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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 1h

Ashley is one of the smartest and most engaging writers I've read in years. People should be giving her all the work.

John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

There are a lot of people who should know better who are reporting on the Pokemon Happy Meals without crediting @pokebeach.bsky.social, but essentially cutting and pasting the story verbatim. Don't do that. Credit your sources.

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Ctrl Alt Ego 2 @mindthunk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Buried Treasure changed my life - doubt I'd be working on game#2 if it weren't for the 'holds up against Prey' headline. A small contribution to keep a distinguished, artful and amusingly controversial (or controversially amusing?) video game writer type person in business, you'd be mad not to.

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thinking aloud: Buried Treasure isn't getting updated as much as I want it to, largely because my other income has gone down dramatically this year and I'm trying to stay afloat. This has meant Patreon subs have gone down too. But what I want most of all is to spend more time on BT. So...

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ambrosia Sky by @softrains.bsky.social is out of Early Access with both acts complete, and this combination of Prey and PowerWash is a unique, gorgeous and compelling time. buried-treasure.org/2026/09/ambr... Please support Buried Treasure from $2 a month: www.patreon.com/c/buriedtrea...

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Best day ever? My chosen starter word I've used for many months was the solution! Wordle 1,924 1/6* 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I cannot tell you the bravery of @chrisbratt.bsky.social and People Make Games to report on this. Extraordinary journalism.

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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In recent years, the media has quietly begun to change the way in which it writes about Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard. PMG investigates how Kotick used the threat of defamation to reshape his legacy in the games business, one article at a time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...

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Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press

YouTube video by People Make Games

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

like @danielleri.bsky.social, @diegoarguello.bsky.social, and @kerrblimey.bsky.social, i will no longer be contributing to game developer. it was an absolute blast working with this team on my twice-a-month column! that means i’ve got more time to report and write for you!!!! hit us all up, really✨

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Kate Gray @hownottodraw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

it’s so great and normal that Steam is randomly censoring games like this for no reason, at the same time as they’re blasting “HENTAI VS FURRY FEST” banners all over the front page, which takes you straight to full-frontal nudity in one click

a banner proclaiming it to be Hentai Vs Furry Festival 2026, with some very busty ladies, lizards, and foxes glaring competitioningly at each other from the sides of the screen

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

So I get a LOT of unsolicited email every day, hundreds of emails about games or tech or weirdly irrelevant PR splutter arriving every week. I obviously can't reply to most of it. A top tip for a thing NOT to do is follow up three or four times with an increasingly aggressive tone.

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 13/09/2026

So this day has been a roller coaster and a half. Thank you all for the amazing support. The issue isn’t solved yet, but we’re hopeful. In the meantime, please wishlist the game. We need all the extra help we can get now: store.steampowered.com/app/1221950/...

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I'm glad PC Gamer has deleted their Grummz article, which I hope was written in ignorance of who he is, but I think it behooves a site to also acknowledge that it was posted and removed, not just retcon and hope everyone forgets.

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I can't wait for Wolverine's accolades trailer. "FINE" "FINE" "FINE "FINE" "FINE" "FINE" "FINE" "FINE"

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Ignoble by @retromagine.bsky.social is a wonderful combination of incremental game, auto-battler and roguelite resulting in a gory, wildly compelling action game I really don't want to stop playing. buried-treasure.org/2026/09/igno...

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

While you sleep in your beds, think of the barely-paid guides writers toiling all night long. (This is just what appeared concurrently in my gaming feed across a handful of sites.)

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Sorry it just occurred to me that there may be people who haven’t seen clip from the Quibi show where Rachel Brosnahan plays a woman dying because of her golden prosthetic arm and I needed to fix that

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I interviewed @harvey1966.bsky.social about his new studio Black Pony Immersive, and we talked motivations, rebellion, and the vitality of mystery. Also, Harvey tells the most incredible story of how Dishonored's Heart was recreated for a couple's wedding ceremony. kotaku.com/harvey-smith...

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Dishonored's Co-Creator Explains What So Many Games Are Missing

The co-creator of new studio Black Pony Immersive tells us about defying expectations in the most underserved genre

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Haha, VideoGameCritic is my new all-time favourite website. Kotaku gets a 61 score for how well our (unscored) reviews match the review scores of readers. How? Llike this!

