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@shepardcdr

writer @kotaku.com | the ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ one @normandyfm.bsky.social | he/him | nyc | kshepard@kotaku.com ears still ringing, arms still swinging

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poliwrath meet poly wrath

06.03.2026 20:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 25 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nintendo Suing United States Govt. Over Trump Tariffs The Mario company wants its money back with interest according to a newly filed lawsuit

Breaking: Nintendo is suing the United States for the 'prompt refund, with interest' of the Trump-imposed tariffs it paid.

06.03.2026 18:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 57 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

one surprising topic in this episode is the weirdness with which conservative parents find really roundabout ways to toss in jabs at their queer children for not conforming to their ideals, and how jarring and bizarre it is to watch happen in real time for straight people who don't clock it.

04.03.2026 17:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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need pokรฉmon to stop releasing good art of mega raichu x and y and start releasing motherfucken PLUSH

06.03.2026 17:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pokรฉmon Responds To White House Using Pokopia To Promote MAGA The company says its mission is 'not affiliated with any political viewpoint or agenda'

Pokรฉmon Distances Itself From White House Using Pokopia To Promote MAGA https://kotaku.com/pokemon-white-house-pokopia-meme-maga-response-statement-2000676445

05.03.2026 22:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

WOWOWOW

05.03.2026 22:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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two white guys passing by each other in a hallway

05.03.2026 17:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 177 ๐Ÿ” 52 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
pokopia home with just a bed and table

pokopia home with just a bed and table

guys really live in apartments like this and donโ€™t see any issue

05.03.2026 14:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 26 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Custom ditto in Pokopia

Custom ditto in Pokopia

letโ€™s go

05.03.2026 05:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Two Things A newsletter about liking things, a couple a time.

Mentioned it a few days ago โ€” Iโ€™m starting a newsletter named Two Things. Iโ€™ll write about a couple of things that add to my life. Hoping something will add to other folksโ€™ lives too, even in a small way.

Itโ€™ll probably be unrefined at first but Iโ€™ll work on it.

twothings.myflodesk.com/signup

04.03.2026 23:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Trump White House Uses Call of Duty In New Video Promoting Iran Bombings It is the latest example of Donald Trump's White House using video games in their propaganda

Trump White House Uses Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Kill Streak To Celebrate Killing People In Iran

04.03.2026 22:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 66 ๐Ÿ” 29 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 26

ANOTHER

04.03.2026 21:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

not saying a game is bad and saying it's "not for me" because i'm an empath btw

04.03.2026 21:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

did a double take to make sure this wasn't a member of the Kenneth Shepard Extended Universe

04.03.2026 19:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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saw pokopia spoilers with 11 hours to go

04.03.2026 18:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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thinking of starting a fight today

04.03.2026 17:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

there's also just a lot of @seamoosi.bsky.social and i running up against how differently wired our brains are in terms of quest design, the walk-and-talk of modern day story-driven games, etc. which, hey, maybe that's why our rankings of DA game are completely inversed.

04.03.2026 17:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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there's a lot to unpack about veilguard's various explorations of identity, but i really like dragon age's willingness to let the player step on a rake or two on their way to figuring shit out.

04.03.2026 17:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

one surprising topic in this episode is the weirdness with which conservative parents find really roundabout ways to toss in jabs at their queer children for not conforming to their ideals, and how jarring and bizarre it is to watch happen in real time for straight people who don't clock it.

04.03.2026 17:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Start a career powered by passion Worldโ€™s Largest Fan-Generated Entertainment & Gaming Platform | Fandom Fandomโ€™s brands help fans get more out of the entertainment and games they love,โ€ฆ

Hello, @gamespot.com is hiring a new Associate Commerce Editor. This is a full-time, salaried position. You would be working with me (the Commerce Editor) and primarily be writing/editing/curating buying guides and best-of roundups. Full details in the job listing: about.fandom.com/careers/list...

04.03.2026 17:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 36 ๐Ÿ” 32 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

honestly given how my body works i will sleep two more times but for brief naps before i play this game because of insomnia

04.03.2026 17:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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if you come to mine

04.03.2026 17:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Hello everyone. I come with the sad news that as you are no doubt already aware, we're saying goodbye to several of our friends and colleagues here at Eurogamer. Leaving us are Tom Orry, our editorial director; our video team of Ian Higton, Zoe Delahunty-Light, and Alix Attenborough; Alex Donaldson, our editor-at-large; and Will Judd, who worked across Digital Foundry, hardware and deals.

