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Insert Coin @insertcoin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

FANCY A BREW? We've restocked the official Joel Owl mug in our The Last of Us collection - and it always sells out fast, so grab yours while you can! Check it out now, only at www.insertcoinclothing.com/the-last-of-us/

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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...

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Digital Journalist Scheme

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OtaXou (Maxime) @otaxou.fr · 24/09/2026

I can hear this gif

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Mr Luke Kemp esq. @luke-k.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This is pretty high praise too; in addition to being a fantastic writer, Vik is a Silent Hill superfan (and would have been a perfect choice of reviewer for anybody!).

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Vikki Blake (Vixx) @vixx.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Not jump scare-y at all! Very atmosphere, tense, and unsettling, but am delighted to report there are no cheap scares!

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Jim Trinca @jimtrinca.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Great horror takes the mundane and contorts it into something terrifying, but I think Townfall might even take that a step further by using the trappings of survival horror to contextualise the real, intensely upsetting source material: some people have to grow up in Fife

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Vikki Blake (Vixx) @vixx.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

(Saying that, I spent a lot of time exploring because there's SO much to see, and was scared shitless for good portions of the game, which slowed me down to a fucking crawl).

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Vikki Blake (Vixx) @vixx.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

So! I don't have a review of Silent Hill: Townfall, but I have finished it! Even if it doesn't take place IN Silent Hill proper, it's probably my favourite Silent Hill game, second only to SH2/SH2R. It does everything right. Frightened the shit out of me, made me cry, kept me absolutely hooked.

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Diego Nicolás Argüello @diegoarguello.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

update: i'm parting ways with my freelance news gig at game developer at the end of the month. helping the team since april 2025 has been a great experience and has taught me a lot if you're looking for an experienced b2b news writer, or just an experienced freelancer that can do it all, i'm around

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Gordon Little @gord.games · 18/09/2026

My eldest girl's 16th birthday is very soon and since we recently played most of the @remedygames.com games this summer together (Alan Wake, Control, Alan Wake 2), she wanted an Alan Wake themed cake. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you... Alan Cake. (Please tell @samlakewrites.bsky.social)

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Vikki Blake (Vixx) @vixx.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I've been around long enough that I've gone from being the only woman on editorial, to an almost 50/50 split, to going back to being the one woman again. It's so fucking depressing.

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Vikki Blake (Vixx) @vixx.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My husband’s g-g-g grandfather, coxswain of the Mumbles lifeboat, lost two of his own sons and most of his crew when he went out in 1883, but saved c.130 people during his time with the RNLI. These are the bravest, kindest, most selfless people on the planet. Am fuckin OUTRAGED by this.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 18/09/2026

What on earth is happening?

This had become the new normal. RNLI crew members had been forced to take their permits off their cars after their tyres have been repeatedly slashed. Most of them have been pilloried at the school gates or turned away from local pubs. One man who worked in search and rescue had been beaten unconscious and hospitalised, recognised for TV interviews he had done.

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Alice Bell @abeewords.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Someone shithot needs to enter so they can get on stage and immediately yell FREE PALESTINE

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

I wrote it in here, but lol, here's the neon sign: I'm 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!

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Vikki Blake (Vixx) @vixx.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

OK, so, this may be the most exciting package I have ever had. If you told teen dork Vik (my dad used to call me a SHIT - a Silent Hill Internet Trekkie) she'd be on a list one day to receive something like this, she'd have laughed in your face. And punched you for lying. Cannot wait for Townfall!

A dark brown box with a red, abstract, textured spray paint design across the top half. White text in the center reads "SILENT HILL" with "townfall" in a smaller, cursive font below it.

A vintage CRTV pocket television with a screen, tuning buttons, and ventilation slits, displayed at an angle on a dark, patterned surface.

A retro silver pocket television displays a dark scene on its screen, next to a pink plush bunny toy with cartoonish red eyes and blood-like splatters around its mouth and chest.

A pink plush rabbit toy with blood splatter details sits next to a silver CRTV pocket television displaying the text "NGUZRUEXOXQ" on a red and black textured background.

