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John Hardin

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Sr. PR Manager for Bandai Namco Entertainment America Email me! jhardin(at)bnea(dot)com DMs Open Armored Core VI, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree & Nightreign (past: SEGA, ATLUS USA) Kiteboarder, Steganographer He/Him Trans rights are human rights

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CAN I GET A HELL YEAH?

02.03.2026 14:48 — 👍 67    🔁 10    💬 5    📌 0
Troll from Nightreign, standing on castle, holding a massive stone cauldron aloft over their head. Their eyes are glowing red and they look like sinewy, naked old men.

Troll from Nightreign, standing on castle, holding a massive stone cauldron aloft over their head. Their eyes are glowing red and they look like sinewy, naked old men.

Pot can kill you

#nightreign

27.02.2026 19:29 — 👍 67    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 1
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Saudi Arabia bought EVO. We can still fight for the FGC's soul On what the new change of ownership means for EVO and the Fighting Game Community, and what we can do about it.

I got real mad and wrote about EVO.

24.02.2026 23:24 — 👍 555    🔁 231    💬 8    📌 6

Honorable mention goes to Pusher.

22.02.2026 21:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A lot of folks have (rightly) offered up Requiem for a Dream, but no one has mentioned the somehow even more unsettling Irreversible.

22.02.2026 20:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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IGN Entertainment Strategy Guide Writer Freelancer Application Form The pitch: IGN/Gamer Network is looking for paid strategy guide writers and/or strategy guide video editors. This is not an entry level position: We are looking for people with published strategy guid...

Hello! The IGN Guides team is looking for more freelancers. If you've got published writing or video samples and are interested in working with us, fill out the form below! We don't respond to individual applicants but do keep responses handy for when we need more folks.
forms.gle/NhZ7sRJAjAEZ...

19.02.2026 00:00 — 👍 223    🔁 156    💬 11    📌 7
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Mission accomplished.

15.02.2026 01:39 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

If I were really committed to the bit, I should've maxed out Familiarity before posting.

(But alas, I suck at Nioh)

13.02.2026 17:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Screenshot of the weapon detail screen from Nioh 3. The weapon displayed in bright yellow letters is called "Rusty Hoe" of uncommon rarity with marginal stats.

Screenshot of the weapon detail screen from Nioh 3. The weapon displayed in bright yellow letters is called "Rusty Hoe" of uncommon rarity with marginal stats.

Oh man, that's so wild. I didn't realize that your mom had a cameo in Nioh 3:

13.02.2026 17:01 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Surely it ships with Jack Bros?!

12.02.2026 23:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The pressure to constantly update games is pushing the industry to a breaking point Live service games have trained players to expect a constant stream of new content, and only constant work can deliver it.

2019.

11.02.2026 23:39 — 👍 114    🔁 28    💬 2    📌 4

Motorsport! F1/Indy/NASCAR. Drag racing is turn-based tho, but specifically the gunblade mechanic from FFVIII

10.02.2026 05:32 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Baseball is extraction PvPvE

Cricket is turn based. Golf is an Idle clicker RPG.

10.02.2026 04:42 — 👍 47    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

I peeled it off clean, but it's going to have to get transplanted to my spray booth...adhesive stayed behind 😭

10.02.2026 02:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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IT is replacing my old laptop this week; goodbye wonderful laptop stickers...I will miss you 🫡

10.02.2026 01:40 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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homer simpson and bart simpson are sitting on a couch Alt: homer simpson and bart simpson are sitting on a couch

I've waited a long time to be able to say this, but we're hiring a full-time Film Critic for @avclub.com! Details are in the job listing, but you should send application materials to jobs@avclub.com

www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

09.02.2026 21:21 — 👍 450    🔁 159    💬 21    📌 13

Fuck AI, fuck ICE, and long live a free Puerto Rico.

09.02.2026 02:57 — 👍 2163    🔁 404    💬 6    📌 2

Left Shark could never. What a phenomenal halftime show...the performance and the camerawork together were in, in my most earnest use of this phrase, next level.

09.02.2026 01:38 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

That Dunkin Donuts commercial was so bad, the people of Boston should dump all their iced coffee in the harbor.

09.02.2026 01:08 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

"Let's go live to the field to see how the coaches will adjust going into halftime!"

No. Let's go live to the NBC exec offices to figure out how the broadcast will adjust to a defense-heavy game.

"Bench Collingsworth! Bring in cross-faded Marshawn Lynch to the broadcast booth."

09.02.2026 00:31 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

No Kings includes Draft Kings

08.02.2026 23:49 — 👍 26112    🔁 6103    💬 185    📌 110
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The follow-up: Taki Udon on the SuperStation Dock, and more Quest 64 Recomp Two recent topics revisited with a bit more depth.

A shortie this issue, because I am a very tired boy

08.02.2026 12:28 — 👍 62    🔁 18    💬 2    📌 0

Here it is: A piece I've been working on since September. I spoke with a ton of folks from across the many eras of Fallout – from Tim Cain and Todd Howard to Jonathan Nolan and Walton Goggins – to tell the definitive oral history of Fallout bsky.app/profile/game...

06.02.2026 16:38 — 👍 294    🔁 82    💬 12    📌 5
A silver, heart shaped pan, filled with lasagna. The red tomato sauce is sorted with shreds of white mozzarella cheese and green flecks of chopped basil.

A silver, heart shaped pan, filled with lasagna. The red tomato sauce is sorted with shreds of white mozzarella cheese and green flecks of chopped basil.

06.02.2026 05:12 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

If you, like me, constantly struggle with thinking of a good gift for your partner for Valentine's day, can I humbly recommend a homecooked meal?

Specifically, go to Michael's or wherever, buy a heart-shaped baking pan, and then fill it with lasagna. You cannot miss with this.

06.02.2026 05:12 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1

I want smaller newspapers with actual fact-based reporting made by people who are paid more to work less and I'm not kidding.

04.02.2026 18:01 — 👍 485    🔁 106    💬 6    📌 4
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It's The Muppet Show with our very special guest star Segata Sanshiro!

03.02.2026 18:54 — 👍 1347    🔁 626    💬 12    📌 13
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Search Jobs - Ziff Davis We hire only the best and brightest because we know it takes great people to make a great company. We embrace the power of collaboration, have an entrepreneurial spirit and promote a work environment ...

PCMag is now hiring for TWO roles. The first is for a Writer to cover mobile, and the second is for a Senior Writer to cover mobile.

This is the Writer job:
www.ziffdavis.com/careers/jobs...

This is the Senior Writer job:
www.ziffdavis.com/careers/jobs...

03.02.2026 14:40 — 👍 63    🔁 71    💬 1    📌 7

We've been tracking down information about this #Ashesofcreation story since Saturday night, and have a few updates in this piece, specifically corroborating some of the other reports coming out of the MMO community. Also Sharif responded again over the weekend. Read about it here:

02.02.2026 20:39 — 👍 16    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0