Malek Teffaha (مالك)
@malekawt.bsky.social
Love to socialize, especially with cats.
Senior Manager - Global Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility @Ubisoft!
Game Awards Future Class '22.
عربي لبناني فلسطيني، مشارك آراء.
Lebanese Palestinian queer Arab.
🇱🇧🇵🇸🏳️🌈
He/Him/هو
Senior Manager - Global Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility @Ubisoft!
Game Awards Future Class '22.
عربي لبناني فلسطيني، مشارك آراء.
Lebanese Palestinian queer Arab.
🇱🇧🇵🇸🏳️🌈
He/Him/هو
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#GameDev intro:
Malek (he/him). Queer Lebanese Palestinian game industry vet of 11+ years, in Paris.
Work at Ubisoft in D&I, with experience in comms, localization, CM, socials... Assisted in a ton of Arabic game support, and recently with cultural elements on AC Mirage.
Portfolio glimpse below:
Malek (he/him). Queer Lebanese Palestinian game industry vet of 11+ years, in Paris.
Work at Ubisoft in D&I, with experience in comms, localization, CM, socials... Assisted in a ton of Arabic game support, and recently with cultural elements on AC Mirage.
Portfolio glimpse below:
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PMG won the Knickerbocker Award for Best Games Journalism last night at the @nyvgcc.bsky.social!
It feels like we've come such a long way since we first launched this thing nearly eight years ago, but winning a journalism award at an event in NEW YORK CITY still seems totally mad to me.
It feels like we've come such a long way since we first launched this thing nearly eight years ago, but winning a journalism award at an event in NEW YORK CITY still seems totally mad to me.
January 19, 2026 at 9:54 AM
PMG won the Knickerbocker Award for Best Games Journalism last night at the @nyvgcc.bsky.social!
It feels like we've come such a long way since we first launched this thing nearly eight years ago, but winning a journalism award at an event in NEW YORK CITY still seems totally mad to me.
It feels like we've come such a long way since we first launched this thing nearly eight years ago, but winning a journalism award at an event in NEW YORK CITY still seems totally mad to me.
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The Demo for Duppy Detective Tashia is live!
Help Tashia unravel the mystery of Bredda Anansi's murder and (more importantly) find her cell phone!
🔍Gather Clues
👻Meet the Suspects
👁️Experience the first day of Tashia's investigation
store.steampowered.com/app/4222200/...
Help Tashia unravel the mystery of Bredda Anansi's murder and (more importantly) find her cell phone!
🔍Gather Clues
👻Meet the Suspects
👁️Experience the first day of Tashia's investigation
store.steampowered.com/app/4222200/...
Duppy Detective Tashia Demo on Steam
Play the first day in Tashia's investigation into the Mystery of the Halfway Market!
store.steampowered.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:59 PM
The Demo for Duppy Detective Tashia is live!
Help Tashia unravel the mystery of Bredda Anansi's murder and (more importantly) find her cell phone!
🔍Gather Clues
👻Meet the Suspects
👁️Experience the first day of Tashia's investigation
store.steampowered.com/app/4222200/...
Help Tashia unravel the mystery of Bredda Anansi's murder and (more importantly) find her cell phone!
🔍Gather Clues
👻Meet the Suspects
👁️Experience the first day of Tashia's investigation
store.steampowered.com/app/4222200/...
Vince Zampella, video game developer behind ‘Call of Duty' franchise, killed in crash www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/v...
December 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I don't know about you folks but Heated Rivalry has been the exact hot but wholesome queer energy that I need to end this year on.
Cannot recommend it enough. The one shame is that the last episode of the season airs next week.
It starts raunchy but evolves into something much more than that.
Cannot recommend it enough. The one shame is that the last episode of the season airs next week.
It starts raunchy but evolves into something much more than that.
December 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I don't know about you folks but Heated Rivalry has been the exact hot but wholesome queer energy that I need to end this year on.
Cannot recommend it enough. The one shame is that the last episode of the season airs next week.
It starts raunchy but evolves into something much more than that.
Cannot recommend it enough. The one shame is that the last episode of the season airs next week.
It starts raunchy but evolves into something much more than that.
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There’s a moment in this where @ramiismail.com talks about people distancing themselves or being told to do so because of his advocacy. Most never talk about but, man, it’s so real. The last couple years have been professionally and personally isolating in brutal ways. It’s been really eye-opening.
