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Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · 16h

NOW STREAMING: it wouldn't be a silent hill game without a hospital level! twitch.tv/the_jenna youtube.com/watch?v=tgWHNYxyvys

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Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

ya girl wrote a chapter in this! On the Resident Evil port for N64, a fascinating struggle between hardware technology and the rise of game cutscenes.

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Mana Wave Media @manawave.co · 30/09/2026

Pre-launch now open on Kickstarter, full launch coming later this year. Sign up to be notified. www.kickstarter.com/projects/man...

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Coming soon: Save State: A Nintendo 64 Retrospective Journal

Pick up where you left off.

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Mana Wave Media @manawave.co · 30/09/2026

30 years ago the Nintendo 64 launched in North America. 30 years of memories. Today, a new chapter for us. 30+ games, 40+ contributors, 250+ pages. Save State is a premium retrospective journal, each issue tackling one console at a time. Cover artworks by Caroline Choi & @bettyjiang.bsky.social

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Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

NOW STREAMING: we're deep in it in SILENT HILL: TOWNFALL twitch.tv/the_jenna youtube.com/watch?v=d8dD166-ZOk

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Ana Diaz @pokachee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If 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.

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Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i know because i've curated my feed quite well that i may be preaching to the choir, but i hope in your rush to condemn the decline of femmes in the games journalism space you also take a moment to uplift the work of the femmes still here.

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Dr. Emily Price @emilyprice.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

sites just have to hire more non-men. It’s unforgivable how few women and nonbinary people are staff writers and editors at major sites, across the board. not just in games but games in particular has a serious problem.

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CRSTL.FM @crstlfm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

New CRSTL.FM shirts are here! This month’s limited-edition designs feature Ace’s Fresh Start and Kopper’s Graveyard Shift. Shirts are available for preorder through Sept. 30, then they’re gone! Don't miss out! Support community radio & grab yours: crstl-merch-store.myshopify.com

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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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pauline kael bot @paulinekaelbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Horses are extremely photogenic, so a Western always has something going for it. (1985)

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Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

NOW STREAMING: second stream of SILENT HILL: TOWNFALL twitch.tv/the_jenna youtube.com/watch?v=uEdyZ1xEo6M

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

To celebrate the launch of Sweet Shop, the Comixology We Truly Deserve, ALL Iron Circus ebooks are ONE. DOLLAR. EACH. GET ON THIS.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.

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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.

In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam

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Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

since I'm Posting Unpopular Media Opinions today, I'll also air out that I started watching the new season of Ted Lasso out of morbid curiosity, and I'm really enjoying it! Way more than season 3.

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Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

OKAY, I wrote up some thoughts about what I didn't like about the new Resident Evil movie. I found the overall structure of the movie and the tone to be messy, and I really didn't like Bryan! Please don't yell at me if you DID like the movie. www.patreon.com/thejenna/pos...

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I did not like Resident Evil (2026) | Jenna Stoeber

(Up top let me clarify that I did not watch the movie intending to review it, so I didn’t take any notes while watching. As such I might get

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Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Catch me on NoClip talking up DRESSMAKER!

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/noclip @noclipvideo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

this week on the 2_cast we've plenty of great indies as @thejenna.bsky.social explores Dressmaker, Danny plays hardcore pinball @fallosophygame.com and Jeremy survives in @wildartsdevs.bsky.social Fright Train. Also Danny heads back to Azeroth one more time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVAh...

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Dressmaker, WoW Forever Beta, Fright Train, Fallosphy - noclip_2cast 299

YouTube video by /noclip Podcasts

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Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

NOW STREAMING: I got the floppy disc as a pre-order bonus for SILENT HILL: TOWNFALL and was told it's a little puzzle! So we're solving that and then playing TOWNFALL! twitch.tv/the_jenna youtube.com/watch?v=g80_OLk5r_I

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Simple and Clean: A Kingdom Hearts Podcast @simpleandcleanpod.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Looking for a new game for your next sleepover? Check out one of these suggestions from our panelists @thejenna.bsky.social @thatbronzegirl.bsky.social & @davidtilstra.bsky.social !

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Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Submissions are open for the Experimental Games Showcase at GDC next year! Past participants include some of my all-time fave games, like Blippo!, Nour, Consume Me, Annual Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival etc etc. Check it out and follow @exgs.bsky.social ! www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com

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Experimental Games Showcase

SUBMIT YOUR GAME TO THE

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Experimental Games Showcase @exgs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

📣 Applications are now OPEN for the 2027 Experimental Games Showcase at GDC! 📣 You have until October 23rd to send us all the weird, innovative and unique things you are working on. More info and apply here: www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com

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Experimental Games Showcase

SUBMIT YOUR GAME TO THE

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Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

folks have been sending around reminders to have your own website totally under your control, so I wanted to share mine! Made it all by scratch! It should even function on phones now. www.jennastoeber.com

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Jenna Stoeber

Jenna Stoeber is an expert on horror and video games, working freelance making video essays, livestreaming, writing, and hosting.

