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Now: ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ Then: VP @fandom.com // @gamespot.com @tvguide.com @metacritic.com and friends SVP @voxmedia.com // @polygon.com @theverge.com Always: A dork In: PHL

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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
www.vice.com/en/article/a...
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An Oral History of Tim Curry’s Escape to the One Place Uncorrupted by Capitalism
How an unforgettable performance in Red Alert 3 became legend.
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 22/08/2026
Cheap Week was one of the last projects I worked on at GameSpot -- lots of great ways into the theme here, including Tom's video below www.gamespot.com/articles/wel...
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Welcome To GameSpot Cheap Week
Gaming's gotten more expensive than ever. We're here to explain why and help you play more while spending less.
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 03/08/2026
Mario Odyssey > The Odyssey
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 03/08/2026
I'm so pumped for this! (A rare game to get me to deal with in-game voice chat)
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 22/07/2026
I podcaster'd -- thanks to @lucyjames.games @skillup.bsky.social @jakebaldino.com for letting me dish. ❤️
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 11/07/2026
@jessicogs.bsky.social doing the work. 👏
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 24/06/2026
Happy Deltarune Ch. 5 release day to all those who celebrate. (And if you don't partake, hey it's only $25 and there's still two more chapters to come!)
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Deltarune's Mr. Tenna Dancing
ALT: Deltarune's Mr. Tenna Dancing
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 20/05/2026
Fun seeing Garrett on GameSpot today. 👀
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 20/05/2026
Lots of Big Feelings on this www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/b...
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James Murdoch, Intent on ‘Thoughtful Journalism,’ Buys Half of Vox Media
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 10/04/2026
New project, v0.1
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Design Room @designroom.site · 13/01/2026
Our next big project is live! @lewisgordon.bsky.social spent the past few months tracking down nine people who worked on DICE's innovative 2008 parkour runner.
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Mirror's Edge: An oral history
17 years on from its release, DICE's first-person parkour thriller is a cult classic. We spoke to nine people who worked on it about how the revelatory game came to be.
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 09/01/2026
Congrats @midimyers.com and @zoehhannah.com!! Everyone else, make with the subscribing 👀
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 11/12/2025
We're live @gamespot.com www.youtube.com/live/HcX9JN_...
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THE GAME AWARDS 2025 Livestream
YouTube video by GameSpot
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 17/11/2025
Somehow missing DELTARUNE for Best Score and Music AND Best Narrative is wild to me. It's legit an all-time fav (and we're only four chapters in). www.gamespot.com/gallery/all-...
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All The Game Awards 2025 Nominees And Categories
Here's a rundown of all the games up for Game of the Year and every other category for this year's Game Awards.
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 30/09/2025
My last appearance in the old job. David is the best I love him forever. (I'm curious how they'll lower-third me)
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 20/09/2025
At the risk of sounding old as shit, this is some real "good ol' days" energy
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 19/09/2025
Nobody: Me, way more often than you'd think: Ever notice how the BioShock 2 cover art looks like Bomberman?
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 05/09/2025
Monday was my last day at Vox Media which, after 14 years, feels wild to say out loud. But here I am! I'm looking for my next role, so if you think that may be with you please reach out! You can DM me here, or find me on LinkedIn, or email me (chrisgrant @ this domain).
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Greg Miller @gameovergreggy.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Today, Kinda Funny takes a HUGE step in our 10-year journey: we’re collaborating with Russ Frushtick, formerly the co-founder of Polygon. Russ will be heading up our partnership business, so if you’re interested in advertising, sponsorships, or custom series, hit up partnerships@kindafunny.com!
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Eric Neustadter (e) @thevowel.com · 16/05/2025
Calling video game industry folks! You know the Strong Museum of Play, right? The museum that understands us & is documenting OUR history? Federal budget shenanigans have them in a surprise $500K hole. If you're able to support them, now's the time. Here's the link: www.museumofplay.org/support/
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Strong Museum of Play faces $500,000 shortfall after losing federal grants for new exhibit, preservation efforts
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Strong National Museum of Play has learned two of its federal grants have been terminated and it’s hoping private donors will step up to fill the gap.  A promised $400,000 grant ...
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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
if you cancel your NYT games subscription there’s great alternatives for newspaper games like @puzzmo.com … www.puzzmo.com
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Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
For years, I hoped NPR, NYTimes, or the ghost of Gimlet would make a video game podcast. A weekly, hour-long audio magazine with essays, interviews, tight editing, and a cheeky sense of humor. Nobody made the show I wanted to hear. So, I made it myself. Here's the first episode of Post Games.
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The award that changes the lives of its winners
Plus: a limited, hand-numbered launch poster by Sonny Ross
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 02/05/2025
😭👀😭👀
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 01/05/2025
the comments on this story are really sweet (ty for the heads up @losowsky.com) www.polygon.com/news/581992/...
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The Xbox Series X costs $100 more than it did yesterday
First-party games will go to $80 this holiday
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Tyler @tylercolp.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
If you or anyone you know has work for me, you can reach me at tylercolp at gmail dot com!
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Jeffrey Parkin @ripefly.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
As of this morning, I no longer have a job at Polygon. If you know of anyone looking for writers — guides or otherwise — please let me know. And please, please, please keep an eye out for all of my immensely talented colleagues who are in the same situation.
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 01/05/2025
14 years ago I pitched what would become Polygon to a startup called Sports Blogs Inc on the unfurnished third floor of a DC townhome. I held a laptop on my knees and went through a deck. Today that same company -- now called Vox Media -- sold Polygon to Valnet.
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 11/03/2025
eat your heart out, roger ebert
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Kelsey McKinney @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
IM GONNA FLIP A CYBERTRUCK
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 26/01/2025
Managed to snag a SuperStation One ... because I need a fourth MiSTer setup for some reason. I'm weak.
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 23/01/2025
Reading @mmcwhertor.bsky.social on Doom: The Dark Ages and realizing I'm just gonna be watching this trailer on repeat until May 15. www.polygon.com/gaming/51242...
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Doom: The Dark Ages ditches Doom Eternal’s acrobatics for raw, heavy power
Shield Saw go brrrr
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 17/01/2025
I love a chart
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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Hi everyone! We're a charity that preserves and teaches the history of video games. Today is Giving Tuesday, which is THE most important fundraising day of our year. If you're able, we'd love your financial gift today, so we can plan our 2025. Please spread the word! gamehistory.org/donate
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 04/12/2024
Who's heading to #PaxUnplugged this week?
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 03/12/2024
We launched a subscription option for @theverge.com today! If you like what we do, want to support independent tech journalism, and also like rad zines, then have I got a link for you www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24...
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Here we go: The Verge now has a subscription
A lot of our site will remain free, but you can now pay to get fewer ads and unlimited access to all of our work.
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Since the start of The Verge, we have published in-depth features and beautifully art-directed zines. Tomorrow, we pivot
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 30/11/2024
Half of this stuff I have and love and the other half I want. 🥰
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Matthew Reynolds @mattreyn.games · 23/11/2024
If you are fortunate enough to have decent weather this weekend, @polygon.com has plenty of Pokémon Go Wild Area guides - from explaining Go Safari Balls and mighty Pokémon, to whether to go electric or poison in the quest. (Poison is cooler and obviously the right answer.) www.polygon.com/guides
Polygon's guides page showing Pokémon Go Wild Area guides.
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
If you're new to Bluesky and interested in how the platform is getting run — and how they plan to make money! — I interviewed CEO @jay.bsky.team on Decoder earlier this year. Lots going on in this one! www.theverge.com/2024/3/25/24...
A screenshot of a Decoder interview transcript. 

