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I am shocked, shocked to hear that AI is confidently incorrect about something.

I haven't heard of AI being used for this (which doesn't mean anything) but writing journo profiles for briefing packs strikes me as exactly the sort of intern-tier grunt work AI would be used for. A LinkedIn scrape plus sentiment analysis of their most recent articles about the client.

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Failbetter Games | Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com · 30/09/2026

We're hiring! We're looking for a Writer and Narrative Designer to join the Fallen London team at a senior or mid level. This position is permanent, remote, and full time, which for us means 35 hours a week. #GamesJobs

Night. The House of Chimes - a tower which you might immediately think of as Big Ben - is adrift in the River Thames. It still seems to be keeping time. In the background, a large, alien building looms over the city of London.

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James Archer @jamesandstuff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Games and tech freelancers : I am once again asking for freelance pitches for PC hardware features (not reviews or guides, sorry!) on RPS. Email's in bio, genAI users need not apply (it's much, much easier to spot than you think)

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 17/09/2026

NEW: We spent months investigating a little-known media startup called Brown Brothers Media, which buys legit news sites and turns them into AI-powered zombie content farms What blew my mind was its traffic -- it appears to be getting more readers than NPR or CBS News futurism.com/artificial-i...

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How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per Month

Brown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 17/09/2026

I was not smart enough to draw the Die Hard comparison but Oli is right.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 17/09/2026

Resident Evil movie is very dumb but very good, that's my review. A very well-made story of a stupid man on a delivery mission, with a hundred nods to game lore but not in a way that slows it down.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 15/09/2026

We did some important financial journalism.

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Jank @jank.cool · 12/09/2026

Games satan gave each of us a generous $15 budget to make a videogame. There were some caveats. www.jank.cool/episode-j1-g...

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Total Playtime: Game design for the devil

Hand the devil idle playthings

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 10/09/2026

Pondering if Sony is dropping PhysInt because it's economising after the live-service calamity, or because Kojima + next-gen budgets = financial black hole. Or both.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 07/09/2026

There is a very specific form of mania that comes from working a show and listening to the same trailer on repeat for three days straight.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 30/08/2026

Unfortunately this compelled me to choose the Scoundrel class even though that's probably going to end badly for him.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 30/08/2026

My Zero Company commander's vibe is "intergalactic ski bum".

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 28/08/2026

Come to Halle 2.2 yesterday if you want an ass kicking

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Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Jank subscribers have unlocked Sin. We cannot be stopped.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 21/08/2026

Idly counting down the days until the GTA leakers are unmasked as a bunch of teens who Take-Two will spend years forcing into generational bankruptcy. kotaku.com/take-two-sub...

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Take-Two Subpoenas Microsoft And Discord Over GTA 6 Leaks

The hunt is on to find out who's behind an unprecedented spree of GTA 6 leaks

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Jank @jank.cool · 20/08/2026

Here are Jank's subscriber goals. It's simple - the more people join, the more writers we let out of their cages. www.jank.cool/behold-our-f...

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Behold, our first subscriber goals

Here’s what we will do if more of you all support us

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 12/08/2026

My hastily-assembled pinhole projector made from things found in the office was a big hit and multiple people wanted to have a go on it, whch I'm 80% sure wouldn't have happened if it wasn't an eclipse.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 06/08/2026

Seems sensible. Devolver's whole vibe always felt antithetical to being a public company.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 28/07/2026

Sorry to hear it, you had a good run. Get well soon!

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 28/07/2026

Today is Bethesda Softworks' 40th birthday. Can't imagine it's a particularly joyful celebration, given the month they've had.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 22/07/2026

Finally, somebody was brave enough to say it uk.themedialeader.com/being-the-si...

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 21/07/2026

Games are culture now.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 12/07/2026

I don't care about football and I care even less about the relative merits of BlueSky but I must concede that the posts are good.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 10/07/2026

I remember getting drunk with a couple of guys from Volition (also RIP) just before the game came out and them saying "we might have signed some perfect music" and then the game closes with Holding Out For A Hero after opening with Power by Kanye West. God bless THQ (also RIP)

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 10/07/2026

Belatedly marking the passing of the great Bonnie Tyler (RIP) by revisiting the stellar use of her music in the also-great Saints Row: The Third www.youtube.com/watch?v=94Ud...

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Saints Row: The Third Final Mission, Shaundi Rescued

YouTube video by override367

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Mike Diver @mikediver.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

There's a (completely new) job opening in my team for someone with a lot of SEO/GEO smarts. 5+ years relatable experience required in SEO but it's understood that the GEO side is new and evolving. Helps to know AEM. Hybrid position - WFH and/or office. job-boards.greenhouse.io/sonyinteract...

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GEO Content Producer

United Kingdom, London

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 09/07/2026

Shout out to whoever had the monkey's paw for "a proper sequel to Fallout: New Vegas".

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 06/07/2026

Enjoying the Football Posts while I can, before the American timezone switchover to Layoff Posts.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 26/06/2026

Only one of these statements is true.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 23/06/2026

Heatwave meant I accidentally drank an entire iced coffee at 3pm while being older than 35. On the plus side, heatwave meant I wasn't going to get any sleep tonight anyway.

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Chris Tapsell @christapsell.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Here's a rare one: we're hiring a News Editor at Eurogamer! The role is hybrid in London, though there can be some wiggle room on this for a worldie of a candidate. We're after someone who can not only proof, but understand how to push a story forwards originally. www.eurogamer.net/eurogamer-is...

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Eurogamer is hiring a News Editor

We're after a top-class newshound to take us into a new era here at Eurogamer.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 17/06/2026

Being on press mailing lists during Next Fest is like being individually notified about every snowflake in a blizzard.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 15/06/2026

There are also *some* buyers out there who are interested in acquiring experienced teams with an established back catalogue. I don't know if Microsoft would want to let the latter go, though.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 15/06/2026

Xbox's studio expansion was carried out by a leader who's no longer there to support a business case that no longer exists. The only cause for faint hope is that they have a track record of letting studios return to independence (Bungie, Twisted Pixel, Toys for Bob etc).

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Dylan Ilvento @dylanilvento.com · 11/06/2026

Met so many great devs last year being a part of Leftfield (also my first time traveling out of the US!), and David is an awesome and thoughtful curator. Definitely recommend submitting to this showcase if you're interested!

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 07/06/2026

Experiential marketing means you can have the classic "driven to madness by listening to one trailer looping indefinitely" showfloor experience while waiting for a cab. I do not care for it.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 07/06/2026

I have my reservations about Xbox pandering to the peanut gallery but I can't argue with returning to transparent consoles.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 04/06/2026

Update: being told the bar in the JW is closed for the duration, that's it, we're done here

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 03/06/2026

Me too. It was always a little treat seeing what it was each year.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 03/06/2026

Scenes from LA: SGF does not have the E3 sauce because the Figueroa doesn't have a game ad on it

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 01/06/2026

Congratulations Lucy! This is exciting.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 01/06/2026

That was the starting salary for the graduates too. Future started at £12.5k which was Not Great but even that being 50% over Paragon rates was wild.

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