@chrissutcliffe.bsky.social
Media and tech journalist. Founder and co-host of Media Voices and the Publisher Podcast Awards. chrissutcliffe.com
I wrote an obituary of celebrated game developer Rebecca Heineman for Ars Technica:
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Had a ton of client calls cancelled due to the Cloudflare outage yday so I redid my audio setup and recorded a little instrumental cover of one of my favourite Tegan & Sara songs
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Castle cross-sections
19.11.2025 10:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Rebecca was one of the founders of Interplay and programmed & designed for some of the most influential games of my youth, notably Bard's Tale I & III and Wasteland. She will be missed.
17.11.2025 22:18 β π 3064 π 1070 π¬ 16 π 6Yoko Taro hid one of the best examinations of what it means to be human, and an individual in search of connection, in a game primarily known for its gigantic slappable robot arses. The man is nothing short of a maniac
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Hope is in short supply right now, so I wrote about how one game - #NieR: Automata - will go a long way towards restoring faith in your fellow man
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dear lord. these people.
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Hereby announce my retirement from Sonic Rumble. It's been an incredible ride but it's time to step away at the top of my game with no regrets
17.11.2025 17:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal β the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in βausterityβ measures
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Hello if you're having friends over this weekend and need a cheap and cheerful party game then I really recommend Hidden In Plain Sight alright ttyl
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Of all the mistakes to let through... really helps tell your readers how little you value their attention
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Beautiful bit of writing about the love of material objects, and about writing about the love of material things
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CondΓ© Nast folded a beloved magazine that treated youth and feminism as political topics, not trends. Read Sarah Leonard.
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Jameela Jamil humiliated and belittled you... for free? And you're complaining?
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Girlfriend has seen through my scheme to buy a #SteamMachine from the joint account
12.11.2025 19:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0the entirety of the british press talked themselves into believing this woman is trans based almost entirely on JK Rowling's judgement of the athlete's appearance.
11.11.2025 16:39 β π 3580 π 932 π¬ 31 π 9That looks INCREDIBLE. What a fantastic visual style
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Today's newsletter takes a look at the best (and some of the worst) examples of game sequels that make us fight a previous entry's hero
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Yet another disaster waiting in the wings
Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how | TechRadar share.google/j9YnlT8vn3B3...
Been playing Shadow of the Lara and it just doesn't hit as hard. Rise was great, can't believe it's been a decade
10.11.2025 18:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We are *live*
Been so awesome to support the IG team with the launch alongside some amazing people.
Slow Game Club is stuffed full of absolute belters - have a look!
Played each of these three featured games and can confidently say each is worth your time. Enjoyed #Despelote so much I wrote an honest-to-god blog post about it in the year of our lord 2025, and Sorry We're Closed & TGYH deserve all the love and attention too
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I've been waiting for @arusbridger.bsky.social's voice on the mess at the BBC. Here it is:
The BBC is in a fight for its survivalβitβs time Keir Starmer started paying attention
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
To torture a metaphor a bit, Davie has fallen on his sword, which he was given by the Tories to defend the Tories despite having no relevant swordfighting experience, and which has now been taken up by the right wing which would love to kill the BBC with it
10.11.2025 13:34 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Yeah phenomenal demo, and you can tell there's at least one existentially significant twist waiting in the wings
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YouTube quietly erased more than 700 videos documenting Israeli human rights violations: "A capitulation to Trump sanctions"
Read more in this @theintercept.com story by @jonahmv.bsky.social and Nikita Mazurov:
This Friday's game recommendation is the demo for #TheSecretOfWeepstone. The full game isn't out until next year, but if you're desperate for a D&D-inspired dungeon crawling fix, the demo is well worth your time
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Three years into the best D&D campaign I've ever played in and we just fought our first dragon. This is how you do delayed gratification
06.11.2025 22:33 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wonderful sentiment and excellent use of 'gits'
06.11.2025 20:35 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon AppΓ©tit.
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