"How this trust score was computed
This reviewer publishes verdicts, not numbers, so trust comes from their recommend/pan calls: call accuracy (50%): when they say buy, do players end up satisfied, and when they say skip, do players agree; alignment (25%): do their recommendations sort games the way players do; and player-side (25%): on games where press and players sharply disagreed, whose side were they on. The blend is shrunk toward a neutral prior (60) so small histories can't peg the scale, and recent verdicts weigh more (2-year half-life)."

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

‘You can’t own a game’ rendered like the old anti piracy ads

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It is now a longer gap between today and the release of Oasis' first album (1994, 32 years) than it is between Oasis' first album and the Beatles' first album (1963, 31 years). I don't know what this means, but it isn't anything good.

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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.

Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together

photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Well shit, Tim Curry. Wonderfully hammy in everything, and of course most of all Clue, but his episode of Psych remains a completely favourite. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBIs...

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Guest Stars: Tim Curry | Psych

YouTube video by Psych Official

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Some try to claim this is overreacting, but I really think it's only reasonable: Life in prison for those who scrape chairs instead of lifting them.

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

These people excited that the robot ran faster than Usain Bolt are going to LOSE THEIR MINDS when they find out about cars.

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Chet Faliszek @chetsucks.com · 21/08/2026

A horrible company run by horrible people to exploit children… and the child abuse is on top of that… www.gamedeveloper.com/business/rob...

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Roblox being investigated by U.S. Senate over child abuse fears

'Let us be clear: children on your platform are hurting. Congress will not look the other way.'

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Jeff Grubb @grubb.wtf · 20/08/2026

For as much as Valnet is fucking up everything, I want to match that energy with some thank god Kotaku is still Kotaku. Just sharp blogs about stuff that is actually worth thinking about.

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Just cannot get over how well The Pokémon Company is handling the TCG demand issues. Absolutely extraordinary work by everyone involved:

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Farage is such a mini-Trump that he has the same damn weird impulse to leak out the truth between the lies. Lies about a threat, lies about police advice, but also blurts: "I am damned if I am going to stand on a stage, having won a resounding victory... and be demeaned and humiliated by nobodies,"

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

For over a decade I've been entertaining myself by seeding the idea across multiple websites that the next Elder Scrolls has already been confirmed to be called Hammerfell. kotaku.com/the-elder-sc...

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Fans Are Sure They've Guessed The Name Of The Next Elder Scrolls

Some are going so far as to suggest it isn't The Elder Scrolls VI: Hammerfell, which it obviously is

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

TIL that trees can be pinhole cameras in an eclipse.

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Hi, look, I'm sorry to moan, but could something interesting happen in the games industry that isn't people getting fired by super-rich companies? Or someone give me a job as an editor. One of the two. Ideally the latter.

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

There's something so wonderfully pathetic about Ryan Cohen. He perennially looks like an Elon Musk cosplayer who just finished crying because everyone pointed out how silly he looks. Anyway, it looks like he's edging his way to realising he can't afford eBay. kotaku.com/gamestop-rya...

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GameStop's Ryan Cohen Is Close To Admitting He Can't Buy eBay

The CEO is edging closer to admitting he can't buy eBay

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

"My outspoken racism and bigotry failed to create a welcoming environment!" Set to be one of those inexplicable mysteries that haunts mankind through the ages.

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

A new addition to my collection of Video Game Website Headline Or Jeopardy Question:

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I only just found out Laurie Anderson did a Tiny Desk a couple of months back. It's extraordinary. youtu.be/CEHm9LK9vtU?...

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Laurie Anderson: Tiny Desk Concert

YouTube video by NPR Music

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

It Consumes by @sublexical.net is a stunning arena shooter roguelite where your greatest enemy is the dark. buried-treasure.org/2026/08/it-c... Help Buried Treasure keep the lights on: www.patreon.com/c/buriedtrea...

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Do any Target employees follow me? If so, I'd really appreciate a DM so I can quiz you about Pokemon TCG policies. Thanks!

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