Jordan Cassidy
@thecrossoverappeal.bsky.social
On YouTube as The Crossover Appeal.
At thecrossoverappeal.com for pop culture recs.
Games writing, criticism. Formerly games studies.
Open for writing and editing opportunities.
Bylines: Exploits, Uppercut, Barely Textual, InMediaRes.
🏳️🌈🇲🇽
At thecrossoverappeal.com for pop culture recs.
Games writing, criticism. Formerly games studies.
Open for writing and editing opportunities.
Bylines: Exploits, Uppercut, Barely Textual, InMediaRes.
🏳️🌈🇲🇽
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Hey, I’m Jordan.
I’m a recovering academic (English, game studies, queer theory) who occasionally writes and makes videos about games, music, movies, and pop culture.
Stick around if you like takes on:
- indie games
- board games
- rpgs
- criticism
- new music
- org design
- writing
Welcome!
I’m a recovering academic (English, game studies, queer theory) who occasionally writes and makes videos about games, music, movies, and pop culture.
Stick around if you like takes on:
- indie games
- board games
- rpgs
- criticism
- new music
- org design
- writing
Welcome!
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1/27/2026 - Minneapolis
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
January 27, 2026 at 10:01 PM
1/27/2026 - Minneapolis
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
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my first story for mothership! i'll be doing culture stuff and also investigative stuff, so using this post as a reminder to please reach out if you have something you want to share. (info in bio!)
it's very rare to have support as a freelancer for investigative work. let us tell your story ✨
it's very rare to have support as a freelancer for investigative work. let us tell your story ✨
What does Gundam have to do with nail art? Find out in @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social 's first Mothership feature. www.mothership.blog/gunpla-is-fo...
Gunpla is for the girls
Real Gundams wear pink... and sparkles, and hearts, and tutus, and rhinestones
www.mothership.blog
January 27, 2026 at 5:51 PM
my first story for mothership! i'll be doing culture stuff and also investigative stuff, so using this post as a reminder to please reach out if you have something you want to share. (info in bio!)
it's very rare to have support as a freelancer for investigative work. let us tell your story ✨
it's very rare to have support as a freelancer for investigative work. let us tell your story ✨
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In times like these it’s nice to celebrate a small win. Super excited to hit 400 subs on YouTube. I work extremely hard on this channel, I hope it shows. 500 is next! Would be incredible to hit that first partner step this year.
youtube.com/@thedangoodshow
(1/2)
youtube.com/@thedangoodshow
(1/2)
January 27, 2026 at 4:52 PM
In times like these it’s nice to celebrate a small win. Super excited to hit 400 subs on YouTube. I work extremely hard on this channel, I hope it shows. 500 is next! Would be incredible to hit that first partner step this year.
youtube.com/@thedangoodshow
(1/2)
youtube.com/@thedangoodshow
(1/2)
I just want to say, the work @yozetty.bsky.social and the rest of the @minnmax.com crew has been doing over the past week just reporting and commenting on the ground in Minneapolis while also somehow delivering their slate of games coverage is so remarkable.
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 27, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I just want to say, the work @yozetty.bsky.social and the rest of the @minnmax.com crew has been doing over the past week just reporting and commenting on the ground in Minneapolis while also somehow delivering their slate of games coverage is so remarkable.
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Come work with me!
Product Lead - Owlchemy Labs
Job Summary: Owls in this role provide company-level guidance on product throughout the various development stages. Oversees Owlchemy product teams and assigned products, responsible for the hea...
www.linkedin.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Come work with me!
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Kotaku Is Hiring A Staff Reporter https://kotaku.com/kotaku-is-hiring-a-staff-reporter-2000663475
Kotaku Is Hiring A Staff Reporter
We want your scoops
kotaku.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Kotaku Is Hiring A Staff Reporter https://kotaku.com/kotaku-is-hiring-a-staff-reporter-2000663475
Sometimes I’ll see a clip from Rear Window and have a panic inducing crush on Grace Kelly again
January 27, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Sometimes I’ll see a clip from Rear Window and have a panic inducing crush on Grace Kelly again
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We Played ‘Highguard’ And It’s Really Good
We Played ‘Highguard’ And It’s Really Good
Wildlight's Highguard is just good, it scratches the raiding itch without asking you to sink hundreds of hours into basebuilding.
