Mark Lawson
@born2beslicker.bsky.social
Straight Edge guy who talks about gaming mostly but with some politics and anything else that comes to mind.
http://Linktr.ee/Born2beSlicker
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Mark Lawson
@born2beslicker.bsky.social
· Oct 17
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If you’re Scottish/British, this is an important labour dispute
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
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November 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
If you’re Scottish/British, this is an important labour dispute
I’m sorry but is this not a terrible idea for an exotic? I’m shooting what’s in front of me, the mini gunner gets buffed and now I’m deleted. Add on Glass Cannon and now it’s ghost recon? #TheDivision2
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I’m sorry but is this not a terrible idea for an exotic? I’m shooting what’s in front of me, the mini gunner gets buffed and now I’m deleted. Add on Glass Cannon and now it’s ghost recon? #TheDivision2
Just read somebody on Reddit say the first game their DAD played was Halo and I felt myself turn into dust
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Just read somebody on Reddit say the first game their DAD played was Halo and I felt myself turn into dust
In a surprising development, the Xbox Ally X listing for Curry’s is gone completely? It was not in stock” for a week or two but now it doesn’t exist.
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
In a surprising development, the Xbox Ally X listing for Curry’s is gone completely? It was not in stock” for a week or two but now it doesn’t exist.
Reposted by Mark Lawson
Reposted by Mark Lawson
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
A lot of people are really up in arms on the Eurogamer ArcRaiders review. I thought it was well argued? He never said the game is inherently bad but felt the compromised production undercut its artistic intent and that left a sour taste.
Video games are art, not toys made with a sum of its parts
Video games are art, not toys made with a sum of its parts
Rich PvE combat and an unusually friendly community make Arc Raiders a more approachable extraction shooter than most, but Embark Studios' continued use of AI voice generation is a black mark against its reputation.
Our review:
www.eurogamer.net/arc-raiders-...
Our review:
www.eurogamer.net/arc-raiders-...
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
A lot of people are really up in arms on the Eurogamer ArcRaiders review. I thought it was well argued? He never said the game is inherently bad but felt the compromised production undercut its artistic intent and that left a sour taste.
Video games are art, not toys made with a sum of its parts
Video games are art, not toys made with a sum of its parts
Nikki Bella cutting the most obvious “I’m turning heel promo” a month ago then turning heel in the most obvious fashion is incredibly funny #WWERAW
November 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Nikki Bella cutting the most obvious “I’m turning heel promo” a month ago then turning heel in the most obvious fashion is incredibly funny #WWERAW
Can we finally establish once and for all that SmashJT and Grummz don’t have sources? They don’t have insider info. They just make shit up and will endlessly twist narratives to their perspective.
They’re tourists that just want attention and money
They’re tourists that just want attention and money
Ghost of Yotei has sold over 3.3 million copies in 30 days
➡️ www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/...
#GhostofYotei #PS5
➡️ www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/...
#GhostofYotei #PS5
November 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Can we finally establish once and for all that SmashJT and Grummz don’t have sources? They don’t have insider info. They just make shit up and will endlessly twist narratives to their perspective.
They’re tourists that just want attention and money
They’re tourists that just want attention and money
The original Genshin competitor Tower of Fantasy is releasing a warp server that removes the gacha systems
All content rebalanced, all gacha earnable with gameplay, still the same MMO structure. Coming 25th November. #TowerofFantasy #ToF #gacha
All content rebalanced, all gacha earnable with gameplay, still the same MMO structure. Coming 25th November. #TowerofFantasy #ToF #gacha
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The original Genshin competitor Tower of Fantasy is releasing a warp server that removes the gacha systems
All content rebalanced, all gacha earnable with gameplay, still the same MMO structure. Coming 25th November. #TowerofFantasy #ToF #gacha
All content rebalanced, all gacha earnable with gameplay, still the same MMO structure. Coming 25th November. #TowerofFantasy #ToF #gacha
Tfw when you’re too old for the Sonic mobile game to give a shit about you
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Tfw when you’re too old for the Sonic mobile game to give a shit about you
I’ve actually played War Robots Frontier and didn’t realise I could have been paid to talk about it, lol
Company Used Fake Reddit Posts To Advertise Game, Then Deleted The Evidence
Game Marketing Agency Admits To Using Fake Reddit Accounts
Trap Plan CEO: 'Most players didn’t even realize they were part of a marketing effort.'
