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Shay Thompson

@shay-thompson.bsky.social
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Presenter, host, tastemaker. Seen/heard on BBC, BAFTA and more

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Indie Arena Booth @indiearenabooth.de · 14/07/2026
The 2026 Indie Arena Booth lineup is live and we’re going NUTS over our trailer! 🌰🐿️ This year’s theme: “Democratree - Games for everyone”! We’re hosting 200+ fantastic indie games on our treehouse playground at gamescom 2026! 🌳 🎥 Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9v-...
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Indie Arena Booth 2026 | Democratree 🌳 Games for everyone | gamescom Lineup
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Shay Thompson @shay-thompson.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I’ve counted exactly two man buns in tonight’s showcase. Which is two too many.
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matte jones @pillowfort.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
actual writing from me! Since JoJo: Steel Ball Run doesnt have a theme yet, fans have fallen in love with a fan-created one www.ign.com/articles/ste...
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Indie Arena Booth @indiearenabooth.de · 20/04/2026
🚨 FINAL DAY TO SUBMIT 🚨 Okay friends, this time for real: Today is the 👏VERY👏LAST👏DAY to submit your game to be part of the IAB lineup at gamescom 2026. No more extensions after this point! We're so excited to see what you managed to cram in last minute! ❤️‍🔥 Apply here 👉️ home.indiearenabooth.de
Graphic in blue, pink and white that says "Apply until April 13, Submissions Open, Indie Arena Booth 2026 at gamescom and 2.037,5 square meters". The "April 13" is crossed out by a blue line and above it it says "April 20".
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Indie Arena Booth @indiearenabooth.de · 11/03/2026
It’s finally time! Our submissions for gamescom 2026 are officially open! ✨ We have a bunch of free and discounted showcasing options available for you 👀 Check out our website for all relevant information: home.indiearenabooth.de/submission ⌛ Submissions are open until April 13
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Samantha Béart is cooking… @samanthabeart.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I promise I didn’t write this myself.... Hugest of thanks to Brian @escapistmag.bsky.social, for writing about It Takes A Village with so much kindness and appreciation. Amazed by how much it resonates with folk! Intrigued? All episodes here: www.YouTube.com/@samantha_be...
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Fighting Game Anniversaries @fganniversaries.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Kenny Omega performed some of the motion capture footage for Alex in Street Fighter 6, including the Omega Wing Buster Super Art.
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Kaye Galaxia💖💜💙💀 @kgalaxia.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Heyhi! <3 I'm Kaye Galaxia (K or Kaye, either's good!), and I'm back with a brand new showreel! I'm a freelance video producer that *you* can hire to make vids for ya! Do you need edits, scripts, footage, MGFX or voiceover? Then hey, I'm open! Gimme a shout if you want the full portfolio! <3
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KAYE GALAXIA: SHOWREEL 2026
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andrejgee @andrejgee.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
last piece of the year: dug into the origins of “6-7” &what the co-opting says about america open.substack.com/pub/andrejge...
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Shay Thompson @shay-thompson.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
i normally stop watching/playing/reading everything when i'm prepping for a big hosting gig. but my nearly completed ball x pit playthrough is calling my name so hard
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Irish Video Game Orchestra 🎮♥️ @ivgorchestra.com · 19/10/2025
🚨Stream Announcement!🚨 We'll be playing the upcoming game from @newtales.bsky.social, @fadingechogame.bsky.social joined by the wonderful @samanthabeart.bsky.social! 2pm BST this Tuesday 21st October This is our first ever Twitch/YouTube stream, in aid of @mndassoc.bsky.social #GameOver! 🎮♥️
Fading Echo

Upcoming game Fading Echo with Samantha Béart!

