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Update: I have discovered that the girl children have ugly hats now too! The texture quality is a little bit better though.

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Terrible Lizards on Steam

I cannot get over Terrible Lizards. It's like somebody made a game just for me based on my sensibilities. Though one thing I wonder is why is the game set in 1992? Did they think 1993 would be too on-the-nose? store.steampowered.com/app/2920220/...

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Terrible Lizards is a horror parkour game set against the backdrop of an old Route 66 attraction… with something dark and sinister lurking below. To escape, you’ll need to move fast, navigate challeng...

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There's plenty of nuance to understand, as we lay out in our full video, but the chilling effect does seem very real. As one journalist put it to Mikhail: "We felt any legitimate coverage of him could result in legal action we couldn't afford".

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Mikhail has gotten hold of several of the letters sent out to the press by Clare Locke LLP, on behalf of Kotick, and has spent the last two years trying to understand the effect they've now had. Are these letters being sent out for good reason, or are they exploiting a fearful games media?

A promotional image from Clare Locke's website featuring one of the firm's founders sitting next to a poster with the words "KEEP CALM AND FILE LIBEL SUITS".

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To exert this pressure, Kotick has employed Clare Locke LLP, a prominent defamation law firm which describes its own biggest victories as being "the flawed stories that never get published and the scandals you never read about in the news".

A still from our video, showing the Clare Locke LLP branding alongside the firm's two founders.

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Specifically, Kotick has pressured reporters to alter the way in which they refer to the now-settled 2021 California lawsuit against Activision Blizzard, as well as an investigative report published by the Wall Street Journal, which his lawyers have repeatedly described as having been "debunked".

An article about Bobby Kotick, later updated to clarify that the California settlement "also cleared Kotick of any wrongdoing".

An Observer editor's note which describes the Wall Street Journal's reporting as having been "debunked".

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Thanks 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.

A still from the video, showing Mikhail looking into the camera.

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Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press

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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Portergauge 🏳️‍🌈 @portergauge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Man this really is just... the story I wish blood elves got lol, self-reliance in the face of stubborn tradition that might risk their annihilation.

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Something I've noticed about Forever is that the ground clutter density is much less than retail when both are on max settings (it goes from 1 to 10, these screenshots are all set to 10). Not sure if it's intended.

Elwynn Forest on the WoW Forever beta with ground clutter density set to 10.

Elwynn Forest on retail with ground clutter density set to 10.

Westfall on the WoW Forever beta with ground clutter density set to 10.

Westfall on retail with ground clutter density set to 10.

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As great as the new fog effects in Forever are, I think they might be a little too strong, since they even effect the insides of small buildings.

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@support.blizzard.com Some of the interior areas in WoW: Forever are too dark at night, like the light sources aren't illuminating the surrounding area properly. I wasn't sure how to describe this in a bug report without a visual aid so I hope tagging here is okay.

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World of Warcraft @worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com · 23/09/2026

On the Blizzard Press Center site, they accidentally still refer to WoW Forever as WoW Camelot in some of the screenshots. 😝 blizzard.gamespress.com/Kit/Details/...

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What is World of Warcraft: Forever, and where does it sit in relation to Modern & Classic? 📺 blizz.ly/4yXBymU

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Haughty Chicken @haughtychicken.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A Galestrider to suit everyone's tastes. 💙 #Wow #Wowforever

Three Galestrider mounts in differing colours.

Pricing for Galestrider mounts starting at 20g up to 200 g

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Found some Skyborne NPCs added to Grommash Hold and Stormwind Keep. For some reason, one of the Skyborne in SW uses a blood elf model (Skyborne don't have a green eye option available), but has Skyborne on-click quotes.

A skyborne using a blood elf model, or a blood elf using Skyborne on-click quotes?

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Orgrimmar at night looks so cool on the Forever beta.

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Forever removed the big crater in the Whispering Forest lake. I had always assumed it was made by the Tyr's death, but what if it was made by the Twilight's Hammer blowing open access to his tomb, and said explosion also explains what happened to Bandarion Keep?

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