Jade King
@konayma6.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️ Lead Features Editor at TheGamer/Video game, animation, and queer culture critic. Fruity. Email: jade.k@thegamer.com. She/They.
I’m doing everything in my power to destroy video games.
I’m doing everything in my power to destroy video games.
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Jade King
@konayma6.bsky.social
· Nov 14
No introduction post on here yet so better late than never ✨
I’m Jade King! A trans critic working in video games, animation, and queer culture.
Currently I’m over at TheGamer heading up their features department and have spent the past year trying to figure myself out and do work I’m proud of ❤️
I’m Jade King! A trans critic working in video games, animation, and queer culture.
Currently I’m over at TheGamer heading up their features department and have spent the past year trying to figure myself out and do work I’m proud of ❤️
Margaret Thatcher potentially being the reason behind the awful horrors in British Silent Hill is so perfect.
A bigger monster than Pyramid Head ever was.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py3_...
A bigger monster than Pyramid Head ever was.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py3_...
Silent Hill: Townfall - Reveal Trailer
YouTube video by GameSpot
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February 13, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Margaret Thatcher potentially being the reason behind the awful horrors in British Silent Hill is so perfect.
A bigger monster than Pyramid Head ever was.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py3_...
A bigger monster than Pyramid Head ever was.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py3_...
Twitter has suspended me for not being a real person so I might just finally nuke that account.
It feels so lame to have an attachment to it for some reason.
It feels so lame to have an attachment to it for some reason.
February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Twitter has suspended me for not being a real person so I might just finally nuke that account.
It feels so lame to have an attachment to it for some reason.
It feels so lame to have an attachment to it for some reason.
Another big loss for original stories in animation. They’re getting harder and harder to tell in the current landscape aside from a few rare exceptions and solutions feel impossible unless there happens to be a way to send the whole system crumbling down 😔🔥
Matt Braly has shared never-before-seen development artwork from his canceled feature film at Sony Pictures Animation.
The project centered on a young boy who embarks on an emotional journey into a fantastical realm of Thai spirits, hoping to find a cure for his illness.
The project centered on a young boy who embarks on an emotional journey into a fantastical realm of Thai spirits, hoping to find a cure for his illness.
February 10, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Another big loss for original stories in animation. They’re getting harder and harder to tell in the current landscape aside from a few rare exceptions and solutions feel impossible unless there happens to be a way to send the whole system crumbling down 😔🔥
A killer review from Ryan for Romeo is a Deadman. The wild spread of review scores only makes me more curious to check this one out.
Every Suda51 game is a blessing.
Every Suda51 game is a blessing.
Romeo is a Dead Man reviews are all over the place, and that absolutely tracks.
It's filled to the brim with odd moments and decisions. It's fun enough, but its frenetic and bewildering narrative choices made it hard to parse and difficult to score.
More from me: www.thegamer.com/romeo-is-a-d...
It's filled to the brim with odd moments and decisions. It's fun enough, but its frenetic and bewildering narrative choices made it hard to parse and difficult to score.
More from me: www.thegamer.com/romeo-is-a-d...
Romeo Is A Dead Man Review: A Gore-Soaked, Chaotic Romp Through Time
Messy, bloody, and wonderfully bizarre.
www.thegamer.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:03 PM
A killer review from Ryan for Romeo is a Deadman. The wild spread of review scores only makes me more curious to check this one out.
Every Suda51 game is a blessing.
Every Suda51 game is a blessing.
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After 9+ years at ustwo games I have unfortunately been made redundant.
If you are looking for a stylised 3D generalist with 10+ years experience to have on your team please give me a shout or let others know that I am available for work! I'd love to chat ✨
fensartden.com
fensartden@gmail.com
If you are looking for a stylised 3D generalist with 10+ years experience to have on your team please give me a shout or let others know that I am available for work! I'd love to chat ✨
fensartden.com
fensartden@gmail.com
Fen Beatty
fensartden.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM
After 9+ years at ustwo games I have unfortunately been made redundant.
If you are looking for a stylised 3D generalist with 10+ years experience to have on your team please give me a shout or let others know that I am available for work! I'd love to chat ✨
fensartden.com
fensartden@gmail.com
If you are looking for a stylised 3D generalist with 10+ years experience to have on your team please give me a shout or let others know that I am available for work! I'd love to chat ✨
fensartden.com
fensartden@gmail.com
Finished up my week by guesting on the @indiegamebusiness.bsky.social pod to talk about the modern reality of covering indie games as press.