December 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There’s a moment in this where @ramiismail.com talks about people distancing themselves or being told to do so because of his advocacy. Most never talk about but, man, it’s so real. The last couple years have been professionally and personally isolating in brutal ways. It’s been really eye-opening.
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If we manage to pass $25,000, PMG is going to donate a further $5000 in the first weeks of January (once we have the funds to do so).
If you're unable to donate, any help sharing this video would be greatly appreciated!! YouTube didn't exactly do us any favours when we covered this back in 2023.
If you're unable to donate, any help sharing this video would be greatly appreciated!! YouTube didn't exactly do us any favours when we covered this back in 2023.
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If we manage to pass $25,000, PMG is going to donate a further $5000 in the first weeks of January (once we have the funds to do so).
If you're unable to donate, any help sharing this video would be greatly appreciated!! YouTube didn't exactly do us any favours when we covered this back in 2023.
If you're unable to donate, any help sharing this video would be greatly appreciated!! YouTube didn't exactly do us any favours when we covered this back in 2023.
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We're also running another fundraiser too! This one, like last time, is for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund.
Back in 2023, PMG viewers donated $67,000 to the PCRF, which is mad.
I've no idea if that's possible again here, but please consider chucking a few quid into the pool, if you can.
Back in 2023, PMG viewers donated $67,000 to the PCRF, which is mad.
I've no idea if that's possible again here, but please consider chucking a few quid into the pool, if you can.
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We're also running another fundraiser too! This one, like last time, is for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund.
Back in 2023, PMG viewers donated $67,000 to the PCRF, which is mad.
I've no idea if that's possible again here, but please consider chucking a few quid into the pool, if you can.
Back in 2023, PMG viewers donated $67,000 to the PCRF, which is mad.
I've no idea if that's possible again here, but please consider chucking a few quid into the pool, if you can.
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If you didn't already know about this boycott, or if you felt it was somehow futile when considering the scale of the corporation it's targeting, this video is for you.
The topic is not an easy one, but our aim here was to create something that'll give you a bit of hope & importantly, some agency.
The topic is not an easy one, but our aim here was to create something that'll give you a bit of hope & importantly, some agency.
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If you didn't already know about this boycott, or if you felt it was somehow futile when considering the scale of the corporation it's targeting, this video is for you.
The topic is not an easy one, but our aim here was to create something that'll give you a bit of hope & importantly, some agency.
The topic is not an easy one, but our aim here was to create something that'll give you a bit of hope & importantly, some agency.
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Here were a group of game developers working at a Microsoft-owned games studio who felt compelled to lend their own voices to the boycott, despite it targeting the very games they would be making.
And so, we traveled to Lyon to hear from them for ourselves.
And so, we traveled to Lyon to hear from them for ourselves.
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Here were a group of game developers working at a Microsoft-owned games studio who felt compelled to lend their own voices to the boycott, despite it targeting the very games they would be making.
And so, we traveled to Lyon to hear from them for ourselves.
And so, we traveled to Lyon to hear from them for ourselves.
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Although Rami told us he still felt let down by the industry's response to the genocide overall, he told us to pay attention to those who have been brave enough to step forward.
Like, for example, the @stjv.fr union members working out of Arkane Lyon, who'd released a statement in support of BDS.
Like, for example, the @stjv.fr union members working out of Arkane Lyon, who'd released a statement in support of BDS.
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Although Rami told us he still felt let down by the industry's response to the genocide overall, he told us to pay attention to those who have been brave enough to step forward.
Like, for example, the @stjv.fr union members working out of Arkane Lyon, who'd released a statement in support of BDS.
Like, for example, the @stjv.fr union members working out of Arkane Lyon, who'd released a statement in support of BDS.
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Having covered the relationship between video games and Palestine through @tamoorh.com's video in 2023, we wanted to come back to that topic once again and find out how much has changed over the last two years.
Given I was already in the Netherlands, it was obvious who I needed to speak to.
Given I was already in the Netherlands, it was obvious who I needed to speak to.
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Having covered the relationship between video games and Palestine through @tamoorh.com's video in 2023, we wanted to come back to that topic once again and find out how much has changed over the last two years.
Given I was already in the Netherlands, it was obvious who I needed to speak to.
Given I was already in the Netherlands, it was obvious who I needed to speak to.
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The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement has been targetting Microsoft for years now, describing the company as "perhaps the most complicit tech company in Israel’s illegal apartheid regime and ongoing genocide".
But their most recent campaign has gone after Xbox specifically.
