more like summer jake fest

Jake will be at summer game fest 🫣

hang invites may be communicated on here or through the email in bio 🙏

Begging the anti-woke gooners to let me enjoy Pragmata in peace

Normalize disagreement without pile-ons

had the honor of hearing Zack talk about something today and getting to say "that's a blog"

I don’t think we quite appreciate how consequential Kotaku’s revitalization under new ownership, after being dragged to the absolute brink by Great Hill, is for the industry. It proves what many of us knew in our hearts; bad management is the beating heart of digital media’s woes.

I binged way too much of The Pitt this weekend, a show with the dual aspirations of a competent workplace and the ability to receive adequate medical care

The amazing mail sent to a video game publisher An old Activision idea from the 1980s has led to some incredible things in the 2020s for Panic, the publisher of Despelote, Arco and Time Flies: “The range of things we received was wild."

NEW: The wedding invitation sent to game publisher Panic was intentional. So was the letter that included a dead fly. And the many heartfelt notes from gamers

But the tooth? That was a mistake

Possibly the most feel-good story I've run on Game File....

www.gamefile.news/p/panic-mail...

Starfield Was The Best-Selling Game In The U.S. The Week Of Its PS5 Launch Admittedly, the competition wasn't stiff

"Piscatella adds that this was Starfield’s fourth-biggest full game sales week in the U.S. since launch, being beaten only (unshockingly) by its first three weeks on the market."

The PS5 release accounted for 95% of Starfield's full game dollar sales during the new version's debut week.

Rebekah is the first of multiple new hires coming in as the site deepens its commitment to original reporting, analysis, and features covering the industry, player communities, and gaming culture.

Also there's finally someone on staff to tackle all the metroidbrania games I'm too dumb for!

think i'll go hang out with kinda funny for an hour

Do you like asking people to give you money? Do you want me to be your boss? Good news,

YouTuber Reconstructs Nintendo’s Rare First Arcade Game A winning eBay bid on elusive film reels kicked off Callan Brown’s quest to build the lone playable version of Nintendo's 1974 Wild Gunman

for the good of the world i'll to make at least one "this rocks" video game post for every three "this sucks" thing. so here's a southern ontario guy who reconstructed nintendo's first arcade game, likely the only playable version in the world, which rocks.

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Developers Of Moon Child Resurface To Bask In All The Shitposts While the game's original release was plagued with misfortune, Moon Child mania reminds us that we all have the power to be his friend

Whoa, Moon Child is on @kotaku.com … 😳

kotaku.com/developers-o...

Tech monopolies blow

Lawsuits are prohibitively expensive, but usually worse for the people who don't want to be deposed.

Since Twitter is a reheated Reddit and Bluesky is a vibe codes mess I should probably figure out Threads.

*Opens Threads*

The internet in 2026

BAFTA has made a comment to Kotaku.

The codev company says the hard times are trickling down:

"Players consume games in new ways. Publishers have different criteria for investing in the development of games. This new normal has impacted all our partners."

Capcom is dangerously close to entering its Creepcom phase

Northernlion Shocks Everyone Again By Cancelling His Supercruise 'I think this has illuminated for me that I actually do have an anxiety disorder,' Northernlion said

As a consummate enjoyer of Northernlion clips, I remain wholly perplexed by this entire three-day rollercoaster ride, via @beewertheimer.com

New Boards of Canada too?!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bgh...

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Epic's Head Of HR Is Out Less Than A Month After Mass Layoffs Monika Fahlbusch joined the Fortnite maker five years ago

The head of HR at Epic Games is no longer at the company. Her last day was April 15 but the Fortnite maker declined to elaborate further.

Lana Del Rey doing the video game James Bond theme the same day Brian Williams signs a podcast with Netflix?

An entire NYC nepo baby gossip cycle about Lean Dunham?

The 2010s are so back.

IGNCG's bargaining team is a powerhouse. Proud to have worked with these incredible folks and cheering for that contract to come.

Some Marathon runners still haven't gotten the memo.

You can take Tau Ceti out of the state of nature but you can't take the state of nature out of Tau Ceti.

They Bolognesed my boy

Looks like it's psn

Marathon serves are down?