Patrick Garratt
@patlike.bsky.social
➡️ EIC of Knowledge, the Edge videogame industry newsletter
➡️ Cofounder of VG247
➡️ Writer, author
➡️ https://linktr.ee/patlike
➡️ https://patrickgarratt.com/
➡️ Cofounder of VG247
➡️ Writer, author
➡️ https://linktr.ee/patlike
➡️ https://patrickgarratt.com/
Going through my subscriptions. Am I really paying Adobe €78,65/month? Not anymore.
February 9, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Going through my subscriptions. Am I really paying Adobe €78,65/month? Not anymore.
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Hi.
I made a short documentary on community, connection and the importance of those things now more than ever through a group that has fostered on fostering those things in the last two years in Derry.
I'm so, so proud to present the trailer for it. Please enjoy.
It's called Building A Village.
I made a short documentary on community, connection and the importance of those things now more than ever through a group that has fostered on fostering those things in the last two years in Derry.
I'm so, so proud to present the trailer for it. Please enjoy.
It's called Building A Village.
February 7, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Hi.
I made a short documentary on community, connection and the importance of those things now more than ever through a group that has fostered on fostering those things in the last two years in Derry.
I'm so, so proud to present the trailer for it. Please enjoy.
It's called Building A Village.
I made a short documentary on community, connection and the importance of those things now more than ever through a group that has fostered on fostering those things in the last two years in Derry.
I'm so, so proud to present the trailer for it. Please enjoy.
It's called Building A Village.
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Thousands Clash with Milan Police in Anti-Capitalist & Anti-Fascist Surge.
February 8, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Thousands Clash with Milan Police in Anti-Capitalist & Anti-Fascist Surge.
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Slimon Slung by Matt Young, GriddleOctopus for Bigmode Game Jam 2026
A life, through tongue.
itch.io
February 8, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Two short fiction rejections in less than six weeks. Strong start to 2026.
February 6, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Two short fiction rejections in less than six weeks. Strong start to 2026.
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In today's edition, we speak to The Game Bakers' @emericthoa.bsky.social on Cairn and the advantages France presents to indie devs. Also, Chucklefish COO @donnaorl.bsky.social talks publishing and converting a decade of Witchbrook wishlists. Live at 2pm GMT. Sign up here: bit.ly/knowledgenew...
February 6, 2026 at 12:47 PM
In today's edition, we speak to The Game Bakers' @emericthoa.bsky.social on Cairn and the advantages France presents to indie devs. Also, Chucklefish COO @donnaorl.bsky.social talks publishing and converting a decade of Witchbrook wishlists. Live at 2pm GMT. Sign up here: bit.ly/knowledgenew...
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Want to showcase/reveal your game this Summer with the best narrative game publisher out there (OK I’m biased but still it’s true!)
Apply 👇
Apply 👇
Are you making a story-focused indie game? 📖
Applications are open for the Story-Rich Showcase, our event that will run during the Summer Game Fest period and is built to champion narrative games that deserve the spotlight ❤️🔥
You can apply here 👇
📋 storyrich.games
Applications are open for the Story-Rich Showcase, our event that will run during the Summer Game Fest period and is built to champion narrative games that deserve the spotlight ❤️🔥
You can apply here 👇
📋 storyrich.games
February 4, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Want to showcase/reveal your game this Summer with the best narrative game publisher out there (OK I’m biased but still it’s true!)
Apply 👇
Apply 👇
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Drug laws have never stopped people from using drugs.
They've stopped people from using drugs safely.
It's time to legalise *and* regulate.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
They've stopped people from using drugs safely.
It's time to legalise *and* regulate.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Drugs policy approach needs to change, Zack Polanski says
The Green Party leader of England and Wales says there needs to be a
www.bbc.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Drug laws have never stopped people from using drugs.
They've stopped people from using drugs safely.
It's time to legalise *and* regulate.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
They've stopped people from using drugs safely.
It's time to legalise *and* regulate.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Here we go. I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but please stop using X, Instagram and Facebook if you still have accounts. They're all aligned with the Trump regime. For those who don't speak French, this was reported but allowed because, according to Facebook, it's within community guidelines.
Vu sur Facebook.
Signalé. Réponse: n'enfreint pas les règles de la communauté.
Ps: je ne suis plus sur facebook.
Signalé. Réponse: n'enfreint pas les règles de la communauté.
Ps: je ne suis plus sur facebook.
February 2, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Here we go. I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but please stop using X, Instagram and Facebook if you still have accounts. They're all aligned with the Trump regime. For those who don't speak French, this was reported but allowed because, according to Facebook, it's within community guidelines.
