03.2026 23:11 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 0

I understand this take but I think the *instant* the thing becomes available for purchase, it is open to criticism.

You can spend real money on Marathon. There should be reviews you can read right now.

05.03.2026 22:58 👍 33 🔁 6 💬 7 📌 0

If you're at the airport and Kristi Noem is doing the ominous little message from the TSA screens, you no longer have to do anything she says. Leave your laptop in the case, whatever.

05.03.2026 19:22 👍 29500 🔁 3999 💬 367 📌 161

PR and Industry friends: We're doing a migration of our email servers to a new workspace today, so we will likely have some email wonkiness or you might get some undeliverable messages. If it's urgent, hit me up in a DM here!

05.03.2026 18:28 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Playing this has been the balm on my weary soul the last two weeks, an I’ve loved every second of it.

04.03.2026 22:30 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A Travel Guide to the New Silvermoon City | MMORPG.com With Midnight's launch, it's time to take a tour of World of Warcraft's new hub, the reimagined Silvermoon City, travel guide style.

I don't get to publish weird and random ideas often as a freelancer, so thanks to @lotrlore.bsky.social for letting me write what started as "Yelp reviews of every shop in Silvermoon" and mutated into "An in-character episode of No Reservations about a fake elf city"
www.mmorpg.com/columns/a-tr...

04.03.2026 01:57 👍 30 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 2

So your plan to evacuate people out of a warzone you created depended entirely on the airspace in that warzone remaining open, do I have that right

03.03.2026 22:08 👍 298 🔁 31 💬 10 📌 1

Life is quite literally too short to keep being an Arizona Cardinals fan, Joseph.

03.03.2026 23:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The art in this game will forever be utterly stunning.

03.03.2026 21:06 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Thank you so much, @beacn.com for the care package. Expect some upgraded retro game streams here soon!

03.03.2026 20:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That pay range doesn't seem ideal, though.

02.03.2026 22:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Calling Mina Kimes a "DEI hire trying to talk football" clearly shows this person has no idea about the sport, even beyond the loser-ass behavior of using of "DEI" as derogatory. Mina has consistently been the best analyst the sport has had for many, many years.

02.03.2026 18:44 👍 36 🔁 2 💬 5 📌 0

D...did you toast it first tho? (These things are a major reason I'm now diabetic, but so good when toasted)

02.03.2026 18:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Shoot me a pitch over email and let’s talk

02.03.2026 00:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I lost this game to @mylesobenza.bsky.social, but it was fun!

01.03.2026 04:29 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

I love that burrito too, that looks tasty

01.03.2026 00:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Riftbound: Spiritforged Impressions - Fortifying The Arsenal | MMORPG.com Riot's Riftbound: Spiritforged has been in the wild now for a few weeks, and John has put the set through its paces. Check out his thoughts on the new expansion for the League of Legends card game.

I wrote about Riftbound Spiritforged for @mmorpg.com!

It's a set that's not flashy, but is a necessary step for the growth of the new card game.

www.mmorpg.com/editorials/r...

28.02.2026 20:08 👍 14 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0

its a mirror match

28.02.2026 02:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I just collected my 16th badge in Crystal. Bout to start training so I can take down Red.

28.02.2026 01:16 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Gen 10 !!!!!!
#pokemon
#pokemon30

27.02.2026 15:45 👍 4356 🔁 1503 💬 16 📌 12

I thought this the very first time I laid eyes on Quan Chi back in the day

28.02.2026 01:14 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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27.02.2026 15:23 👍 12 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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Exclusive: Dungeons & Dragons Online Retrospective: Looking Back On 20 Years Of DDO | MMORPG.com Dungeons & Dragons Online has, in many ways, stood the test of time, weathering a troubled launch, an uncertain monetization switch, and so much more. We sat down with some of the team who has been there nearly the whole journey to talk about 20 years of DDO, and beyond.

MMORPG.com and members of the DDO Team look back at twenty years of Dungeons & Dragons Online!
https://www.mmorpg.com/features/exclusive-dungeons-and-dragons-online-retrospective-looking-back-on-20-years-of-ddo-2000137383
#DDO

27.02.2026 15:31 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Yea I don’t have boxes for mine anymore, but I got a kick ass stand

27.02.2026 22:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Your cart is so much cleaner than mine

27.02.2026 21:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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!!!FINAL EVO OF POMBON HAS LEAKED!!!

-name is Pompeii
-first Pokémon to have a 0 Speed stat
-Fire/Fighiting typing

27.02.2026 18:33 👍 1006 🔁 325 💬 16 📌 2

I know this picture shows nearly every console capable of playing Pokémon in my house playing a Pokémon, but the one that is most important is right there in the middle. Crystal is still my all-time fav of the series, and I wrote why I felt it was special growing up playing it.

27.02.2026 21:19 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I've never worked with ClickOut Media, and YET I've still been personally affected by their reckless 'journalism.' I'm considering options now, but I can say that my old work been messed with on a site that COM acquired last year, and that I've been recently exposed to legal issues because of them.

26.02.2026 18:29 👍 102 🔁 29 💬 6 📌 1

I think I have a single character in nearly every MMO I play that is max level.

38 level 80s is a bit much, it's blowing my mind.

26.02.2026 19:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0