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· Sep 11
PC Gamer Vol. 4, Issue 3 - Diablo [S1E13]
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GOOOOOOOOD FUNFACTOR EVENING!
@pcgamer.com’s March 1997 review of Diablo 1, and their accompanying year-end game awards, garner some of our highest marks yet.
Check out the slide-enhanced version of our latest episode is right here: youtu.be/RECEW8uvsSU?...
@pcgamer.com’s March 1997 review of Diablo 1, and their accompanying year-end game awards, garner some of our highest marks yet.
Check out the slide-enhanced version of our latest episode is right here: youtu.be/RECEW8uvsSU?...
!! let’s gooooooooo
We've added 100 new CDs to our collection of press CDs from GamePro magazine, with thousands of pieces of game art, screenshots, and more
So, what's the GamePro press CD collection? We put together an explainer
So, what's the GamePro press CD collection? We put together an explainer
The art of GamePro | VGHF Library Highlights
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November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
!! let’s gooooooooo
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We got a labor movement before GTA6
Following firings and Grand Theft Auto VI delay, union plans to keep pressure on Rockstar
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November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We got a labor movement before GTA6
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sort of incredible to read a review that doesn't just made a vague nod at AI being bad, but actively reckons with the ways in which falling obsessively to AI usage actively obliterates the artistic intent and integrity of the work you've made.
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
sort of incredible to read a review that doesn't just made a vague nod at AI being bad, but actively reckons with the ways in which falling obsessively to AI usage actively obliterates the artistic intent and integrity of the work you've made.
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Fwiw, I actually asked Yoshinori Kitase about this in an interview two years ago and he laughed and literally just said "Tell me why you want that."
Seeing Square Enix continue to make gacha Dissidia games when they could just make Dissidia Final Fantasy Warriors...... man
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Fwiw, I actually asked Yoshinori Kitase about this in an interview two years ago and he laughed and literally just said "Tell me why you want that."
“Website different” takes SO much time and effort.
Despite the ravages of age and an internet steeped in misinformation, your eyes – in this one case – do not deceive you: Website different. It’s taken an immense amount of time and effort, but welcome to Aftermath version 2.0:
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November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
“Website different” takes SO much time and effort.
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This is what Sid Meier sounds like, right?
November 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is what Sid Meier sounds like, right?
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Hot CRT action.
Thought I would join the CRT gang with pictures of my favourite Final Fantasy.
Still working around the proper settings with my phone camera, taken with a Galaxy S25 on a Toshiba 28N33F.
Still working around the proper settings with my phone camera, taken with a Galaxy S25 on a Toshiba 28N33F.
November 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Hot CRT action.
This is what Sid Meier sounds like, right?
November 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is what Sid Meier sounds like, right?
Hey, everyone: Your FunFactor Fuesday and/or GOOD FUNFACTOR MORNING are sliiiiiiightly delayed, but coming very soon!
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Hey, everyone: Your FunFactor Fuesday and/or GOOD FUNFACTOR MORNING are sliiiiiiightly delayed, but coming very soon!
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life is imitating video games, all our society’s most notorious criminals are now also somehow our most severe hotties
October 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
life is imitating video games, all our society’s most notorious criminals are now also somehow our most severe hotties
shooters shoot
Would @square-enix-games.com like to sponsor @funfactorpod.com and send us free games and early access to FF7 Remake 3? DM me if interested.
October 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
shooters shoot
multiple editors at worker-owned outlets posting pitch guides this week, we absolutely love to see it
hi all, the awaited day has come: I'm looking for freelance writers to pitch Inverse Gaming for end-of-year coverage! namely, I'm looking for someone to contribute our best of RPGs this year list ($350), and pitch us on some year-end lookback essays ($500+). please pitch me: shannon@inverse.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
multiple editors at worker-owned outlets posting pitch guides this week, we absolutely love to see it
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Zohran Mamdani caught lying when he said Schala Zeal and her younger brother Janus (late Magus) have purple hair, yet when pressed he admits that Chrono Cross canonically stated members of the Zeal royal family have blonde hair which they dye purple.
Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood the differences between が and は, yet when pressed he said they both served as topic markers while failing to see the nuance between subject and topic marker, as well as contextual clarity provided by postposition particles.
Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
October 29, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Zohran Mamdani caught lying when he said Schala Zeal and her younger brother Janus (late Magus) have purple hair, yet when pressed he admits that Chrono Cross canonically stated members of the Zeal royal family have blonde hair which they dye purple.
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This is a harder pattern but you can get through it if you hug the right and just weave up and down as the balls spread out. Good to save a bomb for this one if you can.
b̶̗̠̤̙̺̰̙͇͆̀̒̍̀̂́̕ả̶̡̛̛̛̛͎͔̟̯̤͑̈͐̌̈́̄̓͆̓͛̎͌͛͋͑̆̇̄͐͋̋͊̓̋̊͐̍͗̓͒̆̊̓̂͆̀̾̇̑̈́́͊̾̚͘͘̚̕͝͝͠s̷̢̢̢̧̡̝͖̮͉̰̯̫̮̪̳̲͕̯̟͉̮͚̙͚͓͕̫̣̦͔͓̺̫̻̤̲͆͒̾͂͌̐̑͊̈́͒͛̆̊̍̌͛̇̇̍̾͗̎͐͑̆͒̓̀́̏͊̓̈́͋̓̐͂͘͜͝͝͠͝͝e̴̡̡̡̘̲̺̥͎̥̭͙̲̪̱͔̞͔̠͖̞̞̦̱͉̤̭̼̗͖̥͕͕͙̦̹̠͙͓̤̰͎̼̱̪̹͉̱̞͉̯̠̜͎͙̗͖̣͒̊̒̌͒͗̓̀͗͒͐̽̈̔̑̆͑͑̆̀̀̒̉̿̕̕͜͜͜ͅͅb̷̧̡̪̺̯̱͍͚̻͕̗̬͓̞̈́̈́̽̋̑̈́͒̓́̒̓̇̀̾̕͝a̶̧̢̦͕̗͔͓͙̦̜̬̯̟͉̪̱̮̲͍̻̹͓͍̪̦̥͎̩̫͉͈͙̰̹̞̯̭͔̩̹͛̅͗̑̂̋̍͌͒́̈̆̚͜ͅͅḻ̵̢̢̧̢̨̧̟̗̖̰͇̦̺͕̫̖͈͎͈̪̺̗͚̖̱͎̞͚̥͇̺̱̜͛̃̀̂̾̆̈͝ͅļ̴̧̨̬͔̱͎̳̬͉̘̝̻̹͔͓͍͈̙̣̳̝̗͙͉̬̭̦̗̥̜̠̘̯̯͖̜̠̦̱̰̱̮̤̣̥̼̯̞̉
October 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This is a harder pattern but you can get through it if you hug the right and just weave up and down as the balls spread out. Good to save a bomb for this one if you can.
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I reached out to The White House and asked about its use of AI-generated Halo imagery. White House Deputy Press Secretary Kush Desai just responded to me, and it's insane.
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October 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
uhhhhhhh
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My latest, an overdue love letter to my favorite SRPG. Now that I got to make my own "Final Fantasy Tactics is relevant to today's political landscape" piece, I can finally read all the good ones I had to ignore while working on this!
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Review - This SRPG Classic Receives The Remaster Treatment It Has Long Deserved https://www.nintendo-insider.com/final-fantasy-tactics-the-ivalice-chronicles-nintendo-switch-2-edition-review/
October 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
My latest, an overdue love letter to my favorite SRPG. Now that I got to make my own "Final Fantasy Tactics is relevant to today's political landscape" piece, I can finally read all the good ones I had to ignore while working on this!
👀😬👀
October 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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A legend!!
Any retro-gamer who used emulators in the 90's NEEDS to see this awesome interview @zophar.bsky.social just posted with the creator of ZSNES, zsKnight! I really enjoyed this one: www.retrorgb.com/zophar-inter...
Zophar Interviews ZSNES Creator
https://youtu.be/iG-oqvj4Tqk
Zophar has just posted an interview with legendary Super Nintendo emulator ZSNES' creator zsKnight. This is an absolute MUST-WATCH for anyone who grew up using ZSNES in ...
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October 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
A legend!!