But their most recent campaign has gone after Xbox specifically.
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement has been targetting Microsoft for years now, describing the company as "perhaps the most complicit tech company in Israel’s illegal apartheid regime and ongoing genocide".
But their most recent campaign has gone after Xbox specifically.
But their most recent campaign has gone after Xbox specifically.
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Thanks to the immense pressure that's been applied onto the company from both inside and out, Microsoft has just terminated some of its contracts with the IDF, including the particular unit responsible for capturing these phone calls.
And a key part of that pressure came from a boycott.
And a key part of that pressure came from a boycott.
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Thanks to the immense pressure that's been applied onto the company from both inside and out, Microsoft has just terminated some of its contracts with the IDF, including the particular unit responsible for capturing these phone calls.
And a key part of that pressure came from a boycott.
And a key part of that pressure came from a boycott.
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It felt important for us to see this for ourselves; to make a physical connection between Microsoft and the genocide it's helped enable in Gaza.
The data may be hidden from view, but it's significantly more difficult to hide the infrastructure itself.
The data may be hidden from view, but it's significantly more difficult to hide the infrastructure itself.
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It felt important for us to see this for ourselves; to make a physical connection between Microsoft and the genocide it's helped enable in Gaza.
The data may be hidden from view, but it's significantly more difficult to hide the infrastructure itself.
The data may be hidden from view, but it's significantly more difficult to hide the infrastructure itself.
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I recently traveled to Middenmeer in North Holland to visit a data centre belonging to Microsoft.
These buildings, we now know thanks to reporting from the Guardian, +972 magazine and Local Call, were used by the IDF to store **hundreds of millions** of phone calls made by the people of Palestine.
These buildings, we now know thanks to reporting from the Guardian, +972 magazine and Local Call, were used by the IDF to store **hundreds of millions** of phone calls made by the people of Palestine.
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I recently traveled to Middenmeer in North Holland to visit a data centre belonging to Microsoft.
These buildings, we now know thanks to reporting from the Guardian, +972 magazine and Local Call, were used by the IDF to store **hundreds of millions** of phone calls made by the people of Palestine.
These buildings, we now know thanks to reporting from the Guardian, +972 magazine and Local Call, were used by the IDF to store **hundreds of millions** of phone calls made by the people of Palestine.
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The Xbox Boycott (Still) Matters
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Please do not purchase Luck be a Landlord on Xbox. I will be making a $10,000 donation to The Palestine Children's Relief Fund to (hopefully) help offset the revenue the game has generated for Microsoft.
December 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Please do not purchase Luck be a Landlord on Xbox. I will be making a $10,000 donation to The Palestine Children's Relief Fund to (hopefully) help offset the revenue the game has generated for Microsoft.
If I'm not mistaken, Sandfall's @expedition33.bsky.social is the first game to have won every single category it was nominated for.
Absolutely surreal feat for the team and everyone involved in the creation and publishing of the game.
Kudos on delivering one heck of a game.
Absolutely surreal feat for the team and everyone involved in the creation and publishing of the game.
Kudos on delivering one heck of a game.
December 12, 2025 at 4:06 AM
If I'm not mistaken, Sandfall's @expedition33.bsky.social is the first game to have won every single category it was nominated for.
Absolutely surreal feat for the team and everyone involved in the creation and publishing of the game.
Kudos on delivering one heck of a game.
Absolutely surreal feat for the team and everyone involved in the creation and publishing of the game.
Kudos on delivering one heck of a game.
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do you feel a weight lifted off your shoulders after ignoring the future class alumni and press who've asked you to comment on it's abandonment?
or is editing hype trailers the most meaningful work you do
or is editing hype trailers the most meaningful work you do
Dorito Pope Geoff claims running The Game Awards is an "impossible" balancing act. Sir, it's only impossible because he tries to pass off a three-hour infomercial as a celebration of art. The Game Ads Awards are just a billboard for shareholders. www.thegamebusiness.com/p/interview-...
Interview: Geoff Keighley on the impossible balancing act of running The Game Awards
“We feel the weight of what we’re doing”
www.thegamebusiness.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
do you feel a weight lifted off your shoulders after ignoring the future class alumni and press who've asked you to comment on it's abandonment?
or is editing hype trailers the most meaningful work you do
or is editing hype trailers the most meaningful work you do
I hoped that he'd be willing to talk to the Future Class alumni to collaborate on a way forward for the program.
Instead, his team effectively told us to get lost and manage ourselves and he never even bothered to reply.
