Cameron Faulkner
@cameronfaulkner.bsky.social
Commerce editor at @theverge.com, formerly at Polygon
portfolio and more about me > https://cameronfaulkner.wordpress.com/
portfolio and more about me > https://cameronfaulkner.wordpress.com/
kudos to the team that worked on Ambrosia Sky for the "make things wet" shader. it's really fun to watch surfaces dry. Yes I'm spraying a corpse
November 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
kudos to the team that worked on Ambrosia Sky for the "make things wet" shader. it's really fun to watch surfaces dry. Yes I'm spraying a corpse
Making microSD cards full of games interoperable across Steam devices is really smart www.theverge.com/games/818602...
Valve is making microSD cards the next game cartridges
Plug and play.
www.theverge.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Making microSD cards full of games interoperable across Steam devices is really smart www.theverge.com/games/818602...
Gemini has failed my infant's desires
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Gemini has failed my infant's desires
Saw Shintaro Sakamoto last night!
November 6, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Saw Shintaro Sakamoto last night!
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Very important factor to this
November 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Very important factor to this
With the government shutdown in its 27th day, the backlog of packaged, ready-to-go tech products awaiting FCC clearance is growing. Leica and WiiM are some of the companies impacted by delays, but there are likely dozens (if not hundreds) more www.theverge.com/report/80785...
The government shutdown is delaying new gadgets
The backlog of products awaiting FCC clearance is growing.
www.theverge.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
With the government shutdown in its 27th day, the backlog of packaged, ready-to-go tech products awaiting FCC clearance is growing. Leica and WiiM are some of the companies impacted by delays, but there are likely dozens (if not hundreds) more www.theverge.com/report/80785...
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ask all of my editors: my writing is clean. i am consistent and knowledgeable, write with integrity and curiosity, and can be pretty funny when necessary. my work will push your website to the next level. help me help you.
it's that time again: i need work.
i'm available for blogging, copywriting, editing, interviews, criticism, just about anything in media. self-taught with over 15 years of experience and a handful of referrals from industry figureheads. let's hit the ground running.
iangwalker.com
i'm available for blogging, copywriting, editing, interviews, criticism, just about anything in media. self-taught with over 15 years of experience and a handful of referrals from industry figureheads. let's hit the ground running.
iangwalker.com
a purple cartoon character with a skull and crossbones on its chest
ALT: a purple cartoon character with a skull and crossbones on its chest
media.tenor.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
ask all of my editors: my writing is clean. i am consistent and knowledgeable, write with integrity and curiosity, and can be pretty funny when necessary. my work will push your website to the next level. help me help you.
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this is worth seven minutes of your time. i've never been prouder to give somebody my vote
The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:57 AM
this is worth seven minutes of your time. i've never been prouder to give somebody my vote
This book is worth $50 for the producer notes alone. There are a lot of interesting tidbits of info that I hadn't heard before, like that Retro originally had a FPS in development that wasn't Metroid Prime...until Miyamoto stepped in www.theverge.com/games/803399...
The new Metroid Prime art book offers rare insight into Nintendo’s design process
In addition to art concepts, it’s full of producer notes that feel like Easter eggs.
www.theverge.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This book is worth $50 for the producer notes alone. There are a lot of interesting tidbits of info that I hadn't heard before, like that Retro originally had a FPS in development that wasn't Metroid Prime...until Miyamoto stepped in www.theverge.com/games/803399...
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(AP) — Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power.
@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/pent...
@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/pent...
October 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
(AP) — Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power.
@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/pent...
@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/pent...
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🚨🚨🚨
We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.
• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site
We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.
• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site
Design Room
Video game oral histories
designroom.site
October 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🚨🚨🚨
We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.
• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site
We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.
• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site
Sony teased next-gen AMD graphics features coming to the PS6 (presumably - the console wasn't named). You'd think any whisper of PS6 would be a big deal, but our readers don't seem excited. One said "This console generation has fully convinced me to move on to PCs." www.theverge.com/news/797640/...
Sony teases new GPU tech coming to its next PlayStation
Sony’s Mark Cerny and AMD’s Jack Tuynh shared some graphics compression and GPU innovations coming to the unnamed PlayStation devices, presumably the PS6.
www.theverge.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Sony teased next-gen AMD graphics features coming to the PS6 (presumably - the console wasn't named). You'd think any whisper of PS6 would be a big deal, but our readers don't seem excited. One said "This console generation has fully convinced me to move on to PCs." www.theverge.com/news/797640/...
The Fractal Scape slaps www.theverge.com/tech/797879/...
Fractal’s Scape is proof that $200 can get you a luxurious gaming headset
It gets a lot right on its first try.
www.theverge.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The Fractal Scape slaps www.theverge.com/tech/797879/...
Using saline spray for your nose will improve your quality of life, especially during chilly, dry weather
October 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Using saline spray for your nose will improve your quality of life, especially during chilly, dry weather
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A union will drastically improve your work life. If you work in nonfiction TV, documentary film, podcasting, online media or broadcast news, contact a representative from the WGA East to answer your questions. www.wgaeast.org/organize/con...
