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your neighborhood feminist crank // freelance media critic // Community mod for @Aftermath.site // game photographer // appleciderwitch on twitter (she/they)
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Peak Is A Playground For Slapstick Comedy - Aftermath
Peak creates space for players to really fuck around, punctuated by a swift emphasis on finding out
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My newest piece for @aftermath.site is up and it's about how much fun the slapstick comedy of @landfall.se and @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social 's PEAK is, especially with friends (gift link!)
🎁aftermath.site/peak-multipl...
🎁aftermath.site/peak-multipl...
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What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.
There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore Cause It’s More Fruitful to Drive Them Out of Business
I learned many surprising lessons from my 20 months as editor-in-chief of...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.
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No easier mark than a cynic
Everybody Stand Down: New Yorker Columnist's Child Doesn't Care About Sports Gambling | Defector
In the final hours before the Nov. 1 UFC bout between featherweights Isaac Dulgarian and Yadier Del Valle, the betting odds on Dulgarian, the favorite, abruptly dropped from -250, meaning a bettor wou...
defector.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
No easier mark than a cynic
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Oh, and if you need a guide on how to 3D-print your own whistles for ICE awareness, there are printables linked in our story:
The Latest Defense Against ICE: 3D-Printed Whistles
Chicagoans are making, sharing, and printing designs for whistles that can warn people when ICE is in the area. The goal is to “prevent as many people from being kidnapped as possible.”
www.404media.co
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Oh, and if you need a guide on how to 3D-print your own whistles for ICE awareness, there are printables linked in our story:
Who is keeping warm on the radiator
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Who is keeping warm on the radiator
Billionaire CEO thinks reviews cannot contain "political opinions"; also has no concern for voice actor labor or creativity
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has defended AI following Eurogamer's 2/5 Arc Raiders review, which criticised the game's use use of AI voice generation. "AI dialog generation + human personality and tuning could totally transform gaming," Sweeney said.
www.gamesindustry.biz/epics-tim-sw...
www.gamesindustry.biz/epics-tim-sw...
Epic's Tim Sweeney wades into the Arc Raiders AI row
"This technology increases human productivity in some areas by integer multiples"
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Billionaire CEO thinks reviews cannot contain "political opinions"; also has no concern for voice actor labor or creativity
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Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue."
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue."
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
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he’s mixing up cities now because miracle mile is in coral gables/miami lol
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
he’s mixing up cities now because miracle mile is in coral gables/miami lol
I found this post and realize I don't really have days like this much anymore and that's a big deal
At some point in the mental illness Journey(tm) you get to a point where things are relatively fine but you have to deal with the morning wake-up, "everything is horrible and you're an unlovable monster" thought until you get out of bed and start your day
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I found this post and realize I don't really have days like this much anymore and that's a big deal
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credits that include the names of everyone who worked on the game at any point
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
credits that include the names of everyone who worked on the game at any point
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“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
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“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...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“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
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Tatsuya Nakadai (1932–2025)
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Tatsuya Nakadai (1932–2025)
Man, what a great time to be vaccinated but also still masking
Leading flu experts predict this will be the worst flu season in a decade.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
New flu virus mutation could see ‘worst season in a decade'
Leading flu experts say they will not be surprised if this year's is the worst flu season for a decade.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Man, what a great time to be vaccinated but also still masking
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ADHD death gambit
"This is not my normal spot but I'll remember where I put it"
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
ADHD death gambit
When you have a dungeon appointment at 3 and have to be in the game Superhot at 7
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
When you have a dungeon appointment at 3 and have to be in the game Superhot at 7
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For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
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this only matters if you think any one game, multiplayer or not, winning game of the year at a single awards show means it is absolutely great for all time, with zero caveats vs. that particular moment in time
Seeing people point towards how overwatch has aged for a reason why it's generally not a great idea for multiplayer games to win GotY awards, and maaaan it's a weird feeling to see people come around to the position I held for nearly a full decade.
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
this only matters if you think any one game, multiplayer or not, winning game of the year at a single awards show means it is absolutely great for all time, with zero caveats vs. that particular moment in time
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
I did not end up doing this, I ended up making pork in my slow cooker that I don't really like
Plans for today are to watch Frankenstein on my projector
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I did not end up doing this, I ended up making pork in my slow cooker that I don't really like
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November 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Red in Winter 🍁 Kiriko
This fox spirit skin felt way more appropriate for a beautiful winter scene than anything else to me, I love the colors so much.
#overwatch #kiriko #gamephotography #virtualphotography
This fox spirit skin felt way more appropriate for a beautiful winter scene than anything else to me, I love the colors so much.
#overwatch #kiriko #gamephotography #virtualphotography
November 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Red in Winter 🍁 Kiriko
This fox spirit skin felt way more appropriate for a beautiful winter scene than anything else to me, I love the colors so much.
#overwatch #kiriko #gamephotography #virtualphotography
This fox spirit skin felt way more appropriate for a beautiful winter scene than anything else to me, I love the colors so much.
#overwatch #kiriko #gamephotography #virtualphotography