Charlie Hall 🔜 PAX Unplugged
@charliehall.bsky.social
Account director at Vala Marketing. Former senior editor at Vox Media, and the first tabletop editor named to a major media publication in the US. Founding member of the Vox Media Union, @wgaeast. Email is always best: charleshall14@gmail.com.
I should play VtM: Bloodlines 2, right... right... ?
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I should play VtM: Bloodlines 2, right... right... ?
Reposted by Charlie Hall 🔜 PAX Unplugged
Super glad to be part of the @indiegameawards.gg for the second time, amongst a wonderful team of judges including the wonderful @laurakbuzz.bsky.social, @stevesaylor.net, @alannamode.bsky.social and @slashie101.bsky.social to name a few.
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Super glad to be part of the @indiegameawards.gg for the second time, amongst a wonderful team of judges including the wonderful @laurakbuzz.bsky.social, @stevesaylor.net, @alannamode.bsky.social and @slashie101.bsky.social to name a few.
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Great piece by @adashtra.bsky.social . I was pulled into MTG circa 2020 mainly because of its original, wildly varied and multifaceted background. Its UB sets have been extremely hit-or-miss, entirely on whether I was a fan of the property featured or not.
Magic: The Gathering’s future looks like Fortnite, and fans are split
Magic: The Gathering’s future looks like Fortnite, and fans are split
Does everything have to be Universes Beyond?
buff.ly
November 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Great piece by @adashtra.bsky.social . I was pulled into MTG circa 2020 mainly because of its original, wildly varied and multifaceted background. Its UB sets have been extremely hit-or-miss, entirely on whether I was a fan of the property featured or not.
Y'all, Ash is on it. Please consider looking at my former colleagues at The Verge. Little by little, they're ably filling the gap left by the loss of Polygon with maturity and humanity.
Talking to people way smarter than me about the things I enjoy is, no bullshit, the best part of my job. So thanks to the folks who talked to me about why Magic’s starting to look like a Fortnite lobby and what this means for the long term health of the game
Magic: The Gathering’s future looks like Fortnite, and fans are split
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Y'all, Ash is on it. Please consider looking at my former colleagues at The Verge. Little by little, they're ably filling the gap left by the loss of Polygon with maturity and humanity.
Every grade school choir should perform Weezer’s Buddy Holly.
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Every grade school choir should perform Weezer’s Buddy Holly.
“I was there the day Horus slew the emperor.”
It all came true. The Steam Deck really was the seed, like I wrote last year. I thought probably I'd see the headset after I landed in Seattle. Probably the gamepad and Steam Link.
But the whole master plan was there. www.theverge.com/2024/12/6/24...
But the whole master plan was there. www.theverge.com/2024/12/6/24...
Valve’s master plan for Steam Machines is finally coming into focus
Deckard, Roy, Ibex and Fremont could be just the start.
www.theverge.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“I was there the day Horus slew the emperor.”
Finally caught up with this award-winning video essay from @amabel.bsky.social. Love love love love this and you should check it out.
Vonnegut’s Board Game: Preservation, Annotation, Context
YouTube video by Hollandspiele
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Finally caught up with this award-winning video essay from @amabel.bsky.social. Love love love love this and you should check it out.
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all reviews should have scores, and by that i mean bespoke music
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
all reviews should have scores, and by that i mean bespoke music
Might 'a been sacrificed, coulda mill'd once or twice
Might 'a gone deep in their library's coffers.
And all that remains of the High Tide they claim
Are Commanders, and Modern, not Pauper!!!!
Might 'a gone deep in their library's coffers.
And all that remains of the High Tide they claim
Are Commanders, and Modern, not Pauper!!!!
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Might 'a been sacrificed, coulda mill'd once or twice
Might 'a gone deep in their library's coffers.
And all that remains of the High Tide they claim
Are Commanders, and Modern, not Pauper!!!!
Might 'a gone deep in their library's coffers.
And all that remains of the High Tide they claim
Are Commanders, and Modern, not Pauper!!!!
Who will come sit with me for the Acquisition's Inc show Saturday night at PAXU? I've sat quietly in the corner keeping my thoughts to myself because coverage for years now, and now I want to enjoy it with other humans.
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Who will come sit with me for the Acquisition's Inc show Saturday night at PAXU? I've sat quietly in the corner keeping my thoughts to myself because coverage for years now, and now I want to enjoy it with other humans.
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sort of incredible to read a review that doesn't just made a vague nod at AI being bad, but actively reckons with the ways in which falling obsessively to AI usage actively obliterates the artistic intent and integrity of the work you've made.
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
sort of incredible to read a review that doesn't just made a vague nod at AI being bad, but actively reckons with the ways in which falling obsessively to AI usage actively obliterates the artistic intent and integrity of the work you've made.
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WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE
This has consumed around 4 months of my life. We've rebuilt the business from the ground-up. New site, new backend, new customer experience, new platform, new everything.
we spent two years flailing, having no idea how to run a business. now...we have more of an idea.
This has consumed around 4 months of my life. We've rebuilt the business from the ground-up. New site, new backend, new customer experience, new platform, new everything.
we spent two years flailing, having no idea how to run a business. now...we have more of an idea.
Despite the ravages of age and an internet steeped in misinformation, your eyes – in this one case – do not deceive you: Website different. It’s taken an immense amount of time and effort, but welcome to Aftermath version 2.0:
aftermath.site/aftermath-rela...
aftermath.site/aftermath-rela...
