Cat Bussell

A Reductress post features a photo of Kristi Noem with the headline, “Kristi Noem Put Down for Being Too Hard to Train”

Screaming

this combination of words will never be cool to say ever again

This is a serious fucking problem.

My time covering wars only highlighted the inexorable link between racism and Western foreign policy.

If you find yourself covering Iran, please be careful. They want you to treat dead brown people as mere statistics. Don't.

Not to be THAT feminist, but I knew this was the case before opening the article. Men see fatherhood as an abstract milestone that's a proof of their virility, women see the associated costs.

Not to mention that women not being locked into domesticity is the core of the antifeminist backlash today.

I'll be at the London concert next year. Hit me up if you'll also be around ^^

That's the first time I've sent off pitches in a Very Long Time (tm).

Feels good.

I feel this very same sentiment deep in my soul.

I'm just grateful that Jackson quoted me and gave me a platform to express my feelings about what happened to VideoGamer.

For the avoidance of doubt, I didn't write this piece. I am just quoted. The piece is by Jackson Ryan, an excellent investigative journalist. I merely wanted to draw attention to it.

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Thanks for reblogging this. I may be in redundancy hell, but I'm very grateful to see the stories of folks affected by this amplified by influential voices like yours.

Very grateful to @jacksonwryan.com and Aftermath for giving me a place to say my piece on all this.

Kyusai Kyusai is the latest leading name delivering world-class news and must-read features focusing on the gaming, tech and esports world.

Since this appears to be doing the rounds, please check out kyusaimedia.com. It's an independent games website that I'm currently in talks to work for.

Whether or not I wind up there, it's a brilliant project and well worth your time and attention.

The Secretive Company Filling Video Game Sites With Gambling And AI After being sold to Clickout Media, sites like GamesHub, The Escapist, Videogamer, and others have added gambling and casino stories and AI content

Grateful to @aftermath.site for giving me the time of day amid the Ongoing Unpleasantness.

Read the article. It's important.

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I'm glad you understand. Pombon is love, Pombon is life.

You're doing God's work

YouTube video by RevelDevil Zero Parades Demo Impressions - A Warped Disco Elysium 2

Another of my former freelancers is cooking.

youtu.be/ZsVVtdEYUrw

That's a powerful sentiment. Let's kick their proverbial teeth in.

Marathoff

YouTube video by Field Garf I was replaced by an AI games journalist

One of my former freelancers, and current friend Max Nicoll, did a video covering what went down at VideoGamer and Clickout.

This young woman is going places, let me tell you.

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What a day.

Metacritic has only become more important as algorithms flatten and fracture the internet, but its authority relies on quality inputs from sources that are being hallowed out at an alarming rate.

While I was in charge of gaming content there was no AI on the gaming side. I made it clear to my boss that I would rather resign than publish anything like that.

I beleive there was plenty of AI on other parts of the site, though. Much to my consternation.

Ludovic [center] poses with a group of friends at the Combo Breaker fighting game tournament

After fighting game community member Ludovic Mbock was arrested by ICE, his family and friends have been working non-stop to bring him home
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Christ this hurts.

The fact that the executive thinks that this AI-generated mockery of the profession holds a candle to the work of our former writers is a dagger to my heart.

Uncharacteristically, I feel lost for words.

Yeah, my team and I got the boot. As far as I am aware, no humans work there anymore.

Fascinating. Thanks for pointing me in this direction. Embarassed I hadn't encountered it sooner tbh.

Player-driven answers to mysteries looks to be a real game changer for the space.

Excited to try this system for myself :D

OBAMA CHOOSING A FURSONA: Uhhhh…let me be deer

Pokémon’s character customization lets me live like the girl I want to be — and I’m not the only one In the world of Pokémon games, I found myself experimenting with styles I never could have dreamed of in reality

today at @mothership.blog we have a story from a freelancer about experimenting with gender expression in pokemon games, including some quotes from other players who feel the same way. this is the kind of community reporting that i really love!! www.mothership.blog/pokemons-cha...