David Lumb
@outonalumb.bsky.social
Tech/gaming journalist at CNET, WGAE union member, burrito fiend.
Love this story from @jacksonwryan.com about Lente, a game designer who developed a game about cleaning up waterways on a boat while, yes, she was living on a boat. More lovely stories about the people behind games by talented writers, please!!
⛵ Lente made a video game about a boat, while living on a boat.
I visited Lente and the boat and talked about Lente and boats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/a...
I visited Lente and the boat and talked about Lente and boats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/a...
The Game She Wrote on a Boat Kept Her Afloat
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Love this story from @jacksonwryan.com about Lente, a game designer who developed a game about cleaning up waterways on a boat while, yes, she was living on a boat. More lovely stories about the people behind games by talented writers, please!!
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CNET’s @outonalumb.bsky.social took the #OnePlus15‘s cameras for a spin around LA. This is OnePlus’ first phone since its partnership with Hasselblad ended. Take a look at David’s photos to see what OnePlus is doing without the iconic Swedish camera maker
www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...
www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...
I Went Hands-On With the OnePlus 15's Camera and You Need to See the Results
What better first test run than taking it on a neighborhood photo safari?
www.cnet.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
CNET’s @outonalumb.bsky.social took the #OnePlus15‘s cameras for a spin around LA. This is OnePlus’ first phone since its partnership with Hasselblad ended. Take a look at David’s photos to see what OnePlus is doing without the iconic Swedish camera maker
www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...
www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...
I’ve written about sustainability in the games industry and this book will be a great comprehensive overview — perfect for folks wondering how games will clash with climate change. I’ve even got a chapter in it covering games media’s role!
If you're curious about practical methods and in-depth critical takes on how to work on sustainability in and through games and play, have we got the book for you!
Preorder now, with our full release November 17th:
www.routledge.com/The-Game-Nee...
Preorder now, with our full release November 17th:
www.routledge.com/The-Game-Nee...
The Game Needs to Change: Towards Sustainable Game Design
This book shows how games can play their part in addressing climate change and how we can sustainably make games for sustainability. Based on both industry practice and research, the chapters within t...
www.routledge.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I’ve written about sustainability in the games industry and this book will be a great comprehensive overview — perfect for folks wondering how games will clash with climate change. I’ve even got a chapter in it covering games media’s role!
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give greta thunberg a gundam
October 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
give greta thunberg a gundam
In Maui, I’m at the #snapdragonsummit2025 keynote with @katiecollins.bsky.social hearing about what Qualcomm’s got in store for next year’s phones and PCs via their chips
September 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
In Maui, I’m at the #snapdragonsummit2025 keynote with @katiecollins.bsky.social hearing about what Qualcomm’s got in store for next year’s phones and PCs via their chips
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It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
September 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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Very excited to try the new Star Wars mixed reality playset experience - my colleague @outonalumb.bsky.social checked it out in LA, and I’m envious www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...
A Star Wars AR Game Got Me Playing With Virtual Action Figures Like I Was 6 Years Old
It's not every day that an AR game has me reliving childhood, but the upcoming Star Wars: Beyond Victory is a nostalgic experience.
www.cnet.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Very excited to try the new Star Wars mixed reality playset experience - my colleague @outonalumb.bsky.social checked it out in LA, and I’m envious www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...
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If only so many of the writers we need right now hadn't lost their jobs
aftermath.site/tyler-robinson...
aftermath.site/tyler-robinson...
September 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
If only so many of the writers we need right now hadn't lost their jobs
aftermath.site/tyler-robinson...
aftermath.site/tyler-robinson...
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Adjusted for inflation Spirited Away cost $22 million to make. The Triplets of Belleville cost $16.5 million, Cartoon Saloon's Wolfwalkers cost $14.28 million, and Oscar winner Flow cost only $4 million. These critically acclaimed, made by real people films, cost less than this pile of actual vomit.
OpenAI confirms they're helping make an AI-generated movie called 'Critterz'
• Goal is to finish production in 9 months
• Budget is ~$30M
• Plan is to debut the film at Canne
• 'Paddington 3' writers penned the script
• Art will be fed into Chat GPT 5 and other image models
(via WSJ)
• Goal is to finish production in 9 months
• Budget is ~$30M
• Plan is to debut the film at Canne
• 'Paddington 3' writers penned the script
• Art will be fed into Chat GPT 5 and other image models
(via WSJ)
September 9, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Adjusted for inflation Spirited Away cost $22 million to make. The Triplets of Belleville cost $16.5 million, Cartoon Saloon's Wolfwalkers cost $14.28 million, and Oscar winner Flow cost only $4 million. These critically acclaimed, made by real people films, cost less than this pile of actual vomit.
