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Ali | Artist/Game Journalist | Words in VideoGamer | Nagi Usuiโ€™s descendant | Making a webcomic called The Illusion | Come here for a safe space on the butterfly app ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿค๐Ÿ’œ

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lifeng test

03.03.2026 05:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 397 ๐Ÿ” 114 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tom took a chance on me 13 years ago and completely changed my life. Funny to think I probably wouldn't be sitting here in Brighton right now if it weren't for him.

He really, really gives a shit about this job and the people working for him. He's a brilliant friend and mentor. Snap him up.

27.02.2026 13:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 197 ๐Ÿ” 19 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Meet the Fire -type Starter for Pokรฉmon Winds and Waves, Pombon! #Pokemon #Pokemon30

Full Pokรฉmon Presents coverage: pokejungle.net/2026/02/27/l...

27.02.2026 14:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 95 ๐Ÿ” 33 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 25
Zero Parades Demo Impressions - A Warped Disco Elysium 2
Zero Parades Demo Impressions - A Warped Disco Elysium 2 YouTube video by RevelDevil

I provide a completely biased impression of the Zero Parades for Dead Spies Steam Next Fest Demo, from ZA/UM, the studio behind Disco Elysium. I dip my toes a little in ZA/UM's history, do some comparisons and try to assess the game on its own merits.

youtu.be/ZsVVtdEYUrw

27.02.2026 11:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Serebii Update: The new starter Pokรฉmon have been revealedL Browt Pombon and Gecqua serebii.net

27.02.2026 14:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 3473 ๐Ÿ” 1029 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 84 ๐Ÿ“Œ 921

For my next trick, as a massive Disco Elysium fan, I've got some thoughts on the Zero Parades Demo.

27.02.2026 11:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@team.trinketstudios.com's glorious indie card battler Battle Suit Aces is helping me beat redundancy blues in a big way.

Let this heartwarming, unapologetically queer sci-fi adventure into your life. You won't regret it.

18.02.2026 16:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Freelancers and editors were committed to honest reporting, and all share the same passion for games.

Sadly, nobody could stop what Clickout has now done to its sites. My colleuges did all they could, and their work is some of the best you'll ever read no matter where you find it.

27.02.2026 00:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I hope in all the chaos people understand that real, talented journalists were trying their best to put quality work out on VideoGamer.

There were few of us left, but we genuinely tried to make things better. The talent and dedication of my collueges should not ever be forgotten.

27.02.2026 00:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I feel like younger people don't realize that the internet wasn't always optimized solely to make you as angry and miserable as possible, and people are having a lot of nostalgia for 2000s internet vibes now because it wasn't like that back then

26.02.2026 21:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 1243 ๐Ÿ” 353 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20 ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

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 ๐Ÿ‘ 102 ๐Ÿ” 29 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Celstial Return Preview - Gorgeous, Mysterious, Intruiging
Celstial Return Preview - Gorgeous, Mysterious, Intruiging YouTube video by RevelDevil

So it begins! I got to take a look at a preview of Celestial Return, a stellar-looking narrative RPG from Metaphor Games. Looking at the game's first few chapters, I had thoughts of the world, dice-rolling and format.

@metaphor-games.bsky.social @shorelinegames.bsky.social

youtu.be/HmrXAlRBnzE

19.02.2026 17:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I've started to make video content! Starting with a look at the upcoming paranormal cyberpunk narrative RPG, Celestial Return.

19.02.2026 17:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Christ this hurts.

The fact that the executive thinks that this AI-generated mockery of the profession holds a candle to the work of our former writers is a dagger to my heart.

Uncharacteristically, I feel lost for words.

26.02.2026 16:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
I was replaced by an AI games journalist
I was replaced by an AI games journalist YouTube video by Field Garf

While everyone's mind is on VideoGamer, my (ex-)colleague has catalogued her own reaction to the situation, and an excellent overview of VideoGamer's delve into AI.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ3E...

26.02.2026 22:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Metacritic has sent a reminder email to all games site editors/publishers which is pretty strong, and great:

26.02.2026 18:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 2462 ๐Ÿ” 628 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14 ๐Ÿ“Œ 50

This review has been pulled, and it seems future Videogamer reviews will no longer be on Metacritic now. They say tehy're working through the past archive to determine at what point stuff switched to AI (defo a few more up still). Props to the guys there for very swift action on this front.

26.02.2026 15:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 485 ๐Ÿ” 27 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Just reproducing the content of this post on the other site on bsky for consideration, this review that is featured on MetaCritic- x.com/andrew_east/...

26.02.2026 15:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 479 ๐Ÿ” 100 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25 ๐Ÿ“Œ 71
I was replaced by an AI games journalist
I was replaced by an AI games journalist YouTube video by Field Garf

One of my former freelancers, and current friend Max Nicoll, did a video covering what went down at VideoGamer and Clickout.

This young woman is going places, let me tell you.

youtu.be/OZ3Epxhneb0?...

26.02.2026 22:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
I was replaced by an AI games journalist
I was replaced by an AI games journalist YouTube video by Field Garf

So now itโ€™s out in the open, Iโ€™m coming back to socials to explain that, yes, the whole team was axed from Videogamer

Thereโ€™s a lot to expand upon, and my good friend and colleague did - Anyone who has time please listen, it expands on the situation in the best way possible
youtu.be/OZ3Epxhneb0?...

26.02.2026 22:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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( #twewy | #theworldendswithyou )
Hope I'm not too late, but here's Nagi for this year's TWEWYversary!!! I wanted to draw her with the prop sword from one of her old designs for a while now.

27.07.2025 07:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy twewy anniversary #TWEWY #shikimisaki

27.07.2025 20:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#Neku โ€™s adventure through the void has been canceled
#twewy #nekusakuraba #shikimisaki

25.04.2025 08:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 24 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A VERY SPECIAL BIRTHDAY TODAY!!! ๐ŸŽฎ

#twewy #theworldendswithyou #ntwewy #neotheworldendswithyou #neotwewy #nagiusui

27.07.2025 18:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 56 ๐Ÿ” 31 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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An ideal forged from the flames ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Metaphor is truly a masterpiece, this game showed me the power of fantasy and taught me that true heroism is accepting our anxiety's and living in spite of them

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#metaphor #atlusfaithful

27.07.2025 18:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy Anniversary to TWEWY and NEO: TWEWY!!! ๐ŸŽ‰

#TWEWY #TWEWY18th #ใ™ใฐใ›ใ‹ #ใ™ใฐใ›ใ‹18ๅ‘จๅนด

26.07.2025 17:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Three HEROES appear at WORLDSโ€™ edge #DELTARUNE

23.07.2025 20:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy 18th Anniversary TWEWY!!!
Happy 4th Anniversary NEO: TWEWY!!! ๐Ÿฅณ๐ŸŽ‰

#TWEWY18th #NTWEWY4th
#twewy #ntwewy

26.07.2025 15:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 95 ๐Ÿ” 54 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh right, guess I should introduce myself

Hi uh, I'm the writer of the way-too-long TWEWY witch AU >.>'~

So yeah, my main fandom's TWEWY. ๐Ÿ’• But I also super love the Tales series, KH, TBHK, and FF~

And I also write original YA fantasy, so you'll see me post about that sometimes~

18.10.2024 02:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 16 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy #TWEWY Day to all who celebrate

26.07.2025 15:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0