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We spent nearly 90 minutes playing the upcoming remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and emerged from our demo extremely ready to experience the full, legendary adventure. Read our preview here: gameinformer.com/preview/2026...

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Also really sad that they can’t think of any other justification to celebrate with loved ones?? It has to be a crazy tongue-in-cheek celebration of the lack of progress in your life? You can’t just have a huge and cool birthday party one year? Also. They still might get married!

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I had the absolute pleasure of reviewing Castlevania: Belmont's Curse! This one is easily making it onto my top 10 for the year.

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Sometimes I’m on a podcast and then go “oh shoot, I should be in podcast mode right now”

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Game Informer @gameinformer.com · 07/10/2026

Salt is Exodus' octopus merc with a mech, equipped an arsenal of weapons and ready to tackle any problem in front of her, as long as the pay is good. But is there something more lurking underneath the surface? Meet Salt in our latest cover story video for Exodus: youtu.be/WmiASGyZHPk

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It really is! Honestly makes John and Hal’s restraint feel more admirable. I’ve also seen some people talk about Guy probably has to be this flashy, since he’s so concerned with improving Green Lantern’s PR. Wild how much the show contextualizes the tone of his performance here.

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The whole show I was like "oh they're saving alllll the budget for the finale, huh?" and then the finale happened and I realized the budget was actually just for episode 5.

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Mild Lanterns spoilers Really liked this season of TV! And I appreciated how much depth they managed to get out of the cast. My gripe (which many have echoed) is I hoped for a real showcase of what the rings can do. Even just one scene as cool as this moment in Superman would have done it for me.

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Guy Gardner Superman 2025

ALT: Guy Gardner Superman 2025

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 03/10/2026

The plan is for The Deepest Dive on Control Resonant to continue with Haley, Ben, and Leo. The new and improved stopping point for the second discussion is when you complete the House in Distress mission. Submit your thoughts on the game over on Patreon. www.patreon.com/minnmax/post...

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I too learned this way too late haha

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I really liked End of Abyss! It's a great way to scratch the Metroid itch if you're having a hard time waiting for Ravenous

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Game Informer @gameinformer.com · 02/10/2026

Our Super Replay of Metal Gear Solid 4 returns today at 12 PM PT/3 PM ET! Join Charles and Marcus on Twitch/YouTube as they finish their battle against Laughing Octopus (and probably watch a bunch of really long cutscenes). gameinformer.com/super-replay...

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Wesley DracuLeBlanc @wesleyleblanc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Star Wars: Galactic Racer is absolutely a Star Wars game, but that’s the least interesting aspect of it. It is one of the year’s best racers, and an excellent and unique roguelite. More in my review below👇

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I wasn’t involved in this conversation, but MinnMax made the correct decision today. I’m glad they acted quickly. I’m completely blindsided. I’ve been having a really hard time processing his situation. We all deserved better. Especially the victim he left behind.

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 01/10/2026

Jacob Geller is no longer a part of MinnMax. He won't be on content moving forward and we won't be publicly airing this week's episode of The MinnMax Show. We're in shock and deeply hurt. Thank you for your patience during this sensitive time.

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Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

*loud continuous screaming*

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Game Informer @gameinformer.com · 29/09/2026

Read today's Grand Theft Auto VI cover story for free in the Game Informer app. You can also subscribe to the print edition and receive this collectible piece of gaming history as your first issue. gameinformer.com/GTAVICoverSt... #GTAVI #GrandTheftAutoVI @rockstargames.com

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Ana Diaz @pokachee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you are in a position where you can do anything at all about this, please, please advocate for women of color in media. There are so few women and nonbinary people period. Even less of them are non-white.

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com

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Kyle Hilliard @kylehilliard.com · 29/09/2026

Now would be a great time to download the @gameinformer.com app.

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Tomas Franzese @tomasfranzese.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm very excited to share that I reviewed Minecraft Dungeons II for @gameinformer.com ! This is a very big deal for me. Game Informer was the gaming magazine I read growing up, and I've always wanted to be published there. gameinformer.com/review/minec...

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Minecraft Dungeons II Review: Built Better Than Before

Minecraft Dungeons II (Xbox Series X/S) Review – 7.25/10: Minecraft Dungeons II is a straightforward, entry-level action-RPG that proves this spin-off franchise can stand on its own and improve with s...

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I hate how often consuming media makes me feel worse about not making time to consume other media. I kinda just want to play Fire Emblem for the rest of the year, but committing to finishing a game that long means I wouldn’t have free time to play anything else before GOTY talks

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

9 games that shaped me, but also feel specifically like “mine,” if that makes any sense.

A graphic from My 9 Games. The games included are Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, Star Wars The Force Unleashed, Pokémon SoulSilver, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Batman: Arkham City, Kid Icarus: Uprising, Lego Star Wars: The Video Game, Gang Beasts, and Assassin’s Creed III.

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

There are so many songs. It’s REALLY easy to not hear a song. Especially when it’s in a genre you don’t listen to. I don’t know why that’s hard for people to wrap their heads around.

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Marcus Stewart @marcusstewart7.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

As a games media writer, this will probably be the biggest cover story I’ll write in my career. As a lifelong South Florida resident, this is the most Florida thing I’ve ever Florida’d.

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You’re having a bunch of family over for dinner: what’s the default meal you’re cooking for them?

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Game Informer @gameinformer.com · 24/09/2026

Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies VR was announced today. I have some objections. Opinion: gameinformer.com/opinion/2026...

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’m so mad about this 😭 been waiting forever for a new game and instead they announce a freaking VR port of my least favorite entry???

