George Young @ Power Wash Simulator 2
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Hey I’m George Young, and I’ve been writing about those wonderful uses of time video games for about a decade. Whether you’ve found me via my Vita obsession, other writing, or jus…
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Reminder that I am currently freelance, and I'm always looking for opportunities, so hit me up if you need help with news, reviews, guides etc.
You can find my favourite pieces here - vitaparadisa.wordpress.com/about-me/
RTs welcome. I love you all. Yes, you too.
Reminder that I am currently freelance, and I'm always looking for opportunities, so hit me up if you need help with news, reviews, guides etc.
You can find my favourite pieces here - vitaparadisa.wordpress.com/about-me/
RTs welcome. I love you all. Yes, you too.
There are just so many issues with TGA which is funny given how it started as an improvement to the misogyny of the Spike TV Awards.
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
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“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
There are just so many issues with TGA which is funny given how it started as an improvement to the misogyny of the Spike TV Awards.
One of the reasons I'm so in love with Powerwash Simulator is the story. Yes, I play Powerwash Simulator for the story. They really didn't need to add one and yet I'm so invested in the people of Muckingham.
November 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
One of the reasons I'm so in love with Powerwash Simulator is the story. Yes, I play Powerwash Simulator for the story. They really didn't need to add one and yet I'm so invested in the people of Muckingham.
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If you were a member of The Game Awards Future Class and can speak to your experience, I want to chat with you for The Guardian!
DM me, or email alyssamerc[at]gmail[dot]com.
Signal boost please!
DM me, or email alyssamerc[at]gmail[dot]com.
Signal boost please!
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
If you were a member of The Game Awards Future Class and can speak to your experience, I want to chat with you for The Guardian!
DM me, or email alyssamerc[at]gmail[dot]com.
Signal boost please!
DM me, or email alyssamerc[at]gmail[dot]com.
Signal boost please!
This is a great read by @mads.haus and completely worth your time. Fascinating stuff.
www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...
www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...
Six Missing Children Have Haunted These Arcade Cabinets For Decades. Why?
For 40 years the faces of missing children have haunted arcades from inside a miniature golf video game.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This is a great read by @mads.haus and completely worth your time. Fascinating stuff.
www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...
www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...
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I find myself in the unenviable position of needing to find work so
Hiya. I’m a writer with a decade of experience writing about video games, tech, film and TV, and more.
News reporting, interviews, guides, reviews, features — you name it, I can do and have done it.
Please hire me 🙏
Hiya. I’m a writer with a decade of experience writing about video games, tech, film and TV, and more.
News reporting, interviews, guides, reviews, features — you name it, I can do and have done it.
Please hire me 🙏
November 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I find myself in the unenviable position of needing to find work so
Hiya. I’m a writer with a decade of experience writing about video games, tech, film and TV, and more.
News reporting, interviews, guides, reviews, features — you name it, I can do and have done it.
Please hire me 🙏
Hiya. I’m a writer with a decade of experience writing about video games, tech, film and TV, and more.
News reporting, interviews, guides, reviews, features — you name it, I can do and have done it.
Please hire me 🙏
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(PLEASE REPOST!) Reviewers, journalists, content creators, YouTubers, podcasters, bloggers, and TTRPG people of all kinds : WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
This month we're sending out the press preview version of GALLOWS CORNER - A PEASANTS' REVOLT RPG, and we want to add you to our media distro list!
This month we're sending out the press preview version of GALLOWS CORNER - A PEASANTS' REVOLT RPG, and we want to add you to our media distro list!
November 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
(PLEASE REPOST!) Reviewers, journalists, content creators, YouTubers, podcasters, bloggers, and TTRPG people of all kinds : WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
This month we're sending out the press preview version of GALLOWS CORNER - A PEASANTS' REVOLT RPG, and we want to add you to our media distro list!
This month we're sending out the press preview version of GALLOWS CORNER - A PEASANTS' REVOLT RPG, and we want to add you to our media distro list!
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So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
The Video Game History Expansion Pack – Pitch your story
Today I’m putting my money where my mouth is and launching a new project — a book focused on game history outside of the usual North American perspectives.
crpgbook.wordpress.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
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Come work with me!
We've opened the search for a full time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Game Arts at Pratt Institute.
A good match would be an artist, game developer, or educator with an active creative practice in indie games, game studies and theory, playful coding, or art games.
We've opened the search for a full time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Game Arts at Pratt Institute.
A good match would be an artist, game developer, or educator with an active creative practice in indie games, game studies and theory, playful coding, or art games.
Assistant Professor Digital Arts, Game Arts 2026 (71102)
The Department of Digital Arts at Pratt Institute invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in Game Arts at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning in Fall 2026. The successful ca...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Come work with me!
We've opened the search for a full time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Game Arts at Pratt Institute.
