Gavin Sheehan
@thegavinsheehan.bsky.social
Games Editor for Bleeding Cool (@bleedingcool.com). Chaotic neutral gamer, geek, journalist, writer, and diplomat. My stories and thoughts here are my own. Wackiness ensues!
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With another mass exodus happening, it sounds like a good time to update the self-promotion!
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Every major sports league's reaction to being criticized for doing nothing to curb cheating tied to sports betting when they are sponsored by multiple betting apps. #NBA #NFL #MLB #NHL #MLS #NCAA
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November 16, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Sage advice. Which I try to pass onto others, but it always gets ignored by more than you think.
If you can't talk to PR like they're people, then how do you have a job that's literally rooted in communication? Answer: you won't for long. #Gaming #VideoGames #Journalism
If you can't talk to PR like they're people, then how do you have a job that's literally rooted in communication? Answer: you won't for long. #Gaming #VideoGames #Journalism
Why this needs to be said EVERY launch cycle is beyond me, but here we are... time to educate!
If I politely tell you that I appreciate your interest, but that I simply don't have enough keys to issue one for every single request, and you choose to respond 'Fuck you and your game'... DON'T. 🔽
If I politely tell you that I appreciate your interest, but that I simply don't have enough keys to issue one for every single request, and you choose to respond 'Fuck you and your game'... DON'T. 🔽
November 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Sage advice. Which I try to pass onto others, but it always gets ignored by more than you think.
If you can't talk to PR like they're people, then how do you have a job that's literally rooted in communication? Answer: you won't for long. #Gaming #VideoGames #Journalism
If you can't talk to PR like they're people, then how do you have a job that's literally rooted in communication? Answer: you won't for long. #Gaming #VideoGames #Journalism
Just found out I will no longer have health and dental through the marketplace due to the rising costs in 2026, and the GOP gutting the ACA. I could say so much, but I also don't know where to start.
I'm probably spending the next few months in Fuck Off Mode.
I'm probably spending the next few months in Fuck Off Mode.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Just found out I will no longer have health and dental through the marketplace due to the rising costs in 2026, and the GOP gutting the ACA. I could say so much, but I also don't know where to start.
I'm probably spending the next few months in Fuck Off Mode.
I'm probably spending the next few months in Fuck Off Mode.
The minute the chair fight started, I couldn't help but hear Duel Of The Fates. #AEW #BloodAndGuts
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The minute the chair fight started, I couldn't help but hear Duel Of The Fates. #AEW #BloodAndGuts
For the first time in over a decade, the local GOP didn't get its way in #Utah. And instead of accepting it, they've gone full apeshit to repeal the public's ability to redistrict, and they're going to impeach the judge that forced them to play fair.
They're pathetic. All of them. #utpol
They're pathetic. All of them. #utpol
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November 12, 2025 at 3:43 AM
"We found out later that Keighley had a party in another room with all the influencers and industry people. You know where Future Class met that day? At a Starbucks.”
That should tell you everything about the Future Class program from #TheGameAwards. Story from @alyssamerc.bsky.social. #VideoGames
That should tell you everything about the Future Class program from #TheGameAwards. Story from @alyssamerc.bsky.social. #VideoGames
‘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...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"We found out later that Keighley had a party in another room with all the influencers and industry people. You know where Future Class met that day? At a Starbucks.”
That should tell you everything about the Future Class program from #TheGameAwards. Story from @alyssamerc.bsky.social. #VideoGames
That should tell you everything about the Future Class program from #TheGameAwards. Story from @alyssamerc.bsky.social. #VideoGames
Not me making every dirty soda junkie in a 30 mile radius of a Swig jealous. #MountainDew #DirtyMountainDew #DirtySoda
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Not me making every dirty soda junkie in a 30 mile radius of a Swig jealous. #MountainDew #DirtyMountainDew #DirtySoda
November 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
November 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Games Industry: We had to lay off all these people despite having tons of money to pay them, because we lied about the industry doing poorly.
Also the Games Industry: We have to delay several high-profile games because we laid off almost everyone who was working on them.
#Gaming #VideoGames
Also the Games Industry: We have to delay several high-profile games because we laid off almost everyone who was working on them.
#Gaming #VideoGames
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November 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Games Industry: We had to lay off all these people despite having tons of money to pay them, because we lied about the industry doing poorly.
Also the Games Industry: We have to delay several high-profile games because we laid off almost everyone who was working on them.
#Gaming #VideoGames
Also the Games Industry: We have to delay several high-profile games because we laid off almost everyone who was working on them.
#Gaming #VideoGames
Excellent reporting! The Future Class situation is messy and only compounds the recent frustrations people have been having with #TheGameAwards.
