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Last month I went to Japan and spent an hour with FromSoftware’s Hidetaka Miyazaki, in an attempt to understand why he makes games the way he does. He also told me he doesn’t have a foot fetish. theguardian.com/games/2026/s…
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This was once a forest in Finland of more than 250,000 trees.
Google chopped it down illegally to build another one of their AI Monstrosities.
The sooner they are all bankrupt the better.
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JUST IN: Wolves are reportedly roaming into Finnish villages after Google cleared over 56 million square feet of forest for AI data centers.
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I spoke to Debra Wilson for two hours about childhood trauma, finding God, working with Kojima, and why she’s sick of seeing her face in everything too. gamespot.com/articles/it-isn…
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So pissed off at the waste of all the Xbox studios closing down, but Arkane is special to me. Really fucking sucks. The fact they might not even get a chance to launch Blade is a travesty.
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Tim Sweeney has a humiliation fetish in the same way Quentin Tarantino has a foot fetish: in public.
Vibe your way to 50K.
The 2026 Epic AI MegaJam begins Nov 12: epic.gm/epic-ai-megajam-2026
ALT Red pill or blue pill meme from The Matrix, about choosing between two paths. Two open hands are held out on a black background. The red pill is labeled “Ship awesome games in a weekend.” The blue pill is labeled “Wait months to prototype.”
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Parris is spot on. No matter how you feel about the last few games, have some fucking decorum. Learn empathy. Lash out at the right people (the corps).
some of yall got a lot of hate in your heart, a beloved studio closes with hundreds losing their jobs and you cheer
no way you are like this IRL
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Call me a fucking renegade, but here’s what I’d do if I was in charge of a giant video game publisher: I would publish the games people are excited for.
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This is gonna fail spectacularly. They’re hoping to cash in on the hardware shortage here.
Xbox Cloud Gaming introductory launch pricing revealed:
-10hrs for $3.99
-25hrs for $7.99
-50hrs for $11.99
news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/10/…
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I joined Scasm to talk about review scores, working in the media and a bunch of other stuff.
being a games journalist is harder than you think, especially when everyone hates you for no reason
so, i sat down with @MckKirk - writer for ign and the guardian - to put the your most insane gaming takes to the test
please check it out, thank you
piped.video/PJckZwznEQ0
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This would be a super cool way to introduce the two main actors, just saying.
There is a widespread belief online that Rockstar intentionally released the latest trailer significantly earlier in order to release another GTA 6 video, filmed in real life, before the game's launch. Over the past two days, high activity has been observed in Miami: camera operators are working there, and GTA 6 advertisements have been placed. For example, there are graffiti pieces that do not mention GTA 6 but simply read "Vice City." The same inscription, "Welcome to Vice City," is also present on the stadium. Presumably, all of this was done not only as part of a PR campaign but also to film the main trailer against a backdrop of streets that will be identical to the locations in GTA 6: the same advertising billboards, graffiti, and cars with similar license plates. It is quite possible that we will see such a video on the day the game becomes available for pre-installation.
#GTAVI #GTA6
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This is the natural endpoint for the Funko game. It’s just everyone and everything. Context doesn’t matter anymore. Put the rape victim from the film about autonomy in the game, it’s fine. None of it matters. You can control her. Don’t think about it.
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being a games journalist is harder than you think, especially when everyone hates you for no reason
so, i sat down with @MckKirk - writer for ign and the guardian - to put the your most insane gaming takes to the test
please check it out, thank you
piped.video/PJckZwznEQ0
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I'm a Bethesda veteran making a game where you are the HORROR VILLAIN
-inspired by 80s horror flicks
-solo or co-op stealth gameplay
-stalk your victims
-stay unnoticed & hunt in slasher locations
-in the right/wrong hands everything is a weapon
GONE FERAL, playtest ⬇️
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this is the best breakdown I’ve seen of the dark arts behind Block Blast!, the most downloaded mobile game in the world last year
intentionally making players lose to optimize which ads they see, the sophistication behind such a “simple” game is stunning.
Ayo O
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