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Video Games’ King of Late Night, Freelance Writer, Up to something probably - Previously: Associate Editor Game Informer | Streaming at http://twitch.tv/johncarsongames

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On this editing pass I've decided "Nothing Ever Stops Existing" is the best thing I've written because it's the only essay that hasn't pissed me off while rereading it youtu.be/Wmi_6D6vwBQ?...

06.03.2026 21:00 👍 186 🔁 15 💬 3 📌 0
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An image of three geometric shaped trophies.

Magic is at its best when competition makes the table better, not bitter. 💖

At Shoebox, the competition is honorable and the glory is real. Competitors could take home one of three stunning trophies sculpted by our special guest @cutemonster.bsky.social with @andy.luckypaper.co 's patterns! 👇🧵

06.03.2026 20:48 👍 27 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 4

Marathon's aesthetic is QR code chic

06.03.2026 19:39 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

my second cover story as a video guy! really excited about what's in the hopper for this issue. some great interviews and insight into the making of Invincible VS, starting off with how it went from comics to fighting games.

06.03.2026 19:09 👍 29 🔁 6 💬 4 📌 0
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We sat down with the co-creators of Invincible for our cover story, to learn about how the comic series got its own fighting game in Invincible VS.

See how the journey happened in our latest video here: youtu.be/7jUn5-0SOCo

06.03.2026 19:06 👍 27 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1

Are we just living out alternate Mythic Quest storylines now?

06.03.2026 18:05 👍 19 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

IGN hire me to do a final pass on your social posts

06.03.2026 15:40 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Who let this sentence exist?

06.03.2026 15:06 👍 15 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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2 for 2!

I know this is the easiest these runs will be, but I'm kind of proud I'm taking some wins after not playing Slay the Spire in quite a while

06.03.2026 01:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I won my first run of Slay the Spire 2! Time to retire undefeated

06.03.2026 00:23 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Drink everytime a Japanese developer says, “Well, what do you think?” when showing off their game

05.03.2026 22:39 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The top three are going to demand a month’s worth of my time

05.03.2026 17:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Brother, everything is out today

05.03.2026 17:38 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Renekton, Akali, Mel, Ambessa, and Nasus are coming in Riftbound's upcoming Vendetta set, alongside new Showdown decks and domain combos.

boosterpack.site/riftbound-ve...

05.03.2026 17:10 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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05.03.2026 16:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A couple of minor notes:

1. Showdown Decks for Vendetta will not have any mechanically unique cards. Everything can be pulled from booster packs.

2. Along with the Showdown Decks package, the regular Champion Decks are still listed for release at the current $19.99 price point.

05.03.2026 16:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Possibly! Are you playing?

05.03.2026 16:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I'm posting daily stream updates starting.. now!

Today is our 1ST DAY with SLAY THE SPIRE 2!(@megacrit.com)

I'm jumping into the sequel to my MOST PLAYED GAME OF ALL TIME! The game releases at 10AM PST, so stream will start 2 hours later than usual at Noon CST! lnk.bio/cdubya719

05.03.2026 16:05 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Sorry for basically a press release dump. Wanted to get info out there and didn't have time for a full write up this time around 😅

05.03.2026 15:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A little extra info for Set 5, Radiance:

Evelynn is going to be a featured Legend (Seraphine and Ekko already confirmed)

Evelynn and Seraphine will be the Showdown Deck legends for this set.

Please enjoy these early product rendies

05.03.2026 15:42 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

There's also going to be a two-player product called Showdown Decks. This initial product with contain decks featuring Zed and Shen along with two additional Vendetta boosters.

05.03.2026 15:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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New Riftbound info out now for Vendetta (Set 4), coming in July will be 160+ cards.

There are 9 new Legends including:

Nasus
Renekton
Akali
Mel
Ambessa
Zed
Shen

Vendetta will also include 50 showcase cards, some of which are new art for existing Champions paired with rivals like Vi and Jinx

05.03.2026 15:33 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 1
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me on my way to water some more tall grass in Pokopia

05.03.2026 05:24 👍 48 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

rapid fire wednesday

anyway, here's my latest review! this game hit me like a truck and i had no idea what the hell to do with it writing-wise, then finally landed on all this

enjoy?

04.03.2026 17:03 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1

Happy Mack day, Birthday boy!

04.03.2026 16:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It's fine if it works for some people, but I'll never be caught "living the values"

04.03.2026 15:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It's always shit like:

Deliver Success
Understand Chaos
Magnify Your Ownership
Believe In Results

04.03.2026 15:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I think we're underselling that SLAY THE SPIRE TWO IS IN EARLY ACCESS TOMORROW

04.03.2026 15:20 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Apropos of absolutely nothing, I'm so sick of hearing about corporate core values.

Does every executive read the same book about management through brainwashing or something? Every big meeting or company-wide email is like going to church an hearing the commandments read aloud

04.03.2026 15:13 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0