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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Most women aren’t walking around thinking about trans+ people as a threat. Trans+ people are just getting on with their lives, going to work, looking after their families, seeing friends and dealing with all the same everyday things as everyone else.

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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

“There’s too much media attention on a perceived threat that doesn’t exist. I want to push back against that, to generate a counter balance to the idea that cis women live in fear of trans people.”

Woman with long dark hair smiles calmly. She says: “There's too much media attention on a perceived threat that doesn't exist. I want to push back against that, to generate a counter balance to the idea that cis women live in fear of trans people."

#WhyWeSigned

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 04/09/2026

Three senior Reform figures were involved in those Channel 4 revelations we saw last night. Two have been kicked out. The third is Nigel Farage. Farage should be suspended while this matter is investigated. He has very serious questions to answer.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"We've done nothing wrong but the people who did it have been sacked for (not) doing it," is quite the defence. And is it just me or Does. Farage. Get. Even. More. Comically. Staccato when he's straining his own enormous capacity for lying?

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

there are now no fewer than five separate financial scandals engulfing Reform UK www.ft.com/content/0426...

ft.com

The five financing scandals facing Reform

Nigel Farage and his party are facing growing scrutiny over transparency and the source of donations

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

People in Clacton are calling Nigel Farage: Nigel Mirage.

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Murray Christison @pieman70.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Wait, Farage was in Clacton?

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Debug Magazine @debugmag.com · 31/08/2026

Gamescom 2026

Text: Sorry you can’t play any games here because our keyboard and mouse were stolen

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Chris Goodyear @cgoodyear.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If only 5% turn subtitles off, if a game has them on by default (Ubisoft stat), then why didn't Rockstar have the courage to use their own in-game subtitles for any of their gameplay footage? #GTA6 #Accessibility

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Vikki Blake (Vixx) @vixx.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Please, please don't do this. I do the best I can, but I get, no exaggeration, HUNDREDS of pitches every single day, and I do not control the editorial direction of any site I work for. jfc.

Screenshot of a LinkedIn DM saying: "Hi Vikki. Seems like our trailer post is of love value to you."

I didn't crop out anything other than the name - this was the entire post.

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I HOPE TO SEE THE ROAD-SHOW ON WEDNESDAY WITH SIMON BATES - SHOULD BE FUN.

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Old DeuTaranomy🧶⚒️ @kindofstrange.com · 17/08/2026

After 20yrs+ in games, I'm tired of events 'celebrating' women in games, while the needle has barely moved in terms of overall numbers hired and promoted into roles of real leadership, at equitable pay ranges.

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Detox Poncho🖕🏼🐸🖕🏼 @detoxponcho.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The Oval looks like a whorehouse.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026

This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet.

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afternoon. He was uter pronounced dead at the scene. A Read rnore
Jason Arday says he was an illiterate, mute child. His .
6 hours ago — Jason Arday says he was an i&erate. mute child. Cambridge's youngest-ever black
professor in 2023. Arday attended from the age of four to 11
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A PhD is no longer a sign of brilliance — take it from Dr Arday
1 day aeo — Juon Arday resigns from the Unwersity of Cambrdge after The Telegraph reports he had
falseb• claimed to have pubåshed a book
We are all Jason Arday now
S days ago — Jason Arday resons from the University of Cambridge after The Telegraph reports he had
falsew cGimed to have published a book Aug 7.2028. Read more
Cambridge professor claimed he was on Seven Up..
2 Aug 2026 — He was not bom until 1985. Prof Arday is at the centre of a row about academk
plagiarism after The Tekgragh that he had been accused
The Jason Arday 'memoir' that now appears to be more .
7 days ago — Instead of tales of triumph over adversity. the now-fomer Cambridge professors
autob"qraphy is a case study in self-rnythobgising,
Arday failed to mention 'months-long coma' in autobiography
8 days ago — Jason Arday toz publishers he was k•ft a three-month coma fohwhg a car gash. but
never wrote about the ordeal his memoirs_
Jason Arday is living proof that you reap what you sow
6 Aug 2028 — The Cambridge professor feed plagiarism alegations and made fantastical clä'ns about
his life. so what did he expect woUz happen? Read rmre
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4 days ago — Forrner Cambrdge professor alleged* htplied that Roehamptm student was racist after
cornplaint about essay SOOre.
Jason Arday is rnerely a symptom of the Leffs corruption
Aug 2026 — Lab-curs on school standards is on the same toxic assumptions that created his
academic career.
Cambridge hired Arday after 'listening to black stu…

