David Murphy

Polygon Sold To Valnet And Hit With Mass Layoffs One of the biggest gaming sites around was just blown up

Completely wild. I think even G/O Media would have been a better company to get latched to than Valnet, and that's saying something.

kotaku.com/polygon-sold...

Shout out to everyone who told me Biden couldn’t fire DeJoy.

A screen shot of two posts. Mine reads "I am trying Mr. Box." above a picture of packing boxes in a warehouse setting, one slightly higher than the other; the words "DO NOT BREAK DOWN" can be seen on it. I first posted it 8 months ago and occasionally repost. Reply from William Box @wdmbox.bsky.social reads: "Great. Keep going." He posted seven hours ago.

This is easily—EASILY—the best thing to ever happen to me on Al Gore's internet.

Thank you Mr. @wdmbox.bsky.social for your encouragement. I will do my very best to keep going 💪

Absolutely devastating. Gordon was an absolute force and an incredible influence for my decades-plus career in tech journalism.

Was literally about to start working on a new PC build the other day, and thought of him. :\

btw, g/o media decided kotaku writers wouldn’t be allowed to write their personal game of the year lists because despite them historically doing great traffic, the company doesn’t want you to see kotaku’s writers as people. so here’s what mine would have been:

i don't want to make the jump, but I know I have to T_T

Trying to find time to do that whole "how to find everyone you liked on X, but here" thing.

😬

Looks like we're all going back here again!

Hope it sticks this time. :D

I'm pretty sure a bot writes his emails now, because I feel like the first 75% was just a regurgitation of most other announcements I read years ago at G/O Media...

Or they couldn't find a way to make Jezebel Bot actually useful, so it doesn't align with their "grand strategy" or whatnot. 🤨

BlizzCon 2023: Cosplay and Chaos From the Show Floor Blizzard's first in-person convention after a four-year hiatus wasn't flawless, but you can still have a lot of fun. Here's what we saw, plus four tips for those looking to attend in 2024.

Just published! My from-the-floor report of this year's BlizzCon, including some of my favorite cosplayers and planning advice, but not including a final count of how many steps I walked. 😱

www.pcmag.com/news/blizzco...

I almost feel like it's a matter of personal pride at this point. (That, or they're just waiting to unload... all the sites piecemeal? For whoever wants to buy? Maybe that's the quickest path to an exit? Hard to imagine what the endgame is here.)

I forgot to post on here, not the other place, that G/O Media sucks.

Well. Uh. They suck. And the fact that they think they're a "leading technology company" makes me want to AI-generate an article with the topic "how far up your body can you stick your own head, via the ass"

Anyone have any recommendations for migrating Twitter follows over to here? I'm trying the Sky Follower Bridge extension, but it's going to take... some time. :D

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sky-follower-bridge/behhbpbpmailcnfbjagknjngnfdojpko

I have been bad about keeping up with Blue Sky because of this little ol' thing called a gigantic musical that opens in two weeks and totally not stressing about it and ahhh

PC-upgrading update: going back in to muck with cable management (and fix a fan). I might then post a picture of this power-sucking monstrosity, which has at least allowed me to eliminate rubber-banding in Diablo IV.

I had a dream the other night that I was building this in a cardboard-box case.

Never have I related to a phrase as strongly as, "Another day, another migraine."

Steroid eyedrops make me incredibly fatigued. Or at least, that's what I'm telling myself. It couldn't possibly be late-night tiktok.

Why disabled users joined the Reddit blackout Subreddits like r/blind are small, but their concerns loom large over the protest.

People are learning a lot of things about accessibility as Reddit's disability communities, especially r/blind, protest the API changes. You can read my overview of what that actually means for users...

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/13/23759761/reddit-disability-accessibility-blackout-api-blind

Build update: Need to buy an ARGB extension cable, since my case's built-in one will never, ever reach to the slot it needs to use on my motherboard.

Also need to adjust a CPU cooler fan. And mayyyybe deal with some cable management. Hurrrgghhh.

Feeling very Maximum PC today.

And yes, once I forgot about this most-critical of plastic labels…

Now to. Uh. Find everyone on Twitter who is now here. While juggling a ton of work. 🫠

Oh thank god. Finally in. 🥹