alyssa mercante

I did not play server slam was too busy

I love Destiny I love Arc Raiders I haven’t played other extraction shooters.

Okay now go.

Should I get Marathon

It’s a meme

Alyssa stretching, lit in red and blue

i can be your angle….or yuor devil

Alyssa posing in a bathroom mirror wearing all black

Duh

The mothering room label on a door

Where you’ll find me

Should I make a shooter gameplay reel set to “Remember The Name” to show these scrubs what a real gamer looks like?

Trump White House Uses Call of Duty In New Video Promoting Iran Bombings It is the latest example of Donald Trump's White House using video games in their propaganda

Trump White House Uses Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Kill Streak To Celebrate Killing People In Iran

A large theater-style space with a screen that reads “Spotter Showcase” NYC 2026

This is my life now!

A man asked me last night what publishing needs to do for literary fiction to begin appealing to men again. I said, as nicely as I could, that, with over 2,000 books published every Tuesday, of which many would appeal to men, it’s not a publishing problem, it’s a men problem.

They tried this with car writers too, and reached out to me post-Jalopnik. Then I found out that they had a hiring ban on people from California because their practices (freelancer exclusivity without benefits) were deemed illegal here.

Trump listening

You’re telling me the sloptubers aren’t good at games? That’s crazy I’ve never heard that before

I can’t speak to the details of their contracts there but they might be different from the average Valnet offer!

In the past I’ve encouraged folks to take the jobs they can get, and turn down the ones they can afford to. It’s a complicated, fucked up situation, and I hope we see solutions!

i'm taking a brave stance that may get me canceled: there is no reason for the pervert glasses to exist

United we bargain divided we beg

For reference: that’s more than $30k less than my Kotaku role, A SALARY NEGOTIATED BY A UNION

Valnet wanted me as “freelance” editor at CBR for what would amount to ~$50k a year with an insanely high output expectation. They tried to dangle Polygon, too.

Everyone in this space deserves a job that respects their work and pays them accordingly. Writers fighting for scraps for years is why predatory places like Valnet can pull this shit.

Sending folks love, and please know my DMs are open for advice/bitching what have you.

For fucks sake

I’m so angry for them

Gio lmao

Remember when Valnet was trying to get some game journos to join their zombie Polygon for chump change? Nah me either

just thinking about how USAID was dismantled under the rationale of cost savings but there's an unlimited budget for war

Alyssa standing at a squat rack

gm from leg day

Tysm

Omg what a game to see!! And also thank you for the deets!!

Can someone explain why a group of young girls at the Toronto/Montreal PWHL game in Toronto are all wearing Barclays-era Isles jerseys with Canadian flags patches on the front?

Awwww

Nice thing: As we got in the elevator to leave there was a doggie in there with a PWHL Sirens bandana on!