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Here's a big chat I had with Masayoshi Takanaka last month www.clashmusic.com/features/mas...

Longtime college friend of mine, Mike Prinke, was among those laid off at Epic Games: he has been fighting terminal brain cancer, and now he, his wife, and kid, have no income or health insurance.

Sharing here in hopes it can reach the right people on their behalf.
#epicgames

quick professional news - I'm now Creator & Community Director @divaagency.bsky.social!

i've always loved working with influencers, fans, communities & people just genuinely passionate about games so launching a whole new division to do this ALL THE TIME is an absolute dream.

ok back to Pokopia!

happy 25th birthday to my favourite album/one of the best albums of all time 🤖

aah the bag is so cute, ditto's lil face . ‿ . I got the phone ring with my pre-order, straight on my trinket shelf it goes

nah, too difficult. have you instead considered a WH Smith and the most bang average pasty for £10 (drink costs extra)

Exciting thing! I'm hosting two panels at Games meets Music (The B-Side). I'll be chatting with some of the industry's finest about the value of music in games and the process of writing music for an IP. It's going to be great. April 16th, at 21Soho, Central London. gamesmeetsmusic.eventbrite.co.uk

gender selection in tomadachi life: male, female, nonbinary

youtube chat going nuts WERE SO BACK ITS WOKEE LETS GOO NINTENDOS WOKE YES GAMERS WON WOKE ITS WOKE LETS GOOOO WOKE IS BACK!!

Tomodachi Life stream going great so far

Screenshot from the game Yakuza with the text "Recall the events of 2016?" And the option for "No" highlighted

When you have zero nostalgia for 2016

A screenshot of my opinion published in GamesIndustry.biz: It's definitely affected things, that's for sure! We've just seen the 2026 calendar rewritten overnight by one of the biggest, if not the biggest, game releases of recent years. We saw a similar domino effect, on a different scale, when Hollow Knight: Silksong's release window shifted and other indies scrambled to find a new launch date. This GTA 6 delay is that same phenomenon, but magnified a thousand times, especially as competitors will have already reshuffled release dates in line with their last delay. Our role right now is to partner with our clients, listen to their concerns, and advise where needed on this new landscape. It's crucial to remember that not every game is in direct competition. A client with a deep JRPG or a cosy farming sim has a fundamentally different audience to GTA 6, so their core fans will still be there for them, and their sales may not be totally impacted. However, we have to be realistic about press and creator priorities. The challenge for those games is instead the battle for 'share of voice.' GTA 6 will consume the majority of the oxygen in the room during Q4 2026. So now our job is to find the best ways for our clients to be heard before and after that noise. But, to be optimistic for a moment, that Q2 window Rockstar just vacated has suddenly become the most valuable real estate of the year. This delay hasn't just created a challenge, it's also created a massive new opportunity for the right games to step in and own the first half of 2026 – if they're ready to release then, that is. So we're viewing it as more of a strategic reshuffle as opposed to a disaster. But in this industry of delays and shadow drops, we're always alert to change and disruption, so it hasn't totally blindsided us, it just might give us some GTMs [go-to-markets] to adjust.

A tweet from Rockstar Games saying that "Grand Theft Auto VI will now release on Thursday, November 19, 2026". It is accompanied by a scene from GTA San Andreas captioned with "Ah shit, here we go again"

oh hey, it's me talking about GTA 6 being delayed... again! Thanks @lewispackwood.bsky.social @gibiz.bsky.social for asking me to be involved!

also: solidarity with Rockstar workers ❤️‍🔥

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also yes, I do have a saved search for Pingu on Vinted. noot noot.

why is this Vinted listing of Pingu books just telling the story of my life

TOMORROW! If you're attending MCM Comic Con, come along to hear composer Richard Jacques and I talking about video game music.

I have started dating a man who is very nice but does not share my politics. Any advice? "You just have to get the fuck out of there. What are you thinking? He must be incredibly attractive-looking. I mean, what is it? Is he tall? Does he remind you of your father? There's only two kinds of politics these days, and you can't breathe the same air as the other kind."

Well I was not expecting BILL NIGHY to be spitting facts today!
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'Trigger Happy TV’s ace soundtrack revolutionised TV comedy Creator Dom Joly looks back on 25 years of the groundbreaking prank show

Interviewed Dom Joly for NME
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A lonely pack of Jaffa 'Jonuts' cakes on the shelf of a poorly lit B&M store

in the b&m. straight up 'jaffing it'. and by 'it', haha, well. let's justr say. My jonuts.

Chiitan loves all transgender people.
I've received a lot of criticism for expressing my support, but what's more important is that all transgender people live happy lives.
Blue Sky cannot display long posts, so please read this post if you'd like.
love you all 🤍
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oh, okay then

Edge 411 dropped today, along with my Making Of debut: a deep dive into how Ubisoft Montreal made Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory a whole two decades ago.

look at how good he writes *slowly presses your face into the magazine*

Calling all UK games media + creators - especially in Birmingham, happy to travel to Birmingham or going to UK Games Expo - who are into (digital) tabletop board games, tactical / strategy RPGs, co-op + dark fantasy ⚔️❄️✨

Please drop me a DM or a reply, may have a preview opp coming up very soon! 💙

Inside me there are two wolves

Huge congrats! ✨

KER-SPLAT!

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and Amon Tobin’s Electronic Score That Changed the Game | Restart Composer and electronic musician Amon Tobin’s score for the third installment in the Splinter Cell franchise remains a benchmark among video game soundtracks. As Chaos Theory turns 20, Restart invited...

My @restart.run debut just dropped. It's been almost 20 years to the day since Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory was released and, with it, Amon Tobin's phenomenal score. Two decades later, there's still nothing else quite like it. We had a chat about how it all came together.

for £1.50 as well, what a bargain

BART, I DON'T MEAN TO ALARM YOU BUT THERE MAY BE A BOOGEY MAN OR BOOGEY MEN IN THE HOUSE

Tesco self-checkout screen and the item listed on it is "Emotional Rescue Male" for £1.50

Definitely not what I bought.

So sorry for your loss ❤️