Tessa Kaur
@tessakaur.bsky.social
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EA isn't being sold to a "consortium" of investors, it's being sold to Saudi Arabia, new filings reveal: https://kotaku.com/ea-saudi-arabia-ownership-trump-jared-kushner-2000649726
December 2, 2025 at 11:40 PM
EA isn't being sold to a "consortium" of investors, it's being sold to Saudi Arabia, new filings reveal: https://kotaku.com/ea-saudi-arabia-ownership-trump-jared-kushner-2000649726
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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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I think it's so funny whenever kojima glazes hunter schafer his replies are guys cry posting at him about western degeneracy of whatever and it's like dude that battle was lost when kojima started retweeting death stranding 2 mpreg
November 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I think it's so funny whenever kojima glazes hunter schafer his replies are guys cry posting at him about western degeneracy of whatever and it's like dude that battle was lost when kojima started retweeting death stranding 2 mpreg
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
i love this game please buy it
Tactical Breach Wizards is 40% off in today's Daily Deal! The cheapest the wizards have ever allowed us to price them.
To celebrate, we've added a community missions pack, featuring some great ones players have made since launch.
store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/... .
To celebrate, we've added a community missions pack, featuring some great ones players have made since launch.
store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/... .
Save 40% on Tactical Breach Wizards on Steam
In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to ...
store.steampowered.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
i love this game please buy it
that last bit is genuinely jaw dropping
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.
I've removed the paywall. Please share and subscribe if you can.
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I've removed the paywall. Please share and subscribe if you can.
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October 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
that last bit is genuinely jaw dropping
new daniel caesar album means i'm gonna be crying for the next four days
October 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
new daniel caesar album means i'm gonna be crying for the next four days
i’ve been unemployed for less than a week and already i’m beating myself up about not being productive enough 😇
October 24, 2025 at 5:58 AM
i’ve been unemployed for less than a week and already i’m beating myself up about not being productive enough 😇
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Please follow and support what they do next, as all three of them are tremendous talents who deserve the very best.
@funnelchest94.bsky.social
@epicswitzer.bsky.social
@hallafyre.bsky.social
No matter what they end up doing, they're going to kick ass and do themselves proud.
@funnelchest94.bsky.social
@epicswitzer.bsky.social
@hallafyre.bsky.social
No matter what they end up doing, they're going to kick ass and do themselves proud.
October 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Please follow and support what they do next, as all three of them are tremendous talents who deserve the very best.
@funnelchest94.bsky.social
@epicswitzer.bsky.social
@hallafyre.bsky.social
No matter what they end up doing, they're going to kick ass and do themselves proud.
@funnelchest94.bsky.social
@epicswitzer.bsky.social
@hallafyre.bsky.social
No matter what they end up doing, they're going to kick ass and do themselves proud.
anyway i saw a massive whale shark while diving in bali last week, it was crazy, please watch to the end to see the scale of this bad boy
October 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
anyway i saw a massive whale shark while diving in bali last week, it was crazy, please watch to the end to see the scale of this bad boy
some personal news: today was my last day at TheGamer! i’ll be shifting out of full-time games media because i prefer to pursue a career where i’m not at constant risk of being laid off but i’ll still be freelancing while working another day job 😘
October 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
some personal news: today was my last day at TheGamer! i’ll be shifting out of full-time games media because i prefer to pursue a career where i’m not at constant risk of being laid off but i’ll still be freelancing while working another day job 😘
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it already sold 1.6M btw
October 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
it already sold 1.6M btw
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twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross
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When @aceottorney.bsky.social first told me about this I said "this could change people's lives and stop developers from getting exploited" and having seen the final resource, I think I was not wrong. I'd call it a must-bookmark for indie devs.
Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...
October 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
When @aceottorney.bsky.social first told me about this I said "this could change people's lives and stop developers from getting exploited" and having seen the final resource, I think I was not wrong. I'd call it a must-bookmark for indie devs.
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🙌The first recognised union for game devs in the UK! 🙌
Workers at ZAUM now have a say on their pay and conditions at work with the support of the @iwgbunion.bsky.social
Work in games in the UK? Join our union today: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...
Workers at ZAUM now have a say on their pay and conditions at work with the support of the @iwgbunion.bsky.social
Work in games in the UK? Join our union today: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...
The ZA/UM Workers' Alliance - a new union set up to represent a subset of UK-based employees at the company - discusses how it wants to help staff feel safe and comfortable in their jobs
www.gamesindustry.biz/after-layoff...
www.gamesindustry.biz/after-layoff...
