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Just back from Dominik Diamond Sings The Video Games. Having spent five years editing (excessive) dick jokes out of his columns, it was enormous fun to see him let loose on stage @dominikdiamond.bsky.social

Dominik on stage, in the middle of a song about Frogger's irresponsible parents

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100% agree. Playing the Halo remake also gave me this melancholy

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Mine slowly degrades the longer I write... I feel very apologetic towards anyone who gets an unintelligible squiggle because I've been signing for an hour 🫠

alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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10yo asked what i did at the festival and i said oh it's a book festival, so i just talked about my books, and he said "yikes" under his breath

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sad news everyone. Our beloved friend the computer has now become a hated enemy

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yes it's telling that when resources dwindle, suddenly we return to "the default"

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Signing 1000 of these was a treat, lemme tell ya

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It is absolute corporate vandalism. I worked on VG247 years and years ago and it saddens me greatly, can't imagine what it's like for the people who were there when it was taken over

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Andy Robinson @andyrobinson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Games media cuts have felt unending for a while, but the mood feels especially grim among indie outlets with the latest wave of layoffs. More than ever, if the game industry values its media, it needs to support them. Buy some advertising, sponsor content, purchase subs. It makes a big difference.

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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 30/09/2026

Very honoured to have one of my sketches on the 10th anniversary release of You Died, the Dark Souls book written by @mackeza.bsky.social and Jason Killingworth. I painted the cover back in 2016, love this version by @tuneandfairweather.bsky.social www.tuneandfairweather.com/products/you...

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You Died 10th Anniversary Limited Edition

You Died attempts to answer the question of what makes Dark Souls so riveting, enduring and influential. To mark the 10th anniversary of You Died, we imagined something truly special: an ultra-premium...

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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Liquid Bluesky

National Trust• @nationaltrust.org.uk
Nobody has ever regretted a scone after a long walk.

Except someone with ceoliac disease

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Yes, all the training is in-person I believe

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"I'd advise editors to ask themselves: if you never get women pitching your site or applying for your jobs, why is that? Do you read female writers- and if not, why? Do you talk to women about whom they are reading, or do you only talk about work with other men? Not all of our biases are conscious."

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Why the games media has a diversity problem - this website especially

Apropos 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...

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Eurogamer 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

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Ugh, it's hard out there. I think a lot of games media people are super qualified for these roles, due to the fact we often work across mixed media, and we're online natives

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workwithus.theguardian.com

The Guardian is doing some major hiring right now! If you have 2-3 years' experience in journalism, media and/or content creation, you can apply for the Digital Journalism Scheme - full time roles including 20% training time, £48k pa workwithus.theguardian.com/digital-jour...

Digital Journalist Scheme

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If you're flipping stuff that publishers send you for free, you're directly profiting from your relationship with that publisher. Which doesn't suggest your opinion is worth much. It's also just a super unprofessional look

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If you don't want it you can give it away! Profiteering from stuff people send you for free is not professionally defensible. This is self-serving logic

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Being absolutist about anything is unwise ofc - I know plenty of people who've sold stuff years down the line or after they move on to a different job etc, I'm sure people can justify it to themselves - but this here is just naked profiteering!

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IMMEDIATELY, though? Like just turning right around and selling it the week a game comes out? I would have been fired or at the very least disciplined for this at any time in my career.

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Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Influencers" really will receive a box of swag and IMMEDIATELY turn around and sell it for massive profit. Sometimes they even brag about it. It's the games press who are corrupt tho, remember

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I was at the Guardian part-time for years and it was one of the most reliable jobs I've ever had. I got bad carpal tunnel and was given lots of leave. I stole my vertical mouse when I left and nobody complained. Excellent place to work if you can get it!

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Turns out we have a referral scheme for this, so if you know me personally or professionally from the games media and you're interested in applying, shoot me a message 👍

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workwithus.theguardian.com

Digital Journalist Scheme

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It looks ACE man, congratulations

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I love how Kern's character evolves - you'll enjoy the climactic part of Ruin

Correct re the headline - however. I think there's a very big distinction between accessibility features and patronising game design, I feel the newsletter makes that extremely clear

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Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press

Oh this is a good story from @leadergrev.bsky.social and People Make Games. Real gnarly journalism stuff. That this can happen under US libel law - which is famously protective of the press, in contrast to much more restrictive UK libel law - says a lot. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...

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YouTube video by People Make Games

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Beggars belief that this is not only as good as Children of Time, but perhaps even slightly better? This is fast becoming an all time favourite series. Saying anything specific about it at all feels like ruining the magic but it is SO clever, unpredictable, imaginative and occasionally horrifying

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Books of 2026: The Castle by Jon Ronson. Bought this less than 48 hours ago and totally demolished it. So very readable, as you'd expect from Ronson. Though it did leave me (more?) depressed about the consequence-free lives of the ultra rich

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Oh hello! Yeah please do email me about this, sorry I didn't get back to you - Bluesky doesn't show me all my mentions sometimes

Yes I am thankful that the softcover edition is relatively accessible, these luxe books are so gorgeous but obviously VERY expensive

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A beautiful new ultra-luxe edition of You Died to celebrate the book's 10th anniversary (and Dark Souls' 15th anniversary). LOOK AT IT!

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