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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

World’s biggest game website covering the world’s biggest game and calling one of the most senior devs, Aaron Garbut, “Aarib Garvyt”

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 28/09/2026

Hi, 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!

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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In 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...

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Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press

YouTube video by People Make Games

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David Szymanski @duskdev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Absolutely uncalled for

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Mikhail Klimentov @leadergrev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For nearly two years, I've been investigating a pattern of ominous legal letters sent to journalists by defamation counsel representing Bobby Kotick. That investigation is finally live. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...

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Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press

YouTube video by People Make Games

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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I just do not get how a company of many hundreds spends a decade on the “WHAT on earth do we DO with this faceless ICON in SICK ARMOUR who SHOOTS COOL GUNS at aliens and DRIVES BIG TANKS and FLIES ALIEN SHIPS” problem

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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Work for any big company (I’m in finance) and you’ll realise that talking about work in any capacity outside official channels is technically, contractually, a breach. The fact it would or wouldn’t be news if a leaker did it is irrelevant.

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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Ocarina? I hardly knew her.

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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

“Some women actually respond very kindly to these things dad!!!”

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Kirk McKeand @mckkirk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Last month I went to Japan and spent an hour with FromSoftware’s Hidetaka Miyazaki, in an attempt to understand why he makes games the way he does. He also told me he doesn’t have a foot fetish. www.theguardian.com/games/2026/s...

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‘Ruin and decay bring a chance of rebirth’: Hidetaka Miyazaki on uniting players in a damaged world

As FromSoftware’s new multiplayer game The Duskbloods nears release, the legendary game director behind Dark Souls talks connection, pessimism and of course, feet

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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Hahahaha. Turquoise Blockbuster

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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

To be clear: they should grow up. Not you.

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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It’s supply and demand though. Writing about small games doesn’t mean anyone wants to read about them. At least in the context of big sites that have big payroll and serve the mainstream. It’s like when I used to get flak for interviewing directors and not lesser known devs. It’s GQ! Grow up!

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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Is covering the biggest thing in the world greed?? It’s just giving readers, who don’t give a fuck about the inner workings of a website, something to read on the thing they want to play. Not everything has to be a handwringing exercise.

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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If your take on Grand Theft Auto 6 is that a series about cars and guns is “still just driving and shooting” then I have no other option than to think you’re stupid.

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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Rumour has it that he’s going to play The Witcher 3 for a seventh time.

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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Happened to me. Infuriated me disproportionally.

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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A movie about Bourdain before Lloyd Grossman? Ainsley? The wrong people are making the decisions.

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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Duped by AI. Like a midweight chimpanzee.

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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

+1 and if you can stretch then go for the G series as the step up is big in my experience.

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Kirk McKeand @mckkirk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

It’s my turn now! The newsletter didn’t take off so I’ve been laid off. If you’re looking for someone with 15 years of experience as a writer and editor, please get in touch. I’ve also written dozens of mock reviews and my clients say they’re good.

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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

No sorry, not outrage from you - just seen a lot of it. Not even just about GTA.

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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

A movie ticket is an experience you don’t own, a disc is a product you do. You pay more for a hardback book on launch than a paperback 6 months later. I don’t see the outrage really.

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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

(I personally don’t give a single eff about special editions or premium editions or any of that, but the concept just doesn’t seem that new or novel)

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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Is this not just the same as paying for a special edition steel book Blu-ray with specials features etc?

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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Do the Patreons know they’re simply funding an Omega obsession

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Hit Points by Nathan Brown @hitpoints.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Big Walk does not sound like My Thing at all but this review is *such* a piece of writing, man. Feels like the old days where you'd happily read about a game you didn't care about because the work was so good. Exquisite www.eurogamer.net/big-walk-rev...

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With upcoming PS Plus game Big Walk, Untilted Goose Game developer House House's co-op puzzle quest takes the hangout game to a new peak - here's our review

The Untitled Goose Game team returns with a funny, exciting and deeply rewarding multiplayer adventure. Our Big Walk review.

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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

So sorry for your loss Lex.

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Kirk McKeand @mckkirk.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Sorry for the self promo but I literally won’t have a job by the end of the year if enough people don’t subscribe. I think we’re doing good stuff!

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Scott Matla @callmescort.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

“I asked ChatGPT, I asked Grok” Yeah well I asked a Halo 3 lobby and they all said you’re a dumb bitch

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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Oh here he is. Mr popular. All the friends. Tooooo many friends. Unbearable.

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Kirk McKeand @mckkirk.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I had a chat with @harvey1966.bsky.social about growing up poor, dealing with the deaths of his parents, and how those things shaped his outlook on work and life. www.gaming.firezidechat.com/p/firezide-c...

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Firezide Chat with Harvey Smith

A chat about deaths of his parents, growing up in poverty, and how those things shaped his outlook on life.

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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Look like you could be in that gang from 28 Years Later

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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Odysseus tweets from Calypso’s island

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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

GQ profiles take a lot of work and planning and coordination and Sam is genuinely up there as one of the best PRs I’ve ever worked with. Totally gets both sides of the game, preempts issues, and delivers accordingly. Basically, you should hire him.

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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Not enough dogs in airports. Sort it out.

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Rob DenBleyker @robdenbleyker.com · 18/07/2026

based on the trailer alone I don't think Chris Nolan even played Mario Odyssey

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