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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I am gonna watch Supergirl again

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Well, I loved it. I am so happy right now. I had a blast. Made me happy to be a Supergirl fan.

Zaid Kriel @zaidkriel.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

So we're all agreed that Elon Musk's official title is World's Richest Loser, correct?

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Veerender Singh Jubbal @veerenderjubbal.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

The House of Hikmah releases today! You play as a fully-voiced Maya in Islamic Age dealing with grief in a cel-shaded 3D puzzle adventure. Played two hours of it last week, and interviewed wonderful developers/team. An ingenious puzzle game that uses findings of real-life Islamic scholars. PC.

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The House of Hikmah is a fully voice-acted, narrative-driven 3D adventure game exploring grief, legacy and the search for answers after profound loss. Solve puzzles, encounter historical scholars of t...

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A. Chill @atchill.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Guys, they're to trying to install the anti-christ.

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Steven Spohn @stevenspohn.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

It is increasingly difficult to be positive and productive while Rome burns.

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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

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Sean Morrow @snmrrw.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

The Board of Peace event played a truly wild video by FIFA advertising a plan to build football infrastructure in Palestine. The video is clearly AI generated because they mis-spelled "Peace" with what I believe is a fully new letter combining "Y" and "L," neither of which appear in the word "Peace"

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Sean Morrow @snmrrw.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Some pretty wild music choices at the Board of Peace meeting

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Kazuma Hashimoto @kazuma.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

are there any tech and/or culture journalists that are interested in the vtubing and virtual idol space that are located in LA? if so please dm or email me. would love to get in touch concerning an upcoming event.

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Barrett Courtney @barrettcourtney.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

To slightly spoil Kinda Anime this Friday, it’s insane to me that people try and convince themselves that One Piece is not political

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Zaid Kriel @zaidkriel.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Today, while driving my wife to work, I ended staring at her face because she's so beautiful. And then almost rear ended the Polo in front of me.

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Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈 @midimyers.com · 09/01/2026

hi! i'm co-founding a new gaming website with my former polygon colleague @zoehhannah.com. it's called mothership.blog. i made it for someone like me... the kind of website i always wished we had in our space. watch the video to learn more :D

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I scrolled through a week of Musk's X feed. I needed to find a specific post for work. I thought it would just be irritating. I have seen reams of the nastiest, most spiteful, most dishonest, upsetting bullshit. I'm left feeling this deep sense of horror. I feel like crying.

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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Like most normal people, I have never listened to a full Trump speech because he's so incoherent, rude and disgusting; but it's only because of @michaelspicer.bsky.social that I see the extent of how incoherent and bizarre Trump is. That McDonald's speech, makes absolutely no sense.

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The Room Next Door - Donald Trump McDonald's Special

YouTube video by Michael Spicer

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Hey Larian devs: if you all say, "NO WE'RE NOT" at the same time, he can't fire all of you.

Larian Studios Leaning Into Generative AI Despite Internal Pushback: ‘Everyone At The Company Is More Or Less OK With The Way We’re Using It’

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Listen I'm Scary OK @katiemcvay.cryptoanarchy.network · 09/09/2024

george w. bush, in my opinion, is never getting enough heat for the damage he's done to this country, to the world, to my mental health, to education, to grammar, to texas, to shoes as a useful weapon, to reading as a hobby, to the honor of C- students, to painting as a concept, to

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 16/12/2025

Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does

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Pfangirl Reviews @pfangirlreviews.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

For every good and/or revolutionary Call of Duty game released, it's followed by a year or two of lacklustre entries. Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is one of the latter. Here's our Blops7 review, covering all game modes.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 review – Guild Wars

There's no getting around the fact that Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 feels like a rushed product this year, with highs tempered by lacklustre to bad design choices.

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Anna Brandberg @annabrandberg.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

A reminder: Disability can happen to anyone. Disability can happen to anyone. Disability can happen to anyone. Disability can happen to anyone. Disability can happen to anyone. Disability can happen to anyone. Disability can happen to anyone. Disability can happen to anyone. Disability can hap—

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

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Zaid Kriel @zaidkriel.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Listening to latest Triple Click Podcast (pca.st/podcast/d7e7...) and pleasantly surprised to hear @midimyers.com talk about Thabo Bester. Always cool to hear South African stories... Even if it's about prison break\con artist\murder guy. Thanks Maddy😄

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Triple Click

Video games: They’re serious business! Except when they’re not serious at all. Each week on Triple Click, video game experts Kirk Hamilton, Maddy Myers, and Jason Schreier journey into the fascinating...

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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

I cannot get over US Republicans / Fox News losing their minds over an escalator.

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Lady Devann @ladydevann.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

I'm hiring for an Associate Community Manager (Contract) for @ruckus-games.com ! This is an entry level position, especially great for streamers/content creators looking for the opportunity to break into the industry. bit.ly/48vLiuw #gamedevjob #indiegame #streamer

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Associate Community Manager (Independent Contractor)

Job Opening: Associate Community Manager (Independent Contractor) at Ruckus Games in United States.

