Jon Bailes
@jonbailes.bsky.social
Deputy editor at Edge magazine
PhD from UCL. Author of Ideology and the Virtual City.
Freelance bylines: WaPo, Wired, Eurogamer, Guardian +
PhD from UCL. Author of Ideology and the Virtual City.
Freelance bylines: WaPo, Wired, Eurogamer, Guardian +
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Jon Bailes
@jonbailes.bsky.social
· Nov 21
General info post to start off:
I'm Games Editor at Edge magazine, which means I plan reviews and previews.
Publishers/PR/freelancers - get in touch about either at: jon dot bailes at futurenet dot com
I'm Games Editor at Edge magazine, which means I plan reviews and previews.
Publishers/PR/freelancers - get in touch about either at: jon dot bailes at futurenet dot com
Of course not. We're too busy spending our bribes from the publisher.
Do video game reviewers "check in" with their colleagues at other outlets when they're about to give a 10/10
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October 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Of course not. We're too busy spending our bribes from the publisher.
My first issue as deputy editor. There's a big roundup of 100 games to watch from SGF and related events, leading up to our cover feature on Pragmata. Plus a feature on open-world games, reviews of Death Stranding 2, Mario Kart World, Mindseye and more.
Here are the retail and subs covers of Edge 413, out today. Inside, we talk to Pragmata leads Cho Yonghee and Naoto Oyama as they enter the home stretch of a lengthy mission into space. Capcom’s sci-fi adventure heads up our summer preview special, featuring 100 games to watch.
July 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
My first issue as deputy editor. There's a big roundup of 100 games to watch from SGF and related events, leading up to our cover feature on Pragmata. Plus a feature on open-world games, reviews of Death Stranding 2, Mario Kart World, Mindseye and more.
New Edge - and a great big feature on Big Walk.
In Edge 412, out today, we wander the wilds of Australia in Big Walk, the new project from Untitled Goose Game creator House House. Our 16-page hands-on cover story digs deep into its unique approach to multiplayer adventuring, delivering a game unlike anything we’ve seen before.
June 13, 2025 at 7:04 AM
New Edge - and a great big feature on Big Walk.
Job change - I'm now deputy editor at Edge. As before, I'm dealing mainly with the reviews and previews sections, but now with a few extra bits on top.
June 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Job change - I'm now deputy editor at Edge. As before, I'm dealing mainly with the reviews and previews sections, but now with a few extra bits on top.
The latest Edge with this fantastic cover marking an in-depth feature on Death Stranding 2.
Edge 411 is out today, featuring Death Stranding 2: On The Beach. For our 16-page cover story, Simon Parkin visits Kojima Productions to play the studio’s most ambitious game to date and discuss its creation with Hideo Kojima, who explains why it is more Aliens than Alien.
May 16, 2025 at 6:16 AM
The latest Edge with this fantastic cover marking an in-depth feature on Death Stranding 2.
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In Edge 410, published today, we visit Bloober Team’s HQ for exclusive hands-on access to Cronos: The New Dawn, and discover how this mysterious, time-hopping survival horror blends unique weaponry and creature concepts with influences ranging from Dead Space to 12 Monkeys.
April 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
In Edge 410, published today, we visit Bloober Team’s HQ for exclusive hands-on access to Cronos: The New Dawn, and discover how this mysterious, time-hopping survival horror blends unique weaponry and creature concepts with influences ranging from Dead Space to 12 Monkeys.
Conversely, I thought the whole thing could do with some major editing. While there are constant mechanical shifts, they're often quite superficial, and /the way in which/ you're asked to collaborate hardly changes in the main levels.
Split Fiction keeps it fabulously fresh for its full, 14-hour duration. With no idea sticking around long enough to get stale before making way for the next, it’s a victory of imagination and restraint in equal measure.