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my boy has been on the picket line for *months*, while dealing with some big-deal real life stuff.
if you have a sense of solidarity and a little change to spare, helping him out would be super rad: www.paypal.com/paypalme/aid...
if you have a sense of solidarity and a little change to spare, helping him out would be super rad: www.paypal.com/paypalme/aid...
One of the major challenges here is that due to my in-laws’ car accident, I’m basically doing primary childcare around my picketing shifts, so I’m not only losing out on my regular paycheque, but am also unable to do freelance work for secondary income. Never gonna get that money back.
Hey, all! Two months into striking, things are getting… uncomfortably tight. I’m so proud of doing my part for collective action with my BCGEU colleagues ✊, but my bank account is growling and my bills are grinning.
If you’ve enjoyed my work and have the means to help out: PayPal.me/aidanmoher
If you’ve enjoyed my work and have the means to help out: PayPal.me/aidanmoher
October 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
my boy has been on the picket line for *months*, while dealing with some big-deal real life stuff.
if you have a sense of solidarity and a little change to spare, helping him out would be super rad: www.paypal.com/paypalme/aid...
if you have a sense of solidarity and a little change to spare, helping him out would be super rad: www.paypal.com/paypalme/aid...
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One of the major challenges here is that due to my in-laws’ car accident, I’m basically doing primary childcare around my picketing shifts, so I’m not only losing out on my regular paycheque, but am also unable to do freelance work for secondary income. Never gonna get that money back.
Hey, all! Two months into striking, things are getting… uncomfortably tight. I’m so proud of doing my part for collective action with my BCGEU colleagues ✊, but my bank account is growling and my bills are grinning.
If you’ve enjoyed my work and have the means to help out: PayPal.me/aidanmoher
If you’ve enjoyed my work and have the means to help out: PayPal.me/aidanmoher
October 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
One of the major challenges here is that due to my in-laws’ car accident, I’m basically doing primary childcare around my picketing shifts, so I’m not only losing out on my regular paycheque, but am also unable to do freelance work for secondary income. Never gonna get that money back.
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The bloodbath is global. Everyone hears about layoffs at English-speaking sites like Polygon, but every other language just gets reported locally.
Jovem Nerd is big enough to get a cameo NPC & quest in Cyberpunk 2077. When they fired their game journalists, only Brazilians heard about that... :/
Jovem Nerd is big enough to get a cameo NPC & quest in Cyberpunk 2077. When they fired their game journalists, only Brazilians heard about that... :/
More than 1,200 video game journalists have left major publications in the past two years, and not returned to the media, according to data supplied to VGC.
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More than 1,200 games journalists have left the media in the last two years | VGC
According to Press Engine data, the global pool of games journalists has shrunk by 25%
www.videogameschronicle.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The bloodbath is global. Everyone hears about layoffs at English-speaking sites like Polygon, but every other language just gets reported locally.
Jovem Nerd is big enough to get a cameo NPC & quest in Cyberpunk 2077. When they fired their game journalists, only Brazilians heard about that... :/
Jovem Nerd is big enough to get a cameo NPC & quest in Cyberpunk 2077. When they fired their game journalists, only Brazilians heard about that... :/
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Was fun!
Our newest bonus epsiode is LIVE! We were thrilled to get to talk to @mattleone.bsky.social about games media, journalism, and the launch of his amazing new site, Design Room: www.designroom.site
October 22, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Was fun!
Our newest bonus epsiode is LIVE! We were thrilled to get to talk to @mattleone.bsky.social about games media, journalism, and the launch of his amazing new site, Design Room: www.designroom.site
October 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Our newest bonus epsiode is LIVE! We were thrilled to get to talk to @mattleone.bsky.social about games media, journalism, and the launch of his amazing new site, Design Room: www.designroom.site
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Oh, hell yeah. I’m gonna have to figure out how to buy this issue in Canada, haha.
COVER REVEAL: For the first time in Game Informer history, a Dragon Quest game is gracing our cover! We went to Tokyo to play Dragon Quest VII Reimagined, interview the team behind it, and dive deep into the history of this prolific RPG franchise. Subscribe today!
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October 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Oh, hell yeah. I’m gonna have to figure out how to buy this issue in Canada, haha.