Mike Epstein
@mikeepstein.bsky.social
Senior Reviews Editor, Hearst Enthusiast Group (Popular Mechanics, Runner’s World, Best Products.) Former game critic. Chaotic in the group chat. Crotchety, but still a good time.
Hello games/tech press party people! I'm looking for a computing reviewer to come in and update a guide on gaming PCs for Popular Mechanics. If you're up to task and have PC reviews under your belt, send them to me at mike-dot-epstein-at-Hearst-dot-com. RTs also appreciated.
August 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Hello games/tech press party people! I'm looking for a computing reviewer to come in and update a guide on gaming PCs for Popular Mechanics. If you're up to task and have PC reviews under your belt, send them to me at mike-dot-epstein-at-Hearst-dot-com. RTs also appreciated.
Gaming Gear Reviewers: I'm looking for a writer with console accessory review experience (controllers) to rework a Popular Mechanics story for me. Send me your interest (and your clips) at mike-dot-epstein-AT-hearst-dot-com.
May 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Gaming Gear Reviewers: I'm looking for a writer with console accessory review experience (controllers) to rework a Popular Mechanics story for me. Send me your interest (and your clips) at mike-dot-epstein-AT-hearst-dot-com.
Really having trouble wrapping my head around the Polygon and Giant Bomb situations. For both to happen at the same time… It truly feels like the sky is falling down.
I’m not really a games press person anymore, but I still feel the cut deeply. Thinking of everyone today.
I’m not really a games press person anymore, but I still feel the cut deeply. Thinking of everyone today.
May 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Really having trouble wrapping my head around the Polygon and Giant Bomb situations. For both to happen at the same time… It truly feels like the sky is falling down.
I’m not really a games press person anymore, but I still feel the cut deeply. Thinking of everyone today.
I’m not really a games press person anymore, but I still feel the cut deeply. Thinking of everyone today.
It's-a-me... Mike Epstein, and I played the Nintendo Switch 2. www.popularmechanics.com/technology/v...
I Played The Nintendo Switch 2 For 3 Hours: Here's What I Think So Far
The Nintendo Switch 2 is a Next-Gen Console, Nintendo-Style
www.popularmechanics.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
It's-a-me... Mike Epstein, and I played the Nintendo Switch 2. www.popularmechanics.com/technology/v...
I've been thinking a lot about Fried Ice Cream today?
March 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I've been thinking a lot about Fried Ice Cream today?
I see I'm not the only one who's taken to gunning down nazis to de-stress in 2025.
February 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I see I'm not the only one who's taken to gunning down nazis to de-stress in 2025.
I need a reviewer on the gaming laptop beat to help update a buying guide. If you have clips and want a gig, send 'em to me at mike.epstein-AT-hearst-dot-com.
February 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I need a reviewer on the gaming laptop beat to help update a buying guide. If you have clips and want a gig, send 'em to me at mike.epstein-AT-hearst-dot-com.
Double points for the extra Nazish lead photo.
NEW: How did Elon Musk actually recruit for DOGE? Using Palantir-linked, young engineers who fanned out across online chat groups and Discord servers:
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
The Recruitment Effort That Helped Build Elon Musk’s DOGE Army
At least three individuals associated with Palantir or its cofounder Peter Thiel were involved in an online recruiting effort for DOGE late last year, WIRED has learned.
www.wired.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Double points for the extra Nazish lead photo.
Film critics: It is officially lazy to describe a film as “a good time at the movies.” It is everywhere. Also, frankly, it’s an evasive phrase—the latest in a long line of phrases used to say “I liked this movie despite/because of its flaws.”
February 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Film critics: It is officially lazy to describe a film as “a good time at the movies.” It is everywhere. Also, frankly, it’s an evasive phrase—the latest in a long line of phrases used to say “I liked this movie despite/because of its flaws.”
Reposted by Mike Epstein
Jfc do not trade the fucking First Amendment for a goddamn merger www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/b...
January 31, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Jfc do not trade the fucking First Amendment for a goddamn merger www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/b...
Reposted by Mike Epstein
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
www.404media.co
January 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
Feels like a good time to replay the Wolfenstein games while we wait for the next wave of big games to come in.
January 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Feels like a good time to replay the Wolfenstein games while we wait for the next wave of big games to come in.
Reposted by Mike Epstein
This is it: The best/worst/most incurably cursed Switch 2 post. We can all stop now.
Switch tuah on that thang
January 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This is it: The best/worst/most incurably cursed Switch 2 post. We can all stop now.