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Byesexual… love to see her go, love to watch him leave

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I mean, you GOTTA get the Tokyo Drift song on there

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It’s kind of a miracle that my wedding planning has had no major disasters yet. I’ve had a laundry basket of clean winter clothes sitting in my bedroom for at least five months that I JUST put away last weekend. I’m not exactly the kind of guy who’s “on top of things”

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Yeah, definitely. I think it's slightly different now that Activision specifically has both big IPs, but Xbox certainly gobbled all these guys and cornered the market a while ago

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There's perhaps no simpler example that massive mergers eliminate competition than the fact that the Call of Duty developer is now also in charge of Halo. The two pillars of FPS games are under the same roof.

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 21/09/2026

The new MinnMax Spotlight is on @jackboxgames.com! @gameonysus.bsky.social brought @leovader.com to Chicago for a fun tour of her hometown and an elightening studio visit to learn more about the upcoming Jackbox Party Pack 12. youtu.be/Aj53SRZn4VA

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Game Informer @gameinformer.com · 18/09/2026

The only thing we spoil in our review of Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie is that it is very good. You can read the full review here. gameinformer.com/movie-review...

Bryan before he accidentally enters a Resident Evil game

Bryan after he accidentally enters a Resident Evil game

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I probably won’t finish for the same reasons as you. But I also never finished Control, so I didn’t expect to click with this one. Kyle likes it a bit more, but seemed to have a similar pov of “not amazing yet, but I’m hoping it will be” so he might be a better metric for whether you should finish

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

On the note of things happening to other people: my pet peeve is Dylan telling Zoe he found a dead body and Zoe being like “dang… I knew them” Let DYLAN meet them then!! Everyone hates him and he has no friends. I don’t care about strangers dying offscreen! Make me feel connected to this world!

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I’m only about 4 hours in, but we are on the same page on this one! I appreciate this thread

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Did you make it to the Weapons screening that day?

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I am so curious to see what kind of voice Skarsgård is gonna have in this role. His voices are always my favorite part of his performances

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I get married in thirty days (!!!) so I switched things up a little

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I get married in thirty days (!!!) so I switched things up a little

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eric van allen @seamoosi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

hey, i played over 130 hours of Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave. it is absolutely massive, and also really good. just trying to get all that into a review was a lot, but i tried to do so here! please check it out.

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danielleri @danielleri.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Have some BIG NEWS, and it really is wild that today is also the anniversary of the Fanbyte Apocalypse. But my time at Game Developer is done, and hence, my time as a full-time game journalist has come to an end. 20 years in a career sure is something. www.tumblr.com/danielling/8...

After 20+ years of writing professionally about games, including time at Polygon and Idle Thumbs, launching Waypoint, serving as editor in chief of Fanbyte and finally as EIC at Game Developer, my time is done. I'm officially out at Game Developer. Given the state of game journalism, this obviously means leaving the profession, at least as a full-timer.

I'm out, with respect to my colleagues, and a lot of love for the site as it was. We've published work that I'm extremely proud of, particularly our reporting on labor and on how workers are finding things in a miserable, gutting moment in the game industry. I'm proud of the dev-authored features we had for so many years, the resources and knowledge and bits and pieces of know-how that I still use, to this day, in my own game design courses.

What's next? Well, I'm not leaving games. I'll always be making and teaching and writing about games, it just can't be my full time gig anymore. I've actually been doing narrative design on a game since 2022, with a team I really believe in, and I can't wait until I can show that off properly. I am also OPEN TO WORK. Anything involving writing or editing words, editing video, teaching (I've been teaching college since 2009), and hey, I'm an EMT and got my phlebotomy cert a couple years back. I'm versatile!

For full-time employment, I am eventually going to try my hand at medicine. I've served as an EMT here in NYC since 2016, and I've been taking science courses post-bac since January 2025, usually 2 or more at once concurrently with... the full time job, my part time adjunct job, and volunteering on said ambulance. Exhaustion set in years ago, lol, so I've settled into something beyond that at this point. I feel like I've been climbing a mountain, and trying to make many things work at once. I had a pretty good rhythm going, truth be told, despite all the burnout. I'm proud of myself for that.

I'd really like to be a physician assistant one day, or potentially a nurse practitioner. It's a very, very long and hard road to either of those paths, but I'm going to make my way as best as I can.

How do I feel? Again, devastated was years ago. We're pretty far past that at this point. What's happened to journalism in America is... a topic for a very depressing, very well-researched book. I hope someone writes that one day. What happened to game journalism... well, it's more of a niche, but I can say only that reporting honestly on layoff after layoff and corporate malfeasance writ large and executives gambling the whole industry down the drain was tough, but somebody had to do it.

But it's not something one can do without editorial independence.

It's dramatic, but I'm going to mourn this career. Twenty years of my life, at 42, is just about half of my days alive. I put a lot, and I do mean *a lot* of myself into this. I tried at all times to lead with empathy and care for the human beings around me and to be as honest and frankly honorable as possible in my work. I really, really tried to live my values in my work in this career, and the only way I can keep that reputation is the path ahead of me.

So there it is. Expect to see me making games, making art, teaching game design, writing about games from time to time @VeeGeeBees. Expect to hear more about my adventures as an EMT, and hopefully, soon as a PA student, and eventually, as an advanced practitioner. I've kept telling myself, in the darkest and worst days of the last few years, that I'll fly again, somehow. It'll just look very different.

To sign off, and pull an old favorite out of my pocket: be good, and be good at it.

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