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Pete Volk @petevolk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

a very fun time at the movies, even with some quibbles! my thoughts on both: pvguide.ghost.io/resident-evi...

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Monster Mash Double Feature: Resident Evil + Hope

It was a graveyard smash

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Carly Rae Jepsen is great in part because her songs are horny in ways that most musicians can't capture all of. Cheerfully horny. Wistfully horny. Hornnui. She has the horny range.

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Simple and Clean: A Kingdom Hearts Podcast @simpleandcleanpod.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Is Kingdom Hearts a good Sleepover Game? We conferred with our friends @thejenna.bsky.social @thatbronzegirl.bsky.social & @davidtilstra.bsky.social to find out!

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Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This month's Horror Film Club movie and discussion-scheduling-poll are UP NOW! www.patreon.com/thejenna/pos...

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Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Do you remember? 🔊🎶

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Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhD @klhkhistorian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

**Lights Out Alert Sunday & Monday Nights** Birdcast is estimating 300-400 million birds will be in flight.

From meteorologist Eric Snitil

**Lights Out Alert Sunday & Monday Nights**

"Heads up birders, I would not be surprised if the biggest bird migration night of the year happens over the next 2 nights. Birdcast is estimating 300-400 million birds will be in flight. That is a lot, but the pattern could not be better for migratory birds. A massive area of high pressure will turn the low level winds from the northeast to the southwest across most of the US. The last time we had anything similar to this in the fall was early October last year when a record 1.25 billion birds were in flight. I doubt we get to that level, but I suspect the number will top 500 million especially Monday night which looks to be the bigger of the two nights. You can help by turning off those outdoor lights on big migration nights, and the next 2 nights is about as big as it gets."

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually

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Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I did NOT enjoy Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie but weirdly watching it made me appreciate his earlier movies more.

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Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

NOW STREAMING: I realized I just wanted to play more DRESSMAKER twitch.tv/the_jenna youtube.com/watch?v=hnBLT9zr33I

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sam ! @sam.robotsfightingdinosaurs.com · 18/09/2026

I'd say I don't want to rain on your parade but my worst quality is I'm passionate about marketing so I am actually all too happy to talk about brand guidelines and why it actually sucks that Roxas is dabbing

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Fortnite Is Selling Your Favorite Characters Back To You As Husks

Fortnite's latest crossover season is a weird branding exercise that's bad for both companies and fans

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 17/09/2026

“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”

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Docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’

The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...

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Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

NOW STREAMING: psychological horror THE ALIGHIERI CIRCLE twitch.tv/the_jenna youtube.com/watch?v=CV5JIvqKmYQ

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Janet Ghoulcia (on Vacation 🇯🇵) @gameonysus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My best purchase this year was my baddie digital camera; I think my work speaks for itself. @kelslewin.bsky.social, @sarahpodz.bsky.social, @thejenna.bsky.social

Kelsey and Sarah outside salt and straw with really good lighting so their skin looks perfect.

Jenna also with bomb lighting also looking perfect.

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Jeffrey Parkin @ripefly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I wanted to get as many of the food recalls and disease outbreaks in one place as I could. It's hard to keep track, so I'll try to keep this list updated weekly.

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nicole froio @nicolefroio.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We broke down how much $$ it takes to run a publication. If you want to support feminist media, you can get a yearly subscription to The Flytrap at $39 today. That's a year of feminist analysis for less than $40!! www.theflytrapmedia.com/no-slop

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The Flytrap

Feminist cultural criticism against the algorithm

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Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

NOW STREAMING: previewing the crafting sim DRESSMAKER! twitch.tv/the_jenna youtube.com/watch?v=Zz9uzz6Qhi8

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danielleri @danielleri.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Have some BIG NEWS, and it really is wild that today is also the anniversary of the Fanbyte Apocalypse. But my time at Game Developer is done, and hence, my time as a full-time game journalist has come to an end. 20 years in a career sure is something. www.tumblr.com/danielling/8...

After 20+ years of writing professionally about games, including time at Polygon and Idle Thumbs, launching Waypoint, serving as editor in chief of Fanbyte and finally as EIC at Game Developer, my time is done. I'm officially out at Game Developer. Given the state of game journalism, this obviously means leaving the profession, at least as a full-timer.