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Ironically that alert just made me drop my portable bbq onto my firework collection

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Jules @jules111985.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Poorly timed notification from the range there 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Vikki Blake (Vixx) @vixx.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Unannounced government alert on my phone just took years off my life. And the English translation took five minutes to arrive, so for all that time I’m just panicking my tits off and frantically trying to copy and paste into Google fucking Translate.

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 14/08/2026

Well, we did it - more than $250k for game devs who have been laid off, to be distributed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. Congratulations and thanks to everyone who donated their time, games, and money to help folks out in a time of need.

A screenshot of the game industry hardship bundle on itch.io, which has made $252,466.19 from 18,598 contributors.

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Ronny Chieng on @thedailyshow.com calmly explains global temperature rises to visual learners.

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Vikki Blake (Vixx) @vixx.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Five hours of Silent Hill: Townfall later, I’m only left wanting more. 🟥 Huge thanks to @konamina.bsky.social and Screen Burn for the invitation, and to Eurogamer for letting me nerd out about my favourite franchise for them again!

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Becky Dodd @bdodd.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

This is a great thread with a summation of a team’s discussions and ultimate decisions that includes both business reasons and philosophy/moral reasons 🤗👏🏻

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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Reporting on the R* firings has meant multiple trips to London, Edinburgh & Glasgow over the last several months in order to be on the ground as the story developed. It's been a different style of video for us, with more frequent updates, rather than one big doc right at the end of the process.

Chris interviewing Rachel Crawford, one of the fired Rockstar workers, during a demonstration outside Rockstar North.

Chris attaching a lavalier microphone to the shirt of Nestor Uriarte, ahead of their interview about his role as union rep at Rockstar Games.

Chris reporting to camera outside the Glasgow Tribunals Centre during the preliminary hearing between Rockstar Games and its fired workers.

The fired Rockstar workers and their supported protesting outside the entrance to the Rockstar North offices.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 25/07/2026

Over 150,000 came out in full force for London Trans+ Pride to say loud and clear: Trans rights are human rights 💖

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 22/07/2026

"You're telling me people in this country can't afford a 50p toothbrush?" "Yes." @nickferrarilbc.bsky.social is in disbelief at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's latest study into the cost of living.

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Brutal photo caption from The Guardian: “Gianni Infantino carefully explains to Donald Trump that he is not part of the Spanish national team.”

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⚔️🎀 𝔉𝔦𝔞𝔡𝔥 🎀⚔️ @fiadh.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

i am begging venues & bands to rediscover clipart

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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 12/07/2026

It's usually that plus "doctors originally decided women couldn't experience pain after conducting live surgical experiments on three slave women without anaesthetic in 1864, coming to the conclusion the screaming was just a sign of physical exertion"

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Vikki Blake (Vixx) @vixx.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Yes! It’s this exactly. At one point, places I worked at were almost 50/50. Feels like in the 15+ years I’ve been doing this, we’ve almost gone full circle back to the beginning again. It’s so depressing.

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Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

How will we change this country for our grandchildren?

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Claire - open for work 🦈 @thesharkbit.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Me again, but hopefully more accessible as a voiceover video (sorry if this is how you find out what I sound like) I'm here to work 👏 ✨PR, Marketing & Comms strategy ✨Steam curation ✨B2B/B2C Comms ✨General consultation ✨Pitching support & workshop/mentoring 🦈Portfolio www.clairesharkbit.com

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Vikki Blake (Vixx) @vixx.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

A wee reminder that I’ve joined the lovely @neillong.bsky.social at @mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social as news editor. ✨ Make sure to get in touch if you have a game I need to know about!

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