It's pretty clear there were no solid plans to support those chosen. Much like the awards themselves, they were just another break between commercials.
It's pretty clear there were no solid plans to support those chosen. Much like the awards themselves, they were just another break between commercials.
EXCLUSIVE on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social: not only has The Game Awards not nominated a Future Class for 2025, it's told alumni it "does not have any active programming plans" for the award.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Game Awards' Future Class program remains on ice
Future Class organizer Emily Weir has informed past honorees that The Game Awards has no active plans for the program.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Excellent reporting! The Future Class situation is messy and only compounds the recent frustrations people have been having with #TheGameAwards.
It's pretty clear there were no solid plans to support those chosen. Much like the awards themselves, they were just another break between commercials.
It's pretty clear there were no solid plans to support those chosen. Much like the awards themselves, they were just another break between commercials.
Remember this when everyone is punching themselves in the face to tell you that #GTA6 is the greatest game that ever gamed in the history of gaming, as they casually forget #RockstarGames is trying to kill a union of people they've worked to the bone to get "Florida redneck culture" right.
NEW: Rockstar Games says the 30+ employees it fired last week were leaking confidential information, disputing allegations that the company is union-busting.
The union says it was a private chat with labor organizers. This messy battle isn't over yet. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The union says it was a private chat with labor organizers. This messy battle isn't over yet. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Says Fired Employees Were Leaking Information
Rockstar Games terminated more than 30 people last week in an action that a labor group called “union-busting.”
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November 6, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Remember this when everyone is punching themselves in the face to tell you that #GTA6 is the greatest game that ever gamed in the history of gaming, as they casually forget #RockstarGames is trying to kill a union of people they've worked to the bone to get "Florida redneck culture" right.
A 90-minute fog delay in Paris turned 11 hours of travel into 24 hours of travel. Cut to me the next two days:
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November 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
A 90-minute fog delay in Paris turned 11 hours of travel into 24 hours of travel. Cut to me the next two days:
November 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The irony of leaving Lucca, Italy, after several days of off-and-on rain to the song "Purple Rain" on the radio is not lost on me. #LuccaGC25 #Italy
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November 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The irony of leaving Lucca, Italy, after several days of off-and-on rain to the song "Purple Rain" on the radio is not lost on me. #LuccaGC25 #Italy
November 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
An invite to the last Death Stranding 2 panel at Lucca Comics and Games? Twist my arm! #DeathStranding2 #LuccaCG25 #italy #HideoKojima
November 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
An invite to the last Death Stranding 2 panel at Lucca Comics and Games? Twist my arm! #DeathStranding2 #LuccaCG25 #italy #HideoKojima
John Romero at Lucca Comics and Games, #1 business advice to indie developers: DO NOT SELL YOUR IP. Companies don't buy an IP because you work there, they buy it because they want what you made and will part with you. Don't sell it away!!! #LuccaCG #games #gaming #indiedev #Italy
November 2, 2025 at 9:58 AM
In the streets of Lucca, during the biggest party of the year, you can bet on anything. Poker, dice, the World Series, Magic: The Gathering, giraffe sightings... Even the deadliest game of all: Beyblade X!!! #BeybladeX #LuccaGC25 #Italy
November 2, 2025 at 12:25 AM
In the streets of Lucca, during the biggest party of the year, you can bet on anything. Poker, dice, the World Series, Magic: The Gathering, giraffe sightings... Even the deadliest game of all: Beyblade X!!! #BeybladeX #LuccaGC25 #Italy
If you squint, you can see me in the back hanging out with Hideo Kojima, and 50 of my friends. He even answered one of my questions! #LuccaCG25 #Italy #HideoKojima @hideokojima.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp
November 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
If you squint, you can see me in the back hanging out with Hideo Kojima, and 50 of my friends. He even answered one of my questions! #LuccaCG25 #Italy #HideoKojima @hideokojima.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp
There is a full museum exhibition at Lucca Comics and Games for Fist of the North Star. More about this to come! #LuccaCG25 #manga #FistOfTheNorthStar #Italy
November 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
There is a full museum exhibition at Lucca Comics and Games for Fist of the North Star. More about this to come! #LuccaCG25 #manga #FistOfTheNorthStar #Italy
Matthew Mercer and Marisha Ray in a church full of Critters! #LuccaCG25 #Italy #CriticalRole @matthewmercer.bsky.social @marisha-ray.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Matthew Mercer and Marisha Ray in a church full of Critters! #LuccaCG25 #Italy #CriticalRole @matthewmercer.bsky.social @marisha-ray.bsky.social