The post We Played ‘Highguard’ And It’s Really Good appeared first on But Why Tho?.
dlvr.it
January 26, 2026 at 6:02 PM
We Played ‘Highguard’ And It’s Really Good
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I spent the weekend trying to process what's happening in my city of Minneapolis, Minnesota by creating this video. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 26, 2026 at 4:52 PM
I spent the weekend trying to process what's happening in my city of Minneapolis, Minnesota by creating this video. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
Let's fucking gooooooooo
guess what... i made a website www.mothership.blog
Mothership
Video game coverage for her, them, and yes, him, too.
www.mothership.blog
January 26, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Let's fucking gooooooooo
Listening to a lot of old Sesame Street songs with the boy lately.
Every time "The People In Your Neighborhood" comes on I getemotional.
It's a song you would never sing around ICE for fear you'd introduce them to someone they'd shoot.
This regime only understands violence as community connection
Every time "The People In Your Neighborhood" comes on I getemotional.
It's a song you would never sing around ICE for fear you'd introduce them to someone they'd shoot.
This regime only understands violence as community connection
January 26, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Listening to a lot of old Sesame Street songs with the boy lately.
Every time "The People In Your Neighborhood" comes on I getemotional.
It's a song you would never sing around ICE for fear you'd introduce them to someone they'd shoot.
This regime only understands violence as community connection
Every time "The People In Your Neighborhood" comes on I getemotional.
It's a song you would never sing around ICE for fear you'd introduce them to someone they'd shoot.
This regime only understands violence as community connection
The AFC championship was Broncos v Bills and it was marred by Josh's worst playoff performance and some truly insane refereeing. This was certainly the worst AFC pool since playoff expansions. Hope Darnold and the Hawks absolutely dog walk Vrabel.
January 26, 2026 at 1:50 PM
The AFC championship was Broncos v Bills and it was marred by Josh's worst playoff performance and some truly insane refereeing. This was certainly the worst AFC pool since playoff expansions. Hope Darnold and the Hawks absolutely dog walk Vrabel.
It’s always fuck the pats.
January 26, 2026 at 2:30 AM
It’s always fuck the pats.
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Wow there are 6 year old Pats fans who have never seen their team in the Super Bowl
January 25, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Wow there are 6 year old Pats fans who have never seen their team in the Super Bowl
There are so many good writers out there writing good shit about games.
January 25, 2026 at 11:36 PM
There are so many good writers out there writing good shit about games.
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How do we see the future? Is it an expansion of possibility and imagination, a canvas on which we can paint anything? Or is the future a contraction? A place where ideas are bound by the spaces we’re given to create them — a place that determines what we’re allowed to dream youtu.be/F0K2DnI1TDk
January 25, 2026 at 4:32 PM
How do we see the future? Is it an expansion of possibility and imagination, a canvas on which we can paint anything? Or is the future a contraction? A place where ideas are bound by the spaces we’re given to create them — a place that determines what we’re allowed to dream youtu.be/F0K2DnI1TDk
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New goal for leftists in 2026: please become more tech literate and actually put some effort into learning how tech works, especially before posting any advice or opinion pieces . Please
January 24, 2026 at 3:20 PM
New goal for leftists in 2026: please become more tech literate and actually put some effort into learning how tech works, especially before posting any advice or opinion pieces . Please
Going to film a new video for my Youtube channel tomorrow for the first time since last spring. Hoping it lands well because I'd like to do a version of this format regularly. Keeping it mostly unscripted too which is a first for me, so we'll see how that goes.