Check it out! 🙏
www.youtube.com/live/zsrVu_q...
Check it out! 🙏
www.youtube.com/live/zsrVu_q...
How Indies Should Work with the Press in 2026 | Jade King, TheGamer
YouTube video by IndieGameBusiness®
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February 6, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Finished up my week by guesting on the @indiegamebusiness.bsky.social pod to talk about the modern reality of covering indie games as press.
Check it out! 🙏
www.youtube.com/live/zsrVu_q...
Check it out! 🙏
www.youtube.com/live/zsrVu_q...
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First review of the year and kicking things off very strongly with the brilliant Nioh 3, which I’ve not put down over the past two weeks. My review: www.thegamer.com/nioh-3-review/
Nioh 3 Is A Brutal New Peak For The Series
Nioh 3’s open levels, new Ninja form, and even tighter combat cement it as the best game in the series.
www.thegamer.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:01 PM
First review of the year and kicking things off very strongly with the brilliant Nioh 3, which I’ve not put down over the past two weeks. My review: www.thegamer.com/nioh-3-review/
A range of tastes in these bookings.
January 29, 2026 at 12:00 PM
A range of tastes in these bookings.
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I played four hours of Resident Evil Requiem and oh boy is it shaping up to be a banger.
A real best of both worlds situation that combines the anxiety inducing horror of 7 with the balls-to-the-wall action of recent remakes. It strikes an ideal balance.
www.thegamer.com/resident-evi...
A real best of both worlds situation that combines the anxiety inducing horror of 7 with the balls-to-the-wall action of recent remakes. It strikes an ideal balance.
www.thegamer.com/resident-evi...
Resident Evil Requiem Is A Full Circle Moment For The Survival Horror Icon
Leon Kennedy and Grace Ashcroft are a match made in survlval horror heaven.
www.thegamer.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:05 PM
I played four hours of Resident Evil Requiem and oh boy is it shaping up to be a banger.
A real best of both worlds situation that combines the anxiety inducing horror of 7 with the balls-to-the-wall action of recent remakes. It strikes an ideal balance.
www.thegamer.com/resident-evi...
A real best of both worlds situation that combines the anxiety inducing horror of 7 with the balls-to-the-wall action of recent remakes. It strikes an ideal balance.
www.thegamer.com/resident-evi...
You ever listen to a song and think it’d go incredibly well with edited Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children footage?
Like the sort of thing you’d see on Bebo.
Like the sort of thing you’d see on Bebo.
January 27, 2026 at 9:48 AM
You ever listen to a song and think it’d go incredibly well with edited Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children footage?
Like the sort of thing you’d see on Bebo.
Like the sort of thing you’d see on Bebo.
I played four hours of Resident Evil Requiem and oh boy is it shaping up to be a banger.
A real best of both worlds situation that combines the anxiety inducing horror of 7 with the balls-to-the-wall action of recent remakes. It strikes an ideal balance.
www.thegamer.com/resident-evi...
A real best of both worlds situation that combines the anxiety inducing horror of 7 with the balls-to-the-wall action of recent remakes. It strikes an ideal balance.
www.thegamer.com/resident-evi...
Resident Evil Requiem Is A Full Circle Moment For The Survival Horror Icon
Leon Kennedy and Grace Ashcroft are a match made in survlval horror heaven.
www.thegamer.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:05 PM
I played four hours of Resident Evil Requiem and oh boy is it shaping up to be a banger.
A real best of both worlds situation that combines the anxiety inducing horror of 7 with the balls-to-the-wall action of recent remakes. It strikes an ideal balance.
www.thegamer.com/resident-evi...
A real best of both worlds situation that combines the anxiety inducing horror of 7 with the balls-to-the-wall action of recent remakes. It strikes an ideal balance.
www.thegamer.com/resident-evi...
God damn it Train Dreams.
January 23, 2026 at 9:17 PM
God damn it Train Dreams.
I've cemented myself as the coolest younger sister ever by surpising my sibling with BTS London tickets. I don't really know the first thing about K-Pop but seeing her burst into happy tears at the realisation I got them has made my year already ❤️
January 23, 2026 at 2:11 PM
I've cemented myself as the coolest younger sister ever by surpising my sibling with BTS London tickets. I don't really know the first thing about K-Pop but seeing her burst into happy tears at the realisation I got them has made my year already ❤️
I thought this was a parody account and now I’m crashing out.