Our Review: bit.ly/3F3Gksm
Our Review: bit.ly/3F3Gksm
March 5, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Conversely, I thought the whole thing could do with some major editing. While there are constant mechanical shifts, they're often quite superficial, and /the way in which/ you're asked to collaborate hardly changes in the main levels.
We made another Edge, this one with some expansive Doom art on the cover, and an equally beefy feature inside.
Other stuff includes previews of AC: Shadows and Commandos: Origins, features about game secrets, Warframe, Croteam and the Making of Arco, and reviews of KCDII, Avowed and Civ VII.
Other stuff includes previews of AC: Shadows and Commandos: Origins, features about game secrets, Warframe, Croteam and the Making of Arco, and reviews of KCDII, Avowed and Civ VII.
February 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
We made another Edge, this one with some expansive Doom art on the cover, and an equally beefy feature inside.
Other stuff includes previews of AC: Shadows and Commandos: Origins, features about game secrets, Warframe, Croteam and the Making of Arco, and reviews of KCDII, Avowed and Civ VII.
Other stuff includes previews of AC: Shadows and Commandos: Origins, features about game secrets, Warframe, Croteam and the Making of Arco, and reviews of KCDII, Avowed and Civ VII.
Great to see a surge in funding in the last day or so on this. It looks like there's a chance it could reach its goal.
If you haven't got round to backing it yet, maybe now's the time.
If you haven't got round to backing it yet, maybe now's the time.
After years away from game dev, I couldn’t stay silent about my people’s dehumanization. I made Dreams on a Pillow 🍉a game inspired by a famous Palestinian folktale about the 1948 Nakba.
I’m crowdfunding it now—please back & share!
🔗 launchgood.com/1948
I’m crowdfunding it now—please back & share!
🔗 launchgood.com/1948
Dreams on a Pillow - a videogame experience about the 1948 Nakba, based on a true story | LaunchGood
A pseudo-3D stealth adventure game about a land full of people being made into a people without land
www.launchgood.com
December 20, 2024 at 9:49 AM
Great to see a surge in funding in the last day or so on this. It looks like there's a chance it could reach its goal.
If you haven't got round to backing it yet, maybe now's the time.
If you haven't got round to backing it yet, maybe now's the time.
Reposted by Jon Bailes
If you ask yourself why the Genocide is happening?
Because we are not allowed to tell our Story.
Because we are not allowed to tell our Story.
God damn this industry sometimes, holy shit y'all - I knew it could be unfair but the news I'm getting now is straight-up evil
December 16, 2024 at 11:07 PM
If you ask yourself why the Genocide is happening?
Because we are not allowed to tell our Story.
Because we are not allowed to tell our Story.
Reposted by Jon Bailes
✌🏼 We’ve hit 1/3 of our goal!🍉
To all our supporters, Heartfelt thanks ❤️
We ask for your generosity in the next 24 hours this Giving Tuesday as we compete to win $25,000
👉 Make another contribution, any amount helps!
👉 Share the campaign with friends & family.
launchgood.com/1948
To all our supporters, Heartfelt thanks ❤️
We ask for your generosity in the next 24 hours this Giving Tuesday as we compete to win $25,000
👉 Make another contribution, any amount helps!
👉 Share the campaign with friends & family.
launchgood.com/1948
Dreams on a Pillow - a videogame experience about the 1948 Nakba, based on a true story | LaunchGood
A pseudo-3D stealth adventure game about a land full of people being made into a people without land
launchgood.com
December 3, 2024 at 5:05 AM
✌🏼 We’ve hit 1/3 of our goal!🍉
To all our supporters, Heartfelt thanks ❤️
We ask for your generosity in the next 24 hours this Giving Tuesday as we compete to win $25,000
👉 Make another contribution, any amount helps!
👉 Share the campaign with friends & family.
launchgood.com/1948
To all our supporters, Heartfelt thanks ❤️
We ask for your generosity in the next 24 hours this Giving Tuesday as we compete to win $25,000
👉 Make another contribution, any amount helps!