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ZDCG demands accountability for continued attacks on media workers in Gaza:
August 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
ZDCG demands accountability for continued attacks on media workers in Gaza:
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NEW: Israel targeted and killed five @aljazeera.com journalists in Gaza.
They risked everything to document atrocities so we could know the truth. Killing them is an attack on journalism itself.
With @nwu.org, we demand accountability:
newsguild.org/the-newsguil...
They risked everything to document atrocities so we could know the truth. Killing them is an attack on journalism itself.
With @nwu.org, we demand accountability:
newsguild.org/the-newsguil...
The NewsGuild-CWA and National Writers Union condemn Israel’s targeted killing of five Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA
The NewsGuild-CWA and National Writers Union join press freedom advocates around the world in condemning the targeted killing of Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza.
newsguild.org
August 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
NEW: Israel targeted and killed five @aljazeera.com journalists in Gaza.
They risked everything to document atrocities so we could know the truth. Killing them is an attack on journalism itself.
With @nwu.org, we demand accountability:
newsguild.org/the-newsguil...
They risked everything to document atrocities so we could know the truth. Killing them is an attack on journalism itself.
With @nwu.org, we demand accountability:
newsguild.org/the-newsguil...
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Our Eater GoFundMe is up! We all know this has been a difficult year for Vox, but the folks at Eater have been extremely dedicated in their support for each of their colleagues, past and present. Let's support them now!!! #unionstrong #voxunion #1u
gofund.me/04932462
gofund.me/04932462
August 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Our Eater GoFundMe is up! We all know this has been a difficult year for Vox, but the folks at Eater have been extremely dedicated in their support for each of their colleagues, past and present. Let's support them now!!! #unionstrong #voxunion #1u
gofund.me/04932462
gofund.me/04932462
Absolute garbage.
A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda.
This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵
This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵
August 9, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Absolute garbage.
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Most of the internet used to be like this. This is actually the default, it took companies enclosing the internet and adding weird, soul-killing incentives to make people behave the way they do now. In a way, there is truly nothing special about Wikipedia except that it survived longer.
“Wikipedia is this economic anomaly. In many ways, it’s sort of magical that people will just volunteer without explicit economic incentives to create artifacts that are meant to share knowledge with everyone in the world”
July 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Most of the internet used to be like this. This is actually the default, it took companies enclosing the internet and adding weird, soul-killing incentives to make people behave the way they do now. In a way, there is truly nothing special about Wikipedia except that it survived longer.
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Hulk Hogan ratted out other wrestlers attempting to unionize to save his own position and paycheck above anyone else's & gladly accepted funding from Peter Thiel for his Gawker court case that paved frequently abused legal precedents for the rich to shut down any media outlets that embarrass them.
July 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Hulk Hogan ratted out other wrestlers attempting to unionize to save his own position and paycheck above anyone else's & gladly accepted funding from Peter Thiel for his Gawker court case that paved frequently abused legal precedents for the rich to shut down any media outlets that embarrass them.
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"flight manifests for 3 legally contested deportation flights from Texas to El Salvador contain dozens of additional, unaccounted for passengers than a previously published Department of Homeland Security (DHS) list of people deported from the United States on those flights, 404 Media has learned."
Flight Manifests Reveal Dozens of Previously Unknown People on Three Deportation Flights to El Salvador
Hacked data obtained by 404 Media reveals dozens more people on deportation flights to El Salvador who are unaccounted for. “We have not heard from these people’s families, so I think perhaps even they don’t know," one lawyer said.
www.404media.co
July 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"flight manifests for 3 legally contested deportation flights from Texas to El Salvador contain dozens of additional, unaccounted for passengers than a previously published Department of Homeland Security (DHS) list of people deported from the United States on those flights, 404 Media has learned."
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ICE is out of control. This is not law enforcement. It is state violence.
July 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
ICE is out of control. This is not law enforcement. It is state violence.