A good match would be an artist, game developer, or educator with an active creative practice in indie games, game studies and theory, playful coding, or art games.
We've opened the search for a full time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Game Arts at Pratt Institute.
A good match would be an artist, game developer, or educator with an active creative practice in indie games, game studies and theory, playful coding, or art games.
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This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings
Union says 30 and 40 people were terminated. Rockstar Games’ parent company cites ‘gross misconduct’
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October 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
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For the morning crowd (just). We’re looking to celebrate some of our older work, if you’d like to share it with your audience, we’d love to get you some keys.
📢 We're reopening creator keys requests for our older games!
As part of our legacy games celebration, we've got fresh batches of Steam keys for several older titles. If you're a content creator who would like to showcase one of our games, details on how to get keys are below!
As part of our legacy games celebration, we've got fresh batches of Steam keys for several older titles. If you're a content creator who would like to showcase one of our games, details on how to get keys are below!
October 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
For the morning crowd (just). We’re looking to celebrate some of our older work, if you’d like to share it with your audience, we’d love to get you some keys.
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"You two can be the family you were always meant to be, free from the sins of generations past, if you let me do what needs doing."
Scarlet Hollow Episode 5 releases in February, on Friday the Thirteenth.
A huge shout out to our friends at @smallbu.bsky.social for animating this trailer!
Scarlet Hollow Episode 5 releases in February, on Friday the Thirteenth.
A huge shout out to our friends at @smallbu.bsky.social for animating this trailer!
October 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"You two can be the family you were always meant to be, free from the sins of generations past, if you let me do what needs doing."
Scarlet Hollow Episode 5 releases in February, on Friday the Thirteenth.
A huge shout out to our friends at @smallbu.bsky.social for animating this trailer!
Scarlet Hollow Episode 5 releases in February, on Friday the Thirteenth.
A huge shout out to our friends at @smallbu.bsky.social for animating this trailer!
I cannot wait for the launch of Mina the Hollower. Shovel Knight is my favourite game of all time, and the Mina demo was absolutely fire.
October 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I cannot wait for the launch of Mina the Hollower. Shovel Knight is my favourite game of all time, and the Mina demo was absolutely fire.
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Tom's Hardware is hiring a Senior CPU Analyst.
The position is US-based (remote), and is perfect for someone who has significant technical experience, understands how to break down architectures, and can benchmark without breaking a sweat.
The position is US-based (remote), and is perfect for someone who has significant technical experience, understands how to break down architectures, and can benchmark without breaking a sweat.
Senior Analyst, CPUs - Future Publishing
The leading tech enthusiast website, Tom's Hardware has been publishing in-depth coverage of PCs, PC components and other hardcore hardware since 1996. We're a site for people who love computer techno...
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October 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Tom's Hardware is hiring a Senior CPU Analyst.
The position is US-based (remote), and is perfect for someone who has significant technical experience, understands how to break down architectures, and can benchmark without breaking a sweat.
The position is US-based (remote), and is perfect for someone who has significant technical experience, understands how to break down architectures, and can benchmark without breaking a sweat.
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Looking for parents of kids who have made and published games on Roblox.
Personally i would love to know if anyone’s older kids have attempted to make their own game(s) in Roblox. Seems like this is the missing link for youth to acquire game design skills, and be recognized by their peers!
October 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Looking for parents of kids who have made and published games on Roblox.
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WE'RE HIRING! 🙌
We're looking for an Assistant Editor to join our Editorial Team at Penguin Random House. All requirements & qualifications are in the link below. If you're a passionate manga fan interested in the publishing industry, apply today!
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We're looking for an Assistant Editor to join our Editorial Team at Penguin Random House. All requirements & qualifications are in the link below. If you're a passionate manga fan interested in the publishing industry, apply today!
sqex.link/b5xv
Assistant Editor, Manga (Open to Remote)
Assistant Editor, Manga (Open to Remote)
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October 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
WE'RE HIRING! 🙌
We're looking for an Assistant Editor to join our Editorial Team at Penguin Random House. All requirements & qualifications are in the link below. If you're a passionate manga fan interested in the publishing industry, apply today!
sqex.link/b5xv
We're looking for an Assistant Editor to join our Editorial Team at Penguin Random House. All requirements & qualifications are in the link below. If you're a passionate manga fan interested in the publishing industry, apply today!
sqex.link/b5xv
Consume Me is really great, like so many little dopamine hits. I pretty much finished it in one sitting. It's all consuming and very difficult strategy
October 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Consume Me is really great, like so many little dopamine hits. I pretty much finished it in one sitting. It's all consuming and very difficult strategy
If you didn't play Yooka-Laylee the first time, Yooka-Replaylee is a complete do ever, keeping all of the charm and improving on all of the areas it needed to. You should try it.