2pm BST Tuesday 21st October

With IVGO members Phoebe, Louis, and Adam

Youtube + Twitch @IrishVideoGameOrchestra

In aid of the Motor Neuron Disease Association
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Shay Thompson @shay-thompson.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Black History Month in the UK is largely ignored by the games industry anyway but this has to be the quietest I’ve ever seen it. No panels, no events, nothing. Damn.
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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
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Shay Thompson @shay-thompson.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
I can’t believe I get to say this but I’m going to be interviewing Michaela Jae Rodriguez on the Charlotte Tilbury twitch channel 🥹 We’ll be chatting all things Pose, gaming and make up ✨ twitch.tv/charlottetilbury
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MollyBerry @mollyberry.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
I had the pleasure of hosting & streaming with @indiearenabooth.de at #gamescom this year, and I got to share my top 10 picks from the entire line-up at 2025 IAB. Here they are, and here's me attempting to quickly describe them to @shay-thompson.bsky.social😍 www.twitch.tv/videos/25528... #indiegames
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Twitch is the world
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Shay Thompson @shay-thompson.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
I'm gobsmacked at how awful this reporting of Guild Esports' closing is No mention of the exploited and unpaid players, presenters and talent. Instead, the writer decides to focus on a conversation they had with the *former* CEO for some reason? www.forbes.com/sites/mattga...
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Guild, Beckham’s Former Esports Team, Folds After 6 Years
Just 13 days short of its iron anniversary, British competitive gaming outfit Guild Esports, once backed by David Beckham, has announced it’s shutting shop.
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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
So good to see Arkane's workers push for this! Also a great example of one of the core benefits of unionization, which is just "creating a structure for discussion and systems to make collective decisions." Always much harder to get action at scale like this if there isn't already organization.
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Samantha Mackenzie Greer @sammgreer.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
New trailer from me! For the critically acclaimed, cool as hell, Neurocracy. Making a trailer for a game about delving through fictional wiki pages and making conspiracy boards was an interesting challenge, so hopefully I've done justice to a supremely interesting, compelling game
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Tom Regan @grapedosmil.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
For this week's VGIM, do video games have an auteur problem? I sweated buckets at the Death Stranding 2 launch event to find out.
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Indie Arena Booth @indiearenabooth.de · 01/07/2025
🌶️🧑‍🍳 Feast your eyes - the Indie Arena Booth 2025 lineup trailer is served! 🌶️🍽️ Our Theme? “Watch us cook.” We’re bringing 200+ blazing-hot indie games to gamescom 2025! You will want a taste 😋 🍽️ Full lineup here: indiearenabooth.de #IndieGame #GameDev #IAB25
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Janet Ghoulcia (on Vacation 🇯🇵) @gameonysus.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Wrote about SGF, ICE, and covering the event as first-generation US born person.
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Samantha Mackenzie Greer @sammgreer.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
World's shit, am feeling like shit, so if you could take a minute to cheer me up by checking out ma comic I am working very hard on, that would be cool. There's a new page today and it's even got a robot in it ➡️ iteatsplanets.com/page/29
A comic page with three panels.

Panel one. An industrial elevator arrives at a concrete corridor where a top heavy robot stands by outside. As the doors part open, a three armed prisoner slips out from a crowd of inmates while a one eared man cries after her "Hey!"

Panel two. A rounded green stained concrete tunnel from above, prisoners in various states of undress marching in a line along the metal floor under the watch of CCTV and a towering robot, past a security booth built into the wall. "Inmates, proceed single file." the robot orders

