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Remind me again why digital only is a good idea

Cover art of Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Dark Ties. Left side of the picture has a red background with Kiryu facing left. The right side has a black background with Mine facing right.

2. Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Dark Ties

The hate for this game is way too much. Sure they've changed things and taken bits out, but it's still a good game. And Dark Ties destroyed me.

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

A yellow Nintendo game boy with 3 pikachus. It is framed by 3 large sunflowers, pixel sparkles, and fluffy light blue clouds

Happy Pokémon 30th! This series is what got me into gaming and pushing me towards being an artist, so it will always have a large place in my heart🥹

#art #pokemon #illustration #pokemonart #pokemonfanart #Pokemon30 #ポケモン30周年

thinking of this anecdote about the first McDonald’s in Russia

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/...

Metacritic has sent a reminder email to all games site editors/publishers which is pretty strong, and great:

This is awful!

I just had a horrible thought.

What if this kind of age verification comes to video game storefronts?

Please, everyone, keep physical media going!

If we continue to let out-of-touch executives make out-of-touch decisions, this industry is going to look unrecognizable fast. Say what you will about Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond, and Xbox in recent years, but they were clued into the gaming community, even as Microsoft pushed the current against them.

There needs to be a chart of just how much money was spent by the major publishers chasing the live-service goose on cancelled games, and the leadership of those publishers should have to take paycuts equal to the money spent if they closed any of those studios.

Just saw an ad that started out "your kids won't remember their best day of screen time" and while I of course broadly agree with the sentiment that you should do activities with your children, don't tell me i don't remember beating zelda a link to the past

BBC News screenshot with the subtitle "Welcome to the year of the whores. People around the globe celebrate..."

Happy 12-year anniversary to my favourite broadcast subtitle mistake

And a happy year of the whores to you all

The Entire Tech Industry is Screwed YouTube video by Charalanahzard

Introducing the “AI-BOROS”: the few companies at the ‘top’ of the economy handing each other billions of (debt-ridden) dollars for a product that both doesn’t exist AND doesn’t make any money.

and we ALL get to go broke when it inevitably implodes ha ha i love it here!!!

youtu.be/ifyaI4TOsDM?...

Really wish Instagram would stop recommending my late step-cousin's account...

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I overheard a student call their 22 year old classmate "old"

"KRATOS HERE WITH NEWS ON AN IMPENDING SYSTEM UPDATE but first this podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp"

Knew this was coming for years, and it still sucks!

This is a terrible idea

I can't keep up with social media, game space these days. All weekend, my Instagram feed has been full of reels about Marvel Rivals drama and, apparently, it happened a week ago. Is this a sign I'm getting old?

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Apparently people are cosplaying as Jimmy from 28 Years Later?

Check out Scholarship Hub too. They post scholarships from all over the country. Their owners, BlackBullion, also have a funding hub which also has grants and bursaries.

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Global publisher Google traffic dropped by a third in 2025 Google search traffic was down globally by a third in the year to November, according to new Chartbeat data.

Google traffic to publishers dropped by ONE THIRD in 2025 pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...

The Animal Crossing update is out already? For some reason I thought it was out in spring

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GameBlast 2026 kicks off this February and we need YOU!

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1. Final Fantasy VII

I know, only 29 years late. Having now played it, I don't get the complaints about the changes, they don't actually change much. But, I'm glad I played it and I'm ready for Remake part 3 now. There's something magical about FFVII.

Games played in 2026 🧵👇