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Yooka-Replaylee review: the lizard sheds its skin
Time to complete: 15 hours Level of completion: 75% A game for fans of: Crash Bandicoot Spyro the Dragon Sly Cooper Yooka-Replaylee is deceptive and the title does it a disservice. Much like the W…
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October 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
If you didn't play Yooka-Laylee the first time, Yooka-Replaylee is a complete do ever, keeping all of the charm and improving on all of the areas it needed to. You should try it.
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Rare dialogue designer intern role going at EA Birmingham.
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( Not affiliated)
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Dialogue Design Intern
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October 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Rare dialogue designer intern role going at EA Birmingham.
jobs.ea.com/en_US/career...
( Not affiliated)
jobs.ea.com/en_US/career...
( Not affiliated)
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Hey game dev! Looking for Ontario-based localization partners (either a company or individuals) for:
- French
- German
- Japanese
- Simplified Chinese
- Spanish
These do not all have to be done by the same person. Must be comfortable working with queer themes/pronouns and complex narratives! Thanks
- French
- German
- Japanese
- Simplified Chinese
- Spanish
These do not all have to be done by the same person. Must be comfortable working with queer themes/pronouns and complex narratives! Thanks
a woman is sitting at a desk with her head down writing in a notebook
Alt: A GIF of a woman with her face pressed against a desk and scribbling with a pink pen
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August 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Hey game dev! Looking for Ontario-based localization partners (either a company or individuals) for:
- French
- German
- Japanese
- Simplified Chinese
- Spanish
These do not all have to be done by the same person. Must be comfortable working with queer themes/pronouns and complex narratives! Thanks
- French
- German
- Japanese
- Simplified Chinese
- Spanish
These do not all have to be done by the same person. Must be comfortable working with queer themes/pronouns and complex narratives! Thanks
I've 100%ed Silksong and the hardest part was beating Seth's score on Flea Juggle. Not only did it take longer and more attempts than any boss or platforming section but it was the only part I had to turn on audio for.
Yes, I beat every boss in silence. I have poor hearing.
Yes, I beat every boss in silence. I have poor hearing.
October 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I've 100%ed Silksong and the hardest part was beating Seth's score on Flea Juggle. Not only did it take longer and more attempts than any boss or platforming section but it was the only part I had to turn on audio for.
Yes, I beat every boss in silence. I have poor hearing.
Yes, I beat every boss in silence. I have poor hearing.
Whenever I'm finished playing Silksong for the day I make sure Hornet has a bath and gets into bed at home before docking my Switch.
I am so cooked.
I am so cooked.
September 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Whenever I'm finished playing Silksong for the day I make sure Hornet has a bath and gets into bed at home before docking my Switch.
I am so cooked.
I am so cooked.
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What's driving the rise in retro game handhelds?
For this week's @vgim.bsky.social I speak to Evercade's @cleaverslips.bsky.social, @apzonerunner.com and GamerCard's Grant Sinclair about the legality and longevity of gaming's newest booming industry.
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/the-retro-...
For this week's @vgim.bsky.social I speak to Evercade's @cleaverslips.bsky.social, @apzonerunner.com and GamerCard's Grant Sinclair about the legality and longevity of gaming's newest booming industry.
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/the-retro-...
The Retro Handheld goldrush 25/09/2025
How forward thinking companies are cashing in by looking backwards.
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
What's driving the rise in retro game handhelds?
For this week's @vgim.bsky.social I speak to Evercade's @cleaverslips.bsky.social, @apzonerunner.com and GamerCard's Grant Sinclair about the legality and longevity of gaming's newest booming industry.
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/the-retro-...
For this week's @vgim.bsky.social I speak to Evercade's @cleaverslips.bsky.social, @apzonerunner.com and GamerCard's Grant Sinclair about the legality and longevity of gaming's newest booming industry.
www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/the-retro-...
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Calling all adventurers! We'll be demoing Mina The Hollower with The MIX at LA Comic Con on Sept 26th - 28th!
Stop by, say hi, and delve into Mina's world of monsters and mystery!
Stop by, say hi, and delve into Mina's world of monsters and mystery!
September 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Calling all adventurers! We'll be demoing Mina The Hollower with The MIX at LA Comic Con on Sept 26th - 28th!
Stop by, say hi, and delve into Mina's world of monsters and mystery!
Stop by, say hi, and delve into Mina's world of monsters and mystery!
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Are you pitching a major mainstream outlet (think TIME, CNN, NBC, etc) about NES 40th anniversary coverage? Get in touch. ONE PR is working once again with @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social director (and the best Nintendo historian!) Frank Cifaldi and organizing limited interview opportunities.
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September 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Are you pitching a major mainstream outlet (think TIME, CNN, NBC, etc) about NES 40th anniversary coverage? Get in touch. ONE PR is working once again with @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social director (and the best Nintendo historian!) Frank Cifaldi and organizing limited interview opportunities.