Mike Epstein

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 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

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?

Black Bag.

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.

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.”

Jfc do not trade the fucking First Amendment for a goddamn merger www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/b...

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.

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...

Feels like a good time to replay the Wolfenstein games while we wait for the next wave of big games to come in.

I broke down and subscribed yesterday so great timing for me thanks.

I personally think of option 1 when I hear Roguelite so that's what I'd prefer, but enough outlets use the broader definition that you may confuse readers with a more specific standard.

This is it: The best/worst/most incurably cursed Switch 2 post. We can all stop now.

wait wait wait. MARIO... riding a GO-KART? holy shit

Would play

Wait hold on what's the best iOS for Pixelfed?

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.

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.

Facebook is censoring 404 Media stories about Facebook's censorship

🔗 www.404media.co/facebook-is-...

Remember when Zuckerberg flew to Mar-a-Lago right after Trump won? What do you think they talked about?

lease enjoy this positive outlook while it lasts, which will be about 15 minutes.

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.

French Onion Mac & Cheese

Getting a headstart on my first 2025 Resolution: Sharing more obnoxious photos of my cooking:

Big RPG year for me. Feels strange because I thought I'd lost my taste for them not so long ago. (Because of the bloat and narrative redundancy within the genre, more than the actual gameplay.)

Please appreciate that, despite giving up the reviewer's life, I finally succeeded in keeping a running list consistently all year long. (It is too long to publish in a thread.)

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

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.