Panel three. Three armed woman down to her underwear, staring into the booth through the thick glass window at a guard enjoying a cup of something, next to three hanging uniforms and lockers.
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shazleen @shazleenmkhan.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
If you're in the UK, appalled by the supreme court's decision and would like to MATERIALLY help trans women TODAY, consider literally donating to helping my girlfriend to get gender affirming care: www.gofundme.com/f/help-ishaa...
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Donate to help ishaani get FFS gender affirming surgery, organized by Is Dexter
i work 9 to 5 but live paycheck to paycheck, paying rent for a flatshare in ou… Is Dexter needs your support for help ishaani get FFS gender affirming surgery
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 16/04/2025
regardless of today’s outcome, it is morally indefensible to have a court ruling on something that affects a population, using evidence and findings that did not consult a single member of that population.
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 08/04/2025
the BDS requests on microsoft are extremely clear and also targeted. they aren't "uninstall windows now and change your entire life," they aren't even a huge ask for games media outside of like exclusive world of warcraft streamers. there is no reason for the near total silence other than shame
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Shay Thompson @shay-thompson.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
did they just slide in silksong really casually
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Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Great thread about ROMchip and why it’s so important! I will be part of that fundraiser stream on Saturday, playing Dragon Age: Origins with @shay-thompson.bsky.social and talking about history, worldbuilding, narrative design, and which characters we fancy the most 🫡
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borderless @borderless.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
This may be the end of the fighting. It certainly won't be the end of the genocide. Palestinians will need massive amounts of aid as they begin to recover and rebuild. Gazans will still be living in the world's largest open air prison.
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Samantha Mackenzie Greer @sammgreer.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
My queer sci-fi comic IT EATS PLANETS will launch publicly in just two weeks(!), on the 28th of January
A three armed woman from the shoulders down, with chemical burn scars on her shoulders, wearing a black vest and blue tracksuit pants with a red accent, is handcuffed and escorted by two people who are off-screen except for their gloved hands gripping her arms. The background is a dark green gradient. The text "Two Weeks To Go" is at the top of the image in bright red. "IT EATS PLANETS" at the bottom, also in bold red, with the colour dripping down like blood from the text.
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Samantha Mackenzie Greer @sammgreer.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
The walls are closing in for trans folk. Really feels great how little of a shit most cis folk give. I couldn't even persuade my own friends to join trans pride this year, don't think there's much hope of widespread action against any of this shit
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Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Sharing this thread again as March just keeps getting closer
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matte jones @pillowfort.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
the ridiculousness of this question is only matched by the jumpscare of the two people it's being asked to
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Samantha Mackenzie Greer @sammgreer.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The cruelty of this is hard to fathom. Children deserve so, so much better. Section 28 days are back More cis people need to be vocal & hardline on trans issues, this is undoubtedly another step towards legislating all trans people out of existence. This is happening. People are going to die
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Raquel Willis @raquelwillis.com · 10/12/2024
Nikki Giovanni staunchly supported trans folks, especially trans youth. Her encouragement is a balm. “I think the transgender kids are the bravest kids right now that we see; they're as brave as my generation was in breaking down segregation.”
A white square with black text reading, “I remember in a recent interview you spoke about your support of the trans community, because you said: "I see that transgender youngsters are the ones who are helping to take planet Earth into the galaxy because we're going to run into other life forms that our gender does not matter." Can you speak about that a bit?
I think the transgender kids are the bravest kids right now that we see; they're as brave as my generation was in breaking down segregation. They're breaking down
—I don't have the word for it right now-but it's gender prejudice, and [the idea that] somebody has decided that they can tell you who you are, what your name should be, and how you should look.”A white square with black text reading, “And those youngsters are saying, "No, I can decide who I am, what my name should be." Everybody's mad at me like, You should be a girl because we've decided you're a girl. And they say, "Well, who the hell are you?" I can decide that I'm a boy. And if it makes me happy, what does it mean to you? And I can decide that my name is John. And if you don't like that my name is Geraldine, why can't you name yourself? And if the people who know you and love you— or have to talk to you, maybe they don't even love you but they have to talk to you-you can tell them, "This is my name, and I would like to be referred to in that way."A white square with black text reading, “But when we go into the galaxy, a life-form may say,
"Who are you?" Well, there's no point in talking to another life-form and [saying] "I'm a boy or a girl," because it may have no meaning. That may mean nothing to them. So what you're going to say is, "I am a life form from the third planet, from the yellow sun," therefore giving yourself an identity. You don't have an identity because you say, "I'm a boy, I'm a girl, I'm a Jew or Gentile, I'm a Catholic or Baptist." That doesn't mean anything once you get beyond the prejudices of Earth.