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Jared Petty @pettycommajared.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I tell people my favorite song is Time After Time but my real favorite song is The Wii Shop Channel theme. You can hear this tweet.

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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

When I get review code, unless explicitly allowed by the publisher, I don't even mention I'm reviewing a game. When one person screws up, us freelancers are the ones who lose out the most because publishers/PR people get jittery. For the love of god, just keep mum until publication.

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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

It's almost like constantly firing and ending careers of talented critics, who are thus unable to foster longterm collegiality, mentorship and support, leads to bad situations that could undermine the entire industry?? But I'm not a smart business genius suit man, so what do I know?

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Anisa Sanusi @studioanisa.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

It’s a miracle at all that any game gets made but THIS GAME it’s even more so because of my problem with it

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Brian Shea @brianpshea.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

I’ve had coffee with Ilhan Omar, and this may come as little surprise, but she is a way more pleasant and compassionate human being than a mountain of evidence would suggest Donald Trump is.

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James Archer @jamesandstuff.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

We're shortstaffed on RPS and need some rad PC-minded freelancers for urgent review work. Specifically: - Borderlands 4 (yes I know it's out already) - Dying Light: The Beast - Silent Hill f Standard rate is £200 GBP per review, make yourselves known at james.archer@rockpapershotgun.com

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IGN Creators Guild @ignunion.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Ziff Davis just reported their "strongest quarterly revenue growth since 2021," up 9.8% to $352.2M, with gaming and entertainment up 7.5% YOY. So why were 8 of our members and 23 members of @zdcreatorsguild.bsky.social just laid off? bit.ly/3H0Osvb

SECOND QUARTER 2025 RESULTS

Q2 2025 quarterly revenues increased 9.8% to $352.2 million compared to $320.8 million for Q2 2024.

Income from operations increased 17.2% to $33.5 million compared to $28.6 million for Q2 2024.

Net income (1) decreased to $26.3 million compared to $36.9 million for Q2 2024.

Net income per diluted share (1) decreased to $0.62 in Q2 2025 compared to $0.77 for Q2 2024.

Adjusted EBITDA (2) for the quarter increased 11.8% to $107.7 million compared to $96.3 million for Q2 2024.

Adjusted net income (2) decreased to $51.6 million compared to $53.7 million for Q2 2024.

Adjusted net income per diluted share (1)(2) (or “Adjusted diluted EPS”) for the quarter increased 5.1% to $1.24 compared to $1.18 for Q2 2024.

Net cash provided by operating activities was $57.1 million in Q2 2025 compared to $50.6 million in Q2 2024. Free cash flow (2) was $26.9 million in Q2 2025 compared to $25.1 million in Q2 2024.

Ziff Davis deployed approximately $11.4 million for current and prior year acquisitions during the quarter and $33.9 million related to share repurchases in Q2 2025.

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IGN Creators Guild @ignunion.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Ziff Davis and IGN routinely decide that work done by our laid off colleagues is not important. But inevitably, that crucial work falls onto those who remain. Not this time. Not anymore.

FROM NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY 13TH IGN CREATORS GUILD IS GOING TO... DO OUR JOB!

OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, IGN MANAGEMENT HAS GOTTEN AWAY WITH LAYING OFF OUR COWORKERS OVER AND OVER. MEANWHILE, MANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE LEFT THE COMPANY IN NO SMALL PART DUE TO BUYOUTS, OVERWORK, AND FEELING UNSUPPORTED, EACH TIME, THE COMPANY HAS REFUSED TO BACKFILL MANY ESSENTIAL ROLES, CLAIMING WE'RE ON A HIRING FREEZE, IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET, OR THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO LESS WORK THIS TIME.