January 25, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Going to film a new video for my Youtube channel tomorrow for the first time since last spring. Hoping it lands well because I'd like to do a version of this format regularly. Keeping it mostly unscripted too which is a first for me, so we'll see how that goes.
Kyle Rittenhouse was the blueprint.
January 25, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Kyle Rittenhouse was the blueprint.
I don’t know dude. I’m not okay.
I really want to be done watching people get shot. I wanted to be done with that when I was a kid on the Internet watching our illegitimate war in Iraq unfold. I wanted to be done when I watched Tamir Rice gunned down in Cleveland. I want to be done now.
I really want to be done watching people get shot. I wanted to be done with that when I was a kid on the Internet watching our illegitimate war in Iraq unfold. I wanted to be done when I watched Tamir Rice gunned down in Cleveland. I want to be done now.
January 24, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I don’t know dude. I’m not okay.
I really want to be done watching people get shot. I wanted to be done with that when I was a kid on the Internet watching our illegitimate war in Iraq unfold. I wanted to be done when I watched Tamir Rice gunned down in Cleveland. I want to be done now.
I really want to be done watching people get shot. I wanted to be done with that when I was a kid on the Internet watching our illegitimate war in Iraq unfold. I wanted to be done when I watched Tamir Rice gunned down in Cleveland. I want to be done now.
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Where is our national press? The government has been shooting at and harassing clergy for months. This used to be a red line. The reality is their red line moved, not yours. They’re cowards.
ICE attacked an observer after they tailed a group of clergy on a spiritual pilgrimage.
Our digital producer @sam.vp just so happened to be with the clergy on their journey. He spoke with the observer who was attacked and others who witnessed the assault.
Our digital producer @sam.vp just so happened to be with the clergy on their journey. He spoke with the observer who was attacked and others who witnessed the assault.
January 24, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Where is our national press? The government has been shooting at and harassing clergy for months. This used to be a red line. The reality is their red line moved, not yours. They’re cowards.
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The White House posted a digitally altered image of a woman who was arrested on Thursday in a case touted by attorney general Pam Bondi, to make it seem as if she was dramatically crying, a Guardian analysis of the image has found.
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 PM
The White House posted a digitally altered image of a woman who was arrested on Thursday in a case touted by attorney general Pam Bondi, to make it seem as if she was dramatically crying, a Guardian analysis of the image has found.
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Just crossed 50,000 subscribers on my main video essay channel :) thank you for watching and sharing and supporting me in this crazy freelance experience!
(btw I still get comments from Polygon fans saying they had NO IDEA I have my own channel now - so if you know any, send 'em my way!)
(btw I still get comments from Polygon fans saying they had NO IDEA I have my own channel now - so if you know any, send 'em my way!)
January 23, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Just crossed 50,000 subscribers on my main video essay channel :) thank you for watching and sharing and supporting me in this crazy freelance experience!
(btw I still get comments from Polygon fans saying they had NO IDEA I have my own channel now - so if you know any, send 'em my way!)
(btw I still get comments from Polygon fans saying they had NO IDEA I have my own channel now - so if you know any, send 'em my way!)
Hanif Abdurraqib's writing and Julien Baker's music have been constant companions of mine through the 2020s.
Incredible to encounter both reconfigured as urgent backdrops to the options "you wish were made available" in this piece by @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social
www.stopcar.ing/no-good-opti...
Incredible to encounter both reconfigured as urgent backdrops to the options "you wish were made available" in this piece by @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social
www.stopcar.ing/no-good-opti...
No Good Options
And damn it, we are gonna figure something out, if it takes me all night.
www.stopcar.ing
January 23, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Hanif Abdurraqib's writing and Julien Baker's music have been constant companions of mine through the 2020s.
Incredible to encounter both reconfigured as urgent backdrops to the options "you wish were made available" in this piece by @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social
www.stopcar.ing/no-good-opti...
Incredible to encounter both reconfigured as urgent backdrops to the options "you wish were made available" in this piece by @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social
www.stopcar.ing/no-good-opti...