Reposted by Mike Epstein
wait wait wait. MARIO... riding a GO-KART? holy shit
January 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
wait wait wait. MARIO... riding a GO-KART? holy shit
Would play
We have a Dynasty Warriors and an Orcs Must Die! coming out the same month, which makes me want a crossover called Die, Nasty Warriors!
January 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Would play
Made a Pixelfed, too, because why not? I'm AT-MikeE over there -- pixelfed.social/i/web/profil...
Mike Epstein (@MikeE@pixelfed.social)
0 Posts, 2 Following, 0 Followers · Senior Commerce Editor for Popular Mechanics, Runner's World, and Best Products. Former video game and tech critic. Just trying to find my place on the internet.
pixelfed.social
January 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Made a Pixelfed, too, because why not? I'm AT-MikeE over there -- pixelfed.social/i/web/profil...
As a lapsed, Dynasty Warriors fan, I genuinely don't know what to do with these Origins reviews. Should I try this game? I want to believe, but I've been burned before.
January 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
As a lapsed, Dynasty Warriors fan, I genuinely don't know what to do with these Origins reviews. Should I try this game? I want to believe, but I've been burned before.
Reposted by Mike Epstein
Facebook is censoring 404 Media stories about Facebook's censorship
🔗 www.404media.co/facebook-is-...
🔗 www.404media.co/facebook-is-...
January 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Facebook is censoring 404 Media stories about Facebook's censorship
🔗 www.404media.co/facebook-is-...
🔗 www.404media.co/facebook-is-...
Remember when Zuckerberg flew to Mar-a-Lago right after Trump won? What do you think they talked about?
NEW: I've obtained internal Meta docs revealing an array of sample posts that are now allowed under new hate speech rules. Examples include calling children "trannies," “Jews are flat out greedier than Christians," and “immigrants are grubby, filthy pieces of shit”
theintercept.com/2025/01/09/f...
theintercept.com/2025/01/09/f...
Leaked Meta Rules: Users Are Free to Post “Mexican Immigrants Are Trash!” or “Trans People Are Immoral”
Facebook now allows attacks on immigrants and trans people, and posts like “Mexican immigrants are trash!” and “I’m a proud racist.”
theintercept.com
January 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Remember when Zuckerberg flew to Mar-a-Lago right after Trump won? What do you think they talked about?
Started 2025 with Latkes, which is probably the best way anyone could start their year. I'm not saying it's going to be a good year, but there will still be bright spots.
January 2, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Started 2025 with Latkes, which is probably the best way anyone could start their year. I'm not saying it's going to be a good year, but there will still be bright spots.
Getting a headstart on my first 2025 Resolution: Sharing more obnoxious photos of my cooking:
December 31, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Getting a headstart on my first 2025 Resolution: Sharing more obnoxious photos of my cooking:
Top 10 games time.
1. Helldivers 2
2. Balatro
3. Metaphor: ReFantazio
4. Astro Bot
5. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
6. Unicorn Overlord
7. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
8. Indiana Jones and The Great Circle
9. Dragon Age: The Veilguard
10. Marvel Rivals
HM: Hades 2
1. Helldivers 2
2. Balatro
3. Metaphor: ReFantazio
4. Astro Bot
5. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
6. Unicorn Overlord
7. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
8. Indiana Jones and The Great Circle
9. Dragon Age: The Veilguard
10. Marvel Rivals
HM: Hades 2
December 28, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Top 10 games time.
1. Helldivers 2
2. Balatro
3. Metaphor: ReFantazio
4. Astro Bot
5. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
6. Unicorn Overlord
7. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
8. Indiana Jones and The Great Circle
9. Dragon Age: The Veilguard
10. Marvel Rivals
HM: Hades 2
1. Helldivers 2
2. Balatro
3. Metaphor: ReFantazio
4. Astro Bot
5. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
6. Unicorn Overlord
7. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
8. Indiana Jones and The Great Circle
9. Dragon Age: The Veilguard
10. Marvel Rivals
HM: Hades 2
Reposted by Mike Epstein
Tech ppls: I am looking for a freelance phone reviewer--specifically someone with some folding phone reviews under their belt--for an update on
@BestProducts
. If that sounds like you, shoot me those clips at Mike.epstein-AT-hearst-dot-com.
@BestProducts
. If that sounds like you, shoot me those clips at Mike.epstein-AT-hearst-dot-com.
December 17, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Tech ppls: I am looking for a freelance phone reviewer--specifically someone with some folding phone reviews under their belt--for an update on
@BestProducts
. If that sounds like you, shoot me those clips at Mike.epstein-AT-hearst-dot-com.
@BestProducts
. If that sounds like you, shoot me those clips at Mike.epstein-AT-hearst-dot-com.