Maddy Myers 🏳️🌈
@midimyers.com
i've been writing about video games since 2007. currently: freelance writer; podcast co-host of Triple Click and The Mutant Ages. formerly: Polygon, Kotaku, The Mary Sue, The Boston Phoenix. bonus side hustle: writing electro-pop music. she/her.
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nothing like spending 24 hours fixing a massive problem with the computer that i built to make me feel like both the most annoyed person on earth and, now, the smartest person on earth
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
nothing like spending 24 hours fixing a massive problem with the computer that i built to make me feel like both the most annoyed person on earth and, now, the smartest person on earth
we are still watching CSI. first time for me. CSI is really fun
November 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
we are still watching CSI. first time for me. CSI is really fun
we're saying someone's birth is a "premiere" now?
The singer Carly Rae Jepsen and the movie ‘Rocky IV’ premiered 40 years ago today 🎂
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
we're saying someone's birth is a "premiere" now?
1. games industry decimated by layoffs
2. journalism decimated by layoffs
3. decades of precedent of people assuming all content online should be free and also not wanting to look at ads
4. impending AI bubble burst and economic downstream effects of that
hmmmmmmmmmmmmMMMM
2. journalism decimated by layoffs
3. decades of precedent of people assuming all content online should be free and also not wanting to look at ads
4. impending AI bubble burst and economic downstream effects of that
hmmmmmmmmmmmmMMMM
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
1. games industry decimated by layoffs
2. journalism decimated by layoffs
3. decades of precedent of people assuming all content online should be free and also not wanting to look at ads
4. impending AI bubble burst and economic downstream effects of that
hmmmmmmmmmmmmMMMM
2. journalism decimated by layoffs
3. decades of precedent of people assuming all content online should be free and also not wanting to look at ads
4. impending AI bubble burst and economic downstream effects of that
hmmmmmmmmmmmmMMMM
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WIRED is hiring for a senior politics reporter who will write our weekly newsletter; detailed job description below. This role will be based in New York or DC and report to me; the salary range is $95,000 - $132,000. condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
WIRED is hiring for a senior politics reporter who will write our weekly newsletter; detailed job description below. This role will be based in New York or DC and report to me; the salary range is $95,000 - $132,000. condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
we do a thing in our house with tv/movies where sometimes we just click on something, knowing nothing other than the title and a chosen screengrab. not every day or week but sometimes. i think it's good, critically, to NOT always know what you're in for. we watched All's Fair because of this. lmfao
November 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
we do a thing in our house with tv/movies where sometimes we just click on something, knowing nothing other than the title and a chosen screengrab. not every day or week but sometimes. i think it's good, critically, to NOT always know what you're in for. we watched All's Fair because of this. lmfao
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We're hiring a guides writer at GamesRader. Like writing about games and solving puzzles? Then take a look. UK based but remote's okay. All the details are in the link. apply.workable.com/futureplc/j/...
Guides Writer, GamesRadar+ - Future Publishing
Future's Games group creates international, market-leading content, delivered through scale websites GamesRadar and PC Gamer, award-winning print brands, and Events that reach millions of gamers.The g...
apply.workable.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We're hiring a guides writer at GamesRader. Like writing about games and solving puzzles? Then take a look. UK based but remote's okay. All the details are in the link. apply.workable.com/futureplc/j/...
for about six months now (maybe longer, i haven't been keeping track), my wife and i have been going on ~45-60 min walks together every day. the way it works is we schedule it. like, we put it into our (work) calendars. my watch vibrates to remind me, like any other calendar event. i recommend this.
November 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
for about six months now (maybe longer, i haven't been keeping track), my wife and i have been going on ~45-60 min walks together every day. the way it works is we schedule it. like, we put it into our (work) calendars. my watch vibrates to remind me, like any other calendar event. i recommend this.
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it's funny how the initialism "DEI" gets deployed to obscure its own meaning, by framing it like a policy, like ACA, or an agency, like DHS. if you write "efforts to erase diversity" instead of "efforts to erase DEI," you're describing what Trump is doing much more clearly and truthfully!
when we talk about efforts to "erase DEI" can we be more precise and say "efforts to re-segregate workplaces and schools"
Since 1981, Chicago Women in Trades has worked to promote equity by getting more women into the construction trades. Now the nonprofit faces a different challenge: Trump's efforts to erase DEI. n.pr/4pmCNr2
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
it's funny how the initialism "DEI" gets deployed to obscure its own meaning, by framing it like a policy, like ACA, or an agency, like DHS. if you write "efforts to erase diversity" instead of "efforts to erase DEI," you're describing what Trump is doing much more clearly and truthfully!
it's funny that the dispatch fandom refers to the no-romance ending as the "friendzoned" ending colloquially because usually that term is gendered against women but in this case it's a game about two women throwing themselves at you and you (male protag) having to actively work to friendzone *them*
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
it's funny that the dispatch fandom refers to the no-romance ending as the "friendzoned" ending colloquially because usually that term is gendered against women but in this case it's a game about two women throwing themselves at you and you (male protag) having to actively work to friendzone *them*
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i played news tower and because it's me i had an existential crisis about it
Finally out of early access, News Tower puts you in control of a Depression-era newspaper and makes you immediately question your ethics. It's surprisingly accurate, writes former actual newspaper employee @midimyers.com. www.avclub.com/news-tower-g...
Race to journalism's bottom in the surprisingly accurate News Tower
Race to journalism's bottom in the surprisingly accurate News Tower
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November 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
i played news tower and because it's me i had an existential crisis about it
i played news tower and because it's me i had an existential crisis about it
Finally out of early access, News Tower puts you in control of a Depression-era newspaper and makes you immediately question your ethics. It's surprisingly accurate, writes former actual newspaper employee @midimyers.com. www.avclub.com/news-tower-g...
