Alex
@alexforbescalvin.bsky.social
Freelance writer, journo and photographer // Done books about RuneScape, Assassin's Creed and Dead Island 2 //
Words – www.thegamesbiz.com
Pictures – www.snapsbycalvin.co.uk
Linktree – www.linktr.ee/Alexcalvin
Words – www.thegamesbiz.com
Pictures – www.snapsbycalvin.co.uk
Linktree – www.linktr.ee/Alexcalvin
Hearing chat that Ubisoft financials were delayed because of (unfounded) fears that Rayman was in the Epstein files. Speaking to investors, CEO Yves Guillemot said that "Monsieur Rayman is 'armless"
November 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Hearing chat that Ubisoft financials were delayed because of (unfounded) fears that Rayman was in the Epstein files. Speaking to investors, CEO Yves Guillemot said that "Monsieur Rayman is 'armless"
Had a chat with Unity about their plan to win back the games industry after *those* ill-fated decisions
Unity's SVP of engine product, Adam Smith, discusses bouncing back from the Runtime Fee debacle, as well as Unity's stance on AI. "We see AI right now as an accelerant," he says. "Players are going to accept this method of development."
www.gamesindustry.biz/unity-on-ai-...
www.gamesindustry.biz/unity-on-ai-...
Unity on AI, new tools, and recovering from the Runtime Fee
"We see AI right now as an accelerant," says Unity SVP Adam Smith. "Players are going to accept this method of development."
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Had a chat with Unity about their plan to win back the games industry after *those* ill-fated decisions
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
Games industry in 2010s: We've got a new genre of hard game where you're gonna die a lot, but can get your stuff back if you're careful.
Games industry in 2020s: We've got a new kind of hard game where once you die, you've basically lost everything you had forever. You're also gonna die a lot.
Games industry in 2020s: We've got a new kind of hard game where once you die, you've basically lost everything you had forever. You're also gonna die a lot.
November 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Games industry in 2010s: We've got a new genre of hard game where you're gonna die a lot, but can get your stuff back if you're careful.
Games industry in 2020s: We've got a new kind of hard game where once you die, you've basically lost everything you had forever. You're also gonna die a lot.
Games industry in 2020s: We've got a new kind of hard game where once you die, you've basically lost everything you had forever. You're also gonna die a lot.
I genuinely cannot wait to read the funniest S1 filing since WeWork
Exclusive: OpenAI lays groundwork for juggernaut IPO at up to $1 trillion valuation reut.rs/43zZGP4
Exclusive: OpenAI lays groundwork for juggernaut IPO at up to $1 trillion valuation
OpenAI is laying the groundwork for an initial public offering that could value the company at up to around $1 trillion, three people familiar with the matter said, in what could be one of the biggest IPOs of all time and give CEO Sam Altman access to a much larger pool of capital to pull off his ambitious agenda.
reut.rs
November 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I genuinely cannot wait to read the funniest S1 filing since WeWork
Good to know that the only thing standing between me and wasting huge sums of money as a business success guy is being kicked in the head by a horse, hard
I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.
October 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Good to know that the only thing standing between me and wasting huge sums of money as a business success guy is being kicked in the head by a horse, hard
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This phrasing from a pet adoption listing has stuck with me for days somehow
October 22, 2025 at 7:07 AM
This phrasing from a pet adoption listing has stuck with me for days somehow
Videogamer is experiencing an increasingly common condition called Atari-itus. Sad to see. Usually fatal.
Videogamer's new logo a screaming exclamation mark on the 'support independent games media' argument. Legitimately thought this was someone taking the piss when it was first posted in a discord, but no, it's on the site. You have to laugh (or else you'll cry)
October 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Videogamer is experiencing an increasingly common condition called Atari-itus. Sad to see. Usually fatal.
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Hello! I wrote this op-ed because I've fielded some awkward requests from devs and PR (who shall remain anonymous) this year and I think it's indicative of a wider issue in the game industry that stems from some folks not fully understanding the role of reporters.
THOUGHTS on Game Dev Dot Com:
THOUGHTS on Game Dev Dot Com:
Dear game developers, please remember what 'on the record' means
Dear game developers, please remember what 'on the record' means
Let's discuss the role of journalists and journalism in the video game industry.
www.gamedeveloper.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Hello! I wrote this op-ed because I've fielded some awkward requests from devs and PR (who shall remain anonymous) this year and I think it's indicative of a wider issue in the game industry that stems from some folks not fully understanding the role of reporters.
THOUGHTS on Game Dev Dot Com:
THOUGHTS on Game Dev Dot Com:
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I’m opening a movie theater in which I show recently released films that I ripped from the internet but the studios are welcome to opt out if they wish.
Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.
OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out
Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.
on.wsj.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I’m opening a movie theater in which I show recently released films that I ripped from the internet but the studios are welcome to opt out if they wish.
Had a blast chatting to Stone – curious whether Peter Pan has the massive audience that Second Star thinks it has, but if there's anyone that can make a licensed IP works, it's this group of TT vets.
After nearly two decades of making Lego titles, former TT Games head Tom Stone returns with a new studio – but with the same, proven focus on licensed IP and co-op play
www.gamesindustry.biz/former-tt-ga...
www.gamesindustry.biz/former-tt-ga...