The question in bold is: "You mentioned the plan for monetization is around the marketplaces for algorithms and feeds. I assume that will take place inside the Bluesky app, the one that you control, right? That makes the most sense. “Here’s all these users. You can buy an algorithm from us and see what you want. Maybe it’s about moss. Maybe it’s something else.” Is the plan to make money inside the app, or is the plan to make money with the protocol?"

And the answer is: "There’s ways to explore both. Right now, we have a lot going on in the app that we’re really focusing on, but also, I think one insight is we’re trying to make social more like the web. And early on, people didn’t know how the web was going to monetize, but it definitely did. Services definitely monetized on the web — tons of services that made lots of money built on open protocols and nothing that’s gotten to massive scale on the internet has ever just totally failed to monetize.

So, that’s something that we just think we need to show people, first of all, that this vision is something that can work, that is fun, useful, good, better than the alternatives, and also good for society, creating healthier social media ecosystems. And then we really believe that money follows value. If we can demonstrate this value and people really want this, then it’s something where we’ll be able to make money offering services in this ecosystem."
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 29/10/2024
Here’s my endorsement of Kamala Harris. Sometimes you just gotta say it as simply as possible www.theverge.com/24282022/kam...
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A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for school shootings and measles
Trump doesn’t care about any of this.
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Craig Newmark @craignewmark.bsky.social · 25/05/2023
The @IWMF prioritized the holistic safety of women and nonbinary journalists in 2022 by launching two resource guides combating online abuse and providing vital hostile environment training to journalists & newsrooms. Learn more in their Impact Report: www.iwmf.org/2022-impact-report
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 02/05/2023
what up sickos I wrote about you www.theverge.com/2023/5/2/23708385/…
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Chris Grant @charstring.com · 28/04/2023
I have skeeted
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