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Looking forward to all videogame journalists covering the Epstein files today and then adding them for context in all future coverage of THE game.
Yeah, I think that’s totally going to happen.
Yeah, I think that’s totally going to happen.
January 31, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Looking forward to all videogame journalists covering the Epstein files today and then adding them for context in all future coverage of THE game.
Yeah, I think that’s totally going to happen.
Yeah, I think that’s totally going to happen.
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Was this before or after he gave Bill Gates his special treats?
January 30, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Was this before or after he gave Bill Gates his special treats?
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Bloody hell, a good review of Super Nintendo in the Times.
"The upside of MacDonald’s standing is that you won’t find anyone, I don’t think, with a better insight into the nuts and bolts of these games... Here is a book bursting with love."
www.thetimes.com/article/cc15...
"The upside of MacDonald’s standing is that you won’t find anyone, I don’t think, with a better insight into the nuts and bolts of these games... Here is a book bursting with love."
www.thetimes.com/article/cc15...
Mario, Pikachu and Donkey Kong — the joy of Nintendo
In Super Nintendo, Keza MacDonald explores the history of the Japanese company that gave us Super Mario, Pokémon and so much more
www.thetimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Bloody hell, a good review of Super Nintendo in the Times.
"The upside of MacDonald’s standing is that you won’t find anyone, I don’t think, with a better insight into the nuts and bolts of these games... Here is a book bursting with love."
www.thetimes.com/article/cc15...
"The upside of MacDonald’s standing is that you won’t find anyone, I don’t think, with a better insight into the nuts and bolts of these games... Here is a book bursting with love."
www.thetimes.com/article/cc15...
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Oh my. Oh my my my.
Rockstar co-founder Sam Houser and Leslie Benzies - the former head of Rockstar North and current head of Build A Rocket Boy - are both mentioned in the Epstein Files.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file... (Page 38)
Rockstar co-founder Sam Houser and Leslie Benzies - the former head of Rockstar North and current head of Build A Rocket Boy - are both mentioned in the Epstein Files.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file... (Page 38)
January 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Oh my. Oh my my my.
Rockstar co-founder Sam Houser and Leslie Benzies - the former head of Rockstar North and current head of Build A Rocket Boy - are both mentioned in the Epstein Files.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file... (Page 38)
Rockstar co-founder Sam Houser and Leslie Benzies - the former head of Rockstar North and current head of Build A Rocket Boy - are both mentioned in the Epstein Files.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file... (Page 38)
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Overall: 28% laid off in the last 2 years
US: 33%
Design/narrative: 20% in the last 12mo (most impacted discipline)
48% said they haven't found a new job, and the survey admits these numbers are likely an undercount.
Fun fact: the survey would boot you out if you'd been out of work >2 years.
US: 33%
Design/narrative: 20% in the last 12mo (most impacted discipline)
48% said they haven't found a new job, and the survey admits these numbers are likely an undercount.
Fun fact: the survey would boot you out if you'd been out of work >2 years.
More than a quarter of developers surveyed by GDC say they were laid off in the last 24 months, and around half of them say they haven't found a new job yet.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/more-th...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/more-th...
More than a quarter of devs surveyed by GDC were laid off in the past two years, and half of them don’t have a new job | VGC
“Execs are throwing people overboard and expecting these scuttled ghost ships to keep making them infinite money”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Overall: 28% laid off in the last 2 years
US: 33%
Design/narrative: 20% in the last 12mo (most impacted discipline)
48% said they haven't found a new job, and the survey admits these numbers are likely an undercount.
Fun fact: the survey would boot you out if you'd been out of work >2 years.
US: 33%
Design/narrative: 20% in the last 12mo (most impacted discipline)
48% said they haven't found a new job, and the survey admits these numbers are likely an undercount.
Fun fact: the survey would boot you out if you'd been out of work >2 years.
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submissions for our new music+sound section are now open
details here:
minorliteratures.com/submissions/
details here:
minorliteratures.com/submissions/
January 29, 2026 at 11:27 AM
submissions for our new music+sound section are now open
details here:
minorliteratures.com/submissions/
details here:
minorliteratures.com/submissions/
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🗣️ « Il n'y a pas que des antifas blancs et cagoulés. »
Cesaria est la porte parole de Génération Antifasciste, un nouveau groupe antifa créé à Lyon. Entre un collage d'affiches et le tournage de vidéos sur le RN, elle nous raconte son combat contre l'extrême droite ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlY7...
Cesaria est la porte parole de Génération Antifasciste, un nouveau groupe antifa créé à Lyon. Entre un collage d'affiches et le tournage de vidéos sur le RN, elle nous raconte son combat contre l'extrême droite ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlY7...
