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Kallie Plagge
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senior copy editor, The Verge | formerly senior copy editor, Polygon and reviews editor, GameSpot ✧⁎ she/her ☆ my posts do not follow AP style
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inkydojikko.bsky.social
I finally transferred my island off my old Switch Lite for this article. Ready for January ❤️
November 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
inkydojikko.bsky.social
we are so fucking back let's gooooo
October 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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nicolecarpenter.bsky.social
update: 😭😭😭😭
Screenshot of a newpaper article about desktop games
October 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
inkydojikko.bsky.social
BASEBALL
October 28, 2025 at 6:46 AM
inkydojikko.bsky.social
the workers of Lumiose City are tired of the Patrat race........
A character in Pokémon Legends: Z-A saying, "When you exceed expectations at work, lo and behold, more work gets piled on your plate..." A character in Pokémon Legends: Z-A saying, "I finish task after task, and yet there's always more work..." Two characters in Pokémon Legends: Z-A with speech bubbles above their heads. The first says, "Let's head home right at quitting time." The other replies, "Mais oui! Overworking ourselves simply lets others relax more!"
October 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
inkydojikko.bsky.social
Can confirm: Z-A is good (I keep staying up until 3 am to play and I LOVE sleeping)
charlespulliam.bsky.social Charles PM @charlespulliam.bsky.social · Oct 14
Missed the embargo because a certain video game company waited until the very last minute to send codes out to press. Was worried that Pokémon Legends: Z-A might not live up to my expectations, but am very pleased to say the game has all the heat and then some. My review:
Pokémon Legends: Z-A is a fantastic return to (mega) form
The new Pokémon Legends game is a shining example of how this series can keep evolving.
www.theverge.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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nicolecarpenter.bsky.social
i wrote about consume me for @theverge.com ✨
October 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
inkydojikko.bsky.social
If you take theme park pitches, you should absolutely be commissioning Petrana!! She really knows her stuff!
petrana.bsky.social Petrana 冰冰 Radulovic (she/her) @petrana.bsky.social · Sep 23
Alright gang... what's a good place to send theme park pitches these days? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
September 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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shepardcdr.bsky.social
Can the memeification of propaganda withstand Nintendo's lawyers?
Department Of Homeland Security Uses Pokémon To Promote ICE
The video includes mock-ups of Pokémon cards using people’s mugshots as the art
kotaku.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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hazelmonforton.com
joining the war on autism on the side of autism
September 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
inkydojikko.bsky.social
this autism press conference is batshit dude I hate it here
September 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
inkydojikko.bsky.social
Yesterday Jeopardy had an I Think You Should Leave clue and today there was a whole video game category. My Coryat is going nuts
September 20, 2025 at 3:13 AM
inkydojikko.bsky.social
I dug into that recent Pokémon patent on @theverge.com in the interest of getting some facts straight www.theverge.com/games/779062...
No, Nintendo and Pokémon did not patent ‘summoning characters and making them battle’
Is that even allowed?
www.theverge.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
inkydojikko.bsky.social
not that review scores are everything but happy 10th birthday to Undertale, the only game I ever gave a 10/10 🥳
September 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
inkydojikko.bsky.social
Finding it very hard to make time for new video games when I also have a duty and responsibility to my horse girls. How do regular gacha players do this
September 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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September 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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voxmediaunion.bsky.social
We're still shy of our GoFundMe goal for departing Eater staff! These are our brilliant colleagues who've done so much for journalism and for this union. If you can contribute, share, or pass this on, please do! Thank you all! #voxunion #1u #unionstrong

www.gofundme.com/f/eater-isnt...
Donate to Eater Isn't Essential Without Journalism, organized by Ashok Selvam
On Thursday, August 8, Vox Media laid off 15 members of Eater, Punch, and Thrill… Ashok Selvam needs your support for Eater Isn't Essential Without Journalism
www.gofundme.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
inkydojikko.bsky.social
Pokémon Champions for the 2026 season let's goooooooooooo
August 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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inkydojikko.bsky.social
My Pokémon Legends: Z-A hands-on impressions are up now at @theverge.com :) www.theverge.com/games/759788...
For Legends: Z-A’s battle system, I rewired the Pokémon part of my brain
Battles are real-time, not turn-based.
www.theverge.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
inkydojikko.bsky.social
2017 ➡️ 2025
The 2017 Anaheim Pokémon World Championships Pikachu plush winking next to the 2025 Anaheim Worlds sign.
August 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
inkydojikko.bsky.social
My Pokémon Legends: Z-A hands-on impressions are up now at @theverge.com :) www.theverge.com/games/759788...
For Legends: Z-A’s battle system, I rewired the Pokémon part of my brain
Battles are real-time, not turn-based.
www.theverge.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
inkydojikko.bsky.social
truly I don't know how long we're supposed to just accept that media is a sinking ship without turning and looking at who's at the helm. how many layoffs do you have to oversee before YOUR job is in jeopardy?
