Jeffrey Rousseau @jrpotential.bsky.social · 40mDamn near caught a heart attack. (Make sure that word doc has auto save & auto backup) 010
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauKate Sánchez @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social · 1hMost of you who have worked with me know how hard I try to give homes for pieces that mean a lot to people. How hard we work to make sure we can commission pieces when they've fallen through elsewhere. It's rough out there and we can really only get through this big ol' mess if we help each other <3 12718
Jeffrey Rousseau @jrpotential.bsky.social · 5hI don't play Deadlock but my peoples who do said there's a new character Solomon who is me in a few decades. & I agree! 2242
Jeffrey Rousseau @jrpotential.bsky.social · 6hAnyway, because people don't talk about rap on here [we'll address demographics that 1 day :) ] Here's a new tape to bump youtu.be/T-s8Vhu9us0youtu.beINTIMATEYouTube video by Wakai - Topic 130
Jeffrey Rousseau @jrpotential.bsky.social · 20hThere's a cool irony that I find 1 of my blog posts as the top result for how job hunting is very unhuman these days. 121
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauAna Diaz @pokachee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If 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. 111341
Reposted by Jeffrey Rousseaugita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There are barely any women or black people in games media and I can think of a couple reasons why but no one will like it 6579126
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauKeza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Apropos of nothing, here's the callout I wrote for Eurogamer about the glaring lack of female voices in the games media. I wrote this in *2018*. Things did seem to get better for a while but now we're backsliding again and the reasons for it haven't changed. www.eurogamer.net/why-the-game...eurogamer.netWhy the games media has a diversity problem - this website especiallyEurogamer has far too low a proportion of articles by female writers. Keza MacDonald, the Guardian's games editor, explains why this happens and what can be don 113054
Reposted by Jeffrey Rousseauashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026is 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 63475171
Jeffrey Rousseau @jrpotential.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Serious research is fascinating; there are no broken systems. But systems operating as they are meant to The US is an amazingly oppressive country in every imaginable way, with great PR. 052
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A judge has ordered the release of Douglas Stewart Carter, a 71-year-old Black man who has spent decades on death row for a 1985 killing he did not commit. He spent 41 years in prison. 441248440
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 29/09/2026Google Maps images show scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza, where more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed.aljazeera.comSatellite images show Gaza in ruins three years into Israel's genocidal warGoogle Maps images show scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza, where more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed. 21683405
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauLuke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 28/09/2026Hi, I'm looking to speak to people who have left games journalism in the last few years and have gone onto do something else. DMs are open, or luke@aftermath.site, thanks! 7439270
Reposted by Jeffrey Rousseaugita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social · 28/09/2026dressmaker is a game about how it's impossible to sew a straight seam and thank god for that aftermath.site/dressmaker-s...aftermath.siteI Love The Frustratingly Realistic Sewing In DressmakerDo you remember the reality show Project Runway? Not the zombified new version on the cable network Freeform, but the original run of the show on Bravo back in 2004. I was obsessed with that show, not... 811423
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauIsaiah D. Colbert @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I felt like a freak librarian balking at the price tag my friend's bookstore was asking for Animerica issues that were, to me, an archival treasure trove. 25618
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauWNBA @wnba.com · 28/09/2026The making of a special moment ✨ An inside look at Olivia Miles finding out she’s the 2026 WNBA Kia Rookie of the Year! #KiaROY | #WNBASeason30 415926
Jeffrey Rousseau @jrpotential.bsky.social · 28/09/2026cornellsun.comEDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We WillThe Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies. 023
Reposted by Jeffrey Rousseau@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I think it’s fair to say that the student journalists at Cornell are braver than the news networks who just gave up on their WH pool ban even though CNN is still being denied access. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...cornellsun.comEDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We WillThe Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies. 342478762
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 26/09/2026HUGE: Autozone workers just won the first ever union at the company. Despite Autozone spending an estimated $210,696 and using every tactic in the book to stop just 11 workers from forming a union, the small shop in New York chose to unionize today. These workers will now join the @uaw.org. 11973111623
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauRebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026do people know that if a writer gets something wrong in an article you can just send them a polite little message and most of the time they'll correct it and be very grateful 930418
Jeffrey Rousseau @jrpotential.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Conversations on bringing iced coffee to an interview. Curious But not on why aren't more people getting interviews in the first place. More curious. 043
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauR.T. Ester @shoutoutmapes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Congressional Black Caucus links up with Palantir to honor Shirley Chisolm's legacy 2820774
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I think the "debate" about bringing iced coffee to job interviews is effective at distracting people from the really bad job market, the high unemployment rate for Black women, ongoing mass layoffs in tech and media, and how Gen Z workers are refusing to adopt many toxic aspects of corp work culture 642825631
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauAftermath @aftermath.site · 25/09/2026Why it took years for a story about Bobby Kotick sending journalists legal threats to come out aftermath.site/aftermath-hour... 429071
Jeffrey Rousseau @jrpotential.bsky.social · 25/09/2026@austinwalker.bsky.social aye man, I know you busy. But I think you need to see this right here. Because uuuuu weeee 140