So yeah, I think the transgender students are really brave because they're taking a lot of flack for just wanting to be themselves and to have the right to have their own name. I think that's incredibly brave, and I
think that they're absolutely right to want to do that.
To want to own themselves.”
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Tributes are pouring in for Nikki Giovanni, a world-renowned poet and key figure of the Black Arts Movement
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Tributes pour in for Nikki Giovanni, world-renowned poet and educator
Nikki Giovanni, a world-renowned poet and key figure of the Black Arts Movement, has died at 81.
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Press X to Continue @pressxpod.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
There's a WHOLE NEW episode of Press X to Continue up now, with guests @thenewsatglenn.bsky.social and @shay-thompson.bsky.social Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b... #pressxtocontinue #gaming #pod
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Balatro: A game that will take over your life
Podcast Episode · Press X to Continue · 10/12/2024 · 45m
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Shay Thompson @shay-thompson.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I think it’s really great and important that the Stalker 2 devs were invited to BAFTA to talk about their experiences making the game under such dire conditions. But I can’t help but feel a way considering the wider industry’s silence on the ongoing Palestinian genocide.
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Caspian Whistler @cazwis.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Hi Bluesky! My name's Cas and I'm an art director and designer who works in the videogames space. I'm the founder and creative director of A Profound Waste of Time @apwot.bsky.social and when I'm not doing that I'm usually freelancing. Please reach out if you want to make cool things together! 🤘💫
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Rasheed Abueideh - Now crowdfunding Dreams on a Pillow 🍉 @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
After years away from game dev, I couldn’t stay silent about my people’s dehumanization. I made Dreams on a Pillow 🍉a game inspired by a famous Palestinian folktale about the 1948 Nakba. I’m crowdfunding it now—please back & share! 🔗 launchgood.com/1948
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Dreams on a Pillow - a videogame experience about the 1948 Nakba, based on a true story | LaunchGood
A pseudo-3D stealth adventure game about a land full of people being made into a people without land
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Shay Thompson @shay-thompson.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Oh! I was wondering why my 100kg warm up hip thrust felt so heavy 🥴
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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
i think Drake’s only option at this point is try to appeal to Liz Cheney
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Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I’m happy to have played a small part in this important project 🇵🇸 Thank you to @hippolyte.bsky.social & @pyrofoux.bsky.social for asking me to give some historical context to orientalism and othering in games, and how both militaries and the games industry profit from the blurring of war and play.
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Shay Thompson @shay-thompson.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Got back from Helsinki at midnight but still managed to get a lift in this morning and I feel better for it. I fear the fitness bros ate a bit when they said you won’t regret making exercise a big part of your life.
Shay is taking a mirror photo, dressed in all black gym clothes
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Shay Thompson @shay-thompson.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Bumped into a friend in the changing room at my spin studio, proceeded to die a thousand deaths in the class itself and then got a matcha afterwards. Yeah, I was absolutely born in the right generation
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Kaye Galaxia💖💜💙💀 @kgalaxia.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
It's a Flat Bed Friday, and check this out! I found the Dom Depot's favourite business partner. I wonder what they deal in here 🤔 Let's ponder on that thing tonight at 8PM UK with our favourite spacefaring pal @stickyhunter.bsky.social as we welcome in the weekend @ twitch.tv/kgalaxia
A Flat Bed Friday stream schedule image. To the right, is a big sign on a building that says "Subs".

To the left, it's 1A stretching out their back, and Setti leaning on 1A's lower back near the butt. I imagine it's comfy there! Maybe one day they'll switch around, but for now, 1A is the cushion and I think they're okay with that.
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Shay Thompson @shay-thompson.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I don’t be streaming much these days but every now and then, I get The Urge™️ I’m going be chatting about some news stories and then I’ll be making my Rook in Dragon Age Veilguard. Going live at 2:30pm. Come hang 🙂‍↔️ www.youtube.com/@shay_thompson
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Shay Thompson
Shay Thompson is a presenter and broadcaster, specialising in entertainment and video games. A well respected member of the games industry, Shay is often sought out for various projects and has worked...
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Yussef @youmeyou.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
This is a great piece and a necessary reminder: Barret’s depiction in the remade final fantasy VII games is still a problem. noescapevg.com/barret-and-t...
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Barret and the BBC Problem
The myth of Black endowment is a spectre that follows all Black, masculine-presenting Assigned Male at Birth (AMAB) people.
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Shay Thompson @shay-thompson.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
I’m playing through Wilmot Works It Out atm (and loving it!) and it reminded me that I never posted my Hear Me Out cake outside of TikTok
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Adrian Campos @friendadev.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Thinking about metal gear solid 2 hallways
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