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There is no city, state or federal district where it is legal to terrorize and detain people for being brown and working in agriculture. These raids must stop immediately. 8/
July 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
There is no city, state or federal district where it is legal to terrorize and detain people for being brown and working in agriculture. These raids must stop immediately. 8/
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I honestly think ANDOR is more inspirational and rousing than like, the past 20 years of democratic messaging.
July 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I honestly think ANDOR is more inspirational and rousing than like, the past 20 years of democratic messaging.
At SGF, I played Snap & Grab, @nogoblin.social’s glam 80s heist game where a stylish photographer steals from the rich by shooting photos of her targets — a “Hitman meets Pokémon Snap” as the game’s dev described it
www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...
www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...
Snap & Grab Is an '80s Glam Heist Game Where Hitman Meets Pokemon Snap
Take photos, steal art from rich bozos. What's not to like?
www.cnet.com
June 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
At SGF, I played Snap & Grab, @nogoblin.social’s glam 80s heist game where a stylish photographer steals from the rich by shooting photos of her targets — a “Hitman meets Pokémon Snap” as the game’s dev described it
www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...
www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...
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I had a great chat with the director of the Onimusha reboot, we talked about how they’re leveraging Capcom’s new tech and growth in recent years. This was one of my favorite games I saw at Summer Game Fest 2025.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword sees the classic series renewed with Capcom's latest technology
Onimusha: Way of the Sword sees the classic series renewed with Capcom's latest technology
Capcom devs explain why the reboot of the Samurai action-horror series was only possible with the RE Engine.
www.gamedeveloper.com
June 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I had a great chat with the director of the Onimusha reboot, we talked about how they’re leveraging Capcom’s new tech and growth in recent years. This was one of my favorite games I saw at Summer Game Fest 2025.
The SGF game that stuck with me is @nyamakop.co.za’s Relooted, a heist game about liberating African art/artifacts from museums to bring back to their home countries.
"We wanted to make it feel like you're in a heist montage” -creative director Ben Myres
www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...
"We wanted to make it feel like you're in a heist montage” -creative director Ben Myres
www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...
Relooted Is a Heist Game About Returning African Artifacts to Their Home Countries
"We wanted to make it feel like you're in a heist montage for a movie of your own plan," said the game's creative director Ben Myres.
www.cnet.com
June 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The SGF game that stuck with me is @nyamakop.co.za’s Relooted, a heist game about liberating African art/artifacts from museums to bring back to their home countries.
"We wanted to make it feel like you're in a heist montage” -creative director Ben Myres
www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...
"We wanted to make it feel like you're in a heist montage” -creative director Ben Myres
www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...
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Aftermath (at last) has a pitch guide! We're a growing outlet and can only accept so much right now, but we'd love to see stories you think might be right for us. Learn more about what we're looking for and how to pitch here:
aftermath.site/aftermath-free...
aftermath.site/aftermath-free...
June 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Aftermath (at last) has a pitch guide! We're a growing outlet and can only accept so much right now, but we'd love to see stories you think might be right for us. Learn more about what we're looking for and how to pitch here:
aftermath.site/aftermath-free...
aftermath.site/aftermath-free...
Yep, @owlcatgames.bsky.social's The Expanse: Osiris Reborn was inspired by Mass Effect, along with Baldur's Gate 3 and JRPGs. Creative Director Alexander Mishulin chatted with me about the upcoming action RPG's combat and how they'll bring The Expanse to gaming:
www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...
www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Will Take Cues From Mass Effect, Souls Games and More
I spoke with the creative director of the upcoming action RPG game, which is based on the beloved book and TV series.
www.cnet.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Yep, @owlcatgames.bsky.social's The Expanse: Osiris Reborn was inspired by Mass Effect, along with Baldur's Gate 3 and JRPGs. Creative Director Alexander Mishulin chatted with me about the upcoming action RPG's combat and how they'll bring The Expanse to gaming:
www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...
www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...
Cozy horror fans should keep their eyes on Grave Seasons, a farming sim with a serial killer — which is randomly assigned every playthrough, upping replayability. The game comes out next year.
www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...
www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...
Cozy Horror Game Grave Seasons Is Stardew Valley Plagued by a Serial Killer
At Summer Game Fest, we tried a goth farming simulator inspired by Dredge and Cult of the Lamb.
www.cnet.com
June 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Cozy horror fans should keep their eyes on Grave Seasons, a farming sim with a serial killer — which is randomly assigned every playthrough, upping replayability. The game comes out next year.
www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...
www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...