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Senior Staff Writer at Rock Paper Shotgun. Formerly VG247 - still there mentally for better and worse, and also still difficult to replace with a Bop It.

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One from me.

03.10.2025 14:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is a very good bit of bskeetering Jim

03.10.2025 12:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Enlisting Walton Goggins for a Fallout 76 expansion in "total tonal tandem" with season 2 came "organically", devs say, despite previous hint at "very limited" crossover Fallout 76's leads say the Burning Springs update's heavy ties to the Fallout TV Show's second series was a long-term plan, despite some previous comments.
01.10.2025 14:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

in case you are not subscribed to unwinnable magazine (you should be!), my cover piece is up to read on the site as an excerpt now! ๐Ÿ’œ

subscribe to unwinnable!!!

25.09.2025 23:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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March 2026 would be a "fitting" Skyblivion release window, says former dev who called making 2025 "unachievable" Former Skyblivion developer Dee Keyes has said he'd like to see the mod release in March 2026, having previously called a 2025 release "unachievable".
25.09.2025 14:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mixed feelings about the ending, but the journey to get there slaps

24.09.2025 16:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Jack Black screaming amid the coils of a slippery and slidey snake.

Jack Black screaming amid the coils of a slippery and slidey snake.

17.09.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I will also write this feature if I ever find a way to stop getting fined by the lorry gods

17.09.2025 13:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't have any RPS freelance budget to spend, but if I did, you best believe I'd blow it all on commissioning a 5000 word essay about the perfect strategy for getting away with running red lights in American Truck Simulator

17.09.2025 13:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nice of someone to make a documentary about how I feel taking in parcels

16.09.2025 16:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We're shortstaffed on RPS and need some rad PC-minded freelancers for urgent review work. Specifically:
- Borderlands 4 (yes I know it's out already)
- Dying Light: The Beast
- Silent Hill f

Standard rate is ยฃ200 GBP per review, make yourselves known at james.archer@rockpapershotgun.com

15.09.2025 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 158    ๐Ÿ” 142    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

Happy Birthday!

11.09.2025 10:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trying to beat sweaty swishers who've mastered Luka Doncic's shot release has been my Silksong

10.09.2025 16:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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!

09.09.2025 12:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

I'm looking to commission a freelancer with knowledge of the Russian games industry and preferably some ability to read/speak Russian. If that's you, my email is in my bio: www.rockpapershotgun.com/authors/edwi...

08.09.2025 12:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The Sunday Papers Rock Paper Shotgun's weekly round-up of good writing about games, and not about games.
07.09.2025 11:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So Randy what do you think about Stop Kil-

I MUST PROLONG OUR PAINFULLY MORTAL EXISTENCE AND ALSO HERE ARE THE LYRICS TO THAT AEROSMITH TUNE FROM ARMAGEDDON

05.09.2025 18:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Civilization 7 developers Firaxis have laid off an unspecified number of workers, 2K confirm Civilization 7 studio Firaxis appears to have laid off an unknown number of staff.
04.09.2025 16:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Giant new bug worms of Helldivers 2, I will find you and I will watch someone else kill you I dipped into Helldivers 2's freshly deployed Into the Unjust update and failed to run into any Terminid Hive Lords.
03.09.2025 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

'Hang on, is there a limit on image alt text in the CMS?' 'Two secs....'

02.09.2025 13:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Skyblivion's 2025 release goal is "pointless and unachievable" claims longtime dev, accuses two leads of rushing the mod out Longtime Skyblivion developer Dee Keyes has put oyut a Twitter post which accuses two of the mod's leads of working to rush it out.
01.09.2025 10:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Asked Skyblivion's lead a couple of questions ahead of its latest showing, dig what they've done with Tamrielic Picard's resting place

31.08.2025 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Anyway, no more weird posts about American racing til like next March, roll on the out of context posts about handegg

31.08.2025 20:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We nearly made it, Power being the only penske winner on the year, peak comedy, top funnies, but no, it cannot be

31.08.2025 20:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The most Newgarden 2025 burnout attempt of all time

31.08.2025 20:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Say the line, Buxt! (Sighs)

31.08.2025 20:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Your pussy shit AI could never make a Watto sexy. It could never make a lovingly rendered Watto bending over and pulling his panties to the side. It could NEVER add a silken sheen to the dusky blush of his cloaca

30.08.2025 05:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 703    ๐Ÿ” 133    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

I think the ideal scenario to ensure this doesn't blow up in their faces would be if Colton shows up next year speaking very good Spanish and with a cap over his hair that he refuses to take off. Meanwhile, the indycar paddock wonder why Alex Palou's suddenly moved to Tibet and deleted his socials

29.08.2025 18:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
"Where Bethesda has smoothed off some of Falloutโ€™s gnarlier edges, New Vegas leans into them. Thatโ€™s nowhere more apparent than in the faces of its ghouls, who are genuinely difficult to look at and listen to - all ribboned skin and shredded larynxes. Spend some time in that company and you begin to grasp why theyโ€™ve been pushed to the periphery by a fearful society - no matter how erudite and friendly they are."

"Where Bethesda has smoothed off some of Falloutโ€™s gnarlier edges, New Vegas leans into them. Thatโ€™s nowhere more apparent than in the faces of its ghouls, who are genuinely difficult to look at and listen to - all ribboned skin and shredded larynxes. Spend some time in that company and you begin to grasp why theyโ€™ve been pushed to the periphery by a fearful society - no matter how erudite and friendly they are."

Read the latest Peel Perspective article for free - an explainer on why rushed spin-off Fallout: New Vegas still looms so large in the public imagination (and that of the TV adaptation's showrunners). www.patreon.com/posts/137378...

26.08.2025 11:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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"A culture of intimidation, retaliation and oppression": How Microsoftโ€™s Gaza stance fuelled an industry-spanning boycott RPS meets a few of the developers participating in the BDS campaign against Microsoft's Israeli military ties, including an Xbox worker fired for his views.
28.08.2025 13:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1134    ๐Ÿ” 534    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

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