Race to journalism's bottom in the surprisingly accurate News Tower
Race to journalism's bottom in the surprisingly accurate News Tower
www.avclub.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
i played news tower and because it's me i had an existential crisis about it
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I was on Triple Click the other day talking about the state of RPGs and also my book on Assassin’s Creed! maximumfun.org/episodes/tri...
The RPGs of 2025 (with Cameron Kunzelman) | Maximum Fun
Kirk, Maddy, and Jason bring on special guest Cameron Kunzelman to talk about this year’s suite of roleplaying games, from Avowed to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 to The Outer Worlds 2.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I was on Triple Click the other day talking about the state of RPGs and also my book on Assassin’s Creed! maximumfun.org/episodes/tri...
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need a game with a protagonist who sends increasingly erratic ADHD-driven voice notes to their friends
i think a good lesson for game devs would be to remember that people don't really talk to themselves. when they do, it's "ah fuck" or "really?" and, again, it's rare. i lived alone for many years and i am happy to consult on this. i DO talk to my cat, of course. you could put a cat in.
November 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
need a game with a protagonist who sends increasingly erratic ADHD-driven voice notes to their friends
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make a game where we hear the character’s thoughts and do it right, where it’s non-stop and overwhelming and obnoxious and scattered and confused and hung up on remembering the name of that one actor for no reason and randomly mortified by unrelated shit that happened 30 years ago etc.
i think a good lesson for game devs would be to remember that people don't really talk to themselves. when they do, it's "ah fuck" or "really?" and, again, it's rare. i lived alone for many years and i am happy to consult on this. i DO talk to my cat, of course. you could put a cat in.
November 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
make a game where we hear the character’s thoughts and do it right, where it’s non-stop and overwhelming and obnoxious and scattered and confused and hung up on remembering the name of that one actor for no reason and randomly mortified by unrelated shit that happened 30 years ago etc.
this would actually help though
Give Aloy a dog. I’m always talking to my dog about my Inventory
November 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
this would actually help though
i think a good lesson for game devs would be to remember that people don't really talk to themselves. when they do, it's "ah fuck" or "really?" and, again, it's rare. i lived alone for many years and i am happy to consult on this. i DO talk to my cat, of course. you could put a cat in.
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
i think a good lesson for game devs would be to remember that people don't really talk to themselves. when they do, it's "ah fuck" or "really?" and, again, it's rare. i lived alone for many years and i am happy to consult on this. i DO talk to my cat, of course. you could put a cat in.
yeah, again, the previous prime games (especially prime 3) also did this. but it was awkward, and not something that people liked at the time. so it's weird to continue it, let alone increase it
The vibe an hour with Prime 4 gave is that they identified that some fans despised Other M's chattiness & vocally emotional Samus, but also decided the Federation was critical, and thereby the (insane) solution is for everyone else to talk at her but Samus to remain silent. Just bizarre
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
yeah, again, the previous prime games (especially prime 3) also did this. but it was awkward, and not something that people liked at the time. so it's weird to continue it, let alone increase it
i wrote an article recently about how powerful silence is in super metroid and i am thinking about it today for i guess no reason www.avclub.com/super-metroi...
The strength of Super Metroid's soundtrack is in its silences
Super Metroid's music is crucial to the game's unsettling, hostile atmosphere--and especially the way that soundtrack uses silence.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
i wrote an article recently about how powerful silence is in super metroid and i am thinking about it today for i guess no reason www.avclub.com/super-metroi...
apparently we're having one of those days where i am watching a talk show on youtube and then accidentally a different podcast on my phone starts playing and i jump in fear like an actual person entered the room as opposed to just another parasocial relationship i have on pause
November 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
apparently we're having one of those days where i am watching a talk show on youtube and then accidentally a different podcast on my phone starts playing and i jump in fear like an actual person entered the room as opposed to just another parasocial relationship i have on pause
i know that nintendo does not send advance codes to people who don't work at official outlets (or who are doing ad work for them or something like that) but i think they should make an exception for me for metroid prime 4 because i am an official metroid outlet in and of myself
November 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
i know that nintendo does not send advance codes to people who don't work at official outlets (or who are doing ad work for them or something like that) but i think they should make an exception for me for metroid prime 4 because i am an official metroid outlet in and of myself
reading the news and saying "dah doy" over and over as i do every single day like i'm some sort of prophet
November 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
reading the news and saying "dah doy" over and over as i do every single day like i'm some sort of prophet
final fantasy tactics and straight leg jeans are back so i have decided to celebrate by watching CSI for the first time. just fully redoing 8th grade rn.
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
final fantasy tactics and straight leg jeans are back so i have decided to celebrate by watching CSI for the first time. just fully redoing 8th grade rn.
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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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one time i wrote a horror fiction story in which toxic masculinity was presented as very literally toxic, and no one got it. but maybe people will get it now that it's many years later and i'm spelling it out in this post? happy belated halloween! kotaku.com/the-only-gir...
The Only Girl At The LAN Party: A Ghost Story - Kotaku
This story didn’t happen to me. Not really. But some nights, it felt like it could have. Right before I started college in 2004, my parents gave me my
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November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
one time i wrote a horror fiction story in which toxic masculinity was presented as very literally toxic, and no one got it. but maybe people will get it now that it's many years later and i'm spelling it out in this post? happy belated halloween! kotaku.com/the-only-gir...