I'm out, with respect to my colleagues, and a lot of love for the site as it was. We've published work that I'm extremely proud of, particularly our reporting on labor and on how workers are finding things in a miserable, gutting moment in the game industry. I'm proud of the dev-authored features we had for so many years, the resources and knowledge and bits and pieces of know-how that I still use, to this day, in my own game design courses.

What's next? Well, I'm not leaving games. I'll always be making and teaching and writing about games, it just can't be my full time gig anymore. I've actually been doing narrative design on a game since 2022, with a team I really believe in, and I can't wait until I can show that off properly. I am also OPEN TO WORK. Anything involving writing or editing words, editing video, teaching (I've been teaching college since 2009), and hey, I'm an EMT and got my phlebotomy cert a couple years back. I'm versatile!

For full-time employment, I am eventually going to try my hand at medicine. I've served as an EMT here in NYC since 2016, and I've been taking science courses post-bac since January 2025, usually 2 or more at once concurrently with... the full time job, my part time adjunct job, and volunteering on said ambulance. Exhaustion set in years ago, lol, so I've settled into something beyond that at this point. I feel like I've been climbing a mountain, and trying to make many things work at once. I had a pretty good rhythm going, truth be told, despite all the burnout. I'm proud of myself for that.

I'd really like to be a physician assistant one day, or potentially a nurse practitioner. It's a very, very long and hard road to either of those paths, but I'm going to make my way as best as I can.

How do I feel? Again, devastated was years ago. We're pretty far past that at this point. What's happened to journalism in America is... a topic for a very depressing, very well-researched book. I hope someone writes that one day. What happened to game journalism... well, it's more of a niche, but I can say only that reporting honestly on layoff after layoff and corporate malfeasance writ large and executives gambling the whole industry down the drain was tough, but somebody had to do it.

But it's not something one can do without editorial independence.

It's dramatic, but I'm going to mourn this career. Twenty years of my life, at 42, is just about half of my days alive. I put a lot, and I do mean *a lot* of myself into this. I tried at all times to lead with empathy and care for the human beings around me and to be as honest and frankly honorable as possible in my work. I really, really tried to live my values in my work in this career, and the only way I can keep that reputation is the path ahead of me.

So there it is. Expect to see me making games, making art, teaching game design, writing about games from time to time @VeeGeeBees. Expect to hear more about my adventures as an EMT, and hopefully, soon as a PA student, and eventually, as an advanced practitioner. I've kept telling myself, in the darkest and worst days of the last few years, that I'll fly again, somehow. It'll just look very different.

To sign off, and pull an old favorite out of my pocket: be good, and be good at it.

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Jack Packard @jackpackard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

In about an hour @thejenna.bsky.social and I will continue our way through a CO-OP Elden Ring. (We got it working this time) And yes, I am typing this while currently streaming... Watch Here:

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More Elden Ring Co-op w/ Jack and Jenna, aka, the Tarnished Twins

YouTube video by Second Wind

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 15/09/2026

Today is National Voter Registration Day. Everyone should check their voter registration status, especially if you've moved, changed your name, or haven't voted in a couple of cycles. And if you're a first-time voter, why not register? It takes two minutes.

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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 15/09/2026

Clock in, drive the bus, get passengers to their stops...but SLAP anyone breaking the rules (or throw 'em out the back if they don't behave)! It's Crazy Taxi meets Papers, Please! Launching OCT 14~ Wishlist THANK YOU BUS DRIVER (now w/working link!): doublefine.com/games/thank-you-bus-driver#buynow

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Thank You Bus Driver

Take on the role of a town’s rules-driven (and reckless) bus driver in Thank You Bus Driver! Drive fast, slap faster, and toss any rulebreakers out of…

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Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

As a devoted Pluribys and Widows Bay fan, I am thriving in the wake of these Emmy wins. But as a St. Louisian, I am disgusted and outraged by DTF St Louis' win. We hate that show here. It wasn't even filmed in Missouri and it takes place in a fictional subrub in the county!! More like GTFO st louis.

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Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Finally saw OBSESSION, and my verdict is: Inde Navarrette is a revelation, she's the only reason the movie works, can't wait to see what else she does. The movie is otherwise wildly misogynistic.

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Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

is anyone else's YouTube front page suddenly full of 15-20 year old videos that are 1-2 minutes long and have like a million+ views? I feel like they have Done Something to the algorithm but I'm not even sure what

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 10/09/2026

Former Game Awards Future Class members skeptical of Geoff Keighley's involvement with grant program for game devs aftermath.site/future-class-n...

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