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauPablo Torre @pablo.show · 25/09/2026We had already requested comment from 14 sports figures who got paid to speak at/promote Life Surge (on account of allegations like the ones below). We've already exchanged messages with several of these people's reps. None of them has provided any kind of statement. 2035046
Jeffrey Rousseau @jrpotential.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I wouldn't have my Black child in the public eye like this. But maybe that's just me. 0113
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauChris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🧵Thread from one of the original reporters of the WSJ investigation here, again reiterating that their work was never corrected or altered, despite Kotick/Clare Locke pressuring other outlets to consider it "debunked". 117342
Jeffrey Rousseau @jrpotential.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Legitimately think I could get some motion going as a researcher 030
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauJustin Carter @gigawattconduit.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026Haven't seen any reviews or writeups from Black critics--if there have been, please shout em out--but I'm still thinking about this 0176
Jeffrey Rousseau @jrpotential.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A service to people: "Jones has tracked nearly 60,000 fake jobs that he says he has helped yank from the internet, most on LinkedIn and some on the website Teal. Working into the wee hours of the morning, he has flagged about 7,000 scam profiles, including many funneling applicants to those roles."wsj.comThe Vigilante Who’s Taking Down Recruitment Scammers, One Fake Job Ad at a TimeHe calls himself The Profiler and he has made it his mission to root out the bane of job seekers everywhere. 12711
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauAlex Van Aken @itsvanaken.games · 24/09/2026I traveled to Washington, D.C. to help People Make Games film this important investigation led by @leadergrev.bsky.social. Help fund more of their work: Patreon.com/PeopleMakeGames 312531
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauChris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Thanks to Mikhail Klimentov (@leadergrev.bsky.social) for bringing this story to us, having first been tipped off to Kotick's campaign against the press a couple of years ago. Since then he's become obsessed with tracking down the various legal threats being sent to journalists behind the scenes. 132833
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauChris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026In 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...youtube.comInside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the PressYouTube video by People Make Games 231984912
Reposted by Jeffrey Rousseau404 Media @404media.co · 23/09/2026The FBI's Remote Operations Unit (ROU) is a highly secretive team of hackers making exploits and tools to break into target’s devices. Some of its members just got exposed.404media.coFBI Hack Exposed FBI’s Own Hacking UnitThe FBI's Remote Operations Unit (ROU) is a highly secretive team of hackers making exploits and tools to break into target’s devices. Some of its members just got exposed. 410936
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauChris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It's telling that most YouTubers I know have reacted to the idea of this with utter *exasperation* lol. We like having the option to A/B test titles and thumbnails after having spent so long on PMG videos, but this ceaseless push towards data-driven optimization makes me want to crumble into dust. 1432035
Jeffrey Rousseau @jrpotential.bsky.social · 24/09/2026@discord.com great age verification roll out idea by the way. My whole server of fellow adults can't do anything on mobile. Good job 031
Jeffrey Rousseau @jrpotential.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This Discord age verification rollout & implementation is some grade A bullshit in terms of inconvenience. 031
Jeffrey Rousseau @jrpotential.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Shawty bad but I'm gift her all the good shea butter lotion 042
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauKate Sánchez @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It's always weird when you have a level in a game that uses food as the shorthand for a culture. But Rayman Legends Retold does a really amazing job of making Mystic Mesa a place that I love and not loathe. My impressions here:butwhytho.net'Rayman Legends Retold' Makes Mexico Scrumptious With "Mystic Mesa" - Hands-On PreviewRayman Legends Retold reimagines its classic Mexico-inspired world, and it's doing so with music, mechanics, and a vibrant joy. 083
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauAftermath @aftermath.site · 22/09/2026Messy Roblox lawsuit includes salaries paid in Robux, ownership disputes: aftermath.site/tower-defense-... 712224
Jeffrey Rousseau @jrpotential.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I love more & more that when talking to regular folks & they openly share their antagonism with capitalism & how it needs to be destroyed & it's proprietors tossed out. Uuu wee, more people I might call comrades one day? Don't promise me a good time now. 040
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauGame Devs of Color Expo @gdocexpo.com · 21/09/2026The global game community is diverse. The industry isn't. GDoCExpo is an online conference that exists to close that gap. Celebrate creativity & culture in games w/ us! This week: talks, panels, interviews, networking, community demos, Direct, grant awards & watch parties! Who we are & what we do👇🏽 214689
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauTamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 22/09/2026Don’t call layoffs and closures stuff like “reset” or “refresh” or “rejuvenation” or “rejigger” or “reshuffle” unless you’re trying to get clapped. 16759114
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauJuan Vaca @juancow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I am part of this round of layoffs and am seeking new opportunities. If your team needs a narrative director / storyteller, please reach out. 411004535
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauMychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Nolan Xavier Wells 💜🕊️ Video Description: Nolan Wells is not forgotten. His story is never ending. Mychal is a librarian who remembers, who loves Nolan Wells. We remember Nolan. Say his name. 17997305
Reposted by Jeffrey Rousseauheadfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 22/09/2026microsoft have essentially bought up and bulldozed almost an entire american arts industry as a half-hearted distraction from their main project of trying to monopolise and rent-seek global digital infrastructure and military contracts 122260805
Reposted by Jeffrey RousseauRebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026😐 kotaku.com/xbox-reset-2...kotaku.comXbox Lays Off 268 As 'Reset' ContinuesHalo will now be developed by Activision, while 343 retains a small support team for existing games 914932