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE
This has consumed around 4 months of my life. We've rebuilt the business from the ground-up. New site, new backend, new customer experience, new platform, new everything.
we spent two years flailing, having no idea how to run a business. now...we have more of an idea.
This has consumed around 4 months of my life. We've rebuilt the business from the ground-up. New site, new backend, new customer experience, new platform, new everything.
we spent two years flailing, having no idea how to run a business. now...we have more of an idea.
For the BSG hive: Katie Sackhoff and Jamie Bamber interviewwwww! It good. open.spotify.com/episode/6KW4...
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
For the BSG hive: Katie Sackhoff and Jamie Bamber interviewwwww! It good. open.spotify.com/episode/6KW4...
We have been doing a rewatch of Battlestar Galactica with another couple who are very good friends of ours. The husband has not seen the show ever, and I am enjoying it so very much. Tonight is 33. Lock the fuck in.
November 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
We have been doing a rewatch of Battlestar Galactica with another couple who are very good friends of ours. The husband has not seen the show ever, and I am enjoying it so very much. Tonight is 33. Lock the fuck in.
Please buy this beautiful book for your coffee table and support one of my union colleagues. Makes an excellent holiday gift.
Available here! bookshop.org/p/books/year...
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Please buy this beautiful book for your coffee table and support one of my union colleagues. Makes an excellent holiday gift.
Hey kids, if yer in Asana right now... maybe, like, save your work. Looks like a big outage rolling out atm.
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Hey kids, if yer in Asana right now... maybe, like, save your work. Looks like a big outage rolling out atm.
Da fuq?
I asked about Game Awards press tickets in October. Got an email yesterday encouraging me to buy my own, as there were no spares.
November 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Da fuq?
Good digital hygiene update, friends. Look into it.
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Good digital hygiene update, friends. Look into it.
Reposted by Charlie Hall 🔜 PAX Unplugged
Apocalypse World is far and away my favorite game, period, and this new edition is *even better*.
Here We GO! Come along, my dearies!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Apocalypse World is far and away my favorite game, period, and this new edition is *even better*.
Would you believe that today I *also* got paid for my first freelance invoice in ... checks notes ... 13 years?
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Would you believe that today I *also* got paid for my first freelance invoice in ... checks notes ... 13 years?
If anyone can isolate the "ah, logistics" line from Zavala in Destiny 2 I will ... empties pockets... thank you. I will thank you. Hard.
Ah, logistics.
Having the fancy starship with the awesome railguns is great—up until you realize that you can't duplicate the *rounds* the people you stole it from fired.
Six point five billion gravities. It takes some engineering to have something that can undergo that and still have an engine.
Having the fancy starship with the awesome railguns is great—up until you realize that you can't duplicate the *rounds* the people you stole it from fired.
Six point five billion gravities. It takes some engineering to have something that can undergo that and still have an engine.
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
If anyone can isolate the "ah, logistics" line from Zavala in Destiny 2 I will ... empties pockets... thank you. I will thank you. Hard.
In not unrelated news, I am heading to PAX Unplugged for the very first time. What are your tips and tricks, and where should I be eating w/in walking distance of the convention center?
I GOT A JOB! Thanks to @quasigrant.bsky.social for the opportunity. More on LinkedIn, because Bluesky gets to be my happy place from now on. NO WORKIE ON BLUESKY!! www.linkedin.com/posts/charha...
Happy to announce that I am once more gainfully employed. Could not be happier to be putting my shoulder to the wheel with Grant Mielke⭐ and his team. Vala Marketing has a lot of momentum at the… | Ch...
Happy to announce that I am once more gainfully employed. Could not be happier to be putting my shoulder to the wheel with Grant Mielke⭐ and his team. Vala Marketing has a lot of momentum at the momen...
www.linkedin.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
In not unrelated news, I am heading to PAX Unplugged for the very first time. What are your tips and tricks, and where should I be eating w/in walking distance of the convention center?
I GOT A JOB! Thanks to @quasigrant.bsky.social for the opportunity. More on LinkedIn, because Bluesky gets to be my happy place from now on. NO WORKIE ON BLUESKY!! www.linkedin.com/posts/charha...
Happy to announce that I am once more gainfully employed. Could not be happier to be putting my shoulder to the wheel with Grant Mielke⭐ and his team. Vala Marketing has a lot of momentum at the… | Ch...
Happy to announce that I am once more gainfully employed. Could not be happier to be putting my shoulder to the wheel with Grant Mielke⭐ and his team. Vala Marketing has a lot of momentum at the momen...
www.linkedin.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I GOT A JOB! Thanks to @quasigrant.bsky.social for the opportunity. More on LinkedIn, because Bluesky gets to be my happy place from now on. NO WORKIE ON BLUESKY!! www.linkedin.com/posts/charha...
Switching my virtual workday from Slack to Discord is sending me for a loop this week. It's like moving from gaming on a console to modding games on a PC, which... yeah, I guess that makes sense.
November 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Switching my virtual workday from Slack to Discord is sending me for a loop this week. It's like moving from gaming on a console to modding games on a PC, which... yeah, I guess that makes sense.
Didn't even know Google showed this message. How long do you think I can keep this going?
November 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Didn't even know Google showed this message. How long do you think I can keep this going?