Kramer!

If only there was a perceived business solution for journalism that wasn’t wholly reliant on SEO

So just DOOM II forever, then?

a man is being thrown in the air in a crowd of people . ALT: a man is being thrown in the air in a crowd of people .

Going to see Turnstile / Amyl & the Sniffers / other hardcore bands in SF tonight. Hoping that I do not get pepper sprayed or have my phone stolen or get dragged into the pit by my 23 year old son. Much less pearl-clutching anxiety over the Miki Beryeni show with my daughter later in the month.

And way too expensive. Hopefully they do a new 3 movie collection once Ares comes out (and bombs?)

I’m sure that yesterday was a bad day for both Xbox and Peloton subscriptions. Good luck to Disney+ next week when they raise their rates again. Netflix is next on the chopping block in my house.

Felt like Sucker Punch decided that most would have played the first game and wanted to get you stabbin’ ‘n slicin’ quick-fast

I quit two pieces of gamified software yesterday: Peloton and Silksong. One was good for my health but became too expensive, the other was ridiculously cheap but stressing me out. Ghost of Yōtei slid nicely into the game slot, now I need a new home workout.

If they rebooted X-Files in 2025

That wasn’t secret modern technology. That’s simply because he was too evil to die.

It's never been easier to build and ship a game.

Every successful shipped game is a miracle.

The game industry makes more money than ever.

It's never been harder to make money shipping a game.

...and all of these statements are true.

Did I unconsciously sleep-pitch again?

This right here. This is the games industry in 2025 and beyond, perfectly summarized.

Same

Bruce, talking to TIME about Born In The USA: "You’ve got to hold two contradictory thoughts at once: that you can feel betrayed by your country and still love it.” Oh man do I ever understand the mental and emotional trainwreck of these two conflicting thoughts.

I've banged on to AT LEAST three different GDC directors that the show could benefit from adding tracks for the rest of the games industry: execs, finance, marketing, etc. GDC capped out at 25K+/- and they need to do something to add new butts to seats.

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.

Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.

People have power. Ask Target

This is an excellent forcing function. We’re about to determine which news organizations are dedicated to journalistic standards and practices and which outlets are the NYT and WaPo.

RESPECTABLE AA STUDIO is hiring 25 different LEAD EXECUTIVE SENIOR C-SUITE DEVELOPERS for EXCITING NEW GAME THAT’S BEEN GETTING LOTS OF BUZZ Requirements: -At least two PhDs in game development -Shipped at least 25 AAA titles as a lead developer -400 years of experience with Unreal Engine -Expert in C#, Python, C++, Ruby, Swift, Rust, HTML, CSS, PHP, Perl, SQL, MATLAB, R, QBASIC, COBOL, FORTRAN, Assembly, punch cards, and operating Babbage’s difference engine -No, we are not fishing for one specific person who coincidentally just left their job at another studio. Why would you think that?

THAT FAMOUS GAME STUDIO is hiring a developer for THAT BELOVED GAME FRANCHISE THAT WAS FORMATIVE TO YOU BECOMING A DEV! Benefits: -$150,000/year plus insurance, dental, a retirement plan, and a puppy -Hang with those famous game devs you saw at that GDC talk -We have a ball pit! Requirements: -A positive attitude 😊 -Passionate about our game! -Willing to learn -Some basic game dev experience a plus but not required -Onsite only on Pitcairn Island

A 14-YEAR-OLD WHO DOWNLOADED UNITY YESTERDAY is hiring a developer for I DECIDED TO TURN MY DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS CAMPAIGN INTO A GAME -so im making this game and i have this rly rly good idea but i never made a game b4 so i need u to do all the engine stuff and the programming and fix the mechanics and do the sound and lighting and shaders and backgrounds, i drew my characters on the back of homework but can u turn them into pixel art for me, i cant pay u but we can do rev share and when this game is a big hit youll make millions of dollars

The three types of game dev job listings

There is an easy solution to this problem…

Big same

Have feeling that I will follow the same pattern with Silksong that I did with this first: succumb to having all joy slowly ground out of me and finally quit to pick up a more playoff game. Guessing I will run out of patience right around the launch date for Hades 2.

The most challenging part of getting a beer at the Hofbrau Haus is getting a server to make eye contact and bring you a beer

The physical layout of our German hotel is so weird that if it was in a video game the level designer would be demoted or fired for creating something so brutally simplistic and unfriendly to human usage

I have never, ever come so close to opening the door on a plane mid-flight and hurling my Steamdeck at Greenland

Every Chicagoan rn:

President Bone Spurs Declares War On Chicago Draft-dodging coward posts A.I. image of himself in Vietnam.

Draft-dodging coward posts A.I. image of himself in Vietnam.

This is exactly why I mostly ignore user reviews from Steam to Yelp

Just to reiterate: GamesBeat has an opening for a writer! If anyone is interested, feel free to DM me!
Must be:
-Interested in the business of the industry (*very* interested; it's kind of our thing)
-Willing to talk about games
-Capable of writing good words
Sound like anyone you know?