kotaku.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I’ve actually played War Robots Frontier and didn’t realise I could have been paid to talk about it, lol
Account bricked, apparently #HonkaiStarRail
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Account bricked, apparently #HonkaiStarRail
If you played Squad Busters before the shut down announcement, you can get free rewards on other Supercell games in the store as a thank you #ClashofClans #BrawlStars #HayDay #ClashRoyale
https://store.supercell.com
https://store.supercell.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
If you played Squad Busters before the shut down announcement, you can get free rewards on other Supercell games in the store as a thank you #ClashofClans #BrawlStars #HayDay #ClashRoyale
https://store.supercell.com
https://store.supercell.com
As somebody who gave up on #Zzzero due to its storyline and direction, this is encouraging.
Old character buffs, return of the AI storyline, moving away from the Yi bullshit, changes to Hollow Zero.
Old character buffs, return of the AI storyline, moving away from the Yi bullshit, changes to Hollow Zero.
November 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
As somebody who gave up on #Zzzero due to its storyline and direction, this is encouraging.
Old character buffs, return of the AI storyline, moving away from the Yi bullshit, changes to Hollow Zero.
Old character buffs, return of the AI storyline, moving away from the Yi bullshit, changes to Hollow Zero.
Reposted by Mark Lawson
I realize the main pattern of these animanga video essays made mainly by north Americans is that they seem to have an overconfidence in themselves to talk about a subject, just because they consumed enough anime about a certain genre, and don't bother to do proper research on jt
November 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I realize the main pattern of these animanga video essays made mainly by north Americans is that they seem to have an overconfidence in themselves to talk about a subject, just because they consumed enough anime about a certain genre, and don't bother to do proper research on jt
There’s a sensationalist misinformation campaign on CN #HonkaiStarRail that’s spilling into EN HSR communities about Dahlia and Hoyo’s inspirations behind the character being linked to Elizabeth Short (the Black Dahlia)
They’re not true. It’s just a CN water army.
They’re not true. It’s just a CN water army.
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
There’s a sensationalist misinformation campaign on CN #HonkaiStarRail that’s spilling into EN HSR communities about Dahlia and Hoyo’s inspirations behind the character being linked to Elizabeth Short (the Black Dahlia)
They’re not true. It’s just a CN water army.
They’re not true. It’s just a CN water army.
It’s very funny that #SonicRumble is dealing with both a “this game is bad” problem and a misinformation problem in their Steam reviews and it’s entirely of their own making.
It’s not P2W but it sure looks like it on purpose to try and make you spend
It’s not P2W but it sure looks like it on purpose to try and make you spend
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
It’s very funny that #SonicRumble is dealing with both a “this game is bad” problem and a misinformation problem in their Steam reviews and it’s entirely of their own making.
It’s not P2W but it sure looks like it on purpose to try and make you spend
It’s not P2W but it sure looks like it on purpose to try and make you spend
Nobody is doing it like Andrade. Year long non-compete, wins a belt anyway. #wrestlesky
November 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Nobody is doing it like Andrade. Year long non-compete, wins a belt anyway. #wrestlesky
“That don’t work for me, brother” on your second match is definitely a choice
Miranda Alize and Nixon Newell (Tegan Nox) refused to lose tonight against TayJay, per a PWInsider report. Working to confirm and get details.
They were replaced by Hyan and Maya World
They were replaced by Hyan and Maya World
November 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
“That don’t work for me, brother” on your second match is definitely a choice
Damn, sometimes #HonkaiStarRail can still make me laugh
November 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Damn, sometimes #HonkaiStarRail can still make me laugh
Since everybody in the #Halo community is doing this on Twitter, my Halo rankings taking into account the complete package
Source: x.com/_theimpureki...
Source: x.com/_theimpureki...
November 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Since everybody in the #Halo community is doing this on Twitter, my Halo rankings taking into account the complete package
Source: x.com/_theimpureki...
Source: x.com/_theimpureki...