I'll start with Tom, who over the past year-plus had made himself a hugely valuable source of advice, expertise, desert-dry humour and world class poker faces (I think we just about made him laugh once, for a moment, on his final day). 

Tom initially began the role when Tom Phillips was our editor-in-chief here, mostly working away diligently in the background in a two-Tom-tandem doing editorial director things, before taking on a more prominent role on the site itself over the past 11 or 12 months, gracing us with some signature console nostalgia and unjustifiably intense Project Gotham Racing enthusiasm. Tom, Dom, Alex and I, along with the rest of the team, worked together closely on what a 'new Eurogamer' might look like last year, and his experience in running multiple games media sites was consistently our rock to lean on. 

While he may have initially seemed an outsider of sorts compared to Eurogamer chiefs of old - at least to some on the surface, coming from his 20-plus years across our sister sites VG247 and USGamer, and before that the cult-favourite site he founded in our once-rival VideoGamer - I can't stress enough how much Tom 'got' Eurogamer. His goal was for us to be at the heart of the big stories that mattered most to our readers with original, diligent reporting and on-the-button commentary, and that will absolutely continue.

In immaculately on-brand, limelight-dodging Orry style, Tom opted to sneak his farewell into this past weekend's What We've Been Playing column, but I'll be damned if he gets away with it that easily. Sorry Tom. Here's what he had to sayโ€ฆ

Hello everyone. I come with the sad news that as you are no doubt already aware, we're saying goodbye to several of our friends and colleagues here at Eurogamer. Leaving us are Tom Orry, our editorial director; our video team of Ian Higton, Zoe Delahunty-Light, and Alix Attenborough; Alex Donaldson, our editor-at-large; and Will Judd, who worked across Digital Foundry, hardware and deals. I'll start with Tom, who over the past year-plus had made himself a hugely valuable source of advice, expertise, desert-dry humour and world class poker faces (I think we just about made him laugh once, for a moment, on his final day). Tom initially began the role when Tom Phillips was our editor-in-chief here, mostly working away diligently in the background in a two-Tom-tandem doing editorial director things, before taking on a more prominent role on the site itself over the past 11 or 12 months, gracing us with some signature console nostalgia and unjustifiably intense Project Gotham Racing enthusiasm. Tom, Dom, Alex and I, along with the rest of the team, worked together closely on what a 'new Eurogamer' might look like last year, and his experience in running multiple games media sites was consistently our rock to lean on. While he may have initially seemed an outsider of sorts compared to Eurogamer chiefs of old - at least to some on the surface, coming from his 20-plus years across our sister sites VG247 and USGamer, and before that the cult-favourite site he founded in our once-rival VideoGamer - I can't stress enough how much Tom 'got' Eurogamer. His goal was for us to be at the heart of the big stories that mattered most to our readers with original, diligent reporting and on-the-button commentary, and that will absolutely continue. In immaculately on-brand, limelight-dodging Orry style, Tom opted to sneak his farewell into this past weekend's What We've Been Playing column, but I'll be damned if he gets away with it that easily. Sorry Tom. Here's what he had to sayโ€ฆ

From myself and the whole team at @eurogamer.bsky.social, a very fond farewell and huge thank you to our friends and colleagues (thread).๐Ÿ’™

04.03.2026 16:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 451 ๐Ÿ” 106 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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no more sleeps til pokopia

04.03.2026 15:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 22 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i picked the wrong profession for someone who gets overstimulated by his phone going off several times on the hour when press releases get sent out all at once

20.11.2025 15:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 31 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Saddened to announce I was affected by the recent Polygon layoffs. Though my time there was short, it was an incredible experience with a truly lovely bunch of people.

If youโ€™re looking for a games/entertainment nerd for writing, presenting, PR, or any other opps, hit me up!

04.03.2026 13:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 167 ๐Ÿ” 49 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

ah fuck. kotaku is open for pitches if you have anything you want to send our way

04.03.2026 13:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#ใƒใ‚ฑใƒขใƒณ30ๅ‘จๅนด

27.02.2026 06:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 3628 ๐Ÿ” 1430 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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iโ€™m watching arrested development for the first time with @platanoranger.bsky.social and @diegoarguello.bsky.social

โ€œHow much longer is Michael Cera gonna be trying to get with his cousin?โ€
โ€œThatโ€™s kinda his thing through the whole show.โ€

me:

04.03.2026 02:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 108 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

doesn't have to be like this, video game industry. this is a man-made problem that is solvable! a sustainable industry is possible! you just gotta commit to it instead of trying to make the next fortnite!

03.03.2026 20:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 32 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0