"Il n'y a pas que des antifas blancs et cagoulés" : Cesaria, militante antifasciste | LA VRAIE VIE
YouTube video by StreetPress
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:21 PM
🗣️ « Il n'y a pas que des antifas blancs et cagoulés. »
Cesaria est la porte parole de Génération Antifasciste, un nouveau groupe antifa créé à Lyon. Entre un collage d'affiches et le tournage de vidéos sur le RN, elle nous raconte son combat contre l'extrême droite ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlY7...
Cesaria est la porte parole de Génération Antifasciste, un nouveau groupe antifa créé à Lyon. Entre un collage d'affiches et le tournage de vidéos sur le RN, elle nous raconte son combat contre l'extrême droite ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlY7...
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Next year the PlayStation 3 will be older than the NES was when the PS3 launched.
January 29, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Next year the PlayStation 3 will be older than the NES was when the PS3 launched.
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If you'd like to explore gender with me this year then register for the philosophy study group I organize: frankgarrett.online/philosophy/g.... It starts March 14.
Vexing Gender -
Our 2026 study group will read key texts by philosophers who work with and on the gender/sex problematic: Butler, Cixous, and Irigaray.
frankgarrett.online
January 26, 2026 at 10:09 PM
If you'd like to explore gender with me this year then register for the philosophy study group I organize: frankgarrett.online/philosophy/g.... It starts March 14.
On oublie pas.
✊ Toulouse : un an après la mort de Bilal, un hommage pour continuer le combat
Le Comité vérité et justice pour Bilal a organisé un week-end de mémoire et de mobilisation, un an après la mort de Bilal au cours d’une intervention policière.
Le Comité vérité et justice pour Bilal a organisé un week-end de mémoire et de mobilisation, un an après la mort de Bilal au cours d’une intervention policière.
Toulouse : un an après la mort de Bilal, un hommage pour continuer le combat
Vendredi 23 et samedi 24 janvier, le Comité vérité et justice pour Bilal organisait un week-end de mémoire et de mobilisation, un an après la mort de Bilal au cours d'une intervention policière.…
buff.ly
January 28, 2026 at 8:11 AM
On oublie pas.
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People already working hard to prove how perfect Alex Pretti was. To show he didn't "deserve" to be killed. But it's a trap folks. You're only feeding into a dynamic where people who are considered lesser get no protection. You don't have to be an Alex Pretti to deserve to live.
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 PM
People already working hard to prove how perfect Alex Pretti was. To show he didn't "deserve" to be killed. But it's a trap folks. You're only feeding into a dynamic where people who are considered lesser get no protection. You don't have to be an Alex Pretti to deserve to live.
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Cette photo a 83 ans.
Le 23 janvier 43, la dernière fois que l'extrême-droite est entrée à la mairie de Marseille, c'était pour détruire 14ha de quartiers, rafler 20 000 personnes et en déporter 1 700 dont 700 juifs.
Vouloir l'y remettre c'est être amnésique et se rendre complice de ses héritiers
Le 23 janvier 43, la dernière fois que l'extrême-droite est entrée à la mairie de Marseille, c'était pour détruire 14ha de quartiers, rafler 20 000 personnes et en déporter 1 700 dont 700 juifs.
Vouloir l'y remettre c'est être amnésique et se rendre complice de ses héritiers
January 23, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Cette photo a 83 ans.
Le 23 janvier 43, la dernière fois que l'extrême-droite est entrée à la mairie de Marseille, c'était pour détruire 14ha de quartiers, rafler 20 000 personnes et en déporter 1 700 dont 700 juifs.
Vouloir l'y remettre c'est être amnésique et se rendre complice de ses héritiers
Le 23 janvier 43, la dernière fois que l'extrême-droite est entrée à la mairie de Marseille, c'était pour détruire 14ha de quartiers, rafler 20 000 personnes et en déporter 1 700 dont 700 juifs.
Vouloir l'y remettre c'est être amnésique et se rendre complice de ses héritiers
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This week's edition reports from Pocket Gamer Connects on the call for government industry assistance in the UK. We also speak to Secret Mode co-founder James Schall about the console versions of Escape The Backrooms. Live at 2pm UK. Sign up here: bit.ly/knowledgenew...
January 23, 2026 at 10:54 AM
This week's edition reports from Pocket Gamer Connects on the call for government industry assistance in the UK. We also speak to Secret Mode co-founder James Schall about the console versions of Escape The Backrooms. Live at 2pm UK. Sign up here: bit.ly/knowledgenew...