Former TT Games head takes on Peter Pan
After nearly two decades of making Lego titles, Tom Stone returns with a new studio – but with the same, proven focus on licensed IP and co-op play
www.gamesindustry.biz
September 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Had a blast chatting to Stone – curious whether Peter Pan has the massive audience that Second Star thinks it has, but if there's anyone that can make a licensed IP works, it's this group of TT vets.
Congrats to everyone involved in this, in particular whichever management consultant intern made millions telling them that this was a great idea
The vision deck for the new GDC is confounding. I don't know who any of this is for, but it's certainly not game developers eager to learn.
ubm.ent.box.com/v/GDC26-FoG-...
ubm.ent.box.com/v/GDC26-FoG-...
September 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Congrats to everyone involved in this, in particular whichever management consultant intern made millions telling them that this was a great idea
These people are such fucking losers lol
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This predates the social media wars of the late 2010s: One Trump appointee told me that a radicalizing experience was being booted out of the [italics] Gawker comments section [roman], way back in the day. But as progressive](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lyspo2bgxpznqtug5ir2q33g/bafkreiclluc2id5dmxlbfzwuj4ftldmlgn34xnsi444ccbuldbifjf3yau@jpeg)
September 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
These people are such fucking losers lol
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Idiots, and they're probably using it for dumb things.
Here’s who is actually using ChatGPT — and how they are using it
OpenAI reveals how people are really using ChatGPT and who they are
Most ChatGPT conversations aren’t about work.
buff.ly
September 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Idiots, and they're probably using it for dumb things.
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Yes look, ok, I see what you're trying to say, but also
September 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Yes look, ok, I see what you're trying to say, but also
It took Hollow Knight five years to get more than 20k CCU on Steam. Silksong? 18 minutes, and it now has a higher CCU record on the platform than its predecessor (by around 3k).
It's been out for 18 minutes and for most of that time, Steam hasn't been working. FUCK
It's been out for 18 minutes and for most of that time, Steam hasn't been working. FUCK
September 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It took Hollow Knight five years to get more than 20k CCU on Steam. Silksong? 18 minutes, and it now has a higher CCU record on the platform than its predecessor (by around 3k).
It's been out for 18 minutes and for most of that time, Steam hasn't been working. FUCK
It's been out for 18 minutes and for most of that time, Steam hasn't been working. FUCK
The fact that I have never seen an access error for Steam is a testament to Valve's engineering. And the fact that it looks like Silksong might just have accidentally taken down Steam is absolutely insane.
September 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The fact that I have never seen an access error for Steam is a testament to Valve's engineering. And the fact that it looks like Silksong might just have accidentally taken down Steam is absolutely insane.
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In a wide-ranging interview, new Jagex CEO Jon Bellamy reflects on the success of RuneScape: Dragonwilds, this year's Pride controversy, and why he wants to double down on RuneScape. "Great companies are built by doing what they do well even better."
www.gamesindustry.biz/if-it-aint-b...
www.gamesindustry.biz/if-it-aint-b...
If it ain't broke, don't fix it: Why Jagex's new CEO is happy for it to be the 'RuneScape company'
Jon Bellamy lays out his vision for the long-running British studio, as well as discussing the success of the newly launched Dragonwilds
www.gamesindustry.biz
September 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
In a wide-ranging interview, new Jagex CEO Jon Bellamy reflects on the success of RuneScape: Dragonwilds, this year's Pride controversy, and why he wants to double down on RuneScape. "Great companies are built by doing what they do well even better."
www.gamesindustry.biz/if-it-aint-b...
www.gamesindustry.biz/if-it-aint-b...
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This is not the AI boom creating a new type of work, this is a classic example of managers using automation to deskill old ones. Creative workers who once made a higher wage creating original art and writing are now paid in piecework to edit automated output. Bosses are using AI to cut labor costs.
The AI boom has created a new type of work: fixing botched AI. Designers are being hired to remake wonky AI art. Writers are asked to make ChatGPT’s writing sound more human. Even software developers are tasked with fixing buggy vibe coding.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Humans are being hired to make AI slop look less sloppy
In the age of automation, human workers are being brought in to fix what artificial intelligence gets wrong.
www.nbcnews.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This is not the AI boom creating a new type of work, this is a classic example of managers using automation to deskill old ones. Creative workers who once made a higher wage creating original art and writing are now paid in piecework to edit automated output. Bosses are using AI to cut labor costs.
Damn, this snuck up on me. Was a massive Ruiner fan so have some real high hopes for this. Looks awesome 🔥
Metal Eden is OUT today!!! 🎉
I did the music, implementation, audio direction & VO.
Huge thanks to @reikon-games.bsky.social for trust.
Honored to share the soundtrack with @sonicmayhem.com 🤘
I did the music, implementation, audio direction & VO.
Huge thanks to @reikon-games.bsky.social for trust.
Honored to share the soundtrack with @sonicmayhem.com 🤘
September 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Damn, this snuck up on me. Was a massive Ruiner fan so have some real high hopes for this. Looks awesome 🔥
No cost too great
Four days until release! Hollow Knight: Silksong will be available on 4th September.
Release times:
7AM PT | 10AM ET | 4PM CEST | 11PM JST
Game price:
USD $19.99 | EUR €19.99 | JPY ¥2300
Release times:
7AM PT | 10AM ET | 4PM CEST | 11PM JST
Game price:
USD $19.99 | EUR €19.99 | JPY ¥2300
September 1, 2025 at 10:38 AM
No cost too great