Contact An Organizer | Writers Guild of America East
Find out how you can form a union at your workplace. No matter what changes have impacted the media industry, the Guild has always played a central role in fighting for—and winning—better standards…
www.wgaeast.org
October 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A union will drastically improve your work life. If you work in nonfiction TV, documentary film, podcasting, online media or broadcast news, contact a representative from the WGA East to answer your questions. www.wgaeast.org/organize/con...
Hello, I tested out some Switch 2 controllers for @theverge.com for your consideration. The EasySMX S10 is the best gamepad that isn't Nintendo's own Switch 2 Pro (it has almost all of the same features, but is $40 cheaper right now).
www.theverge.com/tech/791574/...
www.theverge.com/tech/791574/...
I’ve tested the latest Switch 2 controllers, and this one is the best
It’s not made by Nintendo.
www.theverge.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Hello, I tested out some Switch 2 controllers for @theverge.com for your consideration. The EasySMX S10 is the best gamepad that isn't Nintendo's own Switch 2 Pro (it has almost all of the same features, but is $40 cheaper right now).
www.theverge.com/tech/791574/...
www.theverge.com/tech/791574/...
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What a dark day for press freedom in the United States
Mario Guevara, an Emmy-award winning reporter, was deported to El Salvador — a nation he fled more than two decades ago. He was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.
U.S. deports journalist Mario Guevara to El Salvador, family says
Mario Guevara, an independent journalist, was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
What a dark day for press freedom in the United States
*Adam Jensen voice*: "Pritchard..."
Nintendo of America boss Doug Bowser is retiring. He’s stepping down at the end of the year and will be replaced by Devon Pritchard www.theverge.com/news/786068/...
Nintendo of America boss Doug Bowser is retiring
Devon Pritchard is taking over.
www.theverge.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
*Adam Jensen voice*: "Pritchard..."
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New: 404 Media is suing ICE. We have filed a lawsuit demanding ICE release its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware to break into phones and read encrypted messages. This is expensive for a small outlet but this info is important
www.404media.co/were-suing-i...
www.404media.co/were-suing-i...
We’re Suing ICE for Its $2 Million Spyware Contract
404 Media has filed a lawsuit against ICE for access to its contract with Paragon, a company that sells powerful spyware for breaking into phones and accessing encrypted messaging apps.
www.404media.co
September 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
New: 404 Media is suing ICE. We have filed a lawsuit demanding ICE release its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware to break into phones and read encrypted messages. This is expensive for a small outlet but this info is important
www.404media.co/were-suing-i...
www.404media.co/were-suing-i...
There's an online radio station in Japan called Nonstop Casiopea. It rules (via the awesome Radio Garden app)
September 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
There's an online radio station in Japan called Nonstop Casiopea. It rules (via the awesome Radio Garden app)
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The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
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Mainstream pundits have instantly sanitized and ignored Charlie Kirk's core political project and its impacts. He has been remembered by the mainstream press as someone they merely disagreed with, a debate me-guy whose words and actions had zero consequences:
www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...
www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...
Charlie Kirk Was Not Practicing Politics the Right Way
The mainstream media seems entirely uninterested in explaining Charlie Kirk's work.
www.404media.co
September 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Mainstream pundits have instantly sanitized and ignored Charlie Kirk's core political project and its impacts. He has been remembered by the mainstream press as someone they merely disagreed with, a debate me-guy whose words and actions had zero consequences:
www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...
www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...
I got my hands on an pre-production sample of a new anti-glare Switch 2 screen protector, and ironically, it revealed that there's a dead cockroach in my ceiling light www.theverge.com/games/770667...
I tried Jsaux’s new anti-glare Switch 2 screen protector, and it revealed a glaring bug
I slapped a pre-production version on my Switch 2. This $21.99 screen protector is coming in October.
www.theverge.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I got my hands on an pre-production sample of a new anti-glare Switch 2 screen protector, and ironically, it revealed that there's a dead cockroach in my ceiling light www.theverge.com/games/770667...
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Since I got laid off in May I've been working with a number of other former Polygon writers to start a new website. I'm proud to announce that we've just launched Rogue.site, a worker-owned and operated games journalism site funded by readers like you.
Rogue.site is now a reality! Thank you to everyone along the way who helped make it possible.
If you like what you see, and want more of it. Consider pledging your support with a subscription. Your funds will go to support independent games journalism written by humans, for humans.
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Rogue
Ad-free video game news, guides, opinions, history, culture, previews, interviews, and reviews written by humans, for humans
Rogue.site
September 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Since I got laid off in May I've been working with a number of other former Polygon writers to start a new website. I'm proud to announce that we've just launched Rogue.site, a worker-owned and operated games journalism site funded by readers like you.
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tonight’s Alien: Earth episode is an Alien movie in miniature, so I wrote a bit about the franchise’s fundamental mean streak and how that makes it resonate, even when it stumbles
slate.com/culture/2025...
slate.com/culture/2025...
It’s Always Been Our Meanest Sci-Fi Franchise—and Our Most Honest
There are no happy endings in Alien: Earth or the many Alien movies.
slate.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
tonight’s Alien: Earth episode is an Alien movie in miniature, so I wrote a bit about the franchise’s fundamental mean streak and how that makes it resonate, even when it stumbles
slate.com/culture/2025...
slate.com/culture/2025...