Very sorry about that! I blame Moby Dick. Fixed now.
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Very sorry about that! I blame Moby Dick. Fixed now.
Ryu walking into the sunset in the ending of Street Fighter II. The caption reads: "Already seeking the next challenge, ceremony means nothing to him."
Personal news: I'm leaving my Editor-at-large role at Eurogamer & Gamer Network as part of new cuts. I last year approached my move to Eurogamer & VG247's skeletonization with reluctance, but I ultimately greatly enjoyed giving EG a go. But now after 10yrs & in difficult conditions, it's time to go.
Tom is a true veteran who knows the industry inside out and remains unflappable in the face of any crisis. Hire him to meet your editorial/communication needs.
Hoverbikes are cool. Having a fist fight after each race is also cool.
www.jank.cool/a-hoverbike-...
The balancing on the email mechanic is completely fucked. You're meant to reply to emails, but when you do so, you're punished by almost immediately getting another email in response which then needs to be replied to. The player is disincentivized from engaging with the core gameplay loop.
Only one of these statements is true.
@justdip.bsky.social hey, Strauss Zelnick did not say this "on the earnings call", he said it in our interview (www.gamesindustry.biz/strauss-zeln...). Please update your story: www.nme.com/news/gaming-...
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
This is the point at which things start going badly wrong for the three game devs climbing a mountain in Peak: www.jank.cool/three-game-d...
(I am continuing at GI, this is a side project that predates the job and which I have been blessed to continue in my spare time. Related: I no longer have any spare time)
The estimable @grahamsmith.bsky.social, @brendyc.bsky.social and I have launched jank.cool, a blog about PC games. It aspires to be funny and informed and passionate and it is in all respects emphatically uncommercial, so please back it if you're into those things.
eBay seller adding a touch of F1 glamour to my purchase of a cut-price battery for a 25-year-old Mondeo
Having to consider how killing the giant affects house prices in Fable is overpoweringly British energy, solid worldbuilding there Playground.
Went to Chernobyl and walked the abandoned buildings of Pripyat for STALKER. A day of staged gangland activities in Hong Kong for Sleeping Dogs. Three-day road trip in provided supercars for Forza Horizon. And I started *after* the glory days.
We're looking for a News Editor to join TWIV. Ideal candidate would have proven experience with:
- Working in news for a games outlet
- Conducting original reporting
- Mentoring junior writers
...and genuinely enjoy writing news, diving deep, and talking to people. UK timezone preferred. Email me.
I feel for anybody at Ubisoft right now. The cuts just keep coming.
A very bleak silver lining: incredible value on the first... 19 days of union dues bsky.app/profile/gibi...
A little Bluesky moment: being told I'm "covering up" a detail that is in the headline, strapline and body copy of a story.
Just a bunch of snowflakes.
Working in games B2B in 2025 is a very bleak experience.
Management chat aside, I have a nasty feeling that Rockstar will have people bang to rights for sharing internal information that staff didn't consider significant, but was nevertheless restricted by their employment contract. www.gamesindustry.biz/report-rocks...
This week our Patreon operatives' mission is to listen to us laugh at Sam Fisher, in the first of the Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell novelisations (it is called Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell). Featuring advanced Krav Maga techniques, and covert spy @johnnyohnny.bsky.social
www.patreon.com/posts/text-a...
Hey Lewis - I'm jon.hicks@gamesindustry.biz
Outstanding failure of journalism by the Times: cold-mailing "Bill DeBlasio" and failing to check that it was the *correct* Bill de Blasio. This story also gets bonus marks for "interview conducted through Ring doorbell" www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
Friends if you work at a creative tech/games/etc company in and around London, and you'd be willing to hire some internship/placement students for 2-3 months over summer, please let me know! I have incredibly smart and engaged undergrads looking for summer opportunities.
I am enjoying our book club. The actual books, not so much, although the trend is improving.
A new public episode! We gather to discuss important matters of Mario, Silksong and Strange Antiquities, and Nate prepares a quiz about strange things of antiquity. Find it wherever you get your pods.
We're shortstaffed on RPS and need some rad PC-minded freelancers for urgent review work. Specifically:
- Borderlands 4 (yes I know it's out already)
- Dying Light: The Beast
- Silent Hill f
Standard rate is £200 GBP per review, make yourselves known at james.archer@rockpapershotgun.com