voxmediaunion.bsky.social Vox Media Union @voxmediaunion.bsky.social · Aug 7
Vox Media Union statement on today's devastating round of layoffs at Eater. We stand with all of our wonderful colleagues. #solidarityforever #unionstrong #1u
Eater layoffs statement Today, 15 members of the Vox Media Union working at Eater were notified without warning that their jobs were being eliminated as part of a major restructuring of the 20-year-old brand. This was especially shocking considering that Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff told Puck’s Dylan Byers just last week that he did not anticipate any impending layoffs at the company. But, of course, we’ve learned that we cannot trust Jim Bankoff’s word when it comes to layoffs. This is the second major round of layoffs at Eater this year, following a round earlier this year that decimated Eater’s award-winning cities network. To be abundantly clear: these layoffs are a gut-job, one that eliminates roughly a third of Eater’s union jobs. It is also a cowardly capitulation to the fallacious insistence that generative AI is the future of search and publishing. We are devastated that our colleagues have lost their jobs, and we are deeply worried about the future sustainability of Eater without them. Eater is currently in the midst of celebrating its 20th anniversary, and right now, there is not much to celebrate. We will have more information forthcoming about ways to support our laid-off colleagues in the coming days. Solidarity forever, The Vox Media Union Committees
August 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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miasato.bsky.social
Vox Media has Eater throwing a whole ass 20th birthday party next month while laying off the people who make it worth celebrating in the first place. Sincerely, how do you sleep at night doing this?
voxmediaunion.bsky.social Vox Media Union @voxmediaunion.bsky.social · Aug 7
Vox Media Union statement on today's devastating round of layoffs at Eater. We stand with all of our wonderful colleagues. #solidarityforever #unionstrong #1u
Eater layoffs statement Today, 15 members of the Vox Media Union working at Eater were notified without warning that their jobs were being eliminated as part of a major restructuring of the 20-year-old brand. This was especially shocking considering that Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff told Puck’s Dylan Byers just last week that he did not anticipate any impending layoffs at the company. But, of course, we’ve learned that we cannot trust Jim Bankoff’s word when it comes to layoffs. This is the second major round of layoffs at Eater this year, following a round earlier this year that decimated Eater’s award-winning cities network. To be abundantly clear: these layoffs are a gut-job, one that eliminates roughly a third of Eater’s union jobs. It is also a cowardly capitulation to the fallacious insistence that generative AI is the future of search and publishing. We are devastated that our colleagues have lost their jobs, and we are deeply worried about the future sustainability of Eater without them. Eater is currently in the midst of celebrating its 20th anniversary, and right now, there is not much to celebrate. We will have more information forthcoming about ways to support our laid-off colleagues in the coming days. Solidarity forever, The Vox Media Union Committees
August 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
inkydojikko.bsky.social
layoffs are devastating regardless but it's especially disheartening to be *successful* and still be rewarded with layoffs (often thanks to poor business decisions by people who get to keep their jobs). solidarity to my friends at IGN.
ignunion.bsky.social IGN Union @ignunion.bsky.social · Aug 4
Today, IGN laid off eight extremely valuable members of our union and workforce via directive from our parent company, Ziff Davis. This, after two incredibly successful live events IGN Live and SDCC, and yet another corporate acquisition.

Please take a moment to read and share our full statement:
Today, IGN Entertainment announced that it would be laying off eight members of the IGN Creators Guild. This is 12% of our bargaining unit, and comes just days after our sister union, the Ziff Davis Creators Guild, underwent similar layoffs impacting 15% of their members. It also comes just months after our multibillion-dollar parent company, Ziff Davis, instituted a company-wide buyout that shrunk our unit numbers, with the express intent of avoiding future layoffs. And it comes just a little over one year after three of our members were laid off almost immediately after our union went public. The company has told us that the reason for this layoff stems from a Ziff Davis-mandate to cut costs despite several quarters in a row of year-over-year revenue increases, to which IGN Entertainment responded by coming for our members' jobs. This is perplexing to us, as we are told again and again that IGN Entertainment has had a tremendously successful year thus far thanks to their hard work. In just the last few months, our members have been absolutely essential to major events and livestreams, including San Diego ComicCon, Summer of Gaming, and IGN Live. Every single person impacted today was involved in and critical to the success of those events. Meanwhile, IGN Entertainment continues to spend money on costly acquisitions, only to turn around and gut those companies in the same way it is cutting away at IGN itself. For instance, last year, it acquired Gamer Network, and almost immediately laid off a number of staff critical to making those sites successful. The company has not responded to the union's questions about whether its budget for future acquisitions is being reconsidered as a cost-saving measure alongside these other apparently necessary personnel cuts. At a time when it is more necessary than ever to support its creators, IGN Entertainment is choosing to eliminate the individuals who ensure IGN remains competitive as generative AI threatens our reach. We have been told that expert opinion pieces, original interviews, and work that leverages our staff's deep knowledge of gaming, tech, and entertainment are all essential to combating AI summarization and regurgitation of our work. Management has responded by cutting several individuals who do that exact work, as well as others whose job it is to ensure that these written and video pieces are published in a speedy manner — another component of combating AI we're told is critical. This continued cycle of repeated, aggressive cuts to our staff and being asked to do more with less, only for management to continue to spend on new business it isn't interested in sustaining cannot continue. We will enforce our interim agreement that guarantees better severance and other protections to laid off members, as well as demand additional support for those impacted. We will continue to bargain over our first contract with the aim of enshrining even better protections against further layoffs, working conditions continuously degraded by understaffing, and the encroachment of generative AI. And we won't stop fighting to ensure IGN remains the best destination for trustworthy, original, exciting, and creative work covering video games, entertainment, and tech. While IGN Entertainment management may not value us, we value one another and the incredible work we can do together. Behind the articles, videos, social posts, playlists, and maps of IGN are human beings, not just numbers on a spreadsheet to be pushed around when some number at the top isn't big enough. Without us, there is no IGN.
August 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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midimyers.com
i wrote about TRAFFIC the forbidden topic mobilegamer.biz/why-games-we...
Why games websites never write about mobile games
Former Polygon and Kotaku deputy editor Maddy Myers explains why gaming sites aren’t covering some of the most popular games on the planet.
mobilegamer.biz
August 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM