Tyler J. Graham
@tylerjgraham.bsky.social
24 | Writer @ CNET | Contact: tgraham@cnet.com
Modern American politics is like a roller coaster because this was less than a week ago and since then Senate Dems have actually consigned us to oblivion.
I didn’t get fired up over Mikie Sherrill but obviously I went out and voted and thank god Jack Ciattarelli didn’t win, man.
Cheers to NYC, though. That’s something to be excited about for real.
Cheers to NYC, though. That’s something to be excited about for real.
November 11, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Modern American politics is like a roller coaster because this was less than a week ago and since then Senate Dems have actually consigned us to oblivion.
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ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
I didn’t get fired up over Mikie Sherrill but obviously I went out and voted and thank god Jack Ciattarelli didn’t win, man.
Cheers to NYC, though. That’s something to be excited about for real.
Cheers to NYC, though. That’s something to be excited about for real.
November 6, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I didn’t get fired up over Mikie Sherrill but obviously I went out and voted and thank god Jack Ciattarelli didn’t win, man.
Cheers to NYC, though. That’s something to be excited about for real.
Cheers to NYC, though. That’s something to be excited about for real.
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ARC Raiders looks amazing. hyped after reading this great preview by @tylerjgraham.bsky.social
ARC Raiders Review: This Is the Best Extraction Shooter I've Ever Played
Embark Studios' new game has tight gunplay and great maps. More importantly, there are quality-of-life features that every extraction shooter should implement.
www.cnet.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
ARC Raiders looks amazing. hyped after reading this great preview by @tylerjgraham.bsky.social
It’s like if Ace Watkins, Gamer President, were actually stupid and evil and actually in power. It’s also like if Ace Watkins was riddled with dementia and he needed his Gamer Staffers to post this.
October 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
It’s like if Ace Watkins, Gamer President, were actually stupid and evil and actually in power. It’s also like if Ace Watkins was riddled with dementia and he needed his Gamer Staffers to post this.
Waking up with a migraine headache after nine and a half hours of sleep truly isn’t fair and I disavow the whole affair
October 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Waking up with a migraine headache after nine and a half hours of sleep truly isn’t fair and I disavow the whole affair
This is like musical GTA VI, or like, maybe more like “Bloodborne remake.” Legendary amounts of anticipation.
I just need more experimental bangers like Act II had, mainline them into my veins.
I just need more experimental bangers like Act II had, mainline them into my veins.
update: there’s a release date now. foolishly allowing myself to hope again
theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-ii...
theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-ii...
Act III: This City Made Us, by The Protomen
2 track album
theprotomen.bandcamp.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This is like musical GTA VI, or like, maybe more like “Bloodborne remake.” Legendary amounts of anticipation.
I just need more experimental bangers like Act II had, mainline them into my veins.
I just need more experimental bangers like Act II had, mainline them into my veins.
Like I totally get that we’re just knee-deep in fascism at this point but I still can’t help but feel a twinge of surprise every time this guy so blatantly and evilly misleads his cultists. He’s just lying through his teeth for the love of the game, man.
Trump tonight appears to have pushed the false "medbed" conspiracy theory, which has spread in the far-right internet over the years. www.yahoo.com/news/qanon-c...
September 28, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Like I totally get that we’re just knee-deep in fascism at this point but I still can’t help but feel a twinge of surprise every time this guy so blatantly and evilly misleads his cultists. He’s just lying through his teeth for the love of the game, man.
“Keeping it in the gc” is by FAR the best advice, but I also sometimes love a spot of the ol’ “type out a message to vent my rage, stare at it for 5 seconds, take a deep breath, and delete the whole thing instead of posting.”
keeping it in the group chat
What's your secret to being online all the time without contracting computer madness? For me it's being pure of heart
September 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
“Keeping it in the gc” is by FAR the best advice, but I also sometimes love a spot of the ol’ “type out a message to vent my rage, stare at it for 5 seconds, take a deep breath, and delete the whole thing instead of posting.”
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I remember when Defector launched it felt like a tide was turning. That there was hope in the world beset by plague and Donald fucking Trump.
Things are dark again, but five years on seeing the influence Defector has had reflected in the existence of @aftermath.site @rascal.news is heartening
Things are dark again, but five years on seeing the influence Defector has had reflected in the existence of @aftermath.site @rascal.news is heartening
September 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I remember when Defector launched it felt like a tide was turning. That there was hope in the world beset by plague and Donald fucking Trump.
Things are dark again, but five years on seeing the influence Defector has had reflected in the existence of @aftermath.site @rascal.news is heartening
Things are dark again, but five years on seeing the influence Defector has had reflected in the existence of @aftermath.site @rascal.news is heartening
My entire TikTok FYP is Booster Gold edits set to “Gold” by Spandau Ballet. I must’ve already listened to this song like dozens of times in the past three days alone. I don’t know why this is happening but I’m hooked.
September 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
My entire TikTok FYP is Booster Gold edits set to “Gold” by Spandau Ballet. I must’ve already listened to this song like dozens of times in the past three days alone. I don’t know why this is happening but I’m hooked.
Is the Destiny gacha game actually like Kind of a Big Deal™️? What’s going on here?
September 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Is the Destiny gacha game actually like Kind of a Big Deal™️? What’s going on here?
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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:
Has anyone played Overwatch 2 on the Switch 2? I know it’s like comically bad on the original Switch but I have a hankering to play some OW while I’m away from home and I want to know if the experience is passable (at least for non-aim intensive heroes like Moira and LW).
August 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Has anyone played Overwatch 2 on the Switch 2? I know it’s like comically bad on the original Switch but I have a hankering to play some OW while I’m away from home and I want to know if the experience is passable (at least for non-aim intensive heroes like Moira and LW).
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Ziff Davis just reported their "strongest quarterly revenue growth since 2021," up 9.8% to $352.2M, with gaming and entertainment up 7.5% YOY.
So why were 8 of our members and 23 members of @zdcreatorsguild.bsky.social just laid off? bit.ly/3H0Osvb
So why were 8 of our members and 23 members of @zdcreatorsguild.bsky.social just laid off? bit.ly/3H0Osvb
August 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Ziff Davis just reported their "strongest quarterly revenue growth since 2021," up 9.8% to $352.2M, with gaming and entertainment up 7.5% YOY.
So why were 8 of our members and 23 members of @zdcreatorsguild.bsky.social just laid off? bit.ly/3H0Osvb
So why were 8 of our members and 23 members of @zdcreatorsguild.bsky.social just laid off? bit.ly/3H0Osvb
The Switch 2 is actually kind of absurdly good for indie gaming… being able to take DK Bananza on the go and then swap right over to something like Cloudpunk or Moonglow Bay at any time feels amazing.
August 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The Switch 2 is actually kind of absurdly good for indie gaming… being able to take DK Bananza on the go and then swap right over to something like Cloudpunk or Moonglow Bay at any time feels amazing.
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The video game industry's rush to $80 games has stalled — for now. But what does the future look like?
Seems to me like the solution to a more sustainable video game industry is cutting costs, not raising prices. This week's column:
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Seems to me like the solution to a more sustainable video game industry is cutting costs, not raising prices. This week's column:
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The Industry’s Rush to $80 Video Games Has Stalled — For Now
Publishers trying to sell video games at a newly elevated price point have not found success just yet. Will they ever?
www.bloomberg.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The video game industry's rush to $80 games has stalled — for now. But what does the future look like?
Seems to me like the solution to a more sustainable video game industry is cutting costs, not raising prices. This week's column:
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Seems to me like the solution to a more sustainable video game industry is cutting costs, not raising prices. This week's column:
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
And when Google kills all the websites we write for, what will they use to generate the shitty AI summaries?
Laughably unsustainable practice, but y’know what, my fault for going to J-school, gang.
Laughably unsustainable practice, but y’know what, my fault for going to J-school, gang.
Hey is it bad if google AI search results stop people from leaving google dot com 99% of the time? All our news and information creators can survive just fine with one percent of their previous search traffic right? I’m sure it’s fine. www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...
![Yesterday the Pew Research Center released a report based on the internet browsing activity of 900 U.S. adults which found that Google users who encounter an Al summary are less likely to click on links to other websites than use 's who don't encounter an Al summary. To be precise, only [my emphasis] 1 percent of users who encountered an Al summary clicked the link to the page Google is summarizing.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rfoctmk4guq56gensuermj7q/bafkreihrwrukrvisav54a24jeuv7tlhfwe62yvui5d27gxhnopbdworowe@jpeg)
July 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
And when Google kills all the websites we write for, what will they use to generate the shitty AI summaries?
Laughably unsustainable practice, but y’know what, my fault for going to J-school, gang.
Laughably unsustainable practice, but y’know what, my fault for going to J-school, gang.
The monkey’s paw on James Gunn’s “woke Superman” is now curling and so we are now subject to “no DEI” in an official press release for a series he used to be involved with.
A modern tragedy, for sure.
A modern tragedy, for sure.
Brand new Lollipop Chainsaw game and anime announced nadaholdings.com/new-lollipop...
July 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The monkey’s paw on James Gunn’s “woke Superman” is now curling and so we are now subject to “no DEI” in an official press release for a series he used to be involved with.
A modern tragedy, for sure.
A modern tragedy, for sure.
I GOT A SWITCH 2, YIPPEE
(or more accurately, I bought a Switch 2 and I will have my hands on it (and Donkey Kong) in a week)
(or more accurately, I bought a Switch 2 and I will have my hands on it (and Donkey Kong) in a week)
July 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I GOT A SWITCH 2, YIPPEE
(or more accurately, I bought a Switch 2 and I will have my hands on it (and Donkey Kong) in a week)
(or more accurately, I bought a Switch 2 and I will have my hands on it (and Donkey Kong) in a week)
I feel like maybe I’m grasping at straws but I totally connected Lex Luthor’s lackeys to GamerGate in the new Superman movie.
They tap away at controllers to fight the hero, gamer rage when they lose, and they gleefully form the backbone for the pathetic loser alt-right stand-in’s schemes.
They tap away at controllers to fight the hero, gamer rage when they lose, and they gleefully form the backbone for the pathetic loser alt-right stand-in’s schemes.
July 19, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I feel like maybe I’m grasping at straws but I totally connected Lex Luthor’s lackeys to GamerGate in the new Superman movie.
They tap away at controllers to fight the hero, gamer rage when they lose, and they gleefully form the backbone for the pathetic loser alt-right stand-in’s schemes.
They tap away at controllers to fight the hero, gamer rage when they lose, and they gleefully form the backbone for the pathetic loser alt-right stand-in’s schemes.
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An update: management has chosen not to recognize our Product, Engineering, and Humble Bundle colleagues as part of IGNCG, instead insisting on a time-consuming NLRB hearing, which took place last week.
Help us spread the word: we will not be divided. We are IGN, and we will always stand together.
Help us spread the word: we will not be divided. We are IGN, and we will always stand together.
It’s been-
One week since we asked IGN Entertainment to recognize our friends on the product, engineering, and Humble Bundle teams as part of the IGN Creators Guild.
The sooner that happens, the sooner we can start working with management to build towards a stronger future for us all!
One week since we asked IGN Entertainment to recognize our friends on the product, engineering, and Humble Bundle teams as part of the IGN Creators Guild.
The sooner that happens, the sooner we can start working with management to build towards a stronger future for us all!
July 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
An update: management has chosen not to recognize our Product, Engineering, and Humble Bundle colleagues as part of IGNCG, instead insisting on a time-consuming NLRB hearing, which took place last week.
Help us spread the word: we will not be divided. We are IGN, and we will always stand together.
Help us spread the word: we will not be divided. We are IGN, and we will always stand together.
For the record, my vote for favorite emoji was the 💜 because that’s what my partner reacts to my Instagram reels with :)
Hearts, folded hands and... a seat(?) also received votes.
I Asked CNET Staffers Their Favorite Emoji for World Emoji Day. Smileys Reign Supreme
Hearts, folded hands and... a seat(?) also received votes.
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July 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
For the record, my vote for favorite emoji was the 💜 because that’s what my partner reacts to my Instagram reels with :)
Ok I’m sorry it actually peeves me so bad when people use the wrong there/their/they’re.
Just saw a TikTok slideshow where the OP used all three interchangeably, throwing darts at a board. I’m losing it.
How am I supposed to read your 17 slides of Resident Evil opinions under these conditions???
Just saw a TikTok slideshow where the OP used all three interchangeably, throwing darts at a board. I’m losing it.
How am I supposed to read your 17 slides of Resident Evil opinions under these conditions???
July 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Ok I’m sorry it actually peeves me so bad when people use the wrong there/their/they’re.
Just saw a TikTok slideshow where the OP used all three interchangeably, throwing darts at a board. I’m losing it.
How am I supposed to read your 17 slides of Resident Evil opinions under these conditions???
Just saw a TikTok slideshow where the OP used all three interchangeably, throwing darts at a board. I’m losing it.
How am I supposed to read your 17 slides of Resident Evil opinions under these conditions???
I reviewed @pigeonsatplay.bsky.social’s Mycopunk, and what I found was a surprisingly competent rival to Deep Rock Galactic that pulls inspiration from a myriad of FPS subgenres.
This game is a love letter to shooters, that’s for sure.
www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...
This game is a love letter to shooters, that’s for sure.
www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...
Mycopunk Review: It's Deep Rock Galactic With a Fungal Infection
This new co-op shooter combines fluid movement, hero skills and crunchy-feeling gunplay to great effect.
www.cnet.com
July 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I reviewed @pigeonsatplay.bsky.social’s Mycopunk, and what I found was a surprisingly competent rival to Deep Rock Galactic that pulls inspiration from a myriad of FPS subgenres.
This game is a love letter to shooters, that’s for sure.
www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...
This game is a love letter to shooters, that’s for sure.
www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...