👉 Share the campaign with friends & family.
launchgood.com/1948
Reposted by Jon Bailes
The Palestinian-made game Dreams on a Pillow is 413 dollars and 13 backers short of respectively 60K raised and 1,000 supporters. Who wants to help push it over towards those milestones?
launchgood.com/1948
launchgood.com/1948
Dreams on a Pillow - a videogame experience about the 1948 Nakba, based on a true story | LaunchGood
A pseudo-3D stealth adventure game about a land full of people being made into a people without land
launchgood.com
December 1, 2024 at 10:31 PM
The Palestinian-made game Dreams on a Pillow is 413 dollars and 13 backers short of respectively 60K raised and 1,000 supporters. Who wants to help push it over towards those milestones?
launchgood.com/1948
launchgood.com/1948
Reposted by Jon Bailes
Today, Rasheed and his team are announcing Dreams on a Pillow and are looking to crowdfund its development.
Let's show them how much we all have their back:
www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
Let's show them how much we all have their back:
www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
November 28, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Today, Rasheed and his team are announcing Dreams on a Pillow and are looking to crowdfund its development.
Let's show them how much we all have their back:
www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
Let's show them how much we all have their back:
www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
We made another Edge. Issue 405 dives deep into Reanimal, considers 20 years of World of Warcraft and explores the making of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. There are previews of Civ VII, Herdling and Skate Story. And you get a fine calendar featuring images from the 30-year history of PlayStation.
November 28, 2024 at 8:24 PM
We made another Edge. Issue 405 dives deep into Reanimal, considers 20 years of World of Warcraft and explores the making of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. There are previews of Civ VII, Herdling and Skate Story. And you get a fine calendar featuring images from the 30-year history of PlayStation.
Reposted by Jon Bailes
After years away from game dev, I couldn’t stay silent about my people’s dehumanization. I made Dreams on a Pillow 🍉a game inspired by a famous Palestinian folktale about the 1948 Nakba.
I’m crowdfunding it now—please back & share!
🔗 launchgood.com/1948
I’m crowdfunding it now—please back & share!
🔗 launchgood.com/1948
Dreams on a Pillow - a videogame experience about the 1948 Nakba, based on a true story | LaunchGood
A pseudo-3D stealth adventure game about a land full of people being made into a people without land
www.launchgood.com
November 28, 2024 at 2:02 PM
After years away from game dev, I couldn’t stay silent about my people’s dehumanization. I made Dreams on a Pillow 🍉a game inspired by a famous Palestinian folktale about the 1948 Nakba.
I’m crowdfunding it now—please back & share!
🔗 launchgood.com/1948
I’m crowdfunding it now—please back & share!
🔗 launchgood.com/1948
If you see this post, please back this game, and please share this campaign as widely as possible.
www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
Dreams on a Pillow - a videogame experience about the 1948 Nakba, based on a true story | LaunchGood
A pseudo-3D stealth adventure game about a land full of people being made into a people without land
www.launchgood.com
November 28, 2024 at 4:37 PM
If you see this post, please back this game, and please share this campaign as widely as possible.
www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
General info post to start off:
I'm Games Editor at Edge magazine, which means I plan reviews and previews.
Publishers/PR/freelancers - get in touch about either at: jon dot bailes at futurenet dot com
I'm Games Editor at Edge magazine, which means I plan reviews and previews.
Publishers/PR/freelancers - get in touch about either at: jon dot bailes at futurenet dot com
November 21, 2024 at 6:29 AM
General info post to start off:
I'm Games Editor at Edge magazine, which means I plan reviews and previews.
Publishers/PR/freelancers - get in touch about either at: jon dot bailes at futurenet dot com
I'm Games Editor at Edge magazine, which means I plan reviews and previews.
Publishers/PR/freelancers - get in touch about either at: jon dot bailes at futurenet dot com