January 22, 2026 at 6:11 PM
I thought this was a parody account and now I’m crashing out.
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I cannot tell you how often clients request artwork on layers for their marketing team, then they do this...
January 21, 2026 at 11:47 AM
I cannot tell you how often clients request artwork on layers for their marketing team, then they do this...
My bad for all of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake posting lately, but I've also been playing around with the Switch 2 version for a couple of weeks and it's really damn good?
From a distance it's easily on-par with the PS4 original and oftentimes surpasses it.
www.thegamer.com/final-fantas...
From a distance it's easily on-par with the PS4 original and oftentimes surpasses it.
www.thegamer.com/final-fantas...
Nintendo Switch 2 Is The New Best Way To Play Final Fantasy 7 Remake
Final Fantasy 7 Remake is yet another excellent port for the Nintendo Switch 2.
www.thegamer.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:09 AM
My bad for all of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake posting lately, but I've also been playing around with the Switch 2 version for a couple of weeks and it's really damn good?
From a distance it's easily on-par with the PS4 original and oftentimes surpasses it.
www.thegamer.com/final-fantas...
From a distance it's easily on-par with the PS4 original and oftentimes surpasses it.
www.thegamer.com/final-fantas...
I've also turned Cloud into a grumpy butch because mods have given me too much power.
January 20, 2026 at 11:17 AM
I've also turned Cloud into a grumpy butch because mods have given me too much power.
I've been making my way through Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Rebirth on PC and while I love both of these games for a bunch of reasons there's some story changes that just don't hit.
Seeing Sephiroth kill the Midgar Zolom right in front of us rather than stumbling across the corpse is one of them.
Seeing Sephiroth kill the Midgar Zolom right in front of us rather than stumbling across the corpse is one of them.
January 20, 2026 at 10:50 AM
I've been making my way through Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Rebirth on PC and while I love both of these games for a bunch of reasons there's some story changes that just don't hit.
Seeing Sephiroth kill the Midgar Zolom right in front of us rather than stumbling across the corpse is one of them.
Seeing Sephiroth kill the Midgar Zolom right in front of us rather than stumbling across the corpse is one of them.
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If you're fans of games like Sea of Stars, Clair Obscur, Octopath, Mario RPG, this is for you. www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/do...
Dosa Divas is an RPG where you solve every problem with cooking: "Everything is themed around flavor profiles, including attacks and enemy weaknesses"
Big in 2026 | We pull up a chair with Outerloop's Chandana Ekanayake to chat about how the studio's upcoming cooking RPG is a fresh take on the genre.
www.gamesradar.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:59 PM
If you're fans of games like Sea of Stars, Clair Obscur, Octopath, Mario RPG, this is for you. www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/do...
The dilemma of being terrible at fighting games but also being a giant lesbian.
January 14, 2026 at 8:10 PM
The dilemma of being terrible at fighting games but also being a giant lesbian.
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Sayonara Wild Hearts (2019)
January 12, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Sayonara Wild Hearts (2019)
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his name is Jonathan Ross and he shouldn't get a good night's sleep for the rest of his life www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis
Jonathan Ross was dragged in a separate incident last year by a fleeing driver, according to court records.
www.startribune.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:09 PM
his name is Jonathan Ross and he shouldn't get a good night's sleep for the rest of his life www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
I love Kenny Omega so much.
January 8, 2026 at 11:01 PM
I love Kenny Omega so much.
I’ve spent most of this week being sick but I did write a little thing about the narrative value of death and letting go in games - especially Cyberpunk 2077.
www.thegamer.com/cyberpunk-20...
www.thegamer.com/cyberpunk-20...
The Opening Of Cyberpunk 2077 Is So Perfect Because It Forces Us To Say Goodbye
Without the death of Jackie Welles, Cyberpunk 2077 simply wouldn't be the same.
www.thegamer.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:20 PM
I’ve spent most of this week being sick but I did write a little thing about the narrative value of death and letting go in games - especially Cyberpunk 2077.
www.thegamer.com/cyberpunk-20...
www.thegamer.com/cyberpunk-20...
First day back at work and I’m down with a gnarly ear infection and a fever.
Please send good vibes and painkillers 💀
Please send good vibes and painkillers 💀
January 5, 2026 at 11:17 PM
First day back at work and I’m down with a gnarly ear infection and a fever.
Please send good vibes and painkillers 💀
Please send good vibes and painkillers 💀