After layoffs, cancellations, and controversy, ZA/UM UK staff unionise as the Workers' Alliance
"We like being here. We want to continue being here. So let's try and get a seat at the table in the big management meetings."
www.gamesindustry.biz
October 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🙌The first recognised union for game devs in the UK! 🙌
Workers at ZAUM now have a say on their pay and conditions at work with the support of the @iwgbunion.bsky.social
Work in games in the UK? Join our union today: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...
Workers at ZAUM now have a say on their pay and conditions at work with the support of the @iwgbunion.bsky.social
Work in games in the UK? Join our union today: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...
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why pay an expert writer when you can instead get classrooms of children to write random words then bring in the expert writer to delete every word she wouldn't have written? it's the perfect system. all for the low, low price of literally more money to fund its current promises than exists on earth
Stanford researchers found that AI-generated "workslop" is actually making people less productive, in part because workers have to correct errors or decode the useful information/intent buried in a flood of auto-generated garbage:
AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity
Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...
hbr.org
September 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
why pay an expert writer when you can instead get classrooms of children to write random words then bring in the expert writer to delete every word she wouldn't have written? it's the perfect system. all for the low, low price of literally more money to fund its current promises than exists on earth
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the political policy cure for “male loneliness” is
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
September 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
the political policy cure for “male loneliness” is
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
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If any single techbro pushing genAI had 1% of the incredible artists (incl writers, film-makers, game devs, etc) in their life that I do, they'd never ever put their talents and energy towards making machines that steal from them to spit out soulless garbage facsimiles of creativity.
September 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
If any single techbro pushing genAI had 1% of the incredible artists (incl writers, film-makers, game devs, etc) in their life that I do, they'd never ever put their talents and energy towards making machines that steal from them to spit out soulless garbage facsimiles of creativity.
everything is romantic remix tiktok trend but with a compilation of clips of me falling into the brittle hollow black hole in outer wilds
September 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
everything is romantic remix tiktok trend but with a compilation of clips of me falling into the brittle hollow black hole in outer wilds
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the “Play for Peace - Games for Palestine 2025 Charity Bundle” needs as much support as it can get right now. it’s halfway there with just 2 days to go!
itch.io/b/2979/play-...
please share and spread the word.
itch.io/b/2979/play-...
please share and spread the word.
September 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
the “Play for Peace - Games for Palestine 2025 Charity Bundle” needs as much support as it can get right now. it’s halfway there with just 2 days to go!
itch.io/b/2979/play-...
please share and spread the word.
itch.io/b/2979/play-...
please share and spread the word.
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Hey game devs! Does your game have a cool parry mechanic? Want to talk to me about it? Hit me up please!
September 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Hey game devs! Does your game have a cool parry mechanic? Want to talk to me about it? Hit me up please!
we aren’t even american!!! this is genuinely the great Boomer Radicaliser
September 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
we aren’t even american!!! this is genuinely the great Boomer Radicaliser
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Bit of personal news: after four years, I've been let go from @thegamerweb.bsky.social and am a free agent!
If you need someone with half a decade of TCG and tabletop and over a decade of video game coverage experience, please get in touch at joe@joeparlock.com!
If you need someone with half a decade of TCG and tabletop and over a decade of video game coverage experience, please get in touch at joe@joeparlock.com!
September 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Bit of personal news: after four years, I've been let go from @thegamerweb.bsky.social and am a free agent!
If you need someone with half a decade of TCG and tabletop and over a decade of video game coverage experience, please get in touch at joe@joeparlock.com!
If you need someone with half a decade of TCG and tabletop and over a decade of video game coverage experience, please get in touch at joe@joeparlock.com!
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Been thinking about this all week; but really this just brings a bunch of stuff bubbling up that I've been sitting on for way longer. On the death of criticism:
noescapevg.com/games-critic...
noescapevg.com/games-critic...
Games Criticism is Dead; Long Live Games Criticism
A response to Grace Benfell’s Endless Mode piece, “Silksong Hastens the Death of the Critic” Last week the long-awaited sequel to Team Cherry’s hit search-action game Hollow…
noescapevg.com
September 7, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Been thinking about this all week; but really this just brings a bunch of stuff bubbling up that I've been sitting on for way longer. On the death of criticism:
noescapevg.com/games-critic...
noescapevg.com/games-critic...