AS A RESULT, IGNCG MEMBERS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO TAKE ON MORE OF THEIR FORMER COLLEAGUES' WORKLOADS. MANY OF US NOW WORK LONGER HOURS THAN WE USED TO. A LOT OF US RARELY TAKE LUNCH BREAKS. SOME OF US DO NOT TAKE ADEQUATE TIME OFF DUE TO THERE BEING NO ONE TO PICK UP THE SLACK. OTHERS OF US ARE STUCK DOING WORK WE WERE NEVER HIRED TO DO IN THE FIRST PLACE.
UP TO THIS POINT, WE'VE ALL ACCEPTED THIS AS NORMAL, BECAUSE WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT IGN AND THE WORK WE DO. BUT WITH SO MANY OF US STRUGGLING MORE AND MORE AS EACH NEW WAVE OF OUR COWORKERS ARE DEPRIVED OF A LIVELIHOOD, THIS CYCLE CAN'T CONTINUE. MANAGEMENT IS UNWILLING TO STOP IT, SO IT FALLS TO US.
WITH THE LAYOFFS OF EIGHT OF OUR COWORKERS, IGNCG HAS NEGOTIATED A SIX-MONTH RECALL LIST. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT, FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, IF IGN WANTS TO FILL ANY OF THOSE ELIMINATED ROLES AGAIN, THEY MUST REHIRE OUR LAID-OFF COLLEAGUES. WE WANT THEM TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEIR JOBS BACK IF THEY WANT THEM, AND IF NOT, WE WANT THOSE ROLES BACKFILLED TO EASE THE BURDEN ON THE REST OF US.
SO STARTING TODAY, LENCE MEMBERS ARE COMMITTING TO DO OUR JOBS. NO MORE, NO LESS. WELL SHOW UP TO WORK ON TIME AND LEAVE ON TIME. WE'RE TAKING ALL OF OUR LUNCH TIME, EVERY DAY.
IF WE WORK LATE, WE WILL FIRMLY ASK FOR OUR RIGHTFULLY EARNED COMP TIME. AND IF IGN WANTS OUR LAID-OFF COWORKERS' WORK TO GET DONE, THEY'LL HAVE TO REHIRE THEM TO DO IT INSTEAD OF FOISTING IT UPON US.
HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT IGNCG IN ALL THIS?
SHARE THIS POST, AND TELL IGN MANAGEMENT THAT Y…

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Nick @ WhatsGood-Gaming (YouTube) @nickdebruyne.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Just looked up some Battlefield 6 beta gameplay running on Series S out of interest, and EXCUSE ME, how the hell is it looking and running like this on an XSS? Vid I found: youtu.be/t1NP_MhOi84

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IGN Creators Guild @ignunion.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Today, IGN laid off eight extremely valuable members of our union and workforce via directive from our parent company, Ziff Davis. This, after two incredibly successful live events IGN Live and SDCC, and yet another corporate acquisition. Please take a moment to read and share our full statement:

Today, IGN Entertainment announced that it would be laying off eight members of the IGN Creators Guild.

This is 12% of our bargaining unit, and comes just days after our sister union, the Ziff Davis Creators Guild, underwent similar layoffs impacting 15% of their members. It also comes just months after our multibillion-dollar parent company, Ziff Davis, instituted a company-wide buyout that shrunk our unit numbers, with the express intent of avoiding future layoffs. And it comes just a little over one year after three of our members were laid off almost immediately after our union went public.

The company has told us that the reason for this layoff stems from a Ziff Davis-mandate to cut costs despite several quarters in a row of year-over-year revenue increases, to which IGN Entertainment responded by coming for our members' jobs. This is perplexing to us, as we are told again and again that IGN Entertainment has had a tremendously successful year thus far thanks to their hard work. In just the last few months, our members have been absolutely essential to major events and livestreams, including San Diego ComicCon, Summer of Gaming, and IGN Live. Every single person impacted today was involved in and critical to the success of those events.

Meanwhile, IGN Entertainment continues to spend money on costly acquisitions, only to turn around and gut those companies in the same way it is cutting away at IGN itself. For instance, last year, it acquired Gamer Network, and almost immediately laid off a number of staff critical to making those sites successful. The company has not responded to the union's questions about whether its budget for future acquisitions is being reconsidered as a cost-saving measure alongside these other apparently necessary personnel cuts.

At a time when it is more necessary than ever to support its creators, IGN Entertainment is choosing to eliminate the individuals who ensure IGN remains competitive as generative AI

threatens our reach. We have been told that expert opinion pieces, original interviews, and work that leverages our staff's deep knowledge of gaming, tech, and entertainment are all essential to combating AI summarization and regurgitation of our work. Management has responded by cutting several individuals who do that exact work, as well as others whose job it is to ensure that these written and video pieces are published in a speedy manner — another component of combating AI we're told is critical.

This continued cycle of repeated, aggressive cuts to our staff and being asked to do more with less, only for management to continue to spend on new business it isn't interested in sustaining cannot continue. We will enforce our interim agreement that guarantees better severance and other protections to laid off members, as well as demand additional support for those impacted. We will continue to bargain over our first contract with the aim of enshrining even better protections against further layoffs, working conditions continuously degraded by understaffing, and the encroachment of generative AI. And we won't stop fighting to ensure IGN remains the best destination for trustworthy, original, exciting, and creative work covering video games, entertainment, and tech.

While IGN Entertainment management may not value us, we value one another and the incredible work we can do together. Behind the articles, videos, social posts, playlists, and maps of IGN are human beings, not just numbers on a spreadsheet to be pushed around when some number at the top isn't big enough. Without us, there is no IGN.

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Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 01/08/2025

live action catbus looking pretty sweet

orange cat lying on floor with square lights reflected on his flank that resembles lit windows

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