So much for rebirth, renewal, and finding hope that he talked about I guess.
Instead, his team effectively told us to get lost and manage ourselves and he never even bothered to reply.
So much for rebirth, renewal, and finding hope that he talked about I guess.
This week, we spoke with Geoff Keighley about The Game Awards. We cover the challenge of getting the balance right between awards and reveals, plus the responsibility of running the biggest event in the industry calendar www.thegamebusiness.com/p/interview-...
www.thegamebusiness.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I hoped that he'd be willing to talk to the Future Class alumni to collaborate on a way forward for the program.
Instead, his team effectively told us to get lost and manage ourselves and he never even bothered to reply.
So much for rebirth, renewal, and finding hope that he talked about I guess.
Instead, his team effectively told us to get lost and manage ourselves and he never even bothered to reply.
So much for rebirth, renewal, and finding hope that he talked about I guess.
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Currently working on a story about the Xbox boycott and hoping to have it up on the channel before the end of the year.
But in the meantime, I'm very happy to have my name (and PMG's) attached to today's pledge from @nogamesforgenocide.com.
But in the meantime, I'm very happy to have my name (and PMG's) attached to today's pledge from @nogamesforgenocide.com.
SIGN OUR BOYCOTT XBOX PLEDGE: We are asking gamers, game workers, streamers & journalists to join us in boycotting & divesting from Xbox, to force Microsoft to end its complicity in the genocide of Palestinians.
We’ve provided concrete actions everyone can take. Sign here: nogamesforgenocide.com
We’ve provided concrete actions everyone can take. Sign here: nogamesforgenocide.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Currently working on a story about the Xbox boycott and hoping to have it up on the channel before the end of the year.
But in the meantime, I'm very happy to have my name (and PMG's) attached to today's pledge from @nogamesforgenocide.com.
But in the meantime, I'm very happy to have my name (and PMG's) attached to today's pledge from @nogamesforgenocide.com.
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couldn't be prouder to be part of an amazing team at No Games for Genocide which has worked very hard to provide comprehensive info and steps to take action to boycott & divest from Xbox until Microsoft ends its complicity in the genocide and colonisation of the Palestinian people. consider signing!
SIGN OUR BOYCOTT XBOX PLEDGE: We are asking gamers, game workers, streamers & journalists to join us in boycotting & divesting from Xbox, to force Microsoft to end its complicity in the genocide of Palestinians.
We’ve provided concrete actions everyone can take. Sign here: nogamesforgenocide.com
We’ve provided concrete actions everyone can take. Sign here: nogamesforgenocide.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
couldn't be prouder to be part of an amazing team at No Games for Genocide which has worked very hard to provide comprehensive info and steps to take action to boycott & divest from Xbox until Microsoft ends its complicity in the genocide and colonisation of the Palestinian people. consider signing!
Such an honor to host the 2025 @arabic.games Showcase with a tremendous lineup of Arab made games from all across the Arab World.
More than 60 games and tools, across an hour, and I cannot be more proud. Big kudos to the team behind the scenes, and speakers throughout.
VOD: youtu.be/oE72ZONsXM0
More than 60 games and tools, across an hour, and I cannot be more proud. Big kudos to the team behind the scenes, and speakers throughout.
VOD: youtu.be/oE72ZONsXM0
November 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Such an honor to host the 2025 @arabic.games Showcase with a tremendous lineup of Arab made games from all across the Arab World.
More than 60 games and tools, across an hour, and I cannot be more proud. Big kudos to the team behind the scenes, and speakers throughout.
VOD: youtu.be/oE72ZONsXM0
More than 60 games and tools, across an hour, and I cannot be more proud. Big kudos to the team behind the scenes, and speakers throughout.
VOD: youtu.be/oE72ZONsXM0
The @arabic.games showcase is live!!!
Tune in, and enjoy the show!
It's the first time I ever host something like this.
youtu.be/oE72ZONsXM0?...
Tune in, and enjoy the show!
It's the first time I ever host something like this.
youtu.be/oE72ZONsXM0?...
Arabic Games Showcase 2025 - معرض الألعاب عربك جيمز ٢٠٢٥
YouTube video by Arabic Games
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The @arabic.games showcase is live!!!
Tune in, and enjoy the show!
It's the first time I ever host something like this.
youtu.be/oE72ZONsXM0?...
Tune in, and enjoy the show!
It's the first time I ever